The 1981 Listening Post - Jack Green - Reverse Logic

 Jack Green - Reverse Logic

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1981 Housekeeping

Jack Green

Reverse Logic

Genre: Rock

3 out of 5

Highlights:

Too Many Fools

Boy, Jack was a revelation last year, remember? His debut warranted a “discovery” rating. So, I kind of expected two things: A sophomore slump but also a set of good, if not great, songs.

“It’s a Hard World” comes across as 3rd tier Tom Petty and when he does get his juices flowing on “Let It Rock” I still feel like Jack’s phoning it in.

The Elvis Costello-esque “Too Many Fools” is a banger, tho. 

The rest is just a bunch of forgettable rock songs that feel like it was performed by guys who wish they were in Rick Springfield’s backing band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE8NoE_B294&list=PLlvn8uktX5LsqpgxeLVZ4zL2Zj3bJL-ht

The 1980 Listening Post - Jack Green - Humanesque

Jack Green - Humanesque 

June 15 1980 LISTENING POST DISCOVERY

Jack Green

Humanesque

Genre: Rockin’ Power Pop

4.25 out of 5

Highlights:

Murder

Babe

Can’t Stand It

Who is this guy? He put out four records between 1980-1986 and another in 2020! I’ve never heard of him. Anybody?

Let’s look him up.

Oh! He was T. Rex’s guitarist?

And he was in Rainbow for…three weeks? I was a wedding DJ for longer than that. 

Here’s the thing, he’s something like a hybrid of Don Henley and Martin Briley a touch of Steve Miller in there as well and I totally dig it. I can’t help but think he might have had more success if he was a “band” and not a solo act. And not a band named after him, you know? Not The Jack Green Band. No, something like The Murder Band. 

How did Joe Jackson score with songs that sounded just like “Babe” but Jack didn’t? Weird. 

This album is just a tight collection of neat little rockers that I wish I had heard of 30 years ago. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akQ47DiO1oo&list=PLlvn8uktX5LumkPE03Y0KU4P4N9Gov9wg