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Buffett/Chesney lyric oddity - has anyone noticed this?

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My wife is on a mission to build my appreciation for Kenny Chesney, with only limited success so far.

Anyway, I was listening to a Buffett/Chesney mix this weekend and noticed these lyrics:

Buffett/Mexico
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The sun's so hot
I forgot to go home

Chesney/Outta Here
-----------------------
And the sun's so hot
we'll forget to go home

Pretty weird, huh? I mean, that's not a figure of speech you hear every day.

What do you think, coincidence? Intentional quotation?
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Re: Buffett/Chesney lyric oddity - has anyone noticed this?

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Kasey wrote:My wife is on a mission to build my appreciation for Kenny Chesney, with only limited success so far.

Anyway, I was listening to a Buffett/Chesney mix this weekend and noticed these lyrics:

Buffett/Mexico
----------------
The sun's so hot
I forgot to go home

Chesney/Outta Here
-----------------------
And the sun's so hot
we'll forget to go home

Pretty weird, huh? I mean, that's not a figure of speech you hear every day.

What do you think, coincidence? Intentional quotation?
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Re: Buffett/Chesney lyric oddity - has anyone noticed this?

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Kasey wrote:My wife is on a mission to build my appreciation for Kenny Chesney, with only limited success so far.

Anyway, I was listening to a Buffett/Chesney mix this weekend and noticed these lyrics:

Buffett/Mexico
----------------
The sun's so hot
I forgot to go home

Chesney/Outta Here
-----------------------
And the sun's so hot
we'll forget to go home

Pretty weird, huh? I mean, that's not a figure of speech you hear every day.

What do you think, coincidence? Intentional quotation?
Just an FYI, in this case, Chesney "MAY" be copying James Taylor on this (since Mexico was also sung by him first --- I think it may be his own song)
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aeroparrot wrote:
Kasey wrote:My wife is on a mission to build my appreciation for Kenny Chesney, with only limited success so far.

Anyway, I was listening to a Buffett/Chesney mix this weekend and noticed these lyrics:

Buffett/Mexico
----------------
The sun's so hot
I forgot to go home

Chesney/Outta Here
-----------------------
And the sun's so hot
we'll forget to go home

Pretty weird, huh? I mean, that's not a figure of speech you hear every day.

What do you think, coincidence? Intentional quotation?
Just an FYI, in this case, Chesney "MAY" be copying James Taylor on this (since Mexico was also sung by him first --- I think it may be his own song)
The plot thickens, thanks for the info!
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How many posts until this thread gets "locked"!?! :wink: :D
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tikitodd wrote:How many posts until this thread gets "locked"!?! :wink: :D
What's the over/under? :lol: :lol:
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I give it 6 pages!!
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Since Mexico is a James Taylor song and JT is losing his hair, do you think he's a wannabe too? I mean, Buffett's been bald for a few years already.
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Bald schmald.

It's a good tune.

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LIPH wrote:Since Mexico is a James Taylor song and JT is losing his hair, do you think he's a wannabe too? I mean, Buffett's been bald for a few years already.
But JT is tall so unless he has a height-ectomy .....
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alphabits wrote:
LIPH wrote:Since Mexico is a James Taylor song and JT is losing his hair, do you think he's a wannabe too? I mean, Buffett's been bald for a few years already.
But JT is tall so unless he has a height-ectomy .....
Well, if this turn of the conversation doesn't get the thread locked, I don't know what it will take! :lol: :lol:
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Re: Buffett/Chesney lyric oddity - has anyone noticed this?

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Kasey wrote:My wife is on a mission to build my appreciation for Kenny Chesney, with only limited success so far.

Anyway, I was listening to a Buffett/Chesney mix this weekend and noticed these lyrics:

Buffett/Mexico
----------------
The sun's so hot
I forgot to go home

Chesney/Outta Here
-----------------------
And the sun's so hot
we'll forget to go home

Pretty weird, huh? I mean, that's not a figure of speech you hear every day.

What do you think, coincidence? Intentional quotation?
Neither Buffett nor Chesney wrote the respective songs.

Mexico: James Taylor

Outta Here: Josh Leo (formerly of the CRB, BN screen name White Overalls)
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tikitodd wrote:I give it 6 pages!!
That's generous. :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'll take the under.
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Re: Buffett/Chesney lyric oddity - has anyone noticed this?

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SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
Kasey wrote:My wife is on a mission to build my appreciation for Kenny Chesney, with only limited success so far.

Anyway, I was listening to a Buffett/Chesney mix this weekend and noticed these lyrics:

Buffett/Mexico
----------------
The sun's so hot
I forgot to go home

Chesney/Outta Here
-----------------------
And the sun's so hot
we'll forget to go home

Pretty weird, huh? I mean, that's not a figure of speech you hear every day.

What do you think, coincidence? Intentional quotation?
Neither Buffett nor Chesney wrote the respective songs.

Mexico: James Taylor

Outta Here: Josh Leo (formerly of the CRB, BN screen name White Overalls)
So Chesney's copying Buffett by covering songs then? :lol:
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SharkOnLand wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
Kasey wrote:My wife is on a mission to build my appreciation for Kenny Chesney, with only limited success so far.

Anyway, I was listening to a Buffett/Chesney mix this weekend and noticed these lyrics:

Buffett/Mexico
----------------
The sun's so hot
I forgot to go home

Chesney/Outta Here
-----------------------
And the sun's so hot
we'll forget to go home

Pretty weird, huh? I mean, that's not a figure of speech you hear every day.

What do you think, coincidence? Intentional quotation?
Neither Buffett nor Chesney wrote the respective songs.

Mexico: James Taylor

Outta Here: Josh Leo (formerly of the CRB, BN screen name White Overalls)
So Chesney's copying Buffett by covering songs then? :lol:
Not sure, but I don't think Outta Here was a cover, but was written for KC's album...
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I don't think it's any big deal for a singer to personalize the lyrics of a song they cover.

Buffett does it all the time.

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So...Jimmy Buffett is a James Taylor wannabee?
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Skibo wrote:So...Jimmy Buffett is a James Taylor wannabee?
Touche.

Ya know he's also covered several Beach Boys songs.
One of them prominently during this years tour. :wink:
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Skibo wrote:So...Jimmy Buffett is a James Taylor wannabee?
Actually, they're old friends. Back around '79 when Bubba was recording the "Volcano" LP, "Sweet Baby James" was hanging around with him. Taylor's wife at the time, Carly Simon, admonished him for it: "All you want to do these days is get drunk with Jimmy Buffett!" she reportedly said.
Well, what's wrong with that?! :-?
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Back to the thread's premise,

Outta Here is referencing James Taylor's Mexico when the quoted lyrics appear.
The whole verse is:

South of the border there's a place I know
Where James Taylor sang about Mexico
And the sun's so hot we'll forget to go home
Baby we'll be outta here.

So I don't think it's a 'rip off', it's a shout out, to JT and his song. :wink:
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