jack johnson
i just don’t get it.
why do people like this stuff? it’s so beyond me.
i mean, i know everyone has different musical taste… and most of the time, i can say, ya… it’s not my bag, but i get how folks could get into it…
but jack johnson (and ben harper too for that matter), i just don’t get.
okay first, it all sounds the same to me. i’m sorry, but “banana pancakes” and “sitting waiting wishing” are the same damn song, just with different lyrics. all douchebag acoustic rock sounds the same to me. strum strum… talk/sing some “deep” lyrics… strum strum… etc.
second, could his vocal delivery be any more sleepy and dead? HE even sounds bored with what he’s doing. i guess he’s supposed to sound all sensitive or some shit, but really… it’s just coma inducing.
i dunno… i’d rather cut myself than listen to an entire jack johnson album… and i went to see ben harper once because my bf wanted to see him, and i liked the opening band… and holy coma batman. we actually left after 45 minutes because i was bored out of my skull and ready to cut myself, and even my man admitted that it was pretty boring.
i just don’t get it.
i need my music to have balls. i need it to be passionate and have a certain level of intensity. jj has zero intensity to me. in fact, it kinda makes me think of elevator music, or something that senior citizens would listen to while staring a pond of ducks.
why rock radio stations play it is beyond me. i mean, soft rock stations, sure. jack johnson makes soft rock. but to put that snoozer sandwiched between some real rock, is just weird.
whatever. i just bring it up because he’s coming to town, and like 10 people have asked me if i’m going. and each time they do, i look at them like they’re freaking stupid. ya, i’m going to spend $70 to see some douchebag strum an acoustic guitar and whisper me some lame ass lyrics? ooo, sounds fun. er. no thanks.
March 11, 2008 at 11:27 am
I cannot back the above statements more. I have been preaching the same gospel for the longest time.
Jack Johnson needs to buy a New York Dolls album and take note. Even when I smoked a ton of dope back in the day, Jack Johnson would been the absolute last thing I wanted to listen to. Same with Ben Harper, or all these other sandal-wearing dudes.
Guys: They’re called the MC5. Look ‘em up.
March 11, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Yeah. I’d have to agree with you too Natstyles, although I have heard a few Ben Harper tracks that I do like (but then again, I do live on Vancouver Island and love Bob Marley) but Jack Johnson…*YAAAAAAAAAAWN*
March 11, 2008 at 9:21 pm
i love ben harper. jj needs to just go back to surfing.
March 12, 2008 at 6:26 am
No, I have to agree with you 100%.
Do you remember when hair band music was in? Then they all sounded the same? Like Fire House, White Snake … n all that shit? OR when everyone tried to copy Pearl Jam like Creed and all that?
Well… it is the same thing.
March 12, 2008 at 9:11 am
If you ever DO happen to find yourself at a JJ or similar show ever again, I have a tip for you if you get bored. You can play this wicked awesome game I made up. It’s called “spot the Abercrombie”. It’s the weirdest thing… but for some reason these are the kind of friggin shows the frat boys LOVE to hang out at. The best part is when they do the fist pump to the acoustic jams. Oh, those crazy frat boys…
March 12, 2008 at 12:02 pm
banana pancakes. that’s pathetic. then again, there are people who go as far as to swear by the mouldy peaches so i guess the world is just full of people whose tastes are perverted beyond the scope of reason.