Jamiroquai lead guy Jason Kay’s stock in trade has long been taking the most fun elements of ’70s music and using it to convince you all that party music back then wasn’t so bad. They do this by drawing styles from some of the best funk and R&B acts of that era, and it’s evident from many of their songs that the 3 + 3 and other albums from the Isley Brothers’ golden years got a few spins in the Kay household.
“Seven Days In Sunny June,” released on June 15, 2005 as part of Jamiroquai’s Dynamite, uses much of the playbook from the Isley Brothers’ classic cover of “Summer Breeze”: a lazy, mid-tempo groove set with an acoustic guitar and acoustic piano, a soulfully tubed-up electric axe and jazzy chords.
Only this time, the narrator does not “feel fine,” because his love interest just dropped the bomb on him. (Don’t ya’ just love old slang like that being pulled down from the attic?) I would suppose that this chick was one bad mamma jamma to be causing such heartache, but the bright melody and the gently chugging rhythm won’t ever let you feel bummed out in sympathy.
Unlike, say, Jamiroquai’s terrific “Just Another Story,” this one actually saw some chart action, reaching No. 14 in the U.K. As far as I know, it was never released as a single on American shores, where acid jazz is not quite the rage.
Nevertheless, “Seven Days In Sunny June” will go well with your summer party. It obviously did for Jay’s, as you can see in the above Jamiroquai video.
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