Operator [That's Not The Way It Feels]

Jim Croce | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album Photographs & Memories - His Greatest Hits

Product Details

• Original Release Date: August 4, 2009
• Release Date: August 4, 2009
• Label: Rhino
• Copyright: 1974 R2M Music.
• Duration: 3:47 minutes
• Genres: Pop/Pop Rock
• ASIN: B002IW8WUS
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,698 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Classic, December 25, 2011

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So I have heard Mr. jim Croce's songs since I was a little kid. My dad used to sing along on the radio and I remember the lyrics playing on the car stereo one day when I pissed him off so much that he had to pull over and give me the beating of a lifetime. Funny how we remember some things and not others.

I always had this weird image in my mind of what this guy looked like. I also always had a little sympathy for him, even as a kid I could pick up on the theme of his songs. I learned to hate women because all they ever do is crap all over men. Some may say that my interpretation is off but if you listen to all of his tracks carefully I think you might agree. Especially that song "Operator". He talks to the operator in the song and confides in her all the sorrow he has felt since his whore of a girlfriend ran off with his best friend.....believe the name was "Ray". His best old x friend. Now, when I got a little older, I started to loose the empathy for this guy and started to see him for what he really is....a pansy. Man, he should have went out and paid "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" to go kick the crap out of his old friend and then key the hell out of the hookers car. If not that, then something, I mean to just sit there and whine to the operator like a little cry ass is ridiculous. That's probably why "ray" ended up tapping that, I bet she would come over looking for Jim to see if he wanted to go out and raise hell. She would get there and he would probably be out playing bingo with his grandmother or volunteering his time to go clean up trash around the highway. Meanwhile, back at his place Ray is making his move. I bet Ray was running women out of that place 24/7. I would probably like partying with Ray, hear all the stories he has about all the loose women that he has nailed. I bet he is a heavy drinker too. Probably knows how to go out and have a good time. I bet all their other friends would be like..."Hey lets go get Jim and Ray and see what they are up too. Maybe they want to get drunk and pick up some hookers." Then everyone else would be like..."Well lets just give them a call from the bar. If Ray picks up we can have him come out and meet us, if Jim is there we will just hang up. We don't need his sissy butt out here. He will jack everything up". I bet he always spoils a good time. If Jim was a young man today, I bet he would have occupied Wall Street. I wouldn't be surprised at all, one of those bums out in a tent whining about the man and how poor they are and blah...blah ....blah ...blah...etc. I would have paid money to see a fire department hook up one of those huge hoses and just open up on all those hippies. What a bunch of bumbs.

So when I ordered these songs, I was pretty drunk. I thought that it would take me on a walk down memory lane. Like I said, I heard this guy's stuff all the time growing up. When I did listen to them I didn't get a warm fuzzy feeling as I reflected on my past. I got pissed off because I realized how much he really sucked! Then I got the photo of him on his album. Holy cow! Not at all the picture I had in my mind. I think he has got to be at least fifty percent ethnic minority which makes it even worse. Usually those kinds of people are the best song writers and performers, I found myself royally pissed off when I compared his songs to his image. What a crock! Don't get me wrong, I'm no "tootie fruity", but I know an ugly guy when I see one. This guy is ugly, not just ugly,...FUGLY!! I really don't know how he got to be so popular. I'm sure he was popular amongst all they guys who had dodged the draft seven years earlier. I wish to hell we just gathered them all up and put them on a train up to Canada. They always complain about our beautiful country so much, that is until it is time to reap the benefits of all the milk and honey.

Well, all I can say is that if you buy this piece you have no one to blame but yourself. You have officially been warned and it would serve you right if you got a knock on your front door and opened up to see "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" punching you in the face. Don't buy this CD or any others from him. I guess the only legitimate excuse would be if you own a bar or club and you had it in your juke box for screening purposes.