i know it's related to loneliness.but what does it have to do with Jackson?
thanks,
Ofer
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Jackson Township, NJ
I love that song.
Jackson, NJ. I guess bruce (or whoever the song is about) felt trapped in the town. BTW, love being so close to "landmarks" bruce mentions in songs (RT. 88, right next to me haha, Route 9, ect)
got it.thanks.
yeah,it's one of my favourites.IMHO,the amazing thing in this song is,it concerns a girl and it's written with such a great sensitivity and understanding.most of his songs are about guys.
great song.
TIA
yeah,it's one of my favourites.IMHO,the amazing thing in this song is,it concerns a girl and it's written with such a great sensitivity and understanding.most of his songs are about guys.
great song.
TIA
Originally Posted By: Ofer
the amazing thing in this song is,it concerns a girl and it's written with such a great sensitivity and understanding.most of his songs are about guys.
Well, yeah, other than the lesbians in Backstreets.
Originally Posted By: Ofer
most of his songs are about guys.
i meant a girl point of view.sorry.
I was listening to Spare Parts this morning and felt the same thing, are there many rock songs about single mothers out there?!
Can't be too many sung by a man from a woman's p.o.v...in fact, in a different world Bruce would be singing from Bobby's perspective.
Can't be too many sung by a man from a woman's p.o.v...in fact, in a different world Bruce would be singing from Bobby's perspective.
Is Spare Parts sung from a woman's perspective? I see it as told by a third person. It describes her situation, but it's not like Car Wash ("workin' at the car wash, yeah"), where Catherine Lewhatshername is sings in the first person. And then there's My Lover Man...
Originally Posted By: Brightonrocks
I was listening to Spare Parts this morning and felt the same thing, are there many rock songs about single mothers out there?!
Can't be too many sung by a man from a woman's p.o.v...in fact, in a different world Bruce would be singing from Bobby's perspective.
Can't be too many sung by a man from a woman's p.o.v...in fact, in a different world Bruce would be singing from Bobby's perspective.
Neil Young tells me that Welfare mothers make better lovers.
... well I haven't posted in a while but was prompted to do so
... last time I posted my life was threatened - literally - there was a hostage death thing at my place of business and the poster wished I had been the victim ... that was abit much for me
And it don't matter just what you say
Are you tough enough to play the game they play
Or will you just do your time and fade away
Down into the Jackson Cage
... so maybe I'll fade back
... last time I posted my life was threatened - literally - there was a hostage death thing at my place of business and the poster wished I had been the victim ... that was abit much for me
And it don't matter just what you say
Are you tough enough to play the game they play
Or will you just do your time and fade away
Down into the Jackson Cage
... so maybe I'll fade back
Originally Posted By: Julius
Is Spare Parts sung from a woman's perspective? I see it as told by a third person. It describes her situation
You're exactly right, I used the wrong terminology. I guess what I meant was that Bruce is not just objectively singing about her situation, but he is clearly supportive of her actions. You sense triumph in the final verse when she sells her wedding dress for some good cold cash.
Again, stereotypically, it's something you might expect from Dolly Parton, but not macho Bruce. It's an unusual but great departure from form.
The Cage is jail and it is Jackson, Mississippi (or some other backwater).
I know this in my gut.
I know this in my gut.
John+June:We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout,
We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
John:I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess around,
Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson,
Look out Jackson town.
June:Well, go on down to Jackson; go ahead and wreck your health.
Go play your hand you big-talkin' man, make a big fool of yourself,
Yeah, go to Jackson; go comb your hair!
John:Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson.
June:See if I care.
John:When I breeze into that city, people gonna stoop and bow.
June:Hah!!
John:All them women gonna make me, teach 'em what they don't know how,
I'm goin' to Jackson, you turn-a loose-a my coat.
'Cos I'm goin' to Jackson.
June:"Goodbye," that's all she wrote.
June:But they'll laugh at you in Jackson, and I'll be dancin' on a Pony Keg.
They'll lead you 'round town like a scolded hound,
With your tail tucked between your legs,
Yeah, go to Jackson, you big-talkin' man.
And I'll be waitin' in Jackson, behind my Japan Fan,
John+June:Well now, We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper Sprout,
We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
I'm goin' to Jackson, and that's a fact.
Yeah, we're goin' to Jackson, ain't never comin' back.
June:Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm mhmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm
John:Well, we got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout'
And we've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went...
(To Fade.)
We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
John:I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess around,
Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson,
Look out Jackson town.
June:Well, go on down to Jackson; go ahead and wreck your health.
Go play your hand you big-talkin' man, make a big fool of yourself,
Yeah, go to Jackson; go comb your hair!
John:Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson.
June:See if I care.
John:When I breeze into that city, people gonna stoop and bow.
June:Hah!!
John:All them women gonna make me, teach 'em what they don't know how,
I'm goin' to Jackson, you turn-a loose-a my coat.
'Cos I'm goin' to Jackson.
June:"Goodbye," that's all she wrote.
June:But they'll laugh at you in Jackson, and I'll be dancin' on a Pony Keg.
They'll lead you 'round town like a scolded hound,
With your tail tucked between your legs,
Yeah, go to Jackson, you big-talkin' man.
And I'll be waitin' in Jackson, behind my Japan Fan,
John+June:Well now, We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper Sprout,
We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
I'm goin' to Jackson, and that's a fact.
Yeah, we're goin' to Jackson, ain't never comin' back.
June:Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm mhmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm
John:Well, we got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout'
And we've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went...
(To Fade.)
It has been a prison to me. Always.
I searched for proof of this for way too long without finding any, but... I believe "Jackson Cage" is also a physical place, like "Watkins Glen" or "Queens Gate". Of course "cage" has all those metaphorical meanings as well, but I think first and foremost it is the name of the town in which the protagonist of the song lives.
I don't think it's an literal prison, but rather a figurative one.
I don't think it's an literal prison, but rather a figurative one.