Paul Simon - The Boy In The Bubble (from The African Concert, 1987)
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2012
- "The Boy In The Bubble" by Paul Simon live from The African Concert, 1987
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Chorus:
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry 
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It is impossible that a bass player can be cooler. Period.
😂 👍
Rest in peace to Forere Motloheloa of the Sesotho Traditional band Tau Ea Matšekha. He was the accordionist on this song. He passed away on 9 February 2021 from a short illness, at the age of 74. Rest in peace. 🙏🏿
Robala ka khotso Ntate 🇱🇸
Do not remember Raymond Ray Phiri
@@gigieinaudi24 rip to him also but I'm dedicating to Forere here chief .
RIP tata Forere
So we've lost, HeadMan Shabalala, Joseph Shabalala, Miriam M'Keba, Hugh Masecela, Forere Motloheloa, and Phiriri. Whoa. Heavy loss over the years, but also, one major impact on an entire generation across the globe. I was about 12 when this was released and I fell in love with Miriam M'Keba and Hugh Masecela. (not sure if I have that right on spelling). Rest well
@@rosalynw2520 Hey man at least they lived. They passed from old age so at least it was natural. Their names are spelled as Hugh Masekela, Ray Phiri and Miriam Makeba. At least you are trying ❤🥰
Once Africa gets into your soul it never leaves. No other country on earth has the same effect.
Am always glad to receive positive comments from my lovely fans 🤍🖤 it's absolutely my pleasure bringing sweet melody to you. May God bless you awesomely 🙏
I hope you have fun listening to this music 🎧❣️. Have you been to any of my concert?
"Africa" is not a country
Africa is many countries!
Music should transcend race and culture. What Paul was accused of was a disgrace.
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What was he accused of?
Some angry blm type dude accused him of appropriating African music.
😂@@oreally8605
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky. Why do I love this line ??
❤Still feeling this in 2023❤❤
To imagine this was Zimbabwe in 80s.. Its painful.. What happened? Where did we go wrong... It was young vibrant nation, euphoria embraced the country everywhere..
So full of hope..
Robert Mugabe became a murdering monster. He basically destroyed Zimbabwe.
Two years after this concert, Mandela would be released and S Africa freed... yet Mugabe began a choke hold that saw some of Zimbabwe's worst ever suffering. Oh, the irony.
This was done in Zimbabwe and I was there. Rufaro Stadium. Harare. Beautiful and timeless music.
Bakithi Kumalo should be included on anybody's list of great and/or influential bass players.
Highly agreed
Bakithi Kumalo made me buy my first bass guitar when I was 14. Now 35, still playing the bass among other instruments I've acquired since
I'm more of a post punk and indie guy most of the time, but this is one of my favorite songs (and lyrics!) ever ❤.
I won't cry. Don't worry. And I do believe Miracles and Wonder Win in the end. 😊
1987 i was 8years old and still listening and watching this❤❤❤
The way it comes out of him so naturally hitting every note perfectly, effortlessly. He was born to put the sound in our world
Am always glad to receive positive comments from my lovely fans 🤍🖤 it's absolutely my pleasure bringing sweet melody to you. May God bless you awesomely 🙏
I hope you have fun listening to this music 🎧❣️. Have you been to any of my concert?
and so relaxed 🙂
aint that the case
The man the myth the legend - one of the greatest albums of all time - a perfect synthesis of African traditional and rock ❤
5:03 Shoutout to the Maestro Percussionists!!
Issac Mtshalli (Drums)
Francis Fuster (green shirt, black conga drums)
Okyerema Asante (orange suit, white conga drums)
We need that distant constellation
Paul Simon was criticized for what is today called cultural appropriation when this music came out. We need more cultural appropriation like this.
I certainly feel that wonderful bass and such a killer performance,.
Sound engineers on that concert were amazing, need DVD to hear what I mean
My late mom used to play this when I was a kid about 4 years old. This song remained in my memory for more than 20years till I was able to google it with a little rhythm I can remember thanks to google. May her soul rest in peace 😢🙏🏻 Love all the way from Nigeria, 2023 ❤
What a great band. The bass player is killer
Bakithi Kumalo. He's a living legend.
Amazing days. Amazing music
The Graceland concert I attended was one of the best I ever saw, and I have seen a lot of concerts!
This song, this music concert, the whole Graceland album brings back so many happy memories. My mom saw this special on cable and she went wild. She never heard African music in her life, and she went right out and bought this tape. She listened to it so much she wore it out. This album made her so happy. RIP mom
Misty Aoudia we love your mom.hope you are doing well.
me too
May her soul rest in eternal peace.🌹
Beautiful story. Blessings to your mom.
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Paul had a decorated career with Art, had a great solo catalogue and then, with some amazing African talent, he somehow gives us Graceland.
Bravo, Paul!
....IMHO Graceland is his BEST solo album...I love 'em all but this one is special
Graceland is definitely one of the greatest albums ever recorded.
+Valerie Curtis Agreed
+Valerie Curtis indeed! marred only by Paul Simon apparently being a bit of a twat
+Valerie Curtis DEFINITELY. If I was allowed to bring only one album on a desert island, I would bring Graceland.
Valerie Curtis like, ever!
Matty Pee take it easy
Happy birthday 🎉🎈🎉 🎂🎈 80 years old today October 12 , 2021 I pray 🙏 that you live to be 100 or greater if you want to.
HELL YEAH AFRICA ROCKS, THANK YOU PAUL AND BAND...😊💪✌️❤️💯
"a loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires"...so ahead of his Time
Miss Richard Tee
God bless Paul Simon
Am always glad to receive positive comments from my lovely fans 🤍🖤 it's absolutely my pleasure bringing sweet melody to you. May God bless you awesomely 🙏
I hope you have fun listening to this music 🎧❣️. Have you been to any of my concert?
A Global Soundtrack for the Southern African liberation struggle's endgame, and an amazing conceet!.
For years I totally believed that there is trombone on this song. 2:32 Bakithi Khumalo is an absolute magician on bass.
Best concert i was ever dragged to. Didn't want to go, no interest but ended up going. I had great seats and had the bass player in front of me. By the end of the concert i was just staring into the great nothing with my tongue hanging out, drooping to the floor, and when it reached the floor it it bent at 90 degrees and kept going forward. Shortly after i became a Bass player and never looked back.
You were at Rufaro stadium in 1988? Wow
The days of miracle and wonder.
How could you not want to go? This was BOUND to be a great concert.
@@MrTchitapa Must have been 1987.
Baghiti Kumalo, I believe is his name. Hope did not kill the spelling. I also fell under his spell but 4000 miles away.
this Graceland tune 👌 Is just slick 👌 tune to me I truly recommend it to all viewers and listening public on RUclips he's a dope 👌 guy and the group of other members in the group are extremely dope 👌 guys 👌✋💪💪❤❤👑✌️
Boy in a bubble. A perfect conclusion.
I was 5 years old and could hear the concert from our back porch! We were about 2 miles from the stadium... Memories
I love this song so much ❤
Paul at his height. He is our Gershwin.
A massive shout out to the incredible musicians who are supporting Paul.
Paul Simon is a perfect example of what the word 'musical genius' really means. This is nothing short of a real work of art. Timeless and perfect.
The guy singing in the background at 3:23 is my favorite part.
The bassist makes the seemingly slow and lumbering instrument sound agile and fluid. Such a bad ass.
Comment flagged as potentially bassist...
fretless!!!!!
Bakhiti Khumalo.
I'm from South Africa and Graceland kept me grounded and connected to my homeland while I was in the States in '87. It has such a special place in my heart.
I graduated from high school in 1987.... there is a lyric in this song "...this is the long distance call."
Do kids today know what a "long-distance call" is? So much has changed.
These are the days of lasers in the jungle
Lasers in the jungle somewhere
Staccato signals of constant information
A loose affiliation of millionaires
And billionaires and baby
-should be considered a prophetic since the idea is from 1987 we could never have predicted this then.
It's good to see once again ray phiri and bk bakithi khumalo doing their thing
Graceland was the name I was looking for inside it I found this ❤
Who is still caught in this fever? Glorious days! *Days of miracles and wonders*
i love the guys he did this music with. some of the very best i have ever heard. best music paul ever got down and recorded.
Days of miracle and wonder song ❤
Still listening in 2021
For me: Paul Simon is music!
Am always glad to receive positive comments from my lovely fans 🤍🖤 it's absolutely my pleasure bringing sweet melody to you. May God bless you awesomely 🙏
I hope you have fun listening to this music 🎧❣️. Have you been to any of my concert?
@@EricaCampbell. I know, Paul dont give answer on RUclips...
@@edithkudlovic
How long have you been listening to my music ❤️ ❤️???
always thought this was the best song on the album - and what an album and band
I was playing football intasmania for Sheffield this song ment every thing to me it's was a miracle and wonder we won the premiership
My late mum use to Love this Song And Paul Simon Album Graceland it brings back memories of my late mum.
I could listen to that accordion riff all day long…
i think it's actually a dulcimer
1000% this would not even made today😊
For the past two weeks,I've been thinking of your name, I was thinking it was Don Simeon. I was just a child of 5 years old when My father played your GRACELAND NONSTOP.. seeing this music bring back so many memories of Late Father who died APRIL 24TH 2012 as a Soldier of the Nigeria🇳🇬 Army😭
continue to rest on DANIEL UBAH
had no idea this was the name of the song when I was listening to it over several months lol
Wow.what a great entertainer ..
We hope your song for Africa cones to fruition
Aw, filmed when there was still hope. Tragic what befell Zimbabwe.
2:17 - Lord have mercy those boys know how to make a sound
Rufaro stadium Harare Zimbabwe, it was real musical fest
2 bars in and the crowd acknowledges the song - timeless classic.
PAUL SIMON An Oracle
Zo emotioneel, zo goed gemaakt. Nog altijd fantastisch..
Am always glad to receive positive comments from my lovely fans 🤍🖤 it's absolutely my pleasure bringing sweet melody to you. May God bless you awesomely 🙏
I hope you have fun listening to this music 🎧❣️. Have you been to any of my concert?
This was the first Paul Simon song I ever heard. I remember instantly thinking "this is important music." Still just as true years and years later, much more in fact.
I'm actually a death metal fan and drummer but I've got to admit, graceland and boy in the bubble are some of the greatest songs ever recorded, barely anything comes even close.
Very important music
Hands down my favorite artist of all time. I’ve been listening to him since I was a little kid in the 60s I basically wore out the bookends and bridge over troubled water albums and his solo career took him to a whole new level.
Truly a hymn to Nelson Mandela's passing. It's amazing how Paul Simon risked his own life to make music this outstanding.
Do some research
Nelson Mandela was a terrorist and a communist and apartheid was a blessing to Africans.
It's true.
In the beginning Mandela was a terrorist but he learnt a lot in prison and there was a good transition of Government when he was in power but after him the Government hasn't worked. Apartheid was not a blessing - all humans should be treated the same and that didn't happen
"Terrorist" explains nothing of the situation.
Thank you!
Man Ray Phiri on guitar what a wow
LET US RALLY BEHIND OUR AUTHENTIC AND CONSISTENT LEADER... Paul Simon!
groundbreaking music.
What a poet.
Am always glad to receive positive comments from my lovely fans 🤍🖤 it's absolutely my pleasure bringing sweet melody to you. May God bless you awesomely 🙏
I hope you have fun listening to this music 🎧❣️. Have you been to any of my concert?
The entire Graceland album is stellar!!
Am always glad to receive positive comments from my lovely fans 🤍🖤 it's absolutely my pleasure bringing sweet melody to you. May God bless you awesomely 🙏
I hope you have fun listening to this music 🎧❣️. Have you been to any of my concert?
Oh my God! Paul Simon! Legendary! This man is God's gift to mankind! His songs just cut through my heart!
Rockstar in Africa there.
Bahkithi Kumalo is a BAD ASS on that bass guitar!!!!
+SexyGirl79 Hell yes. First and last time is saw anyone rock a fretless bassguitar like that.
@@cueballB Um... Jaco Pastorius ring a bell for you?
Yeah, he's really good on the skin flute.
Agree
@@dieselyeti It is my belief that Bill Wyman is the pioneer of this.
Bust my head 30th December 2019 💗💗💗
Who's listening😘😘😘😘
Got that right
Best Album in last 50 years, FACT
Music is the food to the soul. To all the departed souls that was live in the concert, Rest in peace. Amen
This is a performance that will never get old
Yep not wrong!
I agree
These are the days of wonder
The man Paul Simon should have got a Nobel prize for his peace work and art. If he were British he'd now be Sir Paul.
AS A XHILS I WOULD WATCH THIS OBSESSIVELY OVER AND OVER AO GLAD THIS WAS MY LIFE
That base guitarist is awesome.
He is the one and only Bakhiti Kumalo
i listen to this as a kid in my fathers car back in 88 every day and ever since its been magic and now am 40yrs old cant and wont stop loving this albulm called graceland. thank you paul simon.
The album ‘Graceland’ was recorded 1985-86, and released August 1986. An absolute masterpiece.
The old man had this whole show on VHS back in the day. We used to play it loud!
I could have this bass on loop in my mind for all times...
These are days...
The base just rips
Such a beautiful combination of American and African music, lyrically and musically.
AMEN VALERIE... My wife and I truly enjoy GRACELAND.. Fans... seems forever... I'm 74..
Wherever he is, I hope Paul Simon is happy
He's happily doing his Farewell Tour! He'll keep writing and performing but no touring. Plus his biography was recently published and it's GREAT if you want to know more about the man and his amazing music.
@@serendiptyithis song alone is worth a few decades of rest..... bless him🙏 and YOU😂❤
@@PLnbdy Wow! You just replied to a comment I made 5 years ago on a comment you made a year before that! The wonders of the Internet. 😃
@@serendiptyiserendipitous
Talk about tight musicians!
I'm a musician. If I could have any bass player in a band it would be this guy from Graceland album.
Fantástico, foi um conserto fora de série, parabéns! Os africanos merecem!
That bassist is so sick!
He had some great stuff before and he has the brilliance and ability to do so even now, However Graceland and THIS concert to me will be when Paul SImon was at the height of his powers as a songwriter and his ability to tap into African music which for many of us Western fans we had not heard until this Album.
Happy 35 years to Graceland. A perfect album, and this, a perfect concert.
I was there. Magical.
prefer this to the studio version really makes you want to get up and dance you feel all the different instruments
What a concert.
Woah my that bass is seriously so good.