Why no JB on the Juke Box?

bobandjodi · Post by **bobandjodi** » December 30, 2007 12:14 am

Anyone have any answers on why you cant download most of JB tunes? I hope royalties are not the reason since the majority of living artists are available on Touchtunes.

Post by **SMLCHNG** » December 30, 2007 12:21 am

Never heard of Touchtunes, sorry.

But I'm a firm believer of any artist singing, writing, composing a song receive royalties from that song.

That's their 'job', and should be paid accordingly.

bobandjodi · Post by **bobandjodi** » December 30, 2007 12:46 am

Touchtunes is the internet Juke Boxes you see in many bars. Most artists are on them, but JB is not. He and the Beatles are about the only holdouts. Not up on the Itunes thing, but I understand the Beatles are going to be available there soon, so I would assume that they will be on Touchtunes soon as well.

I guess my question is why everyone else in avaiable here, why isn't JB.

Y-NO-9-O · Post by **Y-NO-9-O** » December 30, 2007 8:35 am

bobandjodi wrote:Touchtunes is the internet Juke Boxes you see in many bars. Most artists are on them, but JB is not. He and the Beatles are about the only holdouts. Not up on the Itunes thing, but I understand the Beatles are going to be available there soon, so I would assume that they will be on Touchtunes soon as well.

I guess my question is why everyone else in avaiable here, why isn't JB.

Jimmy is available on a Touchtune jukebox in Matthews, NC.

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » December 30, 2007 8:36 am

Y-NO-9-O wrote:Jimmy is available on a Touchtune jukebox in Matthews, NC.

And in Plant City FL

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » December 30, 2007 9:53 am

I think we have to also look (sadly) at the fact that most music providers do NOT feel that Jimmy has a big enough draw to justify putting his name into the list of artists on one of these jukeboxes, so they don't want to pay him to do so.

Part of the arrangement depends on the location of the bars themselves.

karat · Post by **karat** » December 30, 2007 10:10 am

majority of the bars in SouthSide (PIttsburgh) have Jimmy on them...you sure it is not just sporadic areas?

Migration Michelle · December 30, 2007 10:11 am

ToplessRideFL wrote:
Y-NO-9-O wrote:Jimmy is available on a Touchtune jukebox in Matthews, NC.
And in Plant City FL

Hi Susan! I've got him here on the jukebox too!!

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » December 30, 2007 10:30 am

bobandjodi wrote:Anyone have any answers on why you cant download most of JB tunes? I hope royalties are not the reason since the majority of living artists are available on Touchtunes.

might be thet BMI VS ASCAP thing..
I was in a place not too long ago that had a sign that would not play
artists on the BMI list..

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » December 30, 2007 11:22 am

I wondered about this also. In my local hangout we have a jukebox that has virtually every song and artist known to man (must be one of these Touchtune ones you mention) but no Jimmy Buffett. One night we were throwing money into it, and the barkeep was betting we couldn't come up with a song that it didn't have. I won a free drink after lookin for some Jimmy.
A few days later, after thinking about it, I bet him again I could find some JB on it and he took the bet. " It's 5 O'clock somewhere" was under Allan Jackson. Anyone ever notice free drinks taste so much better than ones you had to pay for?

Big Jimmy · Post by **Big Jimmy** » December 30, 2007 11:27 am

C-Dawg wrote:I wondered about this also. In my local hangout we have a jukebox that has virtually every song and artist known to man (must be one of these Touchtune ones you mention) but no Jimmy Buffett. One night we were throwing money into it, and the barkeep was betting we couldn't come up with a song that it didn't have. I won a free drink after lookin for some Jimmy.
A few days later, after thinking about it, I bet him again I could find some JB on it and he took the bet. " It's 5 O'clock somewhere" was under Allan Jackson. Anyone ever notice free drinks taste so much better than ones you had to pay for?

Well there is a simple reason for that one. It is an ALAN JACKSON song, not a Buffett song.

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » December 30, 2007 11:31 am

Yes, but Jimmy sings in it AND it got me a free drink....in my book, it was a win-win situation

mjeischen · Post by **mjeischen** » December 30, 2007 4:14 pm

NO Jimmy on the Jukebox . . . Well then you just get up and sing it yourself . . . what kind of PHans are you!?

I'll likely be doing this tomorrow night as I am pretty confident the Piano Bar I will be attending for New Years will not have Jimmy Buffett in there repitoire(?).

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » December 30, 2007 6:18 pm

My singing is soooooooo bad...... ( go ahead, ask "How bad is it?")
If I were to sing, people would never want to hear that song again, EVEN if Jimmy were singing it. So, in a strange way, I feel I'm doing my part to broaden Jimmy's appeal and fan base by not singing.

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » December 30, 2007 11:16 pm

mjeischen wrote:NO Jimmy on the Jukebox . . . Well then you just get up and sing it yourself . . . what kind of PHans are you!?

I'll likely be doing this tomorrow night as I am pretty confident the Piano Bar I will be attending for New Years will not have Jimmy Buffett in there repitoire(?).

Seeing that I'm planning on going to a Karaoke party tomorrow night I'd almost guarantee at least SOMEONE will do a JB song (even if it's just Margaritaville

)

mjeischen · Post by **mjeischen** » December 31, 2007 12:37 am

Glorfindel7 wrote:
mjeischen wrote:NO Jimmy on the Jukebox . . . Well then you just get up and sing it yourself . . . what kind of PHans are you!?

I'll likely be doing this tomorrow night as I am pretty confident the Piano Bar I will be attending for New Years will not have Jimmy Buffett in there repitoire(?).
Seeing that I'm planning on going to a Karaoke party tomorrow night I'd almost guarantee at least SOMEONE will do a JB song (even if it's just Margaritaville )

With as anxious as you were to Karaoke at my Parrot-Dice Lounge in TInley that does not surprise me. Funny also to mention in going through some photos of tailgate from 04 or 06 you pop up in one of those photos. I had no idea who the hell you were then though . . . It was kkinda wierd.

UpstateNYPH · Post by **UpstateNYPH** » December 31, 2007 12:48 am

Glorfindel7 wrote:
mjeischen wrote:NO Jimmy on the Jukebox . . . Well then you just get up and sing it yourself . . . what kind of PHans are you!?

I'll likely be doing this tomorrow night as I am pretty confident the Piano Bar I will be attending for New Years will not have Jimmy Buffett in there repitoire(?).
Seeing that I'm planning on going to a Karaoke party tomorrow night I'd almost guarantee at least SOMEONE will do a JB song (even if it's just Margaritaville )

I did karaoke in Japan (karaoke is serious stuff in Japan), and within the room you rent out, there is a giant book you can choose songs from, and to my surprise they were almost ALL American songs, and you wouldnt believe it, JB was in there!

mjeischen · Post by **mjeischen** » December 31, 2007 1:38 am

UpstateNYPH wrote:
Glorfindel7 wrote:
mjeischen wrote:NO Jimmy on the Jukebox . . . Well then you just get up and sing it yourself . . . what kind of PHans are you!?

I'll likely be doing this tomorrow night as I am pretty confident the Piano Bar I will be attending for New Years will not have Jimmy Buffett in there repitoire(?).
Seeing that I'm planning on going to a Karaoke party tomorrow night I'd almost guarantee at least SOMEONE will do a JB song (even if it's just Margaritaville )
I did karaoke in Japan (karaoke is serious stuff in Japan), and within the room you rent out, there is a giant book you can choose songs from, and to my surprise they were almost ALL American songs, and you wouldnt believe it, JB was in there!

So what if they can't keep lead out of my kids toys . . . they can acquire a helluva karaoke selection

jonesbeach10 · Post by **jonesbeach10** » December 31, 2007 11:39 am

mjeischen wrote:
UpstateNYPH wrote:
Glorfindel7 wrote:
mjeischen wrote:NO Jimmy on the Jukebox . . . Well then you just get up and sing it yourself . . . what kind of PHans are you!?

I'll likely be doing this tomorrow night as I am pretty confident the Piano Bar I will be attending for New Years will not have Jimmy Buffett in there repitoire(?).
Seeing that I'm planning on going to a Karaoke party tomorrow night I'd almost guarantee at least SOMEONE will do a JB song (even if it's just Margaritaville )
I did karaoke in Japan (karaoke is serious stuff in Japan), and within the room you rent out, there is a giant book you can choose songs from, and to my surprise they were almost ALL American songs, and you wouldnt believe it, JB was in there!
So what if they can't keep lead out of my kids toys . . . they can acquire a helluva karaoke selection

psst...China's the one with the lead toys problem- not Japan

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » December 31, 2007 12:44 pm

mjeischen wrote:
Glorfindel7 wrote:
mjeischen wrote:NO Jimmy on the Jukebox . . . Well then you just get up and sing it yourself . . . what kind of PHans are you!?

I'll likely be doing this tomorrow night as I am pretty confident the Piano Bar I will be attending for New Years will not have Jimmy Buffett in there repitoire(?).
Seeing that I'm planning on going to a Karaoke party tomorrow night I'd almost guarantee at least SOMEONE will do a JB song (even if it's just Margaritaville )
With as anxious as you were to Karaoke at my Parrot-Dice Lounge in TInley that does not surprise me. Funny also to mention in going through some photos of tailgate from 04 or 06 you pop up in one of those photos. I had no idea who the hell you were then though . . . It was kkinda wierd.

It would have had to been 2006 as that was my first ever JB concert (got three under my belt now would love to get at least 3 more within the next year...)

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