Warren Zevon

[Tomblands]

For my sins, I only discovered Warren Zevon about a year ago when I heard "Werewolves of London" on Tom Morton's radio show and, subsequently, had it stuck in my head for months without actually knowing the song.

 

I've been listening to "A Quiet Normal Life" for a couple of weeks now after hearing the latest "Best of" a couple of weeks back. Aside from the fantastic "Werewolves of London"...I've particularly enjoyed "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and "Excitable Boy".

 

Any other Warren Zevon fans floating about out there who can educate me on what I may have missed from his back catalogue?

[AndyVocoustic]

Aye he is great! I love the gritty-ness and unpolished-ness of his recordings. "Disorder in the house" with Springsteen is a bute!

 

[Styles]

I like him as well, do like getting the cd out for Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner or Werewolves of London. Some good songs. I only have the greatest hits cd.

[Malachy]

WZ is brilliant, but the problem with his albums is they can be pretty inconsistent. I have about six of them, and they nearly all have their downsides. The best, I would say, are Sentimental Hygiene (very 80s sound - takes a bit of getting used to), Mr Bad Example (brilliant, but difficult to find - it's gone out of print I think, but you might find it online somewhere) and the one he released just before he died - The Wind. Strangely, none of his best known songs are on these, but they're just more consistently enjoyable. His eponymous one is good too now that I think about it. In fact, ignore me, they're all great.