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This time last year it was "gritty, northern, working class rock" that the talent scouts and heads of accounts from every major record label were courting. Now that Monkeys mania has died down a little, they're still looking to da street, as it were, albeit via MySpace. So in the wake of Mike Skinner, Jamie T, Lily Allen et al, comes Jack Allsop*.
If the aforementioned are seen by hip-hop purists as being lame alternatives for people too scared to listen to purer exponents of the genre, then Just Jack is the socially acceptable, lyrically adept side of the coin. It’d be okay to introduce Jack to your parents – he seems very conscious of minding his Ps and Qs, although maybe a quick brush up on his spelling could be in order. ‘Starz’?
If it wasn't for the fact that this tune is insanely catchy and a lot less irritable than January's regular bout of influenza, this would end up in the same ‘Avoid At All Costs’ bucket as Maroon 5 and The Feeling. In six months, though: who knows?
- Yes, yes: we're well aware that Just Jack was releasing albums long before Jamie T and Lily Allen,and that The Outer Marker came out the same year as Original Pirate Material. Shush it.
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awful
song
I hate this song so much
that I can hardly feel my legs
Hey Scenesters!
Cheer up! This is nothing more than a fine catchy tune which cheers up the soul during those long winter commutes. Grumpy old man with overly-sensitive musical palate + lack of research at time of press = dubious review...
Chicken and egg
scenario all over again.
Milburn were around before the Monkeys, so what? No one gave two fucks until the Monkeys got famous and it's the same here, otherwise the same level of publicity would have been afforded this bloke around the time of his previous releases.
*
More reviews should have footnotes on. And yes, this song is v. dull.
.
gourlay's reviews appear to be improving, however slowly that task may take i am midly impressed . although, again his review indicates his lacking appreciation for original music . If he'd listened to either of just jack's albums he'd realise there is more to offer in his music than the mere streets-esque parent friendly banter he describes . gourlay, kudos, jack even more . would've got a 6.5 from me, way better songs on the album, 'Disco Friends' for one .... j
please
don't call them "the monkeys" you're giving me a headache... spent a minute going "hang on, that's not right - no way do milburn pre-date 'hey, hey, we're the Monkees And people say we monkey around. But we're too busy singing To put anybody down...'
Five!?Five!!?
Five too many, this is awful.
"STARS IN DEYR EHS"
PRONOUNCE THINGS CORRECTLY YOU TOOL, NO ONE IS BORN WITH THAT ACCENT.
coz everyone in musical history
has always pronounced things in the Queen's English haven't they.
You're the tool.
ugh
The worst kind of performance poet (yes, there are some good ones) set to bland acid jazz.
Writer's Block
is a much better song.
Kill me kill me now>>>>
utter shite!!!!
Summer
This song is, as Dom said, insanely catchy. I have the pleasure of driving to work in the morning down the drab M1, with the dull weather, and dark skies. I also have the pleasure of waking up and going to work in the dark, coincidentally coming home and going back to bed in the dark. This song did cheer me up somewhat on the way to work the other day, i like it. Its not intricate, complex, moody, angular, witty, condesending, angry, intelligent or any other words that may well be used to describe many other songs, but in January when the likes of Mika and that Boogie Tonite song are on repeat everywhere, this certainly perks my mornings up.
Plus, some people do speak like that, when they actually do come from Lahndan Tahn, rather than Lily "Posh v Common" Allen.
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