Excellent idea!! I would define it the way I do some of my tapes: I go in roughly historical order and pick out stuff along the way. Only 15, huh? :)You know, this is why the album poll is so difficult...every album has songs I like. So I end up having to rate the album by how many songs I dislike and how much I dislike them. This poll cuts through all that and focuses on the songs. I think I like this much better.
Here's mine. I did it quick before I could change my mind and I had to make an effort to put some current stuff on the list. Good luck with the poll.
... Here's (one of) my ultimate Buffett setlist(s), in a kind of order I'd like to see'em, but not necessarily
Tough assignment, but here goes... (you CCers should give this a try...) ... my bribe for 'Wonder Why We Ever Go Home' is that I have personally "urged" (ok berated) six other Buffettheads to send in their setlists. Just so you know. Cool project, thanks.
-- Ultimate setlist, huh? Ok, here's my contribution
OK- Here's 15 songs that would be my perfect concert. I better mail it now, this list would change daily. Thanks for an interesting survey. By the way, is this limited to songs he has done, or could we think up our own covers?
O.k. here is my ultimate setlist. It took a little bit of thinking to decide what songs I really want to hear live for an ultimate setlist, but here it goes. There you have it!!!!! It should be interesting to see the results after everyone enters their verdict.
As a lurker the past two weeks, I would like to now come out from behind my mouse pad. The thought of picking and choosing my all time, ultimate JB set list (w/ encore of course) was too inviting. My wife's is still being compiled. I think she is taking feedback from our soon to be "parrothead pup." On with my list ... Thanks for all the good work you do with this listserv. I am looking forward to the final numbers.
Here are my choices, thanks for offering this to everyone.
My best set list would have the following songs, I'm not sure about he order: ... I'm sure there is more, but I have no idea how many songs he plays in a night, I'm too busy dancing... :)
Ya know, now I'm all motivated to go remix my favorite Buffett-car-tapes. I hope this set list helps.
It was tough picking just 15 sings(He did 25 in Vegas), but this is what I came up with
I guess that's it...I hope to hear all these songs at the concert on Friday (a girl can hope can't she?)
Here's my list. It was hard to narrow them down!!
Damn, this is tough, trying to get down to fifteen. (on the first pass, I thought I was being quite ruthless, and still ended up with 21 or 22; pruning down to 15 left some favorites on the floor....)
Here are my fifteen songs. If Buffett played 7 of them at his concert in Nashville- I'll be happy.
O.K this is off the top of my head as my favorites are coming to mind. I'm at work so I don't have my CD's in front of me, but here it goes ... Gosh, that was hard! There are so many others that I would love to put on that list, but I'll stick with it and send it! - - Thanks for the opportunity to cast my vote!
Here's my setlist. Please have Jimmy perform these songs in my living room, in this order :)
Whew! Only fifteen huh? You've made this difficult, but very interesting. Here goes...
Here is my list and I hope that I have some winners here.
I know this is Fingers but I have seen it in concert several times, both when he was the warm up and when they did it in the middle of JB's show. Afterall, this is my ultimate list, right?
Always save the best for last!!!
You didn't say...large show or small venue? I'll get the most for my money...a little of each....Ah well...from sunny North Carolina (where Jimmy really got his start at Wrightsville Beach!).
Here's a contribution to the poll. I'm interested to hear the final results. Enjoy.
Decisions, decisions. It's so difficult. I started with your list and erased the 3 or 4 I knew wouldn't make my top list, then started through the others, slowly replacing more as I remembered songs I had to include. Many of mine will never make the "ultimate" list, but I like them anyway. And I'll be perfectly content with whatever he selects to play only three days from now in Nashville!
Ok here goes, I'm new to the list but not to Buffett. Here is my ultimate setlist: I realize some of these are probably no one's favorites but mine but they're my favorites. Had fun with these.
If I could have a private concert with Jimmy, this would be IT for me ... and about 25 others!! I would love to hear such a show, especially since Jimmy's been playing the same shows over and over lately.
OK...after weeks of listening & listmaking, here's MY ultimate setlist. I had to cut much out, so I cut out the things I figured there is still a chance he may sing in a concert (except for classics he'd HAVE to do, either because I ADORE them or have never heard him do them yet!) and still couldn't get it down to 15. So, here's 20. Best I could do. (CHEEAAATTERRRR!!!) ;-)
I'm hoping I'm not too late to share my Ultimate Setlist(s). I was absolutely unable to come up with only 15 songs. I just couldn't do it! But I did come up with 2 setlists of 15 songs each
One is slow ballad type songs, the other is a rocking party! Wow, this is really hard!!!
What a great idea to compile an "ultimate setlist"! I recently joined, so this is giving me a chance to get involved.
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