Hi all, I just read a wonderfully detailed account of the making of Body And Soul, published in the June 1984 issue of US "Musician" magazine. Lots of unknown...
Sorry 4 the last email. Do I rememember?? How can I forget!! That article was very amusing. For centuries composers write and arrange music and musicians...
Hi Vinnie, Thanks a lot for your reply. Really great! Even though you didn't touch on the topic of the warm-up concerts. But in the meantime fellow lister Gerd...
I have scanned the whole article but I don't think I'm allowed to post it here in its entirety. I mean it's copyrighted - even though the magazine is now...
... I;m sorry I'm apt going off on a tangent. What specificallydid U want to know about the warm up gigs? VZ ************** Great Deals on Dell Laptops....
... Please send me the interview privately. Just put it in an email as well as an attachment in case I can't open it. VZ ************** Great Deals on Dell...
Hi all, To mark the 30th anniversary of Joe's legendary debut, I'm doing a tribute tonight (Monday) on my radio show. I'm going to play about a half-dozen...
Apologies if this is old news for some of you, but I don't recall ever seeing it discussed here. See, in my car on Saturday, I heard "Day After Day" by...
I brought this up almost ten years ago as well but never heard anything either. Both are great songs, but Badfinger's came first. ... From: benvarkentine...
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Feb 3, 2009 4:31 am
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What we still don't know is whether Joe borrowed the melody consciously or not (assuming he'd already heard Badfinger's song when he wrote "Breaking us in...
... There are only so many pleasing combinations of chords, so conceivably we could one day run out of new tunes. Hence this clever demonstration of the...
... The first nine notes sure make a melody that's quite close to Joe's song, but this is far from other strange examples (see of course He's So Fine vs My...
In his book, Joe says he's always loved the 3 Bs: Bach, Beethoven, Badfinger. He will burn in Hell for stealing that riff. 2009/2/3 BornChickenVoice...
Hey Vinnie and all, Not to downplay Joe's excellence as a composer and musician, the members of Badfinger were no hacks either. Along with Big Star and The...
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Jeez!! Why do U guys take music so seriously????? No Jeff, U misunderstand me. I had all the Badfinger records. I liked them a lot, went to their concerts and...
Songs from the Hudson River: Joy Askew and Pulse at Barbes on 2/13 One set at 8:00pm: Joy Askew and Pulse present Songs from the Hudson River. Pulse is a New...
Our fellow JJ Yahoo Group member, Charles Martin, has posted his picks for "Top 10 Albums of 2008" on his blog: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joe Jackson ...
I've had my copy in the car for a week or so now and I'm very pleased with it. Extremely good value with a double CD for half the price of a standard new...
I honestly don't know if Joe had any say-so on what went into this BBC collection, but outside of the songs "Beat Crazy" and "Biology" Joe seems to have moved...
Hi all, I was just going to put up some major JJ rarities on ebay, but as some of their regulations and fees are really terrible these days, I'd rather prefer...
From joejackson.com: "...By special arrangement with the BBC, we will have a limited number available for sale through this web site in late February..."...