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dcarter · Post by **dcarter** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:31 am

Joe Citizen because it shows that our boy still has the chops. A B-side1

grainpulp · Post by **grainpulp** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:32 pm

Joe Citizen Blues

anadyne2112 · Post by **anadyne2112** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:35 am

John Hardy because He had that punk element I like so much. I miss that element. He hasn't rocked out in a long time. I love all of his stuff, but those early country/punk hybrids were pure genious.

Jodel · Post by **Jodel** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:51 pm

Talus wrote:I'm one of the few people who like Jodel...

Thank You!

blueinjun · Post by **blueinjun** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:44 am

i too think Joe Citizen is a brilliant song.

imho Jay could be speaking in tongues singing it and it would still conjure emotion.

although the lyrics really do effect me.

"And the world spins around, head bowed down, one thousand seventy miles an hour"

the song always makes me think of how fast life goes by...and getting motivated to do something meaningful with the short time we have.

"Route" does the exact same thing to me.

"Its now or never, too close to the latter"

Trellis · Post by **Trellis** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:32 am

Joe Citizen Blues.

calexico · Post by **calexico** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:17 am

Joe Citizen Blues.

Talus · Post by **Talus** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:43 am

I'm one of the few people who like Jodel...

highlandcreek · Post by **highlandcreek** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:39 am

John Hardy for me, too.

sturgeongeneral · Post by **sturgeongeneral** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:01 pm

John Hardy; Because I miss Jay's old voice(when he was young)

farrarfan1 · Post by **farrarfan1** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:33 pm

ShuckOwens wrote:
farrarfan1 wrote:
ShuckOwens wrote:
farrarfan1 wrote:If I may ask Shuck why don't you Like Joe Citizen Blues?
Another song with little interpretation needed. Kind of the same "nyah, nyah, nyah. na-na-nyah" schoolyard - taunt vibe as Jet Pilot. For me, anyhow.
Interesting. I don't care for Jet Pilot but really like Joe Citizen Blues. Dang we're a diverse group.
"That's what I like about what I do... I'm able to come up with these songs, and people always come up to me, and tell me what it means to them, and sometimes it blows me away... what they says it means to them. Often it's better than what I had in mind."
-Jay Farrar 7/20/05
"Outlaw Country" radio interview

That's one of the things I love about Jay's music... he's such a great songwriter obviously, but so many of his songs are left open to intrepretation. I lost count of how many times I've been uplifted by Jay.

I bought ThirdShiftGrottoSlack when my marriage was starting to fall apart. "It's not the end of the world... can't even see it from here."

Terroir when the legal bullshit started. "You've been pushed before... push back with all of your might."

C'mon.

How many of Jay's albums do you associate with tough times, or difficult phases of your life?

I guess I can't really take ownership of Jet Pilot, Joe Citizen, or some of the more recent work. I don't hate George Bush.

My $0.02

My Dad died about a year before Jays did. I loved him more than I can possibly put into words. I associate several of the songs on Terroir Blues with the memory of my Dad. I know Jay wrote most of the songs at the time of his Dad's death. Other than his death my life has been pretty good so I really can't associate many of his songs with bad times in my life. But I do understand what you're saying. I can't make it through Hanging On To You without tearing up...

ShuckOwens · Post by **ShuckOwens** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:19 pm

farrarfan1 wrote:
ShuckOwens wrote:
farrarfan1 wrote:If I may ask Shuck why don't you Like Joe Citizen Blues?
Another song with little interpretation needed. Kind of the same "nyah, nyah, nyah. na-na-nyah" schoolyard - taunt vibe as Jet Pilot. For me, anyhow.
Interesting. I don't care for Jet Pilot but really like Joe Citizen Blues. Dang we're a diverse group.

"That's what I like about what I do... I'm able to come up with these songs, and people always come up to me, and tell me what it means to them, and sometimes it blows me away... what they says it means to them. Often it's better than what I had in mind."
-Jay Farrar 7/20/05
"Outlaw Country" radio interview

That's one of the things I love about Jay's music... he's such a great songwriter obviously, but so many of his songs are left open to intrepretation. I lost count of how many times I've been uplifted by Jay.

I bought ThirdShiftGrottoSlack when my marriage was starting to fall apart. "It's not the end of the world... can't even see it from here."

Terroir when the legal bullshit started. "You've been pushed before... push back with all of your might."

C'mon.

How many of Jay's albums do you associate with tough times, or difficult phases of your life?

I guess I can't really take ownership of Jet Pilot, Joe Citizen, or some of the more recent work. I don't hate George Bush.

My $0.02

farrarfan1 · Post by **farrarfan1** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:17 pm

the art guy wrote:Joe Citizen, although both this and Jet Pilot are much better live than on record.

I've seen them perform Joe Citizen live twice. I would have liked to have heard a studio version on an album just to compare the live version to.

tracer · Post by **tracer** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:11 pm

john hardy. the other js are in jay's top 10 worst.

the art guy · Post by **the art guy** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:56 pm

Joe Citizen, although both this and Jet Pilot are much better live than on record.