Paul Simon- Homeless

[momcubed76]

LOVE IT!! This whole album is awesome!

[ejapantaku]

@Terpentijn They wrote it in collaboration. It's both their songs, although it would be nice to get a (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo) in the title then.

[kalifa332]

Nazista odeia essa música afinal é um culto a raça negra!O negro é belo não por ser negro, mas por ser igual a todos os demais seres!A igualdade e o respeito é o destino do ser humano!

[nightheart65]

I'm 15. And this still one of greatest songs i've ever heard.

[kalifa332]

Simplesmente divino! Viva a Raça Negra e a mama África o mais lido dos continentes!

[kalifa332]

simplesmente divino!Viva a raça negra e a mama Africa!!!!

[FlyingPiper13]

is there a VEVO video for this

[b11webdev]

Terpentijn, Paul Simon made them famous by introducing them to the world via his album Graceland. Ladysmith Black Mambazo are still famous in Africa for obvious reasons because of this, Paul Simon on the other hand, sorry who is Paul Simon again? ;-)

[rainbowunicorn136]

@b11webdev ..hes still producing and his music will live on long after he hits the grave

[2MuchIn2LovE]

The 12 people that disliked is homeless



[habutre]

I'm just a child when I listen this song for first time. I watched the serie named "Roots" (Raízes in portuguese) with my father. I was 7 yeas old, and I still remember when this song started the serie and my father and I didn't take of the eyes from TV. It was 24 years ago.

[contrafax]

I know that this not about it but, in some sects of Buddhism the "Homeless way" is considered part of the path towards enlightenment. Not sure why I felt the need to put that in

[shisenkrieg]

YEH FUCK YOU MUGABE  :D

[Southernmetalhippie]

12 people are webaba silale maweni... whatever that means. I confess I'm not well versed in my African tribal languages.

[MrTillyayre]

12 people have always had a roof over their head.

[silviawelch]

if this song touches even one single life, no matter if that life already has one home or ten, then I THANK YOU Paul Simon, and I dont care how many homes he has or what color he is!

[kmoejes1]

This song is too beautiful!

[ENACODNOM]

@minpinful Np harm done, as Michael Jackson was white!

[bahowood]

Paul Simon is truly an American Music without border. This a beautiful composition. Only a talented music can perform as such. God bless you always Simon Paul.

[Anask100]

Loved every second of it, beautiful song

[unumgarlad]

resonates still

[MsMandyluv]

nice song

[longfootbuddy]

if you want to end up homeless, dont pay your property tax.. theyll come take your home for not letting them steal from you.. they may even take you...try working for a living without paying your income tax.. try opening a business without a license.. try driving your car without a license.. carry a gun without permits...break any rule of the government, and they will come for you with the force of a gun...disobey them, youll be killed...what freedom we have here in america..love it or leave it?

[xpy1000]

Hearing this live at Glastonbury over ten years ago was one of the high points of my life....

[mikeyRD08]

DIS.

I.

LIKE

[PianoMan0489]

Paul Simon wrote this and arranged all the choral parts. He is one of the few pop musicians who is also an amazing arranger

[upstandingj]

@PianoMan0489 no he didn't. ladysmith black mambazo did.

[Terpentijn]

this is not a paul simon song, but a Ladysmith Black Mambazo song, why did paul simon get all te he credits

[upstandingj]

@Terpentijn THANK U. hellooo ignorant people.

[MinamuTV]

@Terpentijn Well, they get paid if they're not credited, or should. But also, Simon wrote and arranged it, so that might be why, too.

[MisterMcMaestro]

@Terpentijn Because famous.

[GWParadise]

@Terpentijn Because it's on his album, I guess. :)

[22himmel1]

setz die seegel baby

[Broblem12]

A crosscultural blessing to the soul and the senses. :{ )

[Allie4295]

I love this song, Paul Simon is awesome!!!!

[baybeegirlkim]

its sed that they dont make real music like this any more, this music will live on for ever unlike most of the moden stuff

[TheOnionRoute]

♥ Liberty ☼ Libertad ♫ Freiheit

[JayGOS117]

Beatiful upload Aqua'.

Awesome sauce.

i got a lotta memories attached to this song

Amties,

J

[awsomesauce1410]

@JayGOS117 boom...look at my name

[JayGOS117]

@awsomesauce1410 Oo rah, amigo :D

Some people are merely awesome, some are the sauce you serve awesome with.

And we all know the sauce makes it better :D

J

[amychubby]

LADYSMITH BLACK MOMBAZO

[MrBellend1]

What a beautiful song. Lovely voices and harmony, a real delight.

[annaevahoekstra]

Love for South Africa <3

[pyrodoomsday]

@MusicGalactica

Me too! I looked up the album just so I could have some nostalgia. I've just moved to another state and am going to college and I've never missed my mom so much. I remember hearing these songs over and over when she'd rock me to sleep, dance with me in the living room, etc. I especially remember her playing this album for me once when I had like a 104 fever and a painful ear infection. I just looked at the ceiling and listened to this, going to sleep.

[Feidippes]

my dad was always singing this when he was drunk ;D

[MrChoka10]

@Feidippes i would love to hear a bunch of drunks sing this song it could be hilarious

[TNEsupersayianslayer]

im terribly sorry but i strongly dislike this song

[firestartertwistedfi]

@TNEsupersayianslayer Sorry isn't going to cut it, my friend :)

[djbaze1998]

I think this is the best song ever behind Graceland

[Oceanlife17]

The track SHOULD say: Paul Simon & Joseph Shabalala ~ "Homeless"

[loudxlaugherr09]

@Oceanlife17 Actually it should say Paul Simon & Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

[DieguitoBobito]

I grew up listening to Paul Simon. Still loving it! This song in particular. The first part spoken in african sounds like something hilarious in spanish. XD Still, great song.

[WorldsGreatestVidiot]

The 4 people who disliked this don't actually exist

[poisonblade2]

@WorldsGreatestVidiot nah i think they were too busy listening to the awesomeness to aim properly

[jordana8899]

@WorldsGreatestVidiot hahahaha

[sanjurodog]

@WorldsGreatestVidiot ....now 11 people agree with you, and 11 don't exist. Those 11 dislikes must be them! they've come back into existence to go on ahead and change their minds. and I am #12, to point that out. :^)

[JayGOS117]

@WorldsGreatestVidiot There's 11 now, maybe they got 11 really big homes, and can't imagine sleeping by a lake. When it's a cold African sky. They've never been homeless.

A crappy experience, but one they lack nonetheless, so their judgement is flawed.

Be well WGV.

J

[xsdata2009]

m brilliant ...what a callaboration.. timeless!

[nedatronics]

The simplicity of this song is captivating.

[SlappaDeBassMon]

What a great song.

[SlappaDeBassMon]

@minpinful Hahahaha thats awesome.

[shaalis]

@Lindify83 then this sone should me called "timeless" :) what a lovely lovely song

[ravisingh76]

Love Graceland ...thank god for giving us Paul Simon.

[nausninha]

I just want to know why we don't have music like this anymore? .....this is the purity of Earth...

[MrChoka10]

so basic ,primal and beutiful,the sound of humanity's roots long forgotten

[rpsmom]

This is the story of how we begin to remember. This is the powerful pulsing of love in the veins. After the dream of falling and calling your name out, these are the roots of rhythm and the roots of rhythm remain.

...and he walked the length of his days under African skies. .....

[TheOnionRoute]

CAN SOME ONE PLEASE TRANSLATE THE CHORUS & OTHER letra lyrics THAT I ASSUME are SuNG in SWAHILI in2 AMERICAN ENGLISH o Español Mexicana?

This is a very BEAUTIFUL song by PauL & Lady Smith...

We shall LOVE, AMAR und PRAY for the HoMeLeSS kai LONG LIVE LIBERTY

[annaevahoekstra]

@TheOnionRoute It's not swahili, it's zulu

[MicroWorldLover]

@annaevahoekstra Thanks for the info. I snapped up this (2x Grammy award winning album in '86 & title track 'best record' in 87') as soon as I could get my hands on it. It was my intro to the fantastic LS.

[TheOnionRoute]

CAN SOME ONE PLEASE TRANSLATE THE CHORUS & OTHER letra lyrics THAT I ASSUME is SuNG in SWAHILI in2 AMERICAN ENGLISH o Español Mexicana?

This is a very BEAUTIFUL song by PauL & Lady Smith...

We shall LOVE, AMAR und PRAY for the HoMeLeSS kai LONG LIVE LIBERTY

[SoloArtForm]

a beautiful album.

[ttrraavviiss220088]

chills down the spine.

[Mildredxx]

I rarely like any of my Dad's CD's but this one... WOW!

[mhasting22]

Help!

[tramsay1027]

Ladysmith Black Mambazo FTW

[rockel1986]

My pug likes this song :) Great songs from my childhood. 

[diodewatch11]

played this abum more than any other , over and over ,never got bored

[minamu8]

Graceland = The Greatest Album Ever Made

[username0727]

good shit here you hear

[crackfarm76]

go ladysmith black mambazo!!!!

[crackfarm76]

i read that he sometimes writes in an interesting way--he'll find the blanket of the song first, in other words, the rythms, the backround vocals, etc...then he'll write the melodies and lyrics over it....i adore this album...this is a great example of fusion at work...paul simon is definitely a king of pop!!

[rachelallencamus]

I just wanted to say to all of us watching... while I like watching vids of songs when I'm not near my ipod or cd's - don't forget that paul simon is an artist and this is his art! so head over to your local record store or even itunes and buy the album :)

[TubeTripping]

This song kinda makes me wanna be homeless...thanks a lot Paul.

[doctordryan]

Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooomeless.....

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[almodovariana]

Wonderful choir, great interpretation ...Paul Simon is great

[husilamea]

i first heard this song wheni was little my uncle bought a track was and is still a very deep song to listen to. awesome love their music : )

[esteves1234567]

this song is just.....boring

[wolcamp]

@esteves1234567

Listen to the vocals. This is art

[esteves1234567]

@wolcamp maybe to some pov's...

[edinburghmike]

I agree with the views on Graceland being the / a perfect album. I can listen to it again and again without tiring of it !

[MoosicandCritters]

This song had always been one of my favorites by Paul Simon, but that's a difficult choice, since ALL of his songs are epic!!!  Thanks for posting all of these songs!

[gazzi22]

Did they say go get yo mama? lol just bullshittin.'

[00ARYA00]

One cut is more perfect than the next. With this music we never need no fucking antidepressant meds.

[ekasaysdibs]

this song gives me the chills

[07bboyjoe]

Love this song !!!!

[lulieta1000]

lindoooooooo demais!!!!!!!!

[LowHeadRoom]

the song is about 42 million people

they lost their home

do they have to lose their dignity?

16,000 people every day die from hunger !!

it's a beautiful SONG, about LIFE

[mikemoos]

@LowHeadRoom

and we havent done a thing?

this song is 24 years old and still there is hunger?

[DanielR305]

@LowHeadRoom yes did lose 42 million but to the dedication of mandela and sacrificing this life on robin island for many years as many others too believed south Africa would be freed again one day and it has yet the world was not build with magic dust and everything is again ok because it does not work like that but situation in the townships are slowing improving but rebuilding towns and lives takes time and patience but there is freedom now in sa and fairer equality now in sa also

[loposserj]

simon would never have been able to do this song without the beautiful african voices. what a waste of effort that would have been. thank god for his wisdom in bringing this piece of work together.

[expensivetreats]

This is a great song..to keep in mind Haiti as well as Africa..so much left to fix in this world

[Kudiz]

or not to fix and let some things be as they have always been...

[EdgarWallaceNachbar]

best recording-quality ever heard. especially from  original vinyl - godlike!

[Easterknight2461]

1 of the top 3 greatest rock lyricists of the 20th Century along with Bob Dylan and Neil Young

[Kudiz]

amen

[unclesam21]

the best song assoicated with simon

[n3nshat1]

african language is soo buetiful

[Baphomael]

which one? theres lots of african languages, including french, arabic, portuguese, spanish, dutch-based afrikaans, and lots. There is no 'african' language. Africa is a diverse continent, not a country.

[Kudiz]

maybe you think of swahili wich is native to the continent

[mermoz66]

A real and great artist Paul Simon why ?

Because he can share the spotlight with other not so well knowned artist and help them progress in there art.....Not to mention his musical and song writting skills...A real gentlement .

[iriscelta]

I love Simon...

[Bruceylicious]

This album... doesn't have a bad song on it. They're all fantastic. When was the last time that happened. Paul Simon is a gift.

[mootoo05]

Yeah agree totally. It has to be one of the rare examples of a perfect Album. Every song is great

[minamu8]

@mootoo05 I would say the exact same thing almost.

[jolf1245]

@Bruceylicious

I could not agree more. An album with so many good songs is an absolute exception. I had the LP and bought the CD later, couldn't miss it after the turntables were gone.

[levi20067]

@Bruceylicious agree

[username0727]

@Bruceylicious pink floyd -The wall- Dark Side of the moon-

[TheMihuel]

Every time when a hear this song I've got tears in my eyes. It's a most beautiful song in the world. Thank You Lady Smith Black Mombazo and Paul Simon for this. Salaam Aleikum.

[MrStaves]

homeless, homeless

[rhodges26]

love this song best song i have ever heard

[austingirl98]

Beautiful song...reminds me of my mom...she always played "Graceland" while I was growing up.

[mikemoos]

@austingirl98

then we have something in common.

[awize1]

Crazykat1812....we did the same as you!! brings back happy days when i hear this!!!

[crazykat1812]

I love this album, my Mum used to play it in the car and this song used to make me and my brother laugh our socks off!! I think it's all the "sex type" noises, we were young and used to think it was soooooo funny!!! 3.13 is the sex noise thing!!!

[bhakula]

its a zulu male chant

[Lauren30]

so relaxing and beautiful...the most amazing artists and singers :)

[jfhed]

une excellente chanson qui est cite dans l excellent livre 50° au dessous de zero

[codyrasco]

My stepfather loved this album. He died this year afer a long battle with Alzheimer's. This song reminds me of him. I enjoy it. I hope you do, too.

[mrbinkybonky]

hey cody.. reminds me of the best boss i ever had and he passed away too..he loved this album and would dance around to this whilst his wife cooked us all dinner after a hard days work !!!" god bless you J.B...we miss you so much ...love from ...CATWEAZLE!!!!!

[enterdoucingwho]

The ending sounds like someone having trouble breathing