It's fun,makes you smile & giggle. We're all adults here 😊. Not for everybody or,maybe every day but,why not when you want to smile. ❤😊 Which is what Jimmy loved to do,make people smile & have fun. RIP Mr. Buffet. I'm sure you'll be making people smile somewhere for eternity. And, pls everyone,check out any& all spots on your skin. Especially if you are or were a sun worshipper. Skin cancer is no joke 😢. Great reaction,as always you guys ❤! Peace,Love & Prayers! 🫶🏝🌞🌈
Jimmy called this song “a love song from a different point of view.” My favorite is “The weather is here, wish you were beautiful.” I’ve been a Parrothead since 1977. RIP my hero.
🦜 JIMMY BUFFET is a legend! His devoted fans (like myself) are considered “parrot heads.” This was one of our favorites at his concerts! I’ll miss him terribly! ❤️ Jimmy Buffet was the kind of man the world needs more of!!! ❤️
Parrot Heads are the best! I was lucky enough to see Jimmy at river bend (outside) in Cincinnati on the river, and the crowd with all the regulars was amazing!!! My heart breaks for all of you all that have seen him SO many times and it’s truly a lifestyle. I always said I would attend way more of his concerts when my kids got older and I had more time, but unfortunately, he passed way too soon. Blessed I did get to see him once! Sorry for your loss. ❤️
This was one of the best” sing along “songs ever. And you have to realize this was a different era… but when a band played this at a bar, everyone would just raise their glasses & sing along..
Jimmy often injected humor into his songs because he loved to do live shows and have fun and interact with the crowd. Result was always a great show where everyone had a good time. Jimmy loved life and it seemed like he always had a smile on his face. RIP MR. BUFFET! GONNA MISS YA!
this was a very popular selection on the jukebox of every bar in my college town LOL. my favorite song though is He Went To Paris. such a beautiful story.
OMG!! The Galleon!! That and… oh crap, I forgot it. Oh yeah, Crazy Zacks!! Not to mention every other drinking joint back in the day!! And then there was “Sugar Creek”! at the Magic Attic! Lawd, I can feel a hangover come on!! 🤣 ✌🏻
He was awesome. My daughter always thought it was "Why Don't We Get Lunch At School.". 😅😅😅. That's how he sang it sometimes, if he saw a lot of kids around. His live in Mansfield Massversion is ridiculous. Has a Hawaiian beat behind it, with ukuleles and pad Al steel guitars. Definitely worth a listen. I'll miss going to his concerts, a lot of great memories. He literally changed my whole mindset. Rest in Peace Jimmy. God Bless.
Good on ya for reacting to this! I've been a fan since the 70's. Lots of his songs were humorous like this (also "The Weather is Here, I Wish You Were Beautiful" and "Pencil Thin Mustache"), but he wrote and performed some of the most beautiful ballads and love songs as well. Check out 'Slow Boat to China', 'Everlasting Moon', 'Come Monday', or 'Love in the Library'. Another tune that was actually a hit in my part of the world once, was 'It's My Job'. All great stuff. Keep up the great work!
Here's a little insight: I was a Nashville songwriter in the '90s and worked with a lady who had been an A & R (artist and repertoire) director at Buffett's label in the early '70s. She told me that the label actually decided to release this song as a SINGLE! They had t-shirts made up that, on the front, said, "Why don't we get drunk and..." and on the back, had a large illustration of a wood screw. She told me that they had hundreds of these printed and walked around Music Row handing them out to everybody. Hilarious! Those were the days when people remembered how to have fun, not take everything so seriously, and weren't afraid of a little naughty good humor. It was, indeed, a different time.
We had to translate a well known song into Spanish for my high school Spanish class back in 1998. Me and my friends translated Cheeseburger in Paradise and want it in front of the entire class, and I still know every word in Spanish. At the lake last weekend, every single boat that we passed had Jimmy Buffett BLARING from their speakers, it was amazing! I’ve been walking around the house for days singing in Spanish, and my husband just keeps laughing. It’s stuck in my head!!
Jimmy Buffet music and drinking. You cannot have one without the other!! RIP JB!! THANKS for ALL the GREAT TUNES we always blasted at our parties back in the early-mid 80's!! This man was a LEGEND and will NEVER be forgotten. Jimmy Buffet is to music what Dale Earnhardt was to Nascar.
His songs 'live' take on a whole different look and feel...with the crazy Parrothead crowds...his concerts are legend!......He performed usually in bare feet and dressed down....shorts/swim suit...tee shirt.....suggest reacting to a live "Pirate Looks at Forty"..."Cheeseburger in Paradise"..."Son of a Son of a Sailor"..or his most famous "Margaritaville".....His songs reflect his life....He was also a pilot...had his own planes and boats......wrote several books.....had restaurants and Margaritaville villages.....
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 My favorite song by Jimmy Buffett is 🎵 pirate looks at forty 🎵 You're gonna adore this masterpiece ❤ Keep the good work, my friends ✌️👍🏻👏
I grew up listening to Jimmy, was my dads favorite artist. So when we went on road trips we’d listen but, if we were going on vacation to the beach. As soon as you could smell the salt water it was Jimmy buffet the rest of the vacation. I ain’t mad cause I knew all the words and loved it
My sisters always listens. Best was we sang along in margarita bill and my brother would limp around the pool at moms! He’s gone😢😢but never get it back.
Funny story...I grew up with my parents always listening to Jimmy Buffett. As we all know, small children are like sponges, they soak up everything they hear. When I was three, we were at a restaurant and I (loudly) started singing the chorus of this song. My parents were mortified🤣
For a beautiful song from the late, great Jimmy Buffett , try “A Pirate Looks At Forty “ .I played “Why Don’t We Get Drunk” when I visited Ireland, it’s a pub that’s been operating since 1324. A woman had her face in her hands, I thought I embarrassed her. I went over after to apologize, she said she was laughing so hard, she didn’t want to embarrass herself!
Back in the early 70s my favorite bar at the time The Stumble Inn on Anna Maria Island used to play this song on the jukebox every night at closing time. The entire bar would join in and sing along. Fond memories.
It’s about a time early in his career, he was playing in a Holiday Inn in Colorado, and he noticed a woman sitting by herself, she sat through all 3 sets he did. After the last set he went up to her and started a conversation and after a while she just said to him, “ why don’t we get drunk and screw”. That’s were the song originated from.
For a song that just makes me think "islands" check out "One Particular Harbor". "Son of a Sailor" is a favorite too. There's a bass drum that sounds like a distant canon that gets me in the feels.
At a concert when Jimmy would play this it was always a crowd favorite because he would have the crowd sing it and then would divide the men and women's voices up so that you just heard one side or the other sing the chorus and it was crazy because you knew before hand that all the girls were going to ask that question.
He explained where the song came from - he saw a salesmen hitting on a girl in a bar where he was staying AND he thought he would write a country song that instead of beating around the bush and put it right out there.. Always a humorous song. From one of his live albums it is listed as "Today's Message" and "A love song from a different point of view" another he said was for the kids was "Why Don't we Drink Milk and Moo" I saw him many times going back to 1980 - always a great show.
One of the most beautiful and tender love songs that's ever been written 😆 I went to see Buffet in the 70s when he was performing in a little bar. It was so packed we couldn't get in. Went to see him a few years later in a sold out concert in a huge sports arena. I was the DD so I was one of the few sober ones there (except for the weed anyway 😁). I've been to a lot of concerts but Buffet's was by far the most fun. The audience is a show itself. For several years running, Jimmy's concerts would sell out fast. They'd sometimes schedule another concert at the same venue for the next day and that would sell out also. And these were huge venues. Y'all would enjoy his song Grapefruit Juicy Fruit. Or my favorite, A Pirate Looks at Forty. RIP Jimmy Buffett.
Many of his songs have a touch of humor. Check out "A Pirate Looks at Forty", "Come Monday", "Son of a Son of a Sailor", "Cheese Burger in Paradise", and his most famous "Margaritaville".
When I worked at best buy in the nineties, we had 100 cd's that could be played on the speakers to hear them. This was in there, and It was the first song on the album. I used to pick it when someone was coming by that might be offended by this to watch their reaction!
My parents had us listening to buffets since we were kids... love him. Come Monday was my mama and daddy's song, he sadly passed a couple years ago... anyway my little sister thought they were saying. "Why don't we get drunk in school" 😂😂
I have always liked most all Jimmy's music/songs since Come Monday. I like this one fine. I really like ya'lls reactions, you guys are great. RIP Jimmy Buffett
180 degrees opposite is his beautiful song The captain And The Kid. I will be 80 in 4 days and it would be the best gift to see you react to the other side of Jimmy.
When I was at the University of Tennessee in the late 70's I used to hang out at a bar called the Maltese Falcon. This was on the jukebox. A couple came in and he put his money in. He had 3 selections but only put in 2. I was able to reach over and select this song. When it started to play the look on their faces was priceless 😂
I heard JB say that " It's a different kinda love song " Keep in mind of his words. He said " your face don't look too clear" So, obviously... he was intoxicated. Although he asked the bar maid for a pitcher.... there was never a mention of any other person that responded to his offer.
Alot of Jimmy Buffett songs got a lot of play on jukeboxes but certain organizations controlled the jukeboxes and weren't too keen on paying the artists
I was laughing out loud. I Like Buffet, but this is not my chosen style of music, so I’d never heard it. Gotta keep an open mind. This was too funny. Bet the line dancing at the bars was off the chain in the day! 🤠🤤🤭
I prefer the, Live: You Had To Be There, version. 🎵 Why don't we get stoned, and screw I just found a little good Colombian herb And we'll smoke it all, me and you After all of that shit, if either one of us can move Why don't we get drunk, and screw 🎵
This song was written by Mr. Marvin Gardens aka Jimmy Buffetts' alter ego. At the young age of 42, sadly, when Marvin realized Jimmy had given up his "Gonzo" ways, Marvin died of a massive coronaryinfarction, was cremated, and Jimmy spread his ashes at sea.
Jimmy wrote this song because he was sick of all the musicians at the time saying the same thing through innuendo and beating around the bush. So he wrote a song that came right out and said what everyone was thinking. Jukeboxes at the time wouldn’t print the word “screw” on their playlists, so they used a picture of a screw instead.
It's fun,makes you smile & giggle. We're all adults here 😊. Not for everybody or,maybe every day but,why not when you want to smile. ❤😊 Which is what Jimmy loved to do,make people smile & have fun. RIP Mr. Buffet. I'm sure you'll be making people smile somewhere for eternity. And, pls everyone,check out any& all spots on your skin. Especially if you are or were a sun worshipper. Skin cancer is no joke 😢. Great reaction,as always you guys ❤! Peace,Love & Prayers! 🫶🏝🌞🌈
Jimmy called this song “a love song from a different point of view.” My favorite is “The weather is here, wish you were beautiful.” I’ve been a Parrothead since 1977. RIP my hero.
Amen brother. That title is one of the best ever, and the tune doesn't disappoint.
RIP.
🦜 JIMMY BUFFET is a legend! His devoted fans (like myself) are considered “parrot heads.” This was one of our favorites at his concerts! I’ll miss him terribly! ❤️ Jimmy Buffet was the kind of man the world needs more of!!! ❤️
Parrot Heads are the best! I was lucky enough to see Jimmy at river bend (outside) in Cincinnati on the river, and the crowd with all the regulars was amazing!!! My heart breaks for all of you all that have seen him SO many times and it’s truly a lifestyle. I always said I would attend way more of his concerts when my kids got older and I had more time, but unfortunately, he passed way too soon. Blessed I did get to see him once! Sorry for your loss. ❤️
This was one of the best” sing along “songs ever. And you have to realize this was a different era… but when a band played this at a bar, everyone would just raise their glasses & sing along..
Agreed! They even played this song at my wedding reception & everyone sang along!
Yep! I know every freaking word! Have for ywars!😂😂
RIP Jimmy Buffett another Legend gone.🥺 But his music will live forever 💕 ✌❤🎶
Jimmy often injected humor into his songs because he loved to do live shows and have fun and interact with the crowd. Result was always a great show where everyone had a good time. Jimmy loved life and it seemed like he always had a smile on his face. RIP MR. BUFFET! GONNA MISS YA!
this was a very popular selection on the jukebox of every bar in my college town LOL. my favorite song though is He Went To Paris. such a beautiful story.
course that was back in the 70s. things were different then.
The 70s were a wonderful time to be alive.
Back when they thought brown sugar was healthier than white sugar...lol. But I agree.
This was the last song played every Friday and Saturday night at the old Spanish Galleon in North Myrtle Beach. Good times!!
OMG!! The Galleon!! That and… oh crap, I forgot it. Oh yeah, Crazy Zacks!! Not to mention every other drinking joint back in the day!! And then there was “Sugar Creek”! at the Magic Attic! Lawd, I can feel a hangover come on!! 🤣 ✌🏻
He was awesome. My daughter always thought it was "Why Don't We Get Lunch At School.". 😅😅😅. That's how he sang it sometimes, if he saw a lot of kids around. His live in Mansfield Massversion is ridiculous. Has a Hawaiian beat behind it, with ukuleles and pad Al steel guitars. Definitely worth a listen. I'll miss going to his concerts, a lot of great memories. He literally changed my whole mindset. Rest in Peace Jimmy. God Bless.
Note the writer of the song, "Marvin Gardens," which was Buffett's pseudonym
I was blessed to work backstage at a Jimmy Buffett concert, and he was so humble and kind and cool af 😢❤
Good on ya for reacting to this! I've been a fan since the 70's. Lots of his songs were humorous like this (also "The Weather is Here, I Wish You Were Beautiful" and "Pencil Thin Mustache"), but he wrote and performed some of the most beautiful ballads and love songs as well. Check out 'Slow Boat to China', 'Everlasting Moon', 'Come Monday', or 'Love in the Library'. Another tune that was actually a hit in my part of the world once, was 'It's My Job'. All great stuff. Keep up the great work!
welcome to the early 70's. this lined actually worked for me a couple of times in 1975. I love Buffet.
Here's a little insight: I was a Nashville songwriter in the '90s and worked with a lady who had been an A & R (artist and repertoire) director at Buffett's label in the early '70s. She told me that the label actually decided to release this song as a SINGLE! They had t-shirts made up that, on the front, said, "Why don't we get drunk and..." and on the back, had a large illustration of a wood screw. She told me that they had hundreds of these printed and walked around Music Row handing them out to everybody. Hilarious! Those were the days when people remembered how to have fun, not take everything so seriously, and weren't afraid of a little naughty good humor. It was, indeed, a different time.
A very popular bar/dance hall here in my city called te la fe played this every nite at closing, and sometimes it worked. I am now 72yrs old……..
We had to translate a well known song into Spanish for my high school Spanish class back in 1998. Me and my friends translated Cheeseburger in Paradise and want it in front of the entire class, and I still know every word in Spanish. At the lake last weekend, every single boat that we passed had Jimmy Buffett BLARING from their speakers, it was amazing! I’ve been walking around the house for days singing in Spanish, and my husband just keeps laughing. It’s stuck in my head!!
A very popular juke box song at out local bar. Ha Ha
My brother played this at the end of my wedding reception. There were couples of all ages out on the dance floor!
Great reaction! “Never heard so much honesty in a song!” It is just starting!
Jimmy Buffet music and drinking. You cannot have one without the other!! RIP JB!! THANKS for ALL the GREAT TUNES we always blasted at our parties back in the early-mid 80's!! This man was a LEGEND and will NEVER be forgotten. Jimmy Buffet is to music what Dale Earnhardt was to Nascar.
His songs 'live' take on a whole different look and feel...with the crazy Parrothead crowds...his concerts are legend!......He performed usually in bare feet and dressed down....shorts/swim suit...tee shirt.....suggest reacting to a live "Pirate Looks at Forty"..."Cheeseburger in Paradise"..."Son of a Son of a Sailor"..or his most famous "Margaritaville".....His songs reflect his life....He was also a pilot...had his own planes and boats......wrote several books.....had restaurants and Margaritaville villages.....
I remember that song i love it
Jimmy Buffett was an absolute great time. RIP sailor.
Jimmy had a wonderful sense of humor combined with brutal honesty he will be missed.
“If there’s a heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached.”
- Jimmy Buffett
Bubbles Up, Jimmy. We'll truly miss you here in Florida
This has always been a crowd pleaser.😁👍🏼🙏🏼💓💓💓
A lot of groups of drunk people have sung this together at bars. It's a beautiful thing when everyone joins in.
Great reaction for Jimmy...you have the same looks as everyone does when they hear this tune for the first time ...well done!
Big bar song back in the day. The whole bar would sing it! Fun times😄
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
My favorite song by
Jimmy Buffett is
🎵 pirate looks at forty 🎵
You're gonna adore this masterpiece ❤
Keep the good work, my friends ✌️👍🏻👏
Oh my goodness that’s mine too! I also love Come Monday.
Ohhhhh Lord ur faces are priceless
I love this song
Just a whole other era of great music
I grew up listening to Jimmy, was my dads favorite artist. So when we went on road trips we’d listen but, if we were going on vacation to the beach. As soon as you could smell the salt water it was Jimmy buffet the rest of the vacation. I ain’t mad cause I knew all the words and loved it
My sisters always listens. Best was we sang along in margarita bill and my brother would limp around the pool at moms! He’s gone😢😢but never get it back.
Funny story...I grew up with my parents always listening to Jimmy Buffett. As we all know, small children are like sponges, they soak up everything they hear. When I was three, we were at a restaurant and I (loudly) started singing the chorus of this song. My parents were mortified🤣
I think I heard this one almost every night I was at the bar back in the late 80s early 90s
LOL Jimmy touched all of our lives.......... some more than others.
I used to play this song on any jukebox that had it growing up in TX. Great song.
Every jukebox had his greatest hits album in the mid to late 80's when the jukeboxes switched to cd's.
@@aebalc I played it a lot🤪
Another drinking song of his is #ItsFiveOclockSomewhere #GodBlessJimmyBuffett #MayHeRestInPeace
For a beautiful song from the late, great Jimmy Buffett , try “A Pirate Looks At Forty “ .I played “Why Don’t We Get Drunk” when I visited Ireland, it’s a pub that’s been operating since 1324. A woman had her face in her hands, I thought I embarrassed her. I went over after to apologize, she said she was laughing so hard, she didn’t want to embarrass herself!
2:35 I’m his defense, he was drunk himself, since he couldn’t see her face lol
yes, this was a juke box favorite
It's been years since I heard this song! Jimmy Buffet was brilliant and so funny. 😂 He is missed.
Back in the early 70s my favorite bar at the time The Stumble Inn on Anna Maria Island used to play this song on the jukebox every night at closing time. The entire bar would join in and sing along. Fond memories.
It was featured in the film The doctor playing it in the operating theatre 😂 😂
The fun part was when the entire audience sang along at concerts.
All his fans loved this song. Me being one.
"Come Monday" is the absolute must!
Love him. Just please listen to more of his music. You will get it. RIP.
It was originally called 'A Love Song (from a different point of view)'
It’s about a time early in his career, he was playing in a Holiday Inn in Colorado, and he noticed a woman sitting by herself, she sat through all 3 sets he did. After the last set he went up to her and started a conversation and after a while she just said to him, “ why don’t we get drunk and screw”. That’s were the song originated from.
For a song that just makes me think "islands" check out "One Particular Harbor". "Son of a Sailor" is a favorite too. There's a bass drum that sounds like a distant canon that gets me in the feels.
One of the ultimate drinking songs that most men can relate to. it really sets the mood.
At a concert when Jimmy would play this it was always a crowd favorite because he would have the crowd sing it and then would divide the men and women's voices up so that you just heard one side or the other sing the chorus and it was crazy because you knew before hand that all the girls were going to ask that question.
The crowd loudly sings it back at him
He explained where the song came from - he saw a salesmen hitting on a girl in a bar where he was staying AND he thought he would write a country song that instead of beating around the bush and put it right out there.. Always a humorous song. From one of his live albums it is listed as "Today's Message" and "A love song from a different point of view" another he said was for the kids was "Why Don't we Drink Milk and Moo" I saw him many times going back to 1980 - always a great show.
One of the most beautiful and tender love songs that's ever been written 😆
I went to see Buffet in the 70s when he was performing in a little bar. It was so packed we couldn't get in. Went to see him a few years later in a sold out concert in a huge sports arena. I was the DD so I was one of the few sober ones there (except for the weed anyway 😁). I've been to a lot of concerts but Buffet's was by far the most fun. The audience is a show itself.
For several years running, Jimmy's concerts would sell out fast. They'd sometimes schedule another concert at the same venue for the next day and that would sell out also. And these were huge venues.
Y'all would enjoy his song Grapefruit Juicy Fruit. Or my favorite, A Pirate Looks at Forty.
RIP Jimmy Buffett.
Many of his songs have a touch of humor. Check out "A Pirate Looks at Forty", "Come Monday", "Son of a Son of a Sailor", "Cheese Burger in Paradise", and his most famous "Margaritaville".
I'd like to tell you how many times I've joined in with group drunk singing to this song but...I don't really remember them all. LoL
When I worked at best buy in the nineties, we had 100 cd's that could be played on the speakers to hear them. This was in there, and It was the first song on the album. I used to pick it when someone was coming by that might be offended by this to watch their reaction!
My parents had us listening to buffets since we were kids... love him. Come Monday was my mama and daddy's song, he sadly passed a couple years ago... anyway my little sister thought they were saying. "Why don't we get drunk in school" 😂😂
He sadly passed a few days ago, 9/1/2023
@@rbodee I meant my dad passed away 2 years ago 😢
@@kellyrobinson6220 Sorry, misunderstood who you were referring to.
@@rbodee no worries
My gosh, I forgot this was a Jimmy Buffett song! To the point, I wish I would have been that bold in my youth!!! ❤❤❤
Jimmy said the inspiration for this song came from watching a drunk business man try to pick up a woman at a bar in Savanah, Ga.
Two words:
BEER GOGGLES!!
RIP Jimmy
aka "The Beer Goggles Song".
If the radio stations would have played it this would have been his biggest hit.
Right on Shawn & Mel, I really Like Y'alls reactions. Take care and God Bless
Another funny one Gods own drunk. Hilarious!
RIP Jimmy ❤❤❤❤
I have always liked most all Jimmy's music/songs since Come Monday. I like this one fine. I really like ya'lls reactions, you guys are great. RIP Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett was an American poet!!
Oh Jimmy! The good times had by all. RIP
❤ Hello Shawn and Mel.. I absolutely adore you both. 💛.. from Georgia..
Can't Get much more honest than that! RIP Jimmy. BTW, he did name this A Love Song From Another Point of view. Nobody says it better!
180 degrees opposite is his beautiful song The captain And The Kid. I will be 80 in 4 days and it would be the best gift to see you react to the other side of Jimmy.
Maybe that's why his concerts were so crazy wild. Obviously this wasn't on the radio. LOL
RIP. Jimmy!!!
His concerts were like nothing else. Such a vibe. Such a sad loss.
I still think this is one of the best country songs ever.
He don't mess around about.messing around! Yes I've heard that song sang to me before.
When I was at the University of Tennessee in the late 70's I used to hang out at a bar called the Maltese Falcon. This was on the jukebox. A couple came in and he put his money in. He had 3 selections but only put in 2. I was able to reach over and select this song. When it started to play the look on their faces was priceless 😂
Great song to do karaoke to
You want a straight to the point song BOSTON TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT
I heard JB say that " It's a different kinda love song " Keep in mind of his words. He said " your face don't look too clear" So, obviously... he was intoxicated. Although he asked the bar maid for a pitcher.... there was never a mention of any other person that responded to his offer.
It’s a love song from a different point of view!
My favorite Jimmy Buffett song is Track 5. Any of his albums.
Alot of Jimmy Buffett songs got a lot of play on jukeboxes but certain organizations controlled the jukeboxes and weren't too keen on paying the artists
The movie Rancho Deluxe, Jimmy was the bar band and sang this. 1975
Jimmy Buffett always introduced this song as "a love song.......with a different point of view"
I was laughing out loud. I Like Buffet, but this is not my chosen style of music, so I’d never heard it. Gotta keep an open mind. This was too funny. Bet the line dancing at the bars was off the chain in the day! 🤠🤤🤭
I prefer the, Live: You Had To Be There, version.
🎵 Why don't we get stoned, and screw
I just found a little good Colombian herb
And we'll smoke it all, me and you
After all of that shit, if either one of us can move
Why don't we get drunk, and screw 🎵
RIP Jimmy
I recommend that you also checkout his song, The Weather is Here Wish You were Beautiful.
Candy's dandy, but liquor's quicker!!!
Jimmy it will always be 5 o'clock somewhere. 🙏
Saw him in 1978 at an outdoor mountain concert here in California. It was fun but we were in our 20's so song was not so shocking.
This song was written by Mr. Marvin Gardens aka Jimmy Buffetts' alter ego. At the young age of 42, sadly, when Marvin realized Jimmy had given up his "Gonzo" ways, Marvin died of a massive coronaryinfarction, was cremated, and Jimmy spread his ashes at sea.
If you love this, you should try Roy Clarke, Thank God and Greyhound You're Gone. It is just as amusing. (my mom's favorite song)
On one of Jimmy's live albums he called this "a love song from a slightly different point of view" I do believe he was correct y'all
Jimmy wrote this song because he was sick of all the musicians at the time saying the same thing through innuendo and beating around the bush. So he wrote a song that came right out and said what everyone was thinking. Jukeboxes at the time wouldn’t print the word “screw” on their playlists, so they used a picture of a screw instead.