I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to write and say that I bought the album and it just arrived this morning. I listened to it this evening and it was just phenomenal. I'm a Miles fan,but I had never heard this album. Thanks for reviewing it and bringing it to my attention. The sound was excellent as well.
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This LP has been a staple in my library for over forty years as well. It's been many years, but I do recall seeing the album sold with two covers. I believe that the version with Miles on the front cover, leaning back with his horn, was the Miles Davis album. The version with the depiction of Jack Johnson in the car on the front cover appeared to be marketed as the movie soundtrack. They had the same content, perhaps directed to different audiences?
Actually, the first version (and cover) was the one with Jack Johnson in the car. After a few months of tepid sales CBS and/or Miles decided to re-release the album with Miles on the cover to make it more obvious that this was indeed a Miles Davis album. (And a damn good one.)
MoFi therefore has used the first edition cover.
Have a ton of Miles vinyl. New of this album, but nothing about it. Now I do, and it sounds right up my alley. It's officially on the hit list. Thanks for the feedback Mike. I love that fusion stuff that was going on. Agreed on the Tommy B comments above. Beck's version of Freeway Jam on the live record with Jan Hammer gives me even bigger goosebumps than the Blow by Blow take. Now can we only imagine if Jimi and Miles ever had gotten together in the studio like they had planned to? That would be seriously ridiculous.
The mellow surf folk of Jack Johnson can make you feel relaxed to the point where you listen to the lyrics and may miss the point completely. This happened to me with the song "Go On" from his most recent album "Sleep Between Static" released in early 2008. (Song from iMeem below is not the album version, YouTube Video is not the official video)
The song was on my iPod along with many other Jack Johnson tunes for my trip to Australia so when I picked up a Rolling Stone with Jack on the cover, I was surprised to read the story behind this song.
Jack and his family had cared for his wife's cousin Danny Riley, a 19 year old who died from a brain tumor in October of 2007. The album itself has a dedication "In Loving Memory to Danny Riley." In caring for him Jack found many parallels between caring for a dying loved one and raising his own children. "It's about learning how to let go of someone you love," he says, "watching them swim away."
As a father of toddlers, I could see so much how in raising them I am slowly having to let go, which parallels so much of what hospice tries to help teach families and patients as they face death and dying. After learning of the meaning behind this song, a young man I was caring for died. As the family was preparing for his funeral services, the songs dual meaning for parents losing their child seemed appropriate to suggest to them. They took the song and made a wonderful video tribute to him.
**UPDATE 7.21.2009** I was contacted by the family of Danny Riley and wanted to add his website www.dannyriley.com and note that they started a foundation ot help children with cancer through music appreciation and experience. Danny himself was a talented musician as you will find when you listen on the site.
Other songs on this album with palliative oriented lyrics include: "Adrift," "All at Once," "Monsoon" and "Losing Keys"
"Go On" by Jack Johnson from the album "Sleep Between the Static" (2008) from Brushfire Records.
Lyrics:
In my rear view I watch you
Watching the twilight behind the telephone lines
With nothing to prove or to assume
Just thinking that your thoughts are different than mine
In my rear view I watch you
I gave you your life, but you gave me mine
I see you slowly swim away
As the light is leaving town
To a place that I can't be
But there's no apologies
Just go on, Just go on
There are still so many things, I wanna to say to you
But go on, Just go on
We're bound by blood that's moving, the moment that we started
The moment that we started
I see perfect little eyes, watch the shadows of the clouds
And the surface of the ocean out the window of a plane
I get nervous when I fly I'm used to walking with my feet
Turbulence is like a sigh that I can't help but over think
What is the purpose of my life if it doesn't ever do
With learning to let it go live vicariously through
You can do the same it's the least you can do
Cause it's a lonely little chain if you don't add to it
So go on, just go on
There's so many things I wanna say to you
Go on, just go on
We're bound by blood and love from the moment that we start
Just go on, just go on
There are still so many things I wanna say to you
Just go on, just go on
We're bound by blood that's moving from the moment that we started
The moment that we started
In response to the devastating fires that have recently swept over the Hawaiian island Maui, singer-songwriter Jack Johnson has stepped up to support fire relief efforts and provide ongoing aid to affected communities with a new live album titled Songs For Maui. Johnson, well-known for his strong ties to Hawaii and commitment to environmental and community causes, will drop the album on Sept. 15 and perform an intimate benefit concert two days after its release.
Johnson and his band will perform the benefit concert on Sept. 18 at The Republik in Honolulu. The event will also feature performances by Fuga and Cruz. All proceeds from the Songs For Maui album and The Republik concert will be directed toward fire relief efforts and ongoing support for the Maui community.
The album is three years in the making. Johnson first reached out to Perry in early 2020 in hopes he would produce the ambitious project. After a year-long pandemic pause, Perry began to flesh out several tracks from his studio in Jamaica.
Jack Johnson, who was born in Oahu and still calls the Hawaiian island home, has announced details for a live benefit album and an intimate benefit concert with all proceeds benefiting Maui fire relief efforts.
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