| Jack Johnson – Girl I Wanna Lay You Down Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| one of the most feel-good and still funky combinations i've ever heard...although jack doesn't originally write or perform this he's great w/ the guys that did - they play it on a jack johnson dvd my buddy has...the lyrics are simple yet seductive and make the girls go crazy when played live - just an overall fun and catchy song | |
| Jack Johnson – Sexy Plexi Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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i have no clue as to the context of the song and whether or not it's about a girl or the ocean or what, but it seems like in most every jack johnson song there is at least one line that the first time you hear it is catchy but you dont really think about it until you hear it over and over again and realize how truly poetic and philosophical it is. within this song the chorus is that one part regardless of the context... "you're breaking your mind by killing the time that kills you, but you can't blame the time 'cuz it's only in your mind" when i finally got my mind wrapped around these couple of lines i was amazed at how true they were --> people everyday do nothing with their lives and slowly bcome dumber because of not applying their mind to anything thus "breaking their minds by killing the time"...and then the fact that jack can add onto the end of that with a play on words "that kills you"...so while people are sitting their wasting time their time is running out - every second is a second closer to death and the majority of the people in this world sit around and don't enjoy the time they have to live on earth...facinating stuff i'd like to see jack johnson against plato and aristotle in a battle of the wits... |
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| Jack Johnson – Rodeo Clowns Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| aside from the whole issue of who wrote the song and who's better perfomring it and blah blah blah, i feel like this is more than just a song about goin' to a club and having a good time...i think jack is tryin to make a social statement (no way not jack johnson...) by comparing men at these clubs to rodeo clowns and women to the cattle that they're trying to round up and tame. within the stanzas surrounding the chorus j.j. describes what he sees at the club and almost finds it amusing, like he does many of societies shortcomings. i think it's obvious through the chorus especially "the women keep on dancing with the clowns yea yea, the rodeo clowns..." and the part about the naive "teeny boppin' disco queen" that he is using the metaphor b/w men and rodeo clowns and women and cattle - the only man i know that can get away with making such an analogy of females | |
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