Question about line in Feeding Frenzy...
jonathan peter regashus
In the Feeding Frenzy live album, JB changes the line in Margaritaville
from "I cut my heel, had to cruise on back home," to "I broke my leg
twice, I had to limp on back home..." Did Jimmy really ever break his
leg? I feel bad because I have only achieved parrot head status in the
past couple of months. (The 6/7 Chicago show was my first- it was
incredible...) Anyway, I looked on all the FAQ's and couldn't find an
answer about that line. I was just curious becase I broke my leg a few
months ago and so I have a morbid sense of empathy with others who have
had that pretty awful experience, too...
Thanks,
Jon
JClar...@gnn.com
I think he broke it the first time sking. Check out Changes in
Latitude Changes in Attitude the album may have a pic. of Jimmy in
a cast. I have seen one somewhere.
Jim s/v Wandering Spirit
J.L. Smithson
jonathan peter regashus wrote:
>
> In the Feeding Frenzy live album, JB changes the line in Margaritaville
> from "I cut my heel, had to cruise on back home," to "I broke my leg
> twice, I had to limp on back home..." Did Jimmy really ever break his
> leg?
Yea, in 1978. He was playing softball, and he broke his ankle in 2
places. They tried setting it, but you know how hard it would be to keep
Jimmy down! So, what they ended up doing was re-breaking it, setting it
with pins and sending him off again. They did that to speed up the
healing process. Don't know how he did it the second time, if there was
a second time, or if he meant the re-breaking as the second time.
JL
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In article <31C05C...@winternet.com>, "J.L. Smithson"
<zod...@winternet.com> wrote:
> jonathan peter regashus wrote:
> >
> > In the Feeding Frenzy live album, JB changes the line in Margaritaville
> > from "I cut my heel, had to cruise on back home," to "I broke my leg
> > twice, I had to limp on back home..." Did Jimmy really ever break his
> > leg?
Yes, I think this first appeared in the dual album "You Had To Be There."
One of the liner photos shows Jimmy wearing a cast while on stage.
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LEERWB
Check out the live double CD "You had to be there" circa 1978 (MCAD2-6005)
In addition to constantly talking about his broken leg, he sings about it,
is pictured in the liner notes with a cast and a cane.
Bay Area PH
Greg A. Chisholm wrote:
>
> In <4poh22$s...@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> jreg...@ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu
> (jonathan peter regashus) writes:
> >
> >In the Feeding Frenzy live album, JB changes the line in
> Margaritaville
> >from "I cut my heel, had to cruise on back home," to "I broke my leg
> >twice, I had to limp on back home..." Did Jimmy really ever break his
>
> the
> >past couple of months. (The 6/7 Chicago show was my first- it was
> >incredible...) Anyway, I looked on all the FAQ's and couldn't find an
>
> >answer about that line. I was just curious becase I broke my leg a
> few
> >months ago and so I have a morbid sense of empathy with others who
> have
> >had that pretty awful experience, too...
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jon
> >
> soft ball when he was sliding into a base. If I recall correctly, it
> was just before he recorded his first live album back in the late 70s.
> Hurricane Greg
Is that what he refers to in the first verse of "Growing Older But Not Up"?
-Nelson Smith
TWEVOLTMAN
during the "you had to be there tour" jimmy sat on stage with his broken
leg proped up on an old wooden boat hull, on the cover to the album, there
is jimmy sitting on a wall with his cast and cane (hence the phrase "with
this cane i can walk anywhere" ), and a little caption next to it saying
"broken leg".
12v-count all your blessings, but remember your dreams....
b...@umich.edu
In article <4poh22$s...@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> jreg...@ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu (jonathan peter regashus) writes:
>From: jreg...@ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu (jonathan peter regashus)
>Subject: Question about line in Feeding Frenzy...
>Date: 13 Jun 1996 07:47:14 GMT
>In the Feeding Frenzy live album, JB changes the line in Margaritaville
>from "I cut my heel, had to cruise on back home," to "I broke my leg
>twice, I had to limp on back home..." Did Jimmy really ever break his
>leg? I feel bad because I have only achieved parrot head status in the
>past couple of months. (The 6/7 Chicago show was my first- it was
>incredible...) Anyway, I looked on all the FAQ's and couldn't find an
>answer about that line. I was just curious becase I broke my leg a few
>months ago and so I have a morbid sense of empathy with others who have
>had that pretty awful experience, too...
>Thanks,
>Jon
I can't remeber exactly what year it was, I think the late 70's or early 80's
I was at a concert in Myrtle Beach, S.C. and his leg was broken. There was
another time after that , but it was too many years ago for me to remeber
exactly when.
Greg A. Chisholm
In <4poh22$s...@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> jreg...@ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu
(jonathan peter regashus) writes:
>
>In the Feeding Frenzy live album, JB changes the line in
Margaritaville
>from "I cut my heel, had to cruise on back home," to "I broke my leg
>twice, I had to limp on back home..." Did Jimmy really ever break his
>leg? I feel bad because I have only achieved parrot head status in
the
>past couple of months. (The 6/7 Chicago show was my first- it was
>incredible...) Anyway, I looked on all the FAQ's and couldn't find an
>answer about that line. I was just curious becase I broke my leg a
few
>months ago and so I have a morbid sense of empathy with others who
have
>had that pretty awful experience, too...
>
>Thanks,
>Jon
>
Eric Staley
Check the liner notes of "You Had To be There."
Jimmy is listed as "Broken Leg," rather than Jimmy
Buffett. Also, he opened with SOASOAS, and the words
were changed from:
The sea's in my veins, my tradition remains,
I'm just glad I don't live in a trailer
to:
This cast is no blast, but its coming off fast,
and I feel like I'm pulling a trailer.
--
TurK
In article <31C07D...@ix.netcom.com>,
Bay Area PH <smit...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Greg A. Chisholm wrote:
>>
>> In <4poh22$s...@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> jreg...@ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu
>> (jonathan peter regashus) writes:
>> >
>> >In the Feeding Frenzy live album, JB changes the line in
>> Margaritaville
>> >from "I cut my heel, had to cruise on back home," to "I broke my leg
>> >twice, I had to limp on back home..." Did Jimmy really ever break his
'God I still feel pain
I wish I had some cocaine
But that's been gone since ..... '
I'll have to look back, again, but I believe that quote was from the You
Had To Be There album. And, inside you should see a picture of JB
playing with a cast on his leg. Not fun, I bet!
Peace,
TurK
chase
He sings about breaking his leg on "Coconut Telegraph," in "I'm Growing
Older, But not Up" sounds like it was a softball game~
"I rounded first, never thought of the worst,
As I studied the shortstop's position.
Then Crack went my leg, like the shell of an egg,
Someone call a decent physician.
I'm no Pete Rose,
That's how it goes.
While My mind is quite flexible,
These brittle bones don't bend"
(from memory, no flames please!)
And on the 1996 calendar there's a full description of the accident on May
page
He also alludes to it in the "You had to be there" version of
Margarittaville:
"Broke my leg had to limp on back home,
Lord, I still feel pain,
I wish I had some cocaine,
but that's been gone since early this morn"
Drinkin' Green Label each day,
chase
cayman2
I saw Jimmy in a concert at the Omni in Atlanta in 1980 and his leg was in a cast. During the concert he said
he broke it playing softball. Two weeks later, he recorded part of the music in "You Had to Be There" in the
Fox Theatre in Atlanta (he also recorded part of it in Miami) when the pictures for the album were taken. I
also read somewhere that he broke it again, but I don't remember how.
Graham S. Lees
Jimmy also appeared on Saturday Night Live and sang "Son of a Son" while wearing the
cast. He modified the last few lines, singing "this cast is a drag and I feel like I'm
pulling a trailer".
Fred
from memory in Growing Older But Not Up on CT it goes something like
... I rounded first never thought of the worst as I studied the
shortstop's position...
... crack went my leg like the shell of an egg ...
so I assume he broke it once playing American cricket and I think that was
the second time - don't
ask me why
Again from memory ( I am about 1000k away from my music) there was a
picture of him
with leg in cast on the vinyl edition of You had to be there but maybe
not...
Rich Whiteman
From the Album notes for You had to be there
RECORDED LIVE AT: The Fabulous Fox in Atlanta, Georgia (August 8, 9, 10,
1978), Maurice Gusman Cultural Center Miami (August 14, 15, 16, 1978)
There is a picture of his cast captioned "Broken leg"
Thought this might clear things up a bit
rich
a pirate over 40
Armando Sgroi
On 'You had to be there' he also makes a reference to the 'leg' on the
opening track
Son of a Son of a Sailor
.. this cast is no blast so it's coming off fast...
On Coconut telegraph - incommunicado
... now I'm incommunicado - living next door to a leg with a pin it ...
alt.fan.jimmy-buffett.broken-limbs ?????
Cheryl Wessling
On 13 Jun 1996, jonathan peter regashus wrote:
> In the Feeding Frenzy live album, JB changes the line in Margaritaville
> from "I cut my heel, had to cruise on back home," to "I broke my leg
> twice, I had to limp on back home..." Did Jimmy really ever break his
> leg? I feel bad because I have only achieved parrot head status in the
> past couple of months. (The 6/7 Chicago show was my first- it was
> incredible...) Anyway, I looked on all the FAQ's and couldn't find an
> answer about that line. I was just curious becase I broke my leg a few
> months ago and so I have a morbid sense of empathy with others who have
> had that pretty awful experience, too...
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>
>
>
Jon, Jimmy crashed his plane a few years ago and broke his leg. DOnt't
really know if it was really twice or not. Welcome to the magic kingdom
of Margaritaville. It's a blast!>
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I don't know if you know it or not, but JB had a broken leg when he made
the live album " You Had To Be There".
PHins Up!!!
FrznCnctn
Ok here is the scoop according to the Jimmy Buffett calendar....
Jimmy broke his leg in 1978 while playing softball in Palm Beach. His
right ankle was broken in two places.
Later that year, in Las Angeles, the doctors decided to re-break it and
set it with a pin.
That's the story that I read and I'm sticking to it..... ;-)
Dani
Greg A. Chisholm
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Armando Sgroi
reading another article reminded me of another reference in YHTBT in a
verse of M'Ville
I blew out my flip flops
stepped on a pop top
broke my leg had to limp on back home
God I still feel pain
I wish I had some cocaine
bla bla....
Ron Allred
That's the way I always sang it, which doesn't really mean it's right at
all!!!
-
Ron Allred
Parrotphernalia Depot....
..there's a party bustin loose
Heather L. Lail
> >
> >I blew out my flip flops
> >stepped on a pop top
> >broke my leg had to limp on back home
> >God I still feel pain
> >I wish I had some cocaine
> >bla bla....
> ...but that's been gone since early this morn'.
>
> That's the way I always sang it, which doesn't really mean it's right at
> all!!!
I guess this is a weak tangent, but you'd probably have to have quite a
few boat drinks to break your leg on a pop top hehehehehe :)
(and yeah, I do know about JB breaking his leg and all that.....)
cayman2
The original "cut my heel had to cruise on back home" got unofficially
changed to "broke my leg ..." after Jimmy broke his leg playing softball
(sliding in to second, I believe). I say Jimmy at a concert in Atlanta
when his leg was still in a cast, and he mentioned how he broke it.