tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17071961566273481742024-03-13T08:23:39.614-04:00A Pirate Looks Past SixtyWherein a boomer does not age easily, but has funpbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-60241976291757151662012-10-31T15:05:00.000-04:002012-10-31T15:05:56.697-04:00REPEAT FOR THOSE HIT BY SANDY<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3k-0rskSk_c" width="420"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On a day when life was personally at its most
confusing, I heard this song "Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On"
(2005) on Radio Margaritaville (where else) and thought what a great piece of
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Then upon realizing that I had the song on CD, </span></span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Take the Weather With You, </i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I listened a
little more closely to what Jimmy was actually singing about. As many of you know, Jimmy Buffett grew up in
Alabama and has strong ties to the Gulf Coast and here he is singing about when
Hurricane Katrina and "</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Pontchartrain </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">buried the ninth ward to the second floor". The song has a 2005 copyright so must have
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At first it seemed rather banal advice to people whose loved ones died and had their homes ruined, but right after the storm what else was
there to do but "Breathe in, Breathe out, Move on". As he so often does, Mr. Buffett got it right
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Usually this blog features a Jimmy Buffett video for your "Weekend Song", but for this short weekend before the long weekend I thought we could all use some great jazz. This is why I am introducing you to La Cuchina in case you aren't already into them. What can I say about a group whose motto is "La Cuchina makes people want to dance to jazz again"! It couldn't be better for a great spring weekend, so give the video a listen.<br />
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After that I know you will want to hear more and learn more about them. They have great songs on the website so follow the link and become a fan. <a href="http://lacuchina.com/lacuchina_site/La_Cuchina.html">LA CUCHINA</a><br />
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If Jimmy Buffett can play at Jazz Fest in New Orleans, these guys should be the headliner!!!!<br />
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<i>For GBE2 #52: Guilty Pleasures</i><br />
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Most people think of pirate pleasures as being rum, a clear sail, booty, etc. But, these are not guilty pleasures since most pirates have difficulty feeling guilt in any case.<br />
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I, however, not being the average pirate, do feel guilt and have quite a few guilty pleasures and the most ridiculous one (at least in some people's eyes) is HGTV"s "House Hunters". Wait, not just "House Hunters", also "House Hunters International", "House Hunters World Tour" and any other variations on this show that HGTV wants to provide. During rough times, when I've seen then all, I might even resort to "Property Virgins" and "For Rent". <br />
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When having a bad day, many of us turn to ice cream, chocolate, RUM, etc., but all I have to do is turn on an episode of "House Hunters"and am instantly cheered up. Why? I've always loved looking in other people's homes even if they are million dollar homes that have amenities that I would never hope to own. But wait there's more, where else can you watch people with an amazingly low budget get upset because the house doesn't have stainless steel appliances. <br />
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Here are the must haves for almost all house hunters including the international ones: Stainless steel appliances, double sinks in an en suite bathroom attached to the master bedroom, a master bedroom large enough to play tennis in, and a great back yard that requires no maintenance on the part of the owners (also no maintenance fees). Are you beginning to see why this is fun? The newer shows have actually been showing the exasperation on the part of the poor real estate agent who has been saddled with this couple. <br />
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Overseas, it's even worse. People moving from Texas to Germany don't seem to get the idea that they won't have huge rooms, updated kitchens (sometimes there's no kitchen), at a reasonable price in German cities and the European countryside lacks even more of the amenities they can't live without. Don't you just want to say "why didn't you stay home". Is this a great distraction or what? <br />
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The hardest part about this guilty pleasure is that HGTV has actually been cutting back on the hundreds of hours of House Hunters that they used to show in favor of OTHER SHOWS. Still though there is a new one every weeknight at 10 p.m. eastern. Check it out!!!pbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-11141129853133378312012-05-10T17:38:00.000-04:002012-05-10T17:38:18.005-04:00TITLE TUNE BY JIMMY BUFFETT<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z4hATYJ22QE" width="420"></iframe><br />
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I promised on Thursdays that I would post the Jimmy Buffett song for your weekend listening and this week it is the one that this blog is named after, "A Pirate Looks At Forty". Both Jimmy and I have are way past forty now, but it still rings true for whatever age you are.<br />
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My favorite line: "I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away too fast". <br />
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Enjoy your weekend!!!pbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-63321398006606631572012-05-03T16:01:00.000-04:002012-05-03T18:30:56.326-04:00GREAT DRINKING SONG FOR THIS WEEKEND<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xGbrCJfgH8s" width="420"></iframe><br />
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Well, I'm no longer posting Jimmy Buffett everyday, but I do not want my fans to go without, so I'm going to try to post a favorite on Thursdays anyway. <br />
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"A Lot to Drink About" from <i>Buffett Hotel </i> is an absolutely great song for the Cinco de Mayo weekend and the video is a great one of Jimmy and Mac MacAnaly doing an impromptu concert at the Margaritaville Cafe in Key West. Why doesn't that happen when I walk into a Margaritaville Cafe????<br />
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So, listen, enjoy and I know you'll know all the words by the time you need a good drinking song. This one hits on everything that's happening now and just a bit more. Thanks, Jimmy. I need some RUM!!!pbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-3033549819112844112012-04-30T16:46:00.000-04:002012-04-30T16:46:14.821-04:00Z is for (USS) ZYDECOLDSMOBILE<br />
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Here we are at the final day of the A to Z Challenge and here is the Jimmy song that I found for "Z","USS Zydecoldsmobile" (2002) from the <i>Far Side of the World </i>CD.<br />
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Jimmy did not write this song, it was written by Sonny Landreth, but as usual with his lively performance and great band, Jimmy makes it his own. <br />
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Zydeco, for those that don't know, is from cajun music in Louisiana and you hear it all the time in New Orleans. This is get up and dance, have a few more drinks and enjoy yourself music. <br />
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I hope that's what you've been doing here on "A Pirate Looks Past Sixty" during this challenge and PLEASE stay tuned, we'll be doing more Jimmy, more pirate info and more sailing and getting high!!!! Thanks for joining.<br />
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<br />pbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-3178891632614778612012-04-28T18:48:00.000-04:002012-04-28T18:48:36.345-04:00Y is for You Call It Jogging...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uvedM8qVOsk" width="420"></iframe><br />
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<i>Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.</i><br />
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Jimmy didn't write this song, it is attributed Loudemilk and please all you fans, let me know who this is. Jimmy makes it his own though and it is included on the 1999 <i>Beach House on the Moon </i>CD.<br />
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The song is obviously about a husband who believes that instead of "jogging" like she tells him, his wife is out fooling around. Pointing out all the signs that he sees, such as, "Somebody said they saw you down at the corner getting out of some stranger's car". Also after hours of jogging, she comes home not even "breathing hard". <br />
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Jimmy's roots are in country and this sprightly little song is a step back into the genre, which he does well.<br />
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<i>Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.</i>
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Well, it is probably more PG 13 rated now, although it was a little wilder when it first came out in 1973. From the weirdly named and great CD <i>A White Sports Coat and a Pink Crustacean, </i>we have the infamous drinking etc. song, "Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw". <br />
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Naturally this has become a concert favorite and listen hard, the words pretty much say it all. Not my favorite Jimmy song, but one of the songs that will live on forever and ever and ever.<br />
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So have another drink, find your partner and follow Jimmy's advice. <br />
<br />pbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-47622446347557760392012-04-26T00:26:00.000-04:002012-04-26T00:26:42.186-04:00W is for WINGS<i><br /></i><br />
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<i>Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.</i>
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From the relatively recent <i>Hotel Buffett </i>CD (2009), we have a philosophical song written by Jimmy Buffett and Will Kimbrough called "Wings".<br />
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We all know that Jimmy loves to fly in his airplanes and he also loves the idea of "treetop flying" which is mentioned in this song. I think that they are telling everyone to take a fresh look at life or look at it from a different point of view and you might fly on "wings that you can't see".<br />
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I'm also very fond of the line "I don't need no runway, I got fuel here in my bong, I can buzz at treetop flyer level all day long". Also near the end of the song where they say "You can try to fly away from all your problems, well, I'm here to say that ain't the way to solve them". <br />
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Jimmy once again give us things to think about.pbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-82265584508588363572012-04-25T13:50:00.000-04:002012-04-25T13:50:59.968-04:00V is for VAMPIRES, MUMMIES AND THE HOLY GHOST plus bonus song<i><br /></i><br />
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<i>Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.</i>
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I know many, many of you were expecting "Volcano" and I will put a video of that at the end, but if you haven't heard "Vampires, Mummies, and the Holy Ghost", you really need to, which is why it is my "V" for the day. This great fun song is from the <i>Fruitcakes </i> CD, which if you don't own it you should get it. <br />
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Jimmy is only afraid of vampires, mummies and the Holy Ghost, nothing else scares him, lucky him. I do like the verse about the "serial killer down the block" , he seemed so quiet and raised orchids, who knew. It's a great fun song so sing along and enjoy your Wednesday. <br />
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For you purists, here is Volcano:<br />
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<i>Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.</i><br />
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Well as you all know, this song was not an original Jimmy Buffett song, but originally and wonderfully done by The Grateful Dead. Also, I am not too fond of Jimmy's covers, which he seems to be doing quite a bit of lately. <br />
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That being said, "Uncle John's Band" which Jimmy covers on the <i>Fruitcakes CD </i>is a pretty good cover and a great song for "U" day. As you can probably tell from my use of songs, this album is one of my favorites and will also show up on "V" day.<br />
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Listen and enjoy and mellow out, however you usually do, be it rum or other stuff.<br />
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<br />pbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-81154703500703318882012-04-23T18:19:00.000-04:002012-04-23T18:19:37.393-04:00T is THE WEATHER IS HERE I WISH YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u8ppaQhAZio" width="420"></iframe><br />
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<i>Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.</i>
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<i>"</i>The Weather is Here I Wish You Were Beautiful" (1980) from the <i>Coconut Telegraph </i>CD has been one of my favorite songs for two reasons.<br />
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The first one is that of course, it has all the Jimmy Buffett elements, love of the palm tress, escaping a bitchy girlfriend, finding new love and finally deciding to kick it all over and move to the islands. In the song, I am assuming he is from NYC and not sure where the flight attendant is from (Jimmy used the politically incorrect "Stewardess" in the song). <br />
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The other thing I love about this song is that at the time he recorded it Jimmy was a big "All My Children" fan; that's right the soap opera. I watched it off and on when I was home with kids, but my friend called one day and said "Jimmy Buffett is going to be on 'All My Children' today!" and he was. He walked into a bar sat down, I don't remember if he had any lines, but the juke box was playing one of his songs. <br />
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THIS song comes into this all (ah, you were waiting for a point, right) because of the line "Billy Clyde wasn't insane". Billy Clyde Tuggle was a "All My Children" character, so I've always gotten a kick out of that and remember Jimmy's brief soap opera cameo every time I hear this song. . <br />
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<br />pbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-46478729793285553012012-04-21T18:50:00.000-04:002012-04-21T18:50:05.082-04:00S is for SON OF A SON OF A SAILOR<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7LIpuMbLX-Q" width="420"></iframe><br />
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This song is the title song of one of my favorite Jimmy Buffett albums <i>Son of a Son of a Sailor </i>(1978). As we know from following Jimmy's other songs, he actually is the son of a son of a sailor in that his grandfather was a sailing ship captain. <br />
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This song celebrates sailing and being on the water. As Jimmy says, :The sea's in my veins, my tradition remains, I'm just glad I don't live in a trailer". He has never been fond of the trailer parks scattered over Florida and especially hates them in the Keys. <br />
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This song more than many others speaks to how this guy became such a hit with many people. He dreams the same dream, sings about them in song and then goes out and lives the dream, but shares it all with his fans like he's their best friend. I have to admit that there are times in my life his songs have been my best friend.<br />
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Hey, this weekend go down to the ocean and listen to some Buffett!!!<br />
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Today is "R" day and I'm finally putting up a song from one of Jimmy's most recent CDs. The song is "Rhumba Man" (written by Jesse Winchester, who performs with Jimmy here) and it is on Jimmy Buffett's 2009 CD <i>Hotel Buffett. </i><br />
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I played it because today is a beautiful spring day and we're nearing summer and it's a great day to get out there and Rhumba as I know so many Jimmy fans are already doing in the parking lots prior to his concerts on the present tour.<br />
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First off, don't forget to check out the amazing video for this song, actually I think he used the song to highlight the video of cats being drawn by what appears to be a computer program. Good stuff!<br />
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Anyway, "Quietly Making Noise" (1994) is from the very lively <i>Fruitcakes </i>CD which includes "Fruitcakes" which is also a great song. <br />
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Naturally this one was chosen because it was the only Jimmy Buffett "Q" song that I could find, fortunately it's a good one. Jimmy is once again singing about Paris which appears to be a place that he really loves and so there are many references to Oscar Wilde "died in bed, several floors above my head" and then goes on to mention going into the metro, meeting various people of different nationalities, and then "singers and writers and poets have flocked here for centuries, the city of light is built upon mountains of memories". <br />
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A reader did comment that he had seen Jimmy perform in Paris, did he do this song? <br /> <br />
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"Peanut Butter Conspiracy" (1973) is a really quirky song from the equally quirky album <i>A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean, </i>which also includes another of my favorite of Jimmy's crime songs "The Great Filling Station Holdup".<br />
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In "Peanut Butter Conspiracy", Jimmy takes us back to his "hard luck days" when apparently (probably fictionally) he and some co-conspirators would go into a mini-mart and shoplift. So that we'll all know that he is not really bad, he vows to pay the mini-mart back when he hits the big time.<br />
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Interestingly, Jimmy was involved in investing in an underwater treasure hunt and they actually found some valuable items, I'm not sure when this was. The news media at the time quoted this song and asked if now was when he would "pay the mini-mart back"! <br />
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"One Particular Harbor" (1983) is from the album of the same name and is Mr. Buffett's ode to Tahiti. He sings the first and last verses in Tahitian which obviously many of his fans have learned, because they try anyway to sing it along with him at concerts. <br />
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This lovely song is about a beautiful place in Pacific (not Jimmy's usual stomping ground) and is soothing to listen to. The CMT video that I've included is from a concert Jimmy did in Antuilla, not Tahiti. <br />
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The translation of the first Tahitian verse (according to Wikipedia) is:<br />
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"Nature lives (life to nature), Have pity for the Earth, (Love the Earth)"<br />
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And the translation of the final Tahitian verse is that plus:<br />
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"Bounty of the land is exhausted, But there is still abundance on the sea"<br />
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Sounds like Jimmy for sure!<br />
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<br />pbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-23772207976109850272012-04-16T16:53:00.001-04:002012-04-16T16:53:46.997-04:00N is for NO PLANE ON SUNDAY<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4BkgCDHBTEA" width="420"></iframe><br />
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Continuing down the alphabet, I find Jimmy has very few "N" songs, but this one is a song I've always liked and actually remember singing to myself when stuck in McCarren Airport in Vegas overnight one night. "No Plane on Sunday" (1986) is from the <i>Floridays </i>CD.<br />
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The story is very simple and we've all been there, although I know I didn't do it Jimmy style. They're planning on flying out of the islands (since he says "we're on island time") and the flight has been cancelled because of "something with the landing gear" which seems like a fine reason to me. Well, most of us would sit around the airport like the disgruntled people in the video, but Jimmy envisions a different plan.<br />
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In his plan, you meet a handsome guy (or beautiful woman) and even though you both have someone back home you spend the night dining, walking on the beach and very much together. Then comes Monday and it's back to real life. It sure beats playing the slots and sleeping on the floor at McCarren. Jimmy always seems to have a better plan. <br />
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<i>Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation</i>
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There was really no question what "M" would be, but for those new to Mr. Buffett, "Margaritaville" (1977) was the BIG hit for Jimmy and the one that led many of us to the rest of his music. This song first appeared on the <i>Changes in Lattitudes, Changes in Attitudes </i>CD, <br />
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I first heard the song on the radio in 1977 when I was living on Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, CO, with my husband and one year old daughter. (see "Little Miss Magic"). I don't know why I remember this so well, but we lived in the shadow of Cheyenne Mountain and Pikes Peak and I swear I was looking at those mountains and was thinking how far away I was from my Atlantic Ocean roots and Jimmy brought me back there. When did you first hear this? <br />
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I've posted the lyrics version this time in case this was your first time and in case you've been singing the words wrong for years and years. A simple song that led to complex feelings for me and thousands of others, and that's what Jimmy's songs are all about. <br />
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<i>Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.</i>
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While Jimmy does have a lot of "L"s, this little song has always been close to my heart. Once again he is writing about his daughter, the older one this time, as "Little Miss Magic" is on the much older <i>Coconut Telegraph </i>CD. <br />
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This You Tube videographer put the lyrics up in this version which I think is great because I'm sure it's not a song that a lot of people know. I always felt it was about my daughter, or a least what my husband would write about our daughter if he were in fact a songwriter. Now, I totally believe it describes our beautiful granddaughter who will be 5 months old tomorrow. <br />
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I'll bet a lot of you have some "miss magics" in your lives, and love them just as much as Jimmy Buffett loves his. Enjoy!!!pbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-62924108077296086842012-04-12T17:03:00.000-04:002012-04-12T17:05:55.271-04:00K is for KICK IT IN SECOND WIND<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Wg4ufZ4XgUg" width="420"></iframe><br />
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<i>Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.</i>
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Oddly there are very few "K" songs in Jimmy's repertoire. "Kick it In Second Wind" (1976) is from the <i>Havana Daydreamin' </i>CD.<br />
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I only found one video for this song and oddly enough the lyrics are somewhat changed on this version. The lyrics that I am familiar with use the refrain "losing anymore hope of scoring any more coke, and we still have to do another show". If you look at the printed lyrics online this is also what you get. Perhaps there was this drug free version recorded for some reason that I am not aware of. (seems odd for Jimmy though). I couldn't find any history on it. <br />
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It's not his best or worst song, just telling the story of performing late nite at the clubs and all the things that go wrong, "somebody locked in the bathroom" , "bassman takes a great fall". It's fun enough and it is a "K" so on with the challenge.<br />
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I guess all of us "older" fans are getting to our "Second Wind" about now!!!pbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-46744613975029120102012-04-11T08:00:00.000-04:002012-04-11T08:00:16.594-04:00J is for JAMAICA MISTAICA<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="230" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HjaUji8O3js" width="480"></iframe><br />
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<i>Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.</i><br />
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I am sure that many of you have heard about the fact that Jimmy Buffett's plane was fired upon by Jamaican authorities in 1996. Well, in this lively and fun song, "Jamaica Mistaica"<i> </i>(1996), Jimmy musically tells us the story and the song is part of one of my favorite CD's <i>Banana Wind </i>(which has a hidden track of "Treetop Flying" on it).<br />
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Something that Jimmy does not include in the song is the fact that Bono (of U2) and his wife and kids were some of the passengers on the plane when it landed in Nigril. Apparently, the authorities in Jamaica mistook the plane for a smuggler's plane that they had been alerted to watch for. Fortunately (especially for Jamaican authorities) there were no injuries although there was some property damage (bullet holes) to the plane.<br />
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We all know that Jimmy loves flying and loves his planes. This one was a Grumann HU-16 Albatross<br />
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Ah "another shitty day in paradise" to quote Jimmy.pbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-43931472491371896112012-04-10T15:40:00.000-04:002012-04-10T15:41:32.508-04:00I is for (TWO SONGS)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="280" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BPCjC543llU" width="430"></iframe><br />
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O.K. I really didn't think I could get by doing "I" without using "It's Five O'clock Somewhere" (2003) which has been associated with Jimmy Buffett since the day it came out. You may wonder, looking at the video why, instead good old Jimmy, you see very handsome Alan Jackson singing. This is a song that they did together and gave Jimmy his first Country Music Award ever. <br />
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When Jimmy does this one in concert he often calls on his old friend and singing partner, Mac Macanally, to sing Alan Jackson's part and it sounds really good. You can hear live concerts on Radio Margaritaville often.<br />
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Now for the song that I love and that I fully planned on putting in for "I":<br />
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<i>Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.</i>
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"Island" (1980) is a beautiful little song where Jimmy seems to be saying that finding love is as difficult as landing on this beautiful island that he sees in the distance. <br />
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Enjoy the Double Concert. Link to<a href="http://www.margaritaville.com/radio_listen.html"> RADIO MARGARITAVILLE</a>pbquighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04299353357683410509noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707196156627348174.post-15254886892574726882012-04-09T19:00:00.000-04:002012-04-09T19:00:14.572-04:00H is for HE WENT TO PARIS<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XGmERAWVdWM" width="420"></iframe><br />
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<i>Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.</i><br />
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"He Went to Paris" (1973) is not a really well known song of Jimmy Buffett's, but it is one of his most poetic and tells a great story. The album this is from is the intriguingly named <i>A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean. </i><br />
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The story is of a man going to Paris "looking for answers" and of the ups, downs, loves and sadness of his life. He enjoys great love with his wife and family and then loses them all to war and circumstances. It has been said that Jimmy is writing about a man who was a Spanish Civil War veteran that he met in his travels. Another interesting aspect to this song is that Jimmy never put it on his concert play lists until at one point he heard that Bob Dylan liked the song, then he start including it more frequently.<br />
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The great line in this song for me is "Some of it's magic and some of it's tragic, but I had a good life anyway".<br />
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This song almost says it all in the title "Growing Older But Not Up" (1981) which is on the <i>Coconut Telegraph CD. </i><br />
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I know that I personally do not feel my age, especially since I've gotten a little fitter and Jimmy feels the same way as he's out playing baseball and breaks his leg realizing that perhaps his body has gotten a little older than he feels he is. <br />
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I know my comments are short on this one, but Jimmy delivers it best with the wonderful line "I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead". Me too. <br />
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Happy Easter and see you as the challenge continues on Monday. <br />
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