For me, the best music makes you feel something. But 'King For A Day' stands alone in being able to make me feel on age the entire time listening to it. Not that that's a bad thing, I wouldn't pick it as a Blue Monday choice otherwise, but this is what essentially makes it good.
Written as a very public and direct message to bass player Stuart Zender, who left the band shortly after finishing the album, lead singer Jay Kay's lyrics sound laced with venom in a scathing attack.
Its menacing strings and crawling baroque harpsichord melody running underneath throughout, give the impression the song is building to a big end when in fact it ends perfectly subdued, much like after a blazing row. You can even hear the darkness in the drums; no computer produced drum loop could express the bubbling rage you can hear desperately hit out.
Whatever you think of Jay Kay, he has one of those voices that is not only instantly recognisable but can convey every emotion with pure soul, and damn, is he bitter and sarcastic in this one.
The production on the track is superb, it gives the same anticipation and tension you get when you feel like someone is watching or following you. But with that massive hat a bit of a give-away, let's be honest, stalking's loss was Jamiroquai's gain.
From the album Synkronized (1999) / www.jamiroquai.com
From the album Synkronized (1999) / www.jamiroquai.com
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