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Jump, Little Children — Too High
Album: Vertigo
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Released: 2001
Length: 4:11
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I can see by the light of a broken sky
That you're on the mend
The photograph of your broken hearted eyes
Will fade and bend
I can see your face
A black and white collage of a chemical emotion.
A picture of a thousand lonely nights
You'll no longer spend.

I can tell you're feeling better now
You're too high to come down.

I can see by the light of a floating sky
That's cold and gret
Underneath a heavenly sillhoutte
You float away
I could tie you down
Keep you down to earth like a cut and bleeding angel
Tie you down to earth like a monument
Made of clay
But you're fading into black like a passing stranger
Walking on a fallen sky
Just a memory in your mind's wandering eye
I can tell you're feeling better now

In a black and white photo sky
Love in the camera's eye
Love comes down when I
When I say to myself
When I say to myself
I can tell you're feeling better now
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 Proclivities wrote:


The art school they met in is the NC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC, about 2 hours west of Raleigh on I-40.


do you know why they had two names "jump" and "jump, little children"? someone suggested i could find out online, and i tried but i can't find out why the name changed.
Posted 8 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 Danimal174 wrote:


Actually, Charleston, after meeting while attending an arts school in Raleigh, NC. They used to play all over SC, though.


The art school they met in is the NC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC, about 2 hours west of Raleigh on I-40.
Posted 3 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
nice song, I agree with the previous posters about the difford/tilbrook similarities. not a bad thing!
Posted 4 years ago by lynn01    [ Reply ]
Like it, bit like Squeeze
Posted 4 years ago by luvinlife    [ Reply ]
Great song, and I agree with the previous posters that the the octave double-track vocals, the vocal tone and melody (especially in the verses) sound just like Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze.
 
Posted 12 years ago by krysthal    [ Reply ]
Another great RP song I never heard before that I have to add to my playlist.  Nice job RP.
Posted 12 years ago by 84MacGuy    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
Jump Little Children - Too High
Peter Himmelman - Fly So High
It's A Beautiful Day - White Bird
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Blue Angel

Flying high tonight, eh, Bill?


 
Jump Little Children - Too High
Peter Himmelman - Fly So High
It's A Beautiful Day - White Bird
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Blue Angel

Feeling it again? 2yrs later. I'm still feeling it from the White Bird.

Posted 12 years ago by hagz21    [ Reply ]
wonder if Paul Carrack will jump ship this time too...wait-a-minute {#Hand}
Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
Jump Little Children - Too High
Peter Himmelman - Fly So High
It's A Beautiful Day - White Bird
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Blue Angel

Flying high tonight, eh, Bill?


Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Totally thought that this was something new from Squeeze that I'd never heard before. Good though. Really liked it!
Posted 13 years ago by reyespoint    [ Reply ]
Very Sqeeze inspired!
Posted 14 years ago by audiophelia    [ Reply ]
 Danimal174 wrote:


Actually, Charleston, after meeting while attending an arts school in Raleigh, NC. They used to play all over SC, though.
 

Yea, that's right (and Charleston is actually my hometown too), but it seems like they spent more time in Columbia than anywhere else.
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I thought they were the Manic Street Preachers ... mah bad! {#Devil_pimp}
Posted 14 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
Sorry, gave it a 2.
Posted 14 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
New to me and quite tasty!  
Posted 14 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Squeeze ripoff. Sacrilege!!!!! 
Posted 14 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
The second JLC track I've heard here that I like. The other one is Between the Dim and the Dark.

Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Oh...I liked this group.  Gonna check out their other stuff.
Posted 14 years ago by theresabob    [ Reply ]

Excellent!

Posted 14 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
I have to admit even though they were a local band (rigthcheer in Columbia), I never cared for them too much.{#No}
 

Actually, Charleston, after meeting while attending an arts school in Raleigh, NC. They used to play all over SC, though.
Posted 14 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
 joshtime wrote:
I MISS THESE GUYS!
 

If you haven't listened to it, Jay (lead singer) came out with a solo CD a couple of years ago that's very reminiscent of Jump's later stuff. Here's a link to a site where you can preview the songs and purchase either the mp3's or the CD - https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jayclifford .

Posted 14 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
I MISS THESE GUYS!
Posted 14 years ago by joshtime    [ Reply ]
I have to admit even though they were a local band (rigthcheer in Columbia), I never cared for them too much.{#No}
Posted 15 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
OIngo Boingo meets Squeeze....cool!  I picked this up and haven't listened to it much, think I'll spin it again soon...{#Tongue}
Posted 15 years ago by cathenley    [ Reply ]
Great album overall. This is the band that SC should be known for, instead of Hootie.
Posted 15 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
At first glance, I thought the band's name was "Jump Little Chicken".  Got some interesting google responses when I searched for it!

Posted 15 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 Rozsa wrote:
Yep. Soundz like Squeeze without the edge. {#No}
 
A limp clasp as opposed to an edgy squeeze. {#Rolleyes}
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Yep. Soundz like Squeeze without the edge. {#No}
Posted 15 years ago by Rozsa    [ Reply ]
Yeah, I thought it was Squeeze, but then then hear their own sound...that's what I love about music, the morphing...
Posted 15 years ago by cathenley    [ Reply ]
haha well said Frater Kork!
Posted 15 years ago by kila    [ Reply ]
Hey: that crowd sound damn' good!    Mrgreen
Posted 15 years ago by lawman    [ Reply ]
The Artist, Song, Album combination above made me laugh.
Posted 15 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a weaker Squeeze song (in parts)

Edit: Clearly I didn't bother to read even 2 comments down, sorry

Posted 15 years ago by annersjen    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Dirty Vegas
Posted 15 years ago by travilcatt    [ Reply ]
 araja wrote:
sugarbaby wrote:
Sounds like Difford and Tillbrook..

Difford and Tillbrook had some unispired days, but this is better than that. Maybe not equal to classic Squeeze but certainly comparable to their later work...say anything after Play.
 

I'd have to agree. That higher voice, with the lower, gravelly voice behind it is so very Squeezy.
Posted 16 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
Was that members of Haircut 100?
Posted 16 years ago by phoenix    [ Reply ]
sugarbaby wrote: Sounds like Difford and Tillbrook.. kazuma wrote:
On a particularly uninspired day, perhaps.
Difford and Tillbrook had some unispired days, but this is better than that. Maybe not equal to classic Squeeze but certainly comparable to their later work...say anything after Play.
Posted 16 years ago by araja    [ Reply ]
davin wrote:


generic subsidized rock recording vocals are compelling?

hmm

how compelling

Whatever...I guess that there's no accounting for taste...go back to your Justin Timberlake CD.

Posted 16 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
Geecheeboy wrote:
That drummer is busier than a one-armed Waffle House cook.
Huh. I thought it was "busier than a one-armed wallpaper hanger." CafeRacer wrote:
What an absolutely top-rate song for a teenage girl's clothing store at the mall.
That's hilarious. That's exactly what this song sounds like.
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
I love these guys....why don't I own any??
Posted 16 years ago by joanie    [ Reply ]
sugarbaby wrote:
Sounds like Difford and Tillbrook..
On a particularly uninspired day, perhaps.
Posted 16 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
I can tell...something.
Posted 16 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
Welly wrote:
How middle of the road.
Exactly.
Posted 16 years ago by musikalia    [ Reply ]
That drummer is busier than a one-armed Waffle House cook.
Posted 16 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
grace6697 wrote:
i totally just thought this was squeeze.
Absolutely heard it, too! Shades of the 80s.
Posted 17 years ago by SwampYankee    [ Reply ]
sugarbaby wrote:
Sounds like Difford and Tillbrook..
Nothing to do with it?? That is SO them!
Posted 17 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
i totally just thought this was squeeze.
Posted 17 years ago by grace6697    [ Reply ]
sugarbaby wrote:
Sounds like Difford and Tillbrook..
Totally! I was wondering if Squeeze had gotten back together!
Posted 17 years ago by Shaken_Bake    [ Reply ]
What an absolutely top-rate song for a teenage girl's clothing store at the mall.
Posted 17 years ago by CafeRacer    [ Reply ]
davin wrote:
generic subsidized rock recording vocals are compelling? hmm how compelling
hehe ...agree.
Posted 17 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Arianrhod wrote:
Whats a cockle?
A type of small shellfish which lives on intertidal beaches and rocks. Used to be very popular in British pubs when you'd get a seafood man coming around selling cockles, whelks and whatnot, all swimming in vinegar. Can't bear the things myself, but I'm told they're quite a delicacy. Quite what they have to do with hearts I've no idea at all. Is it me, or does this guy's voice seem a consistent, grating semitone flat?
Posted 17 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Difford and Tillbrook..
Posted 17 years ago by sugarbaby    [ Reply ]
Arianrhod wrote:
Whats a cockle?
From https://www.answers.com/topic/warm-the-cockles-of-one-s-heart warm the cockles of one's heart Gratify one, make one feel good, as in It warms the cockles of my heart to see them getting along so well. This expression uses a corruption of the Latin name for the heart's ventricles, cochleae cordis. This interpretation is corroborated by https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-coc2.htm As the for the Woody quiz: the film is "Love or Death" . See the memorable quotes at IMDB.com: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073312/quotes Love those Internets.
Posted 17 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
love these guys. this song at first made me think i was listening to old difford and tillbrook....
Posted 17 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
dadofsammy wrote:
Au contraire, mon ami! That doubled vocal lent the melody a unique richness, like a hot buttered rum on a frosty evening. Just hearing that technique warms the cockles of my heart! Woody Allen: "Great, hot cockles, just what I need!" Name the film!
Whats a cockle?
Posted 17 years ago by Arianrhod    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
there's something about this guy's voice that i find so compelling
generic subsidized rock recording vocals are compelling? hmm how compelling
Posted 17 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Welly wrote:
How middle of the road. They sound like a dozen other bands.
agreed. nothing remarkable here.. just another band ..
Posted 17 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
cool cover, bad name
Posted 17 years ago by thatslongformud    [ Reply ]
I adore this song. Always makes me dance.
Posted 17 years ago by pescivendolo    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
S-Q-U-E-E-Z-E.
Although they sound like Squeeze, they're not quite as gripping. Maybe just a hug!
Posted 17 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
How middle of the road. They sound like a dozen other bands.
Posted 17 years ago by Welly    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
S-Q-U-E-E-Z-E.
O-H M-Y Y-E-S-S-S-S.
Posted 17 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
Anybody else hear "Atomic Dog" in those licks, esp at first? When it opens?
Posted 18 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
S-Q-U-E-E-Z-E.
Posted 18 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
This is just rubbish. And sounds even worse after Higher Ground! I wish you would just play another Stevie Wonder track instead.
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
Leslie wrote:
Now I realize what I disliked so much about Squeeze's vocals. No harmony, just an octave lower. It doesn't sound good to me at all.
Au contraire, mon ami! That doubled vocal lent the melody a unique richness, like a hot buttered rum on a frosty evening. Just hearing that technique warms the cockles of my heart! Woody Allen: "Great, hot cockles, just what I need!" Name the film!
Posted 18 years ago by dadofsammy    [ Reply ]
Another band from Glasgow!
Posted 18 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
Catch them live before the end of this year (2005) because they're taking a very, very long break.
Posted 18 years ago by LaurieBlue    [ Reply ]
there's something about this guy's voice that i find so compelling
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
I dunno about the squeeze thing. This song is fairly different from a lot of JLC's other stuff I've heard... some of which sounds closer to Cake. This sounds a lot more smoothed out, produced and alt-pop to me than their other stuff. radiojunkie wrote:
Wow, who are these guys? Another artist I never would have heard without RP. I have never heard from or of them before this moment, but this is quite tasty! I see all the comments regarding Squeeze; yes, very Squeeze-like, and also Split Enz-era Finn brothers-like. (I'm also rather weirded out by all the remarks about Squeeze being practically unknown in this country. I remember Squeeze being VERY big in the early 80s, but maybe that was just in the NY area? I saw them at Nassau Colisseum in '85.)
Posted 19 years ago by Jra    [ Reply ]
Wow, who are these guys? Another artist I never would have heard without RP. I have never heard from or of them before this moment, but this is quite tasty! I see all the comments regarding Squeeze; yes, very Squeeze-like, and also Split Enz-era Finn brothers-like. (I'm also rather weirded out by all the remarks about Squeeze being practically unknown in this country. I remember Squeeze being VERY big in the early 80s, but maybe that was just in the NY area? I saw them at Nassau Colisseum in '85.)
Posted 19 years ago by radiojunkie    [ Reply ]
Veritas wrote:
Squeeze, exactly what I was thinking (that's a good thing). Good energy...
I was thinking the same thing as it came streaming into my head. Squeeze for sure, Level 42, yes indeed! This is a cool song...but I don't know why.
Posted 19 years ago by dkarr    [ Reply ]
Stevo wrote:
I wish they would come back to Columbia or Charleston soon, used to love going to their shows back in college. Proves that South Carolina CAN have a good music scene (and Columbia and Charleston have quite a number of good up-and-coming bands as well)
They'll be announcing a fall tour here soon.... sadly, it might be their last for some time. So see them while you can!!!
Posted 19 years ago by Mark1970    [ Reply ]
I wish they would come back to Columbia or Charleston soon, used to love going to their shows back in college. Proves that South Carolina CAN have a good music scene (and Columbia and Charleston have quite a number of good up-and-coming bands as well)
Posted 19 years ago by Stevo    [ Reply ]
Hmm... opens up sounding like something you'd hear on a late-90s Church album, complete with Church-signature octave-harmonies. But then it actually starts to sound like a rock song instead of a pretentious mystical acid trip.
Posted 19 years ago by drover    [ Reply ]
You can make out the guy's voice from that tune BTDATD, but it will never outlive the Tilford sound. Amazing.
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
i like these guys more every time i hear them...
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Live this Thursday Cat's Cradle Carboro, NC
Posted 20 years ago by zarathustra    [ Reply ]
ScopArch wrote:
Ditto! More Squeeze Pleeze!
You mean , there's NO connection...? Unbelievable! SQUEEZE all otp.
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Veritas wrote:
Squeeze, exactly what I was thinking (that's a good thing). Good energy...
Ditto! More Squeeze Pleeze!
Posted 20 years ago by ScopArch    [ Reply ]
indie_danielle wrote:
I love Jump! The guys have been my favorite for years. I hadn't heard them on RadioParadise in a while -- it's always exciting to hear those first few notes of Too High as it comes on. Thank you Radio Paradise! --- you are helping my get through finals. Hey, if you like Jump, Little Children -- you should check out the new album Between the Dim and the Dark. It is excellent. If you are interested in hearing a little bit from the new album, you can go to jumpHQ and download a copy of "Young America" - I know you'll love it! Check it out! https://www.jumpHQ.com/
The lady is correct. As a 38 year old engineer, I stick out like a sore thumb at the Jump shows. But they are one of the finests bands I've heard in years, with more raw talent than you can imagine. Jay Clifford is a Rock Star, no other word for it. Their shows last year at the Farm with Carbon Leaf (RP playlist also) were sparkling. And the new album is the mutt's nutts, an excellent follow up to Vertigo.
Posted 20 years ago by GolfRomeo    [ Reply ]
PattonFever wrote:
this is beautiful. i hear a bit of squeeze/level 42/tears for fears, as well in this.
Squeeze, exactly what I was thinking (that's a good thing). Good energy...
Posted 20 years ago by Veritas    [ Reply ]
I love Jump! The guys have been my favorite for years. I hadn't heard them on RadioParadise in a while -- it's always exciting to hear those first few notes of Too High as it comes on. Thank you Radio Paradise! --- you are helping my get through finals. Hey, if you like Jump, Little Children -- you should check out the new album Between the Dim and the Dark. It is excellent. If you are interested in hearing a little bit from the new album, you can go to jumpHQ and download a copy of "Young America" - I know you'll love it! Check it out! https://www.jumpHQ.com/
Posted 20 years ago by indie_danielle    [ Reply ]
Jacques wrote:
.. oh the wasted youth of today... their cries of "that was before my time". Well, "News Flash - This Just In", recorded history did not start with your birth, nor did musical history.
all the person did was say they hadn't heard of the band. they didn't excuse it with anything. i wouldn't paint all of us young folk with that "wasted youth" brush you're wielding, here. the same color won't be fitting on everybody, especially if it's ugly.
Posted 20 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
this is beautiful. i hear a bit of squeeze/level 42/tears for fears, as well in this. there are worse people to be influenced by. ^_~ - i think that could be the reason i love this group so much. two of the three bands listed above are bands i grew up with. i grew up on level 42 and tears for fears. i recently discovered squeeze, and they own, too.
Posted 20 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
Everytime I hear this I really do think of Squeeze. This time around it sounds like Squeeze and Dishwalla had a baby. It was Jools Holland who did the lower octave? I like all the aforementioned bands so that explains a lot - Level 42, Tears for Fears and definitely Squeeze.
Posted 21 years ago by WeHoGirl    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by dbug: Musically, this song sounds like Squeeze because the lead vocal is doubled by another voice an octave lower. This trick was repeatedly used by Glen Tilbrook (high voice) and Chris Difford (low voice) of Squeeze. This is the only song by JLC to employ this technique. As a big Squeeze fan, I appreciate the nod. JLC is a fantastic band!
A technique also employed in many early/great OMD songs.(That would be Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark for you young folks...)
Posted 21 years ago by camarkim    [ Reply ]
These guys have a very cool sound. Never realized the Squeeze similarity until I read these posts! Great stuff either way.
Posted 21 years ago by tunedout    [ Reply ]
Migraine inducing.
Posted 21 years ago by ndanger666    [ Reply ]
It's like a more rock oriented version of Level 42. Powerful!
Posted 21 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
It sounds like Tears for Fears gone bad.
Posted 21 years ago by Blackjack    [ Reply ]
I had never heard of them until this song . . . And I FREAKIN loved it! It\'s just cool . . .
Posted 21 years ago by utopiapark    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by dbug: Musically, this song sounds like Squeeze because the lead vocal is doubled by another voice an octave lower.
Now I realize what I disliked so much about Squeeze's vocals. No harmony, just an octave lower. It doesn't sound good to me at all.
Posted 22 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Difford & Tilbrook were a great team. It\'s too bad Squeeze only got played on a half dozen stations in this country. :D
Posted 22 years ago by stinky    [ Reply ]
I never stop loving this song. Check their site for their current tour dates all across America and their new DVD released next week. https://www.jumplittlechildren.com
Posted 22 years ago by vertigoviv    [ Reply ]
Good song. Just got the album this last weekend; quite good, I highly recommend it.
Posted 22 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
Wow, this really does sound like Squeeze... perhaps what they'd sound like today... mind you I think they reform every few years for a new "kick at the can". Squeeze could have gone far... well, much further than they did. I have several of their albums, vinyl and CD. Great group Squeeze, and this one is rather nice too, I might look into them. A comment to the previous poster: Never heard of "Squeeze".. oh the wasted youth of today... their cries of "that was before my time". Well, "News Flash - This Just In", recorded history did not start with your birth, nor did musical history. Squeeze weren't a huge name in North America, but they were more popular here in Canada (where they still get regular airplay...) and of course in their native UK. Love the track, great new group... Cheers Jacques Radio Paradise - What Radio Could Have Been.
Posted 22 years ago by Jacques    [ Reply ]
Oh my gosh! I thought it was Squeeze or just Dilford and Tilbrook. Close but not quite as Squeezeworthy.
Posted 22 years ago by poodha    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by dbug: Musically, this song sounds like Squeeze because the lead vocal is doubled by another voice an octave lower. This trick was repeatedly used by Glen Tilbrook (high voice) and Chris Difford (low voice) of Squeeze. This is the only song by JLC to employ this technique. As a big Squeeze fan, I appreciate the nod. JLC is a fantastic band!
Yep, I thought it was Squeeze until I looked. As a big fan of Squeeze as well, I like this song but haven't heard anything else from this band. Perhaps I should!!
Posted 22 years ago by kaw2271    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by dbug: Musically, this song sounds like Squeeze because the lead vocal is doubled by another voice an octave lower. This trick was repeatedly used by Glen Tilbrook (high voice) and Chris Difford (low voice) of Squeeze. This is the only song by JLC to employ this technique. As a big Squeeze fan, I appreciate the nod. JLC is a fantastic band!
Brilliant analysis. I always wondered what gave Squeeze that distinctive vocal sound. Thanks.
Posted 22 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
like it.
Posted 22 years ago by red    [ Reply ]
i\'m in love with this band - this album has some incredibly spritied songwriting and performance from Jay Clifford, the lead singer. this isn\'t even my favorite song on the album
Posted 22 years ago by waleed    [ Reply ]