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Margaritaville is a state of mind. The popularity of the song sparked the creation of the restaurant/bar. Jimmy became synonymous with the Key West lifestyle
Also, a bar in Nashville.
@@CodyCloudWalker- Key West definitely personifies the lyrics in Margaritaville.
Margaritaville is where your mind is when you’re drunk on margaritas and wondering what happened to your relationship with your woman.
Thanks to the branding and marketing, "Margaritaville" is the most profitable song in history.
Not just bars and restaurants. I have friends who retired to a community of homes in Daytona, Fl called "Margaritaville"!!
Loyal Parrot Head for 40 plus years
Margaritaville is a state of mind and it's always 5 O' Clock
🦜
Hi Britt. Jimmy did the song first. His popularity became a huge tidal wave. His fans (called parrotheads) were crazy for his music. He decided to open some Margaritaville locations and eventually his song Cheeseburger in Paradise also spawned a chain of restaurants. These and other business decisions led Jimmy to become a billionaire. He was considered a rock guy but his crossover favorability with country fans was huge too. In fact there is a song called 5 o'clock somewhere which he did as a duet with country star Alan Jackson. Appreciate the video this morning. Now go and put your feet up and start having the day that YOU deserve. ; )) Oh and that was steel drum that you heard.
I just want to hold her hand and walk her through the last 5 decades! She NEEDS to go back and start with SNL day 1 to see what people were REALLY up to all these years and what life was like because it was live and reflected pop culture EVERY WEEK. Y'all tell her!
@@theoddityshoppe the last 50 years have been something :) .. funny I grew up with 3 channels ota and then the 13 channel cable box, to 10' dish in the yard and the stuff we watched was great ...
@jamesray9009 born in 67. I wouldn't change my youth for anything. Had a lot of health issues but i still wouldn't change it.
Kick back, relax and get back on the human track type of music.
He also sang a song with Zac Brown band back in 2010
RIP Jimmy! My favorite Buffet song is “Come Monday” a beautiful song to his wife.
A gazillian years ago, when no one had heard of Jimmy Buffett, I was riding in my buddy's VW BeIt was Come Monday. I asked, "Who is this, Roger Miller?" Before you call me a stupid jerk-weed (I probably am), remember I had never heard of Jimmy Buffett.
Years later, I was at a club in New Orleans called Tipitina's Mardi Gras eve listening to The Meters when Jimmy Buffett takes the stage and plays a short set. There's a break and some of us went outside to powder our noses. I turned around and who did I se, but Jimmy Buffett. I said I had all of his albums back through "Rancho Delux." He said, "So you're the one." (who bought the album)
The song came first and became a hit. Jimmy Buffett built his Margaritaville resort,restaurant and bar business empire around this hit song.There are various locations around like in the Florida Keys and in Las Vegas.
Jimmy had an entire catalog of fun and feel good songs. Some are introspective like "Changes of Latitude Changes in attitude" to fun like "cheeseburger in paradise" every album had a list of nuggets to find inside
Jimmy was the King of Caribbean themed music. Margaritaville is not a physical place in the song. It's a state of mind. You can be in Manhattan and still be in "Margaritaville". The song is about a guy just chilling on an island enjoying the Caribbean lifestyle and Margaritas. This song spawned the Margaritaville chain.
He created several Margaritaville clubs/restaurants about 30 years after this song came out. He has another song called Cheeseburger in Paradise that he has marketed as well. He became a billionaire based on a couple of very popular novelty songs before he passed away.
Well…that’s a large understatement….you obviously are not a parrot head or have a grasp of his whole song catalog…🤬
Don't rile me up with your "novelty song" nonsense. Lol
On one of his live albums he answers the question about the location of Margaritaville, "... it's either in your mind or at the bottom of a Cuervo bottle". That about sums it up. Besides the fun party songs, he's written/performed some truly beautiful songs. He has a huge catalog worth exploring.
On another it is "Anywhere you want it to be, buddy"
That album is his double live album called You Had To Be There. I have it in my Vinyl collection.
@@Gashouse69 Yep. There are some audio only vids from LA during the same time frame. This clip is "Manana" and is surprisingly clean (also one of my faves) th-cam.com/video/qTD4tCcqXvA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=QcKvnC6OvuMAakHI
It's fun seeing young people discover that there is music aside from rap. It's a real hoot as us old codgers like to say!!
Jimmy Buffet created a bar in Key Largo Fla. called Margaritaville. The first and original. The rest are franchises
"Come Monday" will touch your heart in such a joyfull, gentle, honest, simple way; the way good contemporary folk music tends to do.. It's a "Must Listen" for sure!
Agree ... and it's a true story.
Jimmy passed away recently at 75. Great singer song writer and I am lucky to see him in concert a few times. What a vibe. And like people are saying he became a billionaire from concerts, merchandise, and restaurants. I think back in the 90's I read he was bringing in about 50 million a year and I don't think he ever had a #1 hit. But he made a lot of good memories for many people.
He has now. Apparently Margaritaville hit number one after his passing.
Wow crazy. Always more appreciated after they are gone. Thanks for that info.@@BC-ui9yt
One of my favorite memories is a dive cruise I wett on years ago in the Carribean. Every night after dinner, all of us would gather on the deck of the sailboat and sing Jimmy Buffet songs at sunset.
Jimmy Buffet’s music is played in ERs and doctor’s offices everywhere because it puts people at ease.
And the ONLY way to have a margarita is on the Rocks
Everyone has answered the which came 1st on Margaritaville, but I want to also share that his fan base was huge and very loyal! Not only did the have the nickname of Parrot Heads, but they followed him around from concert to concert, in RVs and even buses. They set up tailgating parties that put football tailgates to shame. I went to a concert complements of a local radio station and it was eye opening. I always liked Jimmy Buffet 's music, but had no clue any of this was going on. The concert was one of the best I have been to. Jimmy performed for about 3 hours, non stop. His band took a lengthy pause in middle, but Jimmy kept talking to the audience and showing videos of his Parrot Head fans on a big screen. He was barefoot, wearing cargo shorts and a tropical print shirt. It was great!
Like the fans of the grateful dead, the deadheads
@jss27560 Yes exactly! My husband was a Deadhead! He roadied for the Grateful Dead in the early 70s, on the West Coast as a young man in the summers during college!
No Britt, this isn't country, its Jimmy Buffet. He is his own genre. Great reaction. You should react to "Son of a Son of a Sailor". Find the live version, You can thank me later.
after watching this full video. I would love to just Kiss you on your forehead and tell you how much i appreciate you supporting this song. thank you, Britt. You rock.
Loved having this guy in my childhood. Even a drummer friend of mine sings this and makes it so much fun for everyone.
Rest in peace to Jimmy. We were blessed to have him in our lives 🦜
I knew Jim back in the late 1970's
We used to hang at a small bar in Key West. He bought that bar, renamed it Margaritaville .
That where it started.
Behind the bar was a clock .
The only numbers on it
Where 5s.
That's where the we get it's 5 o'clock somewhere comes from.
Another great song.
I'm from Florida and when I graduated from high school, back in '81, he was listed as the number one musical artist in my year book.
Britt you need to see a live version of this, he's amazing live. Jimmy's music has an island vibe.
Ive never gotten in to his taped live performances much because he's so responsive to the audience, and I like to sing along. But I'll bet they were HUGE fun to be at!!!
This song was so iconic, it actually created a whole new marketing concept of Margaritaville type party destinations and still going strong today. It was absolutely a huge hit and made Jimmy very famous.
The “Margaritaville” in the song, I’ve always believed, was not a physical place but rather a frame of mind, a laid back, alcohol induced party lifestyle sort of thing that you could live wherever you happen to be.
And pop tops were the original removable tabs used to open aluminum drink cans. Prior to them you had to physically puncture the can with a can opener, then came the pop top which, when you pulled it off, would curl up and was definitely capable of cutting you if you stepped on it. Then came today’s version which opens the can but remains attached to the can.
You youngsters missed out on so much lol. Good luck and can’t wait to see you back!!!♥️♥️♥️
Those pop tops could become a pain in the posterior when the tab broke before even starting to open the can. You had to go looking for a can opener.
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Yes I forgot about that. Really sucked if you were outdoors somewhere without one. Made me invest in a Swiss Army knife lol.
@@Paladin70
One of my Uncles broke a blade off a pocketknife trying to get a can open once.
People actually COLLECTED them and made crafts out of them. And vests.
Jimmy wrote the song and then created Margaritaville… he was worth over a billion dollars when he died. Jimmy got tired of seeing T-shirts with his name misspelled so he took over his own
Marketing… There are Margaritaville hotels, restaurants, retirement communities, casinos etc…Jimmy was a genius!!!
This little song launched an empire. At the end of his life, Jimmy was worth over 1 Billion with a “B” dollars. Don’t think he started out with that goal in mind but he tapped into a lifestyle that struck a chord with a lot of “Parrotheads,” myself included! He has quite the song catalog so enjoy your journey! And “Fins Up!!”
It doesn't matter your latitude Margarita Ville is an attitude
I feel like Jimmy was a music genre all his own.
Ah, yeah, there are lots of Margaritavilles around, all stemming from this song! Also, Cheeseburger in Paradise. I highly recommend so many of his songs - A Pirate Looks at Forty, Changes in Lattitudes, Come Monday, Volcano, He Went to Paris, Pencil Thin Mustache, Son of a Son of a Sailor, Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit, It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere... there are just so many lovely songs. He created a sort of laid-back, relax and drink vacation music vibe that is his own brand. I might stay away from 'Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw' - probably outside of your TH-cam rules :)
Beaches, Boats, Bars, and Ballads 4 cd set--awesome!
So sad to hear of Jimmy Buffett's recent passing. He was a great singer-songwriter, musician & actor. His songs had such a laid back island feel to them. I had a couple of his albums. He had a lot of hits especially in the 70's-80's such as “Son Of Son Of A Sailor”, "Come Monday", “Fins”, “He Went To Paris”, “Cheeseburger In Paradise”, “A Pirate Looks At Forty”, “One Particular Harbor”, “Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes”, “Volcano”, “Boat Drinks”, “Pencil Thin Mustache” etc.
The line about "stepped on a pop top" is one you're too young to understand. Back in the 70s, when this song was written, soda and beer cans had a different type of opening. You'd pull on a ring, and the little piece of metal would come completely off. It was very thin, and the edges were quite sharp. They would also curve a bit as you pulled them off. And then people would throw them on the ground, where the curved and sharp edges would stick up.
I think all of us who were alive then had the experience of getting a cut either on a foot or a finger from one of those things.
Just an Ol boy from south Mississippi that made a Billion dollars making folks happy
Back when this was written, beer cans had lids with a "Pull Tab" that came off. It was the ring and a slab of lid shaped like a paddle. It was discarded. Many of us stepped on these and it usually resulted in a smashed tab, but sliced feet happened. Over some time, the Tabs were re-designed to stay attached to the can. Steel drums were a hallmark of Buffet's music.
Margaritaville is a state of mind really. Been listening to Jimmy since the seventies. My favorite poet
You see how the song transposes you to, wait for it, Margaritaville? It is a state of mind and when you kick up your feet, no matter where you are you are in Margaritaville! I like that is loosens you and whoever is listening to it up and you just flow! Sunrise with a mamossa or sunset with a Margarita with his music puts you in a better place. Great video and glad you lile when Carribean meets calyspso meets fold and country! Stay beautiful young lady!
Hi Britt, they're called "Steel Drums" Jazz, Reggae and Pop genres music (mostly).
🏝🍹🩴I've never heard a bad word when it comes to Jimmy. This song is still popular. I can't tell you how many times I've lit my beach candle, turned on his music and had a margaritas in my hand. Those are great days even with a virgin margaritas. ❤
Been a Parrothead for as long as I can remember, had to start in the early 80’s. I’ll never forget sitting out in front of a bar in Key West, getting a beaded braid put in my hear (I’m a dude with long hair), sipping a Corona, watching people shuffle around and smelling the ambiance of the islands.
Buffet is an attitude, a mindset, a state of being, possibly even an existential way of existence. If one artist could have brought world peace, it would have been Jimmy, we lost one of the greats.
My retirement goal: island, margarita, fishing and guitar on the beach. Do literally nothing but that, eat and sleep until there’s no more time to do it.
Find the version with the lost verse.
Jimmy Buffett was amazing. His concerts were just a party. A chance to have a great time, and just love life. If you have a chance, check out the song called “Fins.” Rest easy Jimmy. Thanks for all the memories.
Jimmy started out trying to make it in country... then he visited Key West. He fell in love with the lifestyle and stayed there. While he had more success on the rock charts, he inspired a generation of country artists, from Kenny Chesney to Alan Jackson (who shared billing with him on their #1 country hit, "It's 5 O'clock Somewhere". So many great songs from his catalog. A couple that get overlooked include "A Cowboy In The Jungle" and "Son of a Son of a Sailor" :D
Awe,..part of the fun of his videos is watching them. Not just the lyrics. He's just so awesome. Millions and millions of people miss him so much.
Margaritaville is about h im getting drunk and drinking Margaritas.
All of Jimmy's songs are feel good.
he created Margaritaville, at least the intellectual property. Try "cheeseburger in Paradise" a Buffet classic. On the rocks for sure
Questions? Gen X has the answers! Jimmy's music represents a state of being: relaxed and light, while tackling life and all its troubles. I miss him!!!
Jimmy Buffet became synonymous with Key West and he helped birth the bar/restaurant the resorts and the cruise line. But here in Florida he is like our biggest celebrity and is loved all over the state for his philanthropy and taking care of the ocean and marine life
There is a Margaritaville at the City Walk at Univeral Studios right before you get into Islands of Adventure. Just across the border from me in SC they have a Margaritaville retirement community for the seniors who still want to party.
My wife is sugar and frozen, im salt on the rocks, to each their own, love this song and your reaction.
RIP jimmy B. I am so glad i got to see you live. You were diffidently on of my hero's.
Jimmy Buffett’s clever laid-back songs touched a wish for simplicity that grew in many of us boomers as life got more complicated. Buffett seems to have circled the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean like an aquisitive butterfly, picking up a little reggae here, some calypso there. Then he breathed some country chords on it all, so that the music gently filled his sails for leisurely cruise into our hearts.
In my own case, when he sang about the Keys and the Caribbean, personal experience produced memories of islands in the Andaman Sea, the Gulf of Siam, and a couple of hundred miles of the Mun River, the Mekong, and the Tonle Sap.
Also, I’d guess that a very shrewd Jimmy Buffet didn’t get drunk nearly as often as he sang about drinking.
Jimmy also did a song called Come Monday. He started out.sort folk music but quickly.evolved his.own sound. By the way I think all of of your followers were surprised to see this video post after yesterdays goodbye.🤗
Margaritaville is just wherever he is/you are. Making margaritas and getting low-key drunk, relaxing.
I first heard of "Margaritaville" in the song, then a lifestyle.
Britt, the original Margaritaville is in Key West, Florida. How the song came about was Jimmy was a struggling guitarist and songwriter in Key West and asked the owner of the bar what he should do to get a hit song. The owner, a legendary barkeep, told him, "Why don't you write about that margarita in front of you." He did and the rest is history. Jimmy was one of the biggest booster of the laid-back Key West lifestyle. It made Key West one of the most popular tourist locations in the U.S. Every concert he gave had thousands of "Parrotheads" in attendance. He was
catagorized as a country artist but many considered him Caribbean country artist.
If you're sittin' back sippin' a series of margaritas and getting pleasantly buzzed, wherever you happen to be IS "Margaritaville". It's a state of (inebriated) mind. 🙃
When this song was played at the bars I would go to in Texas, everybody would say where's the salt, where's the salt, where's the salt! When he would say that Frozen concoction that helps me hang on. Everybody would say hang on hang on hang on! He has a lot of good songs, that you would like!
Yes,there are steel drums in this one, also Jimmy Buffett was a song writer and he wrote Margaritaville for Elvis Presley to record,he was slated to start the album in September '77,but died August 16 1977 so Jimmy Buffett recorded it himself launching his very long and successful recording career
He wrote the song first. Then he partnered to open Hotels, resorts and bars using the name Margaritaville. There are many in US, Canada and Caribbean.
I'm completely on the rocks, no fancy fruit, lots of salt on the rim, icy cold!! My favorite. I love you sharing your musical journey so much, I'll forgive you the sugar. 😂
He played the snack bar at my college for about 50 people, at most. Just him. I was a fan from that day forward.
"Margaritaville" is a state of mind achieved after a some drinks (presumably 🍹 Margaritas); it's not a real place.
The drums you asked about are called steel drums. It gives that calypso sound. They were prominent in his music. Love your reactions. Keep up the good work!
Jimmy wrote so many good songs and most have that island feel but my favorite is one that is a little different. It’s a song about missing his wife called ‘Come Monday’
That was his early days, right, in the LA song frenzy, before he had locked in to the tropical vibe. Love that song.
He's my most famous neighbor, well, after Brett Farve, from here in South MS. Margaritaville is a brand he created after this song. We had a Margaritaville Casino here in Biloxi, but it closed down after a hurricane. Now there is a Margaritaville Hotel that has arcades, pools, lazy rivers, and bars.
Both on the rocks, one with sugar and one with salt is how i would place our order on a day we deserve ❤
Yes Britt Jimmy Buffett created Margaritaville. It a place he alone invented and is now celebrated around the world.
Love Buffet....can't believe nobody in the comment section hasn't said my favorite....The weather is here I wish you were beautiful!!!
You are very clever girl.
Thanks for your dedication because I enjoy hearing your opinion.
If you want a deeper song, and one if my favorites from Jimmy Buffet, try “A Pirate Looks at 40”. Definitely something to look back on when you reach middle age or in the song’s reference age of 40.
Absolutely.
Jimmy Buffett is a Legend, I listen to his music often, takes me to a chill simple place, love the ocean vibes he always brings.....only one Jimmy
Jimmy Buffet was always on the beach, always on vacation…lol. It’s always 5 O’clock somewhere…..❤😊
Margaritaville was his own mythological place. And we all felt like we'd been there. About 35? years later, he started the Margaritaville resort/casino chain. I went to one in Shreveport.
Gulf and Western music. One of my fave artists.
Song tells the story of a man goes on vacation, gets drunk, and gets a tattoo. And it’s named after the drink. Of course it’s a Country song! It’s also mentioned in Alan Jacksons, 2003 tune, “It’s 5 o’clock somewhere.” It’s a nice follow up, and Jimmy Buffett is featured in that.
Song reached number 13 on the Billboard Country chart in 1977. Crossover from Pop and Adult Contemporary. Made reappearance on Pop and Country charts after his death.
... "Old men in tank tops, cruisin' the gift shops. Checkin' out Chiquitas down by the shore..." :)
So quickly out of said "retirement/break"? Funny girl, it's so wonderful that your boosts of energy & curiosity benefit all of us viewers. Thanks with best wishes and congrats to the entire family when the water breaks!
Back when the song was written a pop top probably referred to a pull tab that was commonly used. Basically it had a ring you put your finger in and pulled to open the can. The edges of the metal that came off could cut you.
Everything margaritaville is Jimmy. He built and empire off one song.
Yesssssssssss Margarita villa is Jimmy buffet owned
“Humbly swaggy.” I don’t think I’ve ever heard a better description of Jimmy Buffet. 🩴
Jimmy and his band the coral reefers hung out around bars and dives around Florida on the boat for years. Son of a Sailor is another great song
When this came out your return flight was sometimes referred to as a flip flop and stepping on a pop top could also mean getting too drunk to function. So that line could mean getting drunk and missing your flight home and, hence, staying in Mexico all season.
There are many Margaritaville restaurants in the world, but Margaritaville is more or less a frame of mind then it is a place the more you listen to Jimmy Buffett more you’ll become to realize this.
Steel Drums !
Margaritaville is a beach chair in the sand, sun fading to te west, boiled shrimp on the breeze, 'Rita at the ready.
Song came first, by many years, and then, due to the popularity of the song, the physical locations.
Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett did one of Alan's songs together. It's 5 oclock somewhere!
Margaritaville is the name Jimmy buffet used to call key west Florida a place he enjoyed to go to many times to this day key west is know by many names conch republic or msrgaritaville. Its a state of mind he got every time he visited key west Florida.
The sadness of knowing I will never see show 22 breaks my heart. Thank you sir for the great times
Many years ago carbonated beverage cans had a pull off tab called a pop top that were sharp and would cut you if stepped on.
Jimmy did a collaboration with Alan Jackson "its 5 o'clock somewhere".....yes Jimmy is the "head Parrot" of Margaritaville!!! been to the one in LV...awesome place!!!
Jimmy Buffett was recently referred to as the godfather of lifestyle. His music is about escapism. Concerts were epic. Been to a few and margaritville’s myself.
This song always makes me wish I was laying in a hammock with a cold drink in either a pineapple or cocoanut mug! Preferably in the Florida Keys! 😎🧋🩴
The song came out in 1977. At that time, there was no such thing as Margaritaville. It was just a clever, tongue in cheek way of saying he was drunk on margaritas. The song is basically his view of what Margaritaville would be like. In the song, apparently, his woman left him of his own doings, and some people were saying it was her fault. The first chorus ends with him saying it’s nobody’s fault. Then, he goes to “It could be my fault”. Then it ends with him taking full blame with “It’s my own damn fault”. Jimmy had even had several people ask him after the song came out where Margaritaville was, and he said, “It’s anywhere you want it to be. It’s in your mind”. The Margaritaville clubs/restaurants came many years later. I’ve had their food there. It is really good. Went to the one in Panama City.
Jimmy was an American icon, and his empire of Margaritaville and Parrot Heads will live on forever.
Margaritaville is in the Florida Keys. Jimmy owned the place for the last 40 years. The place is on the beach and is a total blast. 😊
Jimmy came up with the song, then as his popularity increased, Margaritaville restaurants started appearing.
This is what was originally called "Gulf and Western" but is now known as "Trop-Rock". Amazing band as well. The steel drums are called "Pans" and his band featured the best player. One of his back-up singers was in the band "Arrested Development." Nadirah Shakoor is her name. I only had the pleasure to see him and his amazing band 69 times in 5 countries.
I saw him in Detroit back in the 80s. One of his background singers/dancers for that show was some guy named Ed Bradley. Yeah, him. And I'm not kidding!
Yes he has several night clubs called Margaritaville my older brother got to meet him in key West Florida he was sitting out on the porch of the bar sing he was the most down to earth man
Legend has it that the margarita was born in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico which happens to be just across the border from my hometown of El Paso, Texas.
The restaurants were an attempt to cash in on Buffet's Margaritaville and Cheeseburger in Paradise. Other great songs from him are Livingston Saturday Night, Pencil Thin Mustache, A Pirate Looks at 40,.
Buffet lived for a time in Key West, working on fishing boats and playing in the local bars
Jimmy Buffet wrote most of the songs he sings. Hes also written several really good books. A completely different song of his is He Went To Paris.
Yes, the bars came from this song.