[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]
Paolo Nutini — Jenny Don't Be Hasty
Album: these streets
Avg rating:
6.5

Your rating:
Total ratings: 779









Released: 2006
Length: 3:26
Plays (last 30 days): 1
share tweet wikiwebsitesearchamg
cd
mp3
search
You said you'd marry me if I was 23
But I'm one that you can't see if I'm only 18
Tell me who made these rules
Obviously not you
Who are you answering to?

Oh, Jenny don't be hasty
No, don't treat me like a baby
Let me take you where you'll let me
Because leaving just upsets me

And I'll be around again
To see these other men
Who are more adequate
In the age department
If I did not think you cared
There'd be no problems here
But now you're looking at me like you're disgusted
And I'm definitely waiting for you to smile and change your mind
Then I'll say I'm sorry and I'll wrap my arms 'round your body
And I really hope that you forgive in a hurry
And don't just ask me to leave

Oh, Jenny don't be hasty
Don't treat me like a baby
Let me take you where you'll let me
Because leaving just upsets me

Oh, Jenny you are crazy!
First I'm perfect, then I'm lazy
And I was calling you my baby
Now it sounds like you've just left me
And it kills me!
Comments (49)add comment
Gritty, slinky rocker that's even better in a live venue (remembering The Fox in Boulder in the mid-2010s)... 8>9 
Posted 1 year ago by johnnycache    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:

Now follow it up with "867-5309" by Tommy Tutone. ("Jenny, i got your number...")

C'mon, Bill, you know you want to.



Great idea, although Tommy Tutone's  867-5309 initial cold call to Jenny should come first,  just before Jenny Don't Be Hasty.  
Posted 1 year ago by kathywoolverton    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

It's not too surprising he's from the Glasgow area, there being a very large Italian/Italo-Scot community up there dating, I believe, from WWII when a lot of POWs preferred to remain in Scotland to make a new life rather than go home to a devastated country. A pretty good noise, this song - 7 from the Nottingham jury.


FWIW: The relationship between Italy and Scotland goes a little deeper too.  The city of Barga in Italy is named, "The most Scottish town in Italy," because at the end of the 19th century a number of Italians from the town immigrated to Scotland.  There were many returnees over the years and now up to 40% of present-day residents have Scottish relatives.

Posted 1 year ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
it's a fun one.  hooked me from the first listen. i can't believe it's from 2006 and i just am hearing it in 2023.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
see how good guitar makes everything better
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Super cool voice this one
Posted 3 years ago by Weencent    [ Reply ]
I really like this guy!
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 costoonces wrote:

I kinda like this guy.



Yes 
Posted 3 years ago by Johnny_Alpha    [ Reply ]
I kinda like this guy.
Posted 3 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
Nah...
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal    [ Reply ]
kind of a stripped down Kinks sound to me
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
This is the song that caught my ear so bought this album when it came out.  I'm bored with this song now. 
Posted 8 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
Now follow it up with "867-5309" by Tommy Tutone. ("Jenny, i got your number...")

C'mon, Bill, you know you want to.
Posted 8 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
It's the Kings of Leon....oh wait no it's not.  Dang I really thought this was KoL.  Gonna need to check out this Paolo guy. 
Posted 9 years ago by cupajoe    [ Reply ]
 jules44 wrote:
He's a great singer....this is certainly not his best song to exemplify that....but it's a start...Thanks Bill.

 

Ditto!
Posted 9 years ago by JeriF    [ Reply ]
He's a great singer....this is certainly not his best song to exemplify that....but it's a start...Thanks Bill.
Posted 9 years ago by jules44    [ Reply ]
I think he's begging Jenny not to hit PSD.
Posted 11 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 middleagedhipster wrote:
dude, just giver her a call, I think her number is 867-5309


 

{#High-five}
Posted 11 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

...A pretty good noise, this song...

 
Nice phrase. Wish I'd thought of it.

Posted 12 years ago by jt1    [ Reply ]
Jenny seems to be a ho.
Posted 12 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
8675309
Jenny seems to get around.......
Jenny dont be hasty, you have some many men wanting your attention......
Posted 13 years ago by ortallcowgirl    [ Reply ]
Who does this song remind me of? Catchy but a little weak,  but then I like it, Whomever.
Posted 15 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
Giggity-giggity. Groovy pop-esque! A fun 6.
Posted 15 years ago by gabbadar    [ Reply ]
Looks like Bill has been throwing this one into rotation about once a month. Just about perfect for this enjoyable but forgettable tune. 7 'cause it's fun.
Posted 15 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
A rather ordinary song that has been improved by the segue to Tommy Tutone. Hilarious! Coupla good bar-bands, though. I'd sit through another set if the beer was good enough.
Posted 15 years ago by sherf    [ Reply ]
 macadavy wrote:

Despite the name, he's a young Scottish rocker from Paisley. 
Go listen to him ripping up Robbie Burn's 'A Man's a Man':
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOBcFt5tevY
 
It's not too surprising he's from the Glasgow area, there being a very large Italian/Italo-Scot community up there dating, I believe, from WWII when a lot of POWs preferred to remain in Scotland to make a new life rather than go home to a devastated country. A pretty good noise, this song - 7 from the Nottingham jury.

Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
j7 wrote:
{#Moon} this took electricity. oh my this sucks.

Hey.  All you have to do is vote: you don't have to be rude, teen-boy.

And anyway: it's a 7.

Posted 15 years ago by lawman    [ Reply ]
I heard it for the first time on RP tonight and I have wondered why I haven't heard it sooner.  You guys need to give the album a second listen...and third and fourth it's actually awesome... Paolo rocks!

Posted 15 years ago by EpiE    [ Reply ]
Me Likey... First time hearing these guys!
Posted 15 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
 buck-arkansas wrote:
Wonderful Tune.  Is the rest of the album this good?{#Dancingbanana}
 

Like the previous poster, this album is fairly weak. Couple of good tunes, this being one of them, but the rest of the album is a dud. Guy at work ripped it for me. Glad he did and I didn't waste my money. He wasted his though as we are both disappointed with this album.

Guy's got a great, unique sound. He just needs to keep the groove going.
Posted 16 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
 buck-arkansas wrote:
Wonderful Tune.  Is the rest of the album this good?{#Dancingbanana}
 
Got it after hearing him do "New Shoes" on Leno. That one and this one are good, but the rest sounded custom crafted for "American Idol."

Posted 16 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 ick wrote:
who is this Nutini?
 
Despite the name, he's a young Scottish rocker from Paisley. 
Go listen to him ripping up Robbie Burn's 'A Man's a Man':
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOBcFt5tevY


Posted 16 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
For some reason I really like this song and this voice.
Posted 16 years ago by pookles    [ Reply ]
There is a live version out there that has a slightly more raw sound that I like a little more, but this is a great tune.
Posted 16 years ago by unbracketed    [ Reply ]
The lead singer sounds suspiciously like the lead singer for the band "Neutral Milk Hotel."
Posted 16 years ago by Gryn    [ Reply ]
It's so nice to hear a unique, textural voice. Maybe a little sand-on-paper, but it's gooood.
Posted 16 years ago by TriskyJen    [ Reply ]
Yeah! Reminds me of my last holidays when I heard that for the first time. {#Sunny}
Nice album, although the mixer/technician failed to record the piano-tracks in good quality, they all sound distorted if you hear it loud. {#Evil}
However: nice track, nice album, rock on {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 16 years ago by TeleFrank    [ Reply ]
who is this Nutini? and why does the bass mix sound muddy on an otherwise good song?
Posted 16 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Fun little rocker. I like this. Has a groove sorta like the Romantics. But less raucous. 7
Posted 16 years ago by smehan55    [ Reply ]
Awful voice, awful song.  2.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
I'm in love, but I'm lazy...
Posted 16 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
middleagedhipster wrote:
dude, just giver her a call, I think her number is 867-5309


too funny. . .


Posted 16 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
dude, just giver her a call, I think her number is 867-5309

Posted 16 years ago by middleagedhipster    [ Reply ]
 Taraincognito wrote:
What'cha listenin to?   
Nutini, Honey.
 

Posted 16 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
What'cha listenin to?   
Nutini, Honey.
Posted 16 years ago by Taraincognito    [ Reply ]
 buck-arkansas wrote:
Wonderful Tune.  Is the rest of the album this good?{#Dancingbanana}
 

I've got a couple other songs by this guy—they're all pretty good. I lIke!
Posted 16 years ago by copymonkey    [ Reply ]
Hints of Transit Lounge by Crowded House, at least to my ears.
Posted 16 years ago by MrSpaz    [ Reply ]
Wonderful Tune.  Is the rest of the album this good?{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 16 years ago by buck-arkansas    [ Reply ]
Got a good beat. You can dance to it.
Posted 16 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]