Yeah, I noticed Jem a little when “they” was used in half a dozen commercials and television spots (“I’m sorry so sorry, I’m sorry it’s like this. I’m sorry so sorry, I’m sorry we do this”). Heck, I might have even researched who was performing this little earworm. Noticed a little when “come on closer” was used in the advertising for the movie Closer. Caught “just a ride” a few times on the radio, but not too remarkably.
But in the past few days, I’ve heard “24” on an alternative radio station a few times, and have been utterly enthralled. This delicate, ephemeral voice breaking over distorted guitars. Effin’ genius, and I had to buy the album for this track alone. It was then I was reacquainted with the three other songs above, as well as all the rest of this masterful album.
Anybody else on the boards with Jem Finally Woken in their playlists?
The OP is referring to one of Jem’s songs, titled They. I like it, too. I’ve never heard it in any commercials, though. I guess I missed them all. They is the only song of Jem’s I’ve heard, at least that I know of.
We are the Misfits, our songs are better!
We are the Misfits, Misfits, and we’ve gonna get her!
Funny, it just struck me that although the real life Jem appeared twenty years after the cartoon Jem, the real life Misfits actually existed side by side with (and pre-dated) the cartoon Misfits. Well, good guys they were not to make a fuss about it. (Did they make a fuss about it???)
Indeed. I shudder at the thought that I might have written “‘they’ was” otherwise. I’d venture that you might have heard “Just a Ride” too. The most noticeable word in the song, and as such the working title for the casual radio listener, might be “breakdown.”
Why did nobody tell me the band Jem rocks so much?
The correct way to extoll the wonderfulness of Jem in this gripping thread opener is:
Why didn’t anybody tell me the band Jem rocks so much?
However, this is still not grammatically correct as we end with a dangling participle of ‘so much’. How much does Jem Rock?
A suggestion could be:
Why didn’t anybody tell me that the band Jem rocks like the Kasbah
There we have correct terminology that identifies the Band ( jem) and yet remains hip by referring to the Clashes hit " Rock the Kashbah!" No dangling participles.
See, much better. No awkwardness.
You know this. I (after doing some research after submitting the erroneously titled OP) know this. Everybody else just wants to make cartoon jokes. C’est la vie.
I had planned to tell you when you’re older, when I thought you’d be better able to handle it. I suppose you were ready sooner than I thought. I am so very very sorry.
And as to the OP - I have the CD, and I love it. I bought it for They, and just kept listening. I think my favorite song on it is Come on Closer (2nd song on CD). Just something about the beat.
Yeah, I also just heard her album for the first time and I knew that I had heard some of those songs somewhere before. So which commercials/tv spots was “They” used in? “Wish I” must be used in a commercial somewhere too.
I saw Jem with Joss Stone in San Francisco in December. Jem was pretty cool, but I missed part of her act because I had to park waaaay downhill. There was some other band that was OK, then Stone came onstage. I like some of her songs, but she hams it up far too much live and my wife and I couldn’t take it any more, so we left.
Was she wearing a large, pink earring? Did she seem to tug on it and then undergo a costume change? Anyway, if I were a recording artist named Jem, I would find it utterly impossible not to arrange a group to go with me and call them the Holograms.
As to the boring, non-holographic Welsh Jem – I think she’s actually pretty amazing. I’ve recently gotten her album and it’s been on non-stop in the car. Good stuff.
