Love in the Library

MizzouParrot · Post by **MizzouParrot** » September 17, 2003 12:46 am

In the song love in the library off Fruitcakes....where is that library that he sings of?? is it real..my best guess is new orleans but i have no idea

Ceol na Mara · Post by **Ceol na Mara** » September 17, 2003 2:13 am

I always thought it was NOLA, but apparently it's Mobile. But also supposedly those two streets don't come together.

Caribbean Soul · Post by **Caribbean Soul** » September 17, 2003 8:19 am

Poetic license...
Washington Avenue just didn't fit the syncopation of the song!

Air M'Ville Cap'n · September 17, 2003 10:32 am

I thought I would add that Love in the Library is one of my favorite songs

Crazy Navy Flyer · Post by **Crazy Navy Flyer** » September 17, 2003 4:47 pm

I believe its Mobile, AL.

Ceol na Mara · Post by **Ceol na Mara** » September 19, 2003 1:06 am

Air M'Ville Cap'n wrote:I thought I would add that Love in the Library is one of my favorite songs

Mine, too. I think it's one of the sweetest songs I've ever heard.

barefootpirate · Post by **barefootpirate** » September 22, 2003 6:49 pm

Ceol na Mara wrote:I always thought it was NOLA, but apparently it's Mobile. But also supposedly those two streets don't come together.

I saw a thread about those two streets meeting. I don't remember which city (I think Mobile), but someone did come back and say that those two streets run parallel.

PHINS ^

finzleft · Post by **finzleft** » July 1, 2004 11:44 pm

The Mobile Library is on Government.

My wife is a librarian, so we HAD to visit there!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » July 2, 2004 11:12 am

This IS my favorite song. I even had this song incorporated into my wedding vows.

PARROT HEAD MIKE · Post by **PARROT HEAD MIKE** » July 2, 2004 12:10 pm

This is a great song. Did anybody think that maybe this library doesn't exist and it's just in Jimmy's mind.

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » July 2, 2004 12:19 pm

Love in the Library always makes me think of Harry Chapin's Old College Avenue
since both are wistful ballads about remembering young college loves...
and they both seem to focus on addresses.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » July 2, 2004 2:01 pm

Desdamona wrote:Love in the Library always makes me think of Harry Chapin's Old College Avenue
since both are wistful ballads about remembering young college loves...
and they both seem to focus on addresses.

It makes me think of the musical "The Music Man" and Marion the Librarian.

MojosMama · Post by **MojosMama** » July 2, 2004 2:06 pm

buffettbride wrote:This IS my favorite song. I even had this song incorporated into my wedding vows.

How so? What did you say - I think that's pretty awesome. I've always loved that song.

I'll have to read your reply when I get back on Monday or Tuesday - I'M OUTTA HERE!

Fins21 · Post by **Fins21** » July 8, 2004 12:12 pm

I believe the lyrics go "On the corner of government, and bay avenue, the old doom's day fanatic..." Am I right???

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » July 8, 2004 12:14 pm

MojosMama wrote:
buffettbride wrote:This IS my favorite song. I even had this song incorporated into my wedding vows.
How so? What did you say - I think that's pretty awesome. I've always loved that song.

I'll have to read your reply when I get back on Monday or Tuesday - I'M OUTTA HERE!

I didn't see the response. It was at the end of the ceremony...actually after we said our vows. The minister just incorporated some of the lyrics into the final closing words. Isn't that sad I don't even remember?

Midnight Flyer · Post by **Midnight Flyer** » October 11, 2005 5:37 pm

Caribbean Soul wrote:Poetic license...
Washington Avenue just didn't fit the syncopation of the song!

I agree there was some poetic license there, it's just a block away from S. Bayou St. Bayou/Bay...hmmmmm

Ol'_'96'er · Post by **Ol'_'96'er** » October 11, 2005 5:59 pm

Midnight Flyer wrote:
Caribbean Soul wrote:Poetic license...
Washington Avenue just didn't fit the syncopation of the song!
I agree there was some poetic license there, it's just a block away from S. Bayou St. Bayou/Bay...hmmmmm

or a few blocks over to Water St. too. Maybe he was so twitterpated by the girl that he forgot where the library was exactly.

SweetMelissa · Post by **SweetMelissa** » October 11, 2005 6:21 pm

Air M'Ville Cap'n wrote:I thought I would add that Love in the Library is one of my favorite songs

Mine too, and I work in a library so I love it even more!!!!!!

Identity · Post by **Identity** » November 21, 2005 2:41 pm

i have no idea whether or not there was any one particular library that Buffett was talking about, but i apparantly have a different take on his 'love'... My take on the song was that he was not talking about a woman, but rather him falling in love with the 'surreal and sublime' stories he was surrounded with... It's pretty obvious that Buffett is both intelligent and imaginative, and for some reason, that's just how the song came off to me

...

if anyone knows differently, please let me know... thanks...

Mac's Personal Stalker · November 21, 2005 2:58 pm

Love the song.... I worked thru college working in the library and I've been askin' Mac for years to play it with luck.

I should have asked him about it when I was talkin' to him at MOTM...

Anyway, a phriend of mine asked him why he wouldn't play it for me, since I am his Personal Stalker

He said.... that Jimmy came up with all the lyrics and the music but he just couldn't make it work so he asked Mac to take a look at it. He did and sugested some minor changes. Mac said that was the last he heard about the song and the next thing he knew it was on an album and he was a co-write.....

So, the reason he doesn't play it is because he doesn't know it.....

I think he sould start practicing

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