EPISODE · Jun 23, 2021 · 44 MIN
Warren Zevon - "Please don't dance. These songs are kinda personal."
from Mick and the PhatMan Talking Music · host Mick and the Phatman
Warren Zevon, hailed by Bruce Springsteen as “one of the great, great American songwriters”, is like a Greek tragedy, where everything that could happen to him, happened - and it was all his own fault! He was a musician's songwriter, whose simple songs were masterpieces of technique, full of characters, and, often, achingly beautiful love songs. He had his demons, and was not afraid of baring his soul to his audience, once saying, “I’d prefer you didn't dance; these songs are kind of personal”. You can always count on finding great lyrics, like where he's “so confused / (he) can't tell the salt from the wound” We’re Zevon fan-boys. Wherever you start listening to his work, you’ll always be rewarded by wonderful songs. Also featured: Zevon, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Glockenspiel, Serge Gainsbourg, Isaac Hayes, 1978 Top 40, Bruce Springsteen, Linda Ronstadt & Jackson Browne Book “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” - Crystal Zevon ______________________________ Laissez-Moi Tranquille Hot Buttered SoulBlack is Black La Belle EpoqueSend us a message, so we know what you're thinking!
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Warren Zevon, hailed by Bruce Springsteen as “one of the great, great American songwriters”, is like a Greek tragedy, where everything that could happen to him, happened - and it was all his own fault! He was a musician's songwriter, whose simple songs were masterpieces of technique, full of characters, and, often, achingly beautiful love songs. He had his demons, and was not afraid of baring his soul to his audience, once saying, “I’d prefer you didn't dance; these songs are kind of p...
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