(Re-posted due to a dead link)
Joe Jackson (not the Shoeless one nor the father of the departed one-gloved one) defined "new wave", back when I was nine. Jackson got through to our suburban battery-powered a.m. radios (the seventies precursor to the Walkmans, iPods and the digital implants to come). Jackson may have only been another pub rocker posing as the face of disaffected youth, railing against the media, consumerism and the opposite sex but by creating killer pop songs out of such material, he beat the punks at their own game.in 1980, in-between his stunning first two album and his more problematic third one (his career only grows more thorny as it goes on), Jackson released a three song single that remains almost unknown. It's a perfect distillation of his career up till then,with an up-tempo reggae song (Jimmy Cliff's "The Harder They Come") a sneering rocker ("Outta Style") and a taut ballad ("Tilt"). Don't miss out on this thirty-year old secret.
Give us your take on the strange career arc of Mr. Joe Jackson in the comments section.
Speaking of which, the link for The Harder They Come E.P. is in the COMMENTS section.
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http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?087t9ax376mren1
It seems Joe's latest project is a pro-smoking campaign, I prefer him making music....
ReplyDeleteI have this EP...thanks. Never got into Joe after Beat Crazy or Jumping Jive.
ReplyDeleteLike Kevin I have this one on vinyl, too. I met him and played pinball with him and talked for well over an hour when he played the club I was a Dj at after the first Lp. Great guy; real as the day is long and an artist and musician with a sense of history, which is why he covered this song, I'm betting, and why he did Jumping Jive. I've always wondered what became of the career that seemed to have such a strong trajectory and then seemed to fizzle and dissolve. he sure left some great songs and memories,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the rip.
Thanks
ReplyDeleteLoved his first 2 albumd but then he got all artsy-fartsy and i lost track of him. Shame.
Wow, how did this one get by me, thanks muchly.
ReplyDeletej.
Thanks for this one. Never knew of it's existence.
ReplyDeleteThe Harder They Come is my favorite song of all time. I've yet to hear a bad version of it. Tho i'm sure they're out there...
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ReplyDelete"Pro-smoking" campaign? I suppose Strummer was kinda on one one of those - right before he died.
Kevin B
There's some great stuff in the later work but it take a bit of digging I suppose
Duncan
Great "brush-with-Joe" tale. Thanks.
Lemonflag
Maybe Try "Beat Crazy" again - it's not all good but it has great moments.
j
Enjoy!
Shriner
Glad to have brought this one to light for ya.
brink
I'm with ya there - it's a hard song to destroy, sorta like "Bad Moon Rising".
I think this is the best thing Joe Jackson ever did!
ReplyDeleteJJ did some terrific stuff after the first 2 albums. Big World is the first thing that comes to mind for me. Anyway - thanks for this EP - fills in the gaps a bit!
ReplyDeleteHooray! I've been looking for this forever. Thanks SO MUCH!
ReplyDeleteLive 1980-1986 is among my favorite live albums ever; I also highly recommend Big World.
ReplyDeleteA Cure for Gravity, the 1999 "book about music thinly disguised as a memoir", is intellectually engaging & great fun. Interview & review at http://www.powells.com/authors/jackson.html.
Thanks for sharing, esp. the artwork; I had the songs already, but I'm a completist!
had the 7" brit v. of this back in the day... long since lost in the sands of time... thx
ReplyDeleteWOW, JJ stuff that I don't have.
ReplyDeleteWow I hate to be the new guy asking for re-ups - but its been a long time since Ive been to your site - I earlier asked for a Graham Parker show - but just saw this as well - I still have my vinyl copy but would love to have this as well when you have the time -- thanks
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