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Cuban Crime of Passion
Beach House on The Moon
CILCIA
Migration
Boat Drinks

I'm sure it'll change.

PARROT HEAD MIKE wrote:

Jahfin wrote:

jonesbeach10 wrote:For this, no covers. They must have been written by JB himself.

PARROT HEAD MIKE wrote: Brown Eyed Girl

Van Morrison wrote that one.

My entire post was meant sarcastically, a joke... those would be the last 5 I want to hear at a show

...and I was supposed to know that, how?

By the way it looks like several people either didn't pay attention to the very first post in this thread or aren't quite the Parrotheads they think they are. To me, giving a stipulation like that adds to the challenge rather than being able to just rattle off 5 of your favorite Buffett songs. Of course several people will have their usual conniption fits and think I'm nitpicking but I thought the first post made it very clear that all songs had to be penned by Buffett. For whatever it's worth all of the following songs were not written by Buffett:

"If It All Falls Down" (Matt Betton)
"Mademoiselle Voulez-Vous Danser" (Lennie Gallant)
"All The Ways I Want You" (Bruce Cockburn)
"Window On The World" (John Hiatt)
"Savannah Fare You Well" (Hugh Prestwood)
"Banana Republics" (Steve Goodman)
"Anything, Anytime, Anywhere" (Bruce Cockburn)

In no particular order:

Migration
Cliches
Stories we Could Tell
Ace
The Hangout Gang

These are no kind of order


1.One Particular Harbor
2. Son of son of a sailor
3. The wino and I know
4. Trying to reason with the hurrican season
5. A pirate looks at 40


there are really still a whole lot more, those are just the one's in my head.

Havana Daydreamin
Cowboy in the Jungle
African Friend
Tin Cup
Pirate

"Stories We Can Tell" is another song not written by Buffett....

Jahfin wrote:"Stories We Can Tell" is another song not written by Buffett....

Rules, rules...I know. Don't much care though - I like the song sung by JB...and since I'm not reading the song, it doesn't make any difference to me who wrote it.

rednekkPH wrote:

Jahfin wrote:"Stories We Can Tell" is another song not written by Buffett....

Rules, rules...I know. Don't much care though - I like the song sung by JB...and since I'm not reading the song, it doesn't make any difference to me who wrote it.

Yeah, but it's much more fun and challenging if you have to limit your list to songs only Buffett wrote.

Jahfin wrote:

rednekkPH wrote:

Jahfin wrote:"Stories We Can Tell" is another song not written by Buffett....

Rules, rules...I know. Don't much care though - I like the song sung by JB...and since I'm not reading the song, it doesn't make any difference to me who wrote it.

Yeah, but it's much more fun and challenging if you have to limit your list to songs only Buffett wrote.

It's Friday, and I'm mildly hungover...I'm not much in the mood for a challenge

In no particular order (and subject to change):

West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown
Love in the Library
Little Miss Magic
Desperation Samba (I'm a Halloween baby)
CILCIA

I Have Found Me a Home
Wino and I Know
Wonder Why We Ever Go Home
Stranded On a Sandbar
Floridays

Love In Decline is a great song but I think it's a "co-write"

Today, although I an almost guarantee tomorrow's will be different:

Cowboy in the Jungle
CILCIA
Tin Cup Chalice
Tonight I Just Need My Guitar
School Boy Heart

Favorite Covers:
It's My Job
Blue Guitar
Great Heart
Boats to Build
Banana Republics
Pacing the Cage
City of New Orleans

In alphabetical order -

A Pirate Looks At [54]
Far Side Of The World
Smart Woman (In A Real Short Skirt) the first JB concert I went to was the year Hot Water was released so I had to pick something from that CD
Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
Tryin' To Reason With Hurricane Season

Like everyone else, my list would be different a week from now...but

1. OPH
2. Pirate looks at 40
3. Little Miss Magic
4. Barefoot Children in the Rain
5. Bring Back the Magic

As an aside, the stipulation in this thread was that JB had to write the song (I considered that a co-write counted).

But I think there's a difference between a "cover" and a song that can be considered a "Jimmy Buffett" song, athough he was not the writer.

"Mexico" was first a James Taylor song. Clearly a cover. Same with "Southern Cross."

But I don't really consider "If It All Falls Down" and "Savannah Fare You Well" covers, for instance. No, Jimmy didn't write them, but they're known as JB songs. I may be wrong, but I don't think they were previously recorded by another artist.

Although "It's My Job" and "Blue Guitar" are well known as "Buffett" songs, I would technically call them covers, since the songs were previously recorded by Mac McAnally and Peter Mayer (and not sure if Roger Guth, who wrote Blue Guitar, recorded it before Peter Mayer, or not).

I guess my point is, I don't think that just because Jimmy didn't write it, that necessarily makes it a cover.

Wow, 5 is tough, especially since Jahfin is making it harder my making us stick to the rules

Todays top 5
APLA40
Ballad of Spider John
Distantly in Love
Lone Palm
Happily Ever After

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I guess my point is, I don't think that just because Jimmy didn't write it, that necessarily makes it a cover.

I've always felt, since Buffett is a songwriter, that a "Jimmy Buffett song" is one he wrote. Anything he didn't write (or co-write) is a cover. But then, I'm an anal retentive freak. Feel free to disagree. You'd be wrong, but disagree to your heart's content.

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:As an aside, the stipulation in this thread was that JB had to write the song (I considered that a co-write counted).

But I think there's a difference between a "cover" and a song that can be considered a "Jimmy Buffett" song, athough he was not the writer.

"Mexico" was first a James Taylor song. Clearly a cover. Same with "Southern Cross."

But I don't really consider "If It All Falls Down" and "Savannah Fare You Well" covers, for instance. No, Jimmy didn't write them, but they're known as JB songs. I may be wrong, but I don't think they were previously recorded by another artist.

Although "It's My Job" and "Blue Guitar" are well known as "Buffett" songs, I would technically call them covers, since the songs were previously recorded by Mac McAnally and Peter Mayer (and not sure if Roger Guth, who wrote Blue Guitar, recorded it before Peter Mayer, or not).

I guess my point is, I don't think that just because Jimmy didn't write it, that necessarily makes it a cover.

Good point but either way, the person that started the thread said: "They must have been written by JB himself." Personally, I think co-writes would be acceptable since Buffett at least took part in them but I didn't start the thread.

Indiana Jolly Mon wrote:Wow, 5 is tough, especially since Jahfin is making it harder my making us stick to the rules

Ballad of Spider John

That's not a Buffett original, it was written by Willis Alan Ramsay.

LIPH wrote:

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I guess my point is, I don't think that just because Jimmy didn't write it, that necessarily makes it a cover.

I've always felt, since Buffett is a songwriter, that a "Jimmy Buffett song" is one he wrote. Anything he didn't write (or co-write) is a cover. But then, I'm an anal retentive freak. Feel free to disagree. You'd be wrong, but disagree to your heart's content.

I've never heard of a lawyer afflicted with this issue before...