Ozomatli, 'It's Only Paper' -- Song Premiere

carefull with your words people, they are very powerfull!! ozomatli, keep up the good work,may gods good grace continue to bless u and your musical tallents, your brother from stockton johnyboy!!

To those protesting about change ... rememberL that which does not change, will wither away and die!

To those complaining about the change in this track from Ozo ... please remember variety is the spice of life.

Bien hecho chicos. It's only paper is a very politically significant track. Especially considering the recent economic nightmare we are now suffering thanks to those controlling the paper in the global village.

"I agree, the song is different. But hey, isn't that what Ozo is all about....Being DIFFERENT!
Not like a lot of musicians out there where all the songs sound the same?"

This is exactly the point I'm trying to make. It ISN'T different--it has an extremely mainstream sound, and could be a song by several mainstream artists who are already doing this kind of music. "Cuando Canto" "Believe" "Let Me Dream" "Saturday Night" "Violeta" and "Who's To Blame" are also examples of genuinely different Ozo songs that broke new ground and yet kept the band's uniquely eclectic, freewheeling spirit. I'd love it if they put out some Japanese minyo influenced stuff (I've actually heard them do it live in Japan) or Western African desert blues. THAT would be different. This song sounds so mainstream that I wouldn't even recognize it as Ozo if I heard it on the radio. It's not saying it's a bad song, but as Pete says, if I heard it for the first time, it wouldn't make me want to buy their album. I can totally understand that they want to sell more records, but it failed miserably with "Don't Mess With the Dragon" and may well fail again with this one. The best thing they could do is stop listening to the mainstream and just be themselves. It works for Manu Chao & Tinariwen--why not for Ozo?

It's a nice little tune, but not exactly the kind of challenging music we've come to expect from Ozo. I'm not going to judge the whole record based on one song, but I will say that, starting with Don't Mess With the Dragon, they've been selling themselves short on some of their songs. ("Don't Stop" for example). And, please, let's drop the whole thing about "every band changes through time." Ozo has been changing from day one, and I've supported myriad changes that they've gone through. For example, I LOVED the experiments w/Middle Eastern music on "Street Signs." The real question is "are the changes creative and breaking new ground or are they making the band sound more generic and less unique." In this case, regardless of the quality of the song, it's definitely the second category.

Evolution!?! Just because a band has been around for some time doesnt mean they have evolved. Did the Black Eyed Peas evolve? Did Metallica evolve? All these bands went POP! For what? The PAPER? If it only paper then why go pop?

The song sucks. Flat out. Just sucks and keeps sucking. Somebody needs to tell these guys not to TRY to make music that has broad appeal. They did it naturally, just by being themselves, on their first record. It was effortless. Now, sadly, you hear the effort. It's too slick and doesn't sound anything different than the other goof on commercial radio. I know you gotta make a buck (irony?) but come on, Ozo. Where's the groove?

still the band of the people!
no todo debe ser protesta! i guess they want to inspire people bout money... en méxico las cosas van de mal en peor y por mas que uno se esfuerza pues nomás sale para lo necesario, entre el mal gobierno y la situación de inseguridad, and i guess this song is about that...

What happened to the "band of the people??" C'mon Ozo speak truth to power...write the songs that are the anthems of our struggle for justice...not attempts at the corporate top 40 of manufactured hits!

mmmh i like the beat... vocals kinda sweet but still good
i guess they did this type of song to do hits on radio, y los hits te dejan llegar a mas gente.
greetings from mazatlán

I ABSOULUTELY LOVED IT!!!!! NOT TOO MUCH RAP CRAP!!!