What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



Follow up to the classic debut of Look Sharp. Hard to live up to that one, but a good effort. This is the lp which I must have purchased just to have, as I also own the gimmick release of the album tracks released as a box of five 45's. Hey, that one also had a cool poster. I had to be cool back then. Wore my Look Sharp pin at the record store for a long time. Get off my back. Joe would later move his brand of pop/punk into the jazz area where he gained an even wider critical praise. I think that jazz area was where he truly wanted to be. Night and Day was his shining achievement for me. This album reached #12 in the U.K. and #22 in the U.S. One of my top tracks of It's Different For Girls was a #5 hit in the U.K. but failed to chart here. A slower paced reggae flavored Geraldine And John comes out best for me.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Friday

Best Track - Geraldine And John

See the bright red sports car, see the happy couple
See their clothes so white and their skin so pink
See them playing squash gotta keep their bodies supple
How they kiss goodnight but tomorrow they'll be thinking
All day long - all day long

Geraldine and John
See the happy couple - so inseperable
And the beat goes on
And for better or worse
They are married but of course
Not to each other

Geraldine and John gotta keep it under cover
See they scheme and sweat but it's all worthwhile
Now he goes back home to a wife who's not a lover
Now her eyes are wet but tomorrow she'll be smiling
All day long - all day long

Geraldine and John
See the happy couple - so inseperable
And the beat goes on
And for better or worse
They are married but of course
Not to each other

And the feeling's getting stronger
That they can't go on much longer
Somewhere down the track
Something has to crack

Geraldine just packed all her things and went to mother
Johnny seems OK happy wife happy home
See the scar on his face from the day he met her brother
But nothing hurts no more, nothing more than being lonely
All day long - all day long

Geraldine and John
See the happy couple - so inseperable
And the beat goes on
And for better or worse
They are married but of course
Not to each other

1) On Your Radio - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_dxpHN2LKM
2) Geraldine And John - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa7aZ4FkMGo
3) Kinda Kute - **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5umrMCgaSuI
4) It's Different For Girls - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKr2n-9p7WM
5) I'm The Man - **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el66jnuItYc
6) The Band Wore Blue Shirts - **
7) Don't Wanna Be Like That - *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHPs1dQ1V4
8) Amateur Hour - **
9) Get That Girl - **
10) Friday - *
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfArO24gSNw

3's - 3
2's - 5
1's - 2

Grade - 2.1