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One more Newport thread. Indulge me. Please.

After all the screaming and yelling about the setlist and perceived promises made and broken, etc, etc, etc, take it down to the elemental level: At the very heart of it, at the end of the day, for those who were there, did you have a good time, or not?

Yes, or no. Black and white. No qualifiers. As my dad says, "no ifs ands or buts."

My answer: a resounding YES!

I would have left the word "Buffett" out of the question but yes, I had a great time. I probably wouldn't have gone if he wasn't there, but his set was far from being the highlight of the day for me.

Newport FolkFestival: Yes
Buffett performance: No

It was a great (much needed) weekend away for me....had a great time with everyone who went.....

UUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! Can't I vote "yes, but...."? Puh-leazze?? Had a great time, awesome location, f***ing awesome seeing all y'all (even meeting Jon) but felt like I got lied to....

popcornjack wrote:UUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! Can't I vote "yes, but...."? Puh-leazze?? Had a great time, awesome location, f***ing awesome seeing all y'all (even meeting Jon) but felt like I got lied to....

was does everyone phrase it like that . . .

drunkpirate66 wrote:

popcornjack wrote:UUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! Can't I vote "yes, but...."? Puh-leazze?? Had a great time, awesome location, f***ing awesome seeing all y'all (even meeting Jon) but felt like I got lied to....

was does everyone phrase it like that . . .

I should probably add it to my comments too

Fruitcake14 wrote:

drunkpirate66 wrote:

popcornjack wrote:UUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! Can't I vote "yes, but...."? Puh-leazze?? Had a great time, awesome location, f***ing awesome seeing all y'all (even meeting Jon) but felt like I got lied to....

was does everyone phrase it like that . . .

I should probably add it to my comments too

now I know there is a conspiracy!

drunkpirate66 wrote: now I know there is a conspiracy!

Didn't say it was a BAD thing...

Fruitcake14 wrote:

drunkpirate66 wrote: now I know there is a conspiracy!

Didn't say it was a BAD thing...

thats good.

drunkpirate66 wrote:

Fruitcake14 wrote:

drunkpirate66 wrote: now I know there is a conspiracy!

Didn't say it was a BAD thing...

thats good.

Didn't say it was good either...

Fruitcake14 wrote:

drunkpirate66 wrote:

Fruitcake14 wrote:

drunkpirate66 wrote: now I know there is a conspiracy!

Didn't say it was a BAD thing...

thats good.

Didn't say it was good either...

my feeble mind is confused now . . . I guess that is better than bad but not as good as I thought . . .

drunkpirate66 wrote: my feeble mind is confused now . . . I guess that is better than bad but not as good as I thought . . .

Wish I had a picture of the arms crossed....

Yes, absolutely.

I hadn't been to Newport or the Folk Festival there in ages, and I needed a little vacation.

Besides, as said previously, I didn't go there just for JB - there were several other artists there I wanted to see as well.

But Jake Shimabukuro stole the show for me with his mind-blowing performance!

So, all in all, I had a great time.

Of course i said yes!!! Newport is an awesome town! I had a great time with great friends!

Gorgeous weather Sunday and Monday.

Jake ROCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buffett and the band gave an energetic performance...even if it was not songs i wanted to hear.

and i got to GO SAILING!!!!!!!!!!

oh yeah and meet Jon... j/k Jon!

It sucked. it was so unmemorable, I don't even remember going...

Yes....i was in the Front row with Friends...paid only 89.00 and on the water!!....whats the chance of getting front row for 89.00 at any other venue he plays(USA only).....not happening when tix are 156.00 and 250.00 if at a Casino. So Yes to answer Jen's Question!!

We had a wonderful time in Newport. It was a beautiful day, wonderful people, great food. It was so much fun seeing Jimmy by the water with all the boats in the Harbour. Seeing Jimmy live just makes me smile, I have enough stress out work and his shows are always fun. I don't have the energy to analyze the set lists, I go to see Jimmy for fun not his set lists. Plus I got to the front row!! Fantastic!!!

I think I have made no more than 10 posts on here in the last 10 months because I think the whole forum is just depressing now.

My 2 cents:

I went to Newport, I had one of the best Buffett days possible, and saw a whole day of great music, including Jimmy.

We all have our own opinions, and that's great, but Buffettnews has sadly become a little too negative for me these days.

Have fun with what we got, because it ain't gonna be around forever.

flipflopgirl wrote:Of course i said yes!!! Newport is an awesome town! I had a great time with great friends!

Gorgeous weather Sunday and Monday.

Jake ROCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buffett and the band gave an energetic performance...even if it was not songs i wanted to hear.

and i got to GO SAILING!!!!!!!!!!

oh yeah and meet Jon... j/k Jon! :lol:

it was a please indeed.