This reminds me of The Coast in that a bouncy guitar melody played by Vincent Nguini is allowed to loop continuously, giving it time to massage the mind.
Papa Bell is a Negro baseball player from nearly a century ago. The song is otherwise ambiguous, though there’s a theme of happiness and well-being that’s clear as day.
The way Simon says “fun” is cringeworthy and the Heaven Finally Found bit is phonetically confusing, but this is the best song on his Stranger To Stranger album.
my rating = 4 of 5
2016
