tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post7883927267553153220..comments2024-01-26T07:11:45.193-05:00Comments on Linear Tracking Lives!: Curtain Call: Joe Jackson From 1979Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-32283760291057718362014-01-24T20:16:17.201-05:002014-01-24T20:16:17.201-05:00@Uncle E - I humbly thank you for the kudo...When ...@Uncle E - I humbly thank you for the kudo...When I play Beat Crazy, I get really pumped anticipating that opening shreek and twangy guitar as the tuff dub then takes over. It's almost Punk World Music! Or maybe it's just a band fed up with formula...Echorichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853063796135973187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-68306641560763710402014-01-24T11:48:27.815-05:002014-01-24T11:48:27.815-05:00Man that Echorich has good taste! When it was rele...Man that Echorich has good taste! When it was released Beat Crazy seemed like a huge disappointment to me after the amazing power pop of the first 2 albums. It wasn't until I revisited BC much, much later that the magic revealed itself, finally, like a genie unleashed after centuries in her little glass prison! OK, maybe that's pushing it, but that doesn't take away from BC in the least. In a way it reminds me of The Beat's own Wha'ppen. That was a bit of a revelation upon revisiting as well. <br />Nice post!Uncle Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570327775449916376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-39130604539974665262014-01-23T21:46:52.325-05:002014-01-23T21:46:52.325-05:00Beat Crazy is one fantastic! So many people thoug...Beat Crazy is one fantastic! So many people thought Jackson had lost it with this angry, reggae-tinged album, but man it is imaculately produced. So many of my favorites of his are this album - In Every Dream Home (A Nightmare), Beat Crazy, Biology, Pretty Boys and the tour de force that is One To One. <br />Lots has been said about how early punk club DJs relied on reggae and dub because there wasn't that much Punk vinyl to play in them and this had a great effect on bands including The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers and even Joe Jackson. Pretty Boys is the New Ska that The Specials had basically cornered the market on, but it sits on the roof of their wheelhouse and shouts down at anything on their first two albums. Even the pub rock influnced tracks like Crime Don't Pay and Evil Eyes seem elevated by the crisp production.Echorichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853063796135973187noreply@blogger.com