BUCK BUCK the Turtle
Posted: June 15, 2006 11:26 am
Did you guys ever here Jimmy Buffett do "The Ballad of Buck the Turtle"?
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Posted: June 15, 2006 11:50 am
The only time I can recall is many years ago on Johnny B's show in chicago. Not in a concert that I can remember.
Posted: June 15, 2006 11:56 am
Right he played it this morning in response to Jessica Alba saying she was molested by some dolphins during the filming of "Flipper". I don't know if it was edited or not but it seemed JB was fast on his feet. How old do you think that is?
Posted: June 15, 2006 11:57 am
Well it was a lazy day in the Florida Keys
Not much wind and not much breeze
So, down below in the water, was our boy
He had it with the builders, he had it with the cars
He had it with the famous, he had it with the stars
Scuba diver, look out below
Here comes, Buck Butt the turtle
Looking rather fertile
Just a, night on the town, or the bottom it seems
OH! Buck Butt the turtle
Looking rather fertile
Floating across the Florida Keys
Not much wind and not much breeze
So, down below in the water, was our boy
He had it with the builders, he had it with the cars
He had it with the famous, he had it with the stars
Scuba diver, look out below
Here comes, Buck Butt the turtle
Looking rather fertile
Just a, night on the town, or the bottom it seems
OH! Buck Butt the turtle
Looking rather fertile
Floating across the Florida Keys
Posted: June 15, 2006 12:00 pm
That great! Thanks
Posted: June 15, 2006 12:02 pm
Even dolphins think Jessica Alba is hot.captenuta wrote:Right he played it this morning in response to Jessica Alba saying she was molested by some dolphins during the filming of "Flipper".
Posted: June 15, 2006 12:05 pm
"Dolphins get excited, even when you're a human being, and they have long, long...I didn't know this until I was poked by a few of them, which was very rude. I sort of requested female dolphins after that because those are little b--s." Jessica Alba
Look out Jessica Buck the Turtle is coming for you.
Look out Jessica Buck the Turtle is coming for you.
Posted: June 15, 2006 12:06 pm
According to the BN song database:captenuta wrote:How old do you think that is?
http://www.buffettnews.com/song529.html
This song originated from a Jonathan Brandmeier radio gag where Jimmy made up this song on the air from a new story where a scuba diver was accosted by a horney turtle. Jimmy played the song at a 1993 Poplar Creek Music Theater show in Hoffman Estates, IL.
I didn't realize Jimmy played it at Poplar Creek, but I did hear it live as it happened on the radio...
Posted: June 15, 2006 12:10 pm
That"s right I was at that concert! I forgot he played that song there.
Posted: June 15, 2006 12:55 pm
Does anyone have a copy of this? BadHabits would love to have this song! 
Posted: June 15, 2006 12:56 pm
It's on CoboPalmTreeGal wrote:Does anyone have a copy of this? BadHabits would love to have this song!
Posted: June 15, 2006 2:04 pm
I have this on a CD somewhere. It was recorded on some radio show in Florida. I love this song!
btw - It's "Buck Butt" not "Buck Buck".
btw - It's "Buck Butt" not "Buck Buck".
Posted: June 15, 2006 2:06 pm
I'll put it later tonight when I get home.PalmTreeGal wrote:Does anyone have a copy of this? BadHabits would love to have this song!
Posted: June 15, 2006 2:35 pm
It's on the servebeer site but it's less than a minute long? Is that the whole song?springparrot wrote:It's on CoboPalmTreeGal wrote:Does anyone have a copy of this? BadHabits would love to have this song!
Posted: June 15, 2006 2:55 pm
If you PM me your address I'll send you a copy of the cd....
Posted: June 15, 2006 3:25 pm
Yes... the lyrics above are in it's entirety...LIPH wrote:It's on the servebeer site but it's less than a minute long? Is that the whole song?springparrot wrote:It's on CoboPalmTreeGal wrote:Does anyone have a copy of this? BadHabits would love to have this song!
Here's the scoop... Jimmy happened to be in studio on the morning Showgram in Chicago, when Buzz Kilman was doing a news story on divers in Islamorada getting humped by sea turtles, or whatever they are down there. So Jonathon Brandmeier said "that sounds like a Buffett song waiting to happen"... they went to commercial break, and when they came back on, Jimmy had made it up the song, and played it on the spot. I thought that was the only time he ever played it, but I could be wrong... but Brandmeier has played it many times since, and every subsequent visit of Jimmy to Johnny B, listeners always request it, but they just play the tape.
The version I have of it, includes the whole setup, which I think is more than a minute, but maybe not.
Posted: June 15, 2006 7:22 pm
Buck Buck? My immediate thoughts when I saw the title was Bill Cosby telling about a bunch of kids jumping on a turtles back. If you've never heard Cosby do the Buck Buck skit, I'd really recommend tracking down a copy... I believe it was the inspiration for Fat Albert?
Posted: June 15, 2006 10:28 pm
I don't have that one (but have heard it) I have a couple of others..tjtryon wrote:Buck Buck? My immediate thoughts when I saw the title was Bill Cosby telling about a bunch of kids jumping on a turtles back. If you've never heard Cosby do the Buck Buck skit, I'd really recommend tracking down a copy... I believe it was the inspiration for Fat Albert?
Posted: June 16, 2006 8:56 am
Every time this comes up on my shuffle. I just have to laugh. Then I find myself humming it the rest of the day.
Posted: June 16, 2006 11:13 am
do you have the link to get into cobo? I can't remember how to get in since they got hacked into!springparrot wrote:It's on CoboPalmTreeGal wrote:Does anyone have a copy of this? BadHabits would love to have this song!