| |
Many people ask how we started so here's a BRIEF page or so on how we started the band and who the members were past and present. Yeah, there's a lot left out but we'll leave that for some updates in the future. Some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent. When you first start a band you never really think that it's going to get heard by anyone outside your small group of friends and the practice space walls. We thought the same exact thing. Chris and I started playing in a different band when we were both in high school. It was sloppy and messy but it was fun to stumble over drumbeats, hear all the mumbled words and half finished chords on guitar. It was our noise, it was our messy half-assed songs. It was good to drive my neighbor "Herb" cr More... (Submit New Less Than Jake Lyrics) (Submit New Less Than Jake Lyrics) Hmm. =]] | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Rest Of My Life performed by Less Than Jake This song is amazing. I think it's about letting go of childish intentions and finally acting like an adult and learning to forgive and be forgiven. The video made me think that, because of the quote at the beginning, and end. This music video is great and the song is even better. ehhh.... | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Rest Of My Life performed by Less Than Jake have this band sold out?.... some say yes, i don't really know though.... i mean there not as ska as they used to be and have a radio friendly sound now which just seems weird... for now, i shall stick to their old stuff.... until i hear a new album that is Hello Rock-Two? | Reviewer: Leo ------ About the album GNV FLA performed by Less Than Jake Since the third-wave boom of the late nineties, and its subsequent fall from grace (a term used loosely,) ska has become a scarce resource. Sure, Fat Wreck, Victory, and the cavalcade of overnight independent labels around can always toss a mediocre pop-punk-with-horns outfit into the fray, but those are only good for a short fix before one realizes said band is terrible. And there’s always go-to musician Tom Kalnoky, who is slowly embodying the pinnacle of the genre, but his eclectic work comes few and far between, and only invokes a longing for good times since past. However, the future may be beginning to brighten for modern ska, with Less than Jake as its harbinger. Fresh out of a Prince-style emancipation from their major-label follies at Warner, LTJ have renounced the mainstream-bait sound they were once charged to create, tossing away the catchy hooks and bubblegum pop sounds for…well, catchy hooks and bubblegum pop sounds…but with horns! In reality, the band is trying to reverse a failed transition they began early in the decade, and what better way to do so than load up an album with everything that made them great in ‘98? GNV FLA clumsily melds the band’s old DIY-style approach with their newer, crisp-yet-empty sound, making the album a vortex of cautious joy. How an album flows altogether has never been a general concern to punk musicians, but GNV FLA seems to have some form of flow, notably in the first three tracks and their significance. Nostalgia-heads will roll upon the aged-sounding intro to opener City of Gainesville, obviously a testament to LTJ’s “good old days.” Ironically, it leads into the hornless and guitar-driven The State of Florida, moreso reflecting the current image of the band as straight pop-punk. Does the Lion City Still Roar, having been released early as a teaser for the album, follows up the two as their perfectly-mixed youngest brother, and a representation of everything the band wants to be now. A wise choice for whetting fans’ appetites, as the song absolutely crushes any misconceptions of the band as abandoning their roots and home-grown ideals. Any brass’ mere presence would easily electrify a fan’s senses, so Lion City surely sent Less than Jakers into a frenzy when it appeared on the band’s website in its honking glow. Despite it flaunting its skill across much of the album, albeit brashly, the horn line is particularly top-notch here, sufficiently reflecting the image of “the Lion City’s sirens sing[ing] the night away.” Unfortunately, the opening trio proves one of the only moments on the album that fully realizes that revitalization goal, the other (oddly enough) being the final three tracks. The Life of the Party Has Left the Building evokes memories of Infinity on High and Let Your Body Take Over, in both title and style. Tempo halts as This One’s Gonna Leave a Bruise leads into it, bridging the gap between the traditional boppy-party air the former emanates, and Devil in My DNA’s more stalwart crunch. Between these six songs, the typical attachment to home and youthful values found in LTJ work since passed emerges, often through rants about the current “[rotting] of the Lion City.” The general message muddles throughout the space in between, caught somewhere amidst pining for the past and spitting on the idea of a future. As a nostalgia addict myself, I can relate to LTJ’s love for memories of better times and the attachment these memories hold to their home. However, that’s what is stagnating their sound on GNV FLA. By clinging to past values and ideals while trying to simultaneously move forward with their conventional sound, the band has refused itself the ability to go out of both aspects of their comfort area, further confining the sound they created. A few tracks midway through blur together (Conviction Notice and Malachi Richter come to mind,) and almost everything sounds like it could easily have been plucked from Hello Rockview. This has basically plunked the band right back where it was ten years ago, but with the added frenetic nature of modern popular music. Not the makings of a terribly great future. Through it all, one thing is perfectly clear: Less than Jake and their snotnosed, metalheaded debauchery have finally returned, if only for a little while. While a welcome return to form both aurally and conceptually by the aged ska favorite, GNV FLA also takes on the methodical curse of the genre (need I re-drop the Ska by Numbers bit?) Only time will tell if it is merely a dull sparkle in the fading light of both the band’s and genre's lifespan, or the first flecks of a new dawn. And I’m sure I’m not alone in gunning for the latter. no no no | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song The Science of Selling Yourself Short performed by Less Than Jake none of you below understand the song at all, i have been a less than jake fan since the beggining and let me tell you a band this great doesn't just happen. think about the lyrics before you just go make assumptions about this song being about stupid teens with their fucked up lives. by the way it is a good song, and they are awesome live something special | Reviewer: Jake ------ About the song The Rest Of My Life performed by Less Than Jake I think that this song has a lot to offer. If you watch the music video, it has a message of forgiveness, of trust, and of accepting the fact that no one is perfect, try as we may. It is nice to see a song, about growing up and maturity in a world so torn with childish problems. Great song. | Reviewer: Bentley2210 ------ About the song Negative Sides Of Optimistic Eyes performed by Less Than Jake This should have been on In With the Out Crowd album. It would have gave the song something more! Take out Overrated at least! Instead it was put on the promotional EP "Absolution for idiots and addicts" Still, amazing song. Get it whilst you can! FIRST REVIEW! | Reviewer: Jewbag ------ About the song Negative Sides Of Optimistic Eyes performed by Less Than Jake Absolution for Idiots and Addicts is not only one of LTJ's least known albums, but one of there best. This song is one of my favorite ska songs. Its awesome and nell always skips computer science. excelent | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song All My Best Friends Are Metalheads performed by Less Than Jake basically this song is one of the best by "Less Than Jake". If you havent heard any of there music, you should deffinately look into them. excelent | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song All My Best Friends Are Metalheads performed by Less Than Jake basically this song is one of the best by "Less Than Jake". If you havent heard any of there music, you should deffinately look into them. nicee | Reviewer: Jennyy ------ About the song She's Gonna Break Soon performed by Less Than Jake i totally love this song, i can relate to it ishly with the old friends new friends and a lot more. its a good one. [: | Reviewer: Lizz ------ About the song She's Gonna Break Soon performed by Less Than Jake This song is just amazing. You have to be able to relate to it in order to really enjoy it. And God knows it's one of my anthems. It's seriously just amazing. ust a tiny mistake | Reviewer: Jordan Hall ------ About the song Overrated (Everything Is) performed by Less Than Jake You show the song as saying "Bathroom sex is overrated" when the real words are "But I think sex is overrated". Not a huge deal, just wanted to make the website a little better. :) | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Rest Of My Life performed by Less Than Jake i love this song :) i think its about how you regret arguements and you end up losing someone but you can't forgive. and instead you should just forget LTJ IS AWESOME | Reviewer: johnny V ------ About the song Overrated performed by Less Than Jake this song is great it talks to the outcast and its so true. and how awesome is it that less than jake actually made a rock song it so good It's not "And I'll just save someone" | Reviewer: TheSkaPunk ------ About the song A Still Life Franchise performed by Less Than Jake And I quote from what is written on the lyrics booklet in the CD: "so i say goodbye and i just say so long almost feeling paralyzed my still life with vital signs, i just say so long to my good intentions gone so wrong left me feeling so far gone." relation | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song She's Gonna Break Soon performed by Less Than Jake its always nice to be able to relate to a song. what girl hasn't felt that they were about to break? what girl hasn't felt preasured to do things, been stuck between old friends and new ones? its not overly specific, but enough so that people understand it. love it or hate it. i love itttt WOW | Reviewer: Taylor ------ About the song Overrated performed by Less Than Jake much like Ellie i to had never listened to this song before i looked up the lyrics. i think everyone can relate to it at some point, the lyrics are thoughful and the melody is catchy. less than jake rock. after listening to it for the first time i can honestly say this song is something you'd put on repeat. Ain't it the truth | Reviewer: Demakes-wannabe ------ About the song Robots One, Humans Zero performed by Less Than Jake Okay, I have to say that this song hits it 100% right. Especially the chorus ..ah, it's impossible to describe it. Buy B is for B-Sides and lissen to it! a few wrds | Reviewer: max ------ About the song A Still Life Franchise performed by Less Than Jake 2 things 1 is where it says my good intentions felt so wrong its actually fgone so wrong and im not sure about the next one but i think it says so i say goodbye and save someone not say so long and there are echoes on some of the words on the song that dont show up on the words thats all the brightest bulb | Reviewer: jay rosen ------ About the song The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out performed by Less Than Jake this song is the chill dankies, if u disagree u have a horrible taste in music You could review the artist/band Less Than Jake in Biography page You could review Less Than Jake album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review Less Than Jake song by clicking the song which you like | | ||||||||||
Copyright © 2000-2007 sing365.com