Sorry to have to say that the accordian spoils these performances. It is too dominent and the extra intrumental interludes drag out the song unecessarily. He must go!!
Well he left the band not long after this was filmed, about 16 years ago, in fact Bourgeois Zoo was disbanded 8 years ago in a blaze of acrimony.
But this rendition of Isaac was very popular with our audiences and Jake himself was there headlining the show and can just be heard complimenting us on the version from the wings. He loved it, so did we - So it just goes to show that it's all in the ear of the listener, each to his own.
@PeterKGray Jake was just being kind. Yes! It was quite a good performance - apart from the accordian. If Jake liked accordians, he would have engaged one long ago. He actually preferred not to have much extra musical addition. He said he was none too keen on some of the orchestral accompaniments, though I find the backing for The Statues, for example, really brilliant and very apt to the lyrics of the song.
Sorry to have to say that the accordian spoils these performances. It is too dominent and the extra intrumental interludes drag out the song unecessarily. He must go!!
aninalos 8 months ago
@aninalos
Well he left the band not long after this was filmed, about 16 years ago, in fact Bourgeois Zoo was disbanded 8 years ago in a blaze of acrimony.
But this rendition of Isaac was very popular with our audiences and Jake himself was there headlining the show and can just be heard complimenting us on the version from the wings. He loved it, so did we - So it just goes to show that it's all in the ear of the listener, each to his own.
PeterKGray 8 months ago
@PeterKGray Jake was just being kind. Yes! It was quite a good performance - apart from the accordian. If Jake liked accordians, he would have engaged one long ago. He actually preferred not to have much extra musical addition. He said he was none too keen on some of the orchestral accompaniments, though I find the backing for The Statues, for example, really brilliant and very apt to the lyrics of the song.
aninalos 8 months ago
I very much enjoyed your performance of this less familiar song of Jake's. Is there any video footage of Jake's performance from the same concert?
JakeThackrayfan 4 years ago