 The Tiki Bar Is Open (2001) [ larger cover art ] |
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Well the prize was right there underneath our eyeballs
And when it all came down we were looking for the pitfalls
Until Junie said baby get yourself to going
And we were so far gone we had no way of knowing
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Well she was pretty as a junebug jumpy as a nerve end
And when she pulled the rug out my tires started swerving
And I was driving through the living room driving through the basement
Looking for the lowest spot in the pavement
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Nothing there to corrupt you
Nothing there to live up to
There's no place further down
Turn it off or turn around
Well I was coming up for air I heard somebody breathing
And it was Junie Bug praying harder than a heathen
And she was smiling like the sole survivor in a lifeboat
Said if I jump in Junie do you think this thing will still float
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Low, low low...
| MirageRF (Clemmons, NC, USA) | Posted: Mar 27, 2013 - 10:59 Everybody in my cult loves this song. We want you........ | |||
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 11:04 Cynaera wrote: After reading all the comments, I'll stand up. I love John Hiatt's music. Every frickin' song. If you've got a problem with that, take me on. I'll kick your ass. And if I can't do it on my own, I'll gather the Hiatt-army. Trust me. You DON'T want that kind of threat like a big, black cloud over you. Miss you so much, Cynaera... | |||
| kdarwish (Turku, Finland) | Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 02:49 Hot and heavy beat, crashed the browser, keep it coming! | |||
| DanO-1 (Sandia Park, New Mexico) | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 11:34 hbs47 wrote: First Hiatt song I have liked. My hearing must be going. :-) Going in the right direction!! | |||
| hayduke2 (Southampton, NY) | Posted: Jul 01, 2012 - 14:23 kingart wrote: Smokin'! Rockin'! A lot of fun! A 9 just because. Ditto! He's a blast man | |||
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 13:12 Smokin'! Rockin'! A lot of fun! A 9 just because. | |||
| hbs47 (SE England) | Posted: Dec 24, 2011 - 02:29 First Hiatt song I have liked. My hearing must be going. :-) | |||
| h8rhater | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 12:32 Stingray wrote: I already said this: HIATT is a good musician, with good albums, and good songs, But (!!) - it seems he is never really able to find the right groove, the perfect melody and never really reaches the level that is necessary to have that perfect song - one to remember! HIATT is the 80%-man! Rate all his songs an 8 then, fool! I'll go to war with Cynaera for John Hiatt. | |||
| pilgrimsoul (Maryland) | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 12:29 Cynaera wrote: After reading all the comments, I'll stand up. I love John Hiatt's music. Every frickin' song. If you've got a problem with that, take me on. I'll kick your ass. And if I can't do it on my own, I'll gather the Hiatt-army. Trust me. You DON'T want that kind of threat like a big, black cloud over you. Love! | |||
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 16:46 After reading all the comments, I'll stand up. I love John Hiatt's music. Every frickin' song. If you've got a problem with that, take me on. I'll kick your ass. And if I can't do it on my own, I'll gather the Hiatt-army. Trust me. You DON'T want that kind of threat like a big, black cloud over you. | |||
| stoliwarrior | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 13:50
Here it is Oct 8 2010 and they did they same thing again Hiatt followed up by Led Zep's Rock and Roll ..........next thing you know their's gonna be somebody telling you that there's this comet that comes around every 75 years .........people will believe anything | |||
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 13:28 WonderLizard wrote: BTW, calling Hiatt a "hillbilly" is just about as accurate as you were on the Skynyrd thing. OK - but nobody called HIATT BILLY HILL nor "HILLBILLY". Read the statement more carefully! | |||
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 13:24 I already said this: HIATT is a good musician, with good albums, and good songs, But (!!) - it seems he is never really able to find the right groove, the perfect melody and never really reaches the level that is necessary to have that perfect song - one to remember! HIATT is the 80%-man! | |||
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 16:06 I love John Hiatt's music. Yeah, his voice is like a chainsaw that needs oil, but that's part of the beauty of it. And this song... I haven't heard it in a long time, so I'm dancing.  | |||
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 16:03 Comments like yours, perhaps?  Shimmer wrote: There is something deeply annoying about this song. | |||
| h8rhater | Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 11:16 Papernapkin wrote: It's the voice. Nah... it's the crybabies. | |||
| twitterpated | Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 11:06 Dang John, right on! | |||
| KermitDfrog (Los Angeles, CA) | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 09:25 You showed him!  WonderLizard wrote: Yeah, guess you got that right... BTW, calling Hiatt a "hillbilly" is just about as accurate as you were on the Skynyrd thing. Good thing you like music, or we'd start to wonder. | |||
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 09:17 Papernapkin wrote: I don't get it. Why does Bill play this hillbilly music, but pretty much ignores Lynyrd Skynyrd. Yeah, guess you got that right... BTW, calling Hiatt a "hillbilly" is just about as accurate as you were on the Skynyrd thing. Good thing you like music, or we'd start to wonder. | |||
| GregX59 (Omaha, NE) | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 09:17 His new(er) album "Same Old Man" is excellent, highly recommended if you're a Hiatt fan. | |||
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 09:14 I don't get it. Why does Bill play this hillbilly music, but pretty much ignores Lynyrd Skynyrd. | |||
| buzmaggie (AZ, US) | Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 13:06 Yeah —- good stuff. | |||
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Jun 20, 2009 - 16:40 gatsby169 wrote: Fabulous song for a friday!   Or any day!  | |||
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jun 20, 2009 - 16:15 Shimmer wrote: There is something deeply annoying about this song. It's the voice. | |||
| PeorgieTirebiter | Posted: Jun 20, 2009 - 16:15 Shimmer wrote: There is something deeply annoying about this song. You should have that looked at. | |||
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Jan 13, 2009 - 12:36 NiceGuy2005 wrote: Wooohooo! A Colorado local. What? | |||
| Photo-John (Nor Cal to SLC) | Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 12:34 Excelsior wrote: Yes, there is. His name is John Hiatt. I'll co-sign that. | |||
| gatsby169 | Posted: Jun 06, 2008 - 09:47 Fabulous song for a friday! | |||
| Excelsior | Posted: May 06, 2008 - 06:25 Shimmer wrote: There is something deeply annoying about this song.
Yes, there is. His name is John Hiatt. | |||
| squidish (Peace on Earth. We need it now.) | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 11:29 lazylemming wrote: I was fortunate to see John Hiatt & Matthew Sweet perform a show together for a short lived VH1 program (I think it was called "Duets").
See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wDZ7H_Jsh0 | |||
| Shimmer (Bethesda, MD) | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 11:29 There is something deeply annoying about this song. | |||
| lazylemming (City of the Angels) | Posted: Mar 08, 2007 - 16:35 I was fortunate to see John Hiatt & Matthew Sweet perform a show together for a short lived VH1 program (I think it was called "Duets"). It was filmed at Los Angeles Union Station... the place had great acoustics! Was always a John Hiatt fan... this show cemented my like for him! | |||
| dowdog999 | Posted: Dec 09, 2006 - 09:27 I saw him at a small venue after the Riding With The King album... just him and his guitar. Fantastic!! Great performer. | |||
| themotion (the great city of austin in the not so great state of texas) | Posted: Sep 12, 2006 - 15:05 great rhythm . . . oh and followed by some zep. nice. | |||
| Norge1 (Portland, Or.) | Posted: Jul 01, 2006 - 09:57 Playing tonight at the Portland Blues Fest...Can't wait....The guy still rocks....  | |||
| Geecheeboy (under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | Posted: Mar 06, 2006 - 08:53 Love JH. This is one of my least favorite cuts, though. If you get the chance, GO SEE HIM. He came to Greenville SC last year in a solo show and was fanfreakintastic. We went out to the bus after the show and took some pics. My wife said he has a soft back. HA. He said he has a bad back now from standing and performing all these years. First heard him on "The Phoenix" out of Nashville (RIP) doing "Before I go" and my first thought was "who told this guy he could sing?" but it grew on me, and then i discovered all his other music, etc. Great artist. | |||
| NiceGuy2005 (Denver, CO) | Posted: Jun 29, 2005 - 16:21 Wooohooo! A Colorado local. | |||
| Rakski (San Jose, CA) | Posted: Feb 17, 2005 - 10:42 soulhealer wrote: I will toot my horn for a moment. I discovered John Hiatt way back in 1978 when nobody new him from Adam. For several years his record company didn't know what to do with him and then New Wave music became the rage and John was marketed in that slot. He didn't start to get any measure of success until after critical reviews of Bring The Family in '87 and then decent sales of Slow Turning in '88 made people start to pay attention. The general public may have just gotten hip to him but other artists were already lining up to cover his songs for some time so I new I was onto something. Still, It took an outlet like RP to provide me with a regular source of a Hiatt diet other than from my own collection. Kudos!
To top it off, I just turned my neighbor onto Hiatt and that's all he listens to now. Hey, Thanks! He's one of the funniest composers out there. Fun lyrics. Subtle rythyms - Never have seen him live, but I'll bet his stuff comes off even better in a bar. ;-)  Just kiddin', mostly raise a glass to quaf! | |||
| Birdman (Burke, VA) | Posted: Nov 03, 2004 - 19:56 steeler wrote: Is this about poker -- going high or low, and everybody went low?<
Yes exactly. See KevDog earlier post on a previous page. | |||
| xkolibuul (Green Mountain State) | Posted: Oct 07, 2004 - 13:31 red5_bc wrote: is he offering a suggestion on how to rate this song?
Don't you dare! (pimp) | |||
| trekhead | Posted: Oct 05, 2004 - 07:56 Cann' Hep it! Ah Likes Mista Hiatt! a 9. | |||
| minimole | Posted: Oct 05, 2004 - 07:55 woooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooo!!! | |||
| red5_bc | Posted: Oct 05, 2004 - 07:55 is he offering a suggestion on how to rate this song? | |||
| ABanana224 (Mississippi) | Posted: Oct 05, 2004 - 07:54 Anyone else think his voice sounds like Elvis Costello on this one? Anyone? | |||
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!) | Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 17:35 Fargin' rockin'. Can't help but tap the toes to this one. And sway the head. And...  | |||
| ArbiterOfGoodTaste (Seattle WA) | Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 17:34 My foot is tapping, but this song still sounds like a pile of poop. | |||
| RobMagus | Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 17:33 I'm totally bopping my head right now. Me likey! | |||
| DBCinCA (California) | Posted: Jul 27, 2004 - 00:02 LuckyBastard wrote: Can you say BOB SEGER WANNABE?
 That depends... can you say CLUELESS COMMENT? | |||
| steeler | Posted: May 20, 2004 - 15:27 Is this about poker -- going high or low, and everybody went low? | |||
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell, WY) | Posted: May 07, 2004 - 12:18 LuckyBastard wrote: Can you say BOB SEGER WANNABE? No, 'cause that would mean John Hiatt also owes his entire career to Mitch Ryder, the Stones, and General Motors. |