Comments on: Bono Recalls the Jamaica Mistaica Incident

By: Ocean Dancer

Ocean Dancer — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:05:18 +0000

YO Gonzo…don’t believe everything you read. I actually met his pilot while diving the Caribbean. He said Buffet wasn’t there, but wrote the song based on what happend. Who knows what the real truth is…but…Wiki is not a great source to cite as “authority” for a perceived truth…

By: Gonzo

Gonzo — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:01:14 +0000

Yo Ocean Dancer~

The below is taken straight from Wikipedia.

Duh~

This was not the first time Buffett had been assumed to be carrying drugs. In January 1996 his Grumman HU-16 airplane nicknamed “Hemisphere Dancer” was shot at by Jamaican police who believed the craft to be smuggling marijuana. The aircraft sustained minimal damage. On board the plane with Buffett were U2′s Bono, and Island Records producer Chris Blackwell, and co-pilot Bill Dindy. The Jamaican government acknowledged the mistake and apologized to Buffett who penned the song “Jamaica Mistaica” for his Banana Wind album based on the experience.

By: Ocean Dancer

Ocean Dancer — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:27:40 +0000

Duh,
Yo GONZO
Jimmy…wasn’t even ON the plane…he wasn’t THERE!

By: Cigar Head "Cig" Milks

Cigar Head "Cig" Milks — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:57:50 +0000

Goonzo, you are spot on! One of my favorite Jimmy adventure songs. Its’ always on the boat when we are getting salt air plastered all over our skin!!

By: Gonzo

Gonzo — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:01:49 +0000

Come on Bono, grow a pair!
Jimmy disembarked, made friends, ate chicken, and than wrote a song about it! Geez!

By: Terrisita

Terrisita — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:59:14 +0000

Yes, considering this was an “international incident”…documented by the “Storyteller”…
Also doesn’t mention that Sting’s wife and kids were aboard .