I thought I was getting tired of Jack Johnson after listening to "Brushfire Fairytales" many times and noticing that his new album "In Between Dreams" didn't excite me much because it appeared to be just more of the same. Then my friend Jonathan gave me the On and On disc for Christmas and... it's sooo gooood...
I'm not sure if this disc is simply more original than "In Between Dreams" or whether I was just not in the right mood when I checked out the latter. But I just love playing these songs and jamming along on my electric guitar. Even though the chords and structure of the songs are really straightforward, there is something genuinely creative in these songs. I couldn't say exactly what it is. For one, I love the percussion on almost all the tracks. It's probably a main reason why I like Jack Johnson's stuff in general - I've always enjoyed good interesting rythms.
My current favourites off the disc are Taylor, Gone, Cookie Jar, and Rodeo Clowns. Examples of songs where I think the percussion is at it's best are Rodeo Clowns and The Horizon has been Defeated... sooo grooovy...
n e who - I doubt anyone reading this hasn't already listened to Jack Johnson, so recommending to check him out would be a waste of my typing (wait a second... how many words did I just type to say that?) - n e who... ;) I guess to put some true *value* into this post, I recommend completely disregarding the 3/5 star rating on allmusic.com. In my opinion this is a 4.5/5 star disc!
Sunday, January 29, 2006
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Nathan, I've been waiting for a new blog forever!!! I've been listening to some soundtracks, and noticed I like Joshua Radin-- have you heard of him? I'm thinking of looking him up on iTunes sometime...
And I've noticed that you're listening to Ben Harpter some-- which album? I don't have any of his music, but I'm thinking I might like it...
Hey Amy,
Joshua Radin - nope never heard of him. I just found the website and am listening to the tracks there. His voice and singing style reminds me *a lot* of Sufjan Stevens. I've got a number of friends who are huge fans, so you might want to check him out. Personally I'm going through a "tired of overly soft voices" phase so I can't listen to these tracks for long... ;) I really like the instruments though. The female harmonies are also great.
The Ben Harper album I listen to is "Diamonds on the Inside". I would buy it but there are a few tracks that I think are really dumb. He seems to think it's necessary to "rock out" on a few tracks and doesn't seem to work well at all. My favourite tracks are the more laid back ones and the funky ones.
His other popular discs include "Fight for your Mind", "Burn to Shine." I don't really recommend his newest one "Both sides of the gun." The "Another lonely day" song that you and Becky like is on the "Fight for your Mind" CD. I wouldn't recommend going out and buying just any of the discs. Each of them include a few tracks you'll want to skip over I think. Find the one with the least number of those tracks... :)
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