OT - My sister rang me up a couple of years ago just after getting of a flight from Paris to Hong Kong and relayed that she ended up sitting next to this rather eccentric but really sweet guy. They got chatting, she asked him what he did, he said he was a singer slash musician, she said oh like classical or opera, he said no not quite. Discussion led elsewhere for the entire flight then after disembarking and going through customs my sister yells out across the custom's line, "lovely to meet you Jarvis, maybe we'll catch up some time". She went home and told her friend that she meet this really sweet guy called Jarvis Cocker on the flight and her flatmate fell off her chair and died with laughter whilst trying to explain his credentials. We have a great laugh about it whenever there is a Pulp song that pops up (much to her embarrassment)

BTW - there's 30 seconds of your life you're never goin to get back.

not all bands are writting music to be commercial.

grandfather had their album recorded by steve albini at electrical audio. they paid for the recordngs, documented the whole process and then offered the album up for free download.

www.grandfathermusic.com/

their website
grandfathermusic.com/site/

the recording process.....
www.sonicscoop.com/2010/09/30/how-grandfather-made-a-record-with-steve-albini-in-three-days-part-i/

www.sonicscoop.com/2010/10/05/how-grandfather-made-a-record-with-steve-albini-in-three-days-part-ii/

www.sonicscoop.com/2010/10/20/how-grandfather-made-a-record-with-steve-albini-in-three-days-part-iii/

couple of live vids

Sam Simmons is funny as

getfunky said...

As for BDO - once upon a time JJJ had their finger on the pulse and managed to sign up awesome bands for BDO before they really cracked it on the top shelf.

Whose headlining these days?

Rammstein, Tool, Stooges, Primal scream etc?

Hey Funky, don't bring BDO into this. JJJ doesn't have anything to do with booking the BDO, never has. I believe there was a brief period that JJJ were a sponsor of the event, but as they had so many out-of-touch hangers on, comps cross promotions etc, the organizers eventually cracked it, and decided they didn't want/need them anymore. BDO is a highly organized touring music festival institution with something on the bill for everyone - old or young. You don't have to walk too far to hear and see great stuff. To give you an example, here's an artist who I stumbled across in my travels yesterday in Melbourne - Reggie Watts. I could be wrong, but I doubt you would ever hear him on JJJ - anyway who cares, I got a good laugh when I saw him perform - reminded me of your avatar - bickity bock bickity boc boc boc

Back in the day they use to play commercial radio songs as well,,Perl Jam etc
Nothing is as good as when you were young. sigh

The youth voted for what they wanted,,they could vote for any music released this last year,,,,this is what they wanted.The youth have spoken.

getfunky said...


Reggie and i seperated at birth? BTW - have heard of him before, but whacky hair and a potty mouth is only funny for so long.

Hang on there funky, no need to be so cynical.

Whacky hair and potty mouths is a tried and proven JJJ formula - Rage Against the Machine is living proof of that, aren't they always somewhere up the top of their stupid top 100. And what about that Wolfmother dude - you know the guy, no one wants anything to do with - my bet is it won't be long before he adds some potty lyrics to try and hit the big time again.

lotofwind said...


^^^^^No they havent been in the top 100 for many many moons,,,,back when JJJ didnt play commercial music.

I'm pretty sure I've got some CD in my car that is JJJ top 100 of all time and everytime that song plays my 14 yo son acts out some sort of boyhood right of passage.

lotofwind said...

Back in the day they use to play commercial radio songs as well,,Perl Jam etc
Nothing is as good as when you were young. sigh

The youth voted for what they wanted,,they could vote for any music released this last year,,,,this is what they wanted.The youth have spoken.

you do realise that not only the "youth" voted for the hottest 100 ?

1) When I listened to JJJ back in the 90's, the quickest a commercial station would pick up a nice fresh JJJ high rotation song would be 4 months - usually it was the best part of a year. The song would be special for a good amount of time. Now a popular JJJ played song can get picked up on Nova in a matter of weeks if not days.

2) You generation X'ers want it all. You are quite happy to have had your musical tastes that totally freaked out your parents' but want the generations that are below you to have a musical journey that pretty much repeats yours. Or at least one that you expect to understand. They require different songs to identify with their own formative years.

3) The top ten on the JJJ hottest 100 is not indicative of the best of JJJ in the previous year but merely those songs that had a wide appeal. The better JJJ songs are usually found between position 20 and position 80.

4) Not every year can be more epic than the last

5) JJJ is not perfect but it is a hundred times better than ads fest radio. It amazes me that most employers don't want JJJ on at work because of the occasional swear word in a song but accept repetitive adverts all day every day (nova and nova) claiming to 'cure' mens erection or ejaculation problems being played in the workplace. WTF is with that?

6) I don't have a point for 6

7) When Kanye West is played on JJJ I think of it like an advert break and tune out for 3.5 mins :)

8) "Get off my lawn you raggamuffins and go out and rebel in ways that conform to my way of thinking"

for those that missed the 90's [}:)]

sandman and flacco are lost on todays "youth"

hey oliver,
i've been to festivals all over the world and a lot of festivals that make the bdo look like muso kindy.....

bdo sucks period.

they killed livid as well. for that they will never be forgiven. your mates are slurping at the commercial pig trough.

So what - I hijacked the forum.

I haven't listened to JJJ for a few years. It's only on the radio when my daughter is in the car.

I gave it up when they started giving airplay to Aussie Hip Hop

oliver said...

So what - I hijacked the forum.

I wasnt having a crack at you, I agree with what you are saying. I have always had a good time at BDO.

More having a go at Funkys rant about BDO ect. If ya dont like JJJ listen RTR or sumthing jeez.

Stay calm and walk away quietly

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