Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

[Christophe]

"Rely on me"

How?

When I listen "Rely On Me" for the first time I don't like it so much and sounded weird to me. Now I like it and it's still a weird track to me, but some kind of accepted and sexy weird! This track is different than the other Anderson collaborations "Diva" and "Je Me Souvien".

Greetings,



Christophe

[Dr_Jones]

other worst songs:

Popcorn

Oh no you didn't!

[shadow]

In all honesty, his rendition of it was pretty bad.

[Dr_Jones]

In all honesty, his rendition of it was pretty bad.

That's true, but to be honest: I've heard worse

[shadow]

Yeah that also, I guess he walks the middle ground with his version of it. I do have too say however that I absolutely love the Mark Haliday version that many often confuse for Jarre's version for some reason. That version is by far the best I've ever heard!

[Dr_Jones]

Yeah that also, I guess he walks the middle ground with his version of it. I do have too say however that I absolutely love the Mark Haliday version that many often confuse for Jarre's version for some reason. That version is by far the best I've ever heard!

True, he did an excellent version, one of the essential Popcorn renditions. One of my favorites is this:

[Josue143803]

Here's my complete-ish list of Jarre tracks that make me cringe in no particular order:

What you Want
Téo & Téa (Except for the instumental radio edit)
Beautiful Agony
Touch To Remember
Révolutions (I'm sorry )
Poltergeist Party
Free Floating Anxiety
Bee Factory
Oxygène in the Ghetto
Together Now (Parlez-Vous Francais Mix)
If...!
Le Pays de Rose
Reconstitution
Erosmachine
Musique Pour Supermarché, Pts. 2 & 8
Zoolookologie
Ethnicolor 1 (The first part)
Some AOR fragments
Dorian
Palomitas de Maíz (A weird version of popcorn with vocals in spanish)
I Zoi (a weird version of C'est la Vie)
J'te Flashe, J'te Love
The Newer version of Eldorado (aka The UNESCO Theme)
Geometry of Love, Pt. 2

[SuperStarly]

For me, it is the tracks Oxygène in the Ghetto, September, and the entirety of Téo and Téa (with the exception of Vintage, and In the Mood for You if I'm ignoring its unusual percussion) that make me cringe.

Zoolookologie

Admittedly, I get a good grin out of listening to that, but as for the sheer zaniness of the music video, that can be cringeworthy in its own fascinating, '80s way.

[Finaero]

Yeah that also, I guess he walks the middle ground with his version of it. I do have too say however that I absolutely love the Mark Haliday version that many often confuse for Jarre's version for some reason. That version is by far the best I've ever heard!

True, he did an excellent version, one of the essential Popcorn renditions. One of my favorites is this:

I've got no shame in admitting it, I've always preferred the M&H Band version to all others (even the very original 1969 Gershon Kingsley version, which is my 2nd favorite rendition of d'track).

If only people stopped referring to it as a Kraftwerk track. (They won't!)

Another good one is the one with the lyrics that go like

WANNA POP SOME CORN
WANNA POP SOME CORN
WANNA HEY WANNA HEY
WANNA POP SOME CORN

(or somethin')

[Dr_Jones]

WANNA POP SOME CORN
WANNA POP SOME CORN
WANNA HEY WANNA HEY
WANNA POP SOME CORN

Cab City Combo. Really funny, that one.

[Velodynamic]

Oh back in the popcorn swamp again are we?

Cringey tracks, well for me it started with Les Chants Magnétique/Magnetic Fields Pt. 5 or "The Last Rumba".
However it kept on coming back several times so you never knew when was it going to be the last rumba. I was younger then much into heavy metal.
Now I don't mind it that much.

Actually Blah Blah Café was a big mystery to me before I understood what a bad hangover was all about.

I almost never listening to Tokyo Kid and September. Maybe not bad by definition, they are just not my cup of tea.

LA CAGE!! What the f*** was that all about, seriously?
Chrono Pt. 3 - *gaasp*, Chrono Pt. 7 - What's the point?
Rendez-Vous Á Paris, Silhouette - nopez
January 24, June 21, September 14 - nopez
Pleasure Principle, Near Djaina - nopez
Teo&Tea album except for Vintage & OKDIF - nopez
Glory - Still somehow doesn't work for me.
The Train & The River - I usually skip it. To me it's just a mess.
These Creatures - Stop singing. Go home get some sleep.
What You Want - NO I really don't.
Walking The Mile - I know it's Christophe and all...but I expected more from them.

[The Sound-Oven]

probably none except band in the rain ''live'' at a concert.....

[Velodynamic]

probably none except band in the rain ''live'' at a concert.....

Like one of those. Just stupid.

[Dr_Jones]

Oh, I loved that at Europe in Concert. It was a big finger to the whole "MTV unplugged" craze

[shadow]

I love Band in the Rain, such a great piece that I absolutely adore on a actual barrel organ. I absolutely wish he'll bring it back. Might be out of place, but it's so fun!