This is longtime Jack Green Appreciation Society Member Mike Backhouse singing and playing acoustic guitar with his version of his favorite Jack Green song 'This Is Japan'.
Mike Backhouse's YouTube Channel is wilson mcphert :)
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thanks for putting up. I tried emailing but the prove you're not a robot test would not let me through.
Mike B
Very nice instrumentation. Interesting vocal interpretation makes the song uniquely one's own. Like Elton John, Jack is very difficult to cover vocally. Only Elvis Costello comes close in tonal variation, phrasing and intonation, but still falls short of the genuine article.
Good job Mike, I was thoroughly entertained!
Check out Jack's song 'Emotional Wreck' on OneSongWorld.com. Penetratingly honest. Strip away our culture, class and regal exterior & we're all like beautiful calm regaled ducks above water whose feet below are frantically slashing the water in a desparate attempt to stay afloat. What's the use!
Only forgiveness of those who have wronged me and thankfulness for the beauty and splendor amidst the chaos, injustice and horror in the world keep me in the game. Anything else I've tried seems to suck!
A healthy dose of Jack Green songs also goes a long way
Though not historically regarded as such, one cannot ignore Jack's contribution to the development of EMO musically. His beneficence to various stylistic genres often goes unnoticed.
The words of this song graphically portray a country rich in tradition. There's also a sobering solitary feeling about being alone in such a massive sea of humanity as Tokyo. The image of a girl giving homage in a Buddhist shrine cuts through this starkness in the morning light.
Jack's songs 'Alive' & 'Emotional Wreck' can really leave you rather stark and somber. I find Mac Powell's (Third Day) song 'Call My Name' a nice corollary to these two great songs (A Pearl Jam & Travis Tritt like cloned piece)
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