Body and Soul is an album by Joe Jackson, released in March 1984. The album was Jackson's seventh studio album. In the UK it peaked at No. 14. The tracks are a mix of pop and jazz and salsa, showcasing the U.S. No. 15 hit single "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)". In a nod to its jazz standards influence, the cover art imitated that of the album Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2. The album was a modest commercial success. At the end of the associated world tour in July 1984, Jackson took a lengthy break. The tour had been, he later wrote, "the hardest I ever did; it came too soon after the last one, and by the end of it I was so burned out I swore I'd never tour again".
From the 1984 album Body and Soul. Uploaded because I couldn't find it online. I do not own the copyright for this song.
Bass - Graham Maby
Guitar - Vinnie Zumo
Drums - Gary Bourke
Vocals, Piano, Saxophone - Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson (born David Ian Jackson, 11 August 1954)is an English musician and singer-songwriter now living in Berlin, whose five Grammy Award nominations span from 1979 to 2001. He is probably best known for the 1978 hit song and first single "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"; for his 1982 Top 10 hit, "Steppin' Out"; and for his 1984 success with "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)". He was popular for his pop/rock and new wave music early on before moving to more eclectic, though less commercially successful, pop/jazz/classical hybrids.
Joe Jackson - Down To London Blaze of Glory is a 1989 album by Joe Jackson. Blaze of Glory was a modest seller, although the resultant single, "Nineteen Forever", reached No. 4 in the US Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. Jackson felt the album was one of his best efforts and toured to support it with an eleven piece band in the U.S. and Europe from June to November 1989, and was disappointed with both the commercial reaction and his record label's lack of support. Part of the problem may have been that Jackson insisted on playing the new album in its entirety at the start of each performance, at times requesting to the audience to be quiet and pay attention.
The songs therein were an examination of his generation as the 1980s were ending, ranging from the optimism of the 1950s ("Tomorrow's World") to the politics of terrorism ("Rant and Rave") and the Cold War ("Evil Empire"), to yuppies ("Discipline") and rockers who are well past their prime ("Nineteen Forever"). The title track compares the legacy of a classic rock musician who died young ("...went out in a blaze of glory") with the current wannabes ("They're just cartoons" who "think they're Superman" but "can't even fly").
The album is structured in two-halves: the first half through "Blaze of Glory" is presented without breaks, with the coda of one song becoming the intro to the next. The first half deals with adolescence and optimism, the second half with aging and depression. It is interesting to note that the songs of the second half correspond somewhat with the Kübler-Ross model of the stages of grief: "Rant and Rave" is anger (obvious from its title), "Nineteen Forever" is denial (also obvious from its title, although those two are out of order), "The Best I Can Do" and "Discipline" are bargaining (lyrics include for the former "I’ll love you forever / Or at least many years / If you know I’ll never / Take away all your fears", and for the latter "Discipline can make me stronger / If it doesn't kill me first"), "Evil Empire" about depression ("I could go on but what’s the use / You can’t fight them with songs / But think of this as just / Another tiny blow against the empire"), and lastly acceptance in "Human Touch" ("In all the universe I’m just a speck of dust / But all I can do is keep trying... / To give you the human touch").
Music video by Joe Jackson performing Down To London. (C) 1989 A&M Records Inc.
Writer(s): Joe Jackson Copyright: Pokazuka Ltd. Stop - what's that sound
It's the death rattle of this rusty old town
Stop - listen again
It's the sound of laughter all along the Thames
Hey - what's my line
Do I have to stay here 'til the end of time
I'm - good lookin' and bright
I wanna see life after ten at night
So if they ask you where I am
I'm in the back of a Transit Van
In a squat on the Earls Court Road
Gone down to London turning coal into gold
Down to London - down to London
Gone down to London to be the king
Hey - what's your name
The boys back home all seem to look the same
You - should stick with me
and one of us will make it, just you see
Stop - what's that sound
Seems like the sixties are still swingin' around
Hey - can you hear me back there
or is there anybody left to care
So if you ask me where they are
They're hanging tough in a Soho bar
Playing guitars in the Underground
Gone down to London tryin' to chase that sound
Down to London - down to London
Gone down to London to be the king
So I ask you should I cry or laugh
Drinking tea in a Kings Cross Caff
A leather jacket against the cold
Gone down to London turning coal into gold
Down to London - down to London
Gone down to London to be the king
Blaze of Glory is a 1989 album by Joe Jackson. Blaze of Glory was a modest seller, although the resultant single, “Nineteen Forever”, reached #4 in the U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. Jackson felt the album was one of his best efforts and toured to support it with an eleven piece band in the U.S. and Europe from June to November 1989, and was disappointed with both the commercial reaction and his record label’s lack of support. Part of the problem may have been that Jackson insisted on playing the new album in its entirety at the start of each performance, at times requesting to the audience to be quiet and pay attention.
The songs therein were an examination of his generation as the 1980s were ending, ranging from the optimism of the 1950s (“Tomorrow’s World”) to the politics of terrorism (“Rant and Rave”) and the Cold War (“Evil Empire”), to yuppies (“Discipline”) and rockers who are well past their prime (“Nineteen Forever”). The title track compares the legacy of a classic rock musician who died young (“…went out in a blaze of glory”) with the current wannabes (“They’re just cartoons” who “think they’re Superman” but “can’t even fly”).
The album is structured in two halves: the first half through “Blaze of Glory” is presented without breaks, with the coda of one song becoming the intro to the next. The first half deals with adolescence and optimism, the second half with aging and depression. It is interesting to note that the songs of the second half correspond somewhat with the Kübler-Ross model of the stages of grief: “Rant and Rave” is anger (obvious from its title), “Nineteen Forever” is denial (also obvious from its title, although those two are out of order), “The Best I Can Do” and “Discipline” are bargaining (lyrics include for the former “I’ll love you forever / Or at least many years / If you know I’ll never / Take away all your fears”, and for the latter “Discipline can make me stronger / If it doesn’t kill me first”), “Evil Empire” about depression (“I could go on but what’s the use / You can’t fight them with songs / But think of this as just / Another tiny blow against the empire”), and lastly acceptance in “Human Touch” (“In all the universe I’m just a speck of dust / But all I can do is keep trying… / To give you the human touch”).Wikipedia®
Joe Jackson – Evil Empire Lyrics
There’s a country where no one knows
What’s going on in the rest of the world
There’s a country where minds are closed
With just a few asking questions
Like what do their leaders say
In sessions behind closed doors
And if this is the perfect way
Why do we need these goddamn lies
This doesn’t go down too well
We give you everything and you throw it back
Don’t like it here you can go to hell
You’re either with or against us
There’s a country that’s great and wide
It’s got the biggest of everything
Try to attack it and you can’t hide
Don’t say that you haven’t been warned
You can’t hide in a gunmans mask
Or kill innocent folks and run
But if you good at it they might ask
Come on over to the other side
There’s a country that’s tired of war
There’s a country that’s scared inside
But the bank is open and you can draw
For guns to fight in their backyard
I could go on but what’s the use
You can’t fight them with songs
But think of this as just
Another tiny blow against the empire
Another blow against the evil empire
Another blow against the evil empire
Just another blow against the evil empire
Just another blow against the evil empire
Joe Jackson – I’m The Man 1979 Joe Jackson (born David Ian Jackson, 11 August 1954) is an English musician and singer-songwriter now living in Berlin, whose five Grammy Award nominations span from 1979 to 2001. He is probably best known for the 1979 hit song and first single “Is She Really Going Out with Him?”, which still gets extensive US FM radio airplay; for his 1982 Top 10 hit, “Steppin’...Read More »
