I was just listening to Vampire Weekend’s Contra album. And thought “gee, that sounds like Paul Simon”… so I did a little googling to see what they had to say about the similarity. Which led me to this – completely unrelated – Grizzly Bear singing Graceland.
Here’s the Vampire Weekend song that I think sounds particularly Simonesque (set to an amusing Japanese dance clip).
Here’s Paul Simon’s Crazy Love…
Here’s a mashup…