kosmogabri

A nice nerd, dear Erlend. But when's the time to study? Less books and more sex!

I'll leave you the link to a friend's blog who wrote a nice review of a Joe Jackson concert in Turin in '80 ---- zeppelin - Articoli e post su zeppelin trovati nei migliori blog ost/3497116 ---- (watch out for the space in the address). Bye

Socrates, it’s a particular, different proposal, and I fear it will be appreciated by few (few but good?). The review is very beautiful; it perfectly describes this work. I take the liberty of adding a link (http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?media=true&band_id=29 --- watch out for the space!) where you can listen to various tracks in streaming from Daniel Bejar’s albums. To each his own....

Here, Nightfly by Fagen and this one by Jackson are the two "non" rock albums I loved the most during that period (between '82 and '85). Great class, elegance, charisma, balance.

I’ve read these sentences too... but the version I posted seems to be the most "true" one (in fact, you also wrote down that "... On the Santa Monica 1972 version, David says that it's about a 'a New York lady and a guy who lives in New York and (s)he's called The Jean Genie' ". In this sentence there's a missing 's' that I added in parentheses... Let’s leave Jean Genet aside, who doesn’t really matter except for the sound of his name).
Now, based on this version, and assuming that Bowie hated Steven Tyler (who wouldn’t?), and that he had a crush on someone who preferred Tyler over him, the lyrics now seem more than logical. Right from the beginning. Tyler was a junkie, and so was this girl. She was dependent on Tyler for the stuff he could easily get ----
(chorus) The Jean Genie lives on his back (she lived on his back. So, who lived on whose back? 1st hypothesis: the 'monkey' on Iggy’s back. 2nd hypothesis: Jeanie-Cyrinda, who was dependent on Tyler.) ---- The Jean Genie loves chimney stacks (the 'chimney stacks' are chimneys, generally of an industrial type, also present as a form in English architecture. Therefore: Jean Genie loved England. This is important. Chimney stacks is a technical term. Otherwise, just the word chimney means "wick of the lamp". For those who don’t know exactly what a chimney stack is - and what it could have to do with the lyrics - it’s simpler to assume it’s a lamp wick, etc., Aladdin, etc.) ---- In my opinion, the dilemma about the meaning of this song lies in the chorus, in these first two lines.... ----
the rest of the chorus:
He’s outrageous, he screams and he bawls (he screams and yells: could be Iggy, like Tyler, that is equally outrageous) ----
Jean Genie let yourself go! (Jean, let yourself go - that is, who? the monkey, or Jenie-Cyrinda? I think it means: Jean, come away with me to England) ----
if we continue based on the hypothesis I support, everything fits... ----
Sits like a man but he smiles like a reptile/
She loves him, she loves him but just for a short while/
She’ll scratch in the sand, won’t let go his hand

OH! No one mentioned that the riff of "Janie Jones" is a clear homage (by Mike Ronson) to Jeff Beck from the Yardbirds era… Shame! --- Furthermore: this song was written by David Bowie in New York with the intention of wooing Cyrinda Fox, an actress who first gained attention from the "Jean Genie" jeans commercials and who at that time was Tyler from Aerosmith's girlfriend (in the song, Bowie aptly described Tyler as: "Sits like a man, but he smiles like a reptile")... Bowie had a massive crush but, spurned, dedicated this song to her. Tyler did everything he could to prevent this song from being released, but in vain. A few years later, Cyrinda and Tyler got married, but divorced soon after. She was diagnosed with brain cancer. She passed away in 2002... AND SO? We’re all experts, aren’t we? :P

Tied for the title of disappointment of the year with the REM is...

First of all, there was Richman, the very true Benzo. Good job :)

Very nice review, Ege. Very. Back in the day, Talk Talk pleasantly surprised me with this album, and like Socrates, I think they were already commendable when they were on the charts... @ Logic, have you seen that the new Bark Psychosis has been released! "Codename: Dust sucker"... but I'm sure you already know that...

Screamadelica, yes... I agree with Socrates. I don't know this one. On the other hand, I find Bobbie Gillespie likable; he's a freak.