LAST LISTENED TO last month
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT marginal
RATING
This one popped up back at the start of last month. Take a look.
Showing posts with label The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Show all posts
Sunday, March 12, 2006
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Do You Wanna Get Heavy? (Again)
ORIGINATION Acme
LAST LISTENED TO last month
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT marginal
RATING
This one popped up back at the start of last month. Take a look.
LAST LISTENED TO last month
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT marginal
RATING
This one popped up back at the start of last month. Take a look.
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Do You Wanna Get Heavy?
ORIGINATION Acme
LAST LISTENED TO sunday
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT probably quite goood considering
RATING
It's them again. They seem to have been hanging around in my head a lot the past few days. Today was no exception, other than there was more or less two songs in my head at once. Both this song and Magical Colors, the one preceding it on the cd were mixed up in there, but this song won out eventually.
As with every other JSBX song, it's the old two-guitar retro-ish rock 'n' roll. The differing ingredients in this track are some nice supporting organ and a whole load of soul in the second half. In fact it's this second half that really make the tune. There is some excellent vocal interplay along with the chants of "Do you wanna get heavy" and the delicate organ is reminiscent of the organ that played behind Al Green in some of his best moments. A bit of a change of pace for these guys, but still excellent.
LAST LISTENED TO sunday
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT probably quite goood considering
RATING
It's them again. They seem to have been hanging around in my head a lot the past few days. Today was no exception, other than there was more or less two songs in my head at once. Both this song and Magical Colors, the one preceding it on the cd were mixed up in there, but this song won out eventually.
As with every other JSBX song, it's the old two-guitar retro-ish rock 'n' roll. The differing ingredients in this track are some nice supporting organ and a whole load of soul in the second half. In fact it's this second half that really make the tune. There is some excellent vocal interplay along with the chants of "Do you wanna get heavy" and the delicate organ is reminiscent of the organ that played behind Al Green in some of his best moments. A bit of a change of pace for these guys, but still excellent.
Sunday, February 05, 2006
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Blue Green Olga
ORIGINATION Acme
LAST LISTENED TO late december
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT none too good
RATING
More excellent retro-ish rock 'n' roll from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. As usual, it's sound over content but that doesn't matter when the sound is as good as this. The hook here is in the lyrics "she is blue green, she is blue", which frankly i doubt even Spencer himself understands but of course it really doesn't matter. It just sounds great.
This time, along with the usual twin guitars and pounding drums, there's also a female backing voice and some subtle scratching, so it's not all business as usual. Apart from the business of cranking out great rock 'n' roll, of course.
LAST LISTENED TO late december
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT none too good
RATING
More excellent retro-ish rock 'n' roll from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. As usual, it's sound over content but that doesn't matter when the sound is as good as this. The hook here is in the lyrics "she is blue green, she is blue", which frankly i doubt even Spencer himself understands but of course it really doesn't matter. It just sounds great.
This time, along with the usual twin guitars and pounding drums, there's also a female backing voice and some subtle scratching, so it's not all business as usual. Apart from the business of cranking out great rock 'n' roll, of course.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Full Grown
ORIGINATION Orange LP
LAST LISTENED TO 22nd Nov
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT not huge
RATING
It's got a really rude intro ("Baby, baby you sure like to f**k!"). It's got a whole host of stupid lyrics. It's got a squelchy moog bit. It's got hand claps. It's got breaks a-plenty. It's got pseudo-Elvis singing. It's about shagging. It's full of silly asides ("Ah shucks, you make me feel so unnecessary"). It's got more excitement than a bag full of miniature James Bond clones on crack. It's dumb rock 'n' roll. Basically, it's classic Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
It may be not break any new ground but it doesn't need to. It's glorious nonsense and i love it.
Take a whiff of my pant-leg baby!
LAST LISTENED TO 22nd Nov
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT not huge
RATING
It's got a really rude intro ("Baby, baby you sure like to f**k!"). It's got a whole host of stupid lyrics. It's got a squelchy moog bit. It's got hand claps. It's got breaks a-plenty. It's got pseudo-Elvis singing. It's about shagging. It's full of silly asides ("Ah shucks, you make me feel so unnecessary"). It's got more excitement than a bag full of miniature James Bond clones on crack. It's dumb rock 'n' roll. Basically, it's classic Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
It may be not break any new ground but it doesn't need to. It's glorious nonsense and i love it.
Take a whiff of my pant-leg baby!
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