Jellyfish were a short-lived but highly influential power pop band from San… Read Full Bio ↴Jellyfish were a short-lived but highly influential power pop band from San Francisco. The core members were drummer/singer/songwriter Andy Sturmer, keyboard player/multi-instrumentalist Roger Joseph Manning Jr., and guitarist/songwriter/vocalist Jason Falkner.
Sturmer and Roger Manning formed Jellyfish after the break-up of their previous band, Beatnik Beatch led by bassist / singer Chris Ketner. Prior to joining, Falkner had written and performed on songs from acclaimed Paisley Underground band The Three O'Clock's major-label debut, Vermillion. Roger had met Falkner a while back even before Beatnik Beatch just looking for someone to jam with and Jason was the only person in the classifieds to mention XTC as a reference. Both found the meeting interesting but it ultimately amounted to nothing. In the search for a guitarist before Jellyfish recorded the final tracks Roger gave Jason a call.

Jellyfish released their debut album Bellybutton in 1990. The album contained the band's biggest hit "Baby's Coming Back" which peaked at No. 62 on Billboards Hot 100 Chart. As well as the singles "That Is Why", "I Wanna Stay Home", "Now She Knows She's Wrong" and "The King Is Half-Undressed" (the video for which was nominated for Best Art Direction at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards).

Frustrated with simply being the guitar player, Jason Falkner left the band after the tour of their debut album. Chris Manning also left the band after the first album but unlike Falkner it was because he just didn't like the touring rock star life style. Andy and Roger recruited Tim Smith and a small handful of studio musicians (including Jon Brion) to fill the void and set forth recording their second album, Spilt Milk, an album far more lush than Bellybutton, incorporating a significant amount of overdubbing and many new instruments.

Increasing creative differences between Sturmer and Manning caused the abrupt end to Jellyfish. Andy Sturmer stayed quiet for a number of years, but has since become legendary for writing catchy pop music|pop songs for Japanese pop phenomenon Puffy Amiyumi and soloist YUKI (formerly front woman and vocalist of the Japanese rock band Judy and Mary). Roger Joseph Manning Jr. immediately joined up with Jellyfish live band member Eric Dover in a project called Imperial Drag; worked with Brian Kehew in a band they called The Moog Cookbook and in 2005 he released in Japan his first solo CD called Solid State Warrior retitled, resequenced with some different songs, and released in the U.S. in 2007 as The Land Of Pure Imagination. He also played keyboards for Beck, participating in several records and also remixed some songs for French duo Air. His brother Chris shows up occasionally as a sound engineer.

After leaving Jellyfish, Jason Falkner joined with other disillusioned pop musicians Jon Brion, Buddy Judge and Dan McCarroll (the latter three best known for their work with Aimee Mann) in a band called The Grays. Falkner has gone on to have a successful solo career. Roger Manning and Jason Falkner have recently reunited (along with ex Redd Kross member Brian Reitzell) in a new-wave inspired band called TV Eyes. Reitzell and Manning also joined forces for composing two tracks for the Lost in Translation soundtrack.
There is an alternate tag for ＪｅｌｌｙＦｉｓｈ, a visual kei band from Indonesia.

ARIA (vocals)
BIO (guitar)
Taku (guitar)
Riyo (keyboards)
IRU (bass)
Tian (drums).

Jellyfish name was adopted from a Japanese band, it means jellyfish, unique animals in the ocean that has different colors but typical. Jelly Fish hopes his music is more colorful and can be enjoyed by listeners of various genres.

In accordance with their young age, Jellyfish presents the work of the independent music and the young at heart. They mix the music becomes more beautiful with lyrics that have a positive message. Jellyfish style performance while wearing a Japanese costume and everything smelled of Japan starting from hairstyles to accessories.
Jellyfish also continue to strive to evolve and better in music for the future, and improve the quality of his best music for the more advanced in the world music scene Indonesia and Universal in the future.

Think About Your Troubles
Jellyfish Lyrics

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Sit beside the breakfast table
Think about your troubles
Pour yourself a cup of tea
Then think about the bubbles

You can take your teardrops
And drop 'em in a teacup
Take 'em down to the riverside

And throw 'em over the side

To be swept up by a current
Then taken to the ocean
To be eaten by some fishes
Who were eaten by some fishes

And swallowed by a whale
Who grew so old he decomposed
He died and left his body
To the bottom of the ocean

Now everybody knows
That when a body decomposes
The basic elements
Are given back to the ocean

And the sea does what it oughta
And soon there's salty water
Which is not to good for drinkin'
Cause it tastes just like a teardrop

So we run it through a filter
And it comes out from a faucet
Where it pours into a teapot

Which is just about to bubble
Now think about your troubles

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Jellyfish's "Think About Your Troubles" is a beautiful and imaginative piece that invites the listener to ponder about the challenges they're facing and to cope with them in an unorthodox way. The song starts with an invitation to sit beside the breakfast table and to contemplate one's troubles while pouring a cup of tea and observing the bubbles. The lyrics then suggest taking one's teardrops and dumping them into a teacup, going to the riverside, and throwing them over the side to be carried away by the current and eventually get eaten by fish and whales.

This process is depicted as a natural cycle of life and death that is intrinsic in the workings of the ocean. The decomposed remains of the whales and fishes return to the bottom of the ocean and become the basic elements used in the formation of salty water. The song ends on a positive note, inviting the listener again to reflect on their troubles as they taste the salty water from a teapot that is just about to bubble.

Line by Line Meaning

Sit beside the breakfast table
Take a seat at the table where you eat breakfast

Think about your troubles
Reflect on the problems you are facing

Pour yourself a cup of tea
Pour tea into a cup for yourself

Then think about the bubbles
Contemplate the bubbles in your tea

You can take your teardrops
You can take the tears you've shed

And drop 'em in a teacup
Put them into a cup alongside your tea

Take 'em down to the riverside
Bring them with you to a nearby river

And throw 'em over the side
Toss them into the water below

To be swept up by a current
To be carried away by the river's flow

Then taken to the ocean
Then brought to the sea

To be eaten by some fishes
To be consumed by aquatic creatures