39 Minutes of Bliss (In an Otherwise... (Caesars)

My first exposure to the band occurred when I heard Fun & Games while listening to Pandora one afternoon. Fun & Games, a mostly lyric driven song really works in its simplicity. I should state that I'm a sucker for lyrics with a take-home message, so naturally this song sucked me in. Then along comes a tasty solo on the keys to give a little variety to the simple song an I'm hooked. Weighing in at under 2 1/2 minutes, this track left me wanting more so I decided to investigate the album. Oh, how I wish the other tracks sounded the same. The opening track sets a lousy tone for the rest of the album. The lyrics are juvenile and the song never progresses. The quality sounds like it was remastered from a record. Others have compared the Caesars to The White Stripes, Oasis, The Strokes, etc. I think a more appropriate comparison would be to the garage sound that became popular in the 60's. Think songs like: 96 Tears, All Day and All of the Night, Instant Karma, Incense and Pe... Read more

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.

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!

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?

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.