question about these days lyrics
Hi all
can someone please explain to me what the underlined part mean? Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes His mamma said he was crazy - he said mamma "I've got to try" Don't you know that all my heroes died And I guess I'd rather die than fade away i've been wondering about that for a while, also, is this verse saying that jimmy commited suicide? thanks |
"busted both his legs" just means that he broke them. I think it's probably more figurative than about someone literally jumping out of the 2nd story window.
Jimmy Shoes is Jimmy Iovine's nickname, btw. And if that's meaningless to you, Jimmy Iovine is a producer and is on the Special Olympics committee with Jon. He's produced the A Very Special Christmas CDs and several specials including the Concert for New York after the terrorist attacks on 09-11. Jon was the first person he called when organizing the line up. Becky |
okay, thanks for the reply.
i know this sounds really stupid but the actual reason why i felt confused was beacuse for a long time, until i read your reply, i read the lyrics wrong. i thought: Jimmy shoes busted both his legs was jimmy('s) shoes busted both his legs and i was thinking how the hell can someone's shoe break the wearer's leg. lol well, maybe that's because i didn't know who jimmy shoes was. so thanks for that bit of information. mis5y |
I used to be confused about those lyrics too :P
And totally off-topic but i love your avatar Becky! |
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never understood that, too... thx becky :wink: "shoes" should be written with a capital "S" then.. (just like Soul- with a capital S :lol: )
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It is written with a capital S.
I've always seen that particular verse as a dig at the grunge bands, the depressing stuff that was coming out at that point. The fans took literally what the people were saying. Like Cobain who quoted Young in his suicide note "it's better to burn out than fade away". I don't think Jon agreed with it. Ice |
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I just didn't know who Jimmy Shoes was. The following line tells you how he busted his legs though.
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I never though of it that way. Hmh, going to have to listen to that song again. |
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not been here for a while jimmy Shoes was (a nickname) for an old producer (i think) of the band. jon mentioned it in an old Kerrang! magazine. I will try to dig it out for you. Jono |
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tons of people do it and I never understood that :? |
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people taking lyrics literal is a very common thing not at all grunge related. happens in the best of families...... and you are not seriously suggesting cobain killed himself because of somebody elses lyrics? :? |
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Thanks Becky, I didn't know that either. I figured that Jimmy Shoes was a name but did not know the significance.
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These Days if my favorite album...i just love those depressing albums...seriously the song just kinda fits me perfectly like having the starts being out of reach and all those things...it's my comfort album :)
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These Days if my favorite album...i just love those depressing albums...seriously the song just kinda fits me perfectly like having the starts being out of reach and all those things...it's my comfort album :)
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But about the 'stars being out of reach' thing, it actually sounded to me like (i got given that album and the lyric book was missing when i got it so im not 100% sure about what jon was singing, but anyways): ' these days the stars ain't out of reach/but these days there ain't no ladder out on the streets.' so i think it's actually saying that you can still reach the stars but it'll be harder these days. i think that sounds more like bon jovi cos their songs are mostly optimistic right? |
My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms is my comfort song 8)
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something for the pain is my comfort song.
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Hearts breakin' even :roll: afew memories from that song.
But definatly the best album! it was perfect in every form! Not to mention the concert at Wembley that they did for it on that tour! |
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