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Couch Sale in Margaritaville…RIP

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  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,672
    El_K said:

    Like the Grateful Dead, I just don’t get Buffett

    It is as much about culture and style as music, for me. Both artists in question appear to have done their defining work in 1977. It's not that they are virtuosos (Jerry close, if not actually one, "noodling" aside), or powerful, grand singing voices. It is a vibe, and that connects people. Jimmy wrote songs that people relate to, everyday people who just want a little slice of beach. For all intents and purposes, Buffett has always spoken about how lucky he was, and having a gift for making the mundane relatable.

    Jimmy was a tremendous writer and story-teller...Dylan has mentioned him as a favorite. He had great foresight and feel, saw how people responded, and became a billionaire from it. He was an average guitar player with a below average voice, and he knew it, and was a brilliant and savvy businessman.

    I saw him six times, and never saw a bad show, or a show where people weren't having fun, or that he wasn't having fun.

    His lyrics are what roped me in. I'm not talking about Margaritaville, or Cheeseburger, but about He Went to Paris, The Captain and the Kid, Come Monday, Livingston Saturday Night...the old stuff, when people wore jeans and cowboy boots to see him, and not grass skirts and leis. I'm not a Parrot head, nor am I trying to change minds here. To each his own...

    I don't get why people would drop a mortgage payment to see Taylor Swift...


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  • alumni94
    alumni94 Member Posts: 4,878
    El_K said:

    Like the Grateful Dead, I just don’t get Buffett

    Let me keep it simple for you, both have fun music, and good live shows

    Then you also have
    Buffet - drinking
    Dead - LSD

    There you go.
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  • SFGbob
    SFGbob Member Posts: 33,188
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

    Think of all the musicians actors in their 80s who are going to be dropping like flies soon.

    Dead Pool Tournament?

    Hollywood bracket:

    Deniro, Pacino, Hackman, Eastwood, Willis (probably early 70s still but has some dementia thing going on), Duvall.

    Sunset Records bracket:

    Willie, the remaining Stones, Dylan, David Allen Coe, Kris Kristofersen

    You could probably throw in brackets for both politics and sports as well.

    Every single guitar god you loved from the 60s and 70s will be dead within the next 10 years.
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