johnart said:

zaza said:

Genesia said: That album was major disappointment in my opinion..I was looking forward to it and when I heard it..

I actually have not heard it. I remember reading it was coming and then I forgot.

John,I am demanding that you listen to it It really is one of their strongest,most consistent albums and a huge improvement over the last album ('Dynamite') which I felt was slightly uneven.

SoulAlive said:

Strange, I loved Dynamite and I hate Rock Dust

zaza said:

SoulAlive said:

John,I am demanding that you listen to it It really is one of their strongest,most consistent albums and a huge improvement over the last album ('Dynamite') which I felt was slightly uneven.

Strange, I loved Dynamite and I hate Rock Dust

'Dynamite' has some great songs on it ("Seven Days In Sunny June","Starchild","Electric Mistress") but it falls apart midway through.'Rock Dust Light Star' is very consistent from beginning to end.

SoulAlive said:

In my opinion Rock Dust Light Star's first two songs are great, but the rest lacks climax.

I dislike even "A Funk Odyssey"..

zaza said:

SoulAlive said:

'Dynamite' has some great songs on it ("Seven Days In Sunny June","Starchild","Electric Mistress") but it falls apart midway through.'Rock Dust Light Star' is very consistent from beginning to end.

In my opinion Rock Dust Light Star's first two songs are great, but the rest lacks climax. I dislike even "A Funk Odyssey"..

'A Funk Odyssey' is my favorite album by them

That album contains the perfect mix of Old School funk and disco mixed with modern-day electronica.It's actually my favorite album of the 2000s.

SoulAlive said:

I like only singles of that album and beautiful "Picture Of My Life".

As I said, first three albums are classics (even thought the second one has mediocre audio quality). Then it became "singles" band.

They are still great live, though

BlackAdder7 said:

I doubt his acting skills are on a par with Pacino, Deniro, and oh....Depp.

I've never gotten the Pacino-love. To me, his acting seems totally over-the-top. I've only ever seen Depp in things where he plays eccentric characters (a cakewalk, as far as I'm concerned), so I'd be curious as to whether he can naturalistically play an everyman. And doesn't DeNiro mostly play the same kind of character?

I should note that I generally find acting (or "pretending" as I prefer to call it ) - and fiction in general - kinda silly.

BlackAdder7 said:

XxAxX said:

i think highly of all three of those actors. morgan freeman is my favourite, but not as favourite as Bob Saget

okay Dear..I take issue with what you've said.

1) when did you become british with your "put a u next to an o" favourite ?

2) it's quite common knowledge to us orgers that you lust..um like bob saget, but I doubt his acting skills are on a par with Pacino, Deniro, and oh....Depp.

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zaza said:

Their first three albums are CLASSICS. Then Stuart left the band and it went downhill, but they still have catchy songs. By the way Militant, I could tell the same about Britney Spears you seem to love

At least Britney isn't pretentious. That's the WORST thing about Jamiroquai.

By the way, Zender's an asshole. Got Melanie Blatt pregnant then upped and ran away before the kid was born. Loser.

Militant said:

At least they are not a product.

Are we talking about skills or personalities? Stuart is awesome and talented bass player. I don't care about his persona as long as he has the groove. Otherwise, I could start talking about Britney's so-called marriage, Prince's "business" ways, about Axl Rose and Billy Corgan etc..

zaza said:

Militant said:

At least Britney isn't pretentious. That's the WORST thing about Jamiroquai.

By the way, Zender's an asshole. Got Melanie Blatt pregnant then upped and ran away before the kid was born. Loser.

At least they are not a product. Are we talking about skills or personalities? Stuart is awesome and talented bass player. I don't care about his persona as long as he has the groove. Otherwise, I could start talking about Britney's so-called marriage, Prince's "business" ways, about Axl Rose and Billy Corgan etc..

I'll take a product over watered down imitation whiteboy disco funk anyday. Gotta be real about it. Britney has never tried to hide the fact that she was a manufactured popstar, and "Blackout" is about a million times better than any Jamiroquai album.

The Zender thing was a side-point. I just thought it was worth mentioning. I agree that Jamiroquai were (slightly) better with him in the band. Well, I know some people that know Zender and they all say he's a total cunt.

Militant said:

What's so bad about whiteman disco funk? It's just another musical genre like hip-hop, pop, whatever. JMRQ's first two album have an ecological message and great acidjazz music. They're funky live, they've got cool videos, their singles collection is very strong.

We will just agree to disagree ;-)

Axl is total dick. Billy is total dick. Prince is total dick. James Brown was total dick, too. But their music is great, you get my point?

SoulAlive said:

zaza said:

SoulAlive said: Strange, I loved Dynamite and I hate Rock Dust

'Dynamite' has some great songs on it ("Seven Days In Sunny June","Starchild","Electric Mistress") but it falls apart midway through.'Rock Dust Light Star' is very consistent from beginning to end.

Electric Mistress is one of my favorite songs ever!

But you have DEMANDED so I'm on my way to amazon now.

zaza said:

..about people like Jay Kay? Bruce Willis? Jack Nicholson? Morgan Freeman? They're one of the coolest people on Earth..how could it be? Your opinions? Another silly thread, I know, but I don't want to hurt other people as before.

Aside from One Flew and As Good as it Gets he's probably one of my least favorite actors . Only because I feel he's the same (JACK) again and again in every role.

johnart said:

Am I the only one who thinks that the intro of Electric Mistress sounds very similar to Futurama theme song?

zaza said:

What's so bad about whiteman disco funk? It's just another musical genre like hip-hop, pop, whatever. JMRQ's first two album have an ecological message and great acidjazz music. They're funky live, they've got cool videos, their singles collection is very strong. We will just agree to disagree Axl is total dick. Billy is total dick. Prince is total dick. James Brown was total dick, too. But their music is great, you get my point?

I guess it's not so bad. To me, it just sounds forced, like they are really trying too hard. You know? Like, it just doesn't feel authentic. Maybe some people can get past that. But I listen to so much funk, so when I try and listen to Jamiroquai, something about it just feels watered-down.

I wouldn't say Prince is a dick. He was very nice when I met him But yeah, fair point.

Militant said:

Well, I wouldn't call Jamiroquai pure funk. You can't compare it with anything Sly or George involved. It's more a mixture of acid jazz, soul, funk and disco plus a little bit of electronica. The good thing about them is that you can recognise them immediately (it could be a bad thing for some people, I know).

johnart said:

zaza said:

..about people like Jay Kay? Bruce Willis? Jack Nicholson? Morgan Freeman? They're one of the coolest people on Earth..how could it be? Your opinions? Another silly thread, I know, but I don't want to hurt other people as before.

Aside from One Flew and As Good as it Gets he's probably one of my least favorite actors . Only because I feel he's the same (JACK) again and again in every role.

what about The Shining and Wolf and The Witches of Eastwick and Batman ?

zaza said:

Militant said:

I guess it's not so bad. To me, it just sounds forced, like they are really trying too hard. You know? Like, it just doesn't feel authentic. Maybe some people can get past that. But I listen to so much funk, so when I try and listen to Jamiroquai, something about it just feels watered-down.

I wouldn't say Prince is a dick. He was very nice when I met him But yeah, fair point.

Well, I wouldn't call Jamiroquai pure funk. You can't compare it with anything Sly or George involved. It's more a mixture of acid jazz, soul, funk and disco plus a little bit of electronica. The good thing about them is that you can recognise them immediately (it could be a bad thing for some people, I know).

I've never considered Jamiroquai a funk group. I've always thought of them as electronica with touches of funk.

PositivityNYC said:

johnart said:

Aside from One Flew and As Good as it Gets he's probably one of my least favorite actors . Only because I feel he's the same (JACK) again and again in every role.

what about The Shining and Wolf and The Witches of Eastwick and Batman ?

Did you seriously just say WOLF??

And yes, I think he's "Jack" in all those other movies you just listed. Different makeup/looks, same ole routine.

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johnart said:

PositivityNYC said:

what about The Shining and Wolf and The Witches of Eastwick and Batman ?

Did you seriously just say WOLF??

And yes, I think he's "Jack" in all those other movies you just listed. Different makeup/looks, same ole routine.

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I loved Wolf!!

he's Jack; he's great.

PositivityNYC said:

johnart said:

Did you seriously just say WOLF??

And yes, I think he's "Jack" in all those other movies you just listed. Different makeup/looks, same ole routine.

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I loved Wolf!!

he's Jack; he's great.

one of the most highly overrated actors of our lifetime

johnart said:

Their funk side is more prominent on their gigs, but it's still not pure funk.

PositivityNYC said:

But what it is that makes him cool? And I've got to agree with John - he's still the same crazy Jack. Cool crazy Jack!

johnart said:

PositivityNYC said:

I loved Wolf!!

he's Jack; he's great.

one of the most highly overrated actors of our lifetime

And Wolf was just about as good as that Wolfman movie where Benicio del Toro turns into a pissed off Starsky.

johnart said:

PositivityNYC said:

I loved Wolf!!

he's Jack; he's great.

one of the most highly overrated actors of our lifetime

Jamiroquai sux

johnart said:

johnart said:

one of the most highly overrated actors of our lifetime

And Wolf was just about as good as that Wolfman movie where Benicio del Toro turns into a pissed off Starsky.

Benicio's had better effects, but Wolf was a better movie.

if you feel a llittle pinch later in a tender spot...

PositivityNYC said:

My opinion about The Wolf is not objective, because there was Michelle Pfeiffer

PositivityNYC said:

johnart said:

one of the most highly overrated actors of our lifetime

Jamiroquai sux

Your love of Wolf for legit reasons and not because it's so bad it's good reasons takes all the sting out of this.

johnart said: