Great news, looking forward to that. This is my fave track.

funkyslsistah said:

child love this one!!! Play this track in the car at sunset on a fall evening....whew child, gives me chills down my spine!!!!

SoulAlive said:

There's nothing wrong with sounding like it's 1978. It's better than sounding like it's 1878 which is what the current artists sound like by making tons of slow to midtempo stuff with no ass shaking material whatsoever.

missfee said:

I love that performance! It's a shame they didn't place that song on one of their albums.It has potential.

2010??? ...I thought it was coming out this year...I'm fiending like a crackhead for new Jamiroquai. I suppose I 'll be happy it's coming out at all.

2010??? ...I thought it was coming out this year...I'm fiending like a crackhead for new Jamiroquai. I suppose I 'll be happy it's coming out at all. Here's some rare tracks the I love.





Funktion is my motherf*cker!!

2010??? ...I thought it was coming out this year...I'm fiending like a crackhead for new Jamiroquai. I suppose I 'll be happy it's coming out at all. Here's some rare tracks the I love.



I've never heard these songs before.These must be outtakes,right? What album/era is each song from?

Jamiroquai's best slow jam is "Everyday"....who agrees?

steelyd said:

Everybody's Going to the Moon, From Titan A.E. movie soundtrack
You Snooze is a Synkronized outtake
Wolf in Sheeps Clothing was a B-side for Canned Heat Single UK Import
Funktion, was on some overseas releases of Traveling Without Moving

Jay Kay is almost like Prince with the outtakes, rare releases and B-side. There are quite a few songs I'm trying to hunt down.I have two already.

I only really like the first 2 albums. Got a bit wishy washy after that.

SoulAlive said:

I'm torn between "Everyday" and "Falling"...I love 'em both

None of you can tell me that this isn't funky!!!!
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Oh lord,there's the "they think they are Stevie Wonder" comment again . One snarky, narrow-minded Rolling Stone music critic pulled out 1 of maybe 7 of the usual R&B artist that American music critics “feel” are the HOLY GRAIL of black music (Stevie, Aretha, Marvin, Al Green, Sly Stone, Otis, Ray) and decided to make a bunch of stupid far reaching comparisons based on that ONE artist. Ever since then US critics and people in general have been parroting that sentiment about Jamiroquai's music without actually listening to ALL of it. “Oh it’s got a 4/4 beat, their making disco, “Oh he’s singing about love & helping the Earth, he thinks he’s Stevie Wonder” This is the only group where being compared to Stevie Wonder is a negative. Jamiroquai music is what it is, you either like it or you don't. Jay Kay has admitted his music is influenced by American r&b, funk, jazz fusion, and disco artist, only one of them being Stevie Wonder. But their music is no more influenced by Stevie than it is by Earth Wind & Fire. Jamiroquai's music is FAR more akin to Roy Ayers, Johnny Hammond, Donald Byrd, Lonnie Liston Smith, Quincy Jones, Emuir Deodato, Sergio Mendes, Antonio Jobim with some electro/house & rock bits thrown in. Most so called American music journalist rarely reference these influences when they review a Jamiroquai album, when it's clear to anyone with ears that these artist are more their influences than Stevie Wonder. But even with these influences, their music is still authentically THEIR music. Their sound, though decidedly and purposely dance oriented, is a lot more than just “disco” music. Their cord changes/ progressions, arrangements and lyrics are much more sophisticated than they are generally given credit for. Maybe they do it too well and people think they are not trying hard enough, who knows. If you don't like Jamiroquai, of course that's you choice (they don't appeal to everybody). Hopefully people will stop listening to others limited opinions about this group and just listen to them for what they are, which great music makers, not some cheesy wannabe Stevie disco act. They don't have a 17 year career based on being fluke artist.

steelyd said:

The Stevie Wonder comparisons were always silly to me.I think Jamiroquai are more inspired by bands like Chic,Pleasure,Heatwave,Roy Ayers Ubiquity,Blackbyrds,Kleeer,and GQ.....R&B/funk music from the late 70s,with disco influences as well.

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SoulAlive said:

which is too bad, because when they started, they had a very interesting, unique sound and have been stuck trying to emulate 70's funk & disco since about halfway through their third album.

errant said:

I look at it this way: We need somebody to keep that sound alive We have all these artists jumping on the shit hop bandwagon,or making bland American pop music.Jamiroquai is keeping the funk/disco/70s sound alive and I think it's refreshing.I wish more of today's bands would go that route.

SoulAlive said:

those genres are pretty much dead for a reason. because they got stuck in one sound and never really progressed. and i think Jamiroquai got sucked into that vortex when they started making that kind of music. doing a dated style of music is fine, I guess, but why not try to bring something new to it? why not try to move it forward? admittedly, I haven't heard everything they've done in the last 10+ years, but nothing that I *have* heard has seemed like a very original or fresh take on anything. They're like the British Lennny Kravitz of disco-funk.And I say this a formerly pretty big fan. Of both, actually.

SoulAlive said:

those genres are pretty much dead for a reason. because they got stuck in one sound and never really progressed. and i think Jamiroquai got sucked into that vortex when they started making that kind of music. doing a dated style of music is fine, I guess, but why not try to bring something new to it? why not try to move it forward? admittedly, I haven't heard everything they've done in the last 10+ years, but nothing that I *have* heard has seemed like a very original or fresh take on anything. They're like the British Lennny Kravitz of disco-funk. And I say this a formerly pretty big fan. Of both, actually.