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Bottom of the Hill May 5, 2003 Review by Jake Thomas Ahh, The Jealous Sound - I can't tell you how many times I've almost seen them, and now it finally happened. The singer for the Jealous Sound, Blair, was in one of favorite bands from the mid-nineties called Knapsack. To me, the Jealous Sound sounds just like Knapsack, but that's mostly due to Blair having such an unmistakable voice. Since I never got to see Knapsack, this was going to have to be the next best thing for me. The result: they were plenty enjoyable, and sounded just like Knapsack live too. My girlfriend thought all of their songs sounded the same, and I guess they probably do, but it's a good sound as far as I'm concerned. The Postal Service record 'Give Up' will no doubt be in my top 10 list for favorite records of the year come December. I can't tell you how many times I've listened to those catchy songs and sung along. Given that the music is almost entirely electronic, the show somewhat resembled an elaborate karaoke party, but with much better singing and no one performing a butchered rendition of 'Sister Christian' or 'Night Moves'. Along with Jimmy and Ben (who make up The Postal Service), they brought along Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley who contributed many of the female vocals on the album and played that role live as well. When they performed the duet 'Nothing Better' and sang back and forth to each other in a very 'American Idol' fashion, all I could think about was 'Islands in the Stream' by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton and it made me laugh. Still, it's a great, catchy song that would be hard to dislike and I don't plan on trying. I guess their show as a whole had somewhat of a cheesy 80's vibe to it, but that didn't stop me from enjoying it. Everything doesn't have to be serious and pointed, sometimes you just need there to be some good pop music floating in the air to soothe your ears. This show was exactly that, and a damn fine representation at that. ©2003 playinginfog.com |