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SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Threads like this always fascinate my, because they show just how varied our tastes are. Several of the songs people have listed as their LEAST favorite are among my MOST favorite! Creola is in my Top 20, and probably my Top 10.

I prefer to focus on what I *do* like about JB's music, rather than what I don't like, but even the ones I don't like all that much (Math Suks, for instance) can be fun sometimes. I don't think there's a single JB song that grates on me enough that I just couldn't listen to it all the way through.

I can name two covers that do..

Hint...

Uncle Johns Band and........... it's by the Dead too.

I am surprised Steamer hasn't made it on any list...yet.

The first two that come to mind are immediately:

CIP: More annoying then anything....cute enough....but enough is enough

WDWGDAS: No explanation needed.....guess you had to be there or something.

After more thought:

License to Chill: Catchy I guess.....wouldn't care if I never heard it again

Elvis Imitators: Ah....well......sure.....not in my worst nightmare....

No others that I actively dislike.....several more that are in that middle ground...don't exactly like them...but don't mind them.

My list is short......LTC.

Catch&Release wrote:In order of my dislike but, basically any song where Jimmy sounds like a member of a bad barbershop quartet.

1. WDWGDAS
2. Elvis Imitators
3. Pencil Thin Mustache
4. Bob Roberts Society Band
5. Hey Good Lookin' - Sorry, I just don't get it. Hank Williams' version was grating and Jimmy's version, while a bit more melodic, is just another version of what I thing is a very boring song with boring lyrics...I mean, come on..."Hey good lookin, whatcha got cookin..."

Just my opinion!

Wow, thats one of my favorites. I don't know if I really have a least favorite. I would skip some here and there, but that depends on my mood. They are all good with a cold drink in my hand.

bckohnen wrote:- Creola (disco meets country. One or the other is OK, together, not so good)

I'm not a huge fan of "Creola" but I also rarely skip over it. Still, I don't hear a hint of "disco" in it.

As for Down To Earth and High Cumberland Jubilee being full of less than favorable cuts it's very important to remember these were recorded far before Buffett hit his stride as a songwriter and performer and should be considered as such. Also, High Cumberland Jubilee was at one time shelved because Barnaby Records didn't feel it was fit for release. For years Buffett said they "lost the master tapes", obviously they didn't. Still, I like both of those records a great deal but don't consider them to be in the same realm of the work he would go on to do for ABC-Dunhill.

Some "least favorites" (in no particular order):

License To Chill - I guess the song itself isn't so bad but the ad libs at the end and the participation of Kenny Chesney make it cringeworthy at best.

Altered Boy - if this was meant to be a self-parody it works all to well on all levels.

Survive - a piece of Billy Joel outtake drivel that never should have made the cut. I'm all for Buffett trying his hand at different styles but he failed miserably with this one.

Morris' Nightmare - some songs are "bonus tracks" for a reason, this one is a shining example.

It's Midnight and I'm Not Famous Yet - as much as I like to hear Buffett rock out from time to time this doesn't work on Somewhere Over China and it damn sure didn't work when he revived it for one of his recent Live In... albums.

CIP (at least i get a bathroom break every show)
Gods own drunk
elvis imitators
LTC
Mental Floss

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Migration, Take It Back, Altered Boy, Autour du Roche, Strange Bird, Treetop Flyer?????? Wow, those are all among my favorites.

Man, we have different tastes, we all do!

Ditto!

Seems like most of us can agree on Elvis Imitators though...that is relatively terrible!

My short-list also includes:

Creola
Licence to Chill
Conky Tonkin
Hey Good Lookin (just not a fan of most of this album here...)
Oysters & Pearls...this makes my ears bleed a little every time I hear it...yuk!

RinglingRingling wrote:1. Big Rig
2. Captain America
3. Everybody's On the Run
4. Treetop Flyer
5. USS Zydecoldsmobile

I can't stand this song. I do own a remote, but for this song I would even get up to press the ff button!!

WOW..it is cool to see so much variety on everyones list.

Many Buffett songs move up and down my favorite/dislike list (Altered Boy - used to hate it, now kinda dig it).

Here's my shot at my most consistent worst 5:
(1) WDWGDAS - used to be barely bearable, now i hate it. (1973)
(2) Math Suks - one of the corniest of the corny. (1999)
(3) You Call it Jogging - (1999)
(4) What If The Hokey-Pokey Is All It Really Is About? - THE corniest of the corny (2002)
(5) Simply Complicated - (2004)

Thats my story and I am stickin' to it!

for all those who picked "Simply Complicated", all I can say is it's one of those songs (like "Dallas", which must have a fan or two somewhere) that you really have to be one particular place to hear.

When he does the line about "Jerry Springer" in Cinci, the audience lets out a roar of laughter. It's humourous to be there to hear that.

I didn't see anyone list "Everybody's On The Run." Hate that song. I don't know why he chose it as the lead-off track to Last Mango in Paris! When I first bought it (in 1990 when it came out) I almost didn't listen to the rest of it based on the dated production of that first song. Cheezy synthesizers, dumb lyrics. Sounds like a song that would be playing in the background of a jogging scene in an '80s comedy.

EVERY other song on the album is great (Frank And Lola, If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me, Jolly Mon, etc.). Luckily, I think Jimmy has forgotten he recorded that one, because I've never heard it live.

Surprised there's no votes yet for Vampires, Mummies and The Holy Ghost. Not one of his best, for sure.

smacky wrote:I didn't see anyone list "Everybody's On The Run."

It's listed on the very first page of the thread. Personally, I like it. Maybe not one of his best but I've never considered it among his worst either.

thekidsalami wrote:Surprised there's no votes yet for Vampires, Mummies and The Holy Ghost. Not one of his best, for sure.

Just goes to show ya.
That's one of my faves

sonofabeach wrote:

thekidsalami wrote:Surprised there's no votes yet for Vampires, Mummies and The Holy Ghost. Not one of his best, for sure.

Just goes to show ya.
That's one of my faves

Mine too!

Actually all of Fruitcakes pretty much Rocks! not 1 bad song in my opinion!

Here's one where I love the song, but it is not the best for Jimmy to sing...Southern Cross. I love the original and the studio version...but the song is just out of Jimmy's vocal range and is straining most times he does it live. But then again, by that time of the show, I have a few Coronas down, so I don't really care!

1. Creola

2. Remittance Man (decent tune, but sounds wierd coming from JB -- just doesn't seem to fit him imho.)

3. CIP

4. Homemade Music

5. Autour du Rocher (although if he dropped the narrative between verses, I might think otherwise. Having to explain a song while singing it doesn't make sense to me, make us figure it out for ourselves -- that's part of the fun)

LIPH wrote:5. Peanut Butter Conspiracy (because I don't like peanut butter)

Holy crap! I thought I was the only person on the face of the earth that doesn't like peanut butter (and who also isn't allgergic to it). Leave it up to BN to find a place where there are more crazies like me.