Warren Zevon would never rip-off another artist. He was an outstanding singer & songwriter. His LP Excitable Boy is a personal favorite of mine till this day. RIP Warren
Yeah. It is depressing when reactors think that classic songs are rip offs of other songs. If people think that Sweet Home Alabama and this song are the same song, they are freakin' deaf. It reminds me of when John Fogerty had to take the stand and explain with a guitar how a song he recently created was different than a song owned by a record company he created decades prior to avoid being sued.
@@johnow7 It's the one drawback to this new wave of reactors. I _love_ the fact that they are discovering Rock, Jazz, and other genres, but I _hate_ the fact that they are so damn ignorant about music beyond Urban Contemporary, Hip-Hop, and basic Pop.
@@damnyancey Although tongue in cheek, this video is a perfect example of re-worked progressions: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5pidokakU4I.html&ab_channel=random804
NO PARODY OR JOKE!!! He was one of the great songwriters of the time and an original all the way. Warren didn't take anything from Sweet Home Alabama. His album Excitable Boy, the album this song you played was on, is one of the great albums. He was the real deal. Listen to Excitable Boy, Lawyers Guns and Money, Tenderness on The Block, Veracruz is Dying. He wasn't a joke at all, rather a monster talent and a bad boy who wrote, composed, and performed. Weird Al, c'mon now!! Your costumes are spectacular!!
If you are having a bad day lawyers guns and money has been my feel better song for decades and decades, nothing puts a smile on my face like that song.
0ne of My 2 Favorite Songwriters. I have EVERY ALBUM that Warren Ever put out, including the 1 "Hindu Love Gods", plus the posthumous stuff, as well!! WARREN ZEVON WAS THE "MAN". This song is the only song that ever got radio plays. His lyrics are Outstanding, and MOST OF HIS SONGS, have pure, raw truthfulness to them. This Man is a Legend to Everyone who have heard his Other TONS OF GREAT SONGS. "EXCITABLE BOY" Will blow Both of your minds., I GUARANTEE!! AH OOOOOOH!!
Sweet Home Alabama is from 1974, Werewolves of London is from 1978. Zevon was a master songwriter, he didn't borrow from Lynyrd Skynyrd. (Zevon also wrote several songs for Linda Ronstadt.) Kid Rock heard the similarities in the two songs and combined them.
There used to be a club called Trader Vic's in Dallas, Tx. years ago and every Halloween it was like a Werewolf Convention. Of course they were all drinking Pina Coladas.
There’s the Kid Rock song “All Summer Long” that mashes these two riffs up, but the piano riff in Werewolves doesn’t have a descending bass, while the guitar riff in Sweet Home does. This chord progression, V IV I, is fairly common in pop and rock - Back in Black, ACDC; Centerfold, J. Giles Band; Don’t You Forget About Me, Simple Minds - and appears in hundreds of songs. My favorite use of this, though, is in the verse of Al Green’s “Take Me to the River.”
Yeah there’s only so many chord progressions out there...kills me how many people think this is a rip off. The only way to change it is to alter one of the chords. Songs like Wish you were here. Instead of a straight A in the progression it could be an A9 or any number of combinations. Million other examples
Warren Zevon was a great songwriter. I loved the advice he gave the world after he found out he was dying of mesothelioma…”Enjoy every sandwich.” So true.
@@catofthecastle1681 My Shit's Fucked Up was on the album Life'll Kill Ya, and was written about a year and a half before he was diagnosed. But it IS the kind of song Warren would have written if he already hadn't.
This song and Sweet Home Alabama were mixed together for the Kid Rock song you recognized - "All Summer Long" . He basically ripped both songs, merged them and gave it new lyrics.
True story. When my kids were teenagers, we took a family trip to Europe. Werewolves of London was a favourite song in my family at the time. My wife and daughter decided to go shopping in Harrods and the two boys and I were at a loose end in Soho. So we followed the instructions in the song, “I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hands, walking through the streets of Soho in the rain, looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook’s.” We saw a sign pointing us to Chinatown, and there it was- Lee Ho Fook’s Chinese Restaurant. There was even a sign in the window, referring to this song. WZ had lived in an apartment nearby when he wrote this song. So we went in and ordered a dish of Beef Chow Mien. Sadly, it is no longer there.
Thanks for sharing. That's a great memory to have. Sad the place is no longer there. Kind of surprising though. One would think this song would assure them a steady stream of customers.
Warren died, far too young, from cancer. If you want to tear up, watch his final public performance on the David Letterman show. At the end, Dave asks him what lesson he like to pass on, and Warren said, "Just enjoy every sandwich. " That pretty much epitomizes his quirky way of being funny and gravely serious at the same time.
Knowing that Warren was dying, David Letterman handed his show over to him so that Warren could perform whatever he wanted, which was Warren's way of saying goodbye to his fans. One of the classiest moves David Letterman ever did.
Werewolves of London is not a parody, but a satire. Warren Zevon once said in an interview that it is about people who look good on the outside, but are evil on the inside. Beautiful song. I love it. In the 90s, a friend of mine was a huge Zevon fan, and exposed me to a lot of his other music. All good stuff.
@@SolarTiger Me neither.. According to Wikipedia he studied classical music under Stravinsky briefly. " By the age of 13, Zevon was an occasional visitor to the home of Igor Stravinsky, where he briefly studied modern classical music alongside Robert Craft."
It's known that Warren's dad was a "Russian gangster". And that's where warren would stop and say, "I am not really comfortable talking about it". It's no wonder he had the best teachers - I'm sure dad could afford it.
@@klevesmith His dad was actually a bookie for L.A. mobster Mickey Cohen, a notorious crime boss who has been portrayed in movies by the likes of Harvey Keitel and Sean Penn. Warren's dad later owned a carpet store in Arizona, in whose attic Warren used to practice piano amid piles of carpet samples. Warren's son speculates that that's where Warren got all of that exposure to asbestos that probably led to his eventually contracting mesothelioma and dying at the young age of 56.
The song mentions Lon Chaney and Lon Chaney Jr. "walking with the queen." Lon Chaney was a silent film actor who (among others) portrayed two creepy characters: Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Phantom of the Opera. One of Lon Chaney Jr.'s iconic roles was as the Wolf Man.
And they did their own scary makeup and costumes! They taught the Hollywood makeup artists of the day all the different groundbreaking effects the invented!
Yes, I was gonna say that Lon Chaney Jr. was the one who played the Wolfman in the old black&white horror movies,I still love those old movies,that's back when to me ,anyway,was the scariest thing I ever saw as a kid, back then the old movies left a lot to your imagination, at the ending of the movie. Unlike today's so called horror movies that's nothing but a bunch of ignorant asses on screen,teaching ppl different ways to hurt or torment and torture others,as if there isn't enough meanness and cruelty going on here in the real world today! I love the oldies!
@@sueingram8476 You should watch my info commentaries/parodies, Sue, you may like them. I have *Dracula* and *Frankenstein* (1931) up. But have to wait on the *Mummy* and *The Invisible Man,* I'm afraid, because I am disputing copyright claims on the 1st two, just in case I lose, but I _shouldn't,_ as they are parodies and informative and I'm in the videos via window making comments, which are covered under fair use..
@@watchmanschannelofdespair That would be awesome!I have some b/w Dracula and a cpl of Vincent Price b/w movies and Boris Karloff in one of the movies, Jack Nicholson is in,he looks no older than 17or18 yrs old at the oldest anyway. Bela Lugosi as Dracula movies. I love those old movies! I don't have any movies w/the mummy! Those are good ones too!
@@sueingram8476 Oh, yeah, I remember that movie with Jack and Karloff, it was a Roger Corman film (whose title escapes me At the moment, but nothing a quick search wouldn't answer). Edit: I just looked it up, the name of that film is *The Terror* (1963), It's been ages since I've watched it.
Warren zevon is one of the most underrated musicians of all time. His lyrics are really like novels. PLEASE make sure you check out desperados under the eaves. It's one of the best songs ever written. Werewolves is supposedly about the bad behaviour of various friends of warren's. Apparently each werewolf refers to an actual person. So the story goes.
Back when it first came out and a number of us bought the album, the rumor was that the Werewolves of London were British Stockbrokers, which made sense, and the story stayed around a while. Later, it was found to perhaps, not be true.
Warren was one of the truly great musicians of his time. It was not a parody. It was not taken from Skynnyrd. Some rapper or like Kid Rock or somebody took from both songs and mashed em together. They are similar baselines, but not the same tune. Warren was very respected as a musician by people who really knew music. He sadly passed too young. He had (I think) lung cancer. After trying what they could, he knew his time was limited. He still managed to record another album and do some shows. He made a final appearance on the Letterman show (a show he had done many times) and they talked about his cancer and his trying to get his life in order for his wife and kids. He did a few of his hits including Letterman's request for one of his faves. That appearance on Letterman is on RU-vid. Also the movie The Color of Money with Paul Newman and Tom Cruise used this song. One of my personal faves and the song I was first introduced to of Warrens music was Roland the Thompson Gunner. It was a commentary on war and the kind of covert activity carried out by governments. Some of his songs were thought to be just evocative but were really and smartly written to make people think.
Warren once said that the Letterman show was his musics greatest fan his final appearence he was lettermans only guest that night i think he played 4or5 songs that night.
Roland was portrayed as a Norwegian mercenary fighting in the Biafran War in West-Central Africa. And later the CIA kills him, and then he haunts the agent who killed him. Good stuff. Not your average pop song 😎
The Vh-1 documentary of the making of Warren's last album 'The Wind' is also on youtube. In an interview that I haven't been able to find again, Warren talked about Dr. Stan taking him to get checked out and getting all the news at once. He said basically it was like, "The bad news is you have inoperable, terminal cancer. The good news is you won't have it for long." I miss that dark sense of humor.
Amber the song you were singing was actually Kid Rock’s “All Summer Long” which mashes both “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Warewolves of London”….both songs share the same cord progression but are two different songs.
pattyestrada6 great way to explain it. Rock definitely poached a little of both songs in it. But for Jay & Amber to only associate Wearwolves to Sweet Home… well not really!
I remember his final guest appearances on Letterman. I teared up watching Dave & Warren. He devoted the entire show to just Warren-performing & talking.
Every time Warren and Dave did a show together it was like magic and the last 3 times Warren was on Letterman it a so sad knowing his time on Earth was nearing a end
Warren gave David Letterman Credit for Jump Starting Warren's Career. Letterman LOVED Warren's music, as I do as well. Listen to "EXCITABLE BOY" as Both of your minds will explode!!
Warren had occasionally filled in for Paul Schaefer leading the band on the Late Show. One of those appearances, Dave noticed Warren's deadpan demeanor and asked him if he was having fun. Warren answered, "Dave, I'm the deputy of fun!" and opened his jacket to reveal a deputy's badge pinned inside the lapel.
May I share with you a story? My best friend in college had a lot of health problems and she used to get I quite a funk sometimes. I would try to make her laugh. And one of the ways I could always cheer her up was mashing things that were just crazy. Like one time I did a commentary of Winnie the Pooh as Robin Leach as if he was featuring them on lifestyles of the rich and famous or some red carpet event? So I'd put on that dumpy British accent and talk about Pooh bears diamond encrusted honey pot or how Eeyores tail was tacked on with a solid gold nail. Christopher Robin had on Louis Vuitton short pants and piglet had a chanel scarf. The other thing I did was sing her werewolves of London in the voice of Elmer fudd. when I got to the part...Widdoe ode wady got mutiwated wate wast night. Woop! I'd wike to meet his taiwor. She would be on the floor.
I was in the army in 1986 at a school in Virginia. One of my classmates would narrate our horrible one week bivouac in the voice of Robin Leach, lifestyles of the poor and miserable. He never failed to have us all in stitches as we sat on the ground eating our MREs, in July, somewhere in a Virginia forest in the sweltering heat and humidity. "Travel with us by luxurious deuce and a half to the tactical mess tent at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia where we will dine on MREs, cold coffee, and stale bread. Mingle with our infamous staff officers while they deride you and tell you to shut your pie hole! Then, to top it off...."@@lethiapage4767
Kid Rock sampled this song in 2008 (and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama", which has a similar riff) on "All Summer Long" and credits Zevon as a songwriter As mentioned before Mick fleetwood on drums John mcvie on bass
Yes, it is, and so sad we lost Warren Z! 😥 I first was introduced to this song in the movie, "The Color Of Money" with Tom Cruise and Paul Newman! I've been hooked ever since! Iconic song and singer!!!🥰🙏🏽
My boys loved to sing this at the top of their lungs and just HOWL so, now it always makes me smile when the song comes on and my kids and grandkids howl their way through the song. Three generations howling away to this song - life is good!
Warren Zevon was a genius. This song was definitely one of his, not a parody. This song was probably one of his most commercially successful songs, but his entire catalog of songs is definitely worth listening to and reacting to get a real feel for his artistry.
Warren put on one of the best concerts I've ever seen at a little bar in the mountains outside Denver in the 90s. In 2003, Zevon died of mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer, at age 56. RIP, Warren!
Saw him at a little place called Rockafella's near the University of South Carolina campus. Got my copy of Excitable Boy signed. It's on my wall now in a frame. As Sheldon Cooper would say, "I possess the DNA of Warren Zevon."
There's another rabbit hole to jump down. Steve Martin is a fine musician in his own right - often appearing with the Steep Canyon Rangers and/or Eddie Brickell. Eddie Brickell is, of course, married to Paul Simon, and would be a Female Friday candidate - would suggest "What I am" (Eddie Brickell and the New Bohemians).
Interesting that you listened to Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" and Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" on the same day. The drums and bass on "Werewolves" are MIck Fleetwood and John McVie (Fleetwood Mac). Lots of creative sharing going on during that time.
Song began as a joke by Phil Everly (of the Everly Brothers) to Zevon in 1975, over two years before L.A. recording sessions for ["Werewolves"]. Everly had watched a television broadcast of the 1935 film Werewolf of London and "suggested to Zevon that he adapt the title for a song and dance hit or a disco hit." Zevon played with the idea with his band-member bassist and guitarist, who (all three) wrote (the lyrics and melody to) the song together in about 15 minutes. These were transcribed by Zevon's wife Crystal, however, none of them took the song seriously. "Lee Ho Fook" was a Chinese restaurant on 15 Gerrard Street in London's Chinatown, in the West End of London. Lon Chaney and his son Lon Jr. were (both) Hollywood horror (including "werewolf") film stars (in real life, the Queen Would NOT Have Been Amused). "BBC Radio 2" listeners rated this song as having the best opening line: "I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand". After Zevon's death in 2003, friend Jackson Browne had noted that he interpreted the song as describing an upper-class English womanizer: "It's about a really well-dressed, ladies' man -- a "werewolf", preying on little old ladies [as in a Mel Brooks comedy film "The Producers"] . In a way it's the Victorian nightmare, the gigolo thing."
This music wasn't in Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama". Kid Rock sampled it in one of his songs which has a lyrical reference to "Sweet Home Alabama". I think; it's called "All Summer Long". That's likely the song, that you're thinking of.
it's totally the same D, C, G over and over just like Sweet Home Alabama. Zevon varies things a little bit but....But hey, that's OK. It's a great song.
Listen to "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner "...great story songs. For a completely different vibe: "Accidentally Like a Martyr". Zevon was a genius. Enjoy every sandwich.
I know.. right? I think my favorite is at the end and I am going to admit that I only heard it a few months ago, after having listened to this song at LEAST 100 times over the past 44 years which is .. Draw Blood. Have a good one!
Sweet Home Alabama was released in '74, Werewolves of London was released in '78. Then Kid Rock came along in 2008 and mashed both the songs together and called it All Summer Long. 3 Great songs!
Warren Zevon was one of the most incredible and underrated songwriters of his era. "Werewolves" is fun, but he also wrote some of the most moving and beautiful things I've ever heard. He was one of those songwriters that the more commercially successful musicians looked up to. Zevon's music means so much to me and my dad that I actually named my son Warren.
The last name is pronounced ZEE-von. Although "Werewolves" was his biggest charted tune, I think he later got a bit tired of people associating him with that song alone. Because he had such a large and amazing catalog of tunes, and his fans included Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, and Neil Young. Warren's music usually had a very dry and often dark sense of humor, but he was also known for some truly brutally honest and heartbreaking tunes. He also wrote several songs which were covered by Linda Ronstadt: "Hasten Down The Wind", "Mohammed's Radio", and one which was a huge hit for her, "Poor Poor Pitiful Me". In 2002, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and wrote an incredibly poignant and highly critically acclaimed collection of songs which became his final album. Thus he was able to say goodbye through his music. Very sad, but at least we got to enjoy his genius for a little while.
All of Excitable Boy is phenomenal. The title track is deceptively alarming; "Lawyers, Guns and Money" is a lifelong favorite. On the flip side, "Keep Me in Your Heart" is an instant tearjerker, being the closer on his 'so I'm imminently dying' album.
I love the song Excitable Boy. When you're singing about rape and murder, it helps a lot to have Linda Ronstadt in the background singing, "Ohhh, Wah OOOOh OOh."
Let’s play nice folks. It’s lovely that these young folks are learning the roots of dear old classics. It’s fun watching them figure things out. That only comes with exposure to them. ❤️
S'alright, Warren Zevon draws from the same musical river as all good rock & blues & R&B & country musicians do. It all comes the Mississippi delta, y'know. The piano might have come straight from New Orleans.
Warren is a great songwriter, and I encourage you to check out songs like “Excitable Boy”, “Lawyers, Guns, and Money”, and “Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner.” All weird song titles, all pretty weird songs, and all pretty much genius in my opinion. “Keep Me In Your Heart” is another touch of genius, though it’s a heartbreaking listen knowing he wrote it post-cancer diagnosis. Written for his wife, he had to have a makeshift recoding studio set up in his home just so he could finish it. As for “Werewolves Of London”, it was just a silly song with no deeper meaning. Some of his other unique songs definitely have a deeper meaning, but he mentioned numerous times this was more a novelty song than anything else. I think it even started based off a joke from a fellow musician. I’m pretty sure he even lamented at one point that his most famous song (this one) was such a lightweight (lyrically speaking). I’m also pretty confident this song has Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood (drums) and John McVie (bass) on it , but I could be thinking of something else. Speaking of other musicians, Warren Zevon was a beloved individual among his peers. What he lacked in fame among music fans, he more than made up for in genuine friendships in the music business. A true musician’s musician, the list of Zevon’s legit friends in the business is downright absurd.
This guy knows! All those songs are super stupendous. I especially like Excitable Boy and LGaM, though. He also wrote a song Linda Ronstadt made famous, Poor,Poor, Pitiful Me. And there are many more.
I love the entire Excitable Boy album, but adore his song Carmelita. It's an ultimately sad song, but stunningly beautiful. Linda Ronstadt does a sensational version of it, and I just found a great live rendition of it by Dwight Yoakam on youtube. Magnificent stuff!
"Keep Me in Your Heart" is just beautiful. I surprised my dad, a huge Zevon fan, by choosing that song as our dance together at my wedding. It's one of three times in my life I saw him cry.
Warren Zevon was an amazing twisted poet who wrote very avantgarde lyrics about the oddest of subjects. "Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner", "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead", "Lawyers, Guns And Money" and "Gorilla, You're A Desperado". Alternately, he wrote absolutely heartbreakingly beautiful songs like "Tenderness On The Block", "Mohammed's Radio", "Desperados Under The Eaves" and "Searching For A Heart". He was a contemporary of Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles (Don Henley), Jackson Browne and the whole L.A. seventies scene.
I like the detail viz: "He's the hairy handed gent who ran amok in Kent". That's OK, when he moves to London he'll probably move to somewhere south of the river, like working class Clapham. However, "Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair". WAIT ....... that's in posh, affluent NORTH London. 😱😱😱 OMG, HE'S CROSSED THE RIVER 😱😱😱. And when Warren confirms that he'd "like to meet his tailor" it confirms WE'RE ALL DOOMED. "Little old lady got mutilated late last night" - great alliteration.
i still say you need to listen to 'Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In' by The 5th Dimension , Hair by the Cowsils, and Truckin' by the Grateful Dead
Keep Me In Tour heart for a While, which Warren Zevon recorded after he learned he had terminal cancer, is one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking songs ever recorded. My own heart breaks a little every time I hear it.
I remember the evening I saw Warren appear on the David Letterman show and calmly announced to his friend David that he was dying. RIP you excitable boy. 🥲❤🔥
It's ZEE-von. And 1977 is well past the "hippie" days, but whatever. Warren was known for his acerbic dark humor. So we get this song about how the world is full of empty vanity, and people who might be literal monsters are being admired for their style. And other songs like "Excitable Boy", where a rather disturbed and dangerous teen is excused as merely being an "excitable boy". Must-listens include "Lawyers, Guns and Money", "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" and "Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me". Like David Bowie, Zevon made his final album when he knew he was dying. (Only 53, from cancer. Don't smoke, kids. Seriously…DON'T SMOKE.) Some of those songs are positively heartbreaking, especially "Keep Me in Your Heart". It's sometimes forgotten how much David Letterman loves music, and how much musical acts were a part of his show, for 30 years. Warren was Dave's favorite performer, EASILY. When it turned out that Warren was dying, he went on Dave's show one final time, and Dave gave him the entire hour, no other guests, nothing. A beautiful farewell to a great talent.
ThIs was and is a classic. Werewolves of London is played year round and is still super popular Zevon himself was a classic. He was revered by both musicians and regular people alike. A towering figure in the music world.
I'm 72 years old and seeing you two dress the way I did and get into our music ... I could just hug you . Makes me feel like 18 all over again! Thanks !
He mentions Lon Chaney out walking with the Queen. Lon was an actor in 1920s & 30s horror films. He played the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera. He also played a doctor in an asylum in The Monster. His son, Lon Chaney Jr, was also an actor who appeared in movies from the 1940s up until 1971. He played the Wolf Man in the movie of the same name. He also played the Wolf Man in two other movies. Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man and Albert and Costello Meet Frankenstein.
@@richardb6260 lol.. Just what I said.. but you said it first.. I hadn't even clicked to read the replies.. I guess I owe you a coca-cola (Coke).. at least that is what we say down here in the south.
My husband can't stand this song, but I love it. Sometimes he will be streaming and I'll sneak this into his queue just to play with him. :) Personally, I think it's great!
@@neptune9 Out of curiosity, is there a reason you don't like it? I find it super catchy. I've been singing "AWOOOO WEREWOLVES OF LONDON" randomly all night. lol
@@terrylewis_ I like the song, but I think a lot of Warren Zevon fans find it a bit kitschy (but you're right, catchy!). He did so much other (better, imo) work, like my favorite Desperados Under the Eaves, and yet I think there's a feeling in the mainstream like he's a one hit wonder, with this song getting overplayed.
@@Hexon66 If I am honest, as much as I like this song I didn't listen to another song by him until tonight. I always assumed he was a one hit wonder, yes.
@@terrylewis_ I hope you've found a lot more Zevon since. Accidentally Like A Martyr, Searching For a Heart, Mr. Bad Example, and I was in the House when the House Burned Down are a few of my favorites, but this is only scratching the surface. I'd like Keep Me in Your Heart played at my funeral, but again, that's only scratching the surface.
I have loved Warren Zevon since this album “Excitable Boy”. It was a highlight of my high school years. It was also co written by Waddy Wachtel, who is the guitar player from Stevie Nick’s “Edge of Seventeen”. I played piano, so I was drawn to piano players. I love Warren’s “Excitable Boy”. 💜💜💜
"Werewolves of London" is a rock song performed by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. It was composed by Zevon, LeRoy Marinell and Waddy Wachtel and was included on Excitable Boy (1978), Zevon's third solo album. The track featured Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on drums and bass respectively. The single was released by Asylum Records and was a top 40 US hit, the only one of Zevon's career, reaching No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 that May.
Definitely get into Weird Al. There’s so many good parodies to do. You’ll have to react to the original songs though too so you’ll know what he’s doing a parody of.
This is not a song to play around the babies, but Warren did a song called "My Sh***s F***ed Up" after finding out he had cancer and a short time to live. It's a Rocker.
My son actually wanted that to be the mother/son dance when he got married and they would have done it but vetoed it. They sang it during karaoke after all the kids left the reception. Best wedding reception ever!
Warren had one of the most heartbreaking songs I've heard. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2002 and died in 2003. During that time he recorded a final album that included "Keep Me In Your Heart" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1KjRLq4uF4A.html When you consider that this song is when he knew he was dying, I breakdown thinking about it every time. Trivia: This song was also used at the very end of the series House M.D.
David Letterman was a really big deal in late night chat shows. When Dave went in for heart surgery, Warren stepped in to lead Letterman's show band for the time Dave was out. Later, when Dave learned the news about Warren's health, Dave cleared the bookings for an entire episode & handed it to Warren to to with as he wished. They talked about Warren, his life, his illness, his music. Warren performed. Dave never gave a show over to a single guest before or since.
Rest in peace, Warren you left us too soon. This song is off an album called "Excitable Boy". Back then, when albums were $6.99 ($8.99 if they had a gatefold sleeve) you wanted to give people their money's worth and Warren delivered with that one! Too bad he didn't live long enough to give us more.
Throughout my life I have enjoyed Warren’s many fine albums/songs, especially his sharp wit and clever phrasing. Since my own diagnosis (myeloma) at age 58. I have a special appreciation for his saying “enjoy every sandwich” and his song “Keep Me In Your Heart.” Both have been conversational door-openers for me with regard to attitude, feelings, and decisions that have needed to be made. I’m looking at age 62 before year end. I’ve had to fight hard for it but I am so fortunate to have had the time to do and say what is important to me to/with the people who are important to me. Every day, countless people leave home in the morning with no idea they will not be home for dinner, or ever again. That would have been so much sadder and difficult for family and friends.
Warren is a great song writer and musician. His song “Keep me in your heart for a while”. Written while he was fighting cancer is amazing. Please do more Zevon.
I remember Lee Ho Fooks restaurant in London's Soho, ate there many times in the early 80's. Looking back, I wish now just once, I'd ordered some Beef Chow Mein!
I was in London about a decade ago and went looking for Lee Ho Fooks and was sad to discover it had closed just the year prior. The good news is I was staying at the Hilton on Park Lane so was still able to be sure and have a pina colada at Trader Vic's. For the record, my hair was indeed, perfect.
This song was not sampled from Lynard Skynard's "Sweet Home Alabama " . It was considered a novelty song and has a similar beat to "Sweet Home Alabama " but they are melodically different.
Sadly Warren Zevon died of cancer, he did play on his own tribute album and did a cover of knockin on heavens door. There wasn’t a dry eye in the studio at the end.
It's disappointing the song wasn't appreciated in its own right. Warren Zevon is beyond parody and is simply one of the greatest story tellers in music.
There is a scene in the movie "The Color of Money" where Tom Cruise and Paul Newman are playing pool while this song plays. Cruise smooths over his hair as he lip synchs the lyric, "His hair was perfect." So cool!
The studio recording featured Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on drums and bass. Lawyers, Guns , and Money is another song of his to try.
Warren Zevon was great and a total original. It’s natural to start with this Zevon song because it got the most airplay, but it is far from his best. I recommend “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” or “Carmelita”. There are other great suggestions in the other comments. He was good enough that Linda Ronstadt and Stevie Nicks sang backup on some of his recordings. Ronstadt actually covered some of his songs.
I love this song. Every time it comes on I HAVE to crank up the radio. Such a fun song. Always put me in a good mood. I have to give you both this old ladies approval of your costumes. You nailed it. So many young kids just have no idea how to do a Hippie Look! You two looking like that playing this song does a boomer good. Please react to Lawyers, Guns, and Money by Warren.
They may be good hippy costumes, but they're terrible Halloween costumes. Halloween is supposed to be scary costumes. Hippies aren't scary, unless you are an old conservative white man.
This has one of the best lines ever written : "Little old lady got mutilated late last night" The perfect alliteration that even if you just say or read it, it sings. It just sings.
It isn't a parody, it's just a song on an odd topic. You made me so happy to see you covered this. I have grown up with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Warren Zevon and I never made the connection. I love Warren Zevon and hope you dig into more of his music. He is a deep hole.Excitable Boy and Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner, Lawyers, Guns And Money and My Shits Fucked Up are other weird songs like this, but Warren also wrote plenty of beautiful songs: Desperado Under The Eaves, Accidentally Like A Martyr and many more lovely songs. I bought his first album when it came out, and every album he put out after that. I met him in a West L.A. DVD store. I just looked over into the next aisle and there was Warren Zevon. I went around and told him how important his music was to me and thanked him. He was very kind and even introduced himself to me. He pronounce his last name Zeh-von. About a month later he went on the David Letterman show to announce that he had been diagnosed with cancer and he was dead in about a year. He was loved and respected by many other musicians.
Kid Rock's song "All Summer Long" sampled this, decades later. Zevon has some incredibly deep stuff (see "Keep me in your heart a while") and incredibly fun and clever (Mister Bad Example, Lawyers, Guns and Money, etc.). Also check out his interviews on David Letterman, and especially his last one when he knew he was dying.
While wildly different in style, another musician you might consider checking out is Tom Waits. Another excellent songwriter, his voice is definitely an acquired taste. But if you find you enjoy it, you’ve suddenly unlocked another music treasure trove of hundreds of tunes to enjoy. While different in style, both musicians are very much respected by their fellow musicians, boast a unique writing style, and has a catalog of music that explores different styles and even genres of music. Some Waits tunes worth starting on are: “Whistlin’ Past The Graveyard”, “Cold, Cold Ground”, “Way Down In The Hole”, “The Piano Has Been Drinking”, “Jersey Girl”, “Heartattack And Vine”, “16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six”, “Little Drop Of Poison”, “Hell Broke Luce”, “Downtown Train”, “Wrong Side Of The Road”, “On The Nickel”, “Diamonds On My Windshield”, “Singapore”, or “Hold On”.
I hope you keep going with Zevon; he was a very good songwriter, and often funny. I'd check out "Lawyers, Guns and Money" next from him. You're hitting some great stuff tonight: first Fleetwood Mac, then ELO and The Beach Boys, and now Warren Zevon. All 4 artists are excellent.
