The Root of Jimmy Buffet Bashing - Beyond Tiki

TGT The Granite Tiki Tiki Socialite Nashua, NH Joined: Jul 02, 2005 Posts: 831	TGT The Granite Tiki Posted posted on Fri, Aug 4, 2006 1:13 PM I'm Carl, and I'm a Buffett fan. I'm also a Beatle fan. I don't play Beatle songs in my Tiki Lounge, (unless you consider Ringo's duet with Leon Redbone on "My Little Grass Shack" a Beatle song) and I don't play Buffett in my Tiki Lounge. Although it could be, and has been argued that Buffett is like training wheels for a burgeoning tikiphile, once you really get into Polynesian Pop, you no longer associate the two. I don't anyway. I like that Buffett himself is in love with many elements of tikistyle and music, and it influences his work. As a reminder of my days as a Parrot Head, and the Jimmy Buffett Parties I had in the early 90s, which have been replaced by Tiki parties now that I've matured, I keep a few of his colorful books on a bottom shelf in my lounge. :)

I'm Carl, and I'm a Buffett fan. I'm also a Beatle fan. I don't play Beatle songs in my Tiki Lounge, (unless you consider Ringo's duet with Leon Redbone on "My Little Grass Shack" a Beatle song) and I don't play Buffett in my Tiki Lounge.

Although it could be, and has been argued that Buffett is like training wheels for a burgeoning tikiphile, once you really get into Polynesian Pop, you no longer associate the two. I don't anyway.

I like that Buffett himself is in love with many elements of tikistyle and music, and it influences his work.

As a reminder of my days as a Parrot Head, and the Jimmy Buffett Parties I had in the early 90s, which have been replaced by Tiki parties now that I've matured, I keep a few of his colorful books on a bottom shelf in my lounge. :)

Post #246825 by The Granite Tiki on Fri, Aug 4, 2006 1:13 PM