Just kidding.
You're right, they're very much alike in at least two respects, and probably several others that someone who knows music theory / composition could explain to us.
The instrumentation is similar -- I'm pretty sure those woodwinds are pan-pipes in both tracks.
And the backing musicians playing them, plus at least some of the rhythm section, are the very same: the Andean music group "Los Incas" were some of the backing musicians on "El Condor Pasa," as well as on "Duncan," and toured with PS in the early 70s. They show up...
Just kidding.
You're right, they're very much alike in at least two respects, and probably several others that someone who knows music theory / composition could explain to us.
The instrumentation is similar -- I'm pretty sure those woodwinds are pan-pipes in both tracks.
And the backing musicians playing them, plus at least some of the rhythm section, are the very same: the Andean music group "Los Incas" were some of the backing musicians on "El Condor Pasa," as well as on "Duncan," and toured with PS in the early 70s. They show up on the live album from his '73-'74 tour, "Live Rhymin'".
And then, of course, there's the part where they're both heartbreakingly beautiful songs -- but then again so are another half-dozen to dozen Simon songs, most of which don't sound anything like this.
(Tho' that loooooonnnnngggg coda to "The Boxer" has a feel very much like the coda to "Duncan," doesn't it?)
@Richie45069 \r\n@ShineYouDiamond \r\nI think so, because he uses the Peruvian/Andean (?) pipes in this song, as well as in El Condor Pasa. I had to google it it after hearing it on my Pandora channel today because of exactly this sound compounded by how long it’s been since I’ve heard it. It certainly brought me back and I suspect it will be my earworm for a bit. Filled with so many paradoxical situations and memories that it brought up.
@Richie45069 \r\n@ShineYouDiamond \r\nI think so, because he uses the Peruvian/Andean (?) pipes in this song, as well as in El Condor Pasa. I had to google it it after hearing it on my Pandora channel today because of exactly this sound compounded by how long it’s been since I’ve heard it. It certainly brought me back and I suspect it will be my earworm for a bit. Filled with so many paradoxical situations and memories that it brought up.
this song reminds me of el condor pasa. is that just me?
"is that just me?"
"is that just me?"
Yes.
Yes.
Just kidding. You're right, they're very much alike in at least two respects, and probably several others that someone who knows music theory / composition could explain to us. The instrumentation is similar -- I'm pretty sure those woodwinds are pan-pipes in both tracks. And the backing musicians playing them, plus at least some of the rhythm section, are the very same: the Andean music group "Los Incas" were some of the backing musicians on "El Condor Pasa," as well as on "Duncan," and toured with PS in the early 70s. They show up...
Just kidding. You're right, they're very much alike in at least two respects, and probably several others that someone who knows music theory / composition could explain to us. The instrumentation is similar -- I'm pretty sure those woodwinds are pan-pipes in both tracks. And the backing musicians playing them, plus at least some of the rhythm section, are the very same: the Andean music group "Los Incas" were some of the backing musicians on "El Condor Pasa," as well as on "Duncan," and toured with PS in the early 70s. They show up on the live album from his '73-'74 tour, "Live Rhymin'". And then, of course, there's the part where they're both heartbreakingly beautiful songs -- but then again so are another half-dozen to dozen Simon songs, most of which don't sound anything like this. (Tho' that loooooonnnnngggg coda to "The Boxer" has a feel very much like the coda to "Duncan," doesn't it?)
@Richie45069 \r\n@ShineYouDiamond \r\nI think so, because he uses the Peruvian/Andean (?) pipes in this song, as well as in El Condor Pasa. I had to google it it after hearing it on my Pandora channel today because of exactly this sound compounded by how long it’s been since I’ve heard it. It certainly brought me back and I suspect it will be my earworm for a bit. Filled with so many paradoxical situations and memories that it brought up.
@Richie45069 \r\n@ShineYouDiamond \r\nI think so, because he uses the Peruvian/Andean (?) pipes in this song, as well as in El Condor Pasa. I had to google it it after hearing it on my Pandora channel today because of exactly this sound compounded by how long it’s been since I’ve heard it. It certainly brought me back and I suspect it will be my earworm for a bit. Filled with so many paradoxical situations and memories that it brought up.