TITLE TUNE BY JIMMY BUFFETT

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.

My favorite line: "I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away too fast".  

Enjoy your weekend!!!

GREAT DRINKING SONG FOR THIS WEEKEND

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.

"A Lot to Drink About" from Buffett Hotel  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????

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!!!

Z is for (USS) ZYDECOLDSMOBILE

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 Far Side of the World CD.

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.

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.

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.

Y is for You Call It Jogging...

Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.


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 Beach House on the Moon CD.

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".

Jimmy's roots are in country and this sprightly little song is a step back into the genre, which he does well.

W is for WINGS

Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.


From the relatively recent Hotel Buffett CD (2009), we have a philosophical song written by Jimmy Buffett and Will Kimbrough called "Wings".

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".

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".

Jimmy once again give us things to think about.

V is for VAMPIRES, MUMMIES AND THE HOLY GHOST plus bonus song

Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.


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 Fruitcakes  CD, which if you don't own it you should get it.

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.

For you purists, here is Volcano:

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