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Rating: We are in the year 1999, a truly prolific year for international music. In mid-May, the echoing new song by "Jamiroquai," "Canned Heat," begins to be heard on all the radios around the world and its video is aired countless times on MTV. And almost a month later, in the early days of summer, "Synkronized," the fourth album by Jason Kay and his bandmates, is released.
This album was supposed to be released in 1998, with the same lineup that had recorded the best-selling "Travelling Without Moving," but the bassist at the time, the great and elusive Stuart Zender, told dear Jay (a few months before the album's release) that he would leave the band afterward and did not intend to tour with them due to the excessive stress. Jason turned against him, and there was an intense quarrel between the two, which ended with the following result: Jason did not pay royalties to Zender and decided to completely redo the album from scratch (to the astonishment of the band), choosing Nick Fyffe as the replacement bassist. Before re-recording the album, the single soundtrack for "Godzilla," "Deeper Underground," was released (in its video, the monster emerges from the cinema screen, and Jay starts dancing amidst the panic and destruction). This will be the last song released and recorded by Jamiroquai with Zender, and his last performance with the band will be on Top Of The Pops on July 23, 1998, with this very song.
However, in the end (after digesting the departure of the former bassist), the much-awaited "Synkronized" was released on June 14, 1999. A big challenge for the group, which is called to replicate the great success (especially in the USA) of "Travelling Without Moving." The album combines Pop, Funk, and Electronic Music. This is particularly evident in tracks like "Planet Home" (which also features a bit of salsa after the chorus), "Destitute Illusions," and "Supersonic."
The first track (the already mentioned single "Canned Heat") is a dance song (as repeated in the song itself), very danceable, accompanied by a fantastic video where Jason showcases all his eccentric dancing skills. There's little Acid Jazz and many synthesizers, as can be heard in track number 2, "Planet Home." The second single from this album (and released only in the USA) is "Black Capricorn Day." Many fans dislike it, but to me, it is a beautiful song (even if it is slightly too long). The fourth track is a little gem to listen to live; it is still beautiful. It's called "Soul Education" and has a fantastic lyric, and for its beauty, if I had been in charge, I would have chosen it as the 3rd video instead of "Supersonic." "Falling" is a love song by Jay dedicated to his girlfriend at the time.
The CD then deteriorates (so to speak) with the tracks "Destitute Illusions" and "Supersonic." The first is an entirely instrumental track (even if at the beginning Jay says: "You may think you're in heaven") and will also be the band's last, while the second is the third single and the last track played by Buchanan with the band featuring the didgeridoo. Essentially, two truly... evocative songs. The album then continues with "Butterfly" (whose live version at Montreux Jazz Festival 2003 I still want to listen to!!!!!!!) and "Where Do We Go From Here," a track where rhythm reigns supreme (a small note, unfortunately, they never played it live, damn!!!!!!!). It finishes with the fourth single "King For A Day." It features beautiful string sections that make it a Wagnerian piece. The album also includes as a Bonus Track the previously mentioned single from the previous year "Deeper Underground," where a driving rock melody made with the synth makes it astounding live (in fact, along with the magnificent "Space Cowboy" and "Love Foolosophy," it is always part of the band's live performances).
An album that once again marks the poppization of the band due to the excessive pressure exerted by the hated record companies. An album without Acid Jazz or Soul, yet it is very danceable. I still wonder where the legendary tracks thrown away after the fierce fight between Jay and Zender went. Well, anyway, that's water under the bridge because today Jamiroquai is such a certain reality in music that they don't need anything to write beautiful songs.
I heard they are in the studio this summer recording new tracks. Let's hope they're great!!!! Dear Jamiri... Amaze us!!!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Canned Heat (05:31)
You know this boogie is for real
I used to put my faith in worship
But then my chance to get to Heaven slipped
I used to worry about the future
But then I threw my caution to the wind
I had no reason to be carefree, no, no, no
Until I took a trip to the other side of town (yeah, yeah, yeah)
You know I heard that boogie rhythm, hey
I had no choice but to get down down down down
Dance, woah
Nothing left for me to do but, dance
Out these bad times I'm going through, just dance
Got canned heat in my heels tonight baby
I feel the thunder, see the lightning
I know this anger's heaven sent
So I've got to hang out all my hang-ups
Because on the boogie I feel so hell bent, hey hey
It's just an instant gut reaction, that I got
I know I never ever felt like this before
I don't know what to do
But then that's nothing new
Stuck between hell and high water
I need a cure to make it through
Hey, dance
Nothing left for me to do but, dance
Out these bad times I'm going through, just dance
Hey got canned heat in my heals tonight baby
You know I've got canned heat up my heels
You know this boogie is for real...
Only the wind can blow the answer
And she cries to me when I'm asleep
She says you know that you can go much faster
I know that peoples' talk can be so cheap (hey)
I got this voodoo child ingrained on me
I'm gonna use my power to ascend
You know I got these running heels to use
Sometimes there's no way I lose
I was born to rock, and built to last
You've can't see my feet, cause they move so fast
Dance, yeah
Hey nothing left for me to do but, dance
All these bad times I'm going through, just dance, hey
Got canned heat in my heels tonight baby
Dance
Hey DJ let the music play (let the music play)
I'm gonna let this party live (I wanna let this party live)
Hey DJ throw my cares away (let the music play)
I'm gonna live this party live
Hey DJ let the music play
I'm gonna let this party live
Hey DJ throw my cares away
I'm gonna let this party live
Canned heat in my heels tonight
You know, you know this boogie is for real
Got so much canned heat in my heels
Gonna dance, gonna dance my blues away tonight
Whooooo
You know, you know this boogie, this boogie is for real
Got so much canned heat, canned heat in my heels
You know I'm gonna dance my blues away tonight
04 Soul Education (04:15)
I didn't have time for school
Spent my days breaking the rules and regulations
And inbetween they're having fun
The teachers told me son, get me an education
So I had my bout of freedom
Dressed like a man through four seasons
Hey I'm steppin out so cut me loose
And as mama waved goodbye
Tears were welling in her eyes
She don't need them
I turned to her and said
I've got my soul education
You know its stitched into the clothes
That I wear
Got my life information
Upon the breeze that's blowing through my hair
Got a pocket full of rainbows
Oh and a sky to put them in so blue
So let the music come and save you.
I found a God that I can pray to
Deep inside my soul, hey.
See your mad you can't delude
That there is no substitute
For intuition, it's no superstition
So if you find your petrified,
To let some natural law apply
Then there's a whole lot missing baby yeah.
So you know i'm blessed celestially
Got a direct link with destiny yeah
Don't ask me why
I'm in the sky
And if there's greenbacks in your eye
Some things money just can't buy, hey
Rags to riches, babes to bitches
But the ride don't mind cause I got my...
I Know I got my soul education...
(repeat chorus x2).
05 Falling (03:45)
Sometimes in the morning
When I wake up
I shed a tear
I'm hoping
Come the night time
You'll open the door and reappear
I can promise to share
All my dreams I will dare
You set my heart racing when you get next to me
Still I don't think you care
Should I wait for your love
Or I'm waiting in vain
Somebody help me 'cause I'm falling
Head over heels in love again
You... you...
You're the one for and your love I think that I would do anything
You
You're the one for and your love I think that I would do anything
I miss you
I wanna kiss you
The sweet scent of roses is in your hair
See sometimes
When I get lonely
I still feel you beside me
When you're not there
I can promise to share
All my dreams I will dare
You set my heart racing when you get next to me
Still I don't think you care
Should I wait for your love
Or I'm waiting in vain
Somebody help me 'cause I'm falling
Head over heels in love again
You... youuu...
You're the one
And for your love I think that I would do anything
Yeah you you you you you
You're the one
And for your love I think that I would do anything
You're the one
You're the one and for your love I think that would anything
You know yeah you.. you ..you're the one and for your love
I think that I... I think that I would do anything
I can promise to share
All my dreams I will dare
You set my heart racing when you get next to me
Still I dont think you care
Should I wait for your love
Or I'm waiting in vain
Somebody help me cause I'm falling
Head over heels in love again
Help me... ohh can't you help me
I think I'm falling in love
I think I'm falling....
07 Supersonic (05:15)
Supersonic (x26)
In the whites of his eyes,
There's a supersonic vibe
You can tell by the vibe
He's a warrior who cries
He's supersonic
I think he's supersonic
Supersonic
08 Butterfly (04:28)
Little butterfly come back to me
Everything that I want written on your face
I want it, I want it (x2)
So take me where you want to
It's your love that I chase
I want it, I want it (x2)
Now you got something
I want it, I want it
So beautiful
I want it, I want it
And the way you move me baby
Its like no other girl
I want it, I want it (x2)
Butterfly that came and butterfly in June
So colour in my wings
And let me hold your hand
I could be the sun and you could be my moon
But all you ever say is catch me if you can
Feel like a butterfly
Searching in the summer sky
A perfect love so hard to find
Little butterfly come back to me (x4)
Honey you pushing a condition
But I don't mind
I want it, I want it (x2)
I think you're my addiction
But that's alright
I want it, I want it
That's alright
I want it, I want it
You've got to slow down
I can't keep up with you
I want it, I want it
No no no All the other butterflies
They don't love like we do
I want it, I want it (x2)
I feel like I'm a butterfly in June
So colour in my wings and let me hold your hand
I could be the sun and you could be my moon
But all you ever say is catch me if you can
Feels like a butterfly
Searching in the summer sky
A perfect love so hard to find
Little butterfly come back to me (x4)
09 Where Do We Go From Here? (05:13)
That's the way love goes
When it turns you inside out and then it blows
You to places unfamiliar, yeah
Let me tell,
I'm hot for you, you're so hot for me
So get on girl, come on, come on, come on, come on
I'm hot for you, you're so hot for me
So get on, I wanna get it on with you
I'm sending you a message
I hope you got the sense to read between the lines
You know that on the back it says that
For me you never seem to find the time
Come on, I've waited for your phone calls
But you must be uptown having fun
And when you do that thing you do
I get so excited too
But you never think to ask me if I want to come with you
So honey,
Where do we go from here?
You know baby, I been trying to find out
but I'm still some way from knowing [you know I am, come on]
It's not exactly clear
The love you should be giving me with the love you really show
That's the way love goes
That's the way yeah
That's the way it goes for me and you
Come on, let me tell you
I feel you pushing me out,
And soon I'm gonna lose my patience girl
Can't understand what you're about
'Cos there's no communication
Oh, you say you love to love me, love to love me,
But you always keep your distance
So honey, strike me off the list,
if your love comes with a twist
cos I want the pop that lingered on my lips when we first kissed
oh, do you love me?
If you do, tell me something, better make it true
Do you love me?
I need to know
Now Baby can't you tell me where we're gonna go' oh
where do we go from here?
I been trying to find out but im still some way from knowing
Hey Its not exactly clear, no no
The love you should be giving me with the love you've really showing
That's the
That's the way love goes!
And its taken us, where we don't know
So lets go move straight on ahead...
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