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Warren Zevon — Poor Poor Pitiful Me
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 17:16
 
 Cynaera wrote:

He wrote the line "He rubbed a pot roast all over his chest" as a tribute to his mother. He was there for dinner, and the pot roast his mom made was so good that he actually DID rub it all over his chest. Excitable? Probably. And damn. Death is the enemy. Let's stop fighting against other countries or against one another, and fight death instead. It's winning far too many battles, and I'm not good with that. 

I miss you, Warren. Thank goodness you have Jordan, who has apparently inherited your wicked humor.  (To those who don't know to what I'm referring, Google Jordan Zevon and buy whatever music of his that you can get.)

 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...
 

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Dec 08, 2012 - 08:16
 
Warren was so politically correct, not....This was a great album. Guitar playing is strong and songwriting is varied and thoughtfully and even funny. Yahoo 

Gingersocks
Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 13:52
 
GOD like

Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 06:29
 
 Jodo901 wrote:
 It's the kind of 70's song that makes me glad I was a teenager in the 80's. There is plenty of great music from the 70's, but this ain't it.
 
I love this comment!  I agree 100%, not much of a Warren Zevon fan generally.  I suppose I can see the appeal, but it just doesn't jive with my earholes.

 

Kaisersosay
(Mighty Mighty Bostown)
Posted: May 01, 2012 - 12:55
 
Saw Warren about 15 years ago at the Hampton Beach Casino up in NH. 
As short but great little show. Very fun and true to his music. 

Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco)
Posted: May 01, 2012 - 12:49
 
 kurtster wrote:
Its a shame it only became cool to know who and what he was after he died.


 


Not for me and my gang. Many years of appreciation.

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: May 01, 2012 - 12:48
 
 Phlegmaticman wrote:

And Linda censored the lyrics a bit.
 
Linda sang this a lot after she and Jerry Moonbeam Brown were quits and she blew up like the Hindenberg.
 

Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco)
Posted: May 01, 2012 - 12:46
 
RIP Warren, and thanks Warren and RP.

Kaisersosay
(Mighty Mighty Bostown)
Posted: May 01, 2012 - 12:45
 
Long Live Warren  

V12Silly
(It's not about the bike, it's about the basket that carries the beer.)
Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 19:39
 
She was a credit to her gender!

Jodo901
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 03:36
 
Sorry, I have to agree with Raechel and dogpound on this one. It's the kind of 70's song that makes me glad I was a teenager in the 80's. There is plenty of great music from the 70's, but this ain't it.



djengs
Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 11:13
 
 kurtster wrote:
Its a shame it only became cool to know who and what he was after he died.
 

Perhaps in your neck of the woods, or perhaps your time. Well known and much played as I remember.

Phlegmaticman
(270 miles south of Paradise, CA)
Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 11:09
 
 hencini wrote:

Looooooooooooooooooooooolz...  

And I'm not sure to which Emmylou you're referring (I presume Harris), but is it possible you're thinking of Linda Ronstadt (who, for the record, recorded the song *after* Zevon— who wrote it— put it on his major-label debut album)?   
 
And Linda censored the lyrics a bit.

kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 17:08
 
Its a shame it only became cool to know who and what he was after he died.



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 22, 2011 - 17:08
 


This song is soooo good for the ears...

 

hencini
Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 08:09
 
 gatorade wrote:
Emmylou does a way better version. This is a poor poor pitiful cover.
 
Looooooooooooooooooooooolz...  

And I'm not sure to which Emmylou you're referring (I presume Harris), but is it possible you're thinking of Linda Ronstadt (who, for the record, recorded the song *after* Zevon— who wrote it— put it on his major-label debut album)?   

Foot
(NorCal / Wine)
Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 07:56
 
9+  RIP Warren...

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 23:33
 
 gatorade wrote:
Emmylou does a way better version. This is a poor poor pitiful cover.
 
"Cover"?? {#Rolleyes}

gatorade
(Peninsuland)
Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 23:12
 
Emmylou does a way better version. This is a poor poor pitiful cover.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 19, 2011 - 16:55
 
 ThePoose wrote:

It is a big deal when an influential songwriter and/or musican passes. Sometimes they are famous; sometimes they are relatively obscure—among the general public. Among smart musicians, however, these influential ones are always well-known and usually well-connected. Warren was one of these. His stuff was covered by all kinds of talented singers + players—The Bob included. Warren had a deliciously dark sense of humor and pathos and gore. He truly was an Excitable Boy.

 
He wrote the line "He rubbed a pot roast all over his chest" as a tribute to his mother. He was there for dinner, and the pot roast his mom made was so good that he actually DID rub it all over his chest. Excitable? Probably. And damn. Death is the enemy. Let's stop fighting against other countries or against one another, and fight death instead. It's winning far too many battles, and I'm not good with that. 

I miss you, Warren. Thank goodness you have Jordan, who has apparently inherited your wicked humor.  (To those who don't know to what I'm referring, Google Jordan Zevon and buy whatever music of his that you can get.)


hencini
Posted: May 19, 2011 - 16:10
 
In his own words— genius.  Zevon never gets old. 

Raechel
Posted: May 19, 2011 - 16:09
 
yuck

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 15:38
 
I have no words... Warren Zevon was as good as it gets, and this song was just such a riot - I miss him terribly. I'm just grateful that I was smart enough to embrace genius. I don't have all his music, but I have enough to make me pretty damned happy.  And yeah - "She took me back to the Hyatt House............I don't wanna talk about it....   HOYT!"  (Jackson Browne once commented in Rolling Stone about how when he first saw Zevon perform, he did this incredible sound that startled the audience like a shout - I wish I could find that article, because it was probably the beginning of my education in Zevonism.)

ANY Zevon is good Zevon.

Daveyj64
(Staring into the Abyss)
Posted: Jun 05, 2010 - 13:54
 
 ThePoose wrote:

It is a big deal when an influential songwriter and/or musican passes. Sometimes they are famous; sometimes they are relatively obscure—among the general public. Among smart musicians, however, these influential ones are always well-known and usually well-connected. Warren was one of these. His stuff was covered by all kinds of talented singers + players—The Bob included. Warren had a deliciously dark sense of humor and pathos and gore. He truly was an Excitable Boy.

 
And on that note, one of my favorite and probably most obscure songs by him, was Basket Case, pinned by Carl Hiassen for a book by the same name :) But yep, Warren put it to music and its absolutely hilarious, in that dark sort of way to which they both subscribe(d). 


HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Mar 02, 2010 - 13:22
 
Nice ,,,{#Guitarist}

elliotgoettelman
(sturgeon bay, wi)
Posted: Aug 25, 2009 - 19:00
 
no shit........................why does the music industry get the right to ruin art?  Because of our tasteless society i guess.........glad I'm not one.
kyleminor wrote:
God this song is great... Warren, buddy, we sure do miss you. I'm just glad you're not around to hear what Kid Rock has done to your great piano riff from Werewolves of London.
 



BigTimber
(SW Oregon)
Posted: Jun 23, 2009 - 11:01
 
yep, pitiful is certainly a fitting description of this

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Jun 23, 2009 - 10:54
 
Love the live version on his album "Stand In The Fire", it morphs into "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead".

ThePoose
Posted: Mar 20, 2009 - 12:37
 
 ch83575 wrote:
I didn't know much about Zevon when he died, but the DJ on the local classic rock station made a pretty big deal out of it.  All I could think at the time was "what is the big deal... his only hits were Lawyers Guns and Money and Warewolves of London right?".  I know better now.  I own a good number of his albums now and I just cant watch the video for Keep me in your Heart for Awhile without sheading a tear.  RIP Warren, you are missed.
 
It is a big deal when an influential songwriter and/or musican passes. Sometimes they are famous; sometimes they are relatively obscure—among the general public. Among smart musicians, however, these influential ones are always well-known and usually well-connected. Warren was one of these. His stuff was covered by all kinds of talented singers + players—The Bob included. Warren had a deliciously dark sense of humor and pathos and gore. He truly was an Excitable Boy.


mybaldbird
Posted: Mar 20, 2009 - 12:35
 
Huzzah!

dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Mar 20, 2009 - 12:35
 
{#Puke}

steeler
(Staring, blankly, into the abyss)
Posted: Jan 16, 2009 - 06:36
 

Now, this (original)  puts an entirely different spin on the song than the Linda Ronstadt version that became a hit.  Classic Warren.  

She took me back to the Hyatt House . . . I don't want to talk about it.



ch83575
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 11:07
 
I didn't know much about Zevon when he died, but the DJ on the local classic rock station made a pretty big deal out of it.  All I could think at the time was "what is the big deal... his only hits were Lawyers Guns and Money and Warewolves of London right?".  I know better now.  I own a good number of his albums now and I just cant watch the video for Keep me in your Heart for Awhile without sheading a tear.  RIP Warren, you are missed.

kyleminor
(San Francisco)
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 11:04
 
God this song is great... Warren, buddy, we sure do miss you. I'm just glad you're not around to hear what Kid Rock has done to your great piano riff from Werewolves of London.

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 11:03
 
Both versions are good. Love Warren Zevon. The lyrics to alot of his songs, well...I can relate.

spiritual76
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 11:03
 
{#Stop}

Skeletor
(City of Fools)
Posted: Feb 18, 2005 - 11:27
 
Linda Ronstadt does this song, but is this Zevon's originally? It would be nice to hear it.