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Jimmy Buffett — Boat Drinks
Album: Volcano
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Released: 1979
Length: 2:36
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Boat drinks.
Boys in the band ordered boat drinks.
Visitors just scored on the home rink.
Everything seems to be wrong.

Lately, newspaper mentioned cheap airfare.
I've got to fly to Saint Somewhere.
I'm close to bodily harm.

Twenty degress and the hockey game's on.
Nobody cares; they are way too far gone,
screamin' "Boat drinks,"
somethin' to keep them all warm.

This morning,
I shot six holes in my freezer.
I think I got cabin fever.
Somebody sound the alarm.

I'd like to go where the pace or life's slow.
Could you beam me somewhere, Mister Scott?
Any old place here on Earth or in space.
You pick the century and I'll pick the spot.

Oh I know (I know),
I should be leaving this climate.
I got a verse but can't rhyme it.
I gotta go where it's warm.

Boat drinks.
Waitress, I need two more boat drinks.
Then I'm headin south 'fore my dream shrinks.
I gotta go where it's warm. (I gotta go where it's warm.)
I gotta go where it's warm. (I gotta go where it's warm.)
I gotta go where it's WARM!

I gotta go where there ain't any snow,
where there ain't any blow, 'cause my fin sinks so low.
I gotta go where it's warm.
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LONG LIVE PARROT HEADS....{#Cheers}  {#Bananasplit}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Thanks for some JB on RP!
Posted 11 years ago by Keef    [ Reply ]
This is happy music....every{#Dancingbanana}body loves Buffet at a party!
Posted 11 years ago by SteadyRollingMan    [ Reply ]
Love it Bill, thanks for playing Jimmy :-)
Posted 11 years ago by kvmrdj    [ Reply ]
Jimmy Buffet = patron saint of drunks
Posted 11 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
I used to think I didn't like Jimmy Buffet. Then I realized I just didn't like Jimmy Buffet fans.  

Great song.   

"This morning / I shot six holes in my freezer / I think I got cabin fever."

Brilliant. 
Posted 11 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
My Gosh! Talk about variety tonight Bill! CraAaZy!!!!
Posted 11 years ago by jules44    [ Reply ]

Posted 11 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
I've like Jimmy Buffett ever since I walked into a bar way back when and heard Pencil Thin Moustache being played.
 
Posted 11 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
 burdell wrote:
Hmmm, seems to be quite the polarizing artist.

Ask yourself why you listen to music. To appreciate craft, song construction and production value? Or to have the music generate an emotional response in you? While I appreciate the former, for me it is primarily the latter. And that's why I love Jimmy Buffett. He takes me to the same place every time. Somewhere other than this damn cubicle.

 
Amen, brother.  {#Yes}
Posted 11 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
 Dahlia_Gumbo wrote:

He's written several that are very touching. Always welcome! Always glad to hear a little Jimmy Buffett! 
 

Agreed.  "In The Shelter" is one song that comes to mind.
Posted 11 years ago by psg    [ Reply ]
Pirate Looks at 40 (A1A) is a really good song.

For the rest of JB's work . . . . . meh
Posted 11 years ago by bill-1956    [ Reply ]
 sbegf wrote:

I think this covers my sentiment exactly, with the exception I am not sure I even half like any of his songs....my neighbor mindlessly and loudly plays buffett over and over at all of his summer parties, it is painful to say the least.
 
no
...seriously - I would consider moving.
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I think you have to be drunk to truly appreciate a Jimmy Buffet tune.  But when you are...
it's awesome!
Posted 11 years ago by reggiepdavison    [ Reply ]
Abandon ship! Abandon ship!
Posted 11 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:

He only has a couple of tunes I half like and this is not one of them, but I am going to be kind here, I actually don't hate him. There how is that for kindness?!{#Lol}

 
I think this covers my sentiment exactly, with the exception I am not sure I even half like any of his songs....my neighbor mindlessly and loudly plays buffett over and over at all of his summer parties, it is painful to say the least.
Posted 11 years ago by sbegf    [ Reply ]
Kickass! In all the years I've been subscribed to RP, I don't think I've ever heard a Buffet song, and today's my 40th birthday — thanks Bill!!
Posted 12 years ago by Kaiser    [ Reply ]
Jimmy Buffet is a case study in branding. He is used as a teaching resource for his success off of one hit song.
Posted 12 years ago by Nuance    [ Reply ]

He's written several that are very touching. Always welcome! Always glad to hear a little Jimmy Buffett! 
Posted 12 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
 aelfheld wrote:
 fitzworld wrote:
How did someone with so little talent make a fortune singing so many douchy songs??

"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." — H.L. Mencken
 
Yeah, but Mencken was such a smug prick. 
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]


I'm curious, about 21 songs of Jimmy Buffett available in RP library, the song "Boat Drinks", the only song that survived until today, last play: Jun 27, 2012 - 05:06, it is still curious, when we see here, every day, another songs perfectly dispensable, and much lower artistic quality, which, stubbornly, are played. Things that have to do with the "promotion" of radios, I think. Contradictions. James William "Jimmy" Buffett, 65 years old, with an active career since 1965, singer-songwriter, film producer, businessman, and author, is worthy of more attention.


Posted 12 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]

He only has a couple of tunes I half like and this is not one of them, but I am going to be kind here, I actually don't hate him. There how is that for kindness?!{#Lol}


Posted 12 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 fitzworld wrote:
How did someone with so little talent make a fortune singing so many douchy songs??

"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." — H.L. Mencken
Posted 12 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]

Jimmy Buffett is all too rare on RP.  Glad to hear this celebration of cabin fever in Montana in the dead of winter, as experienced by a Gulf Shores boy.


Posted 12 years ago by zllama    [ Reply ]
This is why I love RP.  Surprised to hear JB here, but I am not complaining.  great tune!
Posted 12 years ago by Groogrux69    [ Reply ]
How did someone with so little talent make a fortune singing so many douchy songs??
Posted 12 years ago by fitzworld    [ Reply ]

Does he have any songs where he *doesn't* sing about drinking? {#Lol}


Posted 12 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
 fitzworld wrote:
I've never understood how anyone can like Jimmy Buffett. He's an awful singer and his songs are for drunks in the South who have no taste!
 
Exactly why I like him!  

And I'm not from the south.. and I have taste and he just sings songs that mean something to me... maybe you are perfect.. but most of us aren't...and those song make perfect sense to some of us... 
Posted 12 years ago by netstv    [ Reply ]
yay for parrotheads!
Posted 12 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
I've never understood how anyone can like Jimmy Buffett. He's an awful singer and his songs are for drunks in the South who have no taste!
Posted 12 years ago by fitzworld    [ Reply ]
A great old tune to start the day. Thank you, thank you.
Posted 12 years ago by zjustme    [ Reply ]
Hmmm, seems to be quite the polarizing artist.

Ask yourself why you listen to music. To appreciate craft, song construction and production value? Or to have the music generate an emotional response in you? While I appreciate the former, for me it is primarily the latter. And that's why I love Jimmy Buffett. He takes me to the same place every time. Somewhere other than this damn cubicle.
Posted 12 years ago by burdell    [ Reply ]
A little Buffett goes a long way. That said, nice way to open the day - got a big smile on my face right now.

Posted 12 years ago by nmcvaugh    [ Reply ]
i get it.  Buffett is cool and I groove on some of his stuff.  But this song needs to be buried in the sand
Posted 12 years ago by dreadpixie    [ Reply ]
A nice dust off of a long unplayed track by an very under played artist here.

Who says we can't enjoy the beach and all that goes with it, including Jimmy ?
Posted 12 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 tdawg wrote:
There are few artists(?) I detest more than Jimmy Buffett. His whole scene, with its forced fun atmosphere, is so contrived and banal that I get seasick just hearing his voice.

I don't think there is anything forced about Jimmy's lifestyle.

Posted 12 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
It's amazing how this guy has made a career out of releasing the same song over and over again.
Posted 12 years ago by bc    [ Reply ]
At last! The happy alcoholic set on RP!
Posted 12 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Ahh....still causes an uncontrollable urge to run south towards the coast....thanks RP!
Posted 21 years ago by jbwiv    [ Reply ]
My god, my god, I can\'t believe I am hearing this on RP! RP, how could you? -cries quietly in background- I feel so hurt...so betrayed...so disappointed. Please, please don\'t do this to me ever again. No more Jimmy Buffett, I\'m begging you!
Posted 21 years ago by kapaali    [ Reply ]
\"I shot six holes in my freezer\" ;)
Posted 21 years ago by stickytylertoo    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by tdawg: There are few artists(?) I detest more than Jimmy Buffett. His whole scene, with its forced fun atmosphere, is so contrived and banal that I get seasick just hearing his voice.
Um, forced? I have no problem grooving to Jimmy. You just gotta appreciate it for what it is...pure escapism. I love it. Keep it up.
Posted 21 years ago by jbwiv    [ Reply ]
I have to be really drunk to like the majority of the Buffett catalogue. Not sure what that means exactly...just an observation, I guess.
Posted 21 years ago by gobiv    [ Reply ]
There are few artists(?) I detest more than Jimmy Buffett. His whole scene, with its forced fun atmosphere, is so contrived and banal that I get seasick just hearing his voice.
Posted 21 years ago by tdawg    [ Reply ]
Love it! Need more Buffett!!
Posted 21 years ago by tgallag    [ Reply ]
Buffet = GOD! All I need is some salt!!!
Posted 21 years ago by netstv    [ Reply ]
More Buffett!!!! Please, please, please.
Posted 21 years ago by coyotexxx2    [ Reply ]
OK, finally something non-depressing, quite the opposite in fact! A great song for a cold winter's day. Thanks!
Posted 21 years ago by mellotron    [ Reply ]
I always like hearing a little Buffett in the middle of winter.
Posted 21 years ago by oufason    [ Reply ]
The song isn\'t too bad. But I\'ve always been of the opinion that if you\'ve heard one Jimmy Buffett song, you\'ve heard them all. His songs are homogeneous.
Posted 22 years ago by MylenerHead    [ Reply ]
As I once told a friend \"Jimmy Buffet grates on my nerves like George Bush\" (the former president). This was about the worst insult I could think of. It still holds.
Posted 22 years ago by noladq    [ Reply ]
FINALLY!! SOME JB!!! This is why I continue to be pleasantly surprised by RP!!THANKS BILL!! (Plus, \'Boat Drinks\' is a good one!)
Posted 22 years ago by camarkim    [ Reply ]
Wow. I have been listening to RP for about a year now, and I have been wondering how a place like Paradise could neglect Jimmy Buffett. Glad to hear it and I hope we hear more as the summer gets under way.
Posted 22 years ago by madman    [ Reply ]
No squawk from me. Parrotheads are people too.
Posted 22 years ago by Analeptic    [ Reply ]