The Buffet Rant and what it means. - Tiki Music

T TikiHardBop Tiki Socialite Rockledge, FL Joined: Feb 21, 2009 Posts: 584	T TikiHardBop Posted posted on Fri, Jul 2, 2010 10:29 AM I remember seeing him playing in the Florida Keys pre-"Margaritaville" and many times around FL until his shows became Parrothead circuses. Personally, I like the guy. He's attached himself to some great causes and he hasn't done anything monumentally stupid to give me reasons to dislike him (at least publicly). He strikes me as someone who would be really fun to share a drink or go fishing with. His music however, especially, post let's say "Volcano" is completely forgettable. My brother is a big Parrothead and there's nothing like being 40 miles off of Bimini on a small boat with nothing but the Margaritaville satellite radio channel all day for an entire week. I find myself thinking about committing seppuku with filet knife after say, 6 or 7 hours!!! The thing that really gets me though is more philosophical. The whole "Margaritaville" thing is supposed to be about breaking away from the safe, boring and corporate and finding the authentic and true. And yet, the Parrotheads flock to the nearest Margaritaville restaurant, drink Margaritaville brand (frozen!) margaritas made with their Margaritaville margarita makers. And the reason JB was down on the Gulf Coast was that he's opening a multi-million dollar, you guessed it, Margaritaville Hotel! And I've got no problem with JB making his money. Somebody somewhere's gonna be making money off the Margaritaville concept and it might as well be the guy who coined it. I just find it really funny to see all the Parrotheads becoming the very thing that they are making fun of in the music. The "White Sport Coat and Pink Crustacean" Jimmy Buffett would have nothing but contempt for the current legion of Parrotheads.

I remember seeing him playing in the Florida Keys pre-"Margaritaville" and many times around FL until his shows became Parrothead circuses. Personally, I like the guy. He's attached himself to some great causes and he hasn't done anything monumentally stupid to give me reasons to dislike him (at least publicly). He strikes me as someone who would be really fun to share a drink or go fishing with.

His music however, especially, post let's say "Volcano" is completely forgettable. My brother is a big Parrothead and there's nothing like being 40 miles off of Bimini on a small boat with nothing but the Margaritaville satellite radio channel all day for an entire week. I find myself thinking about committing seppuku with filet knife after say, 6 or 7 hours!!!

The thing that really gets me though is more philosophical. The whole "Margaritaville" thing is supposed to be about breaking away from the safe, boring and corporate and finding the authentic and true. And yet, the Parrotheads flock to the nearest Margaritaville restaurant, drink Margaritaville brand (frozen!) margaritas made with their Margaritaville margarita makers. And the reason JB was down on the Gulf Coast was that he's opening a multi-million dollar, you guessed it, Margaritaville Hotel! And I've got no problem with JB making his money. Somebody somewhere's gonna be making money off the Margaritaville concept and it might as well be the guy who coined it. I just find it really funny to see all the Parrotheads becoming the very thing that they are making fun of in the music. The "White Sport Coat and Pink Crustacean" Jimmy Buffett would have nothing but contempt for the current legion of Parrotheads.

Post #540417 by TikiHardBop on Fri, Jul 2, 2010 10:29 AM