The only good thing I can say about Jimmy Buffett songs is that the all sound the same. This is probably an important fact that relates to their enduring popularity among aspirational seafaring drunks. It also came in handy when the earworm got stuck in my head, because it would easily morph into "wasting away again in margaritaville" by the end of each run, and from there it was pretty easy to get just hum it across to "blinded by the light" which is a much better song to have stuck in the head for many, many reasons. Written by Bruce Springsteen, for one. Near hallucinatory lyrics that rate right up there with reciting "Jabberwocky" for two. Not about getting hammered in the Florida Keys, for three. Back on the Buffett side of the mental torture barbed wire fence, every time the words "ran into a chum with a bottle of rum" flicker across my mind I feel the urge to wash my head chakra with bleach.
Aug. 7, 2024, 8:25 a.m. - Mike Ferrentino
The only good thing I can say about Jimmy Buffett songs is that the all sound the same. This is probably an important fact that relates to their enduring popularity among aspirational seafaring drunks. It also came in handy when the earworm got stuck in my head, because it would easily morph into "wasting away again in margaritaville" by the end of each run, and from there it was pretty easy to get just hum it across to "blinded by the light" which is a much better song to have stuck in the head for many, many reasons. Written by Bruce Springsteen, for one. Near hallucinatory lyrics that rate right up there with reciting "Jabberwocky" for two. Not about getting hammered in the Florida Keys, for three. Back on the Buffett side of the mental torture barbed wire fence, every time the words "ran into a chum with a bottle of rum" flicker across my mind I feel the urge to wash my head chakra with bleach.