Jelly Man Kelly

[naoconfie]

where did you get this information? i heard that his little girl wrote a poem at school about jmk and he put it to music. just bc he had a problem early in life with substance abuse, that does not mean that his whole life revolves around it. i hope your version is incorrect.

[hairfxr]

COOL



[Bubbly574]

My dad used to sing me this song! Love it!

[ZarathustraJohnson4]

I love the animation for this. I love this song too. Did you know that the true meaning behind the song is that "Jelly" is really "crack cocaine" and Jenny Mulhenny's father is a pusher who puts out the "fire" of Old Man Kelly's need for the drug? Originally, Taylor had wanted to call the song "Crack Man Jack" but Sesame Street sensors wouldn't allow it. And that's how we got "Jelly Man Kelly." True story.

[jmadouse]

@ZarathustraJohnson4 ....I don't believe thats true, I always read that his daughter wrote a poem when she was young and he turned it into the song!

[jibbberjabbber666]

@ZarathustraJohnson4 "Tea" is also slang for grass. And Taylor is known for his exploits in illegal substances.

[plbernstein92]

@ZarathustraJohnson4 according to songfacts, it was inspired by and based on a poem written by his daughter sally taylor

[barttheanorak]

@ZarathustraJohnson4 I heard it was a poem his little girl wrote at school that he set music to.

[cicadagodking]

I have to disagree with some of these comments - the studio version is good, but James puts inflections in his voice on the Sesame version that are GREAT! So what if the kids are a little loud?

[rudolphg76]

Great Tuba player. It is really hard to make a brass instrument sound so melodic (especially a tuba) unless you really know what you're doing.

[CaptainSiberia]

You know what makes this better than the Sesame Street version? No screaming children.

[meloyellowduck]

I agree! They ruin it.

[renabunny1]

i LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cuppycake321blastoff]

:D I LOVE THIS SONG!! I used to own the singalong sesame sing along vid thing, and this was on here... and oh god I loved it. Well, I shouldn't say 'loved'. I still LOVE it!

[greydawn]

I still think the Sesame Street version sounds loads better.

[meloyellowduck]

I agree, James sounds better in that version, but at least this video doesn't have the kids who scream instead of sing.

[luv2dance223]

In my chorus concert, im singing that and my dad is playing the guitar for this! LOLOL!

[APaulA222]

awesome ,how it go?

[luv2dance223]

This is my chorus song for my concert! I <3 it!!!! LOVE ITTTT!!!

[LordCaseor1]

i liek it on t0st :P

[upabittoolate]

wonderful

[bigmac3795]

i want this on my IPOD!!!!!

[Vamphaery]

AH! Sweet, I was looking for the non-live version. :D Thank-you for uploading this!

[heyu94]

love this song, thank you so much for posting because i haven't heard this song for 10 years now!!! thanks

[yuutuben]

great job on the vid it is cute! MAN I love this song.

[ksol1460]

Margaret did a riff on this on "The West Wing" (in the episode 'A Change is Gonna Come') ;) it was great.

[tejaswoman]

That's how I found this. I had never heard of the song and did a Google search. This was hit #2 on the list. :)

[KatiRaeMusic]

i LOVE THIS SONG!!!

OHHHHHH JELLY MAN KELLY

OHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!