# When you hear "Captain Jack", who do you first think of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390 "2012-06-17T02:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/41 "2012-06-17T06:04:18Z")
Aubrey Russell Crowe in Master and Commander ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/42 "2012-06-17T06:08:32Z")
Billy Joel, all the way. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/43 "2012-06-17T06:15:45Z")
My cat, Captain Jack … but I mostly just call him Jack. He was named after Sparrow but Sparrow and Harkness pop into my head equally depending on how recently I have seen or discussed Doctor Who or lusted after Johnny Depp. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/44 "2012-06-17T08:19:19Z")
Billy Joel. It’s one of the songs by Joel that I think doesn’t suck, and that I actually like hearing. I don’t think of Jack Sparrow as “Cap’t Jack,” even though that’s what he insists. He’s just Jack Sparrow to me. I never saw Torchwood or Dr. Who (DON’T HIT ME). ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/45 "2012-06-17T09:12:20Z")
The song. Not the Billy Joel song (although I like it), but the Gary Eckstein [song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duA5TY54a98) from 1981. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/46 "2012-06-17T09:26:41Z")
Billy Joel, failing to master his domain. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/47 "2012-06-17T09:28:23Z")
Another [song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boNRVXR7bqg&feature=fvwrel) or better yet, ‘performer’…oh those lovely nineties. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/48 "2012-06-17T10:39:48Z")
Has anyone mentioned the Billy Joel song? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/49 "2012-06-17T10:41:57Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > For some reason I thought of Spinal Tap’s “Saucy Jack” first. Hey, me too! ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/50 "2012-06-17T11:00:11Z")
Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/51 "2012-06-17T12:14:05Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > For some reason I thought of Spinal Tap’s “Saucy Jack” first. My brain went right for “Happy Jack” by the Who. ? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/52 "2012-06-17T12:20:19Z")
> [@zombywoof](#): > > The Billy Joel song pops into my mind first Yep. And now it’s stuck in my head. Thanks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/53 "2012-06-17T12:25:34Z")
The Billy Joel song ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/54 "2012-06-17T13:30:08Z")
The Billy Joel song, for me. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/55 "2012-06-17T16:12:29Z")
Putting captain in front of a first name always makes me think of pirates and alcohol. So Jack Sparrow. ---
**Author:** ![Zerc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/82dd89/32.png) [@Zerc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zerc)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/56 "2012-06-17T16:25:59Z")
Jack Harkness almost immediately followed by Billy Joel. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/57 "2012-06-17T16:26:05Z")
This [DDR song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgIuBQE1LEQ). I played a lot of DDR back in 2003-2004. This was one of the hardest songs in the game that I could do. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/58 "2012-06-17T16:26:13Z")
I’d get it confused with Captain Morgan and think it’s a brand of rum. ---
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/59 "2012-06-17T16:26:32Z")
Cap’n Jack Harkness. Of course, I just watched him last night so he’s fresh in the mind. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/60 "2012-06-17T16:30:02Z")
Rum, rum, rum. If Captain Jack isn’t already a brand name, it ought to be! 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390.md?page=4)