This spunky guitar-free jam from Joe Jackson's forthcoming Rain tells the story of the man, King Pleasure -- "show respect, get on your knees, you can't reject his right to please." If that's not hardcore enough, he laughs while dancing on folks' ashes and wants to overthrow the politicos. So, yeah, "King Pleasure Time" is much different than Hammer time. Wonder if anyone's going out with him? Okay, enough bad Joe Jackson puns: Great to hear dude steppin' out again, laying down a tight piano-based ditty with an ultra rhythm section and skinny-tied new-wave-y chorus.
Looking sharp, Joe. Couldn't resist...
Joe Jackson - "King Pleasure Time" (MP3)
The tune's so taut because "King Pleasure Time" and the new album feature three of the original Joe Jackson Band members -- Jackson on vocals and piano/keys, of course, with Graham Maby (bass/vocals) and Dave Houghton (drums/vocals) -- offering decades worth of gellin'. Recorded in Jackson's new hometown of Berlin, Rain's his first since 2003's Volume 4, and he isn't half stepping: the band plans a full-on international tour, landing in North American at the beginning of April (dates to come). For now, get a load of that bass sound again...
Rain is out 1/29 on Rykodisc.
