Yep ... I've heard it many, many times over the years, and it still gets to me.Brian DeSpain said:
He went to Paris is one of the best written songs ever in my opinion.
RIP Jimmy Buffett
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The Big 8 are:
Margaritaville
Come Monday
Cheeseburger...
A Pirate Looks at 40
Volcano
Fins
Changes in Latitude...
Why Don't We Get Drunk
Not my top 8 at all, but for his shows those are the 8 he had to play....
Margaritaville
Come Monday
Cheeseburger...
A Pirate Looks at 40
Volcano
Fins
Changes in Latitude...
Why Don't We Get Drunk
Not my top 8 at all, but for his shows those are the 8 he had to play....
mnuge said:
The Big 8 are:
Margaritaville
Come Monday
Cheeseburger...
A Pirate Looks at 40
Volcano
Fins
Changes in Latitude...
Why Don't We Get Drunk
Not my top 8 at all, but for his shows those are the 8 he had to play....
I always thought "One Particular Harbor" was one of the core group.
mnuge said:
The Big 8 are:
Margaritaville
Come Monday
Cheeseburger...
A Pirate Looks at 40
Volcano
Fins
Changes in Latitude...
Why Don't We Get Drunk
Not my top 8 at all, but for his shows those are the 8 he had to play....
Pirate and Volcano are the only two of those that I'd probably put in my top 15. And Volcano is probably only because I love that whole Album so much.
So, let's all do a list of our favorite Buffett songs, covers included.
In no particular order:
One Particular Harbour
Tin Cup Chalice
Pirate
Cuban Crime of Passion
Pascagoula Run
Another Saturday Night
Floriday's
Fins
CILCA
SOASOAS
Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street
Havana Daydreamin'
Fruitcakes
Coast of Carolina
Bama Breeze
Volcano
Tryin' To Reason with Hurricane Season
Gulf Coast Highway (duet with Evangeline)
Migration
Come Monday
Ragtop Day
If It All Falls Down (fitting, right?)
Barefoot Children
Delaney Talks to Statues
Wonder Why We Ever Go Home?
Serpentine
And I most recently like his dubbed in version of Saltwater Gospel with the Ely Young Band.
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In no particular order:
One Particular Harbour
Tin Cup Chalice
Pirate
Cuban Crime of Passion
Pascagoula Run
Another Saturday Night
Floriday's
Fins
CILCA
SOASOAS
Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street
Havana Daydreamin'
Fruitcakes
Coast of Carolina
Bama Breeze
Volcano
Tryin' To Reason with Hurricane Season
Gulf Coast Highway (duet with Evangeline)
Migration
Come Monday
Ragtop Day
If It All Falls Down (fitting, right?)
Barefoot Children
Delaney Talks to Statues
Wonder Why We Ever Go Home?
Serpentine
And I most recently like his dubbed in version of Saltwater Gospel with the Ely Young Band.
|\s up forever!
Can't possibly try to rate! Here's a stab at a few favorites and why I like them:
Absolute favorite Jimmy Cover.... Gumbo! [Phish cover].
Spadilly - great pictures. I'll try and share some of mine (kid appropriate) over the weekend
Keep your Fins Up, yall
- Pirate
- One Particular Harbour
- Tryin' To Reason with Hurricane Season
- [Deep Cut] Mile High in Denver (Down to Earth Album had a fun country feel to it - recommend a listen)
- He Went to Paris
- Grapefruit
- Summerzcool (I might be the only one - but I thought this kicked ass for a summer jam)
- West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown (Kinda a call back to country roots!)
- [Deep Cut] High Cumberland Jubilee
- All Night Long - Duet w Lionel Richie (such a fun song - played at my wedding reception)
- Migration
- Changes
- Banana Republics
- Sailor
- Cheeseburger (this was my first song introduction to Jimmy)
- Manana
- Fins! Volcano! (I'm trying to consolidate bullets already, see?)
- Coconut Telegraph / Island / Weather is Here
- Twelve Volt Man ( Love the lyrics on this one)
- Who's the Blonde Stranger (This has some ties to Galveston. Think filmed or written while he was here. I don't recall)
- [deep cut] Creola (Or is it a deep cut? This one is so smooth)
- Jamaica Mistaka
- (this list could go another 20)
Absolute favorite Jimmy Cover.... Gumbo! [Phish cover].
Spadilly - great pictures. I'll try and share some of mine (kid appropriate) over the weekend
Keep your Fins Up, yall
Chicken - awesome story man - thanks for sharing!
Love your list!
Trying to make a list of my favorites is too hard, but mainly because they change every time I throw on an old album or depending on what mood I'm in.
That said, here are some thoughts:
1. Tin Cup Chalice - this is my absolute favorite. It captures the spirit and love of being next to the water in such a great way. Every time I hear it, I'm immediately on a mental vacation on the beach.
2. Barefoot Children - The Barometer Soup album is one I just keep coming back to and never get tired of. I'm a weather nerd, so right off the bat in this song I am smiling when Jimmy starts singing about lightning, thunder, and Heaven's ragtime band. As a father, nothing is better than seeing the kids run around in the rain and not have a care in the world. We all could use a little more of that childlike spirit these days.
3. Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season - As a lifelong Houstonian, we have had our share of tropical storms and hurricanes devastate our region. Here comes another hurricane season...
4. One Particular Harbour - This is the song that I always looked forward to the most when I saw Jimmy live. See, I tried to take at least one first timer every time he came through, and my personal motto is "the first time's free" for my friends (borrowing that line from I Will Play For Gumbo).
If they had never seen him live, I paid for their ticket. I passed out hula skirts and leis to my group before the show. When OPH came on, I went to work and started the conga line on the lawn. That is the moment in the show where the Margaritaville experience took hold of me and I believe the moment my friends realized why I love this stuff so much.
Others:
That said, here are some thoughts:
1. Tin Cup Chalice - this is my absolute favorite. It captures the spirit and love of being next to the water in such a great way. Every time I hear it, I'm immediately on a mental vacation on the beach.
2. Barefoot Children - The Barometer Soup album is one I just keep coming back to and never get tired of. I'm a weather nerd, so right off the bat in this song I am smiling when Jimmy starts singing about lightning, thunder, and Heaven's ragtime band. As a father, nothing is better than seeing the kids run around in the rain and not have a care in the world. We all could use a little more of that childlike spirit these days.
3. Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season - As a lifelong Houstonian, we have had our share of tropical storms and hurricanes devastate our region. Here comes another hurricane season...
4. One Particular Harbour - This is the song that I always looked forward to the most when I saw Jimmy live. See, I tried to take at least one first timer every time he came through, and my personal motto is "the first time's free" for my friends (borrowing that line from I Will Play For Gumbo).
If they had never seen him live, I paid for their ticket. I passed out hula skirts and leis to my group before the show. When OPH came on, I went to work and started the conga line on the lawn. That is the moment in the show where the Margaritaville experience took hold of me and I believe the moment my friends realized why I love this stuff so much.
Others:
- Distantly In Love - my favorite Buffett song to play when I pick up my guitar
- Little Miss Magic - Already told my wife and little girl this will be the father/daughter song whenever my girl gets married.
- False Echoes - Perfect lyrics. And James Taylor singing on it with him? So good.
- The Captain and The Kid
- Migration - I got a Carribean soul I can barely control and some Texas hidden here in my heart!
- Semi-True Stories
- Livingston's Gone To Texas
- He Went to Paris
- The Night I Painted The Sky
- Trip Around The Sun - I've listened to this song every year on my birthday since it came out.
- Island
- Pirate Looks at 40
- Death of An Unpopular Poet
- Bank of Bad Habits, Jamaca Mistaka, Lage Nom Ai, I Will Play for Gumbo, Summerzcool, Mexico, Love and Luck - these are just so much fun to throw on and great live songs
- I could go on and on, but I'll throw one more in:
- Ballad of Spider John - this was a very pleasant surprise in the set during the final show I saw him at (Woodlands '22)
One that I think is underrated is Coast of Carolina:
I can't see the future but I know it's coming fast
It's not that hard to wind up knee deep in the past
It's come a lot of Mondays
Since the phone booth that first night
Through years and miles and tears and smiles
I want to get it right
These days I'm up about the time I used to go to bed
Living large was once the deal, now I watch the stars instead
I can't see the future but I know it's coming fast
It's not that hard to wind up knee deep in the past
It's come a lot of Mondays
Since the phone booth that first night
Through years and miles and tears and smiles
I want to get it right
These days I'm up about the time I used to go to bed
Living large was once the deal, now I watch the stars instead
I would be remiss if I did not say that We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About!
One of my absolute favorites (and favorite songs in general) is tree top flyer, the hidden track on the end of...fruitcakes? I was so proud of myself in 1997 or so when I figured out to clip it the mp3 so I could just have that song.
A few that haven't been mentioned:
"The Weather is Here, I Wish You Were Beautiful"
"I Wish Lunch Could Last Forever"
"No Plane on Sunday"
"Schoolboy Heart"
"The Weather is Here, I Wish You Were Beautiful"
"I Wish Lunch Could Last Forever"
"No Plane on Sunday"
"Schoolboy Heart"
Three new songs now up at streaming services. Bubbles Up was his goodbye??
At midnight on September 8, the late great Jimmy Buffett released three new singles from that eternal 5 o'clock up in the sky. The songs, "Bubbles Up," "My Gummie Just Kicked In," and "Like My Dog," had been previewed in short radio sneak peeks as part of the rollout for his upcoming album, Equal Strain On All Parts, which will have a posthumous release this November. Now, all three are available streaming in full.
https://www.vulture.com/2023/09/jimmy-buffett-posthumous-singles-album.html
At midnight on September 8, the late great Jimmy Buffett released three new singles from that eternal 5 o'clock up in the sky. The songs, "Bubbles Up," "My Gummie Just Kicked In," and "Like My Dog," had been previewed in short radio sneak peeks as part of the rollout for his upcoming album, Equal Strain On All Parts, which will have a posthumous release this November. Now, all three are available streaming in full.
https://www.vulture.com/2023/09/jimmy-buffett-posthumous-singles-album.html
Based on his recent death and all the media converge, this new album will sell eleventy billion copies
The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But, it's still on the list.
list of deep cuts\favorites to add:
Lucky Stars
Cowboy in the Jungle
Elvis Presley Blues
Hula Girl at Heart
In the Shelter
Take It Back
Someday I Will
Like many here have many memories of past concerts and tailgating.
Anyone else camp out for tickets in the MSC when he came to Aggieland in 1980(?). i knew the future Mrs. was alright when she stuck it out with me.
Lucky Stars
Cowboy in the Jungle
Elvis Presley Blues
Hula Girl at Heart
In the Shelter
Take It Back
Someday I Will
Like many here have many memories of past concerts and tailgating.
Anyone else camp out for tickets in the MSC when he came to Aggieland in 1980(?). i knew the future Mrs. was alright when she stuck it out with me.
I wanna see our defense pissed off, not confused, maybe a little murder in their hearts
Reload12, 11/4/11
They'll be selling one to me because the first three songs are all pretty dang good.malenurse said:
Based on his recent death and all the media converge, this new album will sell eleventy billion copies
Pre-order for new album.
https://www.mailboatrecords.com/collections/jimmy-buffett-equal-strain-on-all-parts?fbclid=IwAR2h5gLVJ5ZUwZU79wO7Ti_g22Wj1lQ2m1mVHHsNgDUmYZ-FUIUO8A52emo
Edit to add:
TRACK LIST:
1. University of Bourbon Street (feat. Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
2. Bubbles Up
3. Audience of One
4. My Gummie Just Kicked In
5. Close Calls
6. Equal Strain On All Parts
7. Like My Dog
8. Ti Punch Caf (feat. Angelique Kidjo)
9. Portugul or PEI (feat. Lennie Gallant, Will Kimbrough)
10. Nobody Works On Friday
11. Fish Porn
12. Johnny's Rhum
13. Columbus
14. Mozambique (feat. Emmylou Harris)
https://www.mailboatrecords.com/collections/jimmy-buffett-equal-strain-on-all-parts?fbclid=IwAR2h5gLVJ5ZUwZU79wO7Ti_g22Wj1lQ2m1mVHHsNgDUmYZ-FUIUO8A52emo
Edit to add:
TRACK LIST:
1. University of Bourbon Street (feat. Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
2. Bubbles Up
3. Audience of One
4. My Gummie Just Kicked In
5. Close Calls
6. Equal Strain On All Parts
7. Like My Dog
8. Ti Punch Caf (feat. Angelique Kidjo)
9. Portugul or PEI (feat. Lennie Gallant, Will Kimbrough)
10. Nobody Works On Friday
11. Fish Porn
12. Johnny's Rhum
13. Columbus
14. Mozambique (feat. Emmylou Harris)
Yeah, I'll get a CD and a vinyl copy.
Pirate is my favorite, but I've adopted Boat Drinks as a lifestyle inspiration.
I found this interesting.. not sure of accuracy though. Per setlist.fm;
Jimmy buffet has 2284 shows in the database, and 2185 of them are USA. Just 99 shows in another country (with 81 of those 99 in canada, france, australia and st barts).
I guess he had next to no fan base outside of the US?
he also played riverbend music center in OH every year since 1988, except 2020.
https://www.setlist.fm/search?query=jimmy+buffet
Jimmy buffet has 2284 shows in the database, and 2185 of them are USA. Just 99 shows in another country (with 81 of those 99 in canada, france, australia and st barts).
I guess he had next to no fan base outside of the US?
he also played riverbend music center in OH every year since 1988, except 2020.
https://www.setlist.fm/search?query=jimmy+buffet
Since Jimmy's death, I've been doing a deep dive on his catalog, relistening to albums I hadn't heard in years, including some of those '80s and '90s albums that often get overlooked by his monster hits.
It's amazing how many really special songs he wrote or covered. The guy could paint a picture with his lyrics, that's for sure. And he had a way of turning others' songs into his own classics.
Sure, every album has a couple of throwaways. But there are gems everywhere.
As he said on the "You Had to Be There" recording ... "there's a lot of good %$&@ on those albums."
It's amazing how many really special songs he wrote or covered. The guy could paint a picture with his lyrics, that's for sure. And he had a way of turning others' songs into his own classics.
Sure, every album has a couple of throwaways. But there are gems everywhere.
As he said on the "You Had to Be There" recording ... "there's a lot of good %$&@ on those albums."
malenurse said:
Based on his recent death and all the media converge, this new album will sell eleventy billion copies
It's not just the new stuff:
Quote:
According to Billboard, Jimmy Buffett's signature song, "Margaritaville", has made a major comeback. The song which originally peaked at #8, on the Billboard Hot 100, in 1977, has re-entered the Top 40. The iconic track is currently sitting at #38.
And:
Quote:
The late Jimmy Buffett, who died on Sept. 1, returns to the top five of the Billboard 200 albums chart as his best-of collection Songs You Know by Heart: Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hit(s) re-enters the Sept. 16-dated list at No. 4. It marks the album's highest rank ever and first week in the top 10, or even top 40, dating to its release in 1985 and Buffett's 13th top 10-charting album.
I've been doing the same thing. Opened "Jimmy Buffett Disography" in Wikipedia on one tab and have been cycling through his albums from beginning to end. I'm embarrassed at how little of his catalog I have listened to, there are some real gems in there.EclipseAg said:
Since Jimmy's death, I've been doing a deep dive on his catalog, relistening to albums I hadn't heard in years, including some of those '80s and '90s albums that often get overlooked by his monster hits.
It's amazing how many really special songs he wrote or covered. The guy could paint a picture with his lyrics, that's for sure. And he had a way of turning others' songs into his own classics.
Sure, every album has a couple of throwaways. But there are gems everywhere.
As he said on the "You Had to Be There" recording ... "there's a lot of good %$&@ on those albums."
lol. Sounds like something my late grandma would say.Tailgate88 said:Opened "Jimmy Buffett Discology" in WikipediaEclipseAg said:
Since Jimmy's death, I've been doing a deep dive on his catalog, relistening to albums I hadn't heard in years, including some of those '80s and '90s albums that often get overlooked by his monster hits.
It's amazing how many really special songs he wrote or covered. The guy could paint a picture with his lyrics, that's for sure. And he had a way of turning others' songs into his own classics.
Sure, every album has a couple of throwaways. But there are gems everywhere.
As he said on the "You Had to Be There" recording ... "there's a lot of good %$&@ on those albums."
Have heard both Bubbles Up and My Gummie Just Kicked In. Both are good in their own wayMsDoubleD81 said:
Pre-order for new album.
https://www.mailboatrecords.com/collections/jimmy-buffett-equal-strain-on-all-parts?fbclid=IwAR2h5gLVJ5ZUwZU79wO7Ti_g22Wj1lQ2m1mVHHsNgDUmYZ-FUIUO8A52emo
Edit to add:
TRACK LIST:
1. University of Bourbon Street (feat. Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
2. Bubbles Up
3. Audience of One
4. My Gummie Just Kicked In
5. Close Calls
6. Equal Strain On All Parts
7. Like My Dog
8. Ti Punch Caf (feat. Angelique Kidjo)
9. Portugul or PEI (feat. Lennie Gallant, Will Kimbrough)
10. Nobody Works On Friday
11. Fish Porn
12. Johnny's Rhum
13. Columbus
14. Mozambique (feat. Emmylou Harris)
Whoops it's actually Discography. Reading your post I realized my error, now corrected.
But yeah, in fairness most of his catalog was actually released on some sort of disc...So it's accurate!
But yeah, in fairness most of his catalog was actually released on some sort of disc...So it's accurate!
AgBQ-00 said:Have heard both Bubbles Up and My Gummie Just Kicked In. Both are good in their own wayMsDoubleD81 said:
Pre-order for new album.
https://www.mailboatrecords.com/collections/jimmy-buffett-equal-strain-on-all-parts?fbclid=IwAR2h5gLVJ5ZUwZU79wO7Ti_g22Wj1lQ2m1mVHHsNgDUmYZ-FUIUO8A52emo
Edit to add:
TRACK LIST:
1. University of Bourbon Street (feat. Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
2. Bubbles Up
3. Audience of One
4. My Gummie Just Kicked In
5. Close Calls
6. Equal Strain On All Parts
7. Like My Dog
8. Ti Punch Caf (feat. Angelique Kidjo)
9. Portugul or PEI (feat. Lennie Gallant, Will Kimbrough)
10. Nobody Works On Friday
11. Fish Porn
12. Johnny's Rhum
13. Columbus
14. Mozambique (feat. Emmylou Harris)
McCartney said he thought Bubbles Up was the best vocal work Jimmy has ever done, and I think he is spot on. His voice is strong if a bit lower than previous albums and just really clear.
I wonder if Bubbles Up will become his biggest hit?
I've ordered the new album on CD and Vinyl. I'm sure it will be treasured like all the others.
|\s up!
I've ordered the new album on CD and Vinyl. I'm sure it will be treasured like all the others.
|\s up!
Equal Strain On All Parts dropped on Friday. I have both my CD and Key West Blue vinyl copies. It's a good spin. No, it's not A1A or CILCA, but it's good. My daughter says "Bubbles Up" is what he left us and is his going to Heaven song.
Bubbles up
Fins up
Bubbles up
Fins up
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