Good advice Businessgypsy.  There are far too many 50-year olds that can't do anything because they are physically incapable.  Nobody cares if a man looks like he is 8-months pregnant.  But it is sad to think of all the joyful activities that cannot be attempted.

Ohhhh GOD NO!!!!  I thought this was a Buffet-Free-Zone!  Please GOD...make it stop!!!

Don't worry, Mr. Pirate - 40 is the new 16! LOL

Pre-cheeseburger, the man did have a few gems

...Like THIS one (never played).

I tire of the the overplayed Buffett hits, as well.  But he has some gems, this being a shining one.  

This song takes me away from thinking about work...

Turning 40 in less than 3 months.

Pirate at heart.

Certainly 200 years too late for me....

 notremotely wrote: 
this version does - you can tell he took the time to do it right. unfortunately he also puts out a lot of sloppy stuff. 

You're lame too. :-)

This song however - is excellent.  
 

Jimmy B is lame.

However - This song is excellent.

 ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote: 
You will be shocked at how fast 31 becomes 41.
You'll think "Man, that guy on Radio Paradise was right!"

Pretty darn good LP.......................

 GINRUSH wrote: 
Intersting view on Dylans favorite songwriters. Buffet is one of my favorites which should not come as a surprise to any one reading this. As for Buffets latest music. Most of it he did not write. Some tunes are co-written by him. I like his latest stuff, he has the best people in Nashville working for him searching for the best songs and or covers for him and his band to record. He's making all of his money now by touring. Long live Jimmy Buffet !!!!!

Planning on sailing this weekend; may have to head out a day early after hearing this old favorite again.  Let me know when you are in Seattle.  Duck Dodge (duckdodge.org) every Tuesday all summer.

Absolutely love this! While I've never been a huge fan of some of Buffett's work (i.e. "Fins" or "Cheeseburger in Paradise"), I've always loved his more mellow, retrospective songs (this, "He Went To Paris", "The Captain & The Kid", etc.).

Bob Dylan likes ... Jimmy Buffett?

 With Bob Dylan releasing his 33rd album, "Together Through Life," next week, MTV's Bill Flanagan sat down with the legend for a really long interview. It's been running in installments on Bobdylan.com and Huffingtonpost.com.

 Now, personally, I've got to say that no songwriter in history comes close to producing the quality and quantity of work that Dylan has. No one. So I was curious when Flanagan asked Dylan about his favorite songwriters. Here's what Dylan answered:

 "Buffett I guess. Lightfoot. Warren Zevon. Randy. John Prine. Guy Clark. Those kinds of writers."

 Now, most of those make sense. Prine and Clark are, in my mind, right after Dylan on the big list. Can't argue with Randy Newman. Zevon maybe. Gordon Lightfoot has some nice songs, but not enough and not that good, but he and Dylan go way back in the folk world.

 So that leaves Buffett, whose inclusion also caught Flanagan's curiosity:

 "What songs do you like of Buffett's," he asked?

 And Dylan answered: " 'Death of an Unpopular Poet.' There's another one called "He Went to Paris.' "

 Now, there was a time when Buffett was high on the list, back in the days when he was riding his old red bike around his town and stealing peanut butter from the mini-mart. He gave a certain ragged credibility to those of us who grew up on Florida's beaches.

 But it's all seemed kind of silly for awhile now. The ragged credibility faded away many millions of dollars ago, the new music hasn't been very good, his concerts have become some kind of drunken tiki bar for a bunch of people in Hawaiian shirts. Still, there he is on Dylan's list. So what do we know?

 

Dammit Bill, you just had to play this, didn't you? Now I wanna go home to the OBX something fierce.

I forgot how much I need to hear this after winter. It's a transition to a more relaxed point of view.

I love this. Not much of a Jimmy fan, but this proves he can write real heart felt songs.

Oops, just noticed I'd posted about this song once before. O well.

 CCinSB wrote: 
That's the margarita talking. Love Jimmy Buffet.

 Jazbo wrote: 
Second.
I usually mock the typical JB "hits," but this one has always sat well with me.

I wish I was on a nice, warm, sunny beach with a really big alcoholic drink with an umbrella in it. Oh yeah, did I mention all the topless women running around?

This song makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

He's not a fav, but I sure do love this song.

Nice.  A songwriter perhaps over-rated by the Parrotheads (one of whom I went to college/fished/smoked pounds of reefer with) but perhaps under-rated by the rest of us.  Pretty good stuff.

"I made enough money t buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast." Boy that hits a little too close to home.

This song gets me every time.

Thanks a lot.  I imagine Jimmy B. is too commercial for most of your listeners, but I think it would be great if you mixed a little Jimmy in more often!