What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

JOE JACKSON "laughter and lust" cd,1991. #39 AU, #41 UK, #116 US.

i still cant decide whether i like JJ or not...he has some very good songs, but also, some downright aweful ones...but thats just his studio albums(rarely consistant IMO)
and this one is no different, three great tracks and four bad ones IMO.
back to his roots with this one...piano based pop with a hint of sarcasm(best way to describe his style)
he tells some pretty good stories at times(yeh, i call them stories, not songs!),often they are his take on relationships and life done in a wacky/kooky way.
well past his chart used-by date by 1991, but still able to deliver the goods spazmodically, not a bad album,can take it or leave it either way.
cant recall why i actually bought this one,must have been something on the radio i liked a lot at the time...or maybe it was in a discount bin somewhere?

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: obvious song
best track: its all too much

IT'S ALL TOO MUCH (lyrics)

Some days I can't get started
Wondering which shoe to put on first
Or should I brush my teeth
Before or after I put on my shirt
So many big decisions
Boiled or scrambled, fried or even raw
I'm so damn open-minded
Used to think I'm lucky but I'm cursed

I hate this supermarket
But I have to say it makes me think
A hundred mineral waters
It's fun to guess which ones are safe to drink
Two hundred brands of cookies
87 kinds of chocolate chip
They say that choice is freedom
I'm so free it drives me to the brink

And you know why - it's all too much

It's all too much for me to bear
What kind of shampoo suits my hair
It's all too much to struggle thru
Especially without you
Won't you please come home
Honey please come home

I read the morning paper
But it all changes by the evening news
The world got so much smaller
I don't know which piece of it to choose
I'd like to fight apartheid
Wish that I could fight the guy upstairs
I'd solve a dozen cases
If only there weren't so many clues

What shall we do this evening
Send out for some sushi and champagne
Stay in and watch tv
50 channels can't all be the same
Maybe go to a movie
50 films on 50 tiny screens
They say that choice is freedom
I'm so free it's driving me insane

And you know why - it's all too much

It's all too much for me to stand
So much supply and no demand
There's just too much for me to do
Especially without you
Won't you please come home
Honey please come home

I'd like to get to know
All the many people I could be
If I just had the time
I'm sure I could find out which one is me
Maybe I need religion
Or meditation 'til I disappear
They say that choice is freedom
I'm so free I'm stuck in therapy

And you know why - it's all too much

It's all too much for me to take
Try to be real, feel like a fake
It's all too much to follow thru
Especially without you
Honey please come home
Won't you please come home

tracks:

1. obvious song *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxcjA01oGyw vevo video
2. goin' downtown *
3. stranger than fiction ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIIg4QdI0cg audio
4. ih well *
5. jamie G **
6. hit single **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IWb9i-CrUo audio
7. its all too much ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdOZ98XhWN4 audio
8. when youre not around **
9. the other me *
10.trying to cry **
11.my house ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb276B7zgsQ audio
12.the old days **
13. drowning **

3s=3
2s=6
1s=4

rating: 1.9

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