The lyrics of the title track concern the fate of a 'pool-shooting son-of-a-gun' by the name of 'Big' Jim Walker when his 'mark,' Willie 'Slim' McCoy, from South Alabama shows up to get a refund from being hustled or get revenge. Live versions of the song have been released on both of Croce's live albums, Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live and Jim Croce Live: The Final Tour. I've got hundreds of tapes of Jim performing - playing at home and the two of us singing, or just having friends over and singing, whether it was the Manhattan Transfer, James Taylor, Arlo Guthrie, Bonnie Raitt... people that just come over and we'd hang out and sing. You don't spit into the wind Josh Turner covered "You Don't Mess Around with Him" on his 2003 Everything Is Fine LP. Jim Croce gave us "You don't tug on Superman's cape. "Big" Jim Walker, a pool hustler who is not too bright but is respected because of his tough reputation, his considerable strength and size, and his skill at pool, has formed a sort of gang of "bad folks" who regularly gather at night in the pool hall. Great stuff. A fellow pool player named Willie "Slim" McCoy comes from south Alabama to the pool hall to get his money back from Jim after being hustled out of it the previous week. And what's up with the band name? Although he died tragically in a plane crash in 1973, You Don't Mess Around With Jim to me brings back a lot of memories since I first heard it on WABC in New Jersey. After several years struggling for success and battling music industry politics, the song got the promotion it deserved when rep at ABC/Dunhill named Matty Singer visited radio stations in the Philadelphia area to promote the song. "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" is a 1972 single by Jim Croce from his album of the same name. Avicii's "Wake Me Up" was the first ever song to reach 200 million streams on the Spotify music streaming service. You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger })(); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Jim Croce was never a confrontational person. And you don't mess around with Jim.
"Jeopardy" by The Greg Kihn Band got the Weird Al treatment with "I Lost On Jeopardy." It was then Jim Croce came up with what turned out to be the 'hook', as they call it, which became the chorus for this great character song. (function() { People weren't as worried about who wrote the song as they were about writing it.". "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" is a dark tale of cyclical violence whose seriousness is awkwardly undermined by cartoonish imagery and confusing, poorly-chosen metaphors.
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