Why have I not become a huge fan yet? This is great. I mean, they had me at the banjo, but this is quite wonderful.

 Deadwing wrote: 
I think I hear a Jew's Harp at the end of this song too. 

 timjclark wrote: 

And they put on a hell of a live show too!

 JokesandJokesandJokes wrote: 
That's funny — considering that Jesus was a Jew, so I guess they wouldn't mind having one of their own on their radio; he seemed to attract crowds wherever he went so he could have been a big hit on the radio over there.

Love love love this album...and Guster!

The harmony kings! I am a sucker for a good harmony!

Jewish Rock Gods!!!!

I have tickets to see them in November (kinda psyched)

love this song!  first time i've heard it.  thanks bill

 Yashure wrote: 
No, but a little of REM.

 Yashure wrote: 
You'll never hear America (the group) here.
I've tried to upload a few gems from them here (R.Paradise) with no luck.
There's been 7 songs uploaded by them... all rejected.

March 16 hey that's my birthday!

GUSTER LYRICS

"Jesus On The Radio (Daddy On The Phone)"

5 a.m., March 16
Jesus on the radio
You took a photograph of me
on your yellow bucket seat
Its too high, its too wide
You're so low you don't know
To get through, to go around
So don't look back
There ain't nothing there to see
Was once like you
Can't say I recognize that face
in that picture that you keep
Its too high, its too wide
You're so low you don't know
To get through, to go around
To get through, to go around

100% of this song makes me feel happy.

serenity5 wrote:
70% of fabricated statistics are within 23.3% of being correct.

I just saw Guster at the Showbox in Seattle (September 22). They really put on a great show, and the audience loved every minute.

serenity5 wrote:

JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:
Actually, a good part of Guster is Jewish. Apparently it didn't bother them enough to stop them from writing the song.

I love this song. HUGE Guster fan!! There have been no comments on this song in over two years. What's up RP-groupies???

serenity5 wrote:

Yashure wrote:

Totally. I love it.

eco wrote:

87% of opinions sound more plausible when fabricated statistics are added to them.

Does anybody else hear America (the group, not the country) here?

JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:

You are such a racist!!

Oh shit, I wrote that!!

eco wrote:
That may be true, but until Adam Sandler's "Channukah Song" hit the airwaves, you didn't hear any Channukah songs playing on the radio at the same time of year. And I'm sure there are quite a few people that would disagree with your assessment of what Christmas means to them, though I tend to agree that most people don't celebrate Christmas with its original intentions in mind. Commercialism reigns supreme that time of year.

That being said... saw Guster a couple of months ago and they closed the show with a completely unplugged version of this song, the members of the band standing side-by-side at the front of the stage, and it sounded fantastic.

Here's an excerpt from their website that pertains to the comments at hand:

Well 1/2 of Guster is comprised of Jewish band members...

JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:

TeddiB wrote:

60% of the people who "celebrate" christmas are actually athiest. Christmas in the west has grown into less a religious holiday and more of a national holiday in the last 40 odd years.

so stop complaining, and perhaps start enjoying yourself.


btw. merry xmas.

We Jews are used to hearing Jesus on the radio. We mostly ignore it. Around Christmas time, it gets to be a bit much and I just turn it off. That's what happens when you're a minority.

I wonder if Jewish people would like it if Jesus was on their radio???

Excellent!

Check out the rest of the CD as well. It is very much worth it.