Would Kenny Chesney get booed?

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » April 13, 2007 11:11 am

FINSUPinIdaho wrote:
so what..... I mean really..... so what?
So what if I think that???

exactly.......

calypsogirl · Post by **calypsogirl** » April 13, 2007 11:14 am

I've seen Kenny in concert and he was quite good! Very energetic and also an island atmosphere. I think he has a lot of great songs!

FINSUPinIdaho · Post by **FINSUPinIdaho** » April 13, 2007 11:15 am

I actually kind of like the guy, I just keep envisioning a corporate exec telling KC to change to this so you can be more popular.
But, that is my problem.

PhutureMD · Post by **PhutureMD** » April 13, 2007 11:44 am

Trying to think of how to respond to this. First off *DISCLAIMER* This is all just my opinion, Lord knows I have been disagreed with before, and chances are great that I will be again! That being said, I don't believe KC, or anybody, would be booed. As ParrotHeads, we have too much class for something like that too happen. The only negative comments I have ever heard at a Buffett concert were that it was over way too soon. I actually enjoy some of the KC music that I have heard, going so far as to be looking into seeing his tour this summer (as an aside, saw Sugar Land recently at the MB HOB and it was an awesome show. I highly recommend seeing them if you have the chance.). I don't really care if he is riding Jimmy's coattails or taking advantage of a genre that Jimmy created. As stated by others, I'm all for escapism, and if a so-called "wanna-be" can take me away from everyday life for the better part of a day, then so be it. No, he is not a replacement for my Buffett addiction, but he is a helpful adjunct for my temporary trips to the tropics, and that is welcome. There is a lot of room in my life for various music, and like most of you, I like what I like. Doesn't matter if it is a 60 year old balding beach bum, a 30 something Country headliner, or some band out there that I haven't even heard yet. I need music to get me through my day, all may apply, some will be accepted. Just my 2 pennies. Peace.

Catch&Release · Post by **Catch&Release** » April 13, 2007 12:06 pm

I saw Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban 3 years ago.

Keith Urban opened and was excellent. Kenny Chesney was OK. He brought out Uncle Kracker for a couple songs, which I thought was lame.

I thing Jimmy having Kenny Chesney onstage with him would be like
Metallica asking Kiss onstage.

One is the genuine deal ond one is the poseur.

poseur

noun
a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

Jimmy - accomplished sailor, pilot, author, restauranteur, entertainment mogul
Chesney - Power boater, ummmm......

blowinupinmissoula · Post by **blowinupinmissoula** » April 13, 2007 12:13 pm

Catch&Release wrote:
I thing Jimmy having Kenny Chesney onstage with him would be like
Metallica asking Kiss onstage.

One is the genuine deal ond one is the poseur.

poseur

im not sure i agree with this statement...in fact i think they are too very different bands, just the same type of hard metal. but back to JB and KC.....

tikiwoman · Post by **tikiwoman** » April 13, 2007 4:49 pm

I have seen Kenny three times and I always have a great time. I would love to see Kenny with Jimmy in Camden- their shows are three days apart. In a way this reminds me of how the Bruce Springsteen fans view Bon Jovi. I have to say as for Kenny I do agree his opening acts are often the best part because he has such awesome acts. I fell in love with Keith Urban at my first Kenny show- Kenny was anticlimactic after the raw passion of KU but I gave Kenny another chance. The last time Sugarland, who are terrific, were a big draw for me and Kenny's show was also fantastic!

Val

IrishPirate · Post by **IrishPirate** » April 13, 2007 8:39 pm

Okay, if there was a "Beachapaloosa" and along with Mr. Buffett, the Boat Drunks, Kenny Chesney, Allen Jackson, George Strait, The Beach Boys, Jim Morris, and 1/2 dozen other trop-rock, country or pop bands were on the bill to play, I would buy tickets and not even think of booing. But if I'm paying to see Jimmy Buffett, I only want to see Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band!

pinacolada lover · Post by **pinacolada lover** » April 13, 2007 8:44 pm

I do enjoy some of KC's songs. If he's gonna be singing nothing but that whining country crap then count me out. Gimme the island side of KC anyday.

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » April 13, 2007 9:56 pm

Catch&Release wrote:I thing Jimmy having Kenny Chesney onstage with him would be like
Metallica asking Kiss onstage.

One is the genuine deal ond one is the poseur.

I don't get the comparison either. Is Kiss supposed to be the "geniune deal"?

msu#1 · Post by **msu#1** » April 13, 2007 10:33 pm

blowinupinmissoula wrote:
Dezdmona wrote:
For those of you that don't like country, JB does a lot of country songs...some of them are favorites here....
songs like....Come Monday, Margaritaville (RIP), Nautical Wheelers, SOASOAS, Coast of Carolina, (and some recent covers...e.g., Bama Breeze & Trip Around the Sun) to name a few...

yea i agree with the beach music copyright thing, i think that is pretty rediculous to argue, but i think my major problem with the whole kenny chesney thing is that yes KC is moving into the tropical, but JB is now being classified as country becasue of KC and other artists like this....

by the way im not entirely sure how the songs you listed are country...well coast of carolina(basically anything off the last two ablums) but CM, Margaritaville, Nautical Wheelers, Son of a Son all ahave disticnt tropical beach sounds. i guess taking w/o the music the lyrics could be kinda country. i suppose i just dont see it maybe its what i mentioned above, as country moves towards JB people start to see(i think imagine) country in JB's music

haha JB isnt country????????? an rock isnt based in the blues, and hip hop doesnt sample r&b and soul for its backtracks

CoronaMargaritahead · Post by **CoronaMargaritahead** » April 13, 2007 10:43 pm

i like some of his stuff

viess · Post by **viess** » April 13, 2007 11:05 pm

I read the first page and a half of posts and then stopped, so if I repeat something someone else has said between page 1 1/2 and 4, my bad. First of all, I was introduced to Jimmy about 15 years ago and have been hooked ever since. I never thought anything would be better than a Buffett show (or 30).

My buddy, two years ago knowing I'm a huge Parrothead says you got to check out Kenny Chesney you'd love him. Like many of the other BNr's here, I said no way he's a wanna be J.B. He insisted and made me a cd. After listening to it, I found myself starting to listen to a lot more Chesney. I am now a big Chesney fan. I think that he SHOULD do a whole show with Jimmy.

I went to a Chesney show last year and it reminded me of the old Jimmy concerts before it was impossible to get tickets and if you did you didn't have to pay $60 to sit on the lawn. To be honest with you I feel that Kenny seems to put way more into his shows than Jimmy (but maybe we can blame that the age difference).

I think it is the utmost compliment to bubba to have a younger county star playing Buffett style music. I know Jimmy was influenced by other artists before him. For those of you knocking Kenny, maybe you should just listen to the music and not worry about if he is "ripping off Jimmy". Maybe he is, maybe he isn't, but K.C. puts out some good tunes (and I couldn't stand country music before two years ago). Like I said before, I think it is a compliment to J.B. that Chesney plays/writes the same type of music Buffett has played before him. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it!!!

Buffett/Chesney shows in 08!!

SchoonerWharf · Post by **SchoonerWharf** » April 13, 2007 11:36 pm

viess wrote:I read the first page and a half of posts and then stopped, so if I repeat something someone else has said between page 1 1/2 and 4, my bad. First of all, I was introduced to Jimmy about 15 years ago and have been hooked ever since. I never thought anything would be better than a Buffett show (or 30).

My buddy, two years ago knowing I'm a huge Parrothead says you got to check out Kenny Chesney you'd love him. Like many of the other BNr's here, I said no way he's a wanna be J.B. He insisted and made me a cd. After listening to it, I found myself starting to listen to a lot more Chesney. I am now a big Chesney fan. I think that he SHOULD do a whole show with Jimmy.

I went to a Chesney show last year and it reminded me of the old Jimmy concerts before it was impossible to get tickets and if you did you didn't have to pay $60 to sit on the lawn. To be honest with you I feel that Kenny seems to put way more into his shows than Jimmy (but maybe we can blame that the age difference).

I think it is the utmost compliment to bubba to have a younger county star playing Buffett style music. I know Jimmy was influenced by other artists before him. For those of you knocking Kenny, maybe you should just listen to the music and not worry about if he is "ripping off Jimmy". Maybe he is, maybe he isn't, but K.C. puts out some good tunes (and I couldn't stand country music before two years ago). Like I said before, I think it is a compliment to J.B. that Chesney plays/writes the same type of music Buffett has played before him. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it!!!

Buffett/Chesney shows in 08!!

I am stunned. This post is about word for word what i would have stated.

I hate to break it to you that have your head buried in the sand, but at this point a Chesney show blows away a Buffett show. Went to my first last August and the energy, the fun, the just good time was something i haven't seen in years from Jimmy. Its not surprising because they are at different stages of their careers. Does that mean I dont have fun at Jimmy's shows...of course not they are always a great time. But Chesney brings the house down.

Sorry, time moves on. Things change. The torch gets passed.

Probably why I saw so much Parrothead gear at the Chesney show.

blowinupinmissoula · Post by **blowinupinmissoula** » April 14, 2007 12:12 am

msu#1 wrote:
blowinupinmissoula wrote:
Dezdmona wrote:
For those of you that don't like country, JB does a lot of country songs...some of them are favorites here....
songs like....Come Monday, Margaritaville (RIP), Nautical Wheelers, SOASOAS, Coast of Carolina, (and some recent covers...e.g., Bama Breeze & Trip Around the Sun) to name a few...

yea i agree with the beach music copyright thing, i think that is pretty rediculous to argue, but i think my major problem with the whole kenny chesney thing is that yes KC is moving into the tropical, but JB is now being classified as country becasue of KC and other artists like this....

by the way im not entirely sure how the songs you listed are country...well coast of carolina(basically anything off the last two ablums) but CM, Margaritaville, Nautical Wheelers, Son of a Son all ahave disticnt tropical beach sounds. i guess taking w/o the music the lyrics could be kinda country. i suppose i just dont see it maybe its what i mentioned above, as country moves towards JB people start to see(i think imagine) country in JB's music
haha JB isnt country????????? an rock isnt based in the blues, and hip hop doesnt sample r&b and soul for its backtracks

if you notice i didnt say anything about what JB's music is "based" on....of course i realize that JB has a country style base. just as you so perfectly pointed out rock based in blues, etc

but what i am saying is that rock is NOT the blues, and hiphop is NOT r/b and soul. in this vein JB is NOT country.

just because something has a base in another music genre doesnt mean that it should be lumped in with the genre. come on...

phinhead · Post by **phinhead** » April 14, 2007 1:01 am

I guess everybody is just ripping everybody off!! Come on! Buffett is not the only one who enjoys the Island life. Kenny Chesney does what he does. He says he was influenced by Buffett. He owns a home in the Carribean. He likes the beach, and the laid back live style. Buffett is not the only one that can do Trop-Rock music. Just because someone sings some songs that are beach oriented doesn't mean they are ripping off from JB. Just because he made the genre popular doesn't mean other artist cannot do it. I wish Buffett would do a couple of Jim Morris songs. He has written a few great songs that I could see Buffett doing. Jim Morris does not imitate Buffett...he sings about the lifestyle he lives (in SW Florida). Buffett is not the onlyl one that lives, or enjoys the Island life. Kenney Chesney is a country artist who has been influenced by the Islands, and Jimnmy Buffett. So be it he sings about the beach. It should not be taken as rip off, but as a compliment to Buffett, and to the lifestyle. Broaden your horizens. Their are a few people who do great stuff in this genra (Jim Morris, Sunny Jim, Eric Stone, Kenny Chesney, etc..)
If I have repeated anything said befor me...please forgive. I did not read every post.
Thanks,
Phin

Gypsy In The Palace · Post by **Gypsy In The Palace** » April 14, 2007 3:21 am

I am really surprised this thread went 5 pages and no one mentioned the fact that this actually happened!!

It was April of 2003 in Nashville. Kenny came out and played with JB for Volcano. I was sitting in the lawn, and at the time, I did not know who KC was.

I'm sure the fact that it was in Nashville had a huge effect on the crowd reaction, but I'm telling you the place went nuts. When JB introduced him, my ears actually started ringing from all the people yelling for him--and there I was wondering who this guy was. He was very well received by the Nashville crowd.

He joined JB for Volcano, which was the last song of the second set. Then, JB came out like always for the encores-minus KC closing with Saxaphones, Southern Cross, and Pacing the Cage. The fact that KC joined him for one song didn't seem to me that it affected the concert negatively in any way.

Cincy'sOwnDrunk · Post by **Cincy'sOwnDrunk** » April 14, 2007 8:09 am

Do you happen to know exactly which Buffett album he found his niche on?

The guy is unliked on this web site because it is a Buffett web site and Chesney is a Buffett ripoff artist.

ToplessRideFL wrote:
phansheridan wrote:There seems to be an overwhelming dislike of Kenny Chesney on this website. My question is that if he did come out and play a few songs with Jimmy, do you think that the crowd as a whole would boo Kenny or not?
to answer your question.... 1 or 2 songs would be acceptable. I dont think the crowd would boo.

Like him or not...the man found a niche and is running with it.... good for him ... but no more than a couple of songs......

Cincy'sOwnDrunk · Post by **Cincy'sOwnDrunk** » April 14, 2007 8:39 am

Well said....I was going to add that as well. For all of you who don't like country....throw away all those early JB cds you have. I am not a big fan of country myself, but there are a few artist that I enjoy and several more songs from various others that I don't particularly care for overall.

Hopefully he wouldn't get booed, but it might be interesting to hear a couple of songs (LTC would certainly be one).

Dezdmona wrote:I wonder if they have similar discussions in the Beach Boys forums...

I certainly respect everyone's opinion to choose whether they like Country Music or not, but to suggest that Jimmy Buffett has some sort of copyright on Beach music is nuts.

For those of you that don't like country, JB does a lot of country songs...some of them are favorites here....
songs like....Come Monday, Margaritaville (RIP), Nautical Wheelers, SOASOAS, Coast of Carolina, (and some recent covers...e.g., Bama Breeze & Trip Around the Sun) to name a few...

All I'm trying to say is that JB isn't the first to play beach music, he plays country music along with the wide variety of other styles of music he plays, and to recognize that.

I remember when I realized that The Eagles played country music...
That's when I decided there's more to country than meets the eye.

tikiwoman · Post by **tikiwoman** » April 14, 2007 9:49 am

I think too that today's country is more like 70's country rock. Artists that are country may not have been country if they were recording thirty years ago. Keith Urban for example is more of a rocker. I sure didn't care much for country growing up in the Northeast but I loved country rock and I think that is why a lot of today's country appeals to me.

Val

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