@hungrymoose7627

9 months ago

As a pretty big Jimmy Buffett fan this didn't really tell me anything I didn't already know. He makes a lot of references to his early life and career in his songs. The Acid Rock New Orleans years and his later business career are referenced in "We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About" from 1983's One Particular Harbor, and he references how Atlanta was one of their biggest markets in "Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful" from 1981's Coconut Telegraph. And his first two albums weren't complete flops. The song "Mile High In Denver" from 1970's Down to Earth is still a song he plays live pretty frequently, particularly in Denver. Jimmy Buffett has been a big inspiration to me musically, his songs are the ones that inspired me to start writing my own music and performing. His music is good and memorable, but its very simple and accessible. And I don't think it diminishes from his image that he was able to capitalize on his success and give his career longevity. In the country music scene there isn't as much of a stigma on "selling out." As long as you keep making good music you can be as successful as you want, we're all kind of just rooting for each other in our little underdog music genre thats always been in the shadow of rock and rap. And Jimmy Buffett, as far as I'm concerned, is still making good music. His later stuff is getting more and more gimicky, but he still writes good stuff like Take The Weather With You, Breathe In, Breather Out, Move One. And even on his 2020 album Life On The Flipside had "Down At The Lah De Dah" which I think is a banger and love to play it at parties.

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