39 Minutes of Bliss (In an Otherwise Meaningless World)

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Rock may have been born in America, but a national obsession with the trendy has often begat cultural amnesia when it comes to musical roots. Hence offshore bands like the Vines and Hives recycle '90s grunge/punk and '80s new wave with newfound energy, sometimes finding themselves ironically hailed as rock saviors. Sweden's Caesars don't have salvation on their minds. In fact their '60s garage rock shtick seems doubly recycled, seven of the dozen songs here hailing from a previous 1998 incarnation. Which isn't to say they don't do spiritual forebears like the Swingin' Medallions and ? & the Mysterians proud. Powered by pumping Farfisa-clone organ, trashy guitars, and a suitably snotty vocal attitude, they careen amiably through a sharp cover of the Endd's "Out of My Hands" and originals that range from spunky ("Jerk It Out," "Sort It Out," "You're My Favorite") to spooky ("Suzy Creamcheese"). If there's irony at work here (other than a contemporary Swedish band evoking the spirit of '60s American garage punk and '80s UK new wave, that is) the Caesar's have largely buried it in an avalanche of infectious spirit. --Jerry McCulley

Product Description
Full title - 39 Minutes Of Bliss (In An Otherwise Meaningless World). 2003 compilation, culled from the Swedish garage rock act's first three albums, 'Youth Is Wasted On The Young' (1998), 'Cherry Kicks' (2000), & 'Love For The Streets' (2002), all of which are big hits. Their sound combines the Farfisa organ-drenched sound of 60's era garage rock with a contemporary pop thrust. But while 60's referencing power-pop bands are a dime a dozen, what sets the Caesars apart is their reliance on creating as much an infectious groove as adrenalin pumping rock. 12 tracks. Virgin.

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39 Minutes of Bliss (In an Otherwise Meaningless World)

Average customer rating:

Great
Jerk it Out
39 Minutes Of Decently Derivative Music(in an otherwise tedious music scene)
Potential is there.....
Cool!!!

39 Minutes of Bliss (In an Otherwise Meaningless World)
Caesars
Manufacturer: Astralwerks
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Garage Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Swedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00008WFR4
Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

Sort It Out
I'm Gonna Kick You Out
Let's Go Parking Baby
Jerk It Out
Out Of My Hands
Only You
Since You've Been Gone
Crackin' Up
You're My Favorite
Fun And Games
Suzy Creamcheese
You Don't Mean A Thing To Me

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Rock may have been born in America, but a national obsession with the trendy has often begat cultural amnesia when it comes to musical roots. Hence offshore bands like the Vines and Hives recycle '90s grunge/punk and '80s new wave with newfound energy, sometimes finding themselves ironically hailed as rock saviors. Sweden's Caesars don't have salvation on their minds. In fact their '60s garage rock shtick seems doubly recycled, seven of the dozen songs here hailing from a previous 1998 incarnation. Which isn't to say they don't do spiritual forebears like the Swingin' Medallions and ? & the Mysterians proud. Powered by pumping Farfisa-clone organ, trashy guitars, and a suitably snotty vocal attitude, they careen amiably through a sharp cover of the Endd's "Out of My Hands" and originals that range from spunky ("Jerk It Out," "Sort It Out," "You're My Favorite") to spooky ("Suzy Creamcheese"). If there's irony at work here (other than a contemporary Swedish band evoking the spirit of '60s American garage punk and '80s UK new wave, that is) the Caesar's have largely buried it in an avalanche of infectious spirit. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

Full title - 39 Minutes Of Bliss (In An Otherwise Meaningless World). 2003 compilation, culled from the Swedish garage rock act's first three albums, 'Youth Is Wasted On The Young' (1998), 'Cherry Kicks' (2000), & 'Love For The Streets' (2002), all of which are big hits. Their sound combines the Farfisa organ-drenched sound of 60's era garage rock with a contemporary pop thrust. But while 60's referencing power-pop bands are a dime a dozen, what sets the Caesars apart is their reliance on creating as much an infectious groove as adrenalin pumping rock. 12 tracks. Virgin.

Customer Reviews:

Great.......2006-01-09

Caesar's Palace, The Caesars, The Twelve Caesars - they're all the same group. They go by different names depending on location - Twelve Caesars in most of Scandinavia, The Caesars in North America, and Caesar's Palace in Sweden, most of europe, and the rest of the world.

They currently have five albums:
39 Minutes of Bliss (as The Caesars)
Paper Tigers (as The Caesars)
Youth Is Wasted On The Young (as The Twelve Caesars)
Cherry Kicks (as Caesar's Palace)
Love For The Streets (as Caesar's Palace)

I hope this helps clarify some things.

I give EVERY SINGLE ALBUM five out of five stars - great vocals, great leads, great base, great melodies, great everything. If you like rock, don't pass this up.

Jerk it Out.......2005-11-21

I first heard the Caesars in an iPod Shuffle commercial in February 2005. I was depressed at that time, but that song's "and you feel it running through your bones" part made me feel better!

39 Minutes Of Decently Derivative Music(in an otherwise tedious music scene).......2005-11-13

O.K, so "Jerk It Out" is one of the greatest songs of this admittedly young century and we would all like to buy this album in hopes of more songs like this. Only life never seems to work the way we want it to, especially with music. The album is fun and energetic and damn if these Swedes don't like funny lyrics and driving Farfisa organ. The opener , "Sort It Out" is a hyper and groovy workout about smoking crack and banging their heads against the wall because their girl is gone. These are funny, goofy lyrics along the lines of The Ramones. Actually, these cats could be to the Farfisa organ what The Ramones were to heavy guitar rock. Ultimatley the songs are quite expedient, and these boys seem to know it, as "Jerk It Out" has appeared on no less than three of their albums. I hope they last a while and find their hidden musical mojo because, damn, I love that cheesey organ sound. Don't you?

Potential is there............2005-07-09

I admit i was quite excited about this band after i heard "Jerk it out," but the truth is that other than this and a few other songs there isn't much in this album or in the Caesars. For instance, there's something definitely wrong when a band puts the same song in two different albums. And the song that just happens to appear more than once, is "Jerk it Out." The song is very catchy, but I'd like to hear more than just a few good songs from an album. They definitely have the potential, but they're just not quite there yet.

Cool!!!.......2005-06-09

Well, I first heard for The Caesars when I heard their song, Jerk It Out, couple of years ago, when playing Fifa 2004. It was one of the songs in the game's jukebox. So, I only got this song then. And now, I remebered again on this Swedish rockers and got the whole cd. And I found out, that they make a pretty cool music. I don't mean just Jerk It Out. Also some other songs are really cool.

The Caesars play this 60's garage rock. but they also added some electronics to some of their songs. Their music souds somewhere between the Kings Of Leon (especially in the song You're My Favorite) and Jet or maybe The Hives. The title of the album suggests that there is 39 minutes of great music on it, but in my opinion, there are also two songs that sound a bit weird. Suzy Creamcheese and Since You've Been Gone are more instrumental songs with some electronics in it and are really small part of vocals. And they just sound a bit frustrating, especially Suzy Creamcheese. But, all the other songs are really cool rock songs, especially You're My Favorite, Crackin' Up, Fun And Games, Sort It Out, I'm Gonna Kick You Out and Jerk It Out.

As I already said, You're My Favourite sonuds a bit like it would be sang by King Of Leon. It just sounds great. Sort It Out is a song about a man who can't get over a woman, ''...I wanna smoke crack cuz your never comin' back ,...'' and it sounds a bit depressive. The beggining of I'm Gonna Kick You Out is similar to the beginning of Jerk It Out, because of electronic effects. The best part of this song is a really really good chours. Crackin' Up has a bit slower pace and it just sounds nice, with cool chours. Fun And Games is another a bit slower song, with the coolest chours (...You're a young girl and you're really not on your own, you're a young girl and you shouldn't be allowed to roam ). This song is just soo nice, that you really must hear it. And then, there's Jerk It Out. The best song on this cd. There's also a little more electronics in this one. Also, this song has just an amazing beats. So, with all that and cool lyrics, this is just a perfect dance-rock song. Just amazing.

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