Line #19 YMMV/Rodriguez

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1	* {{Anvilicious}}: Rodriguez' lyrics are '''''not''''' subtle about the CrapsackWorld around him. Then again, this is [[WrongSideOfTheTracks 1960s Detroit]] we're talking about.
2	* CriticalDissonance: Inverted; critics always loved Rodriguez despite his lack of success. They still do.
3	* CultClassic: Both of his albums.
4	* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: "Sugar Man" should sound weary and disillusioned, but the thick, spacey production just makes it psychedelic awesome. Hell, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlusc7lS0_4 Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP remix]] brings this trope to a whole new generation.
5	* EpicRiff: The killer bassline from “I Wonder,” which doubles as an ear worm. As seen in the [[Film/SearchingForSugarMan documentary]], his big comeback concert in South Africa opened with this song.
6	* FairForItsDay: "A Most Disgusting Song" discusses how Rodriguez has played "every kind of bar there is to play" including "faggot bars." Of course, that wasn't as much of a slur at the beginning of the 70s as it is now.
7	* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Cold Fact'' generally seems to be viewed as slightly better than ''Coming from Reality'', though they're both well-respected (''Coming from Reality'' is considered a little less gritty and more introspective than the debut).
8	* HarsherInHindsight: As pointed out in ''Film/SearchingForSugarMan'', the last song on ''Coming from Reality'', "Cause", opens with the line "'Cause I lost my job two weeks before Christmas". Shortly after the release his label dropped him, and it happened to be in mid-December.
9	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In this case, South Africans Love Rodriguez. You'd be hard-pressed to find a more impressive instance of this happening to anyone else.
10	* PosthumousPopularityPotential: And that's before they found out he was ''alive.''
11	* SignatureSong: “Sugar Man” or "I Wonder."
12	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Establishment Blues" is a tip of the musical hat to Music/BobDylan's "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)".
13	* TearJerker:
14	** The utterly dejected BreakUpSong, "I’ll Slip Away."
15	** "Cause." Dear God, this one is ''bleak.'' It's more or less a poem set to music, a poem about paying your dues in life and never seeing anything in return. It gets even darker subtext considering it's the last song on ''Coming From Reality,'' the last song Rodriguez ever recorded, and thus ending the initial phase of his career in failure. Talk about DownerEnding!
16	* ValuesResonance: The reason he struck it big in South Africa. The societal turmoil and apathetic leadership in Detroit during TheSixties that Rodriguez commented on in his music were similar to what was happening during apartheid.
17	* '''VindicatedByHistory:''' A shining example. His music lingered for decades in obscurity until his fame in other countries finally reached the Western world. Having an [[Film/SearchingForSugarMan award-winning documentary]] about him certainly helped a lot.

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