Jimmy's Most Beautiful Melody(Song)

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » March 23, 2006 10:59 am

green1 wrote: Savannah Fair you Well: More because that is where my wife and I met and so want to move back there. I know it is about his daughter, but to us we always think about the city.

I may be wrong but I always thought the song was about the city of Savannah, especially since it wasn't even written by Buffett.

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » March 23, 2006 11:06 am

Jahfin wrote:
green1 wrote: Savannah Fair you Well: More because that is where my wife and I met and so want to move back there. I know it is about his daughter, but to us we always think about the city.
I may be wrong but I always thought the song was about the city of Savannah, especially since it wasn't even written by Buffett.

I remember hearing Jimmy say in concert that if the song was about his daughter it would be called "Savannah get a god d@mn job"

green1 · Post by **green1** » March 23, 2006 11:12 am

sonofabeach wrote:
Jahfin wrote:
green1 wrote: Savannah Fair you Well: More because that is where my wife and I met and so want to move back there. I know it is about his daughter, but to us we always think about the city.
I may be wrong but I always thought the song was about the city of Savannah, especially since it wasn't even written by Buffett.
I remember hearing Jimmy say in concert that if the song was about his daughter it would be called "Savannah get a god d@mn job"

Wow, I had just assumed it was about his daughter. We like it better this way anyhow. Thanks for the corrections.

spendingmoney · Post by **spendingmoney** » March 23, 2006 12:30 pm

Marnin Grita Guy wrote:What? Am I the only one who thinks Lovely Cruise is a gem?

Lovely Cruise has my vote too!!

wpsbuffett in INDY · Post by **wpsbuffett in INDY** » March 23, 2006 12:44 pm

If the phone Doesn't ring it's me ...............

i know it means more to me than most ( all) ...but it was the first song i thought of ............. really listen to this
There are oceans of feelings between us
Currents that take us and sweep us away
That's why we seldom have seen us
In the light of a cold hard day

Lots of new friends with the same old answers
Open your eyes, you might see
Of our lives were that simple
We'd live in the past
If the phone doesn't ring, it's me

Souviers ...........
Noboby has heard that one very much either ...But take it from a person who lost the one they loved very much ...that song is lived every day

Bill in Indy
wpsbuffett@yahoo.com
Buffett Class of 1978....(year I found James William Buffett)
First ALBUM ...Son of A Son

( i think we should all sign off like that ...lol )

SmartWomaninShortSkirt · March 23, 2006 1:13 pm

Not sure if they've been mentioned, but I love Delaney Talks to Statues and Lone Palm, in addition to many of the aforementioned....

Creola · Post by **Creola** » March 23, 2006 2:52 pm

Lots of great songs mentioned here my immediate picks would be:

1. Creola (obviously)
2. Trip Around the Sun
3. Banana Republic
4. Little Miss Magic
5. Lovely Cruise
6. Tonight I Just Need My Guitar

Thats what comes to mind.

jackiesic · Post by **jackiesic** » March 23, 2006 3:53 pm

green1 wrote:My top few are:

He went to Paris: Far and away my favorite sogn.

Gosh, I was wondering how many posts I would have to read before someone mentioned this one. My favorite of the "oldies". Coast of Carolina from more recent work.

conched · Post by **conched** » March 23, 2006 4:40 pm

green1 wrote:My top few are:

He went to Paris: Far and away my favorite sogn.
Tin Cup Chalice
Little Miss Magic: Strangely enough has gained in my popularity since my daughters birth.
Island
Savannah Fair you Well: More because that is where my wife and I met and so want to move back there. I know it is about his daughter, but to us we always think about the city.

Oh my gosh! That is such a beautiful song.

Jimmy explains why he selected Savannah Fare You Well for FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD.
"I love great country songs and Hugh Prestwood is a great country songwriter... who lives across Peconic Bay from where I spend my summers. . . I had a difficult decison choosing a song of his, but again what fit the mood and where we were going at that point in the record. I loved a couple of lines in Savannah Fare You Well. It had nothing to do with my daughter, it's more about the town. I was probably a sucker for a Savannah in the title. It was always my favorite word, obviously I named my daughter after it. It's an African word also. It's a great song and takes me in a direction to use other people's material that kinda fits the general theme of what's going on."

Lyrics:
There is something in the wind tonight
Some kind of change of weather
Somewhere some devil's mixing fire and ice together
I got a feeling that the dark side of the moon is on the rise
Black as a crow's feather

Now I could stay another day or two
But what's the use of stalling
Deep in the winter even holdout leaves start fallin'
Lately every night above the declarations of our love
I hear the road callin'

It's such a fragile magic
A puff of wind can break the spell
And all the golden threads are frail as spider webs
Savannah fare you well

In a vision I had yesterday
It rained so hard that I drowned
While I waited for a hurricane to die down
The raging water rolling over me was wild as a heart
That love cannot tie down

You may want to listen to Savannah Fare You Well by the writer--Hugh Prestwood. He adds some lyrics -- "the golden dunes appears against the silver tears?"

He now has a CD out including Savannah Fare You Well.

http://www.hughprestwood.com/music.htm

About Hugh Prestwood: Born and raised in El Paso, and a graduate of the University Of Texas At El Paso, Prestwood currently resides on Long Island, New York. Since 1982 he has taught advanced songwriting at The New School in Manhattan. Additionally, each year Prestwood teaches songwriting workshops for the NSAI in various locations throughout the country.

(Jerry Jeff Walker also recorded a Hugh Prestwood song--The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder on Cowboy Boots and Bathing Suits.)

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » March 23, 2006 4:43 pm

conched wrote:You may want to listen to Savannah Fare You Well by the writer--Hugh Prestwood. He adds some lyrics -- "the golden dunes appears against the silver tears?"

More accurately, Buffett left out some lyrics. I say that because the song was obviously altered from the original version which was written by Hugh Prestwood.

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » March 23, 2006 7:28 pm

honorable mention
Beyond The End (I love Roy Orbison's background vocals near the end)
I've also always liked The Good Fight

Communicado · Post by **Communicado** » March 24, 2006 10:35 am

Cowboy in the Jungle, hands down

OldFriendTheSquid · Post by **OldFriendTheSquid** » March 24, 2006 11:18 am

Creola

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » March 24, 2006 11:28 am

OldFriendTheSquid wrote:Creola

Interesting to see "Creola" getting such love and hate (it's also been mentioned a few times in the "Worst Songs" thread). I like it myself but never counted it among Buffett's "top shelf" material.

ccmatt · Post by **ccmatt** » March 24, 2006 11:46 am

Nobody Talks to the Captain No More, If we are talking about melody by definition. I agree with Jah about Creola. Never realized so many people like it. I don't.

green1 · Post by **green1** » March 24, 2006 12:30 pm

He now has a CD out including Savannah Fare You Well.

http://www.hughprestwood.com/music.htm

I tried to go to this site to listen to it, and my computer doens't recognize the format. Is there someway that I can change it? Does anyone know how to do this?

SouthernSeas · Post by **SouthernSeas** » March 24, 2006 1:17 pm

Its got to be Coast Of Carolina

1 CP · Post by **1 CP** » March 27, 2006 2:31 am

I'm surprised no one has mentioned my favorite, Gulf Coast Highway, from the first Evangeline album...just a stunning song, and i cant imagine why it never was a big hit...maybe he could re-release it.

also, Love in the Library, Quietly Making Noise, False Echoes, Thats What Livin is to Me, Remittance Man, Pacin the Cage,

so many, so many......

livingstonbob · Post by **livingstonbob** » March 27, 2006 8:26 am

Migration, Rail Road Lady and They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More

Bob
Originally from Livingston Sat. Night Montana

murPH · Post by **murPH** » March 27, 2006 9:03 am

Even though I guess it is not technically just his, my favorite is...

"Stars Fell on Alabama."

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