[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]
Timbuk 3 — Standard White Jesus
Album: Edge Of Allegiance
Avg rating:
5.5

Your rating:
Total ratings: 134









Released: 0
Length: 4:41
Plays (last 30 days): 0
share tweet wikiwebsitesearchamg
cd
mp3
search
(no lyrics available)
Comments (34)add comment
This group is actually amazing. They are deep and fun.
Posted 13 years ago by missdizzi    [ Reply ]
 Rotterdam wrote:
Hmmm. I quite like this. Subtley (sp?) sexy... just likable. Is there something wrong with me?
 

Nah. I guess I can understand some of the others, tho. Timbuk 3 might have been one of those where you had to be there at the time...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuk3
Posted 16 years ago by Panama_Floyd    [ Reply ]
Ok, I dig low-key stuff, but I gotta draw the droan line somewhere...
Posted 16 years ago by auburntigerrich    [ Reply ]
Hmmm. I quite like this. Subtley (sp?) sexy... just likable. Is there something wrong with me?
Posted 16 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
Songs like something you'd hear at a First Assembly of Boredom church service.
Posted 16 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
GONG !!
Posted 16 years ago by shuttlecr    [ Reply ]
theGOOT wrote:
this song sucks.
Wow, that's the understatement of the year.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
this song sucks.
Posted 16 years ago by theGOOT    [ Reply ]
trying to find some redeeming value in this song.....still looking....
Posted 16 years ago by joanie    [ Reply ]
rockasaurus wrote:
Timbuk 3 is a band that deserved far more acclaim than they ever got...
Other way around, actually.
Posted 16 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Timbuk 3 is a band that deserved far more acclaim than they ever got... and this is not one of their best songs. If you have it, would love to hear "Grand Old Party", or "Dirty, Dirty Rice".
Posted 16 years ago by rockasaurus    [ Reply ]
If you can't sing or play then you can always hook people with a catch phrase. Sorry but this song has really nothing going for it and it seems to just go on and on forever.
Posted 16 years ago by SDBob    [ Reply ]
davin wrote:
Lyrics?
Standard White Jesus Baby boom go boom Baby boom go bump Baby boom goes straight to the edge And someone hollers "jump" You gotta be dead to be bigger than life But everyone's afraid to fly Everyone want to be on a postage stamp But nobody wants to die Better bow down to the standard white Jesus on the cross Bow down to the standard white Jesus on the cross Bow down to the standard white Jesus on the cross Then read the letters that the children write To the standard white Santa Claus They want flash - somethin' awesome Somethin' with a little kick Somethin' semi-automatic Just might do the trick They want weapons to arm themselves Against every childhood fear They want rockets to fly up to heaven And get the hell out of here See the devils and the angels See how shamelessly they dance Defyin' the laws of gravity On the shoulders of romance The sensations - the temptations Our forefathers have succumbed to And the bittersweet fragrance Our noses have been numbed to Bow down to the standard white Jesus on the cross Bow down to the standard white Jesus on the cross Bow down to the standard white Jesus on the cross Then read the letters that the children write To the standard white Santa Claus How grim our lives would be If not for children's laughter Like scary old fairy tales With no happily-ever-after Talkin' on telephones across time zones Payin' the futility bill Prayin' for rain, punchin' clocks Changing the world like I change my socks Bow down to the standard white Jesus on the cross Bow down to the standard white Jesus on the cross Bow down to the standard white Jesus on the cross Then read the letters that the children write To the standard white Santa Claus
Posted 17 years ago by Will    [ Reply ]
Opened for them once. They were pretty snobby, but nowhere near Jonathan Richmond. He was an ass.
Posted 17 years ago by timandjuliet    [ Reply ]
This is a GREAT segue after Calexico's Deep Down. I'm not sure if Bill realizes how good, but I'll bet he does. Its all there in the lyrics.
Posted 17 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Sucko a la barfo. Every one of their songs consists of one and a half notes.
Posted 17 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
This was a pleasant surprise.
Posted 17 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
Four comments here... 1. Thank you for not falling into the trap of playing their big hit, "The Future's So Bright." It's great to hear some back-of-the-catalog stuff. (and this goes for any group) 2. I wouldn't choose to play this on my home stereo, which is why we need outfits like RP to spin this stuff for us. No way would I ever know of this, which just kinda crept up on me outta nowhere. 3. "Payin' the futility bill" is a great line in a song full of them. Yeah maybe they have been listening to Tom Waits a lot, but this song works if you let it. 4. Ummm, I got no #4, 'cept to say I wish it had a higher community ranking. I make it an 8, which is not too shabby.
Posted 17 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
davin wrote:
Lyrics?
Not to be found, it seems. Too bad; I liked the "paying the futility bill" line.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
Lyrics?
Posted 17 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
lionirons wrote:
12 B.C. It was a prototype...
Posted 17 years ago by Kristi    [ Reply ]
Leslie wrote:
The loser should send their $5 to RP.
Money well spent.
Posted 17 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
lionirons wrote:
I drive an automatic metallic silver Jesus.
My gardener is named Jesus.
Posted 17 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
govna wrote:
what year?
12 B.C. It was a prototype...
Posted 17 years ago by lionirons    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
They have been absorbing Tom Waits' lyrics. Consider Tom's Chocolate Jesus.
They musta had a time machine, then. This came out way before Tom's song. Sorry.
Posted 17 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
Leslie wrote:
The loser should send their $5 to RP.
Bill was watching. Looks like Bill Gets Five.
Posted 17 years ago by rgrace    [ Reply ]
lionirons wrote:
I drive an automatic metallic silver Jesus.
what year?
Posted 17 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
I drive an automatic metallic silver Jesus.
Posted 17 years ago by lionirons    [ Reply ]
drtjdel wrote:
Yer on.
I wished I'd gotten in on that.
Terry Allen - Big ol' White Boys Timbuk 3 - Standard White Jesus Calexico - Deep Down The Vines - Vision Valley
Posted 17 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
The loser should send their $5 to RP.
Posted 17 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
rgrace wrote:
I'll bet 5 bucks that's what's coming up next.
Yer on.
Posted 17 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
They have been absorbing Tom Waits' lyrics. Consider Tom's Chocolate Jesus.
I'll bet 5 bucks that's what's coming up next.
Posted 17 years ago by rgrace    [ Reply ]
They have been absorbing Tom Waits' lyrics. Consider Tom's Chocolate Jesus.
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
now there's a band I haven't heard in a while
Posted 17 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]