Kick Out the Jams (MC5 cover)

Uh, MC5 where far from "Psychedelic". The Motor City Five could of been one of loudest and raw Rock n Roll bands of the 60s.

This Song was known for MC5's Lead singer yelling "Kick Out thhe Jams Muthafuker!" before this song started, which was a no-no in music standards in the 60s.

This song is about a group of people in the late 70s that were known as the jams....the song is told through the perspective of a swat team leader, he has had orders to "kick out the jams" he got these orders from the leader of the CIA because he lived next door to a "jam" and he considered them the most annoying neighbours:

'Cause it gets in your brain It drives you insane

eventually after a short struggle with the jams the swat team won and this is how we get the lyric:

I done kick 'em out.

ha that's an interrestin view, dugahole. But to me,considering that this was not writen by Rage, that the phrase"Kick out the Jams" just ment rockout. I'd never looked up the lyrics until now. So I thought he said "Keep on rockin till the morin come" but he really says "If u want to feed my rocket" and now I'm real confused!

I, personally, think this song is about kicking out of said jams.

But that's just me, though.

these lyrics are way off!

this song was originally done by 60s psychedelic rockers MC5, and has since been covered by artists such as silverchair, presidents of the USA and the late great jeff buckley. and they all did better versions than rage. particuarly the presidents, they added their own nonsensical fun lyrics to the verses.

lol next door to a "jam"

i absolutely love this song, especially when the did it and the grand olympic auditorium at their last show

I would also like to point out that Monster Magnet did a version of this song also. Though I do agree with you that the president's version was the best. Though it really doesn't resemble the original much.

"People said 'oh wow, kick out the jams means break down restrictions' etc., and it made good copy, but when we wrote it we didn't have that in mind. We first used the phrase when we were the house band at a ballroom in Detroit, and we played there every week with another band from the area.

"We got in the habit, being the sort of punks we are, of screaming at them to get off the stage, to kick out the jams, meaning stop jamming. We were saying it all the time and it became a sort of esoteric phrase. Now, I think people can get what they like out of it; that's one of the good things about rock and roll.