Joe Jackson - Fools in Love

[wheatonna]

For a lot of us, this was THE golden age of pop music, 1977-1980.

[jensenbell]

cont: THE CLASH - "London Calling" - The Specials!!! - The Jam - Marianne Faithful "Broken English" - Blondie - Eat To The Beat (!!) "PopMusik!" by M, And... one of my favorites "Damn The Torpedoes" by Tom Petty and the Heatbreakers. - 1979. Wow.

[MissEdgyC]

fantastic track.

[martin84125]

@32INCHSTRIPER Hell Yeh! I'd add Duty Now for the Future, Regatta de Blanc,London Calling and Ricky Lee Jones to that list of masterpiece albums. In retrospect 1979 was probably the pinnacle of popular music creativity, coz it sure seems like its been down hill since.

[32INCHSTRIPER]

All hail 1979!!!

Look Sharp!!

Drums and Wires from XTC..

Candy-O from the Cars

Armed Forces from Elvis...

[Burt472]

Great song.

[agostinor]

One of the best songwriters of our time bar none hands down no contest

[jamo387]

My favorite Piano Solo in Rock and Roll. Minimalistic, great choice of notes. Graham Maby on Bass. Need I say more?

[allfreakedout799]

why can i not find bass tabs anywhere for one of the best basslines ever?

[zenodotus]

@allfreakedout799 Because you haven't worked it out and posted it on one of the tab sites yet. Hint - Emin to C and then Amin. Good luck :-)

[probrojeffro]

Joe was pithy, funny, insightful, but above all, one great song writer. He had craft.

[MrRugbyloosehead]

One of my fav's of this great debut album from Joe Jackson...

[peedie61]

"I think fools in love are Zeros!" lolz

[serberious]

Wasn`t until I fell in love for the first time that I really understood just what this song was all about......ho hum..........

[anitadavideduo]

Super J.J.!!!!

[marylou365]

superbement super, j'en ai des frissons dans tout mon corps

[ChopperCrank]

All time great album. Joe is Joe, and Graham Maby KILLS it on bass.

[TheManolakis]

sounds like elvis costello, which is says it all

[marylou365]

parmi les plus belles chansons des années 80, et je crois que je les aimes toutes. Un grand merci a Jo Jackson

[jacobisweird72]

1:22 to 1:28 :)

[johnrson]

I was living in Warren,mi back then I was ahuge JJ fan then and now.I just ca't remember him playing @ the Punch and Judy's. I remember madness/specials being there.

[evelynmh]

@johnrson I hear everyone talking about Terry Hall and the Specials...were they big in the US? I don't remember them....

[russellrosario]

2 people are just fools that nobody could love

[tera1320]

another great song !!!!!!!! tera1320 cyberpunk extrodinaire !

[Burt472]

I am one..........

[telecaster24]

zelia187 and russelrosario thanks for the Heartfelt he was a great human being and so are you two and everyone else with a good heart happy holidays...

[telecaster24]

Long Live Octavio Leon from Van Nuys High School.. QB and #1 in the Valley, he turned me on to this ALBUM, Then commited SUICIDE, Love you BRO and JOE JACKSON

[russellrosario]

@telecaster24 sorry about your friend

[zelia187]

@telecaster24 R.IP. A VOTRE AMI.

[Poppenhuis]

Ahhhh the shoes, the shoes!!

I love Joe Jackson!

[MrVrela]

I remember those shoes well, I had a pair many many moons ago. They were known as the "Joe Jacksons".

[laino83]

Awesome track, I got this album on vinyl

[9101940x]

great song!!!!

[merc0049]

A favorite Joe Jackson tune for me. Oh Hell, I like this whole record

[Suteruni]

Joe Jackson rocks :)))

[castingtherunes]

Gently tear each other limb from limb!! LOL! So true.

[POBulkhead]

I have the same bass as Graham. He's my hero, and I have been listening to them since 1980, Beat crazy is the first one I discovered, of course I have them all now and even caught the "Rain" tour in of all places, Troy, New York. I just had to walk over the bridge over the Hudson River to the savings bank music hall. And there he was.

[catchrick]

I saw 10,000 Maniacs in that performance space a billion years ago. Natalie Merchant opened the show by singing the scales because she knew of the reputation of the acoustics there.

[bscondict]

Great backup, love bass guitar!

[fredtellum]

@bscondict  - Graham Maby on bass - Under appreciated genius. When you hear Joe Jackson listen to Graham as well.

[add2718]

the "love your lady" part always reminded me of the Doors, the keyboard has the same sound I think

[gaiamethod]

Reminds me of my 16th summer living with Kate and Sarah in Dublin.

[TheBboh61]

Possibly the best album cover, ever! Look Sharp!

[GonzoRecovery]

My bedroom, summer 79, crummy stereo, bad hangovers, Export 50p,10 regal 42p, 11 quid a week on the dole, Judie Tzuke, Dave Edmunds, Flying Lizards, Vauxhall Viva...was I ever that young ?

[MmmMan]

buit was it ever any better?

[GonzoRecovery]

Ummm, well, right now's pretty good, but like the song says, wish I knew what I know now when I was younger - youth is surely wasted on the young !

[MmmMan]

Too Trooo!

[evelynmh]

@GonzoRecovery it's hard to think that we were at one time.......

[bhu73]

@GonzoRecovery we all were once heroes just for one day

[chcgo2undaground]

@GonzoRecovery that's exactly the way it was, cigs 55 cents, roommates' stereo and records and car, Thursday was the night to go out, a drive to Detroit for concerts and Bookie's...Ann Arbor and Second Change on Mondays, industry night.....

[foxfan60]

@GonzoRecovery

Just sat here thinking very similar thoughts...Drinking Carlsberg Special and pineapple juice (yuk), smoking Peter Stuyvesant (in a soft packet of course!), 19 years old, no money but having great music made up for it!!!! I must have been that young as well but I find it hard to believe now! Karen

[GonzoRecovery]

@foxfan60 Soft pack Peter Stuyvesant (nods approvingly ) Special Brew and pineapple (grimaces uncertainly - s'pose it got you where you wanted to go, tho')..yes, we surely were blessed with the tunes and the bands Karen, and I'm bloody glad I'm not young nowadays - with this shower of shite in charge, it's beginning to feel like Thatcher all over again....

[Anorionil]

lovely song :D thanks for uploading ^^

[moezmoe1960]

More like Elvis I would say..."Watching the detectives" Love this stuff.. Nice

[moezmoe1960]

One of the best :O You will all realize it later I'm sure

[evelynmh]

I think Sting must have listened to this before the Police recorded "Walking on the Moon"

[Crewmannumber6]

Popular music in the UK was far more infulenced by reggae and ska the the states ever were. That's reflected here, with the Police and many others, most notably Madness. Nothing new here, not that it isn'r good.

[ThomaSKAptijn]

Infulenced ????That `isn´r` the right word. The right word is i n f l u e n c e d. Maybe you were simply distracted by Joe `the Man´ Jackson´s little jewel of a song. Isn´t it a gem ?

[Crewmannumber6]

Thanks for being so classy and understanding. I had heard there was one person out there who never makes a mistake, and I always wondered who it was. Now I know. It must be awesome being so awesome.

[ThomaSKAptijn]

Okay, I am sorry, you put me in my place with a reply that was almost as funny as infulenced, no hard feelings I hope. Out here the sun is shining and I am going to town to buy me some Joe Jackson cd's. Let that be the positive outcome of our little korrespundanz. Being awesome gets boring after awhile. The pressure, oh, the pressure.

[piemusman1]

My favourite Joe Jackson album! also Jumpin Jive is cool too

[vonpork]

Remember him playing at the Ash Tree Pub in Chatham in the 70's in a band called Arms and Legs. Have a listen to his version of Jimmy Cliff's The harder they come. What an absolute killer!!!

[ThomaSKAptijn]

He played that one for an encore in Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands in December 1980 and I almost fell from the stands from joy. Joe is a legend.

[bouncy1066]

Look Sharp and I'm the Man are my two favorite albums. I will never loan them out, and will never stop promoting them.

[titov61]

Totally agree. They are both close to perfection. No filler. Brilliance in such a short period of creativity.

[loveslatinas]

DID JOE DIE? I DIDN'T HEAR THAT???

[zx7gp]

Joe's first 2 albums were Fantastic!

[trooper744]

ahhh this is very Elvis costello-ish

[DaveyBoyEssexUK]

@trooper744 lol thats insulting Joe Jackson

[TheDucdesmo]

Great... Love !!! Thank you Mr Joe Jackson... My 20'

[jjsabenorio]

Fools in Love is a phrase I adopted after the first day of hearing this song and I still use it...and this song still rocks...as does the entire album!

[hfield07]

One of the best new wave albums ever made. Alwyas love giving this album a turn.

[moguldishes]

@hfield07 I pretty much wore this album through when it came out! Still have the vinyl; agreed that it's the best of the genre.

[cttxlv]

well said maxinmass

[63Brummie]

I second that mate!...

This track had a great "white boy reggae" feel to it similar to "watching the detectives" by Elvis Costello..

Ian Dury deserves a mention too as being in the vanguard of "unsung British Song Writers of TRUE QUALITY...

I love these guys.. this stuff really brings back WONDERFUL MEMORIES...

Well posted Sir...

[loveusedu84]

I prefer the Inara George's song .

[bittenof]

dont think they should bury him at netherland.

[Choefoe]

Who get burried in the Netherlands ? haha;-) Long live this Joe ;-))) Hope he performs quit some times in the Neherlands, not ger burried;-)

[curvaceps333]

I think I was just the 33,333rd viewer!

Loved this song when it came out...still do

[rmaxinmass]

Post punk. The Damned shouldn't be making fun of anyone, let alone the great Joe Jackson. Those guys could barely play. This band were/are real professionals.

[kemicon]

I know well and good who both Joe Jacksons are. I wouldn't say Joe Jackson was alternative, he was very pop and mainstream so much so that the punk rock group the damned make fun of "is she really going out with him" on "new rose". I was making an attempt at humor and clearly failed with many people.

[kccalvert]

could also be an Elvis Costello song!

always excellant

[suburiboy]

kinda like "watching the detectives", there is a big reggae influence in this track.

[reversereverie]

i just got dumped.

by my "soul mate."

So. Yeah.

I live on Joe Jackson right now. <3

[bouncy1066]

Joe and Nina Simone... nuthin better for the scarred heart. Good luck. Listen to Joe's Someone Up There - don't know if it'll make you feel better or worse, but same great sentiment.

[Mariekesone]

Great song and awesome Lyrics...

Food for thoughts...:-)

[loveyoutodeathbut]

Lyrics are everything in this song =]

[rmaxinmass]

Just checked out inara's version, it was not very good. The original is almost always the best. Joe hits ya right smack dab in the heart.

[ilovechickenyumyum]

i love inara george's cover of this.

[omfgyahh]

....

[annikee59]

Man, this takes me back to the summer of 80 like a time machine. Great album.

[kemicon]

Have you ever seen Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello in a room together? No I didn't think so. The only conclusion is that Joe Jackson is actually La Toya Jackson.

[DeathPonies]

I dont know why, but you made me laugh so musch

[evelynmh]

lol

[shininghappyperson7]

i love this song

[Braktooth]

what a fabulous song.

[klonczie]

this was one of the great albums! An awesome band and great structure in the songs-everyone i played this for loved it

[andrearot]

really really smart reggae.. :)

5 stars.

[conmor]

Check Elvis Costello's "Watching the detectives" and Stevie Wonder's "Master Blaster". You'll see what I mean...

[dupppie]

Master Blaster was later

ELVIS COSTELLO "Watching the Detectives" 1977

Joe Jackson - Fools in Love 1979

Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster 1980

Still both 3:) songs are gr8

[Choefoe]

Joe likes Elvis Costello,he said so ;}

[stonybrookchief]

mon ,tha police can not carry tha lunch of jo!

[Grantalonus]

One of the most important voices of the 80's.

[raulcunhadamasio]

@Grantalonus I Agree with you, but unfortunately, nobody gives him that credit.

Peace...

[leftfootism]

Is way better for what? Insomnia?

[KaitainCPS]

All young kids think that the cover version that they encountered first is better than the original. It's one of the laws of the universe.

[meagansxfamous]

i didn't think so.

[whackfoldeediedo]

Saw Joe in concert in New York, in the early 80's on the Pier at Hudson river, what a great show!!! Will never forget it!

[baroquepop]

Joe Jackson was a local hero, (heck, the bass player was our paperboy!). Great song, and very happy to see it get a brilliant reworking by Inara George in recent times.

[KaitainCPS]

The great Graham Maby was your paperboy?

[loansteppa]

wouldnt of known about it if it wasnt 4 elms.

[loansteppa]

tune!!!!!

[dash8como]

What a cool song. Nails it to the point.

Love this song

[FelixAtrox]

Huh?!

[EviliciousCookie]

amazing song...

[Reefercrabness]

Joester rules! Thanks Pete for share!

[Fuff63]

Awesome song Joe.

[retoryx]

you came here to listen to joe

[vuvenray]

but it is his song !

[gabygsdh]

This one has Bob Marley influences I think

[dupppie]

@gabygsdh no, this one Elvis Costello's "Watching the Detectives" influence

[gabygsdh]

@dupppie Ha ha ha, I don´t know what I was thinking about when I wrote that comment! Really! =D

[ss6272]

i prefer inara george ... she sigs so well and beutiful... she looks like an angel...