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...'cause I've had his songs stuck in my head all day today.

Carmelita
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
The French Inhaler
Splendid Isolation
Poor,Poor Pitiful Me
I Was In The House When The House Burned Down
My Ride's Here
Ain't That Pretty At All
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Wherewolves of London

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Monday, 23 June 2003 20:39 (twenty years ago) link

I AM A WHEREWOLF

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 23 June 2003 20:47 (twenty years ago) link

i recall that song off sentimental hygiene with the rem guys is pretty good... what is it called?

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 23 June 2003 20:49 (twenty years ago) link

google dot com

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 23 June 2003 21:06 (twenty years ago) link

I like the cynical one.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 23 June 2003 21:23 (twenty years ago) link

Bah humbug.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 23 June 2003 21:34 (twenty years ago) link

there's not nearly enough Excitable Boy stuff on that list

― Millar (Millar), Monday, 23 June 2003 21:41 (twenty years ago) link

my shits fucked up. i haven't actually heard it, but my brother-in-law told me its about how warren's shit is all fucked up.

― gaz (gaz), Monday, 23 June 2003 21:54 (twenty years ago) link

boom boom mancini
reconsider me
johnny strikes up the band
werewolves of london
detox mansion
carmelita
lawyers, guns and money
poor poor pitiful me
frank and jesse james
bill lee (a sentimental favorite)

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 24 June 2003 04:36 (twenty years ago) link

Not in any order...

1. Lawyers, Guns, And Money
2. Desperados Under The Eaves
3. Worrier King
4. My Shit's Fucked Up
5. Bad Karma
6. Even A Dog Can Shake Hands
7. Turbulence
8. The Indifference Of Heaven
9. Detox Mansion
10. All of Stand In The Fire which is one of the greatest live albums ever.

and a shout out to the wonderful

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 06:03 (twenty years ago) link

i saw him do a solo, maybe 5-6 years ago. the set was fine but the funniest thing was one of the girls i went with described the ladies toilet to me. lotsa ageing wazza fans discussing how he was still a major spunk.

― gaz (gaz), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 08:51 (twenty years ago) link

1) Lawyers, Guns & Money
2) Play It All Night Long
3) Reconsider Me (single version, not Sentimental Hygiene version)
4) Desperadoes Under the Eaves
5) The French Inhaler (Learning to Flinch version)
6) Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
7) Exciteable Boy
8) One Woman Man (Hindu Love Gods)
9) Mohammed's Radio
10) Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse

― Joe (Joe), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 13:51 (twenty years ago) link

I'm amazed none of you has selected Roland

― Millar (Millar), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 20:22 (twenty years ago) link

two years pass...

i don't get it. i keep putting on the s/t album and within a song or three i take it off completly bored. (but what do i know, i switched it up to listen to Deperado)

― The Amazing Jaxon! (jaxon), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Desperados Under the Eaves
The French Inhaler
Johnny Strikes Up the Band
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Poor Poor Pitiful Me
Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded
Interlude No. 1/Play It All Night Long
My Shit's Fucked Up
Interlude No. 2/Bill Lee
Accidentally Like a Martyr

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:41 (eighteen years ago) link

there's not nearly enough Excitable Boy stuff on that list

True. I can leave "Switching Yard" but need the rest. That leaves two spots open...

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 04:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Excitable Boy
Jeannie Needs a Shooter
Johnny Strikes Up the Band
Werewolves
Lawyers, Guns, etc.
Roland
Carmelita
Poor Poor Pitiful Me
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Let Nothing Come Between You

hidden bonus 11th track: Ain't That Pretty at All

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 04:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Mr Bad Example is klassic asshat maggots

― Michael Burble, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Searching for a Heart

― Some Teen Partying, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Genius
Boom Boom Mancini
Werewolves
Splendid Isolation
The track from Transverse City where he speaks Russian
Roland
Excitable Boy
I Was In The House
Detox Mansion
Searching For a Heart

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:22 (eighteen years ago) link

"The track from Transverse City where he speaks Russian" = Turbulence

Desperadoes Under The Eaves
The French Inhaler
Laywers Guns & Money
Johnny Strikes Up The Band
Splendid Isolation
Life'll Kill Ya
Porcelain Monkey (most underrated song)
Bad Karma
Play It All Night Long
Mohammed's Radio (Live version from Stand In The Fire)

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Accidentally Like A Martyr.

To the power of infinity.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link

two years pass...

Finished the warts-and-all I'll Sleep When I'm Dead book last week and have been raiding archive.org for shows. This one from 1991 is pretty great and could almost qualify as his version of Arc-Weld

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 25 February 2008 22:15 (sixteen years ago) link

two years pass...

Stand In The Fire just came up on iTunes as I was reading the recent WikiLeaks commentaries and I couldn't think of a better soundtrack

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 07:45 (thirteen years ago) link

four years pass...

so many eagles on Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School. album is good, though.

― pdf booklet in the cheesecaked factory (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 28 August 2015 22:57 (eight years ago) link

The unshackled craziness of this site never fails to stun me.

Switching Yard is not just clearly the Wza's best song but one of the greatest funk rock numbers of all time.

― Doran, Sunday, 30 August 2015 20:32 (eight years ago) link

it's a nice dollar bin disco break thing but c'mon it doesn't come close to the first four songs on excitable boy unless you're just not a fan of what zevon does

― brimstead, Sunday, 30 August 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link

Yeah, joking aside, I love Werewolves but nothing else he's done (that I've heard) has ever stuck with me that much other than Switching Yard. I don't suppose he did any more killer disco/ funk/ Balearic tracks did he?

― Doran, Sunday, 30 August 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link

every song on Warren Zevon is great

― pdf booklet in the cheesecaked factory (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 30 August 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link

no disco/funk/balearic though

― pdf booklet in the cheesecaked factory (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 30 August 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link

Damn.

― Doran, Sunday, 30 August 2015 21:45 (eight years ago) link

Sentimental Hygiene and The Envoy are my favorites: funny, punchy, few ballads, savage guitar. George Clinton even programs a good song on SH.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 August 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link

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