The New Road: Jack Johnson

March 28, 2006

Jack Johnson

I gotta say, Jack Johnson is getting a lot of airplay with the Curious George soundtrack and it's really grating on my nerves. The songs are like crushed flavorless pablum. They couldn't be more generic and inoffensive. I wouldn't mind it so much if it were just on the light rock stations, but it's on all of the rock stations. Ugh.
Posted by jherr at March 28, 2006 06:39 PM

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guess you must hate that its on heavy rotation on my Ipod too - course it plays with hollenbeck girl so Megan is getting a well rounded education.

Posted by: Lori Herrington at March 28, 2006 11:03 PM

I'll put up with it for you and Gee. But I turn it off in a flash when it's just me in the car.

BTW, it's "Hollaback Girl". Defined in several ways here:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hollaback+girl

Posted by: jherr at March 29, 2006 08:51 AM

yeah yeah - you know she knows almost all the words ... except she says ship instead of shit :)

Posted by: Lori Herrington at March 29, 2006 03:13 PM

Must be a California thing. I haven't heard a single song off that soundtrack on the radio here. And remember...it's a children's movie soundtrack...and the movie was inoffensive and generic, but charming at the same time. I can understand you not liking Jack Johnson..I think he's definitely one of those you either really like or really don't. He's got a distinct sound and style.

Posted by: eigga49 at March 30, 2006 06:37 AM

Perhaps it's just a problem that I'm having because I saw that movie twice. Seeing it once was ok. It was boring and inane, but passable given that it seemed to enthrall Megan. But the second time, well, I felt the the pilot in Starship Troopers who got his skull sucked by the "Brain Bug".

Posted by: jherr at March 30, 2006 08:47 AM