boy can Jimmy paint a picture

Capttony · Post by **Capttony** » December 6, 2005 10:04 am

I was thinking this morning, that on alot of Jimmys ballads he can make you feel like your right there with him in a certain situation. Its a pretty special talent. So i started to go through all the songs that he is able to put you in a place with him. So the question is....what one JB song makes you feel like your in that moment with jimmy.....

Mine is When the coast is clear....

Jodibug · Post by **Jodibug** » December 6, 2005 10:07 am

One Particular Harbor

"like oils applied to canvas, they permeate through me"

dawgfan · Post by **dawgfan** » December 6, 2005 10:22 am

Tin Cup Chalice
"give me oysters and beer for dinner everyday of the year.."

"I want to die beside the sea,there"

aquaholic · Post by **aquaholic** » December 6, 2005 10:29 am

As a Miami Fl native...............

"I am umbilically connected to the temperate zone"

or

"It's hard to believe this city started as a trading post".........

or

the entire "Island" song...........

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » December 6, 2005 10:53 am

That was the night, I painted the sky.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » December 6, 2005 11:00 am

While Jimmy's doing the singing to paint the picture in our minds, I think you also have to give major credit to Jimmy's co-writers and in some cases, the song's writer.

Way to hard to pick just one, and they change with my mood, anyway, but:

When the Coast is Clear...
"I come down to talk to me
When the coast is clear"

Tonight I Just Need My Guitar
"Sometimes more than others
You see who and what and where
You are"

Changing Channels
"Girl of a thousand faces
From a long line of basket cases..."

"She's changing channels
Stayin' on her toes
She's just changin' channels
As she goes"

USMParrothead · Post by **USMParrothead** » December 6, 2005 11:05 am

Tiki Bar wrote:That was the night, I painted the sky.

ditto, while many of the songs mentioned are awesome, for some reason this song in particular always makes me wanna close my eyes and allow myself to be taken away for a few minutes. It's one of the things closest to real magic that i have ever seen.

good topic by the way.

Capttony · Post by **Capttony** » December 6, 2005 11:32 am

Tonight I Just Need My Guitar
"Sometimes more than others
You see who and what and where
You are"

Yeah, that one always sends the chills up and down the spine.....

f2cdlzrd · Post by **f2cdlzrd** » December 6, 2005 11:47 am

Lucky Stars
Woke up just the other day
Fell out of bed and my dog ran away.
The car won't start and the weather was cold and gray.
I got stuck in a traffic jam,
My major meeting didn't go as I planned.
Looks like it's gonna be another one of those days.

Manana
Called all my friends on those cheap nightly rates
Sure was good to talk to the old United States
While the lights of St. Thomas lie twenty miles west
I see General Electric's still doing their best.

And there are plenty more I'm sure!

Ceol na Mara · Post by **Ceol na Mara** » December 6, 2005 11:51 am

USMParrothead wrote:
Tiki Bar wrote:That was the night, I painted the sky.
ditto, while many of the songs mentioned are awesome, for some reason this song in particular always makes me wanna close my eyes and allow myself to be taken away for a few minutes. It's one of the things closest to real magic that i have ever seen.

good topic by the way.

Well said.
This song came into my mind the second I saw the topic.

So many others, too. That's why I love Jimmy so.

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » December 6, 2005 11:57 am

There are bunches of these songs...but "Far Side of the World" takes me there every time....

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » December 6, 2005 11:58 am

I love threads like this, because they point out that while we all love Jimmy's music, we often focus on different aspects of it.

While I like "That Was the Night I Painted the Sky," it's not one of JB's songs that really reaches out and grabs me, but it obviously is for a number of other folks.... fascinating....

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » December 6, 2005 12:03 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:There are bunches of these songs...but "Far Side of the World" takes me there every time....

same here, but "sleeping bags and battle flags coiled and furled" hits just a little too close to home....

VegasPhinz · Post by **VegasPhinz** » December 6, 2005 12:15 pm

I wanna go back to the island....

plus the signature that follows....

citcat · Post by **citcat** » December 6, 2005 12:20 pm

"Fruitcakes". For those of you who know me personally, no explanation is necessary.

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » December 6, 2005 12:34 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
Quiet and Shy wrote:There are bunches of these songs...but "Far Side of the World" takes me there every time....
same here, but "sleeping bags and battle flags coiled and furled" hits just a little too close to home....

I understand.

I think more of parts like:

Following my song lines through bamboo shacks and shops,
in a jitney packed like sardines and bananas piled on top

or

New Year's Eve in Zanzibar with Babu and the boys,
High up on the rooftops you can relish all the noise,
Dancing on the tables people bouncing like gazelles,
2-0-0-1 is ushered in with air raid horns and bells.

Time to sing, time to dance,
Maybe now's my second chance,
Cobras and sleeping bags are coiled and curled,
That's the way it happens on the Far Side of the World.

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » December 6, 2005 1:02 pm

How strange this topic come up.
Just last night I was listening to "African Friend" as I lay in the lazy boy about to doze.
I felt as if I could see events that take place in the the song in my mind.

Everytime that I hear "Banana Republics" I picture people on a Costa Rican beach at night having a good time.

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » December 6, 2005 1:10 pm

Jodibug wrote:One Particular Harbor

"like oils applied to canvas, they permeate through me"

Thinking about it, I'd say this song as a whole provides me with the most imagery. Love it love it love it!

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » December 6, 2005 1:23 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
Quiet and Shy wrote:There are bunches of these songs...but "Far Side of the World" takes me there every time....
same here, but "sleeping bags and battle flags coiled and furled" hits just a little too close to home....
I understand.

I think more of parts like:

Following my song lines through bamboo shacks and shops,
in a jitney packed like sardines and bananas piled on top

or

New Year's Eve in Zanzibar with Babu and the boys,
High up on the rooftops you can relish all the noise,
Dancing on the tables people bouncing like gazelles,
2-0-0-1 is ushered in with air raid horns and bells.

Time to sing, time to dance,
Maybe now's my second chance,
Cobras and sleeping bags are coiled and curled,
That's the way it happens on the Far Side of the World.

actually, I *do* like that song.... a lot.... the imagery is great....

but what it mostly reminds me of now are:
1) listening to it on RM at 3:00AM, in the middle east, during MOST of the FSOTW tour, while chatting with friends on BN and jimmydreamz... *sniff*

2) listening to it during the last few shows of the FSOTW tour while standing with some of the same people, in person.... *WAHHH*

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » December 6, 2005 1:39 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
Quiet and Shy wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
Quiet and Shy wrote:There are bunches of these songs...but "Far Side of the World" takes me there every time....
same here, but "sleeping bags and battle flags coiled and furled" hits just a little too close to home....
I understand.

I think more of parts like:

Following my song lines through bamboo shacks and shops,
in a jitney packed like sardines and bananas piled on top

or

New Year's Eve in Zanzibar with Babu and the boys,
High up on the rooftops you can relish all the noise,
Dancing on the tables people bouncing like gazelles,
2-0-0-1 is ushered in with air raid horns and bells.

Time to sing, time to dance,
Maybe now's my second chance,
Cobras and sleeping bags are coiled and curled,
That's the way it happens on the Far Side of the World.

actually, I *do* like that song.... a lot.... the imagery is great....

but what it mostly reminds me of now are:
1) listening to it on RM at 3:00AM, in the middle east, during MOST of the FSOTW tour, while chatting with friends on BN and jimmydreamz... *sniff*

2) listening to it during the last few shows of the FSOTW tour while standing with some of the same people, in person.... *WAHHH*

Glad you made it home safely.

That's one of the best things about FSOTW...home -- to family, friend, guitar, etc. -- is at the other end of that adventurous road.