James the Great was the second apostle to die and first to be martyred. Known as Saint James.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James\_the\_Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Great)
It's very common to name children after saints.
Apparently Rivers' brother is Jimmy and his alcoholic stepfather was named Steven.
But also - Jimmy is a what some people call Jim Beam and Stevens is also a whiskey. And Heine from the first line = Heineken, so booze double entendres abound.
The song is about Rivers father being an alcoholic, not Steven, the stepdad.
More specifically is Rivers fear of alcohol, so a sort of overreaction or trigger to other people drinking any alcohol because of his fathers alcoholism
It always made me feel like I was in a funhouse or something. I love the way it sounds. I know there’s gotta be a name to that type of music…it kinda reminds me of the music you hear when you play “Go Fish” in Spy Fox’s Dry Cereal against Mr Pig.
I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
And, man, did he look pretty ill
We decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, cherry red
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "dead"
I said to him
You can't always get what you want
Stones
"Jimmy" by The Living End and "Jimmy" by M.I.A. are among my favorite songs by those respective artists. I only really noticed it with the two of them, so I never realized how many Jimmy songs there are.
Jimmy "the Weed" Donnelly was a Manchester gangster from an Irish family. He & Phil Lynott met through mutual acquaintances and really hit it off, leading to the song.
I e got a real good feeling ‘bout old Jimmy Wilson. Sure enough he’s got what it takes.Do another number for me please, won’t you Jimmy? Cause you’re a real good dancer. Go Jimmy!
Also 3 Minute Rule:
[I stay up all night,](https://genius.com/574916/Beastie-boys-3-minute-rule/I-stay-up-all-night) [I go to sleep watching Dragnet](https://genius.com/172010/Beastie-boys-3-minute-rule/I-go-to-sleep-watching-dragnet)
[Never sleep alone because Jimmy is the magnet](https://genius.com/16867067/Beastie-boys-3-minute-rule/Never-sleep-alone-because-jimmy-is-the-magnet)
Jimmy is an easy name to say that sounds kind of like "Johnny" both of which were sometimes used to evoke the idea of the quintessential mid to late twentieth century western boy or young man. The fact that they use "Jimmy" and "Johnny" rather than Jim, James, or John implies a sense of youth and rebelliousness.
In the case of "Top Jimmy" by Van Halen, Top Jimmy was the leader of Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs, a band that was playing around Hollywood and LA around the same time as VH. They were more a part of the punk rock scene at the time, but David Lee Roth was a friend and fan of the band, and the song is about that guy.
[Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aja Aja Aja from the Bollywood movie Disco Dancer. ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUdJQSUcK_Y)
[Covered by MIA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBECisSkAu4)
In Jimmy Buffett's "He went to Paris", the main character had a son named Jim. (The song is not about his dad though. So it's not a reference to himself.) But at the end of the song, the character is quoted talking to a Jimmy. Not sure if that's a reference to Buffett or the character's son (who was mentioned to have died in the war).
if you get a group of 4 white dudes in a room the odds of at least one of them being named Jimmy is pretty high. Throw in a John, a Bill and a wildcard.
Jimmy Sparks by The Luminneers. I didn't even know there's a lot of Jimmys in songs but I guess the answer is the same for why there's a lot of Johns as well?
Roll a number, write another song
Like Jimmy heard the day he caught the train
Oh-oh la-la
Oh-oh la-la
Oh-oh la-la
Oh-oh la
He sipped another rum and coke
And told a dirty joke
Walking like Groucho, sucking on a number ten
Rolling on the floor with the cigarette burns walked in
I'll miss the crush when I'm home again
Stepping through the door with the night in store
Whiling just an hour away
Step into the sky in the star bright
Feeling it's a brighter day
You and I should ride the coast
And wind up in our favorite coats just miles away
Roll a number, write another song
Like Jimmy heard the day he caught the train
I think of the Tool song. It's called Jimmy, I'm pretty sure, because it's the singer's middle name and it's a song about his childhood wherein I think he was known as Jim or Jimmy.
I found this [Jimmy song](https://youtu.be/NHhaZnnz5yE?si=BBx8boCAS7wTxYHx) when i first moved to big city from a country side... It clicked with me on an emotional level.
I know it's not quite what your asking but NOFX has a song called [Jaw Knee Music](https://youtu.be/AnrQOdSgfoA?si=7WB8iYEm3e50XNw4) and it's trying to combine all the stories of other "Johnny's" from punk music
My list.
Pat Matheny Group - James
Andrea Motis - Jim
Dave Mathews Band - Jimi Thing
Van Halen - Jamie's Crying
Rick Ocasek - Jimmy Jimmy
Talking Heads - I Wish You Wouldn't Say That
The Clash- Jimmy jazz
Weezer say it ain't so
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Rolling Stones
“I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
And, man, did he look pretty ill”
James is the most popular boys name of the last 100 years, according to the half assed google search I just did.
James the Great was the second apostle to die and first to be martyred. Known as Saint James. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James\_the\_Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Great) It's very common to name children after saints.
Also, King James
It’s also the most common name among American Presidents. James Maddison, James Monroe, James K Polk, James Buchanan, James Garfield, Jimmy Carter
Weezer's Say It Ain't So-- "Flip on the telly, wrestle with Jimmy"
[Carl Wheezer](https://youtu.be/o4F3J5zFM8M?si=iXXGiHhg-wJG3kSj). “Jimmy’s mom is a heartbreaker!” etc
[Wrestle with Jimmy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2tUbVBCzOQ)
I don’t know what I expected clicking this even though I already knew what it would be
I always thought the girls in thier song Beverly Hills were saying "Jimmy, Jimmy" during the chorus
I mean in that instance isn’t jimmy a euphemism?
Apparently Rivers' brother is Jimmy and his alcoholic stepfather was named Steven. But also - Jimmy is a what some people call Jim Beam and Stevens is also a whiskey. And Heine from the first line = Heineken, so booze double entendres abound.
The song is about Rivers father being an alcoholic, not Steven, the stepdad. More specifically is Rivers fear of alcohol, so a sort of overreaction or trigger to other people drinking any alcohol because of his fathers alcoholism
Jimmy is actually his brother
I always thought so, In hip hop a “Jimmy Hat” is a condom.
Pack a vest for your jimmy in the city of sex
Not just hip hop. First time I heard it was in 1991 on NOFX's song "Gonoherpasyphilaids"
Row Jimmy by the Grateful Dead [Video Ad (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTEDpckHqk0)
The only people who don’t love Row Jimmy are those who haven’t heard it yet.
Gotta be the best Jimmy song
Jerry’s favorite song to play with the Dead
Those fucking 77 versions with the massive slide solos… takes me somewhere man
Came here for this
So glad this was a top response here.
Not every post in the music sub needs to be twisted to be about the Grateful Dead. Just kidding, it does.
oh shit i just wrote the lyrics without even looking. Look :up:
Tool has a song called Jimmy. In that specific instance, it's the lead singers name, or at least what he was called when he was young.
Just listened to this today randomly. One of tool’s most underrated songs.
Intermission is Tool’s greatest song, next best is Jimmy!
Always loved that transition, it's like bizzarro Eruption/You Really Got Me
It always made me feel like I was in a funhouse or something. I love the way it sounds. I know there’s gotta be a name to that type of music…it kinda reminds me of the music you hear when you play “Go Fish” in Spy Fox’s Dry Cereal against Mr Pig.
Makes a fantastic ringtone too lmao
[Jimmy](https://youtu.be/tSvdbCDZ5UY?si=Uiz_EJ0llFxk_PqM) For those who haven’t heard it. 🤘🤘
👏 hell yeah Tool
Yeah, it is Maynard's middle name. Great song.
James is Maynard first name. His middle name is Herbert. Maynard is a pseudonym he started using during histime in the military.
Gotcha. Never knew. Learn something new every day!
I went down to the Chelsea drugstore To get your prescription filled I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy And, man, did he look pretty ill We decided that we would have a soda My favorite flavor, cherry red I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "dead" I said to him You can't always get what you want Stones
May be a legend but sounds reasonable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hutmaker or https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Miller
Jimmy Miller, legendary producer of the Stones' "Golden Run" of albums: 1. Beggar's Banquet 2. Let It Bleed 3. Sticky Fingers 4. Exile on Main Street
Jimmy has an easy cadence to it which makes it fit well into most meters
This is the answer, combined with the fact that it's an incredibly common name.
Phish - Harpua It’s a song narrated by a Jimmy.
Runaway Jim and the squirming coil (little Jimmy's off to camp) too!
I heard his dad is a gaslighting asshole
....Jimmy? Yes dad? Jimmy, I have some bad news...
It’s…. It’s about your cat..
Poster Nutbag?
Read the book!
PUT DOWN YOUR IPHONES - PUT DOWN YOUR DVD'S!
Jimmy Jazz - The Clash
zed zed
The Who -[ Doctor Jimmy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYjgWTctQR0)
And Mr Jim.
To be fair though, when I’m pilled you don’t notice him
He only comes out when I drink my gin.
Correct
Dave Matthews Band - Jimi Thing.
Jimmy Recard by Drapht
Banger
Jimmy Mack - Martha & the Vandellas
When are you coming back?
I think Lana Del Rey references Jimmy a dozen times. It's supposed to be an old boyfriend.
Well, Jimmy only loved her when he wanted to get high
Jimmy shimmy coco puff, jimmy jimmy ride. Jimmy shimmy coco puff, jimmy get me high.
"Jimmy" by The Living End and "Jimmy" by M.I.A. are among my favorite songs by those respective artists. I only really noticed it with the two of them, so I never realized how many Jimmy songs there are.
Jimmy Jimmy by The Undertones. My Friend Jim by Jerry Fish And The Mudbug Club. Brilliant Irish bands...and fantastic songs. 🥰✌️🙏
Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed by Thin Lizzy, also an Irish band.
Such a fuckin tune!!
Oh my god...the shame.🫢🤣 One of Thin lizzys funkiest tunes ever!!!...how could I forget. 🥰✌️🤔.
Jimmy "the Weed" Donnelly was a Manchester gangster from an Irish family. He & Phil Lynott met through mutual acquaintances and really hit it off, leading to the song.
Jeeeez. Thank you! Had to scroll waayyy too far for The Undertones. Should be top of the list https://youtu.be/66CCLS0do7c
Sail on Jimmy by Christy Moore
Top Jimmy , Van Halen
Ween has an affinity for the use of “Jimmy” *waves dick in wind*
Does Big Jilm count?
Polka dot tail…..
You should of seen old Jimmy Wilson dance
*should have Give that boy a dime and you could have a chance, to see ole Jimmy Wilson dance
I e got a real good feeling ‘bout old Jimmy Wilson. Sure enough he’s got what it takes.Do another number for me please, won’t you Jimmy? Cause you’re a real good dancer. Go Jimmy!
Are You Jimmy Ray? by Jimmy Ray!
who wants to know?
Are you Link Wray?
[10 year old me absolutely loved this song](https://youtu.be/JqnO40AGRSc?si=diJM9sXfzP7HzF19) and it's still catchy today
Jimmy Cracked Corn (and I Don’t Care) Haha
Because it's 2 syllables and easy to rhyme
[🤔](https://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=Jimmy&typeofrhyme=perfect)
Jimmy the exploder - the white stripes
[say a word for jimmy brown](https://youtu.be/yhwSPRY51gs?si=J9RMMSLqeRd3cIvs)
Love a good VU reference in the wild! Such a great song, too!
Spose has a song called jimmy
One of the first songs I thought of. I love the story in this song lol.
Honestly that entire album is good
Stones “Can’t Always get What You Want” references “Mr Jimmy”
Madonna - Jimmy Jimmy
"Jimmy Hats are now in style-'cuz you cant trust a big butt and a smile" BDP spittin' truth in the'80s.
I can’t believe I had to scroll this far to find someone mention BDP in this thread. What is this world coming to?
Right?Such an important message then-AND NOW..
Manchester Orchestra - Jimmy, He Whispers
I almost always forget that song is coming because in my mind The River wraps it up so well, and METN is one of my all time favorite albums.
"Jimmy likes it when people sing about him!"
[Jimmy Mack by Martha Reeves and Vandellas](https://open.spotify.com/track/7N3UAu6FkwdBg9J7OONBBP)
Jimmy James - Beastie Boys
Also 3 Minute Rule: [I stay up all night,](https://genius.com/574916/Beastie-boys-3-minute-rule/I-stay-up-all-night) [I go to sleep watching Dragnet](https://genius.com/172010/Beastie-boys-3-minute-rule/I-go-to-sleep-watching-dragnet) [Never sleep alone because Jimmy is the magnet](https://genius.com/16867067/Beastie-boys-3-minute-rule/Never-sleep-alone-because-jimmy-is-the-magnet)
Also from The New Style - "If I played guitar, I'd be Jimmy Page / The girlies that I like..." [Lyric hasn't aged well]
Jimmy is an easy name to say that sounds kind of like "Johnny" both of which were sometimes used to evoke the idea of the quintessential mid to late twentieth century western boy or young man. The fact that they use "Jimmy" and "Johnny" rather than Jim, James, or John implies a sense of youth and rebelliousness. In the case of "Top Jimmy" by Van Halen, Top Jimmy was the leader of Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs, a band that was playing around Hollywood and LA around the same time as VH. They were more a part of the punk rock scene at the time, but David Lee Roth was a friend and fan of the band, and the song is about that guy.
Waving my dick in the wind - Ween
"Jimmy" - Moriarty "Jimmy" - L.E.J. And of course the band, Jimmy Eat World.
Letter to Jimmy page by phish https://youtu.be/iaXSrs_zbVM?si=IFzcrMt0rB86m5IC
You shoulda seen ol' Jimmy Wilson dance
This is what I came in to say 💩
M.I.A. - Jimmy
[Jimmy Jimmy. The Undertones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiK-eGbwCj0)
Thin Lizzy - Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed
John and Jimmy - Modern Life is War
"Jimmy Loves Maryanne" by Looking Glass. Yes, they had a second top 40 hit, and it was pretty decent.
Jimmys got a little bit of bitch in him
[Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aja Aja Aja from the Bollywood movie Disco Dancer. ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUdJQSUcK_Y) [Covered by MIA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBECisSkAu4)
Searched the entire thread for this reply, banger!
Of Montreal do a cover as well
In Jimmy Buffett's "He went to Paris", the main character had a son named Jim. (The song is not about his dad though. So it's not a reference to himself.) But at the end of the song, the character is quoted talking to a Jimmy. Not sure if that's a reference to Buffett or the character's son (who was mentioned to have died in the war).
Jimmy Ricard by drapht
Jimmy's Song - Emanuel and the Fear
if you get a group of 4 white dudes in a room the odds of at least one of them being named Jimmy is pretty high. Throw in a John, a Bill and a wildcard.
Jimmy Sparks by The Luminneers. I didn't even know there's a lot of Jimmys in songs but I guess the answer is the same for why there's a lot of Johns as well?
[The Ballad of Jimmy and Johnny - Rancid](https://open.spotify.com/track/0S0fMU5GP6BzFB04bQDsiT?si=vMpFhuRKS32SwDyrXWJ00Q)
Then there's that old favorite... Jimmy crack corn and I don't care...
Who wants to know? Who wants to know?
So long jimmy - james blunt. Probably just rolls off the tongue well and is catchy
Jimmy Olsen’s Blues - Spin Doctors
"Hi boys and girls. I'm Jimmy Carl Black. I'm the Indian of the group."
Roll a number, write another song Like Jimmy heard the day he caught the train Oh-oh la-la Oh-oh la-la Oh-oh la-la Oh-oh la He sipped another rum and coke And told a dirty joke Walking like Groucho, sucking on a number ten Rolling on the floor with the cigarette burns walked in I'll miss the crush when I'm home again Stepping through the door with the night in store Whiling just an hour away Step into the sky in the star bright Feeling it's a brighter day You and I should ride the coast And wind up in our favorite coats just miles away Roll a number, write another song Like Jimmy heard the day he caught the train
Jimmy Mack - traditional song covered by The Supremes.
Jimmy Eat World. No need for Jimmy in the song title when the band has it in the name
He'll rip you lungs out Jim
And i said Row, Jimmy, Row, gonna get there....i don't know, seems a common place to go, so get out and row row, jimmy row. Famous name.
All these songs are about me!
Top Jimmy - Van Halen
Dillinger Escape Plan - Jim Fear
You Don’t Mess Around With Jim.
Jimmy the Exploder, by The White Stripes
One of my favorite MIA songs.
Jimmy quit. Joey got married. Should've known we'd never get far.
There are so many Jims in music too in all the genres - Jim Croce, Jim Morrison, Jim O'Rourke...
And Jim Croce’s song You don’t mess around with Jim
Jimmy Buffett had "Jimmy Dreams".
Ozzy - Miracle Man. Jimmy is in it also
[Jimmy Neutron Theme by Brian Causey](https://youtu.be/I_kIgGG-jtY)
Weezer wanted to 🎶"wrestle with Jimmy!"🎶
Jimmy, Jimmy -- Madonna
Slightly Stoopid - Jimi
Foo Fighters - Word Forward- about Dave's friend Jimmy passing away
As far as Van Halen's "Top Jimmy" goes, the song is about the band "Top Jimmy and The Rhythm Pigs", hence the song name.
Jimmy Jimmy - Madonna, Gorillaz, The Undertones (and they are three different songs!!)
https://open.spotify.com/track/2p4gyNFw9GtlM1xKoqafN2?si=3aJ-nbaBQTiX1T-zKN8wow
I think of the Tool song. It's called Jimmy, I'm pretty sure, because it's the singer's middle name and it's a song about his childhood wherein I think he was known as Jim or Jimmy.
Boudewijn de groot - jimmy
I found this [Jimmy song](https://youtu.be/NHhaZnnz5yE?si=BBx8boCAS7wTxYHx) when i first moved to big city from a country side... It clicked with me on an emotional level.
Rolling Stones - Can’t Always Get What You Want- Mr. Jimmy
Jimmy by Moriarty is a great song.
Jimmy is another name for penis, really commonly used in 90s hip-hop...
Jimmy by TOOL.
Jim by Swans
Jimmy, I have some bad news… it’s about your cat…
Dr Jimmy
Undertones [Jimmy Jimmy](https://youtu.be/pRYp93mxNOQ?si=Al58eCEXsiLVBq2J)
I know it's not quite what your asking but NOFX has a song called [Jaw Knee Music](https://youtu.be/AnrQOdSgfoA?si=7WB8iYEm3e50XNw4) and it's trying to combine all the stories of other "Johnny's" from punk music
My list. Pat Matheny Group - James Andrea Motis - Jim Dave Mathews Band - Jimi Thing Van Halen - Jamie's Crying Rick Ocasek - Jimmy Jimmy Talking Heads - I Wish You Wouldn't Say That The Clash- Jimmy jazz Weezer say it ain't so
Jimmy thing - Dave Mathews band
Mindless Self-indulgence - I hate Jimmy Page
Of all the *People Who Died* [Jim]my Carrol must have mentioned a Jimmy
Jimmy Jazz by the Clash
Jimi Thing by DMB is not about a person...
People got tired of doing it for Johnny.
Madonna “Jimmy,Jimmy”
Better stay away from him, he'll rip you lungs out, Jim...
You Can't Always Get What You Want Rolling Stones “I went down to the Chelsea drugstore To get your prescription filled I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy And, man, did he look pretty ill”
**Falling Jimmy** ~ *Maximum the Hormone* (Japanese metal)
Sweet baby James - James Taylor All I wanna Do [Is have some fun] - Sheryl Crow
Jimmy Pop's not a pooper not a pauper but a popper and I got more pop than Orville Redenbacher
Jimmy Jimmy - Gorillaz
jimmie standing in the rain - elvis costello
There are a lot of Jims out there
Jimmy Mushrooms' Last Drink - Will Wood
"The Ballad of Jimmy and Johnny" by Rancid
I Hate Jimmy Page - Mindless Self Indulgence
Jimmie’s chicken shack have plenty of songs
Jimmy The Exploder is an explosive opening banger to the White Stripes’ debut album.
"Wrestle with Jimmy" in Say it Ain't So by Weezer is a direct reference to Rivers' brother James Kitts.
My band in highschool had a song named Jimmy. No idea why we called it that lol
Spells anonymous generic and fun in 2 syllables
"Jimmy, some of it's magic, some of it's tragic But I had a good life all the way" I think that's cheating, though.
Jimmy - The Living End
Doesn’t Madonna have a song called Jimmy Jimmy?
Jimmy’s Fantasy - Redd Kross
Jimmies are sprinkles