Favorite Warren Zevon Song?

[Coffee Coyote]

I am leaving out "Werewolves of London" - fun song, I enjoy it, but done to death by 'classic rawk' radio, and well, it has long overshadowed songs MUCH more deserving in stature in his canon.

[AntiCoup2K4]

1. Lawyers, Guns, & Money

Well, I went home with the waitress
The way I always do
How was I to know
She was with the Russians, too

I was gambling in Havana
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns and money
Dad, get me out of this

I'm the innocent bystander
Somehow I got stuck
Between the rock and the hard place
And I'm down on my luck
And I'm down on my luck
And I'm down on my luck

Now I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan

Send lawyers, guns and money...

RIP, Warren :cry:

[Coffee Coyote]

2. I love that song

Again, DAMN the limit of 10 choices!

[Rocinante]

5. Thanks

Now I remember. That song. Thanks

[Old and In the Way]

6. Mine, too.......I guess we lost him tonight......

fucking bummer.

[leftofthedial]

7. yup

Werewolves will always be his best remembered I imagine, but this one is my favorite.

[Norbert]

8. My Favorite too.

"How was I to know, she was with the Russians too."

I like "Accidently Like a Martyr" also. It's a good change of pace song for him.

[GOPisEvil]

12. This gets my vote too!

:-)

[MissMillie]

14. This one gets my vote! (n/t)

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[shrike]

18. Definitely, Lawyers, Guns and Money

That song has so often come to mind when I've found myself in a jam.

[WilliamPitt]

25. Ditto

[Kat45]

30. Yup, Lawyers, Guns, and Money

[Rooktoven]

46. Ditto ;)

nm

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

49. Me too

there are few like him

[TheZoo]

50. Another vote for LG&M

It seems very appropriate now. If you sub Afganistan or Iraq for Havana, it could be *'s theme song.

I was gambling in Iraq,
I took a little risk.
Send lawyers, guns and money,
Dad, get me out of this.

[pfitz59]

3. Warren was twisted (in a good way).

"Excitable Boy"

Well, he went down to dinner in his Sunday best
Excitable boy, they all said
And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy

He took in the four a.m. show at the Clark
Excitable boy, they all said
And he bit the usherette's leg in the dark
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy

He took little Susie to the Junior Prom
Excitable boy, they all said
and he raped her and killed her, then he took her home
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy
After ten long years they let him out of the Home
Excitable boy, they all said
And he dug up her grave and built a cage with her bones
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy

Eeeeeeeeeeeeew! (Mine.)

[Coffee Coyote]

4. with doo-wop harmonies by Ronstadt

Which is twisted in a whole other way. :-)

[NewYorkerfromMass]

26. Not really, Jackson Browne et al. had a lot of fun cranking out the tunes

good music. and I really can't vote- I love them ALL so much.

[acmavm]

9. Anything he ever did was great, Reconsider Me, Things to do in Denver

When You're Dead, Looking for the Next Best Thing, Raspberry Beret, and the amazingly sweet Tenderness on the Block. Everything.

I am very sorry we lost Warren.

[peacefreak]

10. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me

RIP Sing with the angels:cry:

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

11. On 'The Wind': 'The Rest of the Night'

When you get the CD, turn this one up VERY VERY loud.

It will make you feel good.

As for George W Bush:

NO lawyers.
NO guns.
and NO money.

[Kolesar]

13. All those Asylum Records artists: Zevon, Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Eagles

Jennifer Warnes, Joe Walsh

It must have been quite a party in LA twenty five years ago. All of those great musicians and vocalists are found in the credits of each others' albums. They even used the same producer, I recall (was it Don Kirshner?). It brings back memories of spinning vinyl and reading the liner notes when I was young.

[bbernardini]

15. A tie...

Between "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" and "Raspberry Beret". I know the latter isn't technically a Zevon song, but I've always thought it was a great version. I used to do it at an open mike night, and people always loved it.

[mac56]

16. "Let Nothing Come Between You"

nm

[Amaya]

17. Mine are:

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Accidentally Like A Martyr
Excitable Boy

[SiouxJ]

19. "Carmelita"

R.I.P. Warren.

[Bridget Burke]

21. "The County won't give me no more methadone

And they cut off your welfare check."

So many great songs...

[JanMichael]

20. "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner"

Plus almost every other song that Zevon wrote or performed.

Hell, I have no "favorite"...

[Wickerman]

22. A vote for Carmelita

but I'll sleep when I'm dead, Roland, Mohammeds Radio, Aint That Pretty At All, where to start picking a best of... I saw Warren back to back nights in 1981 or '2. Two of the best shows I have ever seen. He got really pissed off at the folks at Hancher adutitorium in Iowa City 'cuz they wouldn't let him crawl about on the Grand piano.

I hear Mariachi static on my radio
And the tubes they glow in the dark
And I'm there with her in Ensenada
And I'm here in Echo Park

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Well, I'm sittin' here playing solitaire
With my pearl-handled deck
The county won't give me no more methadone
And they cut off your welfare check

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Well, I pawned my Smith Corona
And I went to meet my man
He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
By the Pioneer chicken stand

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

[TheBigGuy]

41. That WAS a good song!!!! Did he write that?

I think ive heard it sung by others, too...

[zekeson]

48. I think Cowboy Junkies had a version

and possibly Fred Eaglesmith, but I can't confirm either. But yep, that is Warren's - ain't it great?

[peekaloo]

23. Mohammed's Radio

Everybody's restless and they've got no place to go
Someone's always trying to tell them
Something they already know
So their anger and resentment flow

But don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long
Mohammed's Radio
I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful
On the radio, Mohammed's Radio


You know, the Sheriff's got his problems too
He will surely take them out on you
In walked the village idiot and his face was all aglow
He's been up all night listening to Mohammed's Radio


Don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long
Mohammed's Radio
I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful
On the radio, Mohammed's Radio


Everybody's desperate trying to make ends meet
Work all day, still can't pay the price of gasoline and meat
Alas, their lives are incomplete


Don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long Mohammed's Radio
I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful
On the radio, Mohammed's Radio


You've been up all night listening for his drum
Hoping that the righteous might just might just might just come
I heard the General whisper to his aide-de-camp
Be watchful for Mohammed's lamp


Don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long Mohammed's Radio

:cry:

[LuLu550]

24. Lawyers, guns and money

:cry:

[mitchum]

27. "Desperadoes Under The Eaves" annd "Accidently Like A Martyr"...

you could pick up a gun resting on a plate of scallops, place it to my head, and I still couldn't choose between these two beauties.

I knew this day was coming, but I'm still tearing up.

[bobthedrummer]

28. The futuristic ic now

"Run Straight Down"

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[Bossy Monkey]

31. Voted "The Indifference of Heaven" but today it's "Splendid Isolation"

Rest in peace Warren

[Character Assassin]

32. Totally obscure, but.... "The Sin"

The Sin
By Warren Zevon
c. Zevon Music BMI, 1980

It's none of my business
But if I may
Remind you of the time
When you did something you knew was wrong
It wasn't called a crime
And I'm not saying that you should give
A sucker an even break
I'm talking about the time
That you were cruel for cruelty's sake
I'm talking about the time
That you were cruel for cruelty's sake

How you gonna pay for
How you gonna pay for
How you gonna pay for the sin?
How you gonna pay for
How you gonna pay for
How you gonna pay for the sin?
Hah?

Maybe you went and stuck your key
In somebody else's door
Maybe you went and helped yourself
To something that wasn't yours
Maybe you simply criticized
Someone you hardly knew
You ruined part of their life for them
Part of your own life, too

How you gonna pay for
How you gonna pay for
How you gonna pay for the sin?
How you gonna pay for
How you gonna pay for
How you gonna pay for it then?

If and when you feel an ill wind
Don't be too surprised
Remember when you should have
Picked on somebody your own size

How you gonna pay for
How you gonna pay for
How you gonna pay for the sin?
How you gonna pay for
How you gonna pay for
How you gonna pay for the sin?
How am I gonna pay for
How am I gonna pay for
How am I gonna pay for the sin?

[LeftCoast]

33. Werewolves of London

First song I ever heard by him.

[buddhamama]

34. ack!

can't choose a fave,
been listening to Warren all morning,

Lawyers,Guns and Money
Desperadoes Under The Eaves
Life'll Kill Ya
Carmelita


had to play Werewolves of London, Warren's and GD's cover.
turned on the radio and they were playing
Nighttime in the Switching Yard

;(
peace

[davsand]

35. The Envoy has been in my head a lot the last year.

I gotta say, I'll miss Zevon. He was amazing. I spent a lot of time with his music--it really is a part of my life's soundtrack--just as I suspect it is for many of us.


The Envoy

Nuclear arms in the Middle East
Israel is attacking the Iraqis
The Syrians are mad at the Lebanese
And Baghdad does whatever she please
Looks like another threat to world peace
For the envoy

Things got hot in El Salvador
CIA got caught and couldn't do no more
He's got diplomatic immunity
He's got a lethal weapon that nobody sees
Looks like another threat to world peace
For the envoy
Send the envoy
Send the envoy


Whenever there's a crisis
The President sends his envoy in
Guns in Damascus
Oh, Jerusalem


Nuclear arms in the Middle East
Israel is attacking the Iraqis
The Syrians are mad at the Lebanese
And Baghdad do whatever she please
Looks like another threat to world peace
For the envoy
Send the envoy . . .
Send for me

We'll miss you.
Warren Zevon (1947-2003)

[catzies]

36. When I see R.E.M. on Wednesday I'm sure they'll do a dedication

1/2 of the Hindu Love Gods will be there after all.

Maybe since we'll be under the full moon we'll all howl along to "Werewolves of London."

[Susang]

37. All of them

I'm very sad today. :-(

[Fenris]

38. Didn't he sing "The French Inhaler"?

If so, that's my favorite. Although I do like "Excitable Boy" and "Lawyers, Guns, and Money" a whole heaping hell of a lot.

Lawyers, Guns, and Money,
The SHIT has hit the fan

[Seneca]

39. Mr. Bad Example

My theme song. :-) RIP WZ.

[Pepperbelly]

42. that is a great song ...

The only Zevon album I have is a live show he did in Germany with just him and his instrument ... guitar some, piano some.

Great concert. Great song.

[Seneca]

43. Learning To Flinch

If that is what it is, that is a GREAT album! :thumbsup:

[TheBigGuy]

40. Werewolves of London...

....it was one of his lighter songs.

[mvd]

44. I'm not very familiar with him

Love "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me," but I've only heard the versions by Linda Ronstadt and Terri Clark.

RIP to Warren.

[Rowdyboy]

45. Accidently, Like a Martyr....

It's so exquisitely beautiful, I can hardly bear to listen to it.

Next would be Veracruz

[geniph]

47. Does it have to be one he wrote himself?

because his cover of Dylan's Knocking on Heaven's Door is one of the most beautiful and (given the circumstances) moving recordings I've ever heard. Dylan songs often are best as covers.

If we're talking Warren's own songs, then it's a tie between Excitable Boy and L,G&M for me.

*sob*

[DoYouEverWonder]

51. Can I freep this poll

I can't pick just one and besides you left out some of my real favorites, like "Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me."

[Jack_Sparrow]

52. I Was In The House When The House Burned Down

But I can't pick just one.

I can't wait to hear his cover of Dylan's "Knockin'".