{"id":2858,"date":"2018-03-28T10:21:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T17:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2024-08-04T15:07:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T22:07:53","slug":"jack-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/jack-johnson","title":{"rendered":"Episode 132: Jack Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;You Can&#8217;t Control It&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SongExploder132-JackJohnson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SongExploder132-JackJohnson.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SongExploder132-JackJohnson-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&amp;ge=prx_93_50a530d1-503e-43ef-97ac-9e3afed4e695\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/50a530d1-503e-43ef-97ac-9e3afed4e695\/SongExploder132_JackJohnson_DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOWNLOAD MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"download-links\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jackjohnsonmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Johnson<\/a> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/grammys\/artists\/jack-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grammy-nominated<\/a> singer-songwriter from Hawaii. He&#8217;s had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/jack-johnson\/chart-history\/billboard-200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">four number one albums on the Billboard charts<\/a>. In September 2017, he released his seventh album, <em>All the Light Above It Too<\/em>, and in this episode, Jack Johnson breaks down one of the songs from that album. It\u2019s about parenting, politics, and the ocean. It\u2019s called &#8220;You Can&#8217;t Control It.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1256653009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy or stream \u201cYou Can&#8217;t Control It\u201d here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4grt0BtSa2E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/jack-johnson-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zachgill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zach Gill<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robbielackritz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robbie Lackritz<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/5RHKBUD7ficCL7W0hRa2Ru?si=dPY98RsRRV-NHFCeHDSSuQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Funky Drummer&#8221; &#8211; James Brown<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/4w7RuuQAVP0JXlAom3z1aC?si=VFMG2yE1Q7Wk2r8Gqfe3Mg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Wonderwall&#8221; &#8211; Oasis<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenageengineering.com\/products\/op-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OP-1 Synthesizer<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You Can&#8217;t Control It&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 DOWNLOAD MP3 Jack Johnson is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter from Hawaii. 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