parrothead wrote: 

Wow, I thought *I* was the only person alive who had all of Jude's CDs! I saw him in concert once, many many moons ago, at The Bayou in Washington, D.C. I love his music and every one of his albums. He was the producer for an interesting start-up band Rocco DeLuca and The Burden... looks like they have a new album, which he did not produce. Too bad Jude is probably best-known in pop culture for being a close friend of Kiefer Sutherland's!! I'd love to see him release another album. Of course, like a lot of other singer-songwriters, personal pain makes great fodder for tunes (old-school, pre-Yes I Am Melissa Etheridge, anyone?); maybe he's too happy to write miserable songs any more. Anyway, really happy to hear him here. He, Bonnie Raitt, Jonny Lang, and Patty Griffin are the only artists I'd pay these days' ticket prices to see in concert. Thanks, Bill!!

From the rhyming dictionary school of song writing.

Normally I give songs like this a 3, while everyone else rates them a 9.  Now, it's the other way around.  I guess I am a bad judge of this type of music.

 parrothead wrote: 
completely agree!

I thought this guy was great in "Road to Perdition"

 lmic wrote: 

Jimmy Buffet? I love Jude and Jimmy, I have all of there CD's and there is no close comparision to the two. Sorry

WOW this is some seriously vapid crap. Big fat 1 vote from me.

 smackiepipe wrote:
I did the exact same thing. This song really is not one of the better tracks on this album. Try the title track, or "It Comes Around". Much better.

 sirrus wrote: 
Chameleon; sometimes I think he sounds like Jimmy Buffett. I enjoy the Michael Penn incarnation of Jude Cole best...

He has an interestig voice. That s it 

 musikalia wrote: 
10-4. This blows.

 Not very exciting

 rtrudeau wrote: 
Hmm them sound like real drums... must be an android drummer and possibly android singer too

Giving it a generous 3

 SmackDaddy wrote: 
isn't that the reason the album is called 'start the car'?
b.t.w. train is better for the environment!

isn't the imagery of riding around on trains pretty much outdated by now? I can't name one person that has gotten on a train (in the USA) to go anywhere other than business commuters, or tourist trains.

 WiredColin wrote:

  I must bring your 2002 comment up to the 2008 level. I could not agree with you more. Jude is one of the most undiscovered talents of the 90's. I have all of his CD's and they stay in rotation at my place or should I say at all of my places.

stratrjb wrote:

Sorry but it has to be Shiner

Dear god, this is awful. The drum machine is making my head hurt even more than the pseudo-zydeco vocal.

Wow, haven't heard this one in a long while.

I loved "View from 3rd Street" and "Start the Car," really good songs on those records.

Sounds like a slowed down version of the Bodeans "Say About Love"

Young + Prine = Cole (when he grows up )

lwilkinson wrote:
Don't bother. This song is already killing me. Offing our buddy Jude will just be reciprocation.

Reminds me of the lead singer of Gin Blossoms.

esotericderek wrote:

Good, I wholeheartedly agree.

We'll start with YOU!

Bwhhahahaha

This is the absolute worst attempt at incorporating Zydeco into an Adult Contemporary song with a Country/Western feel that I have ever heard.

Someone needs to be shot.

stratrjb wrote:

Hey, I'll drink to that!

sirrus wrote:

Same here, hear.

musikalia wrote:

Agreed.

WiredColin wrote:

Based on the sound of this, I wouldn't say it was only the record company execs that made sure his career went nowhere....