Costa Rica Songs

drunkpirate66 · Post by **drunkpirate66** » October 23, 2008 12:13 pm

Any Buffett songs based on the Costa Rica . . . beaches, the area, the people, anything . . . . I am drawing a blank; a friend of mine just asked.

thanks!

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » October 23, 2008 12:27 pm

Section VI of A Pirate Looks at Fifty ...

drunkpirate66 · Post by **drunkpirate66** » October 23, 2008 12:31 pm

bravedave wrote:Section VI of A Pirate Looks at Fifty ...

thank you but I knew about the book. more curious about songs.

frankbama07 · Post by **frankbama07** » October 23, 2008 1:17 pm

I know it ain't buffett...

but one of my favs "Me and My Boat" he talks about sailing off to Costa Rica...good ole boat song...gotta keep plugging the trop rockers...

oh yeah it's Jake and The Half Conched Band......

http://www.myspace.com/halfshelltunes

anymore out there....????

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » October 23, 2008 1:19 pm

drunkpirate66 wrote:
bravedave wrote:Section VI of A Pirate Looks at Fifty ...

thank you but I knew about the book. more curious about songs.

After much thought, searching and meditation...
I got nuthin'
Sorry.

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » October 23, 2008 1:24 pm

Most of Jimmy's songs are about abstract places that he put together from little bits and pieces of places from all over.

One Particular Harbour, for example, was written in Tahiti, but he has mentioned a lot of places being a "One Particular Harbour", in tours and such.

So, while no songs probably mention Costa Rica by name (that I can think of) I imagine some of his songs were at least partially inspired by it.

I think a lot of it is by design. As the saying goes, Margaritaville is wherever you want it to be.

conched · Post by **conched** » October 23, 2008 1:35 pm

"Cowboy In The Jungle" always makes me think of that type of AREA in Central America.

"Now he's stuck in Portobello...since his money's all ran out..."

conched · Post by **conched** » October 23, 2008 1:40 pm

I guess Banana Republics is a stretch too....

Frank4 · Post by **Frank4** » October 23, 2008 1:44 pm

conched wrote:"Cowboy In The Jungle" always makes me think of that type of AREA in Central America.

"Now he's stuck in Portobello...since his money's all ran out..."

That would be a really good one. No direction mention of Coasta Rica, but still does the trick.

Maybe 12 Volt Man?

Frank4 · Post by **Frank4** » October 23, 2008 1:47 pm

Frank4 wrote:
conched wrote:"Cowboy In The Jungle" always makes me think of that type of AREA in Central America.

"Now he's stuck in Portobello...since his money's all ran out..."
That would be a really good one. No direction mention of Coasta Rica, but still does the trick.

Maybe 12 Volt Man?

Upon further review, Twelve Volt Man would be a bad one because the lyrics mention Mexico. My bad

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » October 23, 2008 1:50 pm

In Manana the protagonist goes from Ecuador to Mexico, ostensibly flying over Costa Rica.

conched · Post by **conched** » October 23, 2008 2:05 pm

Frank4 wrote:
Frank4 wrote:
conched wrote:"Cowboy In The Jungle" always makes me think of that type of AREA in Central America.

"Now he's stuck in Portobello...since his money's all ran out..."
That would be a really good one. No direction mention of Coasta Rica, but still does the trick.

Maybe 12 Volt Man?
Upon further review, Twelve Volt Man would be a bad one because the lyrics mention Mexico. My bad

Yea, but you made me read about Jimmy going to Isla Mujeres and Michael Nesmith in Baja.

Jimmy’s Notes:
Michael Nesmith once told me a story about a man he ran into down in Baja who is the unknown inspiration for this song. During the Baja race, Michael had broken down somewhere near East Jesus and went to a small village to wait for his repair team. He ran into an American, a fisherman who lived in a small hut with what he called his “essentials”. He had a collection of my albums, packaged margarita mix from America, an old Waring blender, and a tape player hooked up to a peculiar power system made out of a Honda generator and a Sears Die Hard battery. It seems he would fish all week, and on Friday night, he and his friends would hook up the blender and tape player and make margaritas while they sang along to my songs. This ceremony would last until the gas for the generator dried up. I got the inspiration to write this when I was in Isla Mujeres, a small island near Cancun, where life had escaped most of the twentieth century. The tough part was rhyming Die Hard, but with a few inspiring margaritas, the word came. This is one of my favorite songs.

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » October 23, 2008 2:15 pm

If you want songs that mention CR, you gotta go to Jerry Jeff's.

Frank4 · Post by **Frank4** » October 23, 2008 5:03 pm

This is a really great question for today. I have actually found myself with a purpose this afternoon, find songs or something along the way that might be in the general direction of a song about Costa Rica.

I have had no luck. I am not giving up hope

drunkpirate66 · Post by **drunkpirate66** » October 23, 2008 5:48 pm

thank you all for your help tus far!