I miss Warren Zevon.

Country at its best...ahh

this is a lovely song.  sounds a hell of a lot like "Desolation Row" though.

 hencini wrote: 
Thank you, hencini - I believe I shall check out the live and demo versions - more to love!  I remember Warren saying that he regretted writing "Werewolves..." because whenever he tried to play something current and viable (to him), the audiences would yell for "Werewolves," and he didn't want to be recognized just for that one song.  I think he worried needlessly, but now I can't tell him that...

 baltimorelovejoy wrote: 
The song is Warren's portrayal of a character. The character might not be able to sing or speak coherently, but Warren could—and he had to, or there's no song for the rest of us to listen to. It's called "artistic license."

RIP, miss you.

this song just tears me apart.  9 -> 10

 Businessgypsy wrote: 
If the user has been using regularly a long time, most people can't even tell. They are lucid, hold down good jobs, but always at risk of an unintentional overdose.

Yes!!  Love the transition from Road to Ensenada and Carmelita!! 

WZ is a genius.

Edit: Wow.  Looks like I'm the last two people to comment on this song... : )

Edit 2: Aaaaand three of the last four... Someone needs a new hobby...

 Cynaera wrote: 

Ah, don't be so hard on "Werewolves".  Some people think it's a novelty song— far from it.  No novelty song has teeth like that (pardon the pun).  Go check out some of the live and demo versions he's done ("I saw a werewolf trying to buy a used car in Del Mar / It was a bloody red Coupe de Ville").  They'll give you a whole new appreciation for the song.  The version with just him and the piano on Learning to Flinch— playing "Werewolves of London" in *London*— is so brilliant.  Warren is the evil Billy Joel.  : )

From the AMG site:

He learned to play piano, focusing primarily on classical material before a disintegrating home life led him into pop music

ha.

Godlike does not even do this jusice.  Such a beautiful song.  Such a lyricist.  In the same vein as "Desperados Under the Eaves". 

Ah, Warren...sure do miss you.  Thanks for leaving us these gems.

A wonderful song, and nice Ensenada twin-spin Good soundtrack music.

Remember to enjoy every sandwich.

 Cynaera wrote: 
Hey now, Werewolves is a great song, even tho it's been overexposed.  It's a pity that commercial radio only ever played that song when playing Zevon.

Curse him for becoming so awesome and then dying. I don't mean that.

Curse all of us for not embracing him more closely before he went away.

Warren Zevon will forever be a 10 for me. I'll exclude "Werewolves of London."  RIP, Mr. Zevon - thank you for the legacy of music, and for Jordan, who seems to have inherited your wicked sense of the macabre, and your comedic timing.  I miss you, my friend.

If only Warren had access to your expertise at song-craft before he stumbled into such ill advised waters.


 thatch wrote: 

I like Dwight Yoakum's version...

I remember Pioneer Chicken.

 tipper wrote: 
Now now Mrs. Gore.  Just because Al and you ain't together anymore, no need to get grumpy.

 Businessgypsy wrote: 
Amen.

What a ghastly racket.

 PopKombo wrote: 
smartphone?
download the app....plug into your radio.
bada boom bada bing

 thatch wrote: 
Delicious incongruity.

 baltimorelovejoy wrote: 
Never heard of Kurt Cobain, Steve Earle, or Joe Ely, have you?

 Decoy wrote: 
I get your gist. Just wanted to add that "relevant" doesn't always mean "current" (and vice versa). Some artists don't become generally relevant until after they're dead!

why do I discover musicians and songs so long after they are relevant, or dead?