Beginnings - Week Seven!

[The Curmudgeon]

Here's something different; a band that, unlike the others, I no longer have any "feelings" for whatsoever. Jamiroquai was, for a time, up there in the "let's buy everything they release" stakes. But as music tastes change, so do people. Jay Kay, lead singer with Jamiroquai, used to be a bit of an eco-warrior, for want of a better term. His first album was called "Emergency on Planet Earth", he used to sing about rainforests and ozone layers etc.

Then he got famous. And rich.

Few years later, and Jay Kay is now notorious for having a collection of gas guzzling sports cars and dating models. Who's to say we wouldn't be the same?

You may have heard of Jamiroquai for their breakthrough hit Virtual Insanity (which US listeners first thought was Stevie Wonder) or their immense "Deeper Underground" from the Godzilla soundtrack. But it's an album track that I still adore, as it sounds like the soundtrack to the best 70s blaxploitation film ever. All hail "The Kids."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAxp8VDwBzc

(No video as it wasn't a single).

When you're done with that, here's something fun. Jay Kay, now beyond obnoxious, hassles a photographer for kicking his Bentley. Watch the fun..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRKc_AgAniI

So, yeah, I quickly fell out of love with this band. But the first album and the Godzilla song all remain classics in my collection. But WHAT a little dick he is.

[trashcanman]

That was funktastic. That dude so does not sound white. What a fucktard, though. Eco-warrior my ass. Glasgow kiss. I like that. And rest assured, I wouldn't be the same. No amount of money is going to have me garrishly flaunting some vehicle and then intimidating the general populace over some petty bullshit. If I had millions of bucks, rest assured you can dent my car up all you like. I could afford it.

[The Curmudgeon]

No, you mis-understand, I'm not condoning him acting like a total prick and saying we'd all be the same. Money shouldn't change your basic manners and common decency, there's no excuse for that. That's an overdose of having your ass kissed and your nose stuffed with coke that's turned him into that.

I was actually saying if I was a single guy and suddenly had money to burn, I'd be all about the fast cars and women. Well, not even the fast cars so much.

[trashcanman]

I could care less about cars, status symbols, and material wealth. Women. Well, yeah. If I was rich, I'd buy a house at the coast and spend my days indulging all of my hobbies, going to concerts and refining my lady-pleasing skills to an Olympic level. That is Heaven to me.