There’s something very quirky about The Cardigans that I have always liked. One minute they’re a soft pop group, the next a hard alternative band. This song, My Favourite Game is more the latter than the former. On the CD you can hear they recorded a buzzing bass speaker enclosure that actually fits right in.
Here’s a very cool video of one of my all time favorite bands, The Cardigans featuring Tom Jones singing Talking Heads‘ “Burnin’ Down the House”. I am also a big fan of Talking Heads and probably wore out my cousin’s copy of Tom Jones‘ “What’s New Pussycat” in the 60’s. Tom always seemed cool, but this proves it.
I know why the hard rock crowd loved Return to Forever in the 1970’s. They were great musicians when that still counted. I am not sure you could have the "crossover" appeal now that they had then. I doubt if you could get Chick Corea to dance in a video.
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to watch "Return to Forever Tour 2008"
This was during a time when I was listening to jazz on the radio and buying jazz records. Although I listened to modern jazz, I still was mainly a hard rock fan. My interest in jazz was predominately jazz-rock fusion. I had a few Stan Getz and Dave Brubeck albums, but I was more interested in fusion bands like Return to Forever, Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, and Phil Collin’s Brand X.
Alexander Fisher
