Sixto Rodriguez - I Wonder

[martyspear9]

I just saw the Rodriguez documentary at Sundance called 'Searching For Sugar Man'. It's one of the most incredible and inspirational stories I have ever heard. This is the first time that I've ever heard of him or any of his extraordinary music. I can't wait to discover this great unknown artist of the 70's.

[williamernestsmith]

I've only heard Rodriguez through my brother's record as I don't think the commercial stations ever picked him up due to his music being so unique as we know manly pop or rock makes it to the telly. When I get my iPod hope to buy his LPs on iTunes. This song means a lot to me, it is around the time when I was right into Riguez music that my life was kind of cut short. It sends me right back, but that's ok it's nice to wonder, don't you?

[Abrohill]

notable, extraordinario una especie de feliciano-psi

[elvanjess]

wow! check out the aussie fans here. i'm 35 now and my mum used to play this all the time when i was little. i've loved this album ever since i rediscovered it in my teens. must have been a big one down under, huh?

[katinasvenska]

Still a wonderful song-what nationality was he?

[ppaull40]

@katinasvenska with a name like RODRIGUEZ ,have a bloody guess at what nash he is ! BRAINLESS !!!!

[dfrako]

@katinasvenska

He is from my hometown, Detroit. There is a new documentary about him called "Searching for Sugar Man".

[williamernestsmith]

@dfrako Thank's for the info.

[williamernestsmith]

AND I WONDER IF CLIMATE CHANGE IS JUST STATING THAT THE PLANET IS DYING - SO FORGET ABOUT PUTTING ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.

I WONDER I DO.

[kathygeoff1]

this was banned when i was young

[TOMHBOMB1963]

amazing album , i discovered when i left the coutnry city I lived in with its very limited radio station in the early 80's went to the big smoke and discovered some real music.

[OzTrich08]

I wonder, how many time Gillard listens to this song, an I'm an Aussie #jiggler

[larnig]

Man this dude, fuckin knows...

[supercjctv1]

I'm an Australian living in Australia and use to chill out to this and the rest of Cold Fact 35 years ago gooood memories still got the LP

[1jackiea]

@supercjctv1 same here ,my brother played it all the time .cool song love you !!!P xx

[Prolo4Life]

I'm French living in Canada, but I wonder anyway

[88niki88]

sweet bass

[morganmoon1980]

South African memories here too! Funny how he was so popular there and not really anywhere else.

[TheWildwisdom]

fuk have not heard this song since i was like 5 yeww

[bigjstakeaway]

im south african living in new zealand and this reminds me of when i was young and water skiing with my parents at the vaal river.

[hynesj]

Rhodesian living in the U.S. Miss everything about my youth!

[madintheoldsense]

I wonder what did with his CD I cant find it :(

[itekwenidurban]

a favorite song we sang whilst  at Oshivelo Ovambland o in 1975

[kellygottschalk21]

I wonder!

[Zarteaga]

I wonder why they do not make great music anymore.

[Patty5404]

what awesome memories in Durban of an amazing song and artist:)

[imnsaneru2]

46,BEEN LISTENING SINCE IT 1ST COME OUT,PASSED IT ON TO MY KIDS,WE ALL STILL SWAY 2 IT, FKN HUGE

[pb191919]

So many many thanks happy memories xxx

[doughboy5416]

watched him live in sa

[redmurri]

Greatest song, too deadly

[durbanoak]

this is so sa culture.....brilliant.....what makes us proudly sa....

[TheGkprod]

cant find on frostwire =(

[arthurandroid]

This album must be hardwired into SA culture. I started listening to it in the late 80's, my boet and his friends were listening to it before that. Now I read about people who got hooked on it even before I was born. I remember when it came out on CD everyone I knew bought a copy. I wonder if there is a new generation, people under 30, listening to it now?

[eluStxyz]

@arthurandroid i'm under 30 and i'm listening to it, it's like hipnotize :D

[MNTB77]

@eluStxyz i'm 15. ayy!

[mummyeo]

@arthurandroid ... Yes Im happy to say that the under 30's are loving this CD.... like my daughters who have been listening to my music from birth, the youngest is now 17yrs and had passed this album between her friends. ..... love it :)

[eddogbreath]

Love South Africa, miss you a lot

[kazluk33]

Hahahaha hmmmmm for Tiffany : )

[traviserwonder]

south african too from israel. childhood memories...

thank you, i wonder why all our families left SA?

[Jolie028]

Great!

[shebird68]

this is the one I was looking for to start with :-) ....got carried away, but here you go miss dementia.....:-)

[73Sammo]

Great memories of The Perserverance Tarven in Cape Town (South Africa)

[peasjolly1]

we all wonder this song lets us wonder together

[titansmuts]

every t ime i listen to this i think of my brother who died and all the good times and he wasent a soldier that died but a big brother at the age of 21 and for that i will always listen to this and think bk for this was beat live on my brother grant sarel smuts

[jan375]

South African living in Norway. Grew up listening to Rodriguez....every time I listen to him reminds me of home and my mom. I'd love to hear him live!

[olmanstillmanz]

Just saw the man live at the Tivoli in Brisbane this was the opening song was absolutely awesome if you get the chance to see this man live do it, you will regret it if you don't just great Cheers Marita

[1nojunkmale]

Wow this has brought back some great memories of my teen years.... exlnt.

[troika777]

great video

[mrpaulfuturist]

@troika777

Brilliant

[blubbiblubblubb]

this is fucking orgasmic, gave me the goosebumps when i first heard it. i wish i could see this guy live sometime. probably not gonna happen.

[sepulchrav3]

@blubbiblubblubb ya hes too old to perform. no one really payed attention to him when he was still performing (in US). his biggets fan base was in South Africa XD

[themurvolta]

@sepulchrav3 he just played in philly in 09

[sepulchrav3]

ye i looked it up after and was too lazy to come back to this. thanks though, it's never good when lies are spread xD

[BrightonBeachBabe]

First heard this back home in South Africa back in the 70's and was blown away - think I wore the vinyl out playing it so much. Now don't have a deck so thanks for posting - happy memories :)

[44bayley]

do you or know nick or knobby as he was known.lived in tamworth? r.i.p the fallen soldior

[BrightonBeachBabe]

@BrightonBeachBabe @44bayley - sorry don't know your fallen soldier - the only Knobby I know is an English (UK) DJ in Brighton

[abeyantbirds]

i think sugar man is better.

[caco14]

I think it too

[cherelle1952]

Fantastic song.Always been a favourite of mine.

[Scyonatra]

I love the bass in this song, it sounds awsome

[detroitdreaming]

Saw Rodriguez live for the first time in early November 09 at a benefit for Detroit's Donovan's Pub. Truly a great musician and a very genuine individual.....fyi, I filmed parts of the evening which can be seen on my YouTube Channel.

[benno60]

I introduced this album to a scallop boat crew I worked with in the early 80's down on the Bass Strait, Australia. They absolutely loved it. But after a year of constant playing I could'nt take anymore and threw it overboard one night on watch. Funny how times change, It's now one of my favorite songs to sing.

[williamernestsmith]

@benno60 OMG, my brothers use to fish way up north qld for weeks on end in the 1970's and one of them owns this LP - oh well at least you can hear it here, may be hard to find again (not the sea of course lol) but maybe in the odd independent music store - sad there almost gone too now. Music has gone backwards, I don't like the record store chains as they have plastic music - wish we could go back to the old days. I'm 51.

[SASoundsRock]

I wonder how I ever made it past the 80's! Wow, it was hot

[betsycoo]

was only recently introduced to this awesome musician...what have i been missing out on...i wonder...xox

[frank19593]

Saw him live in Sydeny in 1980 or 81 Unplugged him with guitar and one other other guitarist. He was incoherent when he tried to speak because he was so out of it but his singing voice was perfect. Was anybody else there and remembers?

[Mitchspoon2]

Yes I saw him in Newcastle but I thought it was more around 1976. Unplugged. First concert I saw. Been hooked ever since. When he walked out everyone thought he was the roady until he started playing.

[frank19593]

Hi Mitchspoon2 Ive still got the ticket it was oct 18 1981 at the Capitol theatre I remember thinking he was the roadie also!

[changling21]

wonder I do

[amfraecd]

And Scotland too!!!

[blackpoolbacon]

England loves Sixto :D

[StopUnumNow]

Sweet memories of South Africa!

Many thanks for posting

[TangibleK]

@StopUnumNow OMG I just put this on and PE came into my head....sweet, sweet memories!

[grahamsoar]

@StopUnumNow Remember those times....because it's not the same anymore...!! Still here..

[veemclean1]

@grahamsoar I was back last year just for a visit and I'm glad I grew up there and had the most fantastic youth a person could wish for, but I'm also glad I dont live there any more.

[seankoekemoer]

Eish, miss the 80's. And this man's music playing on the Radio in the Barracks

[Donkipiel]

im South african living in Canada now got my first tattoo wile listening to sixto fuck i miss the biker rallies with al the good music and brothers...........

[imnsaneru2]

@Donkipiel AUSSIE,I HEAR U DUDE

[Razza60]

@Donkipiel If you are an ex-PE Boy-The guys are really connecting on Facebook-Howzit

[santanocci]

@Razza60 P.E Boy ....is that premature ejaculator? Man i wouldnt advertise that if ya know what i mean

[reinodeprata]

nice times with my south african friends who introduce me to rodriguez!

[changling21]

and I wonder, i wonder , wonder I do.

[benny926]

What eva happened to good honest music that ment something...man im showin my age...M&M fully sic bro....LOL

[gilbertosullivan01]

good memories of growing up in jo'burg, when music was good and original.

[sproglett44]

Love it..... he makes me feel all wiggly and happy.......Grew up in SA to the utter genius of Sixto's music...I have Cold Fact and After the Fact..they are still available on CD...

[negetivekreep]

Nice comment chickun 69, i just discovered his music earlier this year and it blew me away that there could be someone with music soo great that i'd never stumbled on? At 29 yrs old i feel like i did as a bright eyed rug rat going thru my dads record collection discovering all those greats...

plus he's playing a show near where i live in LA & i got tickets today soo stoked!

[AtodaO]

this makes me think of all the girls who treat me like shit

[cliffstina]

I think that anyone who was living in SA in the mid to late 70s would have great memories of driving around with this music. I bought it on an 8 track for my boyfriend Robert from Greatermans :-)

[chickun69]

LIstening to this song reminds me of cruising around in the beautiful zimbabwe sunshine when I was about 2 inches 5..... good zimbabwe times.... nothing can take a way those memories... no dictator... no evil no man... nothing... all those memories will stay with every zimbabwean... or should we say rhodesians for the rest of their lives

[lonewolf4000]

Yeah, I hear you. I remember cruising around in Salisbury with this song playing. Good times in the old country (Rhodesia that is)

[tilog75]

Hey fellow africans....;) Know exactly what u guys mean...grew up in Cape Town and remember having beach parties with Rodriguez in the background, awesome lazy summer days and nights...would never be able to completely forget those days...

[k9cop1771]

AH MAN!!!!!! This is a trip down memory lane!!!! Just as good as when I was 15!!!!!

[donnaafricawebsite]

This was a number one hit in Zimbabwe and South Africa in the late 70's and 80's. I still have the CD. Luv, Light and Liberty Donna Africa xxx

[mariosks]

iii need to link for all albuns :)

[ncbloom]

rodriguez ya tough. love this music

[bushrapstar1]

i love smoking bongs to his music

[Josh7510]

not realy sure howe to navigate this site.love to hear from the person who has given me the thums down on my comment.?

[Josh7510]

ahed of his time,a poet and muso.lots of respect.

[Josh7510]

i have all three albums,one of which was produced for promo purposes only.have been a fan since 1976.Great music

[halfcut101]

awsome track used to get stoned to this

[MrKizer]

I got new favorite song (mm)

[hrtymongrel]

Love Love heard when i was 15 yrs now 40 love rodriguez recomend to the world  1331nz

[BASILBRUSH1952]

This bloke is great only discovered him today

[Shaneczapski]

nice song :)

[metalkarloz]

brilliant!

[voodoochild85858]

this awesome fuking inspirational as hell