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Warren Zevon

Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
edited October 2008 in Other Music
Any fans? Been meaning to check him out for years, had only heard Werewolves of London, obviously.

Got his self-titled and Excitable Boy albums yesterday and haven't stopped listening to them. Just brilliant tunes, amazing witty, offbeat, dark lyrics. Great voice.
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    yeah, i have the best of "Genius" and for the most part i like it. here's the songs i LOVE

    Carmelita
    Werewolves
    Poor Poor
    Hasten Down the Wind
    Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
    Excitable Boy
    Lawyers Guns And Money
    Genius
    I Was In The House When The House Burned Down
    Mr. Bad Example
    Reconsider Me
  • pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    Haven't looked into him so much, but I have The Wind (his final album) and it's ok. It's so sad what happened to him.
    "I'm a thief, and I dig it"
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Mushmouthmatt wrote:
    I Was In The House When The House Burned Down

    I freakin' LOVE that song.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    pearlzepfan wrote:
    Haven't looked into him so much, but I have The Wind (his final album) and it's ok. It's so sad what happened to him.
    I got The Wind too and it's really not up to the standards of the two albums I mentioned but that's to be expected I guess. His voice is weak and he gets in a load of famous guests to help him, and some of the material is lovely but I can't help thinking that people appreciate it more for the situation it was recorded in.

    It is indeed sad what happened to him. I watched his final appearance on Letterman on youtube. Dave gave over the entire show to him and looked like he was going to cry most of the time but Zevon was cracking jokes about his cancer etc. It was pretty moving really.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    not a huge fan but i play trivia every week and last week the question was:
    Alphabetically who is the last singer songwriter to have a top 40 hit

    Warren Zevon was the answer with Werewolves of London and i guessed it right.

    So we won and i'll be drinking free beer this week thanks to Warren :D
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
    Ohana Festival 24 x2
  • zircona1zircona1 Posts: 293
    I really like Zevon. He was a terrific songwriter with the kind of dark sense of humor I admire. Excitable Boy (the album) is a classic, it would be a perfect album for me if not for Nighttime in the Switching Yard. I'd recommend that as the album to get by him before getting a greatest hits album (I do own Genius, though).

    The Envoy has some great stuff as well, though there's a few songs I'd scrap. His live album, Stand in the Fire, is excellent.

    Earlier this year I read "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead," which is a biography written by his ex-wife, Crystal. He did some pretty outrageous things, but there are some moving parts of the book. If you're interested in rock and roll memoirs, it's definitely worth a read.
    "As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart."—Jubilee

    "I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions." - George Carlin
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,644
    I saw Warren sometime in the 1980's at a place called Calamity Jane's in Las Vegas. From what I remember :p, it was one of the best shows EVER! They allowed us to run back and forth to the truck to smuggle in beers.

    Calamity Jane was an 80's Vegas legend - she had a band, the Cowpunks, and was heavily involved in the cocaine scene. She spent 2 years in federal prison :eek:. Her venue hosted acts including The Blasters, Nirvanna, The Black Crowes, The Byrds, Concrete Blonde, Sonic Youth, The Beat Farmers, Warron Zevon, The Wailers, Ian Hunter, Iggy Pop, the Smithereens, Buddy Guy, Marshall Tucker Band, Tower of Power and Richard Elliot to name a few.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • CobCob Posts: 858
    imalive wrote:
    I saw Warren sometime in the 1980's at a place called Calamity Jane's in Las Vegas. From what I remember :p, it was one of the best shows EVER! They allowed us to run back and forth to the truck to smuggle in beers.

    Calamity Jane was an 80's Vegas legend - she had a band, the Cowpunks, and was heavily involved in the cocaine scene. She spent 2 years in federal prison :eek:. Her venue hosted acts including The Blasters, Nirvanna, The Black Crowes, The Byrds, Concrete Blonde, Sonic Youth, The Beat Farmers, Warron Zevon, The Wailers, Ian Hunter, Iggy Pop, the Smithereens, Buddy Guy, Marshall Tucker Band, Tower of Power and Richard Elliot to name a few.


    The Beat Farmers, now that was a FUCKING great live band.
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