My roommate just gave me a whole bunch of music, part of which was seven Jamiroquai albums. It's delightful. I thought everyone should know. 
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May 5, 2009 9:33 a.m. thatsnowinnebago HalfDork
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May 5, 2009 9:35 a.m. John Brown SuperDork
I can't believe he cut SEVEN albums!
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May 5, 2009 9:46 a.m. curtis New Reader
how old is that dude now? like 68?
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May 5, 2009 9:57 a.m. wherethefmi HalfDork
Doesn't Jay Kay own the power lap board for the reasonably priced car on TG?
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May 5, 2009 10:00 a.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 Reader
wherethefmi wrote:
Doesn't Jay Kay own the power lap board for the reasonably priced car on TG?
only because hes got 50 million laps out there...
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May 5, 2009 10:31 a.m. maroon92 SuperDork
I dunno, that was a pretty quick lap...I could beat it....
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May 5, 2009 10:44 a.m. neon4891 SuperDork
he knocked "Cod Peice Cowell" out of the lead, that has to count for something
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May 5, 2009 12:15 p.m. Mental SuperDork
Be nice, bear in mind he is an uber gearhead.
Youtube the video for Cosmic Girl. Thats his Diablo. One of 2 he had at the time. In one scene you will notice that he and his passenger are wearing sunglasses, and their hair is moving a lot. That is becuase the "pro-driver" they hired for the stunt sequences crashed it and broke the windsheild, which they pulled out and shot the rest of the day until they got a replacement. After the accident he finally told the director he would be doing the driving for the rest of the shoot.
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May 5, 2009 12:44 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork
I like them so much, I got the tattoo.
"Emergency on Planet Earth" is one of my favorite records of all time. Hopefully you've gotten a chance to check that one out.
I met Jay in Miami ~98(?) and half expected him to be an arrogant so-and-so, but nothing could be further from the truth. He was really cool and excited to talk cars and music for a bit.
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May 5, 2009 9:57 p.m. Appleseed HalfDork
You should at least love them for giving Napoleon Dynamite something to dance to.
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May 5, 2009 10:13 p.m. Chebbie_SB HalfDork
When I first heard Jamiroquai I thought "Is this the bastard love-child of Stevie Wonder" ?
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May 6, 2009 6:52 a.m. 92dxman Reader
One of my all time favorite groups. Return of the Space Cowboy is one of my desert island discs. Even though hes been out of the band for a few years now, Stuart Zender was a fantastic bassist. Random fact but he didn't play on one of their best songs, Return of the Space Cowboy. A session player played that fantastic bass line.
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May 6, 2009 8:54 a.m. Adrian_Thompson New Reader
92dxman wrote:
is one of my desert island discs.
Does desert island discs have any meaning over here in the US? I thought I was the only Ex Pat old radio 4 listener here!
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May 6, 2009 10:34 a.m. Keith SuperDork
poopshovel, I don't think I met you at the Mitty. But I sure spotted you - love the tattoo.
I'm a huge Jamiroquai fan. Great stuff. If Stevie Wonder ever put out more than a few songs with that much funk to them, let me know what they are. I keep trying to find the Wonder connection, but other than a few isolated tracks I can't find it.
Aren't all the cars in the Cosmic Girl video his? Same with the acceleration sounds at the beginning of Travelling Without Moving, I think that's the Diablo again. If you need any proof he's a gearhead, you just need to look at the album cover for that album.
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May 6, 2009 11:39 a.m. poopshovel SuperDork
Stuart Zender was a fantastic bassist.
berkeley YES DUDE. One of my favorite living players. The bass part on "We're too young to die" is pure berkeleying genius.
Keith - You and I talked a bit, though I don't know if we were 'formally' introduced. Funny, I just got my 3rd copy (it's one of those that disappears every now and then) of Traveling Without Moving in the mail the other day...right before this thread popped up.
Not my favorite record, but there are definitely some hot tracks on there. "Alright" and "Do you know where you're coming from" are pure badassness.
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May 6, 2009 12:14 p.m. z31maniac Dork
So for someone like me who has only heard a few of his singles, and liked the funky pop-sensibility, which album/s would you recommend picking up first?
I can only imagine the clerks face at our local record store as I ask for Slayer-South of Heaven (apparently was lost in the move) and some Jay Kay CD.
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May 6, 2009 12:31 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork
I can only imagine the clerks face at our local record store as I ask for Slayer-South of Heaven (apparently was lost in the move) and some Jay Kay CD.
You, sir, are a man after my own heart. "South of Heaven" will, at some point, be the soundtrack for the opening scene of the Hong Norrth movie.
Emergency on Planet Earth or Return of the Space Cowboy are good primers, IMO. Their music gets progressively more pop-y. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I prefer a touch of dirt in my funk.
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May 6, 2009 12:46 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork
For the helluvit - other good stuff (IMO) that I was on a steady diet of at the same time I got into Jamiroquai. I was playing bass in a nasty ass funk band at the time, and this stuff expanded my horizons.
Groove Collective - We the People
Laugh all you want - these mother berkeleyers had the whole euro-funk-pop thing on lock. Incredible arrangements, production, engineering, and song writing:
Chick Corea, Al DiMeola, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White. WIN:
Probably obvious to most, maybe not so much for others - Herbie Hancock/Headhunters:
Billy Cobham - George Duke band...One of those that sounds best on vinyl:
The kings of funk, IMO, the METERS!
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May 6, 2009 6:26 p.m. pinchvalve SuperDork
One of the best interviews ever was Jay Kay and his Muria. It was missing the driver's window glass and he asks "do you want to see how I broke it?" and proceeds to gingerly close the door in a completely normal fashion. Then says "crazy rock star!" I laughed and laughed.
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May 6, 2009 10:21 p.m. Appleseed HalfDork
Ohhhh, nobody berkleys with Herbie Handcock!
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May 7, 2009 4:08 p.m. andrave New Reader
anyone who doesn't like the cardigans never waited and waited for the release of gran turismo.. um.. what was it... 2?
lol
and then put it in the ps2 on a big TV with lots of family and friends there and was wowed by the intro...
crap that song makes me want to drive fast.
in an escudo.
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May 7, 2009 5:52 p.m. Appleseed HalfDork
I always felt weird for liking the Cardigans, like I should hide it under my bed. Now I feel better.
