baltimorelovejoy wrote: 
The harsh lyrics do not go along with the melody.

Another great song, an excellent counter point to "Dance the Night Away" by the Mavericks played earlier in this set.  Why can't I get the best radio station in the known universe on my car stereo?

 nerakdon wrote: 
+2

 crockydile wrote: 
Mediocrity? Judging from most of the comments here, the respect his fellow musicians gave him, and legions of intelligent fans around the world, methinks you and your opinion are a very small minority indeed.

One of the only songs of his that does send me immediately to the MUTE button. Maybe he should have stuck with western ballads.

Zevon is the best example of famous and beloved mediocrity I can think of.

 lwilkinson wrote: 
+1

Love just about everything that Warren ever did.  This always reminds me of Ry Cooder's soundtrack work on the Jack Nicholson movie "The Border".

Makes me homesick for the Rio Grande Valley.

                 

 annersjen wrote: 
True, but the pre-sobriety lifestyle didn't do him any favors.

In any event, a great talent who died too soon.

One of WZ's best for sure.  R.I.P.

 annersjen wrote: 
This is true.  He also didn't see a doctor for 20 years.

Underappreciated, but a great artist notwithstanding. 

 jameyp wrote: 
Out of the whole Zevon catalog, I prefer only two alternate versions of his songs to Zevon's own: Dwight's version of this song from the Flaco Jimenez album "Partners", and Linda Ronstadt's version of "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" from her album "Simple Dreams".

Warren was a true "individual", unapologetic to the end. His "Werewolves of London" album ranks among my all-time Top 10, and always will.

God bless and rest easy.

Like too many others, Zevon is a great talent from my generation, that I never got around to really listening to until their careers had faded or they had passed.  I am fortunate someone was hanging around him with a sound recorder.  I had no idea what I was missing.    

 keller1 wrote: 
Actually it's thought that his lung cancer was caused by asbestos inhalation, not his pre-sobriety life-style. Just fyi

great song, but I actually prefer Dwight Yoakum's version better~

Warren Zevon, the album that this was originally one, has just been remastered and released with bonus songs. Major improvement in the sound and an incredible album in its own right.

 Jamunca wrote: 

I've been meaning to upload Nighttime at the Switching Yard, which is a balls out rocker with a smokin band, and my favorite Zevon tune.

The problem with that whole "Live hard, die young" thing is the dying young part.

A great artist who is sincerely missed.  Hope he is getting some sleep now.

I remember when he first came out.  He was genius.

 Magnus wrote: 

Second the motion - it's a great, though sad, documentary.

Forgive me, but I doubt someone "strung out on heroin" would be able to play an instrument and sing a song this coherently. And if the audience doesn't believe what you're singing, you've lost 'em.

This sound is cheesier than the Wensleydale Creamery, and the lyrics belong in a C&W number. Not one of Warren's best, IMO.

 KevDog wrote:

 

So it's 2008 and Warren's long gone. So are you going to miss him, or do you miss him already?

 Jamunca wrote:

 

Evidently not you. The man was a UNIQUE, MAJOR talent, whose songs have been covered by countless others.
For eample, Linda Ronstadt covered Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me and Carmelita, among others. And Bob Dylan used a line from a Warren Zevon song, Accidentally like a Martyr, to name a recent LP of his: Time Out of Mind. Kindly do your home work before proffering your opinion.

 Honeyman wrote:

 

Agreed...too much association for most ot there with the lone werewolf tune.

Carmelita is fantastic.  Even more poignant was his parting shot "Keep me in your Heart for a while".  That songs slays me everytime...heard him do it live and there wasn't a dry eye in the house.  Great songwriter.

 Jamunca wrote:

 
Lots of us!