Audio Cassette review:
Beat Happening - Jamboree

Beat Happening - Jamboree

Band: Beat Happening Title: Jamboree Rating: Release Date: 01 December, 1993 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Bewitched 2: In Between 3: Indian Summer 4: Hangman 5: Jamboree 6: Ask Me 7: Crashing Through 8: Cat Walk 9: Drive Car Girl 10: Midnight a Go-Go 11: This Many Boyfriends Club

Customer Reviews Beat Happening Have A Lot To Answer For So, thanks for nothing Beat Happening, but thanks a lot for this album which, along with Daniel Johnston's early work, and the Shagg's opus, create the triumverate of beyond basic pop love. Their minimalistic pop music was revolutionary at its time, but their incessant plugging of the same old ideas has yielded countless incompetant musicians who believe mugging and wearing cute clothes is equivalent to making an artistic statement. Album: 4 stars. Beat Happening's impact on music, resulting in lots of pretentious, annoying, entitled white kids dressing up like Doby Gillis: 2 stars. Beat happening! I was introduced to this masterpiece sometime ago by listening to Luna's cover of "Indian Summer". I have no personal favourite record from the magnificent Beats but this one is a good start to new listeners. I was then and I'm still now crazy for so called 80' s Twee or Jangle Pop stuff from Pastels to Tallulah Gosh, scottish Postcard Records stuff, early Go-Betweens and so on. . . Then Beat Happening. . . How lucky my ears are! Before any new Yo La Tengo yet to come, listen to this magic songs. Short, Sweet It didn't take very long, but every minute was used to the limit. I bought this album and listened to it. Every song is good. I absolutely love the band, the sound. They seem naive and experienced at the same time. They aren't geniuses at playing their instruments, but they are at writing catchy, bittersweet songs about adolesence. . You can see a complete list of all Beat Happening discography, or go back to the Beat Happening tabs