Joe Jackson
The Park West
Chicago, IL
October 20, 1979
WXRT-FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art
01 Look Sharp
02 On Your Radio
03 The Band Wore Blue Shirts
04 Sunday Papers
05 One More Time
06 Friday
07 It's Different For Girls
08 Is She Really Going Out With Him
09 Baby Stick Around
10 Don't Wanna Be Like That
11 Happy Loving Couples
12 I'm The Man
13 Got The Time
14 Ain't That A Shame (Fats Domino Cover)
This is a really nice sounding recording, and a hell of a show. This performance comes some 2 weeks after the release of the I'm The Man album. Joe and the band are in great spirits and firing on all cylinders as they rip through this high energy set.
At this early stage in his career Joe Jackson was lumped in with the other angry young British singer songwriters, Elvis Costello and Graham Parker, as angst ridden Punk Rockers. Like Costello and Parker, Jackson proved to be so much more. All 3 artists are cult figures in their own right. Jackson has not only released 2 of the 80's best Power Pop albums in Look Sharp and I'm The Man, but also delved in Reggae on the Beat Crazy LP and Swing & Jump Blues on the Jumpin' Jive LP. Even though Joe has had sizable hits with "Is She Realy Going Out With Him" and "Steppin' Out" real commercial success has eluded him, and that is fine with him. In the book "Cult Rockers: 150 of the most Controversial, Distinctive, Offbeat, Intriguing, Outrageous, and Championed Rock Musicians of All Time" Joe is quoted in a 1995 interview as saying .."I don't feel part of any particular genre or movement or scene, and I just want to be myself and be as unique as I can be. I feel more confident about that now than I ever have".
The Park West
Chicago, IL
October 20, 1979
WXRT-FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art
01 Look Sharp
02 On Your Radio
03 The Band Wore Blue Shirts
04 Sunday Papers
05 One More Time
06 Friday
07 It's Different For Girls
08 Is She Really Going Out With Him
09 Baby Stick Around
10 Don't Wanna Be Like That
11 Happy Loving Couples
12 I'm The Man
13 Got The Time
14 Ain't That A Shame (Fats Domino Cover)
This is a really nice sounding recording, and a hell of a show. This performance comes some 2 weeks after the release of the I'm The Man album. Joe and the band are in great spirits and firing on all cylinders as they rip through this high energy set.
At this early stage in his career Joe Jackson was lumped in with the other angry young British singer songwriters, Elvis Costello and Graham Parker, as angst ridden Punk Rockers. Like Costello and Parker, Jackson proved to be so much more. All 3 artists are cult figures in their own right. Jackson has not only released 2 of the 80's best Power Pop albums in Look Sharp and I'm The Man, but also delved in Reggae on the Beat Crazy LP and Swing & Jump Blues on the Jumpin' Jive LP. Even though Joe has had sizable hits with "Is She Realy Going Out With Him" and "Steppin' Out" real commercial success has eluded him, and that is fine with him. In the book "Cult Rockers: 150 of the most Controversial, Distinctive, Offbeat, Intriguing, Outrageous, and Championed Rock Musicians of All Time" Joe is quoted in a 1995 interview as saying .."I don't feel part of any particular genre or movement or scene, and I just want to be myself and be as unique as I can be. I feel more confident about that now than I ever have".
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