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Just curious - how come Bama Breeze isn't on the Cover Songs page?

bama breeze is an original album track

finsup wrote:bama breeze is an original album track

written by Chris Tompkins, Josh Kear, Mark Irwin...

Ahhhh, the old debate. Jimmy covered a song other people wrote that was never recorded for an album before.

Got it.

JustDucky wrote:Ahhhh, the old debate. Jimmy covered a song other people wrote that was never recorded for an album before.

Got it.

Shouldn't be a debate.
Per Wikipedia: "In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song."

Always been cut and dry if you ask me.

Then it is a cover. It's clearly been recorded as I have the Josh Kear version on my iPod.

YuppieParrothead wrote:Then it is a cover. It's clearly been recorded as I have the Josh Kear version on my iPod.

Wasn't aware he recorded it...

UpstateNYPH wrote:

YuppieParrothead wrote:Then it is a cover. It's clearly been recorded as I have the Josh Kear version on my iPod.

Wasn't aware he recorded it...

I think it may be on an album called "The Fifth of July". PM me your e-mail and I can send it to you tonight if you want it.

that's just funny ... it seems like a song that jimmy would write on a good night in south bama.

great info though....thanks!

I'd like to hear that, too. Wasn't that song written for Buffett, possibly being comissioned or something?

YuppieParrothead wrote:Then it is a cover. It's clearly been recorded as I have the Josh Kear version on my iPod.

I thought that was a "demo version" by one of the song writers vs. a commercially released version by an artist.

yeah that would make sense... was josh kear's version ever released publicly? or would that even change its cover status?

indymiller24 wrote:yeah that would make sense... was josh kear's version ever released publicly? or would that even change its cover status?

With the advent of download sites just about anything can be "released" these days, but I'm not sure Josh Kear's version was ever released with the intent of it being a commercial/formal recording vs. a "collectible" for interested Buffett fans. I would not consider Bama Breeze to be a cover.

and thanks to google....

http://www.musenashville.org/2006/08/23 ... the-round/

this blog essentially states that josh kear has done a lot of song writing and that this song (or so i read it this way) was done straight for Jimmy's new album.

i'm reclassifying it as a non-cover by mr. buffett. thoughts?

JustDucky wrote:Ahhhh, the old debate. Jimmy covered a song other people wrote that was never recorded for an album before.

Got it.

OK then we disband the NYC Phil

and the Boston Pops..

By your thinking All they ever play are covers..

Who gives a flip(flop)? Great freakin' song!

A lot of classical music was written eons ago so why someone would want to break up - that makes NO sense. Has there ever been any new classical music written that's memorable? I probably shouldn't ask that since I don't know but I did - I truly don't know. I don't listen to that kind of music except when it's in movies.

What I meant by 'the old debate' - back when people were going off about Jimmy doing covers. Wikipedia is not exactly a source of knowledge. I've always considered someone else's song being recorded by a different artist as a cover no matter if it has been released by the original artist or not. By that meaning it's not original to the recording artist even if it is the first commercial release of that song. That's my take on it.

It really doesn't matter in the end, as long as what's released is good and JB's case it usually is.

JustDucky wrote:Has there ever been any new classical music written that's memorable?

If by 'classical' you mean orchestral music, sure, there's plenty of 'new' stuff out there.... There are plenty of composers writing origininal music.

John Williams is the first one to come to mind...

Yeah, like I said, in movies. Of course John Williams is a genius.

Does anyone know if Mick Jagger actually did walk through the door and write his name on the wall somewhere on the Gulf Coast?