“Far Away” / Joe Jackson. Don’t know Joe too much other than the hits, though I do know he’s moved on from his early New Wave rock stuff. Further proof that’s he’s quite the composer. I’d classify this as chamber pop. Lovely melody. Like the cymbal work. Very moody.
“Traintime” / Cream. The three musicians in Cream have their roots in the British traddy-jazz and blues scene of early 60s London, but far as I know they were the first prominent band to take blues into “heavy” territory. This one’s a real return to acoustic roots, just drums, harp and vocals (the latter two by Jack Bruce). The modified shuffle Ginger is playing is great. Overall, quite the workout. I’ve never heard it before!
Joe Jackson- Hmmm. Not what I expected. I don’t think I would have ever guessed Joe Jackson (I’d sooner guess Tito Jackson). There is a slight peeking through of a JJ piano line in the interludes though. Pretty, melodic with some cool emotional chord changes. Is it fron a longer form work? Hmmmm.
Joe Jackson – Far Away
I haven’t kept up with his musical output as much as I would have liked. This one strikes me as very broadway. It’s layered nicely with pretty instrumentation. Beginning with the child singing is affective and it builds nicely. I think I wanted to like it more than I did, but I still want to explore his catalog after 1989’s Blaze of Glory – which is when I stopped picking up each new disk/c of his.
Cream – Traintime
Blues shuffle. Percussion is key. Nice staccato harmonica. 7 minutes is a heavy lift for this excursion, but there are enough tidbits to reward one’s hanging in there.
“Traintime” by Cream: master class on harmonica playing. This wiped me out listening to it. I would pass out playing like that. Interesting hearing how the visceral pumping breath through the combs adds to that whole train vibe somehow too. Cool Ride.
JJ – Joe Jackson? sounds more like Jenny Jackson….. I’m at a loss for words. Was not expecting anything like this. Interesting.
Cream – Can never go wrong jamming out on a mouth organ!
“Far Away” / Joe Jackson. Don’t know Joe too much other than the hits, though I do know he’s moved on from his early New Wave rock stuff. Further proof that’s he’s quite the composer. I’d classify this as chamber pop. Lovely melody. Like the cymbal work. Very moody.
“Traintime” / Cream. The three musicians in Cream have their roots in the British traddy-jazz and blues scene of early 60s London, but far as I know they were the first prominent band to take blues into “heavy” territory. This one’s a real return to acoustic roots, just drums, harp and vocals (the latter two by Jack Bruce). The modified shuffle Ginger is playing is great. Overall, quite the workout. I’ve never heard it before!
Joe Jackson- Hmmm. Not what I expected. I don’t think I would have ever guessed Joe Jackson (I’d sooner guess Tito Jackson). There is a slight peeking through of a JJ piano line in the interludes though. Pretty, melodic with some cool emotional chord changes. Is it fron a longer form work? Hmmmm.
Joe Jackson – Far Away
I haven’t kept up with his musical output as much as I would have liked. This one strikes me as very broadway. It’s layered nicely with pretty instrumentation. Beginning with the child singing is affective and it builds nicely. I think I wanted to like it more than I did, but I still want to explore his catalog after 1989’s Blaze of Glory – which is when I stopped picking up each new disk/c of his.
Cream – Traintime
Blues shuffle. Percussion is key. Nice staccato harmonica. 7 minutes is a heavy lift for this excursion, but there are enough tidbits to reward one’s hanging in there.
“Traintime” by Cream: master class on harmonica playing. This wiped me out listening to it. I would pass out playing like that. Interesting hearing how the visceral pumping breath through the combs adds to that whole train vibe somehow too. Cool Ride.