New Wave Outpost Forum

OK-so he's not new wave. However , in my mind he was one of the best singer songwriters in the business. I deeply regret never making it one of his concerts. I'm just curious what everyone else thinks about him. The guy had so many classis songs I would not be able to mention them all here-But-here are a few of my favorites:
Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
Charlies Medicine
The Envoy
Aint That Pretty At All
My Shits Fucked UP
Hit Somebody
Life'll kill Ya
Splendid Isolation
....etc etc etc

I find it hard to belive that his greatest lp-in my opinion-The Envoy has yet to be released on cd. Its a crime!!!!

I only knew Warren for his Warewolves of London song. Based on that, I was never inspired to hear more of his material. Who knows, maybe I missed out.


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I remember 'Leave My Monkey Alone' getting some airplay on WLIR back round '87 - '88. Liked it enough to get the 12" single [;)]
Though the <a href="http://members.aol.com/zevonfan1/private/HYGIENE.HTM#hygiene10" target="blank">lyrics</a> are sparse they

He did a cover of Prince's "Raspberry Beret" with REM, I think, which I like a lot.

<p>Rasberry Beret was done with the band <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000008GKL/ericacticecom" target="new">Hindu Love Gods</a> that he did with R.E.M.</p><p>If all you knew of Warren was "Werewolves" then yes you missed out but it's n

Werewolves was definatly not the song to judge him by.

Yes, Excitable Boy was brilliant. I saw Warren Zevon in concert in 1984 and I was amazed at how multitalented he was, playing every instrument on the stage. I wasn't exactly a huge fan, so I was really surprised when the song Accidentally Like a Martyr,

Warren was great. I just have to add "Finishing Touches" to the list.

Randy, he is a great artist. They don't make them like him anymore!

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I find it hard to belive that his greatest lp-in my opinion-The Envoy has yet to be released on cd. Its a crime!!!!
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Been a casual fan for years, his "Greatest Hits" is all I really needed. GG Allin did a straight cover of "Carmelita" which made me track down the original and it's now in my ever-expanding pantheon of great songs.

I consider him New Wave, if only because he was doing dancable stuff outside the mainstream in the mid 80s. I also at first knew him only from "Werewolves" but when Sentimental Hygeine came out I really got into his stuff. He was on a few episodes of Broo