WARREN ZEVON
Stephen Talkhouse
Miami Beach, Florida
November 25 (or) 26, 1992
Photo by: Mindy Hertzon
Warren Zevon - Genuis
When I am feeling writer-ly one of the clues would be to hear Warren Zevon, on blast, throughout the manse. My family knows this and will say, "You gonna write?" whenever they hear that opening guitar riff and piano slide on Poor, Poor Pitiful Me. I let myself get sucked into that hit of music for a bit, let it swirl around my head and then add on cue with Warren "I don't wanna talk about it"...
The music of Warren Zevon has been a constant in my life. I grew up listening to him sing Iko, Iko, Hitch Hiking Woman and Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner. His twisted brand of storytelling made me sit my little ADD arse still for a few minutes to just listen, putting myself into the picture. Each lyric a stroke of the brush that brought to life a dark carnival ride of characters and situations, from the fucked up kid who should've been on meds of Excitable Boy to the envy inspiring hilarity of a line like "little old lady got mutilated late last night" on Werewolves Of London to the anthemic cry of Lawyers, Guns and Money, Warren dragged me, quite willingly, into his weird little world, introduced me to his tribe, and allowed me to freely write as if I were describing a dinner party gone horribly wrong to a blind person or reporting from the scene of a fatal circus accident.
The man was also a romantic genius and could write a damn fine love song. Hasten Down The Wind is heart achingly beautiful, "So he's hanging on to half her heart, he can't have the restless part", oh, those lovelorn pangs are nothing short of magic. Covered by so many artists, Hasten, to me, will always belong to Linda Ronstadt. Her voice was just meant to sing that song. Another widely covered gem is Reconsider Me. I want to believe every word of the hero's plea " And I'll never make you sad again 'cause I swear that I've changed since then."
It is truly a sad thing that there will be no more new music from Warren. Fortunately I never tire from what he's left from his brief time here.
Enjoy every sandwich, people...
If you have another moment this short interview by Crystal Zevon is worth your time.
Do you have a favorite artist that you listen to while writing or creating or even cleaning the house?
What inspires you?
Peace - Rene
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That a great post. I really loved it... for me, no one like that :)
tracy
"Little old lady got mutilated late last night" may be one of the all time greatest lyric lines EVER.
New things to add to my iPod!
(Summer here has been okay -- enough rain I don't have to water flowers all the time, but no more than that. The fronts must be picking up moisture as they head across the Great Lakes. Why is weather so interesting? Not sure, but Meteorology is on my list of classes to take once I'm eligible for my Golden Buckeye discount at the community college.)
Yup. Warren's friends Stevie and Lindsey. They're my gods. Thanks for this great post. (And his hair was PERFECT!)
Oh yeah. I dig Warren Zevon. Lawyers, Guns, and Money is an all-time favorite.
I usually like to have the iPod on "shuffle" and cranked, when I'm writing. It can be kind of distracting but as far as I can tell it doesn't matter much.
I'm all about the eighties rock, it's the sound track to my life.
And sometimes I just like the dead quiet.
Powdergirl- I like the dead quiet too...they are a lot less creepy that way. :)
Thanks everyone for commenting. It's great to see what inspires you!
Peace - Rene
I need music like I need ice cream, chocolate, cheddar cheese, and strawberries.
But I can't write when it is on. Then I need the strange music that plays inside my head.
He was definitely stamped with genius.
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Well hell, it's been THREE FREAKIN' WEEKS.
And just so you know? I'm gonna copy and paste this comment and post it on all the blogs I visit....:))))
awesome tribute, Rene!
i bought Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School when i was in the Navy. i wore the thing out! "Certain Girl" is my all-time fave WZ tune.
cool that you are into him!
peace signs~
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