The term feeding frenzy is an idiom, and like most idioms, it was first used in a literal sense. An idiom is a word, group of words or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is not easily deduced from its literal definition. Common idioms are words and phrases used in the English language in order to convey a concise idea, and are often spoken or are considered informal or conversational. ‘The media feeding frenzy will, indeed, be massive.’ ‘Such an arrest would not normally arouse the media feeding frenzy that ensued.’ ‘He knows a coordinated feeding frenzy of epic proportions has just begun.’ ‘There was no feeding frenzy, no gnashing of teeth.’. Definition of feeding frenzy in the Definitions.net dictionary. Meaning of feeding frenzy. What does feeding frenzy mean? Information and translations of feeding frenzy in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.

noun

• 1An aggressive and competitive group attack on prey by a number of sharks or piranhas.

  • ‘This seemed to trigger the sharks into a feeding frenzy.’
  • ‘I have seen sharks in a feeding frenzy, turtles fighting and shoals of fish so large that they blocked out the light from the surface, but this spectacle beat them all.’
  • ‘Years later, I found myself swimming backwards through the water while Stuart induced a feeding frenzy of Caribbean reef sharks by free-baiting the water with tuna meat along my path.’
  • ‘He tells us how he literally swam with sharks during a feeding frenzy.’
  • ‘Each herbivore entrapment probably triggered a feeding frenzy that resulted in up to a dozen predators being trapped as well, says Van Valkenburgh.’
  • ‘Showing the press an underwater videotape, Jeng said that in periods of calm water, they observed thousands of crabs swarm out in a feeding frenzy on the sea floor over an area of a few square meters.’
  • ‘But to start cutting would have the same effect as a rupture, it would immediately trigger a feeding frenzy in the other scavengers, and the smells of blood and meat might draw more of them.’
  • ‘In September, the crevices in the wall are crammed with hundreds of mating pairs of velvet swimming crabs, exciting swarms of fish into a feeding frenzy.’

  1. 1.1An episode of frantic competition or rivalry for something.
     • ‘The media feeding frenzy will, indeed, be massive.’
     • ‘Such an arrest would not normally arouse the media feeding frenzy that ensued.’
     • ‘He knows a coordinated feeding frenzy of epic proportions has just begun.’
     • ‘There was no feeding frenzy, no gnashing of teeth.’
     • ‘Recent shark attacks in Florida have sparked the now customary feeding frenzy in the media.’

Feeding Frenzy: Jimmy Buffett Live! is a livealbum by American popular music singer-songwriterJimmy Buffett. It was initially released in October 1990 as MCA 10022. It is the second of Buffett's many live albums.

The album's material was culled from several concerts at Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta, Georgia and Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in August 1990 and was remixed by Elliot Scheiner at The Hit Factory Studios in New York City.

Chart performance[edit]

Feeding frenzy within the ruins. Feeding Frenzy reached #68 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Songs[edit]

The album featured many of Buffett's concert favorites as well as two new songs that have not appeared on any other Buffett album: 'In the City' penned by Coral Reefer Mac McAnally and Lord Burgess' calypso classic 'Jamaica Farewell.' 'A Love Song (From a Different Point of View)' is the title given to 'Why Don't We Get Drunk' and 'Today's Message' is a spoken-word introduction to it. 'Everlasting Moon', a song recorded on the Off To See The Lizard tour for the album that was left off, appears on the box set Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads.

Notably absent from the album, but played live, is 'Son Of A Son Of A Sailor' and 'Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes,' the only two of 'The Big 8', a.k.a. SYKBH, missing.

(Basic set list structure from the tour):

1. 'You'll Never Work in Dis Bidness Again'
2. 'Stars on the Water'**
3. 'Off to See the Lizard'**
4. 'Come Monday'
5. 'Last Mango in Paris'*
6. 'Today's Message'
7. 'Why Don't We Get Drunk (And Screw)'
8. 'Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit'**
9. 'If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me'**
10. 'The City'*
11. 'One Particular Harbour'
12. Acoustic performance, changed from show to show
13. Acoustic performance, changed from show to show
14. 'Everlasting Moon'/'Honey Do'
15. 'Cheeseburger in Paradise'
16. 'A Pirate Looks at Forty'
17. 'Jolly Mon Sing'
18. 'Gypsies in the Palace'
19. 'Fins'
20. 'Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes'**
21. 'Margaritaville'
22. ('Pascagoula Run')**
    Encore:
23. 'Jamaica Farewell'
24. 'Volcano'

(*) = Appears on Feeding Frenzy, but out of order.(**) = Doesn't appear on Feeding Frenzy at all.

Songs 12 and 13 changed from show to show, such as: 'Pencil Thin Mustache', 'Havaña Daydreamin', 'Son of a Son of a Sailor', 'Coast of Marseilles', 'The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful', 'Migration', 'The Captain & the Kid', 'Lone Palm', 'Little Miss Magic', 'Rocky Raccoon', 'Tin Cup Chalice' and 'He Went to Paris'.

'Everlasting Moon' and 'Honey Do' switched back and forth from show to show, while 'Pascagoula Run' would either be played or dropped.

Track listings[edit]

1. 'You'll Never Work in Dis Bidness Again'(Jimmy Buffett, Josh Leo, Matt Betton, Vince Melamed, Michael Utley, Willie Weeks) – 4:50 (Tuesday 8/7/1990 in Cincinnati, OH)
2. 'The City'(Mac McAnally) – 4:40 (Wednesday 8/8/1990 in Cincinnati, OH)
3. 'Last Mango in Paris'(Jimmy Buffett, Marshall Chapman, Will Jennings, Michael Utley) – 3:38 (Friday 8/3/1990 in Atlanta, GA)
4. 'Come Monday'(Jimmy Buffett) – 3:52 (Saturday 8/4/1990 in Atlanta, GA)
5. 'Today's Message'(Jimmy Buffett) – 6:25 (Tuesday 8/7/1990 in Cincinnati, OH)
6. 'A Love Song (From a Different Point of View)'(Jimmy Buffett) – 3:27 (Tuesday 8/7/1990 in Cincinnati, OH)
7. 'One Particular Harbour'(Jimmy Buffett, Bobby Holcomb) – 6:24 (Tuesday 8/7/1990 in Cincinnati, OH)
8. 'Honey Do'(Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley) – 4:53 (Friday 8/3/1990 in Atlanta, GA)
9. 'Cheeseburger in Paradise'(Jimmy Buffett) – 3:10 (Tuesday 8/7/1990 in Cincinnati, OH)
10. 'A Pirate Looks at Forty'(Jimmy Buffett) – 4:25 (Friday 8/3/1990 in Atlanta, GA)
11. 'Jolly Mon Sing'(Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley, Will Jennings) – 4:58 (Tuesday 8/7/1990 in Cincinnati, OH)
12. 'Gypsies in the Palace'(Jimmy Buffett, Glenn Frey, Will Jennings) – 4:15 (Tuesday 8/7/1990 in Cincinnati, OH)
13. 'Fins'(Jimmy Buffett, Barry Chance, Tom Corcoran, Deborah McColl) – 4:35 (Tuesday 8/7/1990 in Cincinnati, OH)
14. 'Margaritaville'(Jimmy Buffett) – 4:15 (Friday 8/3/1990 in Atlanta, GA)
15. 'Jamaica Farewell'(Lord Burgess) – 3:30 (Tuesday 8/7/1990 in Cincinnati, OH)
16. 'Volcano'(Jimmy Buffett, Keith Sykes, Harry Dailey) – 4:10 (Wednesday 8/8/1990 in Cincinnati, OH)

Personnel[edit]

The Coral Reefer Band:

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• Jimmy Buffett – guitar, vocal
• Peter Mayer – guitar, vocals
• Jim Mayer – bass, vocals
• Roger Guth – drums
• Michael Utley – keyboards
• Jay Oliver – keyboards
• Robert Greenidge – steel drums, percussion
• Greg 'Fingers' Taylor – harmonica
• Brie Howard – percussion, vocals
• Savannah Jane Buffett – percussion
• Ralph MacDonald – percussion
• Mary Harris – vocals
• Dena Iverson – vocals
• Katherine Maisnik – vocals
• Mac McAnally – guitars, vocals
• Zachary Richard – acadian accordion

Production[edit]

• Jimmy Buffett, Elliot Scheiner - producers
• Elliot Scheiner - Recording Engineer
• Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC - mastering

Notes[edit]

1. ^https://www.allmusic.com/album/r2938

External links[edit]

• Complete album art and liner notes at BuffettNews.com

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