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...Message" Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five 2. "Rock Box" RUN-D.M.C. 3. "Rapper's Delight" Sugarhill Gang 4. "Know the Ledge" Eric B. & Rakim 5. "Rhymin and Stealin" Beastie Boys...
THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON (Columbia). A lesson in what a wistful, literate and probing composer-singer Paul Simon still...
...album represents a conscious attempt to separate author from song. Some of the songs are personal, but the emphasis is on a musical virtuosity and a lyrical persona, jaunty but detached. This new persona is represented by There Goes Rhymin' Simon...
There Goes Rhymin' Simon brings Simon to the brink of self-indulgence; he's attempted a variety of styles and succeeded at them, but left his album with no context, except its lack of context. A large part of his success is due to the fact that Simon's fame has reached a point where he may indulge his creativity. He can command appearances by the Dixie Hummingbirds, move into Muscle Shoals, have his falsetto parts sung...
...climax, the first with South America's Urubamba, the second with The Jesse Dixon Singers. "Mother and Child Reunion" became a gospel song; "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" was simply the best I've heard it. In concert, as on record, Paul Simon extends himself musically. There Goes Rhymin' Simon reflects his virtuosity. The album is brilliant individually, but its lack of context is cause for concern...