According to the boys, they were insulted at the way Jimmy Buffett aggressively prosecutes everyone who covers “Margaritaville”, so they jokingly planned an entire album of songs in the style of Jimmy Buffett, planning to have “Bananas and Blow” take up the entire first side.
After writing a bunch...
[Verse 1]
Sancho brought a message from the Fat Man
"Sorry, boy, to leave you high and dry
But I went to see my mom in Ensenada
And I left a little something to help the time go by
Just a little something to help to keep you high"
[Chorus]
Bananas and blow (Oh-oh)
Bananas and blow (Bananas and blow)
Stuck in my cabana, living on bananas and blow
[Verse 2]
Now the rainy season reminds me of Maria
The way she danced, the color of her hair
Now I'm locked inside a stall in the cantina
Eating the bananas and the cocaine off the mirror
Looking for a ticket to take me away from here
[Chorus]
Bananas and blow (Oh-oh)
Bananas and blow (Bananas and blow)
Stuck in my cabana, living on bananas and blow
Bananas and blow (Oh-oh)
Bananas and blow (Bananas and blow)
Stuck in my cabana, living on bananas and blow
[Acoustic Guitar Solo]
[Interlude]
(Vamos amigo!)
[Chorus]
Bananas and blow (Oh-oh)
Bananas and blow (Bananas and blow)
Stuck in my cabana, living on bananas and blow
Bananas and blow (Oh-oh)
Oh, bananas and blow (Bananas and blow)
I'm stuck in my cabana, living on bananas and blow
Bananas And Blow was produced by Chris Shaw.
Ween released Bananas And Blow on Tue May 02 2000.
Well, our friend was married to a woman from Ecuador. Her father was a very powerful politician – he owned soccer clubs, maybe Coca Cola bottling, Bonita banana – as powerful as you can be in Ecuador. We went down there and we were like, ‘We should come down here and make a record called ‘Bananas an...