Comments on: Guilty pleasures

By: seth

seth — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:47:20 +0000

The libertarian sentiment runs deep in The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere. It's fairly elegant expression of the desire for freedom, autonomy. I listen to it all the time and I'm not ashamed to say it. It's a great spoken word album. And I hate spoken word albums. But not this one.

By: Birdseed

Birdseed — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:56:59 +0000

What on earth could possibly be embarassing about the You and Me song?

By: Chris G.

Chris G. — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:15:49 +0000

To Franklin Harris – Return to Forever is a fucking awesome show, even though Chick used it as a platform to convert people to Scientology. Nobody in that band except for Chick is still involved in it. Although for pure scientology magic, nothing would top replacing Stanley Clarke with Billy Sheehan, and inviting Isaac Hayes and Chaka Khan to sing on top of the whole thing.

That being said. Despite the political views, I still dig Jamiroquai, though really I only deeply enjoy the first three albums. Something was lost when Stuart Zender left. I don’t know whether it was because he left, or the major shift to more formulaic music coincided with his departure. It is unforgivable that Jay Kay scrapped all of Zender’s original bass parts from Synchronized. What a jerk. Stuart Zender is the reason I play bass.

And Birds of Fire is essential. John McLaughlin proved that there was still tons of ground to be broken after Hendrix, a time when most guitarists quit searching for new sounds.

By: Franklin Harris

Franklin Harris — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:45:43 +0000

@PJ Doland

I’m more concerned about the embarrassing Scientology link that comes with catching Return to Forever’s reunion show in Atlanta in two weeks.

And I had that Mickey Mouse Disco album, on vinyl. I wonder if it’s still in storage…?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:59:53 +0000

By whimsical/horrific coincidence, when I came across this post I was listening to “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree”.

American Jamiroquai-listeners may not be aware of the fact, but the lead singer’s politics are gittish enough to mandate binning their music. He ponces about town declaring to anyone who will listen that if he wasn’t a singer he’d be an “eco-warrior”, in spite of the fact that he owns a fleet of supercars and spends most of his spare time burning round rural Buckinghamshire at 130mph.

By: mds

mds — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:38:53 +0000

But I used to have my computer set to wake me up to “Black Capricorn Day” every morning Your computer? Dude, the nerd cred is good, but your friends have to get you drunker and even more laid. [Cleverly avoiding the main subject of the post, which would require bringing up "The Bangles' Greatest Hits."]

By: PJ Doland

PJ Doland — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:09:43 +0000

@Franklin-

Only if you were a follower of Sri Chinmoy when you bought it.

And for the record, my most embarrassing guilty pleasure is a copy of Mickey Mouse Disco on vinyl.

By: Franklin Harris

Franklin Harris — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:44:33 +0000

Wait. Am I supposed to feel guilty about Mahavishnu Orchestra’s “Inner Mounting Flame”?

By: Greg N.

Greg N. — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:36:13 +0000

Dude, Pretty Hate Machine still rules, and I’m not ashamed at all to like Dave Matthews Band. But on both: I see where you’re coming from.

And while I never bought any Jamiroquai records, I did have to listen to them all day ever day when I worked at Blockbuster Music back in high school. Shit is catchy.