Jimmy Buffett - Banana Wind
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Free Music Review: long time jimmy fan
Hit: 5 Stars
as with any self respecting child of the 80s other than the hair bands and rock gods that were staples of every ones musical diet, my parents had the good sense to give me a well rounded musical education including masters like James Taylor Boston and jimmy buffett! everyone starts out with Jimmy's songs you know by heart and sadly most being distracted by the AWESOME beach party lifestyle that his music embodies stop there. but the true parrot heads at heart dig deeper and find beaches boats and bars to be an awesome collection of his finer works. but for the pirates that look at 40 the ones whose fins always point srtaight down A1A toward margaritaville, we've got every track hes ever made and they all rock! the reason that i purchased banana wind was that i discovered that i was part fruitcake and my collection was one cheeseburger short of paradise but now that i have my bananas in the wind my attitudes and latitudes are all strutting naked thru the cross walk in the middle of the week ;o)Free Music Review: BANANA WIND
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this CD for one song, "Bob Roberts Society Band" which I heard on Sirius radio on the way home one night. I love Jimmy Buffett but had never heard this song or several others on the CD. I think it is one of his best!Free Music Review: Soothing Music
Hit: 5 Stars
My husband & I love this CD. He plays it when he goes fishing. It is the most relaxful and soothing music. I also gave this Cd to one of my best friends. You will definately enjoy it.Free Music Review: Great Album
Hit: 5 Stars
I love "Banana Wind". This is my favorite CD. I think that after you have read all of Jimmy's books a lot of the songs on this album make a whole lot more sense and you can really relate. I also love "Off to see the Lizard", which seems to be very under rated to me. I find all of his music very calming. Very easy listening and it just takes you away to a better place. Free Music Review: His Best Of The Last 20 Years
Hit: 5 Stars
"Wind" is another really strong 90's era album from Buffett. After his mediocre late 80's albums and the lackluster "Fruitcakes" in 94, Jimmy seemed to really get back on track with "Barometer Soup" and "Banana Wind". Some of the best songwriting of his career is to be found on this album that is often overlooked by fans of the Buffett catalogue. I remember around the time this album came out I was sitting in a movie theater and they were playing music over the loudspeakers prior to the start of the film. Usually it is background noise, but this song came on that caught my attention right away. I thought the voice sounded familiar and sure enough it turned out to be the single "Only Time Will Tell" from the then new Buffett album. I don't think I ever heard it again anywhere other than the album, but it is a great song that should have been a hit. There is really only one clunker on the whole album, the song "Mental Floss" that see Buffett trying to be lighthearted and it just comes across as corny to me. The rest of the album is solid with highlights including; "Jamaica Mistaica" which tells the true story of Buffett getting shot at in Jamaica when his plane was mistaken for a drug running plane. "Banana Wind" is a cool and breezy instrumental. "Overkill" has Buffett taking on the music industry with some of the harshest words he has used on disc in years. "Desdemona's Building A Rocket Ship" further explores a character from one of his novels. "Happily Ever After (Now And Then) is another cool little song. For me though, the real highlight of this album is the last song "False Echoes" that was written about Jimmy's father and his struggle with Alzheimer's disease. The song clocks in at over 9 minutes and is truly one of Buffett's most heartfelt well written compositions of his entire career. The song shows just how good a songwriter Buffett can be when he puts his mind to it. For me "Banana Wind" is a must own album for any Buffett fan and is his best studio album in the last two decades.