― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:07 (nineteen years ago) link
SOME WALK, BY DAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY..............
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Not with this missile launcher it wouldn't.
http://www.killing-joke.com/bomb.gif
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:21 (nineteen years ago) link
at the same time i also bought an early 80s donald byrd record that has similar sounds. the guy at the record store probably thought i'd lost my mind.
i really like cheesey 80s soul.
i even started a thread that (once again) no one answeredLooking for MF Doom type Soul
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:49 (nineteen years ago) link
But, Moonlighting theme is classik!
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:55 (nineteen years ago) link
there's also a Jamaaladeen Tacuma version of Creator. i heard it in the store one time and it was kinda weird, smooth, but interesting.
xpost. haha. fuck. i was just looking for that thread you posted stormy
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 00:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 01:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 01:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 01:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 01:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 01:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 02:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 14:46 (nineteen years ago) link
Can't stop listening to "After All." I want to make a cheesy pop movie and use it to play over a random ice-skating sequence.
― Eric H., Saturday, 24 January 2009 05:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Can't really stop listening to all of High Crime, really.
I am listening to Al Jarreau right now. I'm named after him. I've always felt obligated to want nothing to do with him, especially as I was known as Jarreau for most of my life, before I started going by my first name. But whatever, I feel like I can make peace with dude now.
― punk floyd (The Reverend), Friday, 30 January 2009 02:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, truly interesting facts about a guy I know. I've always thought I should have at least those first couple of albums.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Friday, 30 January 2009 02:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha, "After All" has leapt into 2nd place for most-played songs on iTunes, right after Kerri Chandler's "In the Morning."
― Nurse Detrius (Eric H.), Friday, 30 January 2009 02:54 (fifteen years ago) link
ha, I'm sure I mentioned that to you at some point, Rick.
― The Reverend, Friday, 30 January 2009 04:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Breakin' Away!
Your love has opened eyes that couldn't see!
Breaking Away!
Your beacon in the night discovered me!
― Nurse Detrius (Eric H.), Friday, 13 March 2009 06:54 (fifteen years ago) link
man if you can't at least sorta kinda get down w/al jarreau then you and I are pretty diff. people at a spiritual dna level, c'mon man this dude is awesome
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
have avoided this guy for decades based on the material he's chosen
(sample size: 1 single & 2-3 tv appearances)
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
:/
i wish i liked his music more
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Monday, 30 April 2012 23:30 (eleven years ago) link
he's a ham isn't he
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 April 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
indeed
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Monday, 30 April 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
I remember his "We Are The World" moment and the way he Seizes The Moment like he's afraid his mandible will fall off.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 April 2012 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnTUds1WDdA&feature=related
― scott seward, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 00:46 (eleven years ago) link
i love this chillwave track. love the beat. his voice is so crazysexycool on it too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgbrdFca6-g&feature=related
― scott seward, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
i like the whole L is for Lovers album but when i hear this it sounds so similar to a lot of the synthpop i liked back then. i mean, the eurogliders could have had a hit with this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcscxG6Ec7g&feature=fvwrel
― scott seward, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
High Crime is pretty fantastic from start to finish.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 01:28 (eleven years ago) link
either you feel this in some way or you get right w/God and come back later and then you feel this in some way it's all the same to me man I'm just saying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcVV16Xj92k
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 02:33 (eleven years ago) link
i can't deal but it's personal
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
his wiki includes the sort of line that makes me swoon because it's got this weird hint of unknown history in it
After Jarreau's breakthrough in 1975 an almost unaccountable number of compilations of earlier recordings from 1965 to 1973 have emerged
dude had a master's degree in vocational rehab from U of Iowa & worked as a counselor before his ship came in! no wonder I love this guy!
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know how many times I've passed over buying We Got By in a record shop just because I liked the design of its sleeve. Now I'm finally listening to it (which is basically my first dedicated exposure to Jarreau) and "Lock All the Gates" is one of the most amazing songs I've heard in who knows how long. So excited there's about a zillion more albums to check out!
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 23 November 2014 08:52 (nine years ago) link
Fuck, goodbye Al.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 12 February 2017 18:20 (seven years ago) link
Very well. I'll give High Time a listen.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 February 2017 18:53 (seven years ago) link
High Crime too.
He was so good. A real mid-life find for me, he made the sort of music I wouldn't have made time for in my youth -- pop jazz was something I heard a bit of when I was a kid because my dad, a pre-bop jazz man, was always trying to keep current and he liked vocal jazz. But it took me until my thirties to grab some Al Jarreau - he made wonderful records that I've listened to in several different corners of the world, and his music seemed tailor-made to make a day better. Like gentle sunlight, his music. Sad to hear that he is gone.
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 12 February 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhq7fSrXn0c
― example (crüt), Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:12 (seven years ago) link
I haven't heard the "Moonlighting" theme in years. I didn't know Nile Rodgers produced and played on it. Stevie too.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:20 (seven years ago) link
his music seemed tailor-made to make a day better. Like gentle sunlight, his music
This. Few other musicians put me into this state of pure, uncomplicated, passive pleasure.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:35 (seven years ago) link
That clip with him performing Take 5 and some other acapella bits really is terrific
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 12 February 2017 23:10 (seven years ago) link
Is there an LP of his that's in this style?
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 12 February 2017 23:12 (seven years ago) link
The first one, plus the live album that video is from.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 12 February 2017 23:48 (seven years ago) link
I'm not impressed by High Crime. I can barely hear him amid the syndrums and faux funk. The tunes just aren't very good.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2017 00:02 (seven years ago) link
High Crime is his weakest 80s album imo.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 13 February 2017 00:11 (seven years ago) link
Listen to L is for Lover! It's the best. for 80's Al.
― scott seward, Monday, 13 February 2017 01:31 (seven years ago) link
Aw dang, I love High Crime.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Monday, 13 February 2017 05:07 (seven years ago) link
Just heard We're In This Love Together for the first time and it's all I want to listen to now, on endless repeat.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 23 June 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
so magnificent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2u-t-sfmAA
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 7 November 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
I still love High Crime
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Thursday, 7 November 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link