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The way I came to hear about this album may show how God works to bring awareness to what he wants people to pay attention to. First a friend told me to go watch a video and I decided to do that. Then while I was watching the video I was listening and then went to write some emails. Then I suddenly heard a different voice speaking and it sounded familiar.
So I stopped writing emails and went to watch and listen to Paul Simon telling an interviewer that his latest album came to him in dreams of words. Since God is known for sending dreams to people I found this all very intriguing. So I decided to get the album and see if I could figure out what God was saying or at least how Paul Simon was interpreting the messages.
I truly believe God still speaks to us and is trying to get our attention if we will listen. That is why I recommend this CD of heartfelt songs. It seems Paul Simon's inner wisdom and God's messages to him created an album that is very meaningful and profound.
Some of the lyrics which seemed especially true include:
"All that really matters
Is the one who became us."
"Life is a meteor
Let your eyes roam
Heaven is beautiful
It's almost like home"
There is only one track so you can't listen to a particular song without listening to everything from the beginning. This is not a problem really as the music is supposed to be listened to from start to finish with familiar choruses sung here and there to connect the songs as a whole.
The lyrics are almost hypnotic with the beauty of the acoustic guitar and Paul Simon's soul vibrating in his voice. These songs demand your full attention and speak of a soul grappling with eternal truths, even with a dose of humor.
Some of the issues these songs deal with include forgiveness, humility, doubt, belief, heaven and death. Each song seems to blend into the next creating a continuation of soothing melodies with unique instruments. Bells, gongs, drums, flute and cello make this spiritually beautiful. The harmonies with Edie Brickell are truly comforting.
The booklet has no issues except the word "time" was left out at the end of Trail of Volcanoes. It is fun to read along so you catch all the rhymes. Paul Simon sings at his own pace and some of the songs feel like stories from his life.
I can recommend this highly knowing the music will affect you deeply and may it help to transform you into who you are becoming. Be ready to experience something truly unique in the world of music CDs.
~The Rebecca Review
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Of a lifetime
It’s not music to dance by. Neither is it something to put in the background while one texts or wordprocessers. It’s something to be upfront and center with good speakers or decent earbuds or headphones, is Paul Simon’s latest release: SEVEN PSALMS.I had been greatly missing Mr. Simon’s story in articles and projects, wondering if perhaps he had stopped offerings for the public. Gratefully, his hand is still steady and his mind is clear. And he has gifted us with a gift full of wonder. As the booklet cover artwork craftily shows it is an interlocking series of seven songs which are best absorbed together in its 33 or so minute timing as he debates with himself (and us) over belief in God, interwoven with his time in life and ours (with subtle references to global warming and the migration of peoples). His voice still sounds good; his guitar still amazingly adept; the backgrounds, that wonderful texture of liminal and almost subliminal sounds pleasing, stirring and never to be tired of. He gifts us with great companion artists highlighted by his “beautiful mystery guide” Edie Brickell. His conversation isn’t simple or easy; one must open one’s imagination and repeatedly ponder, but in the end, it is much worth the journey of a lifetime.
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