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davidt
on Monday December 01 2003, @10:00AM
Jon from The Jobriath Fan Collective (http://www.jobriath.org/) writes:
...Jobriath biographer Rob Cochrane, who quoted Morrissey in some articles he wrote in 1998 - wrote me this last September - "I'm working with Morrissey and Rhino Records on a best of called 'Lonely Space Boy' which comes out in January. It will be a digi-pak with 500 words from Morrissey and a 3000 liner essay from me. There are plans for a boxed set later." I believe he misrecalled there, and that the actual title is "Lonely Planet Boy" - a reference to a New York Dolls song. (I've wondered if this was Morrissey's suggestion.)
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Jobriath compilation CD (Jan. 2004) to include 500-word introduction by Morrissey
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500 Words (Score:2, Funny)
I'm the Urban Spaceman, baby, here comes the twist (Score:1)
I don't exist.
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Great News!!! (Score:1, Redundant)
This is great news on two sides. First that Moz is writing for this and second that Jobriath is getting some well deserved recognition. He was such a talented singer and songwriter and like Sparks, The Monochrome Set, Hanoi Rocks and Shellyanne Orphan seems to never get credit or mention. This is a great day for a music snob like me :)
For those of you that haven't heard Jobriath you might like I'm A Man, Street Corner Love, Rock Of Ages or Space Clown. He really was an original. RIP
Plagarism at it's best:
Jobriath Biography
Widely acclaimed today as the first ever openly (and genuinely) gay rock star, an iconic status which only seems to harden as time passes, Jobriath can also be described among the saddest casualties in modern musical history. The two albums he cut during 1973-1975 are collectors items today and deservedly so. But for at least two decades after their release, their maker's name was more likely to be ... Read MoreWidely acclaimed today as the first ever openly (and genuinely) gay rock star, an iconic status which only seems to harden as time passes, Jobriath can also be described among the saddest casualties in modern musical history. The two albums he cut during 1973-1975 are collectors items today and deservedly so. But for at least two decades after their release, their maker's name was more likely to be evoked as an example of the dangers of hype, than anything else, with the actual quality of both his music and his performance deeply buried beneath the avalanche of scorn which knowing critics still pour on his head.
However, both Morrissey and the Pet Shop Boys have talked openly of their admiration for Jobriath, Jayne County has described him as America's premier glam rock idol and Mark Stewart is an unlikely, but equally loyal fan. So, too, are the generation of young glam rock fans who were curious enough to look beyond the record company hype (and the music industry hatred) to investigate the intriguingly packaged, deliciously delivered records which bore the singer's name. Neither has been scarred by time, neither has been overtaken by age. In 1973-1975, Jobriath records were regarded as a waste of time. Today, they are simply timeless.
A veteran of the original Los Angeles run of {+Hair}, Jobriath then relocated to New York, where he recorded one album with progressive rock hopefuls Pidgeon. The record went nowhere and Jobriath split for a solo career, managed by former Jimi Hendrix associate Mike Jefferies. They parted company soon after and Jobriath soldiered on alone, beating his head against what was rapidly becoming a wall of unmitigated hostility towards his music. One of the most popular of the manifold legends surrounding Jobriath is the reaction which a set of his demos drew from Columbia Records president Clive Davis -- "mad and unstructured and destructive to melody."
Davis' disdain did not fall on stony ground, however. Indeed, Jerry Brandt, at that time manager of Carly Simon, was so intrigued by Davis' remarks that he immediately set up a meeting with the singer, then signed him to a management deal. His enthusiasm was contagious as well. Elektra Records head Jac Holzman later confessed, "I made two errors of judgment in my days at [the label] and signing Jobriath was one of them." Equally incriminatingly, Jobriath doesn't receive a single mention in Holzman's official label history, Follow the Sun.
At the time, however, Elektra's belief in Jobriath appeared limitless. The label spent over $80,000 on his eponymous debut album, with almost half of that sum being poured into promotion. At the height of glam rock, Jobriath was being portrayed as the glammiest artist of them all -- and when the inevitable comparisons with David Bowie were floated, Brandt knew precisely how to respond. "Jobriath is as different from Bowie as a Lambourghini is from a Model A Ford. They're both cars, it's just a question of taste, style, elegance and beauty." Full page ads in Vogue, Penthouse, and the New Y
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who is this JOBETH??? (Score:2, Funny)
prehaps hes a HOMMO!!!!!
(ps i am not prejadiced against hommo's ie if there were no hommo's there wold me no EXCTACY DANSING or ANAL SEXXX!!!!!!! BUT I AM NOT GAY!!!!!!)
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Real audio files to listen to. (Score:1)
I thought I would repost this as a regular message in case anyone wanted to hear Jobriath's music. I have listed some recommendations in the post above that you may enjoy...Moz did.
http://www.crapfromthepast.com/jobriath/album1st.htm
http://www.crapfromthepast.com/jobriath/album2nd.htm
http://www.crapfromthepast.com/jobriath/pidgeon.htm
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