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Rating:
What always amazes about Jamiroquai is precisely the apparent ease with which they produce these great "party" tracks. Upon reaching their fifth album, they effortlessly and calmly produce a truly excellent and quite varied record, having mended the wounds after the split with bassist Stuart Zender. The genre is at the crossroads between the most common ’70s disco music, acid jazz, R’n’B, funk, and electronic music.
One cannot overlook the natural charm of the good Jason Kay, singer and frontman of the group, especially in live performances; his dances and jumps border on the acrobatic/epileptic, his improbable clothing, and his unmistakable singing: sharp, imaginative, and unpredictable in fast songs, capable of great lightness and sweetness in ballads. Jason's voice is undoubtedly one of the distinctive features of the group (his trademark) along with the predominance of the bass in the kaleidoscope of instruments and Wallis' Didgeridoo. Memorable is Twenty Zero One, in which the group shows they have learned and adapted the lesson (no less!) of the Chemical Brothers to their needs. Listen to believe it.
“Feel So Good” has a refrain that doesn't let you stay still, just like “Little L”... there’s no need to list all the tracks.
Suffice to say, it's a piece of work that makes you feel good and is a good album in its genre, which is absolutely and exclusively easy listening.
Let's get to the painful notes: the lyrics.
From the generally conscious/environmentalist mood of the first two albums, Jason has moved on to classic themes; love, feel good, dance, and occasionally some vague social critique... really very little, but you cannot expect more from someone who, just after making money, bought four Ferraris and regularly thanks someone named "Luca Di Montezemello" (sic) in the credits of his albums.
What can be said in his defense, apart from emphasizing the absence of "artistic" pretensions in the character? It reminds me of an old song, not written by him, but that fits him perfectly:
"He's a freak of nature but we love him so..."
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
02 Do It Like We Used to Do (07:34)
I hear that music play same as yesterday
I hear that music play makes me wanna do it again
Do you remember when the D.J. used to send
A melting honey bomb
Send it to my ears express
So drop it steadily
Push me astrally
Cos when it touches me
You know my body starts to get possessed
So watch me come on through
Cos then my music lives in you
I feel obliged to do
Do it,just do it like we used to do
Whenever I wanna do it
Whenever I gotta do it
You know we got to do it
Do it like we used to do
Whenever I wanna do it
Whenever I gotta do it
You know we got to do it
Do it like we used to do
Come on now do it yeah
I wanna do it Got to do it
I wanna do it Got to do it
I wanna do it
Whenever I wanna do it
Whenever I gotta do it
You know we got to do it
Do it like we used to do
Whenever I wanna do it
Whenever I gotta do it
You know we got to do it
Do it like we used to do
I hear that music play same as yesterday
I hear that music play makes me wanna do it again
Do you remember when The D.J. used to send
A melting honey bomb
Send it to my ears express oh yes
So drop it steadily
Push me astrally
Cos when it touches me
My body starts to get possessed
Now watch me come on through
Cos then my music lives in you
You feel obliged to do
Do it like we used to do
Whenever I wanna do it
Whenever I gotta do it
You know we got to do it
Do it like we used to do
Whenever I wanna do it
Whenever I gotta do it
You know we got to do it
Do it like we used to do
Whenever I wanna do it (Do it baby)
Whenever I gotta do it (Do it now baby)
You know we got to do it (Do it now)
Do it like we used to do
Whenever I wanna do it
Whenever I gotta do it (Do it now babe)
You know we got to do it
Do it like we used to do
Come on now do it again
Do it!
Do it!
Do it!
Do it!
Do it!
Do it!
Do it!
Do it!
Whenever I wanna do it
03 Deeper Underground (04:43)
Yeah, you know they gonna bring him down
They gonna wreck it down, yeah
Something's come to rock me
And I can't keep my head
I get nervous in the New York City streets
Where my legacy treads
I know I'm better off standing in the shadows
Far from humans with guns
But now it's too late, there's no escape
From what they have done,c'mon
I'm going deeper underground
There's too much panic in this town(2)
I'm going deeper underground
But I got to go deeper, got to go much deeper, yeah
Cuh-heh, they gonna wreck it down, yeah
Step do-do-do-dow-di-dow-di-down
Hey we're gonna bring it down, yeah
Some people with a pocket full of money
And an eye full of hate
Take a pleasure in destruction
Of the very thing that they tried to create
Somebody tell me why does all
Mankind only tamper and touch?
Have a habit where they-bite off
More they can chew
And now it's too much
I'm going deeper underground, hey ha
There's too much panic in this town(3)
I'm going, I'm going, I'm going
Deeper underground
I'm going, I'm going, I'm going
Deeper underground(3)
Something's come to rock me
And I can't keep my head
I get nervous in the New York City streets
Where my legacy treads
I know I'm better off standing in the shadows
Far from humans with guns
But now it's too late, there's no escape
From what they have done
(Got to go) I'm going deeper underground
(Got to go deeper) I'm going, I'm going (deeper)
I'm going (deeper), I'm going (yeah)
I'm going deeper underground
(I'm going, I'm going
Got to go deep
(I'm going, I'm going)
I'm going deeper underground
(Deeper, deeper)
Got to get down now
I'm going, I'm going...
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