Today Was Different

Editorial Reviews
Willamette Week, June 1997
“chord progressions that never leap to simple conclusions, lyrics more oblique than obvious, are in evidence here...”

Anodyne July 1997
“JVA is a terrific pop songwriter. Others will inevitably cover his songs.”

C. Beeson-Anodyne

Album Description
“If you’ve ever wondered what’s happened to great innovative pop rock music....It’s been storing itself up in the brain of Jeroan Van Aichen.”

Today Was Different

Today Was Different
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • News Flash! JVA is really Portland's Jim Walker
 Today Was Different
Jeroan Van Aichen
Manufacturer: Thon Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005IKO
Release Date: 1997-05-15

Tracks:

  1. I Fry A Saxophone
  2. Breathe
  3. Soft Spot
  4. Protection
  5. Microcosm
  6. If You Want That Coat
  7. Back When I Was Old
  8. Love You Still
  9. Not So Far
  10. Ivory & Gold
  11. Again Again
  12. New Memories

Album Description

“If you've ever wondered what's happened to great innovative pop rock music....It's been storing itself up in the brain of Jeroan Van Aichen.”

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars News Flash! JVA is really Portland's Jim Walker.......2002-05-11

I've seen JVA - Songwriter Jim Walker with guitarmeister Tim Ellis - play live a couple dozen times in the last few years, and some of my all-time favorite tunes are from this CD. Nobody I've heard writes like Jim. He's twisted, funny, rude, touching, sly, deep and witty. If you hear anything cliche here, it's only because Jim coined it and someone else copped it. He's near the top of my long list of favorite songwriters, but please don't think singer-songwriter. He plays "heckity" on a dozen or so instruments, and has a voice that conveys every sonic nuance from warm-cozy to scare-me-witless. His lyrics amuse, cajole, shock, and sometimes confuse. He's loathe to write a straight-on love song, and loves to leave you dazed and wondering. My favorites: "I Fry a Saxophone," "Protection," "Not So Far," and the secret track, a blood chilling story, not a song, "Bicycle Jerry." Do yourself a favor - buy this and listen to it over and over. As the title implies, it's Different, but sometimes you need something like JVA to shake you up a little.

Music:

  1. Tomorrow Is Now [CD-single]
  2. Velvet Underground
  3. Very Special Forces
  4. VU [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
  5. White Light/White Heat (Limited Edition)
  6. whitechocolatespaceegg [Explicit Lyrics]
  7. 1000 Hurts (Ltd)
  8. 604
  9. A Million New Lies.... [Explicit Lyrics]
  10. A Thousand Days

Music

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Music

Love Songs [Import]

Russian Music for Violin and Piano

Opera Stars on Radio 1

T & Honey

Freeway Madness [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

Slinky Slurpee [CD-single]

That's All

Odes on the death of Henry Purcell

Shichirika [Import]

Oak of the Golden Dreams

Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

Strive for Higher Realities

Miralos Bien

Sibelius Symphony No. 1; Karelia Suite; Finlandia

Award Winner: Stan Getz