My fave is "Got The Time" - Joe Jackson as punk. Anthrax covered it, even!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 28 February 2021 21:16 (three years ago) link
And they sounded less punk than Joe Jackson!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 1 March 2021 04:39 (three years ago) link
I think all of his stuff is pretty good up through Laughter and Lust, I'm not sure I've actually heard anything later. But all of the '70s and '80s albums have good songs on them. And his jumpin'jive album isn't at all embarrassing. way better than the '90s revival stuff.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 1 March 2021 04:46 (three years ago) link
Look Sharp! and I'm the Man will always be my favorites, though. I heard them in real time as they came out, my dad liked those albums.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 1 March 2021 04:49 (three years ago) link
“Beat Crazy” rather successfully fits all of London Calling into a single track.
― Citole Country (bendy), Sunday, 19 September 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
Bloody hell, how come I've never heard Beat Crazy before?
It does sound like The Clash, I agree, but the bassline is from Jacob Miller/Augustus Pablo's Baby I Love You So, aka King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown.
― giraffe, Monday, 20 September 2021 10:46 (two years ago) link
Those first few albums are filled with winners.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 20 September 2021 12:11 (two years ago) link
Just listening to the Beat Crazy album, Mad At You really sounds like The Clash, with its nod to Armagideon Time (Real Rock). [with apologies for only noticing this 40 years after the fact]
― giraffe, Monday, 20 September 2021 13:35 (two years ago) link
I love how it crams Peter Gunn on top of those basslines. Seems like an idea that arose goofing around in rehearsal, worked out into a whole song. I've never been able to get into Costello because his musical ideas feel samey and under-riffed to me. Jackson is a much more interesting bandleader and arranger for someone working in the same spaces. Graham Maby is a fantastically clever bassist, and maybe why the riffs stand out so much when Joe Jackson was sticking to rock as his idiom.
― Citole Country (bendy), Monday, 20 September 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
It landed in the cutout bins not long after its release.
Was just thinking about Mike's Murder, which represented another high water mark for Joe, and searched up this thread.
Overall, classic. I saw the Big World tour, he came across as a brilliant performer and arranger and a total asshole to his fellow musicians.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 20:22 (four months ago) link
I am enjoying this 43 minute extended edit/remix of Stepping Out I discovered this week.
https://soundcloud.com/theofficialjorihulkkonen/so-jackson-step-in-out-jori-hulkkonen-edit
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 6 January 2024 11:38 (four months ago) link
oh man
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 6 January 2024 17:21 (four months ago) link
This rules.
― Allen (etaeoe), Saturday, 6 January 2024 22:24 (four months ago) link