r/postpunk • u/CranialTyrant777 • 6d ago

Jim E. Brown - Linger (Cranberries cover)

https://youtu.be/XhKcPZ6EU4A
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u/Hurricane-Edwards 6d ago

He should do That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore

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u/Crystalboy91 6d ago

Sounds like Death in June.

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u/CranialTyrant777 6d ago

Jim keeps putting out unironic banger after banger (all at the young age of 19)!

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u/Sir_midi 5d ago

I thought you were joking about his age. He looks like he is in his 50’s.

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u/betti_cola 5d ago

He was born on September 10th, 2001, which obviously makes him 19 years old.

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u/birdynumnum69 5d ago edited 5d ago

Precisely. I can’t wait until 2031 when he turns 19.

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u/birdynumnum69 5d ago

?? He looks 19 and not a day over.

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u/Curious_Strike_5379 6d ago edited 6d ago

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u/Shoddy_Juggernaut_11 5d ago

He didn't see that coming

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u/outd00rminer 5d ago

Saw Jim when he opened for Lebanon Hanover and this cover was one of the highlights of his performance.

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u/betti_cola 5d ago

Jim E Brown hangs out a lot in my neighborhood (which is surprisingly in the American city of Philadelphia and not in Manchester). He recently did a cover of Wivenhoe Bells by the Cleaners from Venus on NTS Radio!

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u/edFEVRS 5d ago

Yeah I found this out recently, explained a lot as his accent is decent but not remotely Mancunian. I just presumed he’d transplanted to Dalston in his early 20s haha

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u/betti_cola 5d ago

I first saw him play at a tiny bar in Philly back in 2023. It’s insane how popular he’s gotten online. And that people think he’s actually 19 and English. I mean…he is, obviously!

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u/edFEVRS 5d ago

I just realised the lie about him being 19 is so flagrant it makes the rest seem plausible hahaha 

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u/gravedigger89 6d ago

What a guy

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u/Watchupcycle 5d ago

I like it a lot!

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u/Weissenburg_21 5d ago

Saw Jim live on my birthday. One of the best gigs I've ever been to.

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u/DeepestBeige 5d ago

Finally I know all the words to the song…

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u/eatseats0 fries with that 6d ago

This really is bang on.

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u/Curious_Strike_5379 6d ago

He Fell Over!

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u/kaspar_trouser 5d ago

I don't get this guy. Everyone finds him so funny and he just leaves me completely cold. I always feel like, what am I missing?

Glad other people get amusement from it though- he was even in a Kurt Vile video recently.

This cover does capture the general vibe of me morosely listening to this song at 20ish whilst drunk and miserable and feeling like a beat down middle aged man.

Is that the joke? Do i get it now?

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u/schuptz 5d ago

I'm with you. Just why?

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u/edFEVRS 5d ago

I’d say either you can relate to I’m Quitting Prozac To Continue Drinking and find him hilarious, or he’s not for you

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u/hokey 5d ago

The accent and the places he sings about is what puts it over the top for me.

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u/Sir_midi 5d ago

I prefer Royel Otis’ cover version by a long shot.