Jacking The Ball

In the book "On the Road," Jack Kerouac uses the expression "balling the jack" as a reference to pushing a car's gas pedal all the way down.

fuck yeah this songs good...what you talking bout foo?

In the book "On the Road," Jack Kerouac uses the expression "balling the jack" as a reference to pushing a car's gas pedal all the way down.

it sounds a bit like remembering his youth. Time passing with the specialness of not having any realy worries. Also a bit like people forget the mind set of being young- it's not some amazingly blissfull time, probably only when someone looks back to it they feel that way. Sometimes I really do wonder if these indie bands listen to African music, soucous e.tc. Cause alot of the melodies and methods are /so/ african..

"Jacking the Ball" is an expression used when you play the game Jacks. I think this song is definitely about remembering youth. The instrumentals are fun and remind me of a summer day spent playing outside during the summer.

I always thought "jacking the ball" is slang for stealing in basketball. So, in terms of this song, it's a metaphor for taking back possession of...what? I'm not sure.

Gorgeous instrumental...I think it's partly, in the first verses, describing what tigersroamfree said, remembering (and evoking) youth, soaking in that time (that maybe was more blissful in memory) but also sort of accepting that it passes" "fell into a memory, just don't stay too long, the last word was meant to be..." etc...?

i have the live version of this song and i have no idea what he's singing at the beginning but it's awesome either way.

I think this song is talking about the feeling of freedom, either u r a teenager or a grown up, who is breaking away from regular shit. I also think it can be related with escaping as fast as you can. One time i was with this guy Nicholas, who eas breaking away from his house and taking his spirit to live in the wild side, and he told me that the soundtrack in his head while he was escaping was this song. I told him "Hell yeah Nicholas, u go for it! Jack all the balls!" What a cool guy.... Anyways, very cool song. Specially to drive away.

Seems maybe Thailand, watching some young kids playing jacks