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12-26-2006, 09:59 PM
| | | | Jamiroquai: Yay or Nay?
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I just heard about this band today, and after listening to about 3 songs, I went out and bought their greatest hits. Amazing bass player. All of them lol. But I can't help but think that all of their songs sound strangely the same. And all of them have that kind of techno, gay-only club vibe. lol. Over all I like them though. Thoughts?
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12-26-2006, 10:40 PM
|  | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Hell Yay. Jamiroquai is my favorite band. Deep grooves, funky, and all the bassists have been smoking. BIG Jamiro fan here.
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12-26-2006, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by duo8675309  And all of them have that kind of techno, gay-only club vibe. lol. | It's because they are from England... 
I am so gonna get flammed. 
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12-26-2006, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by MichaelScott It's because they are from England...
I am so gonna get flammed. | Ahahahaha, that's awesome 
But ya, They are one heck of an awesome band 
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12-26-2006, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by duo8675309 And all of them have that kind of techno, gay-only club vibe. lol. | Go to a lot of techno, gay-only clubs, do you? Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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12-26-2006, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by MichaelScott It's because they are from England...
I am so gonna get flammed. | Haha thats true. Im starting to like them. I swear space cowboy is the best grooving song i've ever heard! And its not technically hard to play, just hard to memorize. Well, for the part that i've memorized at least. Ha! I'm gonna learn this song one way or another. That'll be on my next constructive criticism video set!
This is a little off topic, but its my thread so I guess I'll allow myself to continue. I still can't get that hammer-pull on californication down. I get it about 50 percent of the time, but its so hard to keep it consistent for me. What fingering do you use? I'm doing
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G|--7h9p7---
D|---------10
And when you hammer the ninth fret do you kind of snap your finger off the edge or just lift your finger off the string really quick? If I snap it off the edge then the hammer-pull part sounds perfect but I find it near impossible to hit the next note and stay in time. But if I just pull off I can hit the next note perfect but the hammer-pull sounds a little off. And half the time when i hit the 10th fret i'm not even plucking it. I just kind of hammer it on, and I know thats bad but I have a hard time actually getting my finger to pluck it. I guess I just need to practice it more, but I've played this song way more times than I should have to to get it down. Its not a hard song, I just cant get that one part right! <insert curses here>
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12-27-2006, 01:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Adelaide, South Australia | | | I prefer their earlier stuff with Stu Zender on bass. Cool band, lots of funk. |
12-27-2006, 01:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northern Virginia | | | I really dig their stuff, and I especially like the earlier material which was more straight funk and less disco/dance/electronica. |
12-27-2006, 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by MichaelScott It's because they are from England... | That's ***King hilarious |
12-27-2006, 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by markjazzbassist Hell Yay. Jamiroquai is my favorite band. Deep grooves, funky, and all the bassists have been smoking. BIG Jamiro fan here. | What he said. As for the original post I can't say I have heard much in the way of "gay techno" but Jamiroquai a much funkier band than most out there. It's tasty, feel good, deep funk as far as I'm concerned. I would say his music is the opposite of the techno and house music that was around when he launched the band. Disc 2 of the High Times greatest hits with all the remixes sounds more club like for sure but Disc 1 is all about great tunes. My wife and I love the band and so does my 12 year old son. We listened to High Times all the way home yesterday. Good driving music as well. |
12-27-2006, 05:46 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey | | | Great music. IMO, there are a few great artists these days. Just a few. Jamiroquai is one of them. |
12-27-2006, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve Clark What he said. As for the original post I can't say I have heard much in the way of "gay techno" but Jamiroquai a much funkier band than most out there. It's tasty, feel good, deep funk as far as I'm concerned. I would say his music is the opposite of the techno and house music that was around when he launched the band. Disc 2 of the High Times greatest hits with all the remixes sounds more club like for sure but Disc 1 is all about great tunes. My wife and I love the band and so does my 12 year old son. We listened to High Times all the way home yesterday. Good driving music as well. | Haha. I never said it was a bad thing. Just not the kind of music I'm used to listening to. But yeah i'm starting to like them more and more.
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12-27-2006, 07:24 AM
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12-27-2006, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by duo8675309 Haha. I never said it was a bad thing. Just not the kind of music I'm used to listening to. But yeah i'm starting to like them more and more. | Sorry about that. Didn't mean to offend. Enjoy the music. I can't get enough of it. |
12-27-2006, 07:29 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Leeds, UK | | High Times / Morning Glory / The Kids / Mr Moon? and you listened to that with your family? Good for you
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12-27-2006, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Toasted High Times / Morning Glory / The Kids / Mr Moon? and you listened to that with your family? Good for you | Thx. My son is going to learn all about life somewhere along the way but even without my influence he knows far more than I ever did at his age. Best to be open with him and take away the mystery, whatever the subject. At this point some of the lyrics are a lost on him but we have a really good relationship so when the questions do come up he'll get a straight answer. If has more information then he can choose not to use it but if he has no information then he can't use it.
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12-27-2006, 12:45 PM
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12-27-2006, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve Clark Thx. My son is going to learn all about life somewhere along the way but even without my influence he knows far more than I ever did at his age. Best to be open with him and take away the mystery, whatever the subject. At this point some of the lyrics are a lost on him but we have a really good relationship so when the questions do come up he'll get a straight answer. If has more information then he can choose not to use it but if he has no information then he can't use it.
Cheers. | That's the way I was brought up. I totally agree with your decisions.
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12-27-2006, 04:50 PM
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12-27-2006, 04:59 PM
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