[kj] Manchester University

[Jpwhkj at aol.com]

>From Me Or You to New Day (including Eighties, and the Jensen session - Blue Feather, All Play Rebel, New Culture) is arguably the best period of the Joke in terms of the guitar sound.

I know that Me Or You isn't popular on the list, but I love it: one of my favourite Joke songs. Jaz *sings*, fer goodness' sake.

(My Mum asked me if he gay when she heard him singing "woo-ooo".)

Jamie

Neil Perry <neilfperry at btinternet.com> writes:

>And Me or You was closely followed by the 'A New Day'
>single. After those two chunks of chart cheese I think
>they realised it wasn't going to happen. At least, not
>by writing crap, anyway.
>N
>
>--- Michael Head <mickhead at beeb.net> wrote:
>
>> No, it was a long time before that with the release
>> of 'Me or You',
>> which preceded Night Time.
>>
>> Having Kimsey produce Night Time was definitely with
>> a view to giving
>> the band a more accessible / commercial sound. The
>> money was there to
>> back them. They toured with their own lighting  /
>> sound rig, even the
>> road crew had a proper tour bus.
>>