Joe Jackson Journalist

27/02/2026

https://youtu.be/hNupmFanNtI?is=ejEI7O0lktjNpJIt
Sedaka R.I.P. great, underrated song stylist, pianist, arranger and composer

This is a personal appreciation of the music of Neil Sedaka. It's a radio show broadcast I did in 1997, having interviewed Sedaka twice and whose music I hav...

22/02/2026

https://youtu.be/LzXEXEgK9dg?is=Et2R5A5iWxC52SQn

As if we longtime Elvis fans needed Remi ding how great he is

This is a clip from a home video I made of the final interview I did with Richard Harris in 2001, which now forms part of my book, Richard Harris: Raising He...

22/02/2026

Grok on the fact that Baz Luhrmmann never credits the filmmakers who made That's the Way It Is or Elvis on Tour. The movie may be great but he is being unethical. '

19/02/2026

I was in touch with the sister of Pierre Adidge - in flowered shirt - one of the co-directors of Elvis On Tour. She thanked me for highlighting the fact that Baz Luhrmann rarely if ever gives credit to the makers of Elvis on Tour, or Dennis Saunders, the Academy-award winning director of That's The Way It Is. The truth is that without their work there would be no 'EPIC.' It is churlish for Luhrmann to take all the credit for himself. The footage was not lost. His team rehashed other filmmakers work, included the edit in Elvis on Tour, by Martin Scorsese.

14/02/2026

Baz Luhrmann is the new Colonel Parker selling people his version of Parker's "dancing chickens." EPIC is predominantly two Elvis documentaries That's The Way It Is, and Elvis on Tour, recut, and he never gives credit to the three great award-winning directors who made them or even Martin Scorsese who edited a sequence in Elvis on Tour, that Baz "borrows." The footage is not Elvis's 1969 "comeback in Vegas," the footage wasn't lost, - its on YouTube and has been available on DVDs for decades. It's great to see Elvis back in cinemas and to know he is being discovered by younger generations but Baz is a conman. Here are the DVDs with infinitely more than he uses in the film.

12/02/2026

I am deeply grateful to all the people who initiated this project and have gotten it this this far. Watch this space.

06/02/2026

I see Hot Press is prematurely celebrating it's 50th anniversary. Here I am, one of its first photographers, with the first issue - thrilled it had seven of my photos - in May 1977. Here's to all the photographers and writers and office staff and cleaning persons who worked at the magazine and helped make it what it was.

17/01/2026

‘Elvis, King of Pop.’ I read this as a child but Michael Jackson fans can’t accept Elvis was the original King!

03/01/2026

Next Trump will probably attack Ireland on the pretext of “liberating leprechauns”!

28/12/2025

I bought a Godard box set and had this movie scheduled to watch tonight. Everything Studio Canal says about Bardot is true irrespective of what she later became and espoused.

16/12/2025

AI slop

Elvis Presley’s significance in music history stems from his unparalleled ability to merge technical mastery with raw emotional expression, creating performances that felt both electrifying and intimate. He could take the simplest lyrics and infuse them with complexity, conveying vulnerability, desire, or joy in ways that resonated universally. His early recordings captured the rebellious energy of youth, while his gospel and later ballads revealed a deeper spiritual and emotional sensibility, showing his growth as both artist and human being. Beyond his voice, his physical presence, charisma, and innovative stagecraft redefined what it meant to perform, inspiring countless generations of musicians and entertainers. Even amid personal struggles and the relentless pressures of fame, Elvis remained committed to exploring music as a form of storytelling and emotional truth. His legacy endures not only in record sales and accolades but in the ongoing influence he exerts on artists across genres and the enduring power his performances have to move, inspire, and captivate audiences worldwide.