R.I.P. Jimmy Buffett. Thanks for years of music.

[Couchpotato]

I think there were a few more, but maybe they didn't chart as well.

Margaritaville was his biggest hit. But there were so many great songs.

Pirate Looks at 40
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Come Monday
Pencil Thin Mustache
Son of a Son of a Sailor
Volcano
The Captain and the Kid

Changes is Latitude
Let’s Get Drunk and Screw


Lots of hits in there.

 

[hjmick]

The lyric is...cut my heel had to cruise on back home.

In defense of BULLDOG, his live versions frequently changed the lyric to the broken leg line. That started shortly after he broke his leg...

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Changes is Latitude
Let’s Get Drunk and Screw


Lots of hits in there.

Lots of amazing songs, most were not hits and Jimmy was ok with that.

You Had to Be There is the best live album ever recorded by anyone.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

In defense of BULLDOG, his live versions frequently changed the lyric to the broken leg line. That started shortly after he broke his leg...

He would also change the lyric to include where he was playing.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

One of his true classics...

 

[Couchpotato]

Imagine being so tied to politics that it even impacts your musical selection.

What a shitty way to live.

I pity you

“Shut up and sing no one wants to hear about your politics”

Also

“I hate your music because of your politics”

 

[August West]

I suppose I am just not a big Buffett fan because none of the songs on your list ring my bell

But I do like Margaritaville

Much like the Grateful Dead, he didn`t need hits to draw an audience.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

“Shut up and sing no one wants to hear about your politics”

Also

“I hate your music because of your politics”

Yep, I cannot imagine being so tied to politics that this is even a thing.

Reminds me of people that quit listening to Elton John back in the day when he officially came out as gay

 

[the watcher]

He was also interested in space travel.

 

[Lord-Humungus]

The weather is here I wish you were beautiful.


Still one of the best turn a phrase lyrics ever sung. It was hard to stay pissed off when Buffett was playing, Jimmy always helped me to remember don’t take yourself or life too serious and how important it is to make time for a little sand on your feet and salt air in your lungs .


Rest in peace you pirate

 

[wamose]

Maybe he's living on sponge cake.

This could have been the result of a diet of sponge cake and margueritas. I met Jimmy Buffet before he was famous long ago down in Key West. I was playing in the minors at the time. Some guys on our team and I were drinking at a very secluded bar called the Sands when Jimmy and a bunch of Key West musicians came in and took turns playing songs they just made up on the piano. It was great. They invited us to a bar downtown called Capt. Tony's, so we went. When we got there, I was approached by some dude who asked me if I was straight. I said "hell no. I'm pretty drunk". He said "no, I mean are you into dudes". I said no and went on drinking with my buddies for a while until there was a big commotion in the back of the bar. It turned out to be the dude who hit on me, imagine that, getting married to some other dude. We never did see Jimmy, Billy nine fingers or any of the other musicians at Capt. Tony's, but two of us did get bit by a toothless monkey (no lie) that was in a cage in the middle of the bar. On top of that, we got reprimanded for agitating the monkey. Crazy night. And that's my Jimmy Buffet story. RIP Jimmy. You were not only a great songwriter and performer, but you were also one of the greatest marketers ever.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Ouch... that hurts.
Buffet was awesome... spent years enjoying his music.
But what a life - a man who pretty much did everything he wanted to do.

 

[surada]

In defense of BULLDOG, his live versions frequently changed the lyric to the broken leg line. That started shortly after he broke his leg...

Thanks..

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I look at Buffet as a man who unapologetically lived his life exactly as he wanted to... on a daily basis.
And what a life. The man spent the entirety of his time on earth doing what he wanted, and hurting no one in the process. And - BTW - happened to be worth approximately $1 Billion.

 

[Mac-7]

Much like the Grateful Dead, he didn`t need hits to draw an audience.

True, he had on stage personality

 

[bugs]

Only one big hit but it was a good one

Cheers.. he was Iconic with THAT one..

 

[The Duke]

I had a whole bar turn against me for singing along the live version to "Margaritaville" when it played on the jukebox.

You woulda thought I cussed they mamas or something.

Ignorant country fuckers.

My favorite's "Cheeseburger in Paradise."

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I had a whole bar turn against me for singing along the live version to "Margaritaville" when it played on the jukebox.

You woulda thought I cussed they mamas or something.

Ignorant country fuckers.

My favorite's "Cheeseburger in Paradise."

Pirate looks at 40 is mine.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Jimmy Buffet's music is a lot like Van Morrison's music. You don't really identify with a lot of it until you are at least 40 years old.

 

[Burgermeister]

RIP but never understood the hype.