 In Between Dreams (2005) [ larger cover art ] |
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Well I was sitting, waiting, wishing
That you believed in superstitions
Then maybe you'd see the signs
But Lord knows that this world is cruel
And I ain't the Lord, no I'm just a fool
Learning loving somebody don't make them love you
Must I always be waiting, waiting on you?
Must I always be playing, playing your fool?
I sing your songs I dance your dance
I gave your friends all a chance
Putting up with them wasn't worth never having you
And maybe you been through this before
But its my first time, so please ignore
The next few lines 'cause they're directed at you
I can't always be waiting, waiting on you
I can't always be playing, playing your fool
I keep playing your part, but its not my scene
Want this plot to twist, I've had enough mystery
Keep building me up, then shooting me down
Well I'm already down
Just wait a minute
Just sitting waiting
Just wait a minute
Just sitting waiting
Well if I was in your position
I'd put down all my ammunition
I'd wonder why it had taken me so long
But Lord knows that I'm not you
And if I was I wouldn't be so cruel
'Cause waiting on love ain't so easy to do
Must I always be waiting, waiting on you?
Must I always be playing, playing your fool?
No I can't always be waiting, waiting on you
I can't always be playing, playing your fool, fool
| sine-quinn-non (wdc) | Posted: Nov 16, 2008 - 18:32 ragshagbill wrote: This is my first post. I am a RP fan, but of course there are many songs played I don't care for. But Jack Johnson is in a different category. I like rice cakes. They might be airy, but I like the flavor. Jack Johnson is more like a Michael Bolton flavored prairie cake without all the hair. I'll drive over the cliff with the other poster out there. Clawing at my inner eardrums. i considered turning off my speakers for that song ... there is a part of my brain that understands how people like his music - whereas i cannot fathom why people like soft jazz - but still, i just cannot stand to listen to him and am disappointed when i find out that someone i like actually enjoys his music ... |
| Bakaretsu (South Burlington. VT) | Posted: Sep 14, 2008 - 15:21 Wizzuvv_oz wrote: Got to agree. I can generally tune out the stuff I don't like, but the "flat, breathy voice" sort of made me want to twist my own head off. Maybe I've had too much coffee. It's not the coffee.....trust me..... NOT THE COFFEE |
| whiskey | Posted: Mar 09, 2008 - 11:04 Even though his songs are very much alike... this is exactly the kind of uncomplicated music I need to hear right now... it's good when you are studying all day long and your brain just can't handle anything else... thx!  |
| ragshagbill | Posted: Feb 07, 2008 - 00:11 milehighYinzer wrote: Jack Johnson is the music equivalent of a rice cake for me.
This is my first post. I am a RP fan, but of course there are many songs played I don't care for. But Jack Johnson is in a different category. I like rice cakes. They might be airy, but I like the flavor. Jack Johnson is more like a Michael Bolton flavored prairie cake without all the hair. I'll drive over the cliff with the other poster out there. Clawing at my inner eardrums. |
| Naaldekoker | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 23:51 He just always hits the spot...please let him keep coming...thanx RP!!!  |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Dec 06, 2007 - 03:31 netstv wrote: More more more! I love this song....
  Though overplayed on FM (at least here where I live), I found myself tiptoeing. So I must like this song too.  |
| netstv (Martinez, CA) | Posted: Oct 04, 2007 - 08:09 More more more! I love this song.... |
| wally42 (Between a Rock and a Hard Place) | Posted: Oct 04, 2007 - 08:08 I love "brushfire Fairy Tales", I was excited to hear the follow up. Very disappointing. I like it. It's just more of the same. |
| EssexTex (Frisbee in Zilker Park) | Posted: Oct 04, 2007 - 08:07 Now I can make tea without missing anything good |
| jjbix (san diego) | Posted: Aug 02, 2007 - 12:05 Lotus_Miata wrote: Here here! Jack Johnson's lyrics are very personal, and his playing feels that way, too. It's amazing that in this American Idol world, someone can make it with music that seems to matter to no one more than to the performer. I like it and Jack likes it. Everyone else can piss off! testy! Wow, the altitude must be affecting your clear thinking, but it has enhanced your appreciation and preference for pre-school music, rock on mtn goat! |
| Lotus_Miata (High in the Mountains Above Southern California) | Posted: Aug 02, 2007 - 11:41 sunnysoul03 wrote: He got big. People who dislike anything mainstream wrote him off. I happen to think on a rare occasion mainstream radio play just happens to get it right...as here in Jack's case. Here here! Jack Johnson's lyrics are very personal, and his playing feels that way, too. It's amazing that in this American Idol world, someone can make it with music that seems to matter to no one more than to the performer. I like it and Jack likes it. Everyone else can piss off! |
| jjbix (san diego) | Posted: Aug 02, 2007 - 11:33 i am sitting, waiting and wishing (& praying) this guy would take his 3rd grade strumming and cutesy lyrics off the airwaves. . . |
| jayvee2 (Lancaster, PA) | Posted: May 31, 2007 - 15:04 milehighYinzer wrote: Jack Johnson is the music equivalent of a rice cake for me. I agree...meant for Top 40!
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| Marina1 (Edmonton, Alberta) | Posted: May 31, 2007 - 15:03 I like his music. So there.  |
| CCinSB (the west coast) | Posted: May 31, 2007 - 15:02 thanks!  |
| sonofpick (SoCal, Small College, My office) | Posted: May 31, 2007 - 15:02 Didn't Ben Harper already have his career? |
| Land_Shark (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Mar 29, 2007 - 14:15 Blech! |
| Wizzuvvoz (Innerspace) | Posted: Mar 29, 2007 - 14:11 drife wrote: A completely uninteresting and unimaginative artist. This joker can play exactly four chords on his guitar, and his flat, breathy voice is infuriating.
Got to agree. I can generally tune out the stuff I don't like, but the "flat, breathy voice" sort of made me want to twist my own head off. Maybe I've had too much coffee. |
| jsjacob (El Cerrito, CA) | Posted: Mar 29, 2007 - 14:09 sunnysoul03 wrote: He got big. People who dislike anything mainstream wrote him off. I happen to think on a rare occasion mainstream radio play just happens to get it right...as here in Jack's case. I never liked him. I think the instruments in his music are fine -- it's his voice I find irritating. |
| milehighYinzer (717 E. Colfax Ave, Denver) | Posted: Mar 29, 2007 - 14:08 Jack Johnson is the music equivalent of a rice cake for me. |
| TheLoneIguana (Central California) | Posted: Feb 26, 2007 - 08:56 sunnysoul03 wrote: He got big. People who dislike anything mainstream wrote him off. I happen to think on a rare occasion mainstream radio play just happens to get it right...as here in Jack's case. It's the hipster hive-mind mentality around here. Much music snobbery abounds. |
| milehighYinzer (717 E. Colfax Ave, Denver) | Posted: Feb 26, 2007 - 08:56 drife wrote: A completely uninteresting and unimaginative artist. This joker can play exactly four chords on his guitar, and his flat, breathy voice is infuriating. I actually agree. He is a chill and relaxing artist to listen to, but all of his songs are just flat and boring. |
| smilestoomuch (Mad City, WI) | Posted: Feb 26, 2007 - 08:55 I, for one, like him. He's easy on the ears and nice to have going on in the background. He's certainly not a groundbreaker, but a nice addition to my collection. I just picked up the soundtrack to Curious George, which is Jack Johnson plus a few other artists like G. Love and Matt Costa featured on a couple of songs. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Jan 12, 2007 - 14:28 marymarcia wrote: Please don't feed into the collective mindset - keep up the independent spirit that I love about your music selection!!!
By playing only the songs only I like, and certainly nothing that was ever in a Top40 rotation. Because if other people like it, it's just so plebeian!  |
| drife (Golden, CO) | Posted: Jan 12, 2007 - 14:25 A completely uninteresting and unimaginative artist. This joker can play exactly four chords on his guitar, and his flat, breathy voice is infuriating. |
| shakylegs (Montreal) | Posted: Jan 12, 2007 - 14:23 fureanbode wrote: Great for driving.
Off a cliff. While being distracted as I hurriedly lean toward the radio to change the station. |
| Zigi (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) | Posted: Dec 14, 2006 - 14:35 Land_Shark wrote: I've never quite understood the fascination some people have with Jack Johnson. He just doesn't seem to do it for me. Almost like he's a poor man's Cat Stevens.
Because even a "poor man's Cat Stevens" is better than most of the rubbish released these days. He may not be that brilliant, but he does have a light, crafty and listenable songwriting style like Cat Stevens once had. |
| sunnysoul03 (Huntington Beach, CA) | Posted: Dec 14, 2006 - 12:32 DragonslayerJS wrote: Man, the negative comments on this song shock me! Jack Johnson has a distinctive, listenable sound that I think fits in very well with RP. I found myself happily bobbing along to the music before I was even conscious of what I was listening to.
I won't disparage other people's negative comments here, but I don't understand their sentiments at all. He got big. People who dislike anything mainstream wrote him off. I happen to think on a rare occasion mainstream radio play just happens to get it right...as here in Jack's case. |
| boober (KC,Mo) | Posted: Dec 14, 2006 - 12:31 Interesting remarks regarding JJ.Not a typical RP song(too popular),but I still like it. |
| poprocker1 (San Diego) | Posted: Dec 14, 2006 - 12:28 tripe. |
| Land_Shark (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Nov 15, 2006 - 07:23 I've never quite understood the fascination some people have with Jack Johnson. He just doesn't seem to do it for me. Almost like he's a poor man's Cat Stevens. |
| Dylan76 (government office cubicle) | Posted: Nov 15, 2006 - 07:20 Wisercrowe wrote: JJ- the new Raffi
The Curious George soundtrack is really quite good, my son loves it. I actually think he should stick to kids music. |
| SpamNRice (Vicenza, Italy) | Posted: Oct 17, 2006 - 01:28 Glad he made some big bucks while the wave was crankin and he'll continue to I s'pose. Just doesn't do anything for me. North Shore Haole makes good -- read all about it. In fairness, a very (seemingly) likebale guy that caught the big one for the ride of his life. Personal opinion (forum, correct?) just think he's been over-hyped/over-played and now it's time for that set to settle down and he can return to the most perfect place in the world and watch that sunset/sunrise as the waves break. Lot's of music out there --next...! Thanks for the Dylan follow-up -- I never liked him before either... hmmm, maybe Jack will grow on me...?  NAH!  |
| DragonslayerJS (Sterling, VA) | Posted: Oct 02, 2006 - 08:54 Man, the negative comments on this song shock me! Jack Johnson has a distinctive, listenable sound that I think fits in very well with RP. I found myself happily bobbing along to the music before I was even conscious of what I was listening to. I won't disparage other people's negative comments here, but I don't understand their sentiments at all. |
| canadianbug (nation's capital) | Posted: Oct 02, 2006 - 08:51 SELL-OUT. just a surfer dude with no talent. zzzzzzzzzzz |
| MugwumpGeo | Posted: Aug 19, 2006 - 12:08 Must you always be playing, playing this song?  |
| goo (Victoria, B.C.) | Posted: Aug 19, 2006 - 12:05 Sounds like a Starbucks commerc  ial...bleh! |
| Maaike (Not quite there yet) | Posted: Jul 06, 2006 - 12:01 I don't really mind hearing this song, but it's nothing special either. |
| olsaltybastard | Posted: Jun 21, 2006 - 20:19 This song could sound a lot better if the singer had a powerful voice. |
| RayRay (Göttingen, Germany) | Posted: Jun 07, 2006 - 06:22 Zzzzzzzzz... Jack Johnson is one of the most insipid singer/ songwriters out there. Everything he does sounds the same, and furthermore, sounds like some cheesy commercial. |
| AlanCE (Des Moines, IA) | Posted: Jun 07, 2006 - 06:21 marymarcia wrote: Why are we listening to this?! If I wanted to hear Jack Johnson or Soul Collective, I'd listen to the freakin' Clear Channel radio station. Please don't feed into the collective mindset - keep up the independent spirit that I love about your music selection!!!
Don't play JJ! Yes you have a very good point because all popular musicians suck. Now stop playing the Beatles and every other band that has ever been popular on commercial radio. |
| Wisercrowe | Posted: Jun 07, 2006 - 06:18 JJ- the new Raffi |
| Austin2Florida (Hollywood, FL) | Posted: Apr 24, 2006 - 12:31 psycholynx wrote: Huhuhuhu, If I was a Johnson, I'd be Jack too. Huhuhuhu....Joooohnson...Huhuhuhuhu   |
| calray (Decatur, GA) | Posted: Apr 24, 2006 - 12:29 marymarcia wrote: Why are we listening to this?! If I wanted to hear Jack Johnson or Soul Collective, I'd listen to the freakin' Clear Channel radio station. Please don't feed into the collective mindset - keep up the independent spirit that I love about your music selection!!!
Don't play JJ! I AGREE |
| Catalytic (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) | Posted: Apr 24, 2006 - 12:29 I love the whole rhythm of this tune. |
| fureanbode (hungary) | Posted: Apr 24, 2006 - 12:29 Great for driving. |
| ethajn (Hillsdale MI / Havana IL) | Posted: Apr 24, 2006 - 12:29 augh...so bland... |
| tulfan (Westland, MI) | Posted: Jan 26, 2006 - 09:36 I first heard this on WDET (RIP) in Detroit last year and loved it immediately. Thanks for playing it as it brightens my day everytime I hear it. |
| turnergirl1of2 (the one hundred eightieth meridian) | Posted: Jan 26, 2006 - 09:36 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... Jack Johnson... tasty. |
| meadowwoods (Madison, WI) | Posted: Nov 14, 2005 - 13:39  |