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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Emergency, I think I am falling apart, November 27, 2006
So what is a old blues jazz man doing listening to a frighteningly good young power rock pop trio from the
port suburb of Fremantle (former home of the America's Cup, and Bon Scott of AC/DC) in the beautiful west coast,
white sandy beach oriented city of Perth, Western Australia?
I was channel hopping one night and got hungry, so I tuned the television to a music programme and went to fix myself a sandwich.
Well, half way through laying down the cheese layer I found myself unconsciously singing to a rock song on the
television. This made me stop and take stock. So I listened a little harder and then found the hairs on the
back of my neck rising, and then I felt like having a beer, and I felt my youth was returning to me (at least the memories of it) with all
the hormonal urgings, and the dreams, and the excitement of discovering girls and surfing - all around this music.
I was shaken momentarily.
How would I describe the music of Eskimo Joe.
Infectious power rock pop with stunning male vocals and spine tingling guitar riffs and hooks.
What also stopped me in my tracks, was watching the 7 song cycle the band played on television and being glued to the screen. These guys have a definite presence, watch them perform if you get the chance.
I sensed I was witnessing something special, a band of enormous talent, perhaps not fully realised (even yet), and hey... they come
from down the road - unbelievable indeed.
I am forever amazed at how this world of ours continues to throw us curve balls, to make life interesting in a myriad of ways.
Listen to Black Fingernails, Red Wine, the "single to make you tingle". This song was picked up by radio
station Triple JJJ in Australia and it immediately took off like a concord - a great song.
The rest of the songs range from power cords with gorgeous guitar hooks and keyboards to gut wrenching power melodies and
achingly beautiful vocals that make one long to re-live life's youthful emotions, and all those urgent feelings and
human desires. The lyrics speak of home and of New York and of London, where we yearn like the singer for a woman who has left
Western Australia and gone home to London, and we worry for her safety from the London Bombs.
I am not sure if young people define this as surf music these days, but it made me want to go surfing again, kind of like the Hoodoo Gurus in the old days.
Each song is an interesting, and often touching story, sometimes enough to cause a strong emotional reaction, and many of these inspiring songs ask you the question in one way or another - "how does it feel?" (life I suppose!).
Well, Eskimo Joe, you have "surprisingly" made an ageing ex-60's/70's baby boomer hippy feel very emotionally good again, very strong.
Is this not what music is indeed supposed to evoke?
Anyway, good on you young fella's.
Let the spinakers out boys, and fly!!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Extraordinary album from Downunder, February 18, 2007
This epic album is true FIVE STAR material.
With the flood of music (most of it "so la la"..) which we have at our disposal these years, it is great to finally find an album which I have been able to play time and time again!
This superb quality album has very well written and arranged songs which, although being quite different to one another, have a collective style or atmosphere which can leave you with the impression that this is a brilliantly complete "concept" album.
The music has an energy which you can chill to with moderate volume in the backgound, but I really enjoy this wonderful CD cranked right up! It is also a very well produced and detailed piece of work, which starts and finishes perfectly.
I look very much forward to when Eskimoe Joe finally get their break here in Europe - As with almost all aussie bands, they are probably even better live!
Black Fingernails, Red Wine is certainly a CD which I recommend to anyone who yearns for interesting, intelligent and quality pop-rock music.
Do yourself a favour - Buy it!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wake up USA, August 9, 2006
I'm an American expat living in Australia and cannot believe these guys aren't getting any airplay in the US. His first CD had 3-4 top 10 Aussie hits that I would stack up against any of the hits that topped the US charts in 2005. This CD is by far their best effort - not a bad song on it. Similar to Coldplay's X&Y, it grows on you the more you listen.
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