It was late 70’s. This is the right version. Connection to the 90’s: Listen to The Counting Crows song “Round Here”. Adam Duritz sounds like Joe Jackson when he sings the refrain “Round Here”.
Joe Jackson was part of the “angry young man” movement in the late 70s in Britain including Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe and Paul Weller and the like. He has so many songs that, while not exactly blockbusters chart-wise, were still amazing. His music ran the gamut from post-punk to big-band to manic ska, all over. Love his music.
It's from 1979 Look Sharp album. Google the album photo. Very cool. Was fortunate enough 15+ yrs ago to see him live in Montreal. Him at piano and a guitarist. He did a Abba? ABBA? The Cover, isn't coming. Great talent.
In the late 70s punk didn't get played much on your standard FM rock stations, but "new wave" bands like The Cars, Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson started getting airplay. Not as aggressive as the punk stuff, but still a different sound than more conventional rock that was out at the time. When Mtv came out the music really started getting different.
Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello two great musicians to check out… Joe used to live on my street in Manhattan.. I’d see him walking around the neighborhood.
Lex, you’ll love his “Look Sharp”, “I’m The Man” and “Sunday Papers!!! He plays piano. I saw him in concert Oct.1990. He’s a singer/songwriter and was a big part of ‘new wave’ music before moving to other genres. He has 6 Grammy nominations including Male Rock Vocal Performance(1980), Record Of The Year(1983) and 1 win in 2001. Thanks for reacting to Joe!
JJ had some really great stuff, I always liked "Its Different for Girls" ..."Step-in Out" was probably his pinnacle in the states, great stuff, great artist
So music that came to define decades didn’t strictly get released when the clock struck midnight, as it were. There were so many popular styles of music and overlap
Yes, this is the original (1978). This song reminds me of my time in art school. I'd be working to the music of Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, the Jam, the Clash, and the B-52s. Joe Jackson came upon the scene at the tail end of punk and the early stages of new-wave music. He was lumped in with the post-punk/new-wave crowd… like Elvis Costello. After a few albums, his music became jazzier and jazzier. You can hear hints of it here.
Don't forget that a lot of 90's was a retro return to some of the 70's. I even recall some 90's TV ads being retro to 70's new punk/new wave inspired TV ads that were themselves inspired by 60's styles.
Another very underrated group from this era, Graham Parker & the Rumour, had some great songs during the end of the 70's. Try, "Hey Lord Don't Ask Me Questions" & "Protection" for a taste.
This song is awesome.i keep bringing myself to my heavy metal ways. There were a few songs that sparked my attention. This was one of them. Great song .
Ok, I think its official now. You guys are my favorite reactors. why?: 1) you feature good artist, like this one 2) you maintain an open mind 3) you recognize good music when you hear it, as Lex just did in this one 4) you've refined your taste over time and are able to focus-in on unique aspects of songs that make them great. 5) Each of you impart your own unique taste when giving commentary on the songs you listen to, always done in a fun way.
"It doesn't feel 70's to me" because this is actually the year the 80's began .. the Cars, Gary Numan, David Bowie Scary Monsters phase, etc.. When the New Wave was on verge of being snuffed out it got a second wind in the actual 80's by MTV because only artsy bands had videos ready. (And punk - the father of New Wave - of course was going on at the same time as disco, but it was the Unheard Music - in the USA - so doesn't really count when defining pop eras.) Also .. bemused that Brad thinks the lyrics may be from the point of view of the jock .. I think when it came out it was assumed any New Wave lament was from the point of view of the fringe kid at High School .. (the "there goes your proof" that looks evidently don't matter was from an alternative view of seeing the popular good looking jock as an undeserving ape. Of course with time we all learn that nothing is ever as it seems (wasn't Bruce Jenner the ultimate good looking jock?) .. to which the song also mildly alludes.). But I digress.
Seeing their faces reminded me of the first time I heard this song. I was 15 years old and I knew I needed to hear more. I saved up my pocket money for the album Look Sharp, the album that song came from. Now over 40 years later, I’ve bought everything that he’s released and seen him more times than I can count. Most recently three weeks ago in Portsmouth. He sits down most of the time now but he is 68 after all. Having said that, he still knows how to play to a crowd and his voice just gets better and better. One more thing, his bass guitarist who has been with him since the start, Graham Maby was amazing as ever which is pretty special as he’s fast approaching 70. Still buzzin three weeks later. Cheers Joe. (& Graham, Teddy and Doug)
I knew his hits, but didn't get into Joe Jackson until I listened to some of his old stuff on vinyl. It's all just really fucking good. I love this guy.
This came out when I was 17 or 18. Great song :) It *is* the right version. You have to remember that the 80's effectively started in the late 70s. 1979 was nothing like 1975.
The song, written by Joe Jackson (born 1954 in Burton on Trent, England), but covered regularly, was released in 1979 so it it is on the cusp of two 'recognisable' decades.
British so called new wave. Joe was not a typical slick handsone rock star, but represented your average working class man. He was trying to be the anti-rocker of the time. Very popular album with lots of radio play at the time.
It’s the right version. I saw him for my senior week at college at University of Rhode Island. That was big we landed him cause he had a big album out in 1982 night and day. This song was before that. He was definitely different
As I recall, Joe Jackson, the Cars and Blondie had debut albums out at about the same time (1979), which heralded the arrival of New Wave into the mainstream.
Joe Jackson was part of New Wave I think, although I never really thought he sounded typical for the movement. 'It's Different for Girls' is another great number of his.
No, this is the original version. Good song. 70's had some variety Of sounds from Zeppelin to this and Doobie Brothers, Seger, then disco, birth of Springsteen
Recorded in 1978, but really a precursor of a bunch of new artists with a new sound, that coexisted with synth-pop during the 1980s. Elvis Costello is another one in the same non-synthy, non-guitar-solo, non-disco-y vein. These guys were a _big_ departure from the typical guitar rock/pop of the 1970s. They were song-writers first. But there was a really stylish, hipster undertone to their acts.
@@ed.z. Punk rock had its own appeal - especially when it first hit and disrupted status quo rock. But J.J. and Costello were something else again, a _different,_ later disruption - one with more thoughtful chord progressions and lyrics.
This is definitely the original, late-70s Punk Rock version. People often mention Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello in the same breath. They both are Jazz musicians at heart but started out as Punk Rockers in the late 1970s British Reinvasion. They both have sarcastic wit and clever lyrics and both have used their many albums to explore various forms of music, to great acclaim and financial success, never selling out their art to sell records or concert tickets.
Hey y'all, I distinctly remember hearing this for the first time on the radio! It was definitely something you had to stop and listen to. Reminds me of The Cars somewhat and have always loved it! On another note I can totally relate with him. You have to wonder sometimes ''what does she see in him''? Great reaction to a great straight-forward song!
I thought you guys did Steppin Out already, so figured you got a taste of Joe's tunes by now. He was definitely a forerunner singer that help usher in the 80's sound. The whole Look Sharp album is brilliant.
All I will say is I wore out his first 2 albums listening to them (1979) & he matured with his music as the years went by (as you've heard already with Steppin' out) but the first 3 albums really were new wave & definitely worth listening to more of. He is a multi- instrumentalist & has branched out into different genres of music as his career moved on.. Comes from a musical heritage & lived in New York ( He's British) for a long time and now back in Europe. Nice take on a great song..
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80's Alternative. And Steppin' Out is SO good!
Steppin’ Out from, 1982?, is a bit of an eighties classic.
It was late 70’s. This is the right version. Connection to the 90’s: Listen to The Counting Crows song “Round Here”. Adam Duritz sounds like Joe Jackson when he sings the refrain “Round Here”.
You got the right version, Joe was just ahead of his time.
Way ahead of his time
Absolutely he was!
Joe Jackson was part of the “angry young man” movement in the late 70s in Britain including Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe and Paul Weller and the like. He has so many songs that, while not exactly blockbusters chart-wise, were still amazing. His music ran the gamut from post-punk to big-band to manic ska, all over. Love his music.
Graham Parker's "Local Girls" always comes to my mind when I hear this song.
It's from 1979 Look Sharp album. Google the album photo. Very cool. Was fortunate enough 15+ yrs ago to see him live in Montreal. Him at piano and a guitarist. He did a Abba? ABBA? The Cover, isn't coming. Great talent.
yup - great songs - an ambitious writer
@@DerekDominoes Squeezing Out Sparks was one of the best albums or 1979.
In the late 70s punk didn't get played much on your standard FM rock stations, but "new wave" bands like The Cars, Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson started getting airplay. Not as aggressive as the punk stuff, but still a different sound than more conventional rock that was out at the time. When Mtv came out the music really started getting different.
80's. Joe Highly underrated. Solid music
Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello two great musicians to check out… Joe used to live on my street in Manhattan.. I’d see him walking around the neighborhood.
“It’s Different for Girls” was another big hit for him, this is the right version
Joe Jackson - Excellent urban ballads with a cool spin.
Quirky tune, Brad should love it.
This is the right version. It was 70’s but had more of an 80’s new wave kinda feel, which was starting in the late 70’s
Stepping out. Joe Jackson. A set classic of the time
78 and 79 there was a shift in the sounds leading into the 80's. The Cars especially. The 80's didn't just happen, Joe and others helped it along.
Last thing I heard Joe on was the William Shatner version of Pulp's 'Common People'. Check out the Pulp one...
There's Something About Mary soundtrack. Hilarious
Lex, you’ll love his “Look Sharp”, “I’m The Man” and “Sunday Papers!!! He plays piano. I saw him in concert Oct.1990.
He’s a singer/songwriter and was a big part of ‘new wave’ music before moving to other genres.
He has 6 Grammy nominations including Male Rock Vocal Performance(1980), Record Of The Year(1983) and 1 win in 2001. Thanks for reacting to Joe!
Sunday Papers, definitely a Jam!
All of those are good, "Look Sharp" being my fav of the three, but its a very tough call!
I'm The Man !!!!!!!!!!!!!
JJ had some really great stuff, I always liked "Its Different for Girls" ..."Step-in Out" was probably his pinnacle in the states, great stuff, great artist
Thats the original version. Saw them live in the 80s. They did this song with an accordion, kazoos and plucking a Violin. It was awesome!
There's a great acapella version from his live album from the early 80s, as well.
Its saw him
Saw that arrangement in the 80s as well. Saw him a few months ago and it was another arrangement. He loves changing it up.
So music that came to define decades didn’t strictly get released when the clock struck midnight, as it were. There were so many popular styles of music and overlap
This is the right version - first wave of the new wave!
Yes, this is the original (1978). This song reminds me of my time in art school. I'd be working to the music of Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, the Jam, the Clash, and the B-52s. Joe Jackson came upon the scene at the tail end of punk and the early stages of new-wave music. He was lumped in with the post-punk/new-wave crowd… like Elvis Costello. After a few albums, his music became jazzier and jazzier. You can hear hints of it here.
Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello...NEW WAVE...late 70's early 80's...not a cover. AWESOME BASS!
The music of 1978 & 1979 has more in common with the music of 1982 than 1972.
Don't forget that a lot of 90's was a retro return to some of the 70's.
I even recall some 90's TV ads being retro to 70's new punk/new wave inspired TV ads that were themselves inspired by 60's styles.
JJ was ahead of his time
Another very underrated group from this era, Graham Parker & the Rumour, had some great songs during the end of the 70's. Try, "Hey Lord Don't Ask Me Questions" & "Protection" for a taste.
That’s the original! New wave and ahead of its time!
19 forever godd track this singer of U.K.
This song is awesome.i keep bringing myself to my heavy metal ways. There were a few songs that sparked my attention. This was one of them. Great song .
Another Elvis Costello song I like alot is: "Watching the Detectives".
This snuck into the 70s. But got most it's airplay in 82-83
Oh wow.
I had no idea that Sugar Ray's version was a cover. How cool.
Looks like I'm going down a Joe Jackson rabbit hole!
It didn't sound like the 70s in the 70s and that's what made Joe Jackson so interesting. He didn't sound like anybody else before or after.
This is the original. It came out in 1979, but didn't go big on American radio until 1980.
Ok, I think its official now. You guys are my favorite reactors. why?: 1) you feature good artist, like this one 2) you maintain an open mind 3) you recognize good music when you hear it, as Lex just did in this one 4) you've refined your taste over time and are able to focus-in on unique aspects of songs that make them great. 5) Each of you impart your own unique taste when giving commentary on the songs you listen to, always done in a fun way.
This is the original. When you look at things that came later, now you know where it came from.
He is a hitmaker. Check out his catelog
This song hit when I was like 14. Good times
Wife here..I've always loved the flo of this song..Thanks ❤!!
"It doesn't feel 70's to me" because this is actually the year the 80's began .. the Cars, Gary Numan, David Bowie Scary Monsters phase, etc.. When the New Wave was on verge of being snuffed out it got a second wind in the actual 80's by MTV because only artsy bands had videos ready. (And punk - the father of New Wave - of course was going on at the same time as disco, but it was the Unheard Music - in the USA - so doesn't really count when defining pop eras.)
Also .. bemused that Brad thinks the lyrics may be from the point of view of the jock .. I think when it came out it was assumed any New Wave lament was from the point of view of the fringe kid at High School .. (the "there goes your proof" that looks evidently don't matter was from an alternative view of seeing the popular good looking jock as an undeserving ape. Of course with time we all learn that nothing is ever as it seems (wasn't Bruce Jenner the ultimate good looking jock?) .. to which the song also mildly alludes.).
But I digress.
This is the original, if memory serves this came out in the early 80's.
Ah memories. Going to see Joe Jackson in 79 when this came out. This is the original. Version.
oh, and you have to listen to "different for girls" .... just greatness.
It's kind of like new wave punk from the 80's as in Elvis Castello etc.
Right version. 1979. I would listen while I got ready to go to the movies on Friday night. What an excellent Summer.
People always said Joe Jackson’s music had a jazzy vibe. He later transition to a jazz artist.
Sugar Ray did a cover version of this in the 90’s but this is definitely the 70’s version.
I'm the Man, and On Your Radio are two more of his hits.
This came out in 1979 where 80s style music started ramping up
They do say here in England the 80s music scene started in 1976 with Punk.
The Look Sharp album is the Bomb. Every song..I wore it out when it came out🔥🔥🔥
And the title track is outstanding too.
Seeing their faces reminded me of the first time I heard this song. I was 15 years old and I knew I needed to hear more. I saved up my pocket money for the album Look Sharp, the album that song came from. Now over 40 years later, I’ve bought everything that he’s released and seen him more times than I can count. Most recently three weeks ago in Portsmouth. He sits down most of the time now but he is 68 after all. Having said that, he still knows how to play to a crowd and his voice just gets better and better. One more thing, his bass guitarist who has been with him since the start, Graham Maby was amazing as ever which is pretty special as he’s fast approaching 70. Still buzzin three weeks later. Cheers Joe. (& Graham, Teddy and Doug)
I knew his hits, but didn't get into Joe Jackson until I listened to some of his old stuff on vinyl. It's all just really fucking good. I love this guy.
It was ahead of it's time. This is the right version.
It does have a 90s kinda feel but its was released in 1979 , You should react to steelly Dans Riki Do it again
"Blaze of glory" is a must as is "Fool in love"
Great song. Joe was different.
This is the original 70s album version. Joe Jackson is still out there doing it.
This song is the reason I've played bass for the last 45 years Brian maybe is a legend
Wow, I have not heard this song for a minute. Love the guitar.
Please don’t forget Graham Parker and The Rumor.
1979! I bought the 45 rpm single of this back when. Check out Joe Jackson "Got the Time" -- fast, sharp, and intense!
The cover by Anthrax is pretty cool also.
I have the 45 too!
This came out when I was 17 or 18. Great song :) It *is* the right version. You have to remember that the 80's effectively started in the late 70s. 1979 was nothing like 1975.
Right version. Just ahead of his time
The song, written by Joe Jackson (born 1954 in Burton on Trent, England), but covered regularly, was released in 1979 so it it is on the cusp of two 'recognisable' decades.
Check out Joe Jackson's "Stepping Out" Cool vibes tune.
The entire "Look Sharp" album is worth checking out! Sunday Papers, Look Sharp, Instant Mash, Got the Time?.
Joe Jackson is so great. You should listen to more of him. Jet Set, Right and Wrong, Invisible Man,...etc...etc...
LOVE Jet Set!
British so called new wave. Joe was not a typical slick handsone rock star, but represented your average working class man. He was trying to be the anti-rocker of the time. Very popular album with lots of radio play at the time.
Try i'm the man, one of the most energetic songs ever
It’s the right version. I saw him for my senior week at college at University of Rhode Island. That was big we landed him cause he had a big album out in 1982 night and day. This song was before that. He was definitely different
Oh this is the correct Version! Great stuff!!
Came out in 79 or so, good song
Love Joe Jackson! Thanks!
Joe Jackson "Look Sharp!",, "Steppin' Out" & "You Can't Get What You Want,, Till You Know What You Want"
As I recall, Joe Jackson, the Cars and Blondie had debut albums out at about the same time (1979), which heralded the arrival of New Wave into the mainstream.
@@llw1066 - the Romantics were not one hit wonders
@@williamh4172 Neither was Gary Numan
Blondie’s Parallel Lines, their third album, was released in 78. It was a commercial success but I wouldn’t call it a debut album.
@@davidjames3080 that's true
Joe Jackson was part of New Wave I think, although I never really thought he sounded typical for the movement. 'It's Different for Girls' is another great number of his.
I like Steppin' Out by Joe Jackson. It was played a lot, but I think musically the base, piano and tempo are great.
The best '80s music came out in the late '70s.
No, this is the original version. Good song. 70's had some variety
Of sounds from Zeppelin to this and Doobie Brothers, Seger, then disco, birth of Springsteen
It's 1979. I remember from a holiday. Listen to his other stuff.
Recorded in 1978, but really a precursor of a bunch of new artists with a new sound, that coexisted with synth-pop during the 1980s. Elvis Costello is another one in the same non-synthy, non-guitar-solo, non-disco-y vein. These guys were a _big_ departure from the typical guitar rock/pop of the 1970s. They were song-writers first. But there was a really stylish, hipster undertone to their acts.
@@ed.z. Punk rock had its own appeal - especially when it first hit and disrupted status quo rock. But J.J. and Costello were something else again, a _different,_ later disruption - one with more thoughtful chord progressions and lyrics.
Counting Crows had a song in the 90's called 'Round Here'. It's probably what you're getting it mixed up with.
Joe Jackson is a genius songwriter And it's the late 70's
This is definitely the original, late-70s Punk Rock version.
People often mention Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello in the same breath. They both are Jazz musicians at heart but started out as Punk Rockers in the late 1970s British Reinvasion. They both have sarcastic wit and clever lyrics and both have used their many albums to explore various forms of music, to great acclaim and financial success, never selling out their art to sell records or concert tickets.
Ian Dury and The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
You have already listened to "Steppin' Out" so I suggest "Breaking Us in Two" for your next Joe Jackson hit song.
One of the most under rated pop musicians of all time.
Most excellent! Nice music selections today. "Steppin' Out Tonight" by Joe Jackson is really cool.
Hey y'all, I distinctly remember hearing this for the first time on the radio! It was definitely something you had to stop and listen to. Reminds me of The Cars somewhat and have always loved it! On another note I can totally relate with him. You have to wonder sometimes ''what does she see in him''? Great reaction to a great straight-forward song!
I always thought this song was a 90s song until I saw this reaction lol
This is the original 1979 recording
A RAUCOUS PUNK Joe Tune
would be THROW IT AWAY!!
Joe Jackson is a very underrated musical genius.
This was really late 70s, so I think of it as 80s era.
This is the right version. Joe Jackson has lots of great songs. He also has a jazz album, Jumpin' Jive, that's great.
1979 was a great year for music. Try out Nick Lowe's "Cruel to be Kind."
I thought you guys did Steppin Out already, so figured you got a taste of Joe's tunes by now. He was definitely a forerunner singer that help usher in the 80's sound. The whole Look Sharp album is brilliant.
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All I will say is I wore out his first 2 albums listening to them (1979) & he matured with his music as the years went by (as you've heard already with Steppin' out) but the first 3 albums really were new wave & definitely worth listening to more of. He is a multi- instrumentalist & has branched out into different genres of music as his career moved on.. Comes from a musical heritage & lived in New York ( He's British) for a long time and now back in Europe. Nice take on a great song..
This is 80s. Maybe 79 I’d have to dig out the album. Great song stellar album “look sharp”. I sing this in one of my bands it is fun
The song was initially released as a single in late '78 but didn't do well; re-released in '79 after the album came out and climbed the charts then.