jack johnson
 

yet another "what should i buy" thread from me. so yea uh, any recomendations for album by jj?

A LITTLE EMO ...GOOD TO GROOVE TO WITH YOUR LADY

2001 Brushfire Fairytales Universal 7/10
2003 On and On Universal 9/10 :)
2003 Thicker Than Water: Original Soundtrack Brushfire 4/10
2005 In Between Dreams Brushfire 8/10(HE HAS A SONG ON THIS ALBUM THAT WAS ON HANDSOME BOY MODLING SCHOOL)ITS GREAT I THINK ITS CALLED BREAK DOWN

In Between Dreams is pretty good, good chill music.

Brushfire Fairytales is awesome! I also love On And On. ****, buy them all.

On and On is one of my favorite albums! Yeah, it's great chill music. Great lyricist, IMO.

I own all of Jack Johnson's albums, unless there is one that I'm not aware of. But he's amazing. Just.. amazing.

id rate them..
1- on and on
2- in between dreams
3- brush fire fairytales- although that has 2 of jacks best songs, flake n bubble toes....soooo good!

none. his music gnaws at my cerebrum.

how has he jumped on it? he hasnt done it to be like anyone else, hes done it because its what he enjoys and wants to share hes music with others. hes been a singer songwritter for ages, even before it became like big n every1 started doin it, so really he's 1 of the drivers seeing his inspired so many younger writers insteada jumping on just cos every1 else is.

^see i deleted it because in hindsight i dont think he can be classed as bandwagon-happy. still dont like his music though.

yeh point taken. u dont have 2 like it thats chilled... i was just bit taken back with the bandwagon thing!!! lol s'all good.

though to be fair the reason he's suddenly attaining media attention is due to the recent trend of singer-songwriter's.

yeh i agree that since he released inbetween dreams this year and...not turned mainstream, but got alot more publicity then usual, it does come across that hes just become a writter over night and is copying every1 else, but hes been doing it his whole life pretty much, so it is a passion, not just a label to make himself look more superior n better to all the other musicians out there

ya know...i say go with vanilla and splurge and buy all of them. there are good and not so good things about every album but overall you cant really be disappointed.

although i will admit, i heard a song of his on the radio the other day, i think it might have been a cover of something, and it didnt sound as real as the rest of his stuff.

Jack Johnson is good, but I download all my music, so I wouldnt kno what album to get haha

was the cover of "we are going to be friends" by the white stripes? thats a top song when the white stripes do it...it threw me out a bit wen i heard jack do it but end of the day...its a good song n jacks a good musician so why not

I can't stand him. =)

I'm blaming all of my depression and angst issues on Jack Johnson. He makes me miserable.

hes one of the best acoustic players out there. though if you like jack johnson you'll love david gray!...even maybe damien rice...

:)

jack johnson is just another "beige" artist.

Beige :)
I think i like one song?

Yeah Jack Johnson is pretty cool...Taylor is probably my favourite song

Jack Johnsonn never disappoints me. My mom is obsessed with him, and luckly there isn't one song by him that I don't like.

Friend of mine has... one or two of his albums and I've listened to parts of them. They're not bad when you just want to relax with some music. I'd buy one, just to see if you like his music, then if you like it enough, buy the others.

Just like any other band/musician. :D

Ehm, I'm sick of him, had a few albums, and over-listened them. xD

This guy is the most annoying wanker ever.
Even his name is aggravating.

His music is incredibly dull.

I agree, it's just as bad as John Jackson.

I have In Between Dreams and Brushfire Tales.

Bubbly Toes is easily my favorite track.

this is one guy I'm totally indifferent too, if I heard him on the radio, I just kind of shrug, but I don't reach to turn him off either

I love Jack Johnson jsut because he inspires so much hostility in snarky elitist music snobs and he just does his own thing, despite his bad reviews and ridicule.

I don't think his music is bad, he's never done anything he hasn't wanted to do, but when I watch people make outlandish accusations becuase he's widely accepted, that makes me fuzzy inside.

Excellent post, Big3

I also agree with the poster above you. I have two of his cds. They were given to me, though. I don't know if I'd have bought them myself. I don't dislike JJ, but I don't rave over him, either.

His music isn't the type of sound that inspires "f*ck yea!!! That's awesome!!!" It's a lot more mellow, laid back approach.

Ah you know, I do what I can :)

I totally dig all of JJ but On and On is my favorite..and if you like Jack you'll like Keller Williams..

And is JJ really considered Emo?

hahahaha no

Okay good..cause someone had mentioned that in the thread and I was a little concerned.

I wanted to see what all the fuss was about so i downloaded some and am currently listening to 'shes only happy in the sun' ......meh, i don't like it, he's got nothing on Ben Harper.

Ben's good..Jack sounds different to me..I think if you are going to give Jack a try..do Taylor on the On and On CD.

i have nosource of downloading anymore, got rid of the software as it was killing my pc, but ive heard people cover it and i was expecting more, and im only going by one or two songs, so if anyone wants to give me some of his stuff to sample in order to change my opinion please please do...

Cool..but how?

No I am not a complete idiot..just a quarter..at a time..

No seriously..I would like to send you a couple of songs..

Er....www.yousendit.com - just upload a song and i'll give it a listen. There was a song of his someone i know covered and i really liked it, but none of the songs ive got are anything special.