Am I the only one with a severe aversion to Jimmy Buffet?

[PVnRT]

No-talent, overrated asshole hack.... :shurg:

[mobuto]

1. I've never been to one of his concerts

so maybe I can't judge him accurately, but I find his stuff incredibly boring.

[jpgray]

2. Never interested me, but no *aversion* here. (nt)

[jobycom]

3. I love him like a brother

Great common-man songwriter, poet, philosopher and storyteller. Cool guy, cool Democrat, loves manatees, flies Grummans, and wrote "Were you born an Asshole?" which is the perfect song about Bush.

But hey, my opinion's about equal to yours, so c'est la vie.

[peacebuzzard]

7. Didn't know he was Democrat...ok...changed my mind.....

..

[jobycom]

13. "But I know, it's all JEB's fault!" Last line of Margaritaville

He's campaigned for the last few Florida Democrat gunernatorial candidates. For McBride, he performed Margaritaville for a rally, and changed the last line of his song to the one above. He also supported Gore during the 2000 race.

He supported Graham for president. Don't know who he supports now.

[DarkPhenyx]

4. I'm a Patrick Houston Dailey fan.

By definition I dislike JB. Completely agree with your discription of his lack of talent.

[maxanne]

5. I went through a Buffet

phase. His concerts were a lot of fun.

His earlier stuff was much more interesting. He's become something of a parody almost.

[judge_smales]

9. I'm w/ Maxanne

"His concerts were a lot of fun.

His earlier stuff was much more interesting. He's become something of a parody almost."

This is the correct answer.

[peacebuzzard]

6. He could redeem himself by teaming up with Willie....

and standing alongside Kucinch. Otherwise, yes, just another non-entity unnoticeable.;-)

[LynneSin]

8. OHMYGOODNESS - I'm being spoofed

It's my first!!!

And I'm honored it's from you!!!

:D

[RebelOne]

10. I love him and his music.

When I worked for a city magazine in Miami, one of our writers interviewed him for an article. He's a great down-to-earth guy.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. No You're Not

I met and played with him in Key West (at his place) several years ago. Not very good guitarist, not very good singer. Silly, vacuous songs, IMO.

Not a particularly nice guy, either. Pretty full of himself, and that says a lot, coming from me.
The Professor

12. at least he has a cool brother in law

or had, I'm not sure if it's still true or not.
Thomas McGuane, the novelist.
There's this picture of him and McGuane and Richard Brautigan drinking whiskey on a Montana ranch in their younger days....

[regularguy]

14. The Grateful Dead for Drunk Lawyers.

.

[pansypoo53219]

15. NO

and now that fuckin margarita song is winding its tenticles into my synapses. NOOOOOOooooooooo!

[noonwitch]

16. I like his music, but parrot-heads annoy me

I got dragged to a concert once. I did not have fun. I was surrounded by drunken assholes and they were spilling beer all over, and then trying to dance on the wet surface while drunk. As it was "the hill" at Pine Knob (now DTE Music Theater), I had to sit on a blanket on the ground and the idiots kept falling on me. His songs are good party music, but I will never go to another concert.

I prefer the Dead's concerts. I went to one of those at the Palace of Auburn Hills, where I could sit in a seat. Everyone was doing drugs, not alcohol, so the crowd was much more civil, even the acid dancers. It's too bad I'll never get to go see them again.

[Hubert Flottz]

17. No!

The only song I ever really liked was 'Drop Kick Me Jesus'!

Drop kick me Jesus through the goal post of life

End over end neither left nor to right

Straight kick through the heart of them righteous uprights

Drop kick me Jesus through the goal post of life.



Make me, oh make me, Lord more than I am

Make me a piece in your master game plan

Free from the earthly temptation below

I've got the will, Lord if you've got the toe.



Drop kick me Jesus through the goal post of life

End over end neither left nor to right

Straight kick through the heart of them righteous uprights

Drop kick me Jesus through the goal post of life.



Take all the brothers who've gone on before

And all of the sisters who've knocked on your door

All the departed dear loved ones of mine

Stick'em up front in the offensive line.



Drop kick me Jesus through the goal post of life

End over end neither left nor to right

Straight kick through the heart of them righteous uprights

Drop kick me Jesus through the goal post of life.



Yeah,

Drop kick me Jesus through the goal post of life

End over end neither left nor to right

Straight kick through the heart of them righteous uprights

Drop kick me Jesus through the goal post of life.

[joeybee12]

18. Don't hate him, just don't understand the appeal--one hit, and people

go crazy over it and get drunk at his concerts.

[jobycom]

23. Um, which one hit was that?

Come Monday, Margaritaville, Volcano, Changes in Attitudes (the theme song from Bob Graham's campaign), Why Don't We Get Drunk, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Fins, or one of his others?

[TopesJunkie]

19. My cousin dragged me to one of his shows a few years ago --

I wouldn't call him an asshole. He doesn't have much talent, though, and he is certainly overrated.

[bif]

20. Had to listen to him constantly on an 8 hour drive

To keep a couple of 9 year olds happy. Boy did that ever suck!

[felonious thunk]

21. Why the Buffett hate?

I mean, you don't like the music, you don't like the music. I'm just having trouble understanding hostility toward him. I like Jimmy Buffett, I think he's highly underrated as a songwriter, and though he's a bit commercialized, some of his recent stuff is actually very good. And he's still selling out tours every summer as he nears 60. You don't like him, fine, but why the Britney Spears-like hostility to him?

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Ever Meet Him?

I have. He's a tool!

And i would disagree with your assessment of underrated as a songwriter. I would suggest overrated.

But, that's not why i don't like him. He's actually not a good guitarist, not a very good singer, his songs are very one dimensional, and he's not a very pleasant guy.
The Professor

[Zuni]

22. I f-in HATE Jimmy Buffett

He has put out more crap than most elephants! (If you have ever seen an elephant crap, you will understand)

[mitchum]

24. No you're not

I've never understood how anyone could make a tropical wastrel lifestyle seem so ...bland