Rock Town Hall and Little Jackie Explode on AM Radio!
By Mr. Moderator on Jul 11, 2008
The Great 48 dropped a fun line and radio snippet the other day that I thought you might dig. The Great One wrote:
I emailed the hosts of that AM radio show I mentioned in the Little Jackie piece, which resulted in a lengthy discussion including this plug of the board. I'll take credit for any infusion of new blood.
As you should, Great One. Thanks! Here's the clip:
Rock Town Hall Is On the Air! (excerpt of on-air discussion from Too Beautiful To Live)
11 comments
Comment from: Oats [Member]
Hey Great48, the two Little Jackie songs posted here so far are fantastic. Have you heard the album? How is it?
07/11/08 @ 16:03
Comment from: andyr [Member] 
That's awesome. hey Mr Mod - your heading out to Seattle shortly. You should hook up with them in the studio
07/11/08 @ 16:13
Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]
OH! I guess Andyr means the radio show folks, not Little Jackie... That would be fun.
07/11/08 @ 16:21
Comment from: the great 48 [Member]
Oats: believe it or not, the whole album is great. (How often does that happen these days?) "The Stoop" and "The World Should Revolve Around Me" may not even be the best songs -- there's a hilarious dis track about Amy Winehouse called "Cryin' For the Queen" that's basically telling her to get her shit together and act like a professional, there's a great stream of consciousness thing called "28 Butts," and there's a take on the classic big '60s girl group ballad style called "Guys Like When Girls Kiss," in which Imani announces that she's decided to become a lesbian, in large part because she knows it'll bug all her ex-boyfriends. Great lyrics all the way around, the songs all have the same combination of being old-school influenced but completely modern sounding as these two songs, really I can't say enough. It's the best mainstream pop album I've heard in ages.
07/11/08 @ 17:07
Comment from: mac [Member]
I concur with the great 48. This is a great album.
I am really taking a shining to the last cut "Go Hard or Go Home" with its reference to Gwendolyn Brooks' "We Real Cool" at the end of the song. Wow, main stream pop that can reference something from more then a year ago.
I am really taking a shining to the last cut "Go Hard or Go Home" with its reference to Gwendolyn Brooks' "We Real Cool" at the end of the song. Wow, main stream pop that can reference something from more then a year ago.
07/11/08 @ 17:46
Comment from: BigSteve [Member]
I liked the Stoop because it sounded fresh, to me anyway. I'm not hep to what The Kids are listening to. But this song seems almost indistinguishable from The Stoop. Is the whole album this same sound over and over?
07/11/08 @ 21:59
Comment from: the great 48 [Member]
BigSteve: well, Imani favors that kind of half-rapped delivery most of the time, and that piano sound appears in a lot of the songs, but I don't think it's all "the same sound over and over." More of there's a complete vibe, if that makes any sense.
07/12/08 @ 17:53
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