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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Feb 18, 2007 17:27:12 GMT -5
Allright, Skvor, if you understand the magic of what makes the musical experience unique to each person, then I'd like to hear what exactly IS your understanding of it. Nope....I'm taking the good advice and letting this go. Later, dude. I have metal mix CDs to make. |
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Post by loudaab on Feb 18, 2007 19:28:15 GMT -5
One Album Wonder: Jesus Jones Ha! Please tell me you are joking... |
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Post by loudaab on Feb 19, 2007 16:37:54 GMT -5
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club--someone give me a good reason why they shouldnt be on the list...
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Post by rockysigman on Feb 19, 2007 16:43:06 GMT -5
Sure. They've released 3 albums, each progressively better. They've had minor radio hits off of at least two of those albums.
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Post by Galactus on Feb 19, 2007 16:47:39 GMT -5
Well, all three are good but I don't think Howl is better then Take Them On...
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Post by rockysigman on Feb 19, 2007 16:58:44 GMT -5
Well then I guess we disagree on that particular point.
They're both very good albums though. And they're different enough from each other that it's not so easy to compare them directly. Unlike those first two albums, which are pretty much identical except that the second one is better.
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Post by Galactus on Feb 19, 2007 17:03:07 GMT -5
Yeah, Take Them On... is just a better version of the first (which was pretty good to begin with), I'm going to listen to Howl and see if I like it more now.
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Post by rockysigman on Feb 19, 2007 17:14:52 GMT -5
Cool. I actually haven't listened to it in a while, but this time last year it was on constant rotation. I do remember that the songs that ended up as my favorites on there were not the ones that jumped out to me right away. Stuff like "Shuffle Your Feet" and "Ain't No Easy Way" are great, but it was the more subdued stuff on there that really has staying power for me -- "Promise", "Weight of the World", etc.
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Post by rockysigman on Feb 19, 2007 17:19:02 GMT -5
Oh, and "Sympathetic Noose". Oh yes.
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Post by Kensterberg on Feb 19, 2007 17:39:35 GMT -5
One Album Wonder: Jesus Jones Ha! Please tell me you are joking... One really good album and nothing else they did was even close -- sounds like the definition of a one-album wonder to me. I was living in Europe in '89 and '90, "Right Here Right Now" was absolutely the perfect capture of the zeitgeist then and there. There was a real sense of optimism in the air, and (for better or worse) the band caught it whole. "I saw the decade end, you see the world can change in the blink of an eye. Bob Dylan didn't have this to sing about, it feels good just to be alive ..." And then Saddam invaded Kuwait and all of a sudden "waking up from history" didn't seem quite as possible, or maybe didn't mean quite what we thought it did. But if you're seriously asking for input on this subject, I think that Jesus Jones are definitely viable candidates for the "one-album wonder" tag. |
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Post by loudaab on Feb 19, 2007 21:10:31 GMT -5
Ha! Please tell me you are joking... One really good album and nothing else they did was even close -- sounds like the definition of a one-album wonder to me. But if you're seriously asking for input on this subject, I think that Jesus Jones are definitely viable candidates for the "one-album wonder" tag. You think the entire album is good enoughto qualify it as a 'wonder' though? Sounds to me like they might just be a one-hit wonder...which we all know is much different than a one-album wonder. I remember this chick I used to hang out with had the Jesus Jones album, but she also had a Soup Dragon's album (the one with the Stone remake on it) and I used to get those two albums confused--neither one is really my cup of tea, although I was able to listen to them while I boinked this chick, so they couldnt have been totally terrible... |
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Post by Kensterberg on Feb 19, 2007 21:21:26 GMT -5
Here's the AMG review of Doubt -- the Jesus Jones LP in question:
Jesus Jones' best album, Doubt, benefits greatly from Mike Edwards' improved songwriting, as well as a better idea of how to effectively fuse guitar-rock with samples and dance-club beats that hint at techno. There are slips in both areas -- a few songs float past without ever making an impression, and some of the fusions sound rather forced and arbitrary. But those moments are outweighed by the ample portions of the album that do work; the album's title is belied by the giddy optimism of the catchy number two hit, and best song here, "Right Here, Right Now," and other singles like "Real, Real, Real," "International Bright Young Thing," and the B-side "I'm Burning" are nearly as good. Easily the high point of the band's career.
Yeah, it was a pretty damn good album -- not necessarily a great one, but well worth the four star rating it got from AMG. The whole AMG write-up fits the "one-album wonder" jacket pretty well.
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Post by Galactus on Feb 19, 2007 21:24:20 GMT -5
That Soup Dragons album was pretty good too.
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Post by Kensterberg on Feb 19, 2007 21:31:49 GMT -5
That Soup Dragons album was pretty good too.  This is the only Soup Dragons LP I remember, but it was pretty damn good as I recall. Not an album to make the earth move, but a lot of fun. I'd buy a used copy today for a couple of bucks, that's for sure. |
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Post by Galactus on Feb 19, 2007 21:34:02 GMT -5
That Soup Dragons album was pretty good too. This is the only Soup Dragons LP I remember, but it was pretty damn good as I recall. Not an album to make the earth move, but a lot of fun. I'd buy a used copy today for a couple of bucks, that's for sure. That's the one. |
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