Can Won
Padawan Learner
Hi,
I stumbled across the documentary "Searching for Sugar Man" recently and thought I'd see what it was about.
Well, I have to say I was very impressed, not just by the documentary itself, but also the songs. The lyrics are timeless...
The links are just a few of his songs and it's well worth checking out the others, I get the impression that everyone would have their own favourite.
My little crew's off to see my Dad tomorrow and I've bought him the soundtrack Cd, so looks like a singsong is on the cards!
"SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN is a film about hope, inspiration and the resonating power of music. In the late '60s, two celebrated producers who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics discovered a musician in a Detroit bar. They recorded an album that they believed was going to secure his reputation as one of the greatest recording artists of his generation. In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and, over the next two decades, it became a phenomenon. Two South African fans then set out to find out what really happened to their hero. Their investigation led them to a story more extraordinary than any of the existing myths about the artist known as Rodriguez"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6bjqdll7DI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_7u06P3ebU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WKCPLoDwe8
I stumbled across the documentary "Searching for Sugar Man" recently and thought I'd see what it was about.
Well, I have to say I was very impressed, not just by the documentary itself, but also the songs. The lyrics are timeless...
The links are just a few of his songs and it's well worth checking out the others, I get the impression that everyone would have their own favourite.
My little crew's off to see my Dad tomorrow and I've bought him the soundtrack Cd, so looks like a singsong is on the cards!
"SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN is a film about hope, inspiration and the resonating power of music. In the late '60s, two celebrated producers who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics discovered a musician in a Detroit bar. They recorded an album that they believed was going to secure his reputation as one of the greatest recording artists of his generation. In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and, over the next two decades, it became a phenomenon. Two South African fans then set out to find out what really happened to their hero. Their investigation led them to a story more extraordinary than any of the existing myths about the artist known as Rodriguez"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6bjqdll7DI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_7u06P3ebU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WKCPLoDwe8