Riddles In The Sand (MCA, 1984) e Last Mango In Paris (MCA, 1985) sono mediocri album country, l'ultimo dei quali possiede ancora un risvolto comico in Please Bypass This Heart e If The Phone Doesn't Ring. Il suo stile è lentamente mutato in un eccentrico honky-tonk caraibico, colorato di elementi del reggae, della salsa e del calypso.Ĭheeseburger In Paradise, Cowboy In The Jungle, African Friend e Son Of A Son Of A Sailor compongono Son Of A Son Of A Sailor (ABC, 1978) uno dei suoi lavori migliori.įins in Volcano (MCA, 1979), The Weather Is Here e It's My Job in Coconut Telegraph (MCA, 1981) continuano la festa, ma Somewhere Over China (MCA, 1981) e One Particular Harbour (MCA, 1983), con We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About diventano sempre meno divertenti. Il suo primo capolavoro fu A White Sport Coat & A Pink Crustacean (Dunhill, 1973), che contiene scenette comiche come Great Fillin' Station Holdup e They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More, e Death Of An Unpopular Poet, il primo di una lunga serie di personaggi ironici e nostalgici, che esprimono la sua visione al contempo umana e distaccata, della vita e del mondo: Lord Buckley's God's Own Drunk in Living & Dying in 3/4 Time (Dunhill, 1974), che contiene anche l'orecchiabile Come Monday Pirate Looks At Forty e Life Is Just A Tire Swing in A1A (Dunhill, 1974) Livingston Saturday Night in Rancho Deluxe (United Artists, 1975), Havana Daydreaming in Havana Daydreamin' (ABC, 1976), che contiene anche la bizzarra My Head Hurts My Feet Stink e la più famosa di tutte, l'ode alla pigrizia ed al relax Margaritaville, in Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (ABC, 1977), che contiene anche Changes In Attitudes. Trasferendosi in Florida, Buffett ha trovato la sua ragione di vita. I suoi primi album Down To Earth (Barnaby, 1970) e High Cumberland (Barnaby, 1971), più tardi interamente raccolti in Before The Beach (MCA, 1993), erano originali quanto gli hamburger. Ha dedicato la sua carriera la mare.īuffett iniziò la sua carriera a Nashville, come uno dei molti cantanti country in cerca di fama. Jimmy Buffett (nato in Mississipi ma cresciuto in Alabama) ha inventato un ibrido tra coantautore, attore, individualista romantico, eccentrico e ubriacone. (Translation by/ Tradotto da Matteo Nicoli) Laced in fairy-tale melodies ( Lone Palm) and solemn country-gospel hymns ( Six String Music), peppered by an unusual syncopated blues-rock numberīuffett's storytelling skills are as strong as ever. Party ( Fruitcakes) and steel-band novelty ( Quietly Making Noise), Lullaby ( Delaney Talks to Statues), fueled by the usual Caribbean dance Kept the legend alive but continued the artistic decline.īoats Beaches Bars & Ballads (MCA, 1992) is an anthological 4-CD box-set.įruit Cakes (MCA, 1994) resumed the trip, lulled by the usual Caribbean Songs You Know By Heart (MCA, 1985) is an anthology. The latter still offering comic relief in Last Mango In Paris (MCA, 1985) were mediocre country albums, We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About, Son Of a Son Of a Sailor (ABC, 1978) one of his best. With elements of reggae, salsa and calypso). His style slowly mutated into a quirky Carabbean honky-tonk (i.e., colored Which also contains the bizarre My Head Hurts My Feet Stink Īnd the most famous of them all, the ode to laziness and relaxationĬhanges In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (ABC, 1977), which also
Havana Daydreaming on Havana Daydreamin' (ABC, 1976), Pirate Looks At Forty and Life Is Just A Tire Swing on That also contains the catchy Come Monday, Living & Dying in 3/4 Time (Dunhill, 1974), Nostalgic and ironic characters that express his humane but detached They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More, andĭeath Of An Unpopular Poet, the first of a long gallery of High Cumberland Jubilee (Barnaby, 1971), later compiled asīefore The Beach (MCA, 1993), are as original as a hamburger.Īfter moving to Florida, Buffett founds his mission in life.Ī White Sport Coat & A Pink Crustacean (Dunhill, 1973), that containsĬolloquial vignettes such as Great Fillin' Station Holdup and His early albums Down To Earth (Barnaby, 1970) and He has dedicated his career to the sea.īuffett began his career in Nashville, as one of the many country music singers Has concocted a hybrid of singer-songwriter, comedian, romantic Jimmy Buffett (born in Mississippi, but raised in Alabama) ( Copyright © 1999 Piero Scaruffi | Legal restrictions - Termini d'uso ) Jimmy Buffett: biography, discography, reviews, links
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