# Why is Jimmy Buffett SO successful? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jimmy-buffett-so-successful/507905 "2009-08-27T14:23:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jimmy-buffett-so-successful/507905/41 "2009-08-29T04:28:34Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > This should be listed on “Stuff White People Like,” alongside the Violent Femmes, Dave Matthews, and the Eagles. More specifically, like the Eagles he’s “Stuff White People Who Qualify For AARP Like.” ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jimmy-buffett-so-successful/507905/42 "2009-08-29T13:52:18Z")
I have yet to figure out the JB phenomenon. I don’t like him at all and my fiancee loves him. She when we take road trips and let the MP3 players go, I promise him Spice Girls in exchange for no Jimmy Buffett. (Hey, I don’t think the Spice Girls are musical geniuses or anything… I’m nostalgic when I listen to them. Reminds me of middle school when I didn’t have any problems.) ---
**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jimmy-buffett-so-successful/507905/43 "2009-08-29T15:24:12Z")
Not a fan. I do enjoy that lifestyle, but it kind of wrecks a nice beer on a Caribbean beach when the bar has his CDs on constant rotation. There’s one song where he raps. That was a deal-breaker for me. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jimmy-buffett-so-successful/507905/44 "2009-08-29T15:37:18Z")
I’ve never actually heard a Jimmy Buffet Song, nor have I ever met someone in this part of the world who could be described as a “Parrothead”- which surprises me, because Australia has a rich and vibrant “Beach Culture” and you’d think a guy who sings about getting drunk on the beach would be a National Icon here, even if he was an American. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jimmy-buffett-so-successful/507905/45 "2009-08-29T16:07:44Z")
**Martini** , try these for an idea: [A Pirate Looks At Forty](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNmULx6sMo4&feature=related) [One Particular Harbor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_NzR5yZ1Z8) [Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wFpvRMIIEM&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jimmy-buffett-so-successful/507905/46 "2009-08-30T01:46:34Z")
In two weeks, I’ll be breakfasting at Margaritaville. I can already taste that omelet! ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jimmy-buffett-so-successful/507905/47 "2009-08-30T02:02:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Martini** , try these for an idea: > > [A Pirate Looks At Forty](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNmULx6sMo4&feature=related) > > [One Particular Harbor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_NzR5yZ1Z8) > > [Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wFpvRMIIEM&feature=related) I think the “Gulf + Western” description sums it up pretty well, actually. Not my cup of Ceylon’s finest, but it’s inoffensive enough and I can see how it appeals to the “working in a Mid-Western/North-East office” demographic. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jimmy-buffett-so-successful/507905.md?page=2)