Paul Simon - The Obvious Child Lyrics

Thanks for this glorious song Paul.

1:12 kids flipping the bird

in ways above lennon. as far as the u.s a non even close.

Haha, lol

Je bent boos noh, Alexander?
Je moet niet boos blijven kerel...hey we make the best!

F-16 top speed? But who said I love speed , a smooth ride or flight..
I'm accustom to a smooth ride!

So this is where Michael Jackson got his inspiration for creating the "They don't care about us" (brazil video)

POOR NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOME ISLAND, LOL

Great song but, the audio is bad.

26 .11.19
Such a delightful video of these wonderful colorful happy people where music clearly is so natural to them
It’s really lovely to watch and for some reason tears are streaming down my face .
Why can we all not live together with love , respect and peace .
They way our world is going , our PreciousAnimal Kingdom being Decimated .
It feels like we are about to Implode .
What a Terrible way we are foolishly going . 💔🌍🌎🌏🇬🇧

A cidade mais negra do Brasil. Amo Salvador ❤

play at 1.33x for hype

Anyone know what that form of dance/fighting at the end of the video is called...plz share if so

This is capoeira. A Brazilian dance / fight. At the time of slavery in Brazil, slaves were not allowed to train any kind of fight for obvious reasons, so they pretended to be dancing with music. There are other versions of Capoeira, but I believe in this one. Listen to the song "Meia Lua Inteira" by Caetano Veloso and Carlinhos Brown. It's an amazing Capoeira song: https://youtu.be/GszhZlipskg

@Kika Mercadante thanks I just knew it's Brazilian but did not know it's name 👍👍👍

PAUL SIMON AND OLODUM BRAVOOOOOOO !!!!!!

This is Olodum. Its my soul singing, dancing and tell to the world that have no diferences between us. God save Simon. God save Olodum.

"Cross is in the ballpark".....each of us can decide the meaning of this image.........This song is from Simon's LP "Rhythm of the Saints", perhaps his deepest work lyrically and rhythmically ever, thank you Paul! You're a national treasure for sure.

I absolutely adore this...

Paul Simon is the first one you can say who started with "trapp riddim" in his music...
Give him credentials for that!

En hoe gaat het met jou?

The church at the top of the steps looks very white in this image, but when I took photos there in August 2011, the building was covered in mold and trees were growing from the steeples. A friend who lives in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil) told me there are funds to restore many of the old churches in the city, but sadly it disappears into politicians' pockets. This video was posted in June 2011, but I'm sure it is much older.

Note that at the beginning and end two men are performing capoeira, which used to be a martial art form, but has evolved into a dance-like performance where blows never land.

On the Michael Jackson video of "They Don't Care About Us (Brazil Version), at 3:42-3:55 you can catch a glimpse of the same church steeples in the upper right. Some of Jackson's video was filmed in the same Pelourinho section of Salvador and some in the favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro.

This is playing so quietly.Anyone else find the same problem?

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Saudades de um Pelourinho, que conheci muito bem, de antes do tombamento pela Unesco e da grana do Banco mundial, anos noventa. Desde então, a espontaneidade tornou-se impossível, não é mais, em toda medida, o retrato fiel de seus viventes desde que foram, por tais "melhorias", expulsos de lá (Como Jorge Amado poderia redigir tantos textos, para o mundo ler, encontrando só as artificialidades?!). Melhorias que seriam perfeitamente possíveis sem a degenerescência em que resultou de forma inconsequente e sem a crítica dos que possam ou podiam estar adiante das devidas reivindicações na preservação da originalidade da cultura do lugar, se tão enormemente depende de sua gente e seus costumes e comportamentos do jeito mais natural. Andar naquela merda, já por todas estas décadas, é se sentir, bem denunciável, um cidadão soteropolitano, mas de segunda classe em Salvador, com os turistas sendo paparicados com excessos e exageros tão flagrantemente.
Paul Simon, anos oitenta, pôs em relevo o talento desta orquestra percussiva como só raros artistas no mundo todo poderiam fazer igual. Razão para isso é que Paul é um talento como poucos e sem discussão, compondo, tocando... aclamadíssimo por público e crítica no mundo todo. A revista Rolling Stones e outras publicações norte-americanas o reconhece, após meticulosa avaliação de um corpo de jurados com todo o conhecimento de causa possível (Foi considerado o 93º melhor guitarrista de todos os tempos pela revista norte-americana Rolling Stone. Wikipédia).
Durante não pouco tempo, do que presenciei só nas emissoras de rádio, pessoas de dentro e de fora do Olodum tinham a ingratidão de afirmar que experiências assim teriam que só se repetirem com todo o cuidado, pois são artistas que aparecem para se aproveitar (apareciam palavras como "explorar"), depois sumiam e era o que resumia tudo.
Indiscutivelmente muito inferior em valor artístico, Michael Jackson, este ficou sendo ovacionado de antes, durante e depois do encontro com um outro Pelô; sabe-se, com o emprego da razão, que também não mais possível o mesmo Olodum. Após a morte do Astro pop, seria, como integrantes da banda e seus entusiastas insistiram, para erigir logo uma estátua do Astro no largo do Pelourinho. Fruto de uma indústria cultural massificante, longe do real merecimento dos que se ocupassem pra valer na afirmação de um talento prestigiável, de igual forma, só por gigantes. Mas, não de uma popularidade ilegítima, como tão flagrantemente sempre foi, com este sempre a contar de quando se apropriaram dele após o sensacional brilho do período com os irmãos (The Jackson five).
A morte de Michael foi bem uma ilustração do que é se apropriar; fato, admite-se a princípio, impossível com grandes talentos. Tiveram-no sob a insistência, a coação mais obsessiva por dinheiro, ou então sofrer sanções dadas por cláusulas contratuais rompidas. O lucro inescrupuloso para artistas que não servem mais à arte, e sim ao lucro, não permitiria uma outra cláusula, de exceção às expectativas, a partir do mínimo bom senso, bem a saber, proteger o mesmo se incapacitado por uma enfermidade (Era uma perna machucada, mas sob ensaios exaustivos e doses cavalares de analgésicos que o levaram à morte).
Quando tudo o que possa corromper, quando os corrompidos, é que se apropinquam, dá-se a sedução generalizada, arraigada pela estupidez de um senso comum. Perde a arte e, haverá um certo tempo, em que o talento já não mais será um requisito para ninguém. Eles, os talentosos, estão se tornando cada vez mais raros e conhecidos só de poucos.
Segue a Bahia como uma terra a nos fazer sentir muito mais saudades do que qualquer alegria possível ou otimismo para o futuro. São evidentes palavras de discurso de pessoas velhas, na recusa do novo, como sempre se creu; mas é uma falsa similitude. O novo que, reitera-se, degenerou-se de um passado do qual não se pôde evoluir, foi sim um rompimento com uma autenticidade em defesa da mercantilização, da exacerbação de interesses meramente financeiros. Não é à toa que uma juventude soteropolitana, dos estratos menos favorecidos de renda, é a própria expressão da orfandade de um legado de seus ascendentes. Não é mais “Ê Bahia boa que (de tanto ser boa) não presta”. Já de muito tempo e cada vez mais... Ê Bahia que para prestar tem que ser boa só para poucos. A aceitação passiva e generalizada conta com a recusa dos que possam desta maneira, assim, se expressar por meio de um orgulho dado por tradições cada vez mais abortadas em nome dos artificialismos, da barbárie; pois o nome que cabe ao “civilizatório”, se excludente, é adulteração.

He took a pill in Ibiza?

In Bolsonaro's Brazil, I wonder how many of the darker-skinned folk here are even alive.......

Little boots literary "little shit" I wonder were his descendants might reside now?

Maybe you want "emperor garlic " marching on this start up of this riddim

Iam Brazilian and when this song was released in Brazil I was a child, my father who was from Bahia loved it. It was the first time an international artist combined his own sound with Olodum. My father is long gone now, from him I got the dark skin and the love for Brazil and it's culture but above all sweet memories dancing to this song in or living room. Thank you Mr. Simon.

Salvador Bahia Pelourinho

Where is Julio?

Lovely song

Nessa epoca o PT ainda nao tinha invadido essas comunidades com a falsa promessa de melhora economica.

Had this classic earworm in my head all day 😁

Linda canção e combinou com a batida do Olodum.

One of those songs that make you think about life, your past, the present, moments that pass by and the future very profound lyrics.....

En ook nog daarmee te kampen ik weet niet wie ik ben ja nu wel
Gewoon altijd jezelf zijn!

Ik ben the jokers son,
Liefde overwint alles jonge..love conquered all...
Onze Vader bidden.
Heilige engel michael aanroepen dan heb je altijd bescherming

@J Chr G Verder gaat het wel goed met je?

@Vlinder 010 heerlijk ,met mij gaat het uitstekend "vlinder 010"💓💥

Paul Simon did the first concert I ever attended, 1989 in Central Park.

Great song, that bomp bomp, bomp, bomp thing, listen to the doo wop tune, Get a Job, by the Silhouettes, Simon grew up listening to doo wop. Just saying, love it....Near the end....

"No clipe Paul Simon tava de preto, mas na verdade não era não". Finalmente entendi.

#CLIPIT my conga... (U2 style) my very own Conga (no cognac ..crap wine) https://youtu.be/M8Wt3dhF4fU?t=54

The harm and threats are very real, especially when tiny; these grow and multiply with maturity and understanding. Now, doesn't it?...
I cannot remember a time in which I have ever really felt safe, nor secure.

I think you can hear the influence of this song/album in more recent bands like "fun." that combine heavy percussion with acoustic guitars and catchy melodies.

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I thought 30sec had gone by but turns out 4min had gone by and I had to hit Repeat for the 172nd time.

Im soon going to be 57 years old and Paul Simon's songs have literally been the sound track of my life from the time I was a toddler into old age. What a true gift he is to this world!

Excelente unión de nuestra América a pesar de que algunos presidentes con D nos quieren dividir !!!!!!

I love this music 2 cultures but we all human thanks Paul xxxx

Remaster this please!!! Not loud enough on my headphones!
Them drums!

Viva minha Bahia!! Coisa linda!! Vivre ma Bahia - Brésil!!!

It's the first time I've heard this music. It brought me tears.
Ps. Tenho um grande sonho de ver o Olodum tocar.

This has to be one of his best songs.

WONDERFUL

People of colour...or ...People of lite come together ….  in music

I feel sorry for those who lack the musical sophistication and nuance to appreciate Paul Simon.

This is what absolute joy feels like!!! Namaste 🙏

The Olodum beat! Seen them perform. Got the t-shirt

The drums started and my cat ran away. Usually he ignores my music.
4:01 chills every time.

How I love this song! Let there always be drums!

Brazil, bring back the monarchy!

"Sonny's yearbook from HS is down from the self and the agony comes thru the pages......"
PURE POETRY PAUL - Gotta live 2 feel that line hit you in the gut !

Great song by a great musician who did wonderful things for the black people here in America while raising humanitarian funds during the drought and famine, but apologies to mention something unusual.
Ummm... Can you find any video or picture in which Paul Simon actually touches, much less hugs or shows true affection, with a black person? Yes, he donated money to an honorable cause and hired black people to promote his videos, he received awards for his charitable contributions, yet never once can you see him actually hug or otherwise treat a black person other than as his employee.
Please, somebody prove me wrong, I want to believe he is a better man than I understand him to be...

this is my JAM right now!!!! xoxoxox

Con esta canción mi padre trabaja en sus planos y nosotros con mi hermana bailando.. 💃

Que lindo!

*2019?*

Also featuring JJ Cale on guitar, Kim Wilson on harmonica, Nana Vasconcelos on percussion and Michael Brecker on lyricon

Amazing song.

The cross is in the ballpark

Paul this is literally the most amazing thing I've ever seen. Job well done.

Why deny the obvious? Child 👶

Flipping heck - this is filmed in Salvador. I was there 10 years ago ... almost got mugged. Good times.

The other day I was near Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires where a protest was going on. A few blocks away there was a 10 piece all girl drum line playing a rhythm that had others dancing in the street, and I swear my first thought was “When is Paul Simon going to show up?” I hate that The Rhythm Of The Saints seems to get lost in the vast shadow of Graceland

Muito bom ano essa união com olodun

If you talk above your own head, then guess where the words might come from?

Crazy.......its the only way to describe Mr Simon

Has to be one of his greatest songs ever ! ..he has alot of great songs .

Jó alkotás. Minden szempontból.

MTV Flashback Thursday am ? 10-11 am EST December 13 1990

You can see a jealous Art Garfunkel in the back at 1:18.

povinho nojento, clipe fake

Remember Cuban-born Desi Arnaz Sr. (Ricky Ricardo in I Love Lucy), Lucille Ball's ex-husband, and one of Arnaz's most famous songs, "Babalú"? Well, Mr. Arnaz was singing about a Yorùbá deity, Babalú-Ayé, from the Afro-Cuban religion of Santería. In Yorùbá, he is known as O̩balúayé, or more often as Sopona or Shapona. In the native West African religion of the Fon, he is commonly known as Sakpata. In Brazil, he is known as Omolu, Omulú, Obaluaê, Obaluaiê, Xapanã, and other names.

I read Cuban American Desi Arnaz's autobiography, A Book, many years ago. Arnaz mentioned how black Cubans greatly contributed to Cuban music and dance, e.g., the conga dance Arnaz helped popularized in the United States during the 1930s with Spanish Catalan American Xavier Cugat. (The Congolese roots of the dance, as well as the well-known Afro-Cuban drum, the conga, are obvious, at least name-wise.) "Conga" is also the title of the first hit single by the Miami Sound Machine, led by Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan.

Deities in the native religion of the Yorùbá people in West Africa, who live primarily in Nigeria, are known in Yorùbá as òrìṣà (or orisha). In Cuba, they are called commonly pronounced orichá, while in Brazil they are called orixá. (Whether or not there's an "sh" sound in modern Spanish is more complicated than it first seems.)

Olodum, which backed Paul Simon on this 1990 song, is an afro bloco from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Their music is samba-reggae, originally a combination of Brazilian samba & Jamaican reggae. Olodum comes from the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé in Bahia; his name derives from Olodùmarè, the supreme creator in the native West African Yorùbá religion, Òrìṣà-Ifá. In the Afro-Cuban religion, Santería, he is known as Olodumare. Many salsa musicians have drawn inspiration from Santería - after all, salsa originated from the son cubano, an Afro-Cuban music form which blended African and Hispanic musical styles.

Thank yo so much for this music

Linda demais Amoooo meu sonho é conhecer o olodum

When asked the secret of his writing success, Paul said: That’s obvious, child. Inspired this song.

Paul Simon and Olodum

Ameiiiii

I think this song was a obtuse answer to the critics who accused Paul Simon of stealing from African artists when he released Graceland. I think "why denies the obvious child" is both an admission he borrowed from other artists but it's also saying he did so innocently and with no ill intent.

As I get grayer, this song gets better and better.

Some people would call this cultural appropriation now. Those people are idiots.

Not just a great song, and performance, but I really like the way the scene is choreographed. Great marriage of percussion and lyrics.

Gorgeous ! Maravilhoso !

Nasci e cresci ouvindo-o, maravilhoso, músico e compositor!

An universal Artist!

There was so much depth and meaning in the video; it complemented the lyrics with such beauty.

I L-O-V-E this song! Greetings from Brazil!!!!

Daniel H. Elliottl is not and never was a pet project.

This is my dad's theme song. It represents his life perfectly.