Song of the Day 5/22: Jimmy Buffett, “Come Monday”
For the second time in less than a year, Jimmy Buffett has cancelled concerts due to health issues that required immediate attention. Now 76, the country’s second-richest Buffett — his net worth reportedly tops $1 billion — might have to look at permanently docking his Coral Reefer Band.
Most people don’t remember it, but Buffett — the singing one — started out in Nashville in the early ’70s with a sound that was nominally country but fit into the soft rock template of the singer-songwriter movement (Jim Croce was a friend and mentor). This tune, which appeared on his third LP, 1974’s “Living and Dying in 3/4 Time,” was his first Top 40 single, and at No. 30 charted higher than anything in his career except “Margaritaville.” Fittingly, it would sound right at home on a yacht-rock mix.
I guess he’s about to find out soon if there really is a cheeseburger in paradise.
Spoiler: there’s not.
I lol’ed.
Well of course not. A cheeseburger isn’t kosher.
There is. But it’s grossly overpriced.
Proud Parrothead here! Side note: Jimmy also was an early advocate for the rights of musicians to earn a fair share of streaming royalties…
Not mentioned is perhaps the only Buffet song I like: The iconic “Why don’t we get drunk and screw?” which pretty much screams old country Nashville. Even better the lyrics offer endless possibilities for song mangling.
I think with the state of our political landscape a more appropriate line would be from on of his more contemporary songs, about 20 years old, “I ran away from politics its too bizarre at home…”
“Far Side of the World,” from 2002.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RpcCmbj_nM