What Is A Cheeseburger In Paradise - Part 2

 

Back in part one of the cheeseburger posts, and as the above video corroborates, the song Cheeseburger in Paradise is about Jimmy Buffet getting a burger in Tortola after a few days of being "ship wrecked", which we feel is being wrecked on a ship, but, that's splitting hairs. 

Then, limping into port and getting loose with some bar burgers.  

This is understood, and Buffett cannon. 

However, we do want to examine something peculiar within the song and its specifically the refrain as such. 

[Chorus 1]

Cheeseburger in paradise

Heaven on earth with an onion slice

Not too particular, not too precise

I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise

YOU'RE a cheeseburger in paradise??

That would be quite an interesting examination of a metaphorical burger, would it not?

In this instance, it appears he is referring to himself as the cheeseburger, which, is as noted in the song. specifically the forth verse (which you can see below as the forth verse), it is the American Creation™!

[Verse 4] 

But times have changed for sailors these days 

When I'm in port, I get what I need 

Not just Havanas or bananas or daiquiris 

But that American creation™on which I feed

In this circumstance if he himself is the metaphorical cheeseburger, would he be then a self-cannibal and eating his own flesh?     

Lets put that to the side for a second and simply refer to him being the cheeseburger and it being in paradise. 

The cheeseburger is an American Creation™ so he is then referring to himself as the American in paradise. 

And what is a cheeseburger, other then a quintessentially American creation™, on which we feed*

Matter of fact, circling back to the George Motz, who is the guy in the video above, on his youtube channel (or whatever, he is a guy on this one) First we feast he has all kinds of videos of the hamburger and its history in this country and different regional burgers and so forth and sort of how that particular sandwich is interwoven with American history. 

SO ANWAYS!

Jimmy Buffet could potentially be referring to himself as a cheeseburger, because he is an American Creation™ in a paradise locale and that juxtaposition is fun. 

Thanks for coming to our ted talk. 

when you see the southern cross for the first time**

*your mom is an american creation™ on which we feed.  lulz

** imagine if stephen stills and jimmy buffet hooked up for tunes.