Another Day: Jamie Lidell (Jim)

November 16, 2008 at 11:17pm by inmemoryofjohnpeel

Let's deconstruct this. Why does this remind me of clean karoke? Yes, he does imitate Stevie Wonder accurately, but if this were a Stevie W song it would rank as a weak one, like many SW did influenced by pop & commerce. There is inspirational SW out there (check Innervisions) but Lidell, jumping into this style and away from his usual voice, adds nothing. This seems nothing more than a music pose, with the novelty of it being a white English bloke who's a bit of a laugh (and having one).