Margaritaville vs. The Piano Man
Which is the more popular song, Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett or The Piano Man by Billy Joel. I've got my money on Margaritaville. I'd also argue that Margaritaville is the most popular song of the past 40 years (at least most popular "American" popular song; there's probably a song or two sung by more Chinese or Indians than there even are Americans, much less Americans that have sung Margaritaville).
Please suggest alternatives if you've got 'em.
posted by garrett @ 12:31 PM
7 Comments:
Gotta be Margaritaville over Piano Man for popularity.
I tried to come up with other ideas, but nothing I thought of seemed more popular than Margaritaville. Some of them (which are certainly not my choices):
Every Breath You Take - Police
Stairway to Heaven (yuck) - Led Zeppelin
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
Hotel California - Eagles
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Let it Be - Beatles
BTW - I'm still thinking about my response to your link about the Iraq war. I'll try to put something together soon.
C
Satisfaction is a good call. And I was thinking about Let It Be as well. But again I just think Margaritaville is more popular. Pretty interesting. I can imagine Jimmy Buffett's circumstances at the time he wrote that song. Not the circumstances one would generally associate with punching one's ticket to enduring fame and fortune. But that's certainly how it worked out for him.
On the Iraq post, I understand, and please take your time. I have regretted my timing in posting that given the London bombings. So a big shout out of apology from me on timing vis a vis that topic. But I'm looking forward to your thoughts.
"We Will Rock You" is a great suggestion. So do you think We Will Rock You is more popular than Piano Man? Or just Margaritaville?
Also - what about "We are the Champions"? I bet that is more popular than "We Will Rock You". But Queen songs - interesting thought. I might be able to get my head around agreeing that "We are the Champions" is the most "popular" song of everything mentioned so far. Hmmmmmmmm.
On some of Chris' suggestions there's probably a generational bias at work. Do college kids today still listen to/like "Hotel California", for instance? I'm guessing not so much. But college kids drink. And college kids compete. So now I'm leaning to Margaritaville and We are the Champions.
Well, that's an interesting notion, Phineas. Tracking buying decisions makes good sense in trying to ascertain popularity. I'm embarrassed it didn't occur to me. I was going by which song gets picked the most at karoake bars.
I like why don't we get drunk and screw.
They're your clothes.
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