Jamiroquai are back!

[Owen]

Whatever is playing bass on Deeper Underground does something weird at 1:05 and then they C+P it at 2:02, 2:20, 3:22 and 3:41. I am fully aware that I need to get out more.

 

 

[Geek99]

11 hours ago, BassAgent said:

Well, very sorry for being a non-native speaker and not being fluent in flawless RP.

To be fair, it’s really hard to tell that from reading your output. Your few mistakes are ones that English native speakers from some regions also make 

 

I have IELTS grade 9 and I notice things like that 

[AndyTravis]

40 minutes ago, Rich said:

Definitely better news than the return of the Manc knuckledraggers, that's for certain. 

Is it ok to like both?

 

asking for a friend, obvs 🥴

[Mediocre Polymath]

I'm very tempted to have a look at tickets, even though I generally hate big shows with a passion.

 

Showing my age (or perhaps lack thereof) but Travelling Without Moving was the first album I ever bought. I didn't play bass back then, and had no real interest in learning, but I remember being obsessed with the interplay between Stuart Zender and Derrick McKenzie on tracks like "Funktion". 

 

I recently stumbled across this fantastic recording, which caused me to totally reassess Jay Kay's role in the band. I'd always assumed that he was the lyricist and the charismatic man-up-front, but not particularly involved in the instrumental side of things. This loose rehearsal jam really shows him in band-leader mode, conducting what sounds like just the core group of McKenzie, Zender and Smith through a song that's already clearly fully formed in his head.

 

Edited 14 hours ago by Mediocre Polymath

[mike f]

23 hours ago, pst62 said:

Oops I didn't know that and tbh didn't give that a thought! Please accept my sincere apologies. I was just making the observation of how Americanistaion is creeping into our language. Sky TV are the biggest culprits.

“The first known written use of "oops" was in a 1921 Washington Post horse racing column”. You were saying? 😁

[BassAgent]

23 hours ago, pst62 said:

Jamiroquai ARE back, not is back! I'm not a fan of all this Americanisation of the English language. 

For the sake of Britishness, I have corrected it and will never ever make that mistake again😁

[Misdee]

I went to see Jamiroquai live in early 1993 when they were a new act. They were  really, really good. It was  refreshing to hear a band with those kinds of influences at that time. To my taste, it's been downhill from there for them. They just seem to be doing the same thing over and over again in a more  and more stultified manner. After Travelling Without Moving it was all over as far as I'm concerned.

 

 Regarding the bass playing, Stuart Zender was (and I suspect still is) just one of those people who is a naturally gifted player. That's to take nothing away from him, but learnt by doing it rather than studying the instrument in a more formal manner. That's probably why his playing sounds so fresh, energetic and spontaneous. For me, neither of the bass players who have followed him in that band (both superb musicians) have had anything like the same level of originality or personality in their playing. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Misdee

[OliverBlackman]

35 minutes ago, Misdee said:

I went to see Jamiroquai live in early 1993 when they were a new act. They were  really, really good. It was  refreshing to hear a band with those kinds of influences at that time. To my taste, it's been downhill from there for them. They just seem to be doing the same thing over and over again in a more  and more stultified manner. After Travelling Without Moving it was all over as far as I'm concerned.

 

 Regarding the bass playing, Stuart Zender was (and I suspect still is) just one of those people who is a naturally gifted player. That's to take nothing away from him, but learnt by doing it rather than studying the instrument in a more formal manner. That's probably why his playing sounds so fresh, energetic and spontaneous. For me, neither of the bass players who have followed him in that band (both superb musicians) have had anything like the same level of originality or personality in their playing. 

I think you’re right in terms of SZ having a feel of originality, because those since have had the feel of good session players. SZ just understood music very early in his development. His lines sound to me to be heavily influenced by Jaco, Jamerson, Bernard Edwards and a slap style akin to Marcus Miller. Shame he hasn’t had more influence in music since Jamiroquai.

[pst62]

2 hours ago, mike f said:

“The first known written use of "oops" was in a 1921 Washington Post horse racing column”. You were saying? 😁

Buy you know fine well the point I was making don't you, Mr Clever arse. 🤓