▁their ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁album ▁Ch ip m unks ▁in ▁Low ▁Places . ▁ ▁Background ▁and ▁writing ▁The ▁song ▁is ▁s ung ▁from ▁the ▁perspective ▁of ▁a ▁heart bro ken ▁bar ▁patron ▁who ▁wishes ▁to ▁hear ▁country ▁music ▁to ▁ease ▁his ▁heart break . ▁As ▁such , ▁he ▁tells ▁the ▁other ▁pat rons ▁in ▁the ▁bar , ▁" don ' t ▁rock ▁the ▁ju ke box " ▁( i . e . ▁play ▁country ▁instead ▁of ▁rock ). ▁ ▁Alan ▁wrote ▁about ▁the ▁insp iration ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁video : ▁" I ▁w anna ▁tell ▁you ▁a ▁little ▁story ▁about ▁an ▁incident ▁that ▁happened ▁on ▁the ▁road ▁a ▁couple ▁years ▁ago ▁when ▁me ▁and ▁my ▁band , ▁The ▁St ray horn s , ▁were ▁playing ▁this ▁little ▁tr uck ▁stop ▁l oun ge ▁up ▁in ▁D os well , ▁Virginia , ▁a ▁place ▁called ▁Ger ald ine ' s . ▁We ' d ▁been ▁there ▁for ▁four ▁or ▁five ▁night s , ▁you ▁know , ▁playing ▁those ▁dance ▁sets . ▁It ' d ▁been ▁a ▁long ▁night , ▁I ▁took ▁a ▁break ▁and ▁walked ▁over ▁to ▁the ▁Ju ke box . ▁Roger , ▁my ▁bass ▁player , ▁was ▁already ▁over ▁there ▁reading ▁the ▁records , ▁you ▁know . ▁I ▁lean ed ▁up ▁on ▁the ▁corner ▁of ▁it ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁legs ▁was ▁broken ▁off , ▁ju ke box ▁kind ▁of ▁wob bling ▁around , ▁you ▁know . ▁And ▁Roger ▁looked ▁up ▁at ▁me ▁and ▁said ... ". ▁