Joe Jackson - does he still got it?

So anyone care for his last two albums? The first is called volume 4 because he is trying to continue along the line of the first 3. The next probably could be called volume 5.

invisible man is good!
i have not properly listened to most of the rest of it. perhaps i should.

1) I saw Joe Jackson on some late night talk show and he sounded great. I didn't expect him to be so theatrical, but he was belting his brains out.

2) I was having a terrible day yesterday, just really really bad, so I did some errands and then stopped for a six pack at the big grocery store near my apt. Don't normally buy beer there, but the situation was just horrible and I wanted nothing more than to sit with my dinner, a beer, and forget about the rest of the day. I went to the self checkout and then "Steppin Out" started to play on the store system. My brain lit up. I've loved this song since I was, uh, 7 years old? It was so nice and comforting to hear an old friend at a low time, their store music is usually not noticeable or something horrible, like Train. Not yesterday!

3) He's still got it imo

When I worked at Burger King they'd play "Steppin' Out" all the time. Only my co-worker had told me the name of the song was "Into the Light" and was by Billy Joel. Needless to say I confused a lot of record store clerks with that one.

(had a similar experience with Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown", which I could have sworn was not 30 years old! It sounded so modern...)

There's a lot to love in Joe Jackson.

Here he is on the talk show! (sorry about the link -- nbc pulled the clip from their site apparently)

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2011/06/09/video-joe-jackson-the-roots-play-steppin-out-on-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon/

Your coworker needs remediation before dispensing any further information about anything. Not a bad guess, I suppose, but totally wrong. It's unfortunate that you were derailed from Steppin Out on account of that person.

the thing is that I never really questioned it. obviously the BK speakers are quite weak and we're moving around all the time so from what I could hear, it totally sounded like Billy Joel, and none of the lyrics were really audible. I later heard it in a grocery store and had to memorize all the fragments of the lyrics I could hear so I could type them into a search engine.

I can see that -- Billy Joel is also a total copycat.

This thread is reminding me I need to check out more JJ, I like Costello a lot and also dig Squeeze so I figure I'll be able to get into more albums than just Night & Day.

I love, love, love "Night & Day". I love the sound of a Yamaha CP-70, the beastly piano w/pickups.

listening to Rain on Spotify that "Invisible Man" song is really great!

Keep meaning to check out his old bass player, the mighty Graham Maby, who gigs with various people now and again.

new album out on 2 October! and he's touring North America

'Fast Forward' - https://youtu.be/YiTOpU8PQKk

'A Little Smile' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biGNDTd90PA

sorry, those were both meant to be links. I like 'Fast Forward' a lot, not so sure about 'A Little Smile', but it's growing on me

I am watching the Yale course on Game Theory and the professor just used a Joe Jackson lyric to illustrate a point.

"Game Theory - It's Different for Girls"