I have no
idea why Jake Bug decided to breath some life into a mix of Skiffle
and Mersey Beat, but that he has isn't something that I would feel
the need to snort in derision at.
For
everyone who wants to make some sort of big deal about it all having
been done before I would ask them what they would rather have, Jake's
interpretation of the past, or the plethora of chart acts that have
swamped the airways with their lowest common denominator ear cancer
crap?
It's not
a difficult question, and if the rose tinted music snobbery was set
aside I'm sure I could hazard a guess at the answer.
So now
that this is out of the way I suppose that I should argue that as
everything has been done before then what we should be really looking
for is a fresh take on the past, or a slightly different mix of
styles to give the illusion of originality.
If that
is the case then I can quite easily live with this his skillful
attempts of bringing a sound that was slowly gathering dust in the
past into the glare of the present.
That it
doesn't actually sound old, and instead sounds fresh and vibrant does
it no harm either.
It
doesn't seem to matter if he is looking to provide a burst of
rockabilly, or like on Green Man a vocal that resurrects the sound of
the jug as used by the 13th Floor Elevators it all sounds
cool as fuck, and isn't that what the bottom line should be anyway?
Does it
sound good?
Does it
make you want to dance?
Does it
make you feel something, anything?
If the
answer is yes to any of the above then just go and buy this ep, and
get his album as well.
In fact
if you can get a ticket to see him then do that to
Consider
it your own little rebellion.
A two
fingered salute at David Guetta, LMFAO and the like.
Decided to start the book off with a fight. I see sweeping shades of brown. Pop music has lost any sense of individuality it would seem. My boy is cuter than baby kitty! A two fingered salute at David Guest is JUST what we are crying out for. A salute from one true poet to another.
ReplyDeleteWell they've dialled up a Wellergram to proclaim he's good so who are we to argue? Hopefully he'll save guitar music and single handedly kickstart the great Britpop Revival.
ReplyDeleteI really like him. His album is perhaps a mix of too many styles for the whole, but taken as individual tracks - I think he shows great promise. He's young and has plenty time ahead of him to develop further, but at least he sings about real life and his own experiences.
ReplyDeleteHe'll do.