Junior Senior - guilty pleasure extraordinaire

[zabu of nΩd]

Anyone heard this group? I gave D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat my first listen today, and my reaction was quite mixed. While they're undoubtedly ultra-catchy, and seem to have all the needed elements to be one of the greatest '60s and '70s pop revival acts ever, they're also extraordinarily obnoxious and cheesy (on this album anyway). Maybe I just have to adjust, though.

If anyone's heard the second album, let me know how they think it compares to the first - particularly in terms of maturity. Apparently it got pretty good reviews.

 

[Vimana]

I remember my friend a couple years ago showing me a song by them that was pretty awesome.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Here's the song they're famous for:



And the retarded music video for it:

 

[Omni]

My youngest sister really likes them a lot. I think they're funny.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Glad to know I have company such as hers.

Is she like nine or something?

 

[Omni]

16, actually.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Oops.

 

[Vimana]

Hey Omni, can you hook a brotha up?

 

[The Ozzman]

Is their next album going to be titled T-T-T-Today, Junior?

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Wouldn't surprise me. They do seem to have a ridiculous fetish for 'musical stuttering'.

They really do have a lot of talent, but they need to either mature about 10 years or adjust their target audience by the same amount.

 

[The Ozzman]

I can't believe you missed the reference

 

[zabu of nΩd]

...I'm still missing it tbh.

 

[The Ozzman]

...I'm still missing it tbh.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Youtube is banned at my office, so that doesn't help me at the moment.

 

[razoredge]

Im really not trying to be a dick here, but why would someone want to develop a taste for that ? The good section of the music has been done many times over, only without the psychological break down called... "lets ride the rap train". I wouldnt be suprised to find the music from the song was plagerized from somewhere.

Gotta have a copy of Vehical if your into that kind of groove but want less cheeze/more integrity
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYoW9yfnsXI&feature=related[/ame]

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Damn, I'd forgotten about that song. Good call.

Anyway, I'm not going to let a band's reputation or attitude determine my interest in them. If they make good music, I'll listen to it. I know there are plenty of better bands in the various "groovy" genres of music, but what's interesting about Junior Senior is how many different styles they blend together. If you listen to one of their albums, you'll find that they pretty much borrow defining elements from every single decade of music since the '60s.

Jamiroquai also does an excellent modern interpretation of older styles of dance and pop music, but I've already listened-to the hell out of them, and they're actually not as diverse as Junior Senior from what I can tell.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I can't believe you missed the reference

Well I hadn't seen that movie, so that would explain it.