Spin Doctors - Jimmy Olsen's Blues (New Version)

Music video by Spin Doctors performing Jimmy Olsen's Blues. (C) 1993 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

[@jerryhoward8133]

A hidden gem in musicology. Every note beat and pulse kicks ass. They were a top shelf band.

[@STORM0985]

Well said my friend.

[@duncan3998]

This one is better than 2 Princes imo

[@TimBeitz-vp2fw]

Love this song. 60 years old and this still a fresh.

[@Bingbing611]

👍 It’s always about the drums This drummer is a monster.

[@cosmolineandgritsforbreakf3795]

Very unique band beyond A level

[@MoosefeetProductions]

Highly underrated song. I honestly love to listen to this song on repeat waaaaay more than Two Princes

[@triumphrider611]

Two princes is a good song, Jimmy Olsen Blues and What time is it are GREAT songs.

[@jasonmgomez]

earworm. I keep singing parts out of nowhere 30 years later.

[@edcass4395]

Is it great song very funky for the speed it's going at

[@jl2937]

I love this song.

[@jgmiller804]

I dont necessarily hate two princes, but it is one of two songs i skip on this album along with off my line. The rest of the album is great

[@mmagearworks]

In my 20's I managed a concert venue and they played there once. The lead singer was the nicest guy. He had such a great attitude. I hope that he is well

[@russianhare]

he is :)

[@ErikMalkavian]

Good to know Joe L (Thanks for sharing that)

[@swirlingfudge]

Heart warming to hear ☺

[@cyndiseltzerhoffman2160]

A stand up guy in addition to being so so talented. Give him a shout @TheChrisBarron

[@kandrewcurtis7821]

His daughter is on TIKTOK and she celebrates the hell out of him. I love this band so much .

[@westside1912]

The world needs bands like this on the radio again. Actually, we all just need to go back to 1993.

[@GrogMindwhip]

If you're going I'm coming with you.

[@herrakalperi6092]

Can I come too?

[@MadMan731]

I'm down

[@wreksangel]

I'll bring the beer. When do we leave? Can I have my young 20 year old body back too? lol

[@chefbenardee1408]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@layniacswitch4687]

This is such a good song, reminds me of spring/summer and chill out times with decent people, high times and drinking, fun and carelessness :)

[@crashcat2604]

YES! Exactly this. :)

[@wildkoala4514]

I'm so glad the spin doctors exist

[@GoldtriggerDude]

+Danish Corr Me too. Totally rocked!

[@eamonndillon8324]

im a lot more glad that superman exists i feel much safer

[@biggestkidzbopfan1744]

I'm not

[@screechingonions2365]

biggest kidz bop fan go away troll

[@sabbracadabra8367]

Great album.

[@sabbracadabra8367]

The guitar is so good, so slidey and such fascinating parts, same chords in lots of different and interesting ways and he has so many fills that are so beautiful. Really god level guitar song. The singing is a similar too. He makes it sound easy but he has a great range and can go up and down like it is nothing. He also has a sort of scat style that is so unique, especially for a rock band.

[@PauloRoldan]

Eric is a guitar God. No doubt about it.

[@Erebus494]

Same goes for the drums. The drummer is a cut above most rock drummers judging by how he fills and his effective use of quieter and louder drum hits. It's a very nuanced style that you don't see very often.

[@johncoker13]

This band is definitely underated!!! They're Awesome .

[@sloganloanseal]

The bass slaps real good like too haha

[@disturbedcarrot]

They are good musicians, very good!

[@barbarablackburn8035]

This song was a favorite of my little girl Amber - she loved Superman. She used to laugh her head off to this song. She passed away in 2011. Thanks, Spin Doctors, for giving her some joy with this fun song.

[@ThisIsMyHandler]

She’s in God’s palm. 🙏🏻

[@alexbobedaxyz]

Wow! One of the best tunes from the 90s! I miss these years and bands like Spin Doctors...

[@valeriescarpelli9675]

What Bands "like Spindoctors" perhaps name some? (Good try son.) I miss much of yesterday too. Why? It just seemed more open to innovation& so much creativity without repression. As if Poetic Licence MEANT something.

[@solomonizeal5674]

This is Groovy all the way around & back, excellent musicianship, pure rhythm and roll, this session has stood the test of time. Kings of the infusion, clean classic soul and roll.👑

[@Wolfdragon92584]

Early 90s NYC. Our last golden age. It lasted just 10 more years.... Wonderfully underrated group!!! This is my fav from them!!!

[@joebasso6517]

These guys are not only one of the best Jam bands. They are absolutely some of the nicest musical artists on the planet I saw them in Buffalo a few years ago and they literally wouldn't let anyone leave the venue until they had left the stage and they went by the front doors and personally thanked and signed autographs for every fan and attendance if they wanted it I've been to hundreds of shows that thanks gratefulness on a scale that I've never witnessed

[@larrytowsey8463]

I am 68 .spin doctors keep me well.love this group.I have to see them live before I fly away...great. great.great.Larry,

[@sandsoftime1954]

Oh, Really and on what airline might that be ?

[@sandsoftime1954]

Jeffrey Hinkle .....and I bet your just the guy that could do it too ! Happy Trails

[@robertkelley9503]

Rock on, Larry! Age is but a number my brother from an older mother!

[@djangorinvisible3330]

Seen them live in the late 90es. Really worth it- just do it brother!

[@imjelo]

I thought I was the only old guy listening to Spin Doctors. (I was in my forties when they became a hit). Rock on bro. Music makes us young.

[@FedericoVillaChicco]

It was me, maybe 20 years ago, in a kitchen in Italy in front of a little black and white tv listening to this. The song, the music, the moment... they are so inside me that I think they could be mistake with one of my bones

[@BeeKool__113]

This band was huge when my folks were in college. They're quite young when I was born. I love this song! I hadn't heard it in years and I could hear it somewhere in the distance of my dream last night. I often hear music in my dreams. It's an oldie and goodie.

[@jmalock]

I was lucky enough to see them in Minneapolis when I was 20, and just saw them last year ... one of the most underrated bands of the 90's ... especially the guitarist; live he is mind blowing!!!

[@Matt.Thompson.1976]

Amazing! Love ALL versions of Jimmy Olsen's Blues. Great version, this. Chris Barron cleans up real good.......lo.l SD forever!

[@damomajanet]

Had the pleasure of meeting them in the early 90s. To this day they were the nicest people and for sure the nicest band I have ever meet.

[@perebernardo3829]

Great songs and quality musicianship right here! This band is a hidden gem. I remember listening to their songs 4 the first time back at 92 and little did I know but I became a life fan. Thnx for the memories.

[@gimmeabreak-h2h]

I love the 90s. Best music, fell in love, got married......still in love.

[@House_of_Caine]

And 27 years later, I still love them :)

[@FacuManuel]

This song right here is SO underrated! GREAT PIECE!

[@davidbueche7660]

I used to listen to these guys when they first came out. I love Jimmy Olsens, Two Princes, little miss cant be wrong.

[@mickmurphy3921]

this tune is very underated...most people dont get it.....and yes mate you are right all class tunes from a class band x

[@sandilievestro826]

Yes, but voice is better!

[@sabbracadabra8367]

I love Refrigerator Car too!

[@Mcrclerk]

What time is it? Is one of my favs

[@user-be3iq9mq9q]

@@Mcrclerk What time is it?? Fo' thirtay. It's not late, naw. It's just early, early, early. 😂😂😂

[@enfieldjohn101]

This is one of the bands that introduced me to 'alternative rock' when I was in college. I just love bands that sound different and kinda unique. Heard these guys at a free open air concert in Las Vegas at the Rio. Was so amazing to lay on the 'beach' by the casino's pool and listen to them play all their greatest songs. I'll never forget it.

[@valenfuckinglovesyou]

i saw them tonight :D free concert they were amazing. im 15 & first time i heard them

[@lueyteledeluxe7457]

It's hard to believe.... that you're 28 already _!!_ → life whips by, no matter what decade you start in . . .

[@savvybrown7878]

I have loved this ultra cool ultra talented band for 25 years now. Rockin forever!

[@vanessaburke8969]

A brilliant song, musically and lyrics are fab. My favourite spin doctors song

[@KeystoneFinancialAcademy]

Saw these guys open up for Blues Traveler in the fall of 1992 at Ithaca College in New York. My buddy was a freshman there, and I was visiting from one of the SUNY universities. It was a wild show, they were incredible live, with the bass and clean tone guitar absolutely blowing me away. There was no doubt these guys would blow up shortly, and they did. As a funny aside, my friend's roommates were approached after the show by Chris Barron. He was wandering the campus, asking where he could score some pot lol. Super nice guy, great memories of the early 90s)).

[@brianbrown366]

This song is extremely clever, the double entendre, the various subtle and subliminal messaging. This song is timeless

[@dizmop]

I'd agree if I could understand what he's saying 😂

[@lawtonfriedland1228]

@@dizmop how do you not know what he's saying its really obv like not to be that guy but real

[@dizmop]

@@lawtonfriedland1228 ok, I'll try to listen more carefully

[@lawtonfriedland1228]

@@dizmop sorry sounded aggressive as a comment, I just found the lyrics to be super comprehensive. The singer is singing from the perspective of Jimmie Olsen, who’s a character from the super man comics. He’s talking about how he loves Lois lane but he can’t compete with literal Superman. He wants Lois lane to come spend the night with him saying he has a “pocket full of kryptonite” so Superman can’t interrupt them. Pretty basically the deal.

[@buatkitatermenung9224]

i really like his voice... shud be conquering the world with their music...

[@roycefayed3537]

Great song and a totally underrated band. Thanks Fellas!

[@mordechaijonez3812]

The best band ever. Í love everything they did. Name a bad song. You can't.

[@ROKette83]

Never gets old

[@chipmcintyre2398]

"Pocket full of kryptonite" . Says it all doesn't it.

[@Ericotheriault]

If I ever host Saturday Night Live ...I want these guys as my musical guest.....

[@ShmuelWeintraub]

YES

[@taylorleach9638]

Let’s make it happen

[@kless001]

My guitar instructor told me to learn the triads and their inversions all over the neck and then referenced this song to provide me the “why” I needed to learn them. Message received😮

[@MaryBridgetDavies]

This album still holds up 2019

[@Mcrclerk]

2020

[@spotifyseascapessmoothjazz]

2021

[@puccini4]

@@spotifyseascapessmoothjazz 2022

[@jackolantern823]

@@puccini4 2023

[@ajmoore2201]

2024

[@luisfeliciano3051]

Wao! am an old and embarrass... I remember this song and started dancing in the house alone while the wife went shopping.....am glad my grown kids weren't home at the time. Just got into pc stuff and learning to communicate with my kids..... is different than the 80's... God bless you all......

[@TheMastaPlan]

i bought this album when i was probably 12 years old, at that point it was 1999....still such a good album and i can sing about all the words still...!! :) :)

[@House_of_Caine]

I got it when I was 13, in 1991 :) Still loving it

[@MiihSimplePlan]

Looks like Layne Staley happy

[@gonzalesdohnrryhrc]

Happy Layne! 😂

[@layniacswitch4687]

Michelle Gomes omg yeah so I see I’m not the only one who thinks he looks somehow like Layne lol 😄

[@CarlaSilva-do4wk]

Someone to train english ?

[@nasdromoomordsan6587]

Also, Seattle early 90’s

[@ulivassilopoulou4816]

thats right.....

[@brianriback6285]

My favorite drummer and favorite part! That snare!

[@mattgreen5720]

Brady!

[@zyxwut321]

Just a happy little carefree hippie band from the early 90s with a few jangly radio hits. Good shit. :)

[@Frostfly]

still putting out an album every few years...some of their more recent stuff is very good.

[@Geert365]

Are you trying to say..............it' not the nineties anymore? then when the h*** are we?

[@napalmparade]

Your godamn right

[@havasuhouse]

Yes, and all us 60s hippies appreciate them in the nineties. ;)

[@DavidElDorito-zt7yy]

​@@napalmparade breaking bad reference?

[@lassesamstrom8710]

Great shot of energy. My favourite one of them.

[@lordoftheelements2112]

This band is criminally criminally under rated. This is what the nineties needed! The guitarist, Anthony Krizan, can riff like it’s nobody’s business, the drummer Aaron Comess plays really flavorfuly, the bassist Mark White can hold down such a damn good groove, and Chris Barron’s voice is super smooth and gentle!

[@Matt.Thompson.1976]

Actually, Krizan was a sort of stand-in for their actual guitarist Eric Schenkman on their second record Turn it Upside Down. I mean technically they fired him and hired Krizan. I say Stand-in because they eventually re-hired him, and in the History of the band Krizan was a small speedbump....no offence to him, he had huge shoes to fill. My point is, he didn't play on this song, or album and was only with the band for a bit. 'What? I just like being accurate.'

[@lordoftheelements2112]

@@Matt.Thompson.1976 Ah, okay. There’s no problem with being accurate.

[@MTGMitch]

The year is 2008, a perfect spring afternoon is upon us. Spin doctors are playing a free outdoor concert in Albany NY at the "tulip festival". The whole gang has been planning around this for weeks. At just 16, this was going to be my first concert without the parents. We take the city bus downtown and start drinking cheap vodka mixed with gatorade. A terrible combination, but I was too young and stupid to care. By the time we got to the park, the buzz had washed over me like a cool wave. We make our way to center stage just in time and had prime viewing. During the set I meet my would-be summer fling, a catholic school girl with mutual friends. We danced, shared a few laughs, a joint, and enjoyed the music together. Life is good.

[@meljrnone8608]

The guitar work on this track is why I like it so much...

[@MadMan731]

I'm not big on nostalgia but the 1990s does make me want to go back ha ha. Great song.

[@xteenagexz0mbiex]

BEST SPIN DOCTORS SONG, I hate how so many wonderful bands went unnoticed in the 90s.

[@kaylynnanson6231]

I used to play this cassette in my 02 beetle as I cruised through downtown. Ahh good times.

[@gregorypullar2698]

All the band are in top form. Great Bass, Drums, Guitar and vocal.

[@tonidavey5784]

not to mention the singing. this dude has some serious pipes. One of my all time faves.

[@reneemichaeltheemporium3365]

this song brings back the best memories from my early nineties summers. This whole album was so amazing. kisses to you guys for this. I wish things now were the way they were then💜

[@timothywagner8798]

I met the lead singer at the furthur festival in 98.. one of the coolest musicians I've spoken with.

[@bmoreguy72]

IMO, their most underrated hit. Great stuff from the early 90's. Also, watching this in 2020 - I miss PHONE BOOTHS! LOL

[@valeriescarpelli9675]

Like Yeh. A simple phone booth. The social centre for "Much Activity" between humans. Totally agree.

[@capdatzme19]

I got a pocket full of kryptonite 🎵, still lovin ❤ this tune in 2020👍

[@mordechaijonez3812]

Such a magnificent band. I want more.

[@kathrynturner9161]

Best live band I’ve ever seen

[@ronrote]

I never got to see them live, but I have the CD from way back when. I was jamming to this all through high school. Great stuff.

[@freedom4mealways]

Great rock classic that came out thirty years ago by the Spin Doctors!

[@paulieandkaty]

Wow! I'm 21 again. Thanks for posting.

[@TimBeitz-vp2fw]

Very Good band 60 years old and blowing me away. Fantastic.

[@deannamarin318]

"Here because of Beethoven 2!!!" Always loved this song as a kid in the 90's!" ❤❤❤

[@keesh9886]

I thought it played on "Beethoven 2nd . I love that movie. My favorite of Beethoven movies.

[@misslara805]

Me too my all time favorite movie ♥️ R.I.P. Charles Gordin as George Newton

[@cewolfdad-3363]

Yes! I knew this song came out on there , it's been so long...if it stinks throw in a newton! LOL rip Charles Gordin aww@@keesh9886

[@johnpaul222]

I'd actually forgotten how good these guys were!

[@bigfootskitty]

Not only were they all over the radio, But their guitar work from this song (and the intro to two princes) was on practically every sporting event and football game in the mid 90's!!!

[@Mucamuk]

The band and bassist Mark White were very underrated. For me, one of the best bass players in the world. He has a unique thumb technique. I talked to him once and said he was friends with Victor Wooten. They developed the same technique

[@Hopperrox]

I found this song on one of my dad's older Cds..... but i listen to it with an old babysitter, and i fell in love!!!

[@heavybison]

I remember buying the cassette. Mid 90's. Wonderful drums!

[@adamwolfer1512]

Killer bassist to

[@themightyquinn94]

Definitely had this album on cassette.

[@rcoveyduc]

They became a bit of a punch line at the time. Maligned even. There's no denying the band was comprised of some very talented musicians however.

[@gabet3754]

heavybison That snare 😎

[@wasteofspace20]

These guys obviously studied Jimmy Page & Led Zep, Page's whole philosophy was putting more mics on the drums and pushing them more forward in the mix.

[@MrSqueezefan]

One of my favourite songs of all time - xxx

[@chefbenardee1408]

✌️✌🏼✌🏿❤❤❤❤ peace love and hope and joy to everyone reading this always and 4ever

[@robertdowe4881]

back when the world was a fun place to live

[@dustintravis8791]

Holy crap. I COMPLETELY forgot about the Spin Doctors until I was going through a box of my old CDs tonight. This CD probably hasn't been played for 20+ years - sorry CD! Thankfully there's KZbin now and I can watch the music video I've definitely watched. Technology is great isn't it?

[@markjapan4062]

THE SPIRIT OF RADIO AND SCREEN ITS AWSOME

[@carterhall2516]

Thankfully CDs sound exactly as good today as they did the day you bought them!

[@robertkyte4055]

Yeah man they are the shizzle when yer all fizzled lol ! ^5

[@stevenborgens1390]

still funky fresh in 2021!

[@mattkane8328]

I used to love the crowd surfing at concerts in the 90's. Now people just stand around. First time I have seen this video and love seeing my beloved hometown NY. Roseland, Webster Hall, The Academy , Hammerstein , Wetlands Preserve , The Tunnel ahh NYC in the 90's good times! And I loved the Spin Doctor's..

[@TimBeitz-vp2fw]

Best Bass player I have heard and I am getting old.

[@arturwachowski6827]

really cool band . keep it real: ) great drumming

[@nickybjammin7629]

This is Real music! This is poetic

[@kulturfreund6631]

Refreshing uncorrupt music. Possibly the best album of the 90´s.

[@karenpotter9125]

I love these guys ❤️❤️

[@Pr3lude9]

I gave my first guitar to a guy at work, so his kid could play. When I took it over, this is what I played for them!

[@Pengi_SMILES]

Spin Doctors were pretty big for a time. 'Two Princes' was all over the radio for months.

[@billthebutcher4435]

By FAR the best song from these guys.

[@kingbeestacker873]

If you don't introduce this kind of music to your kids you should be ashamed of yourself. Im 47 and I did a few years ago and my 10 year old loves this whole CD. Great parenting. I believe so.

[@edgarramos4327]

La recuerdo mucho cuando la ponían en radio Doble 9 y la grabé en cassette, después la ponía 1000 veces de camino a la playa cuando aprendía a surferar en Pampilla, que recuerdos

[@richosthoff7212]

My favorite 90s band after Blues Traveler! If Spin Doctors made a few more albums, they might've become SUPERMEN!

[@datuputi70]

the bassline was so funky!

[@CARBr6]

Ah, Spin Doctors. Some of the FUNKIEST guitar rifffs of the 90's just listen to that Guitar solo!!

[@max333463]

Holding strong in 2020, god bless hippy music!

[@jeremiahjamsband]

Groovy good rock🤘❣️🎶 Thank you🙌🎶

[@enfieldjohn101]

heard these guys at a free concert at a casino in Vegas a few years ago. great band to hear live.

[@zombiebbq14]

John Enfield totally! they played a free show at my college campus in 2006 and barely anyone went but they were amazing 👍🏻

[@CozmoUwU]

I just saw them in a free concert last night in Rochester, MN. They are a very fun group to watch and they don't take themselves too damn seriously. Great time!

[@rallabhandiprabhakar4750]

Top notch rock . The guitar cuts through like a meat cleaver , the bass and drums are propulsive and the lead singer is very good

[@skitzabod7727]

Im so glad my mom had this cd when i was a kid. So damn good.

[@Qingeaton]

That guitar solo hit every right note and fast.

[@mickykehoe2880]

First time I heard this one. Catchy tune

[@hurgurhurghuthfn]

Damn those guitar riffs brah!

[@thefreedomguyuk]

True legends. One of few bands who often would mingle with their fans in the lobby after their gigs ❤

[@leestens419]

this was always my favorite song by them...didn't get nearly enough airplay

[@JoeNJ2]

Awesome 90s!

[@user-er3bt9mr3l]

Very interesting band,love them .This song is fantastic!

[@annemariedeville4285]

OMG so good, and underrated...talented as hell.

[@MrGroovehound]

Can't listen to this without smiling!

[@tonidavey5784]

This ROCKS ......