I went to see searching for sugar man tonight. Quite possibly the most uplifting thing I have seen in years. I went with two South African friends. Before we went in one asked me if I had heard of Rodriguez. I said no but I had heard the film recommended and when I had looked at its subject matter I thought it would be something they would like. He said everyone he knew at university had a Rodriguez record. The documentary said exactly the same thing - everyone's record collection in the seventies would have bridge over troubled waters, abbey road and Rodriquez. I found the whole thing incredibly moving. The dignity of his daughters, the insight of his colleagues, the passion of the South African musicians, his serene simplicity. And his voice. Do go and see it.
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I was surprised to hear, vis-à-vis the film chatter locally, how few people know his music. I wouldn't have, I guess, if I hadn't made such a practice of shagging AARP members as a child. Ahahaha! But srsly, I thought everyone had a copy of Cold Front. I also prob thought he was dead. Yk, like so many of that time. xoxo
Posted by: lala | Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at 03:12 PM
Yes, it is interesting there are a bunch of "lost" years where you decide for yourself which of life's crevices he had fallen in to. His daughter was close to tears when she talked about him. Still thinking about it.
Posted by: nancyblackett | Wednesday, 14 November 2012 at 07:05 PM
Everyone will hear of it now bc it's been nominated for an Academy Award xo
Posted by: lala | Monday, 14 January 2013 at 12:18 AM
We watched it last night; I came back to this bc I was trying to remember what you wrote. I liked it a lot, too. There was a ton of midwestern culture in it -- how he reared the girls to feel as good as anyone else, the way he approached his contracting work with stoicism & high regard. I was really interested in hearing abt 1970s South Africa from the South Africans ... I'd had no idea the infrastructure was so restrictive in every direction to the entire populace.
Posted by: lala | Monday, 04 February 2013 at 08:45 AM
Yes, that taking dignity in work was very mid-Western. Am quite interested to see how it fares at the Oscars
Posted by: nancyblackett | Sunday, 24 February 2013 at 02:07 PM