Song: Margaritaville
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue2-ZVxpVjc
Quick Thoughts: As an American singer–songwriter, author, actor, and businessman, Jimmy Buffett is a man of many talents. He's also a pilot and often flies his own plane during his concert tours. He's also hard to categorize and is somewhat surprising to find on a rock n' roll survey, since he began as a country artist during the late 1960s. Eventually, his music would incorporate pop music, folk and carribean music for a sound sometimes known as "gulf and western". Margaritaville ranked 234th on the Recording Industry Association of America's list of "Songs of the Century", easily making this Buffett's highest charting solo single. Quite interestingly, "Margaritaville" was actually meant for Elvis Presley, but Elvis died the year that the song was going to be recorded. Buffett got to record it and it became his most career-defining song.
Ranking from Original "Top 1000" List: 944
Added to my Personal List? YES
Total Songs Added to Final List: 32
For upcoming concerts: http://www.margaritaville.com/tourdates.html
Having grown up listening to mostly hip-hop, R&B, some alternative, and all sorts of music in Spanish, I decided it was time to give myself a personal survey of Rock music. My friend BJ Swanner compiled a "Top 1000 Rock Song List", aggregated from several "Top Lists". As I go through all 1,000 songs, I'll be creating my own list, sharing a brief post like this for all the songs that will make my final list. I will not be ranking the songs that make it to my final list.....for now.
Twitter: @jimmythelion
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