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Reply #60 posted 01/20/17 12:58pm

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ludwig said:

214 said:

Does he have good music? i've already downloaded some of his albums, but so far i have just listened Virtual Insanity.

"He"? "His"? You mean "they" and "their".

Jamiroquai is the name of the BAND, not of it's singer.

You get it right? give and answer then.

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Reply #61 posted 01/20/17 5:46pm

SoulAlive

Shaolin325 said:

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some "Automaton" Tourdates have just been announced! Now on sale on Jamiroquai.com


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Sigh...I guess these are the places they've historically received most of their support.

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I hope they do some shows in the U.S....I will truly make plans to see them this time!
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Reply #62 posted 01/23/17 4:18am

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Thanks for the update guys!!! I'm looking forward to the new album. Hopefully, a couple of their singles will be released soon.

I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince.
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Reply #63 posted 01/25/17 12:46pm

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what i've heard thus-far

sounds like the same computerised UNfunky crap they've been doing for a while now... confused

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Reply #64 posted 01/25/17 12:59pm

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AUTOMATON ALBUM COVER:

FIRST SINGLE DEBUT ON JO WHILEY SHOW BBC RADIO 1 TOMORROW MORNING:
-> https://www.instagram.com/p/BPsnFYZBTDa

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Reply #65 posted 01/25/17 12:59pm

SoulAlive

nice!

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Reply #66 posted 01/25/17 1:37pm

SoulAlive

World premiere: the new Jamiroquai single "Automaton".....hear it tomorrow!

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Reply #67 posted 01/25/17 1:45pm

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I sure miss this guy and his sound... neutral

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Reply #68 posted 01/25/17 2:28pm

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SoulAlive said:

World premiere: the new Jamiroquai single "Automaton".....hear it tomorrow!



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I CAN NOT WAIT!!!! Where will we be able to listen? Will it be streaming? I hope I absolutely love it.....
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Reply #69 posted 01/26/17 1:37pm

SoulAlive

I just heard the new song! biggrin It's very electronic/Daft Punk-ish,very 80s.....it has a really cool bridge/breakdown part where the music changes completely (is Jay rapping?)....I like it

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Reply #70 posted 01/26/17 2:13pm

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I just heard the new song! biggrin It's very electronic/Daft Punk-ish,very 80s.....it has a really cool bridge/breakdown part where the music changes completely (is Jay rapping?)....I like it




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Where did you hear it?
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Reply #71 posted 01/26/17 2:16pm

SoulAlive

it debuted on BBC Radio today:

BBC RADIO 2 ONLINE PLAYER:
LINK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc...

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Reply #72 posted 01/26/17 2:18pm

SoulAlive

but if you missed the radio debut,do a Google search.I'm sure the song will be popping up everywhere smile

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Reply #73 posted 01/26/17 2:24pm

lool

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Reply #74 posted 01/26/17 2:34pm

SoulAlive

^^ thanks for that link

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Reply #75 posted 01/26/17 4:58pm

Shaolin325

Thank you for the link!

I listened a few times. It didn't "grab" me on first listen, but I believe it's going to grow on me. This style of music is what's hot, so they may have a hit on their hands.

I prefer music where the instruments are distinguishable. With a nice guitar, bass, piano, sax, or drum break maybe..

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And yes that is Jay rapping! Sounding so fresh and so young lol :
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Reply #76 posted 01/26/17 5:26pm

SoulAlive

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Thank you for the link!

I listened a few times. It didn't "grab" me on first listen, but I believe it's going to grow on me. This style of music is what's hot, so they may have a hit on their hands.

I prefer music where the instruments are distinguishable. With a nice guitar, bass, piano, sax, or drum break maybe..

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And yes that is Jay rapping! Sounding so fresh and so young lol :


It didn't "grab" me on first listen,either.But after repeated listening,I really like it now.It's a cool electronic sound for Jamiroquai.They have toyed with this sound on previous albums but now it seems like they're going all in with it.The concept is interesting and very timely (living in a cold digital world)
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Reply #77 posted 01/26/17 6:27pm

Shaolin325

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Shaolin325 said:

Thank you for the link!

I listened a few times. It didn't "grab" me on first listen, but I believe it's going to grow on me. This style of music is what's hot, so they may have a hit on their hands.

I prefer music where the instruments are distinguishable. With a nice guitar, bass, piano, sax, or drum break maybe..

biggrin

And yes that is Jay rapping! Sounding so fresh and so young lol :


It didn't "grab" me on first listen,either.But after repeated listening,I really like it now.It's a cool electronic sound for Jamiroquai.They have toyed with this sound on previous albums but now it seems like they're going all in with it.The concept is interesting and very timely (living in a cold digital world)



Yes,the concept is on point. I saw the lyrics on another site. That actually takes the song up a notch. We're in a strange time right now, extremely disconnected and I don't see that changing...
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Reply #78 posted 01/26/17 9:41pm

SoulAlive

the song is now on Spotify here in the USA! smile
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Reply #79 posted 01/27/17 12:47am

SoulAlive

I just pre-ordered the album on iTunes and I got the first single now smile

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Reply #80 posted 01/27/17 1:54am

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Reply #81 posted 01/27/17 4:57am

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The song starts @ 22:54 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radi...r/b0891d6f

Thanks for this...listening to the song now...pretty catchy, I'm not loving the heavy "tech" sound too much right now, but it does seem like a grower. I listen to it a few more times I'm sure. Excited for what's to come though!!!

I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince.
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Reply #82 posted 01/27/17 8:44am

SoulAlive

the official music video for "Automaton"

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Reply #83 posted 01/27/17 2:18pm

E319

The song is okay but not great. If you take away the techy bleeps and sound effects, the melody and chorus are pretty weak. And the video was very underwhelming. Woulda been much better if there was more of Jay Kay's dancing and less of him walking around. Not trying to hate though. Will definitely be buying the new album and glad to see Jamiroquai back. Just not that impressed with first single. Love the hat though.

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Reply #84 posted 01/27/17 6:20pm

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Underwhelming but kinda catchy

Sounds a bit like Kim Wildes Keep Me Hanging On
The greatest live performer of our times was is and always will be Prince.

Remember there is only one destination and that place is U
All of it. Everything. Is U.
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Reply #85 posted 01/27/17 6:46pm

Shaolin325

I think the video goes well with the song and just enhances the overall experience. Especially Jay dancing! I wasn't feeling the song at first, but after a few listens it started sounding good.

However, I hope the entire album's not this style. Electronic music is fine, especially when the beat is hot. But if you have a BAND behind you, why would want that style??

I'm listening to DMX - "x gon' give it to ya" - as I type this. Hot beat! Probably a sample from some other song. This work for hip-hop and is fine in small doses. I feel the same way about electronic music. I don't want an entire album of this from a band.
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Reply #86 posted 01/27/17 7:44pm

SoulAlive

yeah,I hope that the new album is not *entirely* electronic.I like a lot of electronic music,but I don't want Jamiroquai to completely abandon their funk/disco sound.I'd rather see them mix it up.We will get our next taste of the new album when the second single ,"Cloud 9",is released.

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Reply #87 posted 01/27/17 10:25pm

Shaolin325

I just read on another site that Jay is the guy in the white coat! I can't tell!. Also it appears that he's naked on the beach biggrin. Missed that too!
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Reply #88 posted 01/28/17 12:50am

SoulAlive

on various Jamiroquai fansites,people have been trying to transcribe the lyrics.I think these may be the correct lyrics:

In our love, every heart is beatin'.
I'm all love! Uh-can't you feel me feelin'?
Take my hand! I'm cold like a junkie.
I'm an ice-cold man.
I'm an ice-cold man. *distorted*
Why am I cryin' for you?

All this love I felt for you
Has gone away to another place. (It's a digital life)
I put my faith in a digital world
But they've given me eyes without a face.
I'd steal the moon on silver nights.
Remind myself I am someone.
My soul is null and void tonight. (I'm automaton)

I'm so tough. Uh-can't you see me runnin'?
See, I can touch. Can you feel me comin'?
I see the world and cry for freedom.
These metal eyes, they can't disguise
The fact that I need something to believe in.
But then I drug him for you!

I said goodbye to the world I knew
And took off into inner space. (It's a digital life)
Weren't you the ones who promised me
A very different place?
I've powered up, get my program set
And tilt my head toward the sun.
Inside I know, I'm null and void (I'm automaton)

Automaton (x4)

Hey, you got me down underground
Gettin' holed up in my cyber lounge
As if I had time to break that down. (Automaton)
Whatever you can do I can override/overwrite it
Got a million ways to synthesize it.
Digital android, I can fight it (Fight it out)

Automaton (It's a digital life)
Automaton (Digital life)
Automaton (A digital life)
Automaton

Feel like a man who fell to Earth
Like this is not where I belong.
They rule my life from a metal box that's windowless
And I wonder where it all goes wrong.
Maybe this dream will stay alive
But can the madness be undone?
Am I the new intelligence?

I'm automaton (x7)
It's a digital life (x2)

You know I need something I can hold onto, hold onto (You were all I knew)
I need something I can hold onto, hold onto (This was all I knew)

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Reply #89 posted 01/28/17 3:53am

SpaceCowboy

The track kinda feels to me like an updated Emergency on Planet Earth, if not musically then certainly lyrically / conceptually. Emergency meets Twenty Zero One. It's definitely a grower of a song, that's for sure.
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