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conched wrote:Thanks for sharing your review!

A similar thing happened to us last year about standing, but we just carried on...and before it was all over most of our area was standing too. Who can sit during Brown Eyed Girl??!!

gingerbreadman wrote:

conched wrote:Thanks for sharing your review!

A similar thing happened to us last year about standing, but we just carried on...and before it was all over most of our area was standing too. Who can sit during Brown Eyed Girl??!!

ChumWithA BottleOfRum! Great revew!

But it wasn't quite a similar thing, conched... Or was it?

conched wrote:

gingerbreadman wrote:

conched wrote:Thanks for sharing your review!

A similar thing happened to us last year about standing, but we just carried on...and before it was all over most of our area was standing too. Who can sit during Brown Eyed Girl??!!

ChumWithA BottleOfRum! Great revew!

But it wasn't quite a similar thing, conched... Or was it?

I don't know! Don't Chu-Know? Guess we should let the past be the past.

As you know I do sit down sometimes when people ask me to. And then again, sometimes I move if not comfortable or find another way to enjoy sitting and chair dancing and chilling for a while...until I just can't stand it and MUST get up to dance/wiggle.

ScarletB wrote:

will586 wrote:Jimmy.....GREAT!!!!!

The crowd in Lot 5.........GREAT!!!!!!!

Jimmy and the Parrots...........GREAT!!!!The person that walked off my RV with my brand new camera and pictures of the festivities............Not so Great

THAT"S who that was! Yeah they rocked! Lot 5 seemed to be the only place where anything at all was happening.

gingerbreadman wrote:

conched wrote:

gingerbreadman wrote:

conched wrote:Thanks for sharing your review!

A similar thing happened to us last year about standing, but we just carried on...and before it was all over most of our area was standing too. Who can sit during Brown Eyed Girl??!!

ChumWithA BottleOfRum! Great revew!

But it wasn't quite a similar thing, conched... Or was it?

I don't know! Don't Chu-Know? Guess we should let the past be the past.

As you know I do sit down sometimes when people ask me to. And then again, sometimes I move if not comfortable or find another way to enjoy sitting and chair dancing and chilling for a while...until I just can't stand it and MUST get up to dance/wiggle.

I hear ya!

But last year at Jones Beach I had never, ever, before, conversed with anyone as nasty and rotten as those that SAT BEHIND us that night!

bgsherris wrote:
Did anyboy notice at the beginning of "The Weather Is Here," that he came in a full bar early, and kept on singing (despite the band not joining him) until Mac tapped him on the shoulder? It seemed to me that he wasn't aware that he had jumped in early. Don't know whether his earpiece wasn't working properly, or his hearing is to blame.

SpanielMom wrote:This was our second year at JB and we weren't disappointed! The set lists have been posted for months so we knew what to expect. Got to lot 5 before 11 so we had a great spot (or three) and enjoyed the people, the music and the games. Parrottheads are great people and we got some much needed help anchoring the canopy so it wouldn't blow away. The only bummer was this incredibly drunk woman sitting next to me who vomited during Volcano into a paper cup. Security took her out, she was back during the next song and never cleaned up. I spent five numbers trying to get someone to clean it. The security guard told me that I have to expect these things at a concert. I used follow the Grateful Dead around and don't rememer anyone vomiting in their seat. But we still loved it.

Last year we got VIP wristbands too and experienced the same rudeness. We couldn't see the stage well so went to our seats which turned out to be awesome. We stood for the entire show as did everyone around us.

See you all next year - I hope!

ScarletB wrote:

SpanielMom wrote:This was our second year at JB and we weren't disappointed! The set lists have been posted for months so we knew what to expect. Got to lot 5 before 11 so we had a great spot (or three) and enjoyed the people, the music and the games. Parrottheads are great people and we got some much needed help anchoring the canopy so it wouldn't blow away. The only bummer was this incredibly drunk woman sitting next to me who vomited during Volcano into a paper cup. Security took her out, she was back during the next song and never cleaned up. I spent five numbers trying to get someone to clean it. The security guard told me that I have to expect these things at a concert. I used follow the Grateful Dead around and don't rememer anyone vomiting in their seat. But we still loved it.

Last year we got VIP wristbands too and experienced the same rudeness. We couldn't see the stage well so went to our seats which turned out to be awesome. We stood for the entire show as did everyone around us.

See you all next year - I hope!

If we'd had seats we would have loved to have escaped but, as I said, our evening was not as promised by the person who set it up. Anyway, now I can say I've been there, it is quite a beautiful spot and if we'd spent the day in Lot 5 instead of driving there it would have been a better day all around.

ScarletB wrote:My friend Jill and I ended up with wristbands to get into VIP but nothing else (long story, we were mislead and we were NOT happy about it but whatever we tried to make the best of it) we never hooked up with the BN crowd and I'm SURE we would have had a much better time if we'd gotten there early enough to do so.

However, the crowd in Lot 5 (we DID find that!) seemed fun and whoever that band was were fantastic. We thought it would all be OK until we actually got into the "VIP" area. You still had to pay $11 for a beer and buy whatever food you wanted and the people in there were the rudest fans I've ever met. They talked constantly during the show, barely even turned around to look at the stage and sometimes they were so loud we couldn't even hear what Jimmy was saying. One guy was so drunk he p*ssed in his beer cup and then threw it into the water while his wife hurled f-bombs at us because we were in front of them Thank God security threw them out.
Needless to say neither of us was impressed with the whole experience and it doesn't surprise me that no one in the actual amphitheatre "got it" either.

The rest of the parking lots that we saw were almost completely void of activity. I think this is one case where you have to bring your own good time (get there early enough to hook up with BN)
While the venue was beautiful ,the crowd made us pretty certain we wouldn't be in a hurry to make that long trip again unless we can be there all day with you guys. I have never seen so many rude people in my life - in this case VIP meant Very IGNORANT People. I can't for the life of me figure out why you'd want to come to a place to buy overpriced beers and then not even pay any attention to the music! We left during "Surfin in a Hurricane" because it had started to rain and we'd had enough. If anyone EVER told me I'd leave a Buffett concert before the end I'd have told them they were crazy.

Tampa Joe wrote:

bgsherris wrote:
Did anyboy notice at the beginning of "The Weather Is Here," that he came in a full bar early, and kept on singing (despite the band not joining him) until Mac tapped him on the shoulder? It seemed to me that he wasn't aware that he had jumped in early. Don't know whether his earpiece wasn't working properly, or his hearing is to blame.

I saw Mac tap him but couldn't hear the mistake because it was too loud where I was sitting, BUT about 2-3 songs in he starts introducing "5 O'clock Somewhere" out of sequence and again Mac had to correct him. I'm pretty sure there are large setlists on the stage in front of each musician...as well as on his teleprompter....
Don't mean to nitpick just something I noticed.

bgsherris wrote:I don't expect you all to understand, and I expect many of you will simply take the "more tickets for me" point of view to my comments, well so be it...I've had my say.

looking4OPH wrote:

bgsherris wrote:I don't expect you all to understand, and I expect many of you will simply take the "more tickets for me" point of view to my comments, well so be it...I've had my say.

I get what you are saying. Funny how I've heard a number of people (online and in person) hold on to that whole "if I ever need a teleprompter....." comment. Big deal. Now, if he starts lipsynching 100% of the songs, I may reconsider buying tickets.

frozen bird wrote:As far as Jimmy's mike on Weather...it was on, just not at the level it normally is when he's singing. Just listen to the recording of the song in the concert trading thread...you can clearly hear Jimmy singing the first line. By the way, I was pretty close to the front too and I didn't see Mac tap him on the shoulder during Weather, he just let Jimmy go. It was on the intro to Summerzcool that Mac corrected Jimmy.

As for Jimmy losing his "faculties," who isn't? I certainly am not as sharp at 43 as I was at 23 and won't be as sharp at 63 as I am now. However, I don't care how old you are, there are none of us here who can do what Jimmy does. We all know the words to all the songs, but you stand up in front of 15,000 people and try to sing them perfectly each time. Sure he gets paid big bucks to do it, but everybody, no matter how rich or famous, makes a mistake sometime. Jimmy's job is to deliver us from our everyday lives, to drag us out of middle class America and plant our asses in Margaritaville for a few hours. Being a parrothead isn't just about the two hours you spend listening to Jimmy sing, it's about the outlook on life you choose to undertake, the friends you make while doing it, and the ability to keep the prospect of a warm, sunny beach in the forefront of your mind. As long as Jimmy wants to keep doing what he's doing, I'll be there to support him. Jimmy has always been a man on a mission, and on Wednesday night, it was mission accomplished.

frozen bird wrote:As far as Jimmy's mike on Weather...it was on, just not at the level it normally is when he's singing. Just listen to the recording of the song in the concert trading thread...you can clearly hear Jimmy singing the first line. By the way, I was pretty close to the front too and I didn't see Mac tap him on the shoulder during Weather, he just let Jimmy go. It was on the intro to Summerzcool that Mac corrected Jimmy.

As for Jimmy losing his "faculties," who isn't? I certainly am not as sharp at 43 as I was at 23 and won't be as sharp at 63 as I am now. However, I don't care how old you are, there are none of us here who can do what Jimmy does. We all know the words to all the songs, but you stand up in front of 15,000 people and try to sing them perfectly each time. Sure he gets paid big bucks to do it, but everybody, no matter how rich or famous, makes a mistake sometime. Jimmy's job is to deliver us from our everyday lives, to drag us out of middle class America and plant our asses in Margaritaville for a few hours. Being a parrothead isn't just about the two hours you spend listening to Jimmy sing, it's about the outlook on life you choose to undertake, the friends you make while doing it, and the ability to keep the prospect of a warm, sunny beach in the forefront of your mind. As long as Jimmy wants to keep doing what he's doing, I'll be there to support him. Jimmy has always been a man on a mission, and on Wednesday night, it was mission accomplished.

bgsherris wrote:

frozen bird wrote:As far as Jimmy's mike on Weather...it was on, just not at the level it normally is when he's singing. Just listen to the recording of the song in the concert trading thread...you can clearly hear Jimmy singing the first line. By the way, I was pretty close to the front too and I didn't see Mac tap him on the shoulder during Weather, he just let Jimmy go. It was on the intro to Summerzcool that Mac corrected Jimmy.

As for Jimmy losing his "faculties," who isn't? I certainly am not as sharp at 43 as I was at 23 and won't be as sharp at 63 as I am now. However, I don't care how old you are, there are none of us here who can do what Jimmy does. We all know the words to all the songs, but you stand up in front of 15,000 people and try to sing them perfectly each time. Sure he gets paid big bucks to do it, but everybody, no matter how rich or famous, makes a mistake sometime. Jimmy's job is to deliver us from our everyday lives, to drag us out of middle class America and plant our asses in Margaritaville for a few hours. Being a parrothead isn't just about the two hours you spend listening to Jimmy sing, it's about the outlook on life you choose to undertake, the friends you make while doing it, and the ability to keep the prospect of a warm, sunny beach in the forefront of your mind. As long as Jimmy wants to keep doing what he's doing, I'll be there to support him. Jimmy has always been a man on a mission, and on Wednesday night, it was mission accomplished.

FrozenBird...you have made your point very well...however, in doing so, I do not believe you addressed (or perhaps, understood) the point I was making. Maybe you just don't want to...which is cool with me.