European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Entertainment n Paul Simon Drums up new rhythms on tour by Roger Catlin the Hartford Conn Conran i. A a while 5 inches of show Biow through the streets in. Minneapolis the 17-Ptece. Hand on the stage of the new target Center Arena Burns through poly rhythms of a a More tropical dime. A Amirian aggregation of Musit tans irom Brazil and a several different african countries a los Angeles based gospel Trio and an american saxophone player Raul Simon turns and directs the lag band As its conductor. And diminutive Leader swinging with the beat. A n 7 like his record breaking  Lour  from an introduction to african sounds to what Simon Calls Quot one Groove alter another Quot die new tour has also become Quot More and More rhythmical.�?�. A in a dressing room interview Between the sound i bet k and his show Simon recalled the leap from Csc end to. The even  the rhythm of the spirits tour. After the Gumc end Lour he said �?�1 did one trac k on a Milton Nast Pimento album. And that s How Brazil came be dbl a my f. Nov Hart Gloria est fan top a singles t someday Miriah Carey 2. One More try a Timmy t. 3. Sho Methe Way styx -. 4. Coming out of the dark s. All this time sting a. 7. A a. 6. This House Tracio Spencer 1 a a a 7. All the a Man that i need Whitney Houston a a -8. Get Here Oleta Adams a a. 9. Where does my heart beat now Celine Dion 10. Hold you tight Tara Kemp a a. ,.7 top a los 1. Mariah Carey Manah Carey. A 2 to the extreme Vanilla ice a a. A 3. The soul cages sting a a a 7. 4 Wilson Phillips Wilson Phillips a a a Quot 5. I m your baby tonight Whitney Houston 6. Please Hammer Don t Hurt pm m c. Hammer. 7. Some people s lives Bette Midler 8. Into the Light Gloria est fan.9. Shake your Money maker the Black crowds Toi Gonna make  pc amp a music factory. Country a singles 1 i d love you All Over again Alan Jackson. 2. Loving bund Clint Black. 3 i could t see you leavin Conway Twitty a 4. Two of a kind. Wqrk1n�?T on a full House Garth Brooks 5. Don t Tell me what to do Pam trellis. 6. Heroes and friends a Randy Travis. 7. I m that kind of girl Pliny Loveless a a. A 8 walk on Faith Mike Reid. A 9. Men a the forester Sisters a. A. 10. Is it raining at your House Vern Gosom ramp by singles 1. Written All Over your face a rude boys 2 i like the Way a i five 3. Don t let me Down o jays a. 4. Someday a Mariah Carey. 5. All True Man Alexander o Neal 6. All season Levert. 7.domeagain Freddie Jackson 8. All the Man that i need Whitney Houston 9 hold you tight Tara Kemp. 10 wrap my body tight a Johnny Gill jazz a albums 1 alone with three giants Marcus Roberts 2. You won t forget me. Shirley Horn. ,. 3 we Are in love Harry Conick or. 4. Alive a Chick Corea. A. 5. Roots revisited Maceo Parker. A. 6. A lonesome thing Frank Morgan a 7. Dropping things Betty Carter a a 0. Tune in tomorrow the original soundtrack Wynton  s. A 9. Rhythm stick various artists. V 10 african Exchange student Kenny Garrett. Complied by billboard into the picture. He said a have you Ever been to a Brazil a a a. He recalls that senegalese superstar you Sou n dour and members of his band who helped on percussion on Csc end told him that the Best drummers were in. West Africa and Brazil. Quot so i went Down to make some drum tracks to see. Whether or not i wanted to pursue it. That s How i began with the Drums in the Spring of . A ,. Drums have always played a big part in Simon s  was a drum track and electric guitar overdub by producer Tom Johnson that turned his acoustic duet with Art Garfunkel the sounds of silence into a no. 1 hit in i it and began Simon s Long successful career a military drum beat dominated i 1976 song 50 Kvat pm leave you Lover his Only no. T hit in his Solo career. And t he startling snap of brazilian percussion. Sparks the obvious child the single that opens  new album and the tour. A a a a a a. A for a Bookish writer who distinguished his Early Folk songs with Jile Rary references Simon 48, says the music now comes first. Only after he has completed. Instrumental tracks does he add the lyrics. But he added Quot if i have a Nice Lino. I la try and find a song where the. Rhythm of that line will be appropriate to the  a. Quot song Quot la a Quot la l. Lines such As Quot Dia morals on tiie soles of her shoes a. From con Bendor Quot the open Palm of desire Quot which appears in a song on the rhythm of the Slints pop up. Are opted Down and eventually used. Quot i Don t know where the lines come from Quot Simon said. Quot i know when they have some sparkle or  Simon s1 much praised writing is less direct and. Sometimes abstract these Days As he frequently chooses words for their sound rather than their meanings Quot it s a lot about the sound. And a combination of random elements and associated ideas. You introduce random elements so you can t Start with anything preconceived. Then you see what thoughts the random element produces and that Way you begin to find out what s on your  the rhythm of the saints was conceived not As a series of songs but As a whole. After recording and sequencing the instrumentals Simon began writing lyrics a some of which were changed at the last minute. Quot a month will go by and i would realize i have a better line for a song that s finished that will improve that song Quot he said. Quot then if i change the line maybe it suggests. A something in the track that should be changed. So you make that change in the track. Suddenly if you be improved the second verse now Only the third verse is really not that Good. So it becomes imperative to get the third verse up to the level of the others. That s How the songs come that s How the songs  while  literally lifted South african rhythms and sounds. Rhythm creates a new sound from disparate sources a Drums of Brazil guitar of Africa a. Snippet of 50s american Doo Wop. A a Quot there s a lot of trial and error Quot Simon said. Quot one of the first things i did Early on was to get taped drum tracks a just a lot of Drums no song or anything a and then take the Ladysmith Black mom Bazo recording and Combine the two. A. Ai outs a lot of it sounded like it was out of. I a Ihm and did t tit. But every once in a while it would Paul Simon marches to the beat of Many Drums. Be perfect.�?�. A a the introduction of brazilian and african elements Are. Not meant to introduce listeners to different Points on the Globe.  7these Are different cultural references he said. Quot Quot and not just different cultures from different geographical places around the Globe but different. Cultures from different Lime periods in my life a  culture. Because the songs they re . . / a and . Culture a and Rock n Roll a he explained is a result of world music. Quot the roots of Rock n Roll Are. In Africa and in the appalachian mountains and the a sounds of the appalachian mountains Are related to a a celtic music and English music. New Orleans music has a direct line w Ith Caribbean cultures and Caribbean. Cultures Are Roi Iiah Ted 1o Brazil and Brazil is connected to West Alrica and they re All connected  Africa.-. And there Are other elements from other cultures. A. Quot so Roc k n Roll  really a combination of cultural elements anyway As is most of american culture. All american popular culture it seems to. Me is people. Reinventing things from different cultures that exist or . A a Quot a a a a a a. A while in , Lor gn7ce/anc/,.sinyon says Quot i. Listened to a lot of music and got translations of the. Lyrics to see. What was the subject matter in the songs. And aside from the political songs of which there were not a great Many at the time was there the subject Mailer was just typical pop music. People were writing about what everybody else  about daily life love songs relationship songs bust out and get wild  As for today s Rock Simon begs off commenting. Quot i can l really say that i pay enough attention to be Able to a make an observation i Don t even know what Rock n. Roll is any  his personal listening is kept largely to brazilian and african music or old Rock n Roll. But he says he would 1 listen to new recordings by Quot a few of my contemporaries who Are friends of  among them sting Bruce Springsteen Peter Gabriel David Byrne and after a pause Bob by Laid a Quot Guys i knew from Way  Paui  hours Europe neg Inong m May  a on Slage Quot pages for Oates and locations a r. 8. Stripes Magazine March 14, 1991