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Jimmy Buffett
There aren't very many singers who really make me sad when they go; I think the last one was Tom Petty, the soundtrack of my college years. But, well, Jimmy Buffett. Strangely enough, I was just listening to some of his songs yesterday because One Piece always makes me think of it.
I first heard his music on a dubbed cassette that I got for my birthday when I was like 13 or 14, which didn't actually have his name on it, so I didn't know who it was, but I listened to it over and over. Something about it really caught my attention. I always mildly regretted not ever seeing him live, and I think I would have enjoyed it. He was always very much his own thing, which wasn't actually something that would have been my thing in general (do I care about chilling on a beach or running away on a boat to be a pirate? actually no!!) but he absolutely *owned* it, and I loved his music.
Here, have some Buffett.
Margaritaville from 1978, because of course:
My favorite lesser-known Buffett song - Take Another Road:
My favorite Jimmy Buffett song from the first album I listed to, "Volcano":
Actually, this one is a tremendous toss-up. I just kind of love this whole album?? I'm going to pick Boat Drinks for the entire experience of being a teenager in Alaska in approximately 1989 listening to an album by a singer known for songs about chilling in the sun on the beach, because that's actually more or less what this song is about:
But I'll add one of the others I love from that album, Stranded on a Sandbar:
My literal actual favorite dumb Jimmy Buffett song title, which I probably think about 15 times on every vacation I go on - The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful:
And - okay, one more - I heard this song in the grocery store literally yesterday - Friday - because the universe is throwing Buffett at me without mercy. Let's wrap up with Cheeseburger in Paradise:
AND one more bonus for its sheer tendency to get stuck in my head, Growing Older But Not Up:
I first heard his music on a dubbed cassette that I got for my birthday when I was like 13 or 14, which didn't actually have his name on it, so I didn't know who it was, but I listened to it over and over. Something about it really caught my attention. I always mildly regretted not ever seeing him live, and I think I would have enjoyed it. He was always very much his own thing, which wasn't actually something that would have been my thing in general (do I care about chilling on a beach or running away on a boat to be a pirate? actually no!!) but he absolutely *owned* it, and I loved his music.
Here, have some Buffett.
Margaritaville from 1978, because of course:
My favorite lesser-known Buffett song - Take Another Road:
My favorite Jimmy Buffett song from the first album I listed to, "Volcano":
Actually, this one is a tremendous toss-up. I just kind of love this whole album?? I'm going to pick Boat Drinks for the entire experience of being a teenager in Alaska in approximately 1989 listening to an album by a singer known for songs about chilling in the sun on the beach, because that's actually more or less what this song is about:
But I'll add one of the others I love from that album, Stranded on a Sandbar:
My literal actual favorite dumb Jimmy Buffett song title, which I probably think about 15 times on every vacation I go on - The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful:
And - okay, one more - I heard this song in the grocery store literally yesterday - Friday - because the universe is throwing Buffett at me without mercy. Let's wrap up with Cheeseburger in Paradise:
AND one more bonus for its sheer tendency to get stuck in my head, Growing Older But Not Up:
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I had forgotten that he wrote Come Monday. That was a great song too.
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My husband is a huge Jimmy Buffet fan. I took him to a concert a few years ago. It was everything we were hoping for. He will be missed, but what a legacy he left us in his music!