Top Ten "Saddest" Buffett songs

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Posted By Jack R
Jimmy's saddest song is his most recent: "No Summer Shed Tour"
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Posted By PhillyPhin
False Echoes knocked me off my chair the first time i heard it, blew me away. I'm not sure if all these songs are sad, they usually don't put me in a sad mood, but a lot of the lyrics you can pluck out and relate to.

Coast of Marseilles has to be one of my favorite songs ... such lines as "would you be remembering me ----- answer came and haunted me so" and "spent all the money i saved, still did not get over you"

Others would be:
"He went to paris",
"death of an unpopular poet",
"Lovely Cruise",
"In the Shelter",
"If the phone doesn't ring it's me",
"I heard i was in town",
"Island" and
"Little Miss Magic" always reminds me of my little niece
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Posted By Susan
They may not be sad in and of themselves, but "The Christian" and "The Missionary" surely paint a sad picture of society.
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Posted By ctalk
West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown.


....Mama I'm fine if ya happen to wonder, I don't have much money but I still get around. I haven't made church in near 36 Sundays, so [color=ff0000]••••[/color] all those West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gowns.

.....And she's a long way from the West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown.
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Posted By DOUGLAS
10."BRAHMA FEAR"
9."FRENCHMEN FOR THE NIGHT"
8."WHERE'S THE PARTY"
7."LOVE IN THE LIBRARY"
6."BEYOND THE END"
5."I CAN'T BE YOUR HERO TODAY"
4."STEAMER"
3."IF THE PHONE DOEN'T RING, ITS ME"
2."NOBODY SPEAKS TO THE CAPTAIN NO MORE"
1."LONE PALM"
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Posted By Gump
"He Went to Paris"
"Death of an Unpopular Poet"
"The Captain and the Kid"

They all kind of tug at the heart-strings!
But you still gotta love them!!!
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Posted By searayscherr
he went to Paris.
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Posted By ONE FROM THE PHLOCK
ELVIS IMMITATORS--IT MAKES ME CRY
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Posted By sonofabeach
Agree with you on "Elvis Immitators"
Definitely the saddest Buffett song!!

What was he thinking?........or drinking?
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Posted By cmpete
Come Monday

Love and Luck (because of personal memories, not the song)
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Posted By Caribbean Soul
ight now for me the saddest song is:
"No Plane on Sunday" Image
([size=-2]But I refuse to give up hope yet...[/size])
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Posted By ClemsonCuervo
no particular order....

She's Going Out Of My mind
Remittance Man
California Promises
Survive

but #1-#2 have to be Captain and the Kid and False Echoes; can't get much more personal than that. Great songs both of them but often times I can't even listen to them because they're (too) easy to identify with....
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Posted By Sundog
Death of an Unpopular Poet-poor old Spooner
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Posted By Julie Rodriguez
I would have to agree with the person who wrote the saddest song (not written) would be "No summer Tour"...I've been going to Buffett concerts since I was about 14 years old and I'm approaching 40 fast...so I would really be "sad" not to see him this summer. I guess some things do change and that's life I suppose!
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Posted By Anonymous
I WOULD DEFINATELY AGREE THAT "NOBODY SPEAKS TO THE CAPTAIN NO MORE" IS BY FAR THE SADDEST BUFFETT SONG EVER WRITTEN AND RECORDED, IT MAKES ME CRY EVERY TIME I HEAR IT. OTHER THAN THAT ALL OF HIS OTHER SONGS MAKE ME JUST WANT TO PULL OUT THE BLENDER AND FORGET ALL MY PROBLEMS (TEMPORARILY ANYWAY)
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Posted By G
HOW ABOUT COME MONDAY ???
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Posted By Proud Member of the Calgary Parrothead Club
He Went to Paris......."looking for answers to questions that bothered him so".

Also happens to be my favorite Buffett song if forced to name one.
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Posted By Capt. K
In no particular order, except Coast of Marsailles is the saddest. Some arent necessarily sad, just beautiful slow songs that always make me think about past experiences.

-Coast of Marsailles
-If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
-California Promises
-Everlasting Moon
-Changing Channels
-Death of an Unpopular Poet
-He Went to Paris
-Island
-Nobody Speaks to the Captain No More
-Pacing the Cage
-When the Wild Life Betrays Me
-That's What Living is to Me
-Wonder Why We Ever Go Home
-Remittance Man
-Survive
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Posted By MELODY MCCRAY
NOBODY SPEAKS TO THE CAPTAIN NO MORE IS BY FAR THE SADDEST SONG EVER WRITTEN BY THE MAYOR OF MARGARITAVILLE, IT MAKES ME WANT TO JUMP OFF A CLIFF EVERY TIME I HEAR IT. HOWEVER MOST OF THE OTHER SONGS MENTIONED DON'T COME ACROSS AS SAD TO ME, I SUPPOSE IT IS ALL IN THE WAY YOU INTERPRET THE LYRICS.
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Posted By mevans662
I almost have to completely agree with Capt.K. Although California Promises and If the Phone Doesn't Ring It's Me are my two top choices!
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