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JamiroFan2000
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Joined: 21 Mar 2002
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Location: The Jamiroquaized States Of America
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10th Anniversary of "Return of the Space Cowboy"!
 Hello,
 This would count as a premature or really late tribute post, but aww heck, the 2nd Jamiroquai album deserves it ! Oct. 19th of this past year & May 9th of 2005 (For the states) will mark the 10th Anniversary of the release of the 2nd Jamiroquai album "Return of the Space Cowboy"! To many old school Jami fans of the first album, "Space Cowboy" only made and solidified Jamiroquai's place in Music and brought more and more new fans into the underground buzz of Jam. "Space Cowboy" was the most curious & expansive of the Jamiroquai albums, starting with JK's Ode to...not his Enzo, but for Marijuana, "Space Cowboy", then slipping and sliding through the cool shuffle dancer track "Stillness In Time", the ancestry track "Manifest Destiny", to the chilling telling of modern youth of "The Kids", the comforting fuzz of "Morning Glory", the ruckus of "Light Years", the yonder boatride of "Journey to Arnhemland", the love prelude of "Half The Man", among the most notable songs. To me, "Space Cowboy" was better than I could have imagined for a 2nd album from ANY BAND, it was a opus, plain and true. Please leave your thoughts this album, most interested in reading your thoughts about it  ! Thanks for listeninig and Peace!
Sincerely,
JamiroFan2000
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todd_15
Joined: 06 Dec 2004
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Location: byronbay, australia
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 02:08 |
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r.o.t.s.c was a great album with many songsi couldnt stop listning to (still to this day!) being a 2000 jamirofan my first album was a funk oddesy (i had a year of just listning to jamiro where ever it popped up) and then after a.f.o i decided i wanted to check out jamiros older stuff so i got synkronized travelling without moving but cood never fine r.o.t.s.c but i managed to lay my hands on it about 2002/2003 and that was a sweeeeeet album! merry christmass all |
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Freddie Hg
Joined: 17 Nov 2002
Posts: 510
Location: New York City
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 06:49 |
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This is probably my favorite album. Every song is good, and unique too.
We should remember that JK wanted Just Another Story as the first track, and Space Cowboy as the last track, and he thought it was wrong for SONY USA to swtich the track order and put a live recording at the end.
But yes, good stuff, backwards of forwards I hope album six will be comparable to ROTSC. Because it got me really hooked at Jamiroquai. |
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FRA
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Joined: 07 Aug 2004
Posts: 5477
Location: London don
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 09:15 |
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Freddie Hg wrote:
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| I hope album six will be comparable to ROTSC. |
Yes....i think this is the best JMQ album, absolutely...for me JMQ is and will be forever the Space cowboy of this funk odissey, forever. Ten years ago the ROTSC contributed "shaping" my life and making me look at it in a different prospect....so as the ROTSC revolutionized my 20's, i hope new album 'll do it the same with my 30's!
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todd_15
Joined: 06 Dec 2004
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Location: byronbay, australia
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 12:21 |
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haha jamiroquai is revolutionising my teens im glad im still young hehehehehehe |
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Dye
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Joined: 16 Nov 2003
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Location: Planet Home; Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 17:32 |
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Hello Jamirotalkers,
Wow, 10 years since the release of 'The Return of the Space Cowboy'  .
This is the last Jamiroquai album I bought in 1999 -first one was Synkronized- and I think it represents how an album should be. I am not talking about the style of the album, but the mood it represents. The songs are in a cohesive order and is also a great example of the 'curse of the second album' of a band that had success in the first one.
And yes, I agree, 'Space Cowboy' is one of the best songs of all time... I am not saying this as a fan, but the song is beautiful, even when they played it live all this years... all those different versions and still the song remains fantastic.
Thanks for that tribute Jamirofan.
'This is the return of the Space Cowboy...interplanetary good vibe zone!'
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Supersonic1
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
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Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 16:37 |
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A solid album from top to bottom. That being said, I don't know why JK got in such a huff over switching the songs for the U.S. release-I like the flow.
Some songs are very complex, and if Jam is going to continue with this direction they're on, I would hope they bring some of this complexity back at least. Of course, if they switch directions outright, then that's good too.
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Phunky
Joined: 10 Aug 2004
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Location: Sweden
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| Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 17:19 |
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scam is teh bomb. |
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todd_15
Joined: 06 Dec 2004
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Location: byronbay, australia
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 11:18 |
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i liked it how space cowboy was the complete last song it sets the mood for the hole album like u just listened to a awesome album and boom the last song is absolutly fantastic u dont fidn that on many albums that dont have jamiroquai on the front hehe |
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Dye
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Location: Planet Home; Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 18:02 |
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Hello there,
Just wanted to add that Jay decided to put 'Just Another Story' as the first track to give the album a certain mood. Sony later decided to switch the song with Space Cowboy and he didn't like that, but there was nothing he can do about. You know... Sony VS artists... and old story.
'Stick up kid'
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KMackdaddy1972
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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Location: Cranston-Rhode Island, USA
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 13:52 |
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10 years....wow...where does the time go??? I have to agree with the fact ROTSC is a great album as a whole. And I too hope that they bring back some of that old sound back.
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todd_15
Joined: 06 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 04:33 |
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yes i second that if only like one of the songs where like sum in r.o.t.s.c itd be sweet  |
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DIDGIN
Joined: 27 Mar 2002
Posts: 248
Location: Stranded on a spaceship hideaway (in Israel)
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| Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 09:56 |
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It is indeed an event to celebrate! I guess I'm celebrating it by posting here again
It reminds me I'd really like to do a cover vesion to scam that would combine the good qualities of both the studio version and the live versions (primerly the one from jazziroquai) along with more keys in the verses.
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