***Jesse Johnson Interview Online Saturday - 10/24/09 & Tour Merchandise Contest Details Here***

Attention: Friends & Family:
Emancipation Radio & The Pink Slip with Jill Monroe would like to announce:

"The Jesse Johnson Verbal Penetration Quote of the Month Contest!"



The contestants will send an email to: verbalpenetration.jesse@gmail.com
Along with a short, detailed quote describing what Jesse’s music means to you.

The contest starts October 27 2009 and will end November 27 2009
24 Winners will be announced November 28 2009 on "The Pink Slip with Jill Monroe" Emancipation Radio

Each of the 24 winners will receive the following prizes:

1) Your quote along with your name will appear on the homepage of www.JesseJohnson.com (Quotes will alternate between the 24 winning quotes every 2 to 3 weeks)

2) Each winner will receive one of all items listed below. All items will be autographed by Jesse and will be signed to the winning individual by name:

1 copy "Verbal Penetration Vol. I & II"
1 V.P. tour tee shirt
1 Legs sticker,
1 Guitar logo sticker,
1 V.P. cover art sticker,
5 Guitar picks with V.P. cover art
1 Full color signed V.P. poster (Items may be viewed at www.JesseJohnstore.com after October 27, 2009)

Peace with love,
Jill Monroe
(Thanx Jesse!!)

PS
Emancipation Radio & The Pink Slip, will be giving away 5 autograph copies of
Jesse Johnson "The Ultimate Collection" Details TBA


The Exclusive Interview with Emancipation Radio's Jill Monroe on "The Pink Slip" is this Saturday, October 24, 2009 @7pm Central - www.emancipationradio.com - Verbal Penetration Vol I & II will be previewed during this broadcast.

STAY TUNED - WWW.JESSEJOHNSON.COM - LAUNCHING AT ANY MOMENT.....


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dance4me3121 said:

So good to have Jesse playing and recording again...his first three albums were all classics...I spent many hours grooving to them.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

x3

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Funny and charming as usual

I missed it. Has this show been archived?

squirrelgrease said:

I missed it. Has this show been archived?

How many people think "YOU know WHO" chose this date after he saw it on the front page of the org? Don't kid yourself, he would. Jesses night even after 15 years has to be upstaged. It's funny how Paisley Park has a show tonight out of the blue like that.

All I hear is Brandy

All I hear is Rihanna now.

duh, didn't know that you could preview all of the tracks on Amazon. Sweet!

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Funny and charming as usual

jthad1129 said:

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Funny and charming as usual

DJJillMonroe said:

squirrelgrease said:

I missed it. Has this show been archived?

You didn't miss it - show will broadcast - worldwide @ 7pm tonight

And Re-Air @ 12am tonight

Has Jesse Johnson ever written a good song? I don't think I've heard one. I'mnot claiming to have heard many, that's why I'm asking. I'm not being a dick, I just don't know. The few things I've heard by him don't tickle my fancy. I guess I just don't get what everyone likes about him so much. What's the big deal? It's NOT his guitar playing. Of that I am certain. He's like Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones: WTF?

Any song suggestions would be appreciated.

steakfinger said:

I don't think I'm going to change anyone's mind about JJ or his music. Here are his strengths to me:

He excels at writing music that showcases his strengths as a guitarist. In the 1980s, the bulk of that was MPLS funk with enough space for killer fills and solos. The true gems were on tracks like "I'm Just Wanting You," "Free World" (which is funky as all get-out) and "Love Struck."

His touch at production was pretty cool, too. I still love "Affection" by Ta Mara & the Seen. That's his studio magic. When his lyrics scratched a little deeper than the usual pop fare, songs like "Black in America" really hit home for me.

In more recent years, he's let his Jimi Hendrix debt be a lot clearer. And, I still say his work on the Bare My Naked Soul album influenced Prince on such tracks as "Lotus Flower" and "Boom."

Sure, his look in the 1980s was androgynous and Princish. But I think there's so much to JJ's work that it's nearly impossible to dismiss him as a Purple Wannabe.

ThreadBare said:

really? I wouldn't know, his music just never moved me, his first album was straight minneapolis sounding stuff which was fine, the dress, the hairstyle, the makeup, the use of Pink instead of purple, his onstage mannerisms, all make me think "Prince wannabe". He even tried to pay his bandmembers like Prince did, not enough. Second album was not even as good as the first one, Crazay was ok as a single, and I'm aware Prince used him to stoke his own competitiveness but maybe he saw something I couldn't, he's not anywhere near that level of artistry.

The cold blooded part about Jesse getting dogged out over the "Prince-ish" look was that Jesse was the one who brought the "Pretty Boy" image to P's camp. In 80 when P first met Jesse through Morris, P's image was all about being the black version of Iggy Pop. That's where P was at during THAT stage. From some of the things Morris and Andre both told me was that when P first saw Jesse with the sky high jheri curl, the eyeliner, the pleated pants and pleated shirts, the custom pink cabinets and pink guitars, (all this shit Jesse ALREADY had) then all of sudden P started to switch gears visually. When P hit with Controversy, you can't see the transformation on the first 2 promo videos of Controversy and Sexuality because P was still on the Iggy Pop phase which was a carry over from Dirty Mind. But you can see it on the Controversy tour with The Time opening.

By then, P's image was more "softer" in his face and hair along with a more conservetive look in his dress. I'm not saying this was to do with Jesse or The Time as far as him wearing pants instead of his drawers. BUT, P started wearing much more makeup, heavy eyeliner, he had more ringlet curls put in his hair to hang on one side, that combined with the pleated pants and vest (which I always credited to Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" tour) Morris and Andre both said that AFTER seeing Jesse and his color pink, that's when P also started to put MORE emphasize on the color purple. In other words, it was untill Jesse hit the circle, then P was thinking MORE about being "pretty". Before that, P was waaay to raw and hard edged for that, even though he was wearing drawers. But after seeing Jesse, who ALREADY had his image down when he first joined The Time, P got on the "pretty boy" vibe then. Jesse wasn't alllowed to even wear pink untill on the second tour. Also I was told that P had Jesse pin some of his hair back on the sides in the photo that appeared on the back of the album. Although the promo and tour poster of The Time for the "What Time Is It" album, which has the band in the same clothes, everyone except for Jesse, who here is wearing his pink suit and his hair is blowed out more and not pinned back on the sides like it is on the back of the album. So of course it's natural for people to assume Jesse got his visual thing from Prince but the irony was it was really the other way around.
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ThreadBare said:

Hey, I am not an egotistical guy, If i'm wrong I'm wrong, are there pics? BG you have really great anecdotes which I can't argue with. Even if they are all true, I would still have to relisten to some of his music (the most important thing) to see if I was wrong about that. I don't question for a minute that Prince was a rip-off, he'd rip off his own mother if he thought it would help, bastard that he was/(is?).

Another one here wanting an archive of the show.

mozfonky said:

No doubt that he was in the same mold as P. Of course he was...that is from where he came (professionally). However, if anyone thinks he's still a wannabe is out of their mind. Bare My Naked Soul blew everythiung out. He is a monster guitar player. I've heard the clips of his new disc and the arrangements are everything I like...guitar, horns, funky. The man can play and is pretty amazing write.r Stop comparing to P. It actually does a disservice to P as he is a musician who can not be compared. No one can do what P did previously.

Check out Jesse's 2nd disc,...yes, Minn funk but with his own sound too. The guy is amazing and ihave not been this excited about a new album in ages...ages!

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NouveauDance said:

Another one here wanting an archive of the show.

Linn4days said: