That is what he thinks the listener of the song is attributing the lyrics to, a happy, rather than "dark and insidious" emotion.Īs I said in my first comment, Roth is playing with the phrase "go ahead and jump", and positively twisting around something about suicide. I don't get "dark and insidious" from this. It seems to me these are both very positive, life-affirming explanations/messages. It's easy to translate it the way you hear it on the record as a "go for it" attitude, positive sort of affair - I jog, therefore, I am, approach. It's easy to translate it the way you hear it on the record as a "go for it" attitude, positive sort of affair - I jog, therefore, I am, approach.ĭavid Lee Roth: "Jump" is a song that we wrote for several different reasons, primarily because it is leap year and secondly, because I was watching television one night and it was the five o'clock news and there was a fellow standing on top of the Arco Towers in Los Angeles and he was about to check out early, he was going to do the 33 stories drop - and there was a whole crowd of people in the parking lot downstairs yelling "Don't jump, don't jump" and I thought to myself, "Jump." So, I wrote it down and ultimately it made in onto the record, although in a much more positive vein. LR: Were you surprised that you had a #1 single with "Jump"?ĭavid Lee Roth: "Jump" is a song that we wrote for several different reasons, primarily because it is leap year and secondly, because I was watching television one night and it was the five o'clock news and there was a fellow standing on top of the Arco Towers in Los Angeles and he was about to check out early, he was going to do the 33 stories drop - and there was a whole crowd of people in the parking lot downstairs yelling "Don't jump, don't jump" and I thought to myself, "Jump." So, I wrote it down and ultimately it made in onto the record, although in a much more positive vein. Roth has explained this song time and time again. They're very positive lines, any way you read it. Hawkgold, you've explained nothing about what is so dark and insidious about the two lines you used as an example. Some don't make any sense when explained, but it's fun to try and reason what they might be about. At least understand that the reason this website exists is that song lyrics are quite subjective in nature. Some don't make any sense when explained, but it's fun to try and reason what they might be about.Ĭhinup, you seem to sound quite intelligent. I explained that the song is written about an attempted suicide.Ĭhinup, you seem to sound quite intelligent. Oh, and I never said it was a "pro-suicide song". The music to the song is "kick ass" and makes you want to dance and have a good time, which ultimately contributes to the general consensus that this SHOULD be a happy song. Thinking one specific thing and not really looking any deeper into what the song means. Which is what you have done and most other listeners of the song have done. He then talks about how simple it is to translate the song the way you hear from the record instead of really contemplating the lyrics meaning (I jog, therefore, I am, approach). It is correct that he says it made it on the record in a much more positive vein, but in the context of the interview, he is explaining that that's not really what the song is about. "So, I wrote it down and ultimately it made in onto the record, although in a much more positive vein. That is what he thinks the listener of the song is attributing the lyrics to, a happy, rather than "dark and insidious" emotion. Dave is talking about how the song became so popular because of the fact that when people think of Jumping, they tend to think of "jumping for joy" not jumping to one's death. It seems that the interview that you have posted supports my opinion. If you can handle them, then you are much better off. "You've got to roll with the punches to get to what's real"Įxplanation: Life is always giving you tough choices and siutations. Everything isn't as bad as it seems, it could be much worse. "You've got it tough, I've seen the toughest around"Įxplanation: You think as a person that you've had a tough time wtih your life, take a walk in my shoes and see how you like it.
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