PROS
1. Blake and I attended The Varsity before hand. The Frosted Orange gave me a sugar high that lasted well into Buffett's second set.
2. My parents were at the show in their rather large motor home which provided fun and escape from the weather.
3. A man driving a motorized lounger around with Margarita blenders attached. What innovation!
4. Super close seats for a show of this caliber. What a view of Buffett and his band.
5. Zac Brown showed up and helped rock "A Pirate Looks At Forty" and "Margaritaville". His musicianship was great.
6. Jimmy played great songs like "Pencil Thin Mustache", "School Boy Heart", and "Lovely Cruise"
7. Jimmy Buffett seemed to have a great time with Zac Brown and passed the "tiki torch" (his words, not mine) to him.
8. Jimmy Buffett seemed so thankful for his fans and all they have done for him.
CONS
1. Blake and I attended The Varsity before hand. The cheeseburger and onion rings gave me "mud butt" well into the second set......of his show two nights later in St. Louis.
2. My parents were at the show in their rather large motor home which provided fun and but we had to use it for escape from the horrible weather.
3. A man driving a motorized lounger around with Margarita blenders attached. What a waste of time and money!
4. Super close seats for a show of this caliber. What a view of all the gray hair surrounding me since only adults can afford these tickets!
5. Zac Brown showed up and took up valuable setlist time with his own song, "Where The Boats Leave From". His personality was boring.
6. Jimmy played boring songs like "Creola" (sung by a backup singer) and "Back Where I Come From" sung by his guitar player.
7. Jimmy Buffett passed the "tiki torch" (his words, not mine) to ZAC BROWN!
8. Jimmy Buffett seemed too thankful to his fans and all they have done for him. Almost acted like he would be retiring soon.
So, those were my pros and cons. Many things about Buffett always seem like both a pro and a con. Volcano is both one of my favorite songs from my childhood and one of the songs that seem to cheesy to exist as an adult. Much of his success can be accredited to his business savy, while much of his "cool" is discredited by his business savy. His odd since of humour (I want to be British, so get over my spelling) has allowed him to write lyrics as beautiful as "Love in the library, quiet and cool. Love in the library, there are no rules. Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime. I feel in love in the library once upon a time" and as embarrassing as, "Math sucks, math sucks, math sucks, math sucks. I'd like to burn this textbook. I hate this stuff so much. Math sucks, math sucks, math sucks, math sucks. Sometimes I don't think I know that much, but math sucks.".
Buffett in many ways is a hero of mine. I love his desire to make life enjoyable and find the humor in the bad. I love how his politics are known but not forefront. I love how friends and family seem important to him (at least through his lyrics). I love how the man shows how wonderful capitalism works. I love how he can make a day by the pool seem a bit more like a day in paradise.
One of the things I love most about Buffett is how he is such a part of so many of my memories. Driving around one of the Hawaiian islands with my family while a volcano was literally erupting and listening to Volcano is one of my favorite memories of my entire childhood. Listening to "Six String Music" almost every summer day during college with my good friend Jon. "Barefoot Children" playing during the childhood section of a video that played at my wedding rehearsal dinner.
Buffett somehow has sung me through life and seems somehow to be part of who I am. Just like with myself there are things I am proud of and then there are things I wish I could hide in the closet for no one to see. The concert was similar. I am glad no one saw my put my hands on my head and act like a shark during "Fins" but at the same time I wish I could secretly relive that moment over and over.
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