A music-obsessed, retired San Francisco lawyer, and author of the rock & roll memoir Jittery White Guy Music (available on Amazon)... picking a random album or song in his collection every day or so and sharing a few thoughts.
The predominantly instrumental electronica of Jean-Michel Jarre isn't really the proper dominion of this list, as I adhere largely to more rock-oriented vocal fare (my admitted obsession with Brian Eno aside). But his 1984 album Zoolook took Jarre in a more rock-oriented direction, adding some funk, new wave, and world music touches to the mix. (To be fair, jazz musician Herbie Hancock had made a similar swivel a year earlier, and the flavor of his MTV hit "Rockit" can be heard here.) "Zoolookologie" even found its way onto our college radio shows at the time, a fun, bopping little single full of synthesizers and drum machines, elevated by turning a sample of Laurie Anderson's voice into the lead instrument. Sure, it's thoroughly dated and of its time, but I still get a kick out of the Anderson/Jarre hybrid novelty.Live 1990:
Later live version:
Trippy slowed-down version:Cover version with fun video:
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