The Jayhawks - Waiting for the Sun

[remo1366]

Oh ya and they're doing an E-town show in Boulder this week,woot!

[missXable]

Just saw them in Dallas at the Granada. Great show! Harmony and guitars still in tune!

[CriticaLxThoughX]

My screen is black..:(

[pettern96]

AMAZING!

[mikinmontague]

Awesome song.

[SWAllen420]

What an awesome song. Love the vocals and riff.

[elburns64]

Love these guys. I detect a little Tom Petty and/or Neil Young influence?

[Raughwe]

@elburns64: More like Dillards/The Band, but very close.

[dabomb1357]

@elburns64 Other way around for Petty actually

[Cubroncs03]

@dabomb1357 Are you saying that Petty was influenced by The Jayhawks... cuz, that would be, well, ya know... wrong. He was around a solid decade before these guys... if the influence chain does connect them, he would be at the earlier end.

[dabomb1357]

@Cubroncs03 This song specifically was the other way around. Mary Jane's last dance came out a year after this.

[Cubroncs03]

@dabomb1357 Yup, you're right... you bastard. Didn't know they were so closely connected, and find it funny Tom Petty couldn't come up with such a "complex" guitar part within a little assistance...

[serbestcagrisim]

2:34 stairway to heaven starting

[bikkk57]

These Guys opened for Tom Petty in 92' does this not sound a lot like Mary Jane's Last Dance??

[SavageGreywolf]

@bikkk57 There's a similarity there, but not nearly as much as Dani California sounds like Mary Jane's Last Dance, at least to me. :P

[bikkk57]

@SavageGreywolf Well you got a point there, also doesn't All Summer Long by Kid Rock Sound like Sweet Home Alabama, and Werewolves of London?

[2tuque2]

euch music

[carlydepp]

oh god i love this

[dxronis]

amazing

[synec2222]

Always loved this song, glad to hear they're working on a new album!

[mumu82moomoo]

10/14/1992 JAYHAWKS, BLACK CROWES BRONCO BOWL DALLAS TX. God that was a good night.

[Tarbash7]

this is easily one of my favorite songs of ALL time...and i am a hipster nerd music snob elitist....Jayhawks for LIFE!!! WOOOOOOO!

[arofluv]

@Tarbash7 Wth? You are proud of being a snob elitist? The kind of person who walks around like they are better than everyone.. Yet at the same time you are a 'Hipster nerd' which is an out casted person, the person that in school has no friends and out of school has a minimal social life except with a small group of equally social awkward outcasts... # 1 that is an oxymoron and #2 walking around with that kind of arrogance is nothing to be proud of.

[1953taggie]

@arofluv And you have time to be a make believe psychologist and literary critic on youTube...?

[arofluv]

@1953taggie Your just that damn predictable. To quote a song, "Despite your pseudo-bohemian appearance

And vaguely leftist doctrine of beliefs

You know nothing about art or sex

That you couldn’t read in any trendy New York underground fashion magazine..."

[japinvt]

An exemplar of true and pure American Heartland rock and roll music.

[Broblem12]

Glad to see a video of the group. Seeing Mark smile makes it especially worthwhile, towards the end of the song...

[julyarchives]

Great band saw them in London Mean Fiddler 90,s .They were a breath of fresh air.Could have been called Neil Young and the Jayhawks and i don,t say that lightly

[sehrat54000]

Great music !!!!

[fortheloveoftunes]

A nice song but I think about "Neil Young" and "Red Hot Chili Peppers" etc.

[frankc32]

@fortheloveoftunes, nice hybrid...

so I kept my senses high

entertaining passers-by

Cheer!

FrankC32

[DanzoB79]

A lost classic from from back when I was in Jr High! I love it, too! Thanks very much for posting!

[tweetyli1]

Love these guys, had a couple of their albums and then started checking out more on youtube and they're all treasures.

[murcia1975]

Absolutely wonderful.. I bought this album just when it was released and after a few listening I gave it to my brother cos it was so good.. Then I forgot to buy it again and the years passed by.. Now I bought in Norway last month with xtra stuff and i´m so pleased again... i love it... All the songs are magic

[ise74]

Loved this band.

[kinceymoy]

Does anybody else notice the similarities between this song and Stairway to Heaven? Listen to the solo.

[stillilllife]

@kinceymoy Definitely. Noticed it the first time I heard it.

[thirdtender]

the most underrated band in the history of pop music...nary a dud...listen to their stuff...I Implore You

[MrVideoWizz]

Saw these guys at the Vic Theatre in Chicago on 1/27/2011 - Great Show!!!

[17865329]

Kinda Neil Young crossed with Outlaws or maybe Poco or light Skynyrd. Good stuff.

[slash177]

I saw these guys open up for the Black Crows back '92. I have always loved the production of their music, very clean and tight. I have always been amazed they have never been more popular. I'm glad they have been around so long.

[ioaberro]

che disco questo!

[KurtMoss]

early 90's at the hollywood palace i saw 'em tear it up, my fav!

[spwb2k]

great song.

[jasonauric]

I love the Jayhawks but I can't help but notice this song "sounds" like "Last dance with maryjane" by Tom Petty...they both had the same producer, George Drakoulias. However, this song was produced before Petty did "Last dance..."

[frankc32]

@jasonauric, read the artist credits/liner notes from "Hollywood Town Hall". No one has been "ripped off" here.

Do not be stupid.

Cheers!

FrankC32

[kadennis66]

Just saw in Rolling stone today! Jayhawks getting back together and recording new music and touring!!!!!! Kick Ass!!! This is good shit. Music of my 20's, many good times. Jayhawks never got recognition they deserved, saw them once in 93 at Ames, Iowa and they put on great show. Twenty years later I'm ready to see them live again. This time they dont have the "Grunge wave" to contend with, maybe more people will be exposed to "real" music this time.

[chasjohn57]

@kadennis66 Love the new song " She Walks In so Many Ways" Trying to get it played on V107.3 in Cleve, Oh.

[seanandtracey1]

@chasjohn57 first heard Waiting for the Sun on 97.5 WONE......

[chasjohn57]

@seanandtracey1 That's Great! our classic rock station lost their copy of Queen's greatest hits. I don't know what their gonna do with their limited playlist

[seanandtracey1]

@chasjohn57 which one? 98.5 or 100.7? lol!!! thankfully I have Sirius/xm!

[kadennis66]

Just saw in Rolling stone today! Jayhawks getting back together and recording new music and touring!!!!!! Kick Ass!!! This is good shit. Music of my 20's, many good times. Jayhawks never got recognition they deserved, saw them once in 93 at Ames, Iowa and they put on great show. Twenty years later I'm ready to see them live again.

[felixstoweblue]

THE BEST BAND YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF! - I'LL ALWAYS LOVE THIS BAND. SHAME MORE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEM

[KurtMoss]

I saw Gary and Mark together at the Hollywood Palace. I didn't know how good I had it! I wanted Replacements!

[bisek]

Wow. I used to live down the road from the old Hollywood town hall near Mayer, MN. I had no idea it was on an album cover and music video until now. This lifts my spirits.

[TheSebana]

i know gary!!!!!!! iv got his cell #.

[inducedswizzle]

@TheSebana cough it up

[piston3two]

peace love and all that happyshitt!you guys defined my everything

[Celixify]

know what, I actually aint gonna say anything, this is just not my type of music.

[dylan2323]

mary janes last dance is Am, G, D, Am. this song is Am, G, F. the rhythm is similar but not the same and chord progression is different, same key is all.

[ectowle]

No matter what these guys do, they are outstanding and unique. I have most of their CDs. Marc Olson left for a while and at some point he has returned. He was missed!

[seanandtracey1]

this shit just rocks!! thanx to WONE akron, ohio for ever playing this!!!

[varettah]

Tom Petty´s - "Mary Jane's Last Dance" mixed with some Neil Young singing and The Doors title ....

[vveq]

@varettah This song was released in 1992. Tom Petty recorded "Last Dance With Mary Jane" in July 1993. So tell me Cecil, who copied who? One more thing, you can't copywrite a title. There can be a million songs called Waiting For The Sun. Noob.

[varettah]

@vveq some Neil Young singing + The Doors title + one year in advance copy of "Mary Jane's Last Dance":))).... not a complete crap though, cecil...:)

[DougM63]

WHere the hell is the Hollywood Town hall....? Southern Minnesota?

[badass147]

one of my fav songs, my bro got me a tommy hilfiger cologne for my bday a while back and it came with a 6 track cd, this song was on it.

[shoehead65]

this is a great song. The Jayhawks are a pretty good band, and they got a lot of critical acclaim, but they just never seemed to "blow up" like they probably should have.

[Opqosite]

haha another song with that progression cool.

[TheBubba91]

great band to come out of twin cities scene.

[emboladoomeiodecampo]

Os Jayhawks, me lembram muito o Bob Dylan, no início de carreira. Uma grande banda de rock....

[UnsilentE]

This was the video that made me a believer in them. 'Hawks Forever.

[DetroitSquirreL]

saw these guys open for Johnny Cash in Detroit, 1994

[squantro]

Wow what a bunch of canniglers. That intro, (also the verse's chord progression) is pure Neal Young. Who picked it up from some Canadian and inspired Tom Petty and thousands of other songwriters. "Nuthin' new under the sun" is a true expression but this is Jayhawks a tune and noone elses. smitpauly said it correctly..."the Jayhawks have a lot of songs on my soundtrack."

It's not the mechanics, it's the heart.

[lecaiddu53]

The little problem is that i'm french, so i don't understand the meaning of this song. I should search the traduction or make it by myself for sure ^^

Enjoy the Song Guys !!!

[smurfost]

@lecaiddu53 typical french.. "I don't understand english, speak french please, I know english is the best way to communicate with the rest of the world but anyway".. cheers

[ambassador7]

@smurfost I am Scottish and I actually find the exact opposite to be true. I've been to Paris a few times and can only speak very basic French yet the people there were more than happy to communicate with me in English. Most British/US people seem to expect others to use English. Why should they?

[VariousSmallFlames]

@lecaiddu53 mais cette chanson est affreuse

[lecaiddu53]

@VariousSmallFlames Bah alors l'écoute pas ...

[VariousSmallFlames]

@lecaiddu53 Non!

[samdogdamndog2]

@lecaiddu53 Recherchez des paroles Jayhawks, puis regarder Google translate et copier-coller!

[rockyjacksonvegas]

everything's been done before....enjoy the different versions...just like the different versions of people in life...

[wafflecopter08]

if you think everything has been done before you should look up 'explosions in the sky' or 'bon iver' or even 'avett brothers'. they are all amazing and original

[reliablebow]

@rockyjacksonvegas yep...i agree...thanks

[smitpauly]

i have had great times in my life.the jayhawks have alot of songs on my soundtrack.a beautiful sounding band every time out.I have lived in great musical times.

[xevi8907]

Songs played over the same scale are going to sound similar. Get over it.

[frankc32]

for all any of us know, Tench had been cooking this intro up in his head for years, and he chose to share it first in studio sessions with The Jayhawks. No one has been "ripped off" here.

Artists work like that every day. And let's face it, music, as in any genuine art, is almost 100% derivative. There are few truly "unique' artists out there, period, no matter what the medium might be, because there is nothing new under the sun.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Cheers!

FrankC32

[BosseBrogren]

Right on!

[jasonauric]

@frankc32 No one said "ripped-off" but you.

[frankc32]

@jasonauric, wrong, my friend, read the thread to its origin.

I am getting tired of trying to educate fucking morons on this site.

Cheers!

FrankC32

[jasonauric]

@frankc32 You're not my friend, far from it. It's doesn't take much to try simple-minded "Ad Hominem" attacks. Unfortunately, you represent the genuine ignorance of your own generation. It's become so easy to hide behind your digital world and not have an actual intellectual debate. This was taken form another web-site,"“Waiting For The Sun” was even a minor hit whose intro was later stolen by Tom Petty (evening the score, I suppose, for borrowing Tench from his backing." Taken from or stolen?

[jasonauric]

@jasonauric and yet from another web-site. Although the Jayhawks never brought plagiarism charges against Tom Petty for this soundalike, the similarities are unmistakable. Oh, and I should add the Jayhawks opened for Tom Petty during 1992, and Petty heard “Waiting for the Sun” every night.

[frankc32]

@jasonauric , "an intellectual debate"? "The ignorance of my own generation"? Gee, you really are quite the sophisticate, eh?

Please.

I have wasted too much time trying to have "intellectual debates" already on this very subject.

And "my friend" is nothing more than an expression, you moron. Do you honestly think I consider you a real "friend"?

Cheers!

FrankC32

[frankc32]

@jasonauric, now let me tell you what I really think of you, you pompous presumptuous punk (that is what is known as an "alliteration", look it up, moron).

What are you, a freshman in college? High school? Before you question another person's education, and start talking about who represents what, look in the mirror, MY FRIEND. (oops, let me adjust that, DUMB-ASS)

Now get your shinebox!

Cheers!

FrankC32

(a line from a movie, "GoodFellas", or is your generation too smart for movies?)

[kiel1998]

@frankc32 you are a very argumentative person. 

[frankc32]

@kiel1998, yes I am argumentative, especially when my comments are misrepresented and misunderstood by a big-mouth self-promoter jerk-off like jasonauric.

Unlike most people, I do not shrink when someone challenges me.

Are you his friend? Perhaps you two morons can pool your intellectual resources and engage me in a serious discussion one day.

Until then, go fuck yourself, how does that sound?

And I say that with all due respect,. which is NONE.

Cheers!

FrankC32

[rbdavisphoto]

@frankc32

I think they tour term "100% derivative" is very misleading. That would be like saying English is a derivative of German, French, Latin, Spanish...pick one. All knowledge or Art is based upon a foundation, it evolves, but to call it a derivative implies there is only one original thought. "Ugg!" I think the human race is far more versatile.

[rbdavisphoto]

@frankc32

I think the term "100% derivative" is very misleading. That would be like saying English is a derivative of German, French, Latin, Spanish... but just pick one. All knowledge or Art is based upon a foundation, it evolves, but to call it a derivative implies there is only one original thought. "Ugg!" I think the human race is far more versatile.

[frankc32]

@rbdavisphoto, now that is an opinion that I can repsect, an educated one at that.

Of course, "100% derivative" is an exaggeration, but my point goes more to curious inspiration than to simple plagiarism.

Everyone here wants to jump to conclusions and flex their legal minds, but my point is that any art-form, be it visual, audio, or some hybrid thereof, is unmistakbly "derivative" in the sense that we are all shaped by what we see, hear, and feel.

Anyway, I hear you...

Cheers!

FrankC32

[greatestxgift]

@frankc32 What kind of pathetic tool signs his YouTube comments with his screen name? You do realize that your SN appears right below your post?

[frankc32]

@greatestxgift, you little punk.

The difference is that I do not fear life, like a little pussy like you does. Bring it on, loser.

If I ever met you in person, I would piss on a worthless piece of shit like you.

Cheers!

FrankC32

[greatestxgift]

@frankc32 You seriously come off like an immature, upset little boy. Seriously though, why do you sign your YouTube posts with your screen name when it appears right below your post? Do you realize that it makes you look like a self obsessed moron?

[carob1]

Thank you James Marshall Hendrix, for the solo.

[millencolin1978]

this song came out before mary jane's last dance. maybe tom petty thought he could get away with that intro without anyone noticing

[reelbadegg]

Amen to that! I have been telling people that for forever! After Petty ripped them off, he mysteriously invited the Jayhawks to tour with him.

[hoopoe36]

In addition, Petty toured with the Replacments as his opening act in 1988 or so and undoubtedly heard Paul Westerberg's 'rebel without a clue' lyric from "I'll Be You" which mysteriously turns up a couple of years later in Petty's work as a lyric in "Into the Great Wide Open".

[frankc32]

@hoopoe36, no one is here to disrespect Paul Westerberg. As I have expressed previously, all music is pretty much derivative, there is nothing new under the sun. A keyboard player in one band could easily be the chief songwriter for another band entirely...

Cheers!

FrankC32

[frankc32]

@millencolin1978, one of Petty's Heartbreakers, Benmont Tench, played on the Jayhawks' album "Hollywood Town Hall" 1992, and @reelbadegg, it is obviously no "mystery" as to why the two band toured together.

Cheers!

FrankC32

[reverendflash]

In addition to this sounding like Petty's tune, it's also reminiscent of The Rembrandts' "Johnny Have You Seen Her" and Shawn Colvin's "Sunny Came Home".

[Rebyness]

es exactamente un cover de guitarra a la de tom petty de mary janes last dance, suena bien, pero gracias a tom petty and the heartbreakers

[poughkeepsiejohn1]

I just got The Jayhawks' compilation album, "Music From The North Country". Terrific stuff.  Too bad this band had to break up, though.

[oldchilltortoise]

music sounds alot like tom petty's "mary jane's last dance"

[StevenGA1011]

Other way around this was released while Petty was recording Mary Jane.

[oldchilltortoise]

oh didn't know that...so petty ripped of the jayhawks and RHCP ripped off one of them for dani california lol

[StevenGA1011]

Hmm now that u bring up the Peppers too I know Rick Rubin worked with all 3 and most every disc with RHCP, was 1 of the producers on Pettys Wildflower, and seems to own most of the Jayhawks catalog so maybe thats the tie in.

[oldchilltortoise]

well there was talk of petty thinking about suing RHCP for "lifting" material from mary jane's last dance. lol come to think of it, tom petty must have huge balls to comment on copying material...especially hearing this song.

[thepiper2112]

Good song..but yeah..the video is bad..lol

[rodinal130]

joder!

suenan a 1960,....

horror!

[ktheintz]

Wonderful song. video pretty lame, like it was originally scripted for some hair band like Great White. Fortunately Mark isn't playing along, and is goofing instead of the rock star posing the script undoubtedly called for.

[RevolutionRock78]

Horrible!!

[blanqui012]

Geweldig, ik heb de CD de hele vakantie in de auto geluisterd.

[ludwig26]

Very good stuff. The real start of alt-country...let the shit fly...

[misterrosewater]

Uncle Tupelo, bitch.  ;)

[pastaface100]

Jayhawks, Go-Betweens, Jellyfish, Buffalo Tom, Green on Red and so many more ..slaughtered by the labels!!

[powerkor]

Jay Hogs didn't make it down south, Tom Petty beat'm to it

[Gallagherfreak100]

"hollywood town hall", one of the top five greatest rock albums of all time, IMNSHO.

[Leradema]

@Gallagherfreak100 I must agree with you. Almost 20 years down the line the songs are as relevant as back then!

[Jmammafrica]

Jayhawks!!!!!

You set my spirit soaring!

[hooskerdu1]

Quite possibly the best song ever written. Well, either this song or "Settled Down Like Rain." And I don't mean that in a flippant manner. I could listen to Hollywood Town Hall everyday for the rest of my life and die a happy man.

[peterdaniel66]

i forgot to clarify that the record companies don't like stuff they cant pigeonhole and market. How do you market something that is so good, it doesn't need gimmicks or inflated claims about how good they are. Record executives hate that kind of stuff.. Sadly, the bands that fit that description get screwed as a result. The fans though, are the most loyal since they look at the band with true love and not just the flavor of the month...

[peterdaniel66]

The main problem with the jayhawks is that they are timeless and they don't quite fit in any defined category though their earlier days, were geared towards country. The GOOD thing about that is they they ARE timeless and the fans are about as dedicated as any you will see. The Grateful Dead never achieved the financial and chart success they should have either... To me the two bands are very very similar. I'm just glad I found them 12 years ago..

[Jimdilly4]

Another great band that got screwed by the big record labels. Singed them, put 'em in a studio, released the album without almost no label support and stuck the band with the bill. They spent years touring just trying to pay it off - lost years off their career due to this predatory crap. Great band, great songs

[danderson1966]

One of the best things about The Jayhawks is rediscovering them every few years.

[flyinelvis69]

A band that didn't fit any genre/playlist so generally went under the radar.....and that's a shame because musically and harmonically could've been one of the best ever.

[lecaiddu53]

Yes : i can't understand why they aren't famous ... it's one of the best band i've ever known !

[npepiprpa]

@lecaiddu53 i agree man i cannot understand either

[TaxiIceland]

@lecaiddu53 So true

[LemonInYourEye]

this is really great.

i had this random thing where the phrase "waiting for the sun" just popped into my mind. and I searched it on youtube and found this.

[robbievangeenen]

great band, been playing their music a lot lately...

[ludwig26]

Finally a video to one of my favorite songs.

Thanks man!

[PulakBisht]

hey that's so cool hockeyman. must be nice to know someone in this fab band

[hockeyman1147]

my friends dad is the drummer

[nicegoodboy123]

Cool that you know him.

[rogerinkart]

The Jayhawks - another great band from the great state of Minnesota.

[MetallicBill]

I live in MN, the local PBS put on SoundStage I believe, where Trip Shakespeare and The Jayhawks were playing live. That broadcast I was taping then abruptly ended, I didn't know about them, or how good this was until later...when it really grew on me, I was POd at my move to stop recording for some dumb reason

[Herman1776]

Thank you very much for puttin this vid on i love The Jayhawks its the only music pretty much listen to other than Bob Dylan an such, an The Jayhawks new cd well Louris/Olson Ready for the Flood is beautiful an awesome

[Giangrasso]

The JH, Grant Lee Buffalo, Mad Season, Temple of the dog, Jeff Buckley.. God what the hell did we lost in these awful 2000s?!?!

[UnitedNationBand]

Awesome song!!!!!!!!!!

[rikringers888]

saw Gary & Mark last night -03/12/2008- @ Melkweg Amsterdam.

FANTASTIC  !!

Check 'm out !!!

[mkerwin1]

Thanks for the post. Outstanding song.

[lecaiddu53]

for sure !!!

[1400deadwood]

One of the best groups - EVER!!

[kfa444]

One of the greatest songs never to be discovered....The Jayhawks are just the best...new album of Louris/Olsen songs out soon.

[halloweenheadgirl]

thanks so much!

[lecaiddu53]

This music had disapear of Youtube ... i thought it was a good idea to put it on !

[MetallicBill]

Copyrights holders demand they not be put up, simple as that. In reality you are supposed to upload something you PERSONALLY recorded, or produced. I just say I did record it at the time (for personal use)