Full interview with Sixto Rodriguez and Malik Bendjelloul here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/UTIvvK<\/p>\n
The Weekly Comet hosts Tamara Conniff and Jonathan McHugh present an exclusive performance with singer\/songwriter Rodriguez, who is the subject of the Oscar winning “Searching for Sugar Man.”<\/p>\n
Sixto Rodriguez’ story is truly inspirational. A native of Detroit, in the 1970s he recorded two albums which went largely unnoticed in the U.S. He hung up his guitar and went to work in construction for 30 years. However, unbeknownst to Rodriguez his albums gained popularity internationally, going platinum in South Africa and becoming the anthem of resistance in the Apartheid-era. Director Malik Bendjelloul’s “Searching for Sugar Man” chronicles the journey of two fans on a mission to find out what had happened to Rodriguez, who was rumored to have committed suicide. Rodriguez performs his world famous hit “Sugar man”<\/p>\n
Chords to Sugar Man: http:\/\/sugarman.org\/sugarman.html<\/p>\n
Lyrics:<\/p>\n
Sugar man, won’t you hurry
\n‘Cause I’m tired of these scenes
\nFor a blue coin won’t you bring back
\nAll those colors to my dreams
\nSilver magic ships you carry
\nJumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane<\/p>\n
Sugar man met a false friend
\nOn a lonely dusty road
\nLost my heart when I found it
\nIt had turned to dead black coal.
\nSilver magic ships you carry
\nJumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane<\/p>\n
Sugar man you’re the answer
\nThat makes my questions disappear
\nSugar man ’cause I’m weary
\nOf those double games l hear<\/p>\n
Sugar man
\nSugar man
\nSugar man<\/p>\n
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