My Uncle And I React To Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London!!!

[@DrStrangelove3891]

He's no one hit wonder, although this is certainly his biggest song. Linda Ronstad covered some of his work, like Poor Poor Pitiful Me. Other notable songs include Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Exitable Boy, Desperados Under the Eaves, My Shit's Fucked Up (a funny song about dying from cancer), Hasten Down The Wind, Carmelita, Splendid Isolation,...

[@davemccoy7340]

Keep me in your heart for a while is unreal

[@edwardhubschman3610]

It’s a song about sharp dressing English ladies’ men who would pick up girls in a particular area of London. He’s warning innocent young girls to beware. Warren was a classically trained pianist and musical genius whose eclectic songs ran the gamut from this type of humor to deeply sad ones. He was admittedly not for everyone’s taste, but with a modicum of open mindedness he can appreciated for the incredible songwriter and entertainer he was. He was the most featured musical guest ever on the Letterman Show and Dave’s musical hero. He appeared there shortly before his death upon the release of his final brilliant album, The Wind, openly discussing with great humor the short time he had left to live. When Dave asked him to give advice about life in light of his circumstance, his response was “enjoy every sandwich.” Check out his Lawyers, Guns and Money, Excitable Boy, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead and Keep Me in Your Heart (from The Wind) for starters. I’m sure you’ll “get him” by then.

[@mmacgregor4669]

Warren Zevon is on Bob Dylan’s list of six best American songwriters. His catalogue is humongous. Just on the album where you find Werewolves, you also have Excitable Boy (caution, humorously describes a date the goes awry in the most gruesome way), Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner (about a mercenary who kept fighting even after having his head blown off), Lawyers, Guns, and Money (the danger of dabbling in Cold War politics while on vacation), and Nighttime in the Switching Yard. His songs were covered by many other artists. He was friends with all the LA Laurel Canyon crowd. So you’ll find on this track alone is backed up by John McVie and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac. Other collaborators include Linda Ronstead, Jackson Brown, and REM (who Warren made an album with under the name of Hindu Love Gods). Once Warren gets under your skin, you’ll realize how simplistic and boring most songwriters are. 😉

[@jimmmmy41]

Lawyers Guns and Money, Carmelita. Listen to Linda Ronstadt's version of Poor Pitiful Me.

[@randyhochstein8455]

Definitely not a one hit wonder. His catalog is deep and amazing. ✌🏼😎🇺🇸

[@johnharkness7114]

Imagine a whole auditorium of fans howling at the top of their lungs to this

[@sean---the-other-one]

When they were recording this song they were struggling with the rhythm. They got a few session musicians in to try to get it happening but it wasn’t coming together. Fleetwood Mac were recording nearby and they asked Mick Fleetwood and John McVie to lay down the drums and bass guitar and it just all fell into place. If you have a listen to that song again, hear how solid that rhythm section is, and how cool John’s basslines are in it. There’s a real swagger to it all that comes from years of playing in the pocket with each other. A good example of stuff that you can’t get as a solo musician in a DAW at home.

[@stretch753]

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner.

[@Mikex973]

Warren Zevon has a really deep catalogue of music "Play it all Night Long, Mohamed's Radio, Excitable Boy, The Envoy, and the Next Best Thing are some of the great songs by him but I think my favorite is a song called Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner know that is one you should review.

[@TheRatsCast]

So; Lon Chaney was not only an actor but a makeup artist as well. He was known as 'The Man of a Thousand Faces' and had appeared as The Phantom of the Opera as an as the Wolfman. Chaney Jr. Was his son; of course, but he only played as the Wolfman during the horror movies of the 40s. He was also in the comedy; Abbott and Costello meet Dracula, with Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. Karloff, who was a week known Frankenstein's Monster actor. Everyone thinks of the Chaney family when it comes to werewolves

[@dansace1]

That was Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Just saying...

[@mattbailey9396]

Thanks for the info!! 👍😃

[@kbob1163]

And Chaney Jr. had perfectly combed hair after his transformation into a werewolf, hence Zevon's reference to it.

[@bobdelp2023]

HEY SILAS AND UNCLE!!! 😊( ZEE / VON ) RIP☹ TO WARREN, HE WAS A CRAZY OUTTA CONTROL GUY!

[@mattbailey9396]

Howdy!! 😃

[@ericanderson8886]

Great singer songwriter. He wrote some strange songs lol. "Excitable Boy" is a good one.

[@bobdelp2023]

ANOTHER BIG HIT OF WARREN'S WAS ( EXCITABLE BOY ) SILAS 😊ENJOYYYY KID!

[@DanielFrost21]

Great pick Silas. This song is a must listen when it comes on the radio.

[@rickpopham5400]

Lon Chaney was a famous actor/make up artist who, indeed starred in some horror films, notably as Quasimodo in the 1920s silent version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". His son, Lon Chaney Jr. followed in his footsteps and actually played the werewolf in Universal Picture's "The Wolf Man".

[@laurakennedy9250]

Well now you'll have to listen to "Little Red Riding Hood" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. Just a regular (?) wolf in this song. Love you guys!

[@mattbailey9396]

I love that song too!! 👍

[@Apollo_Blaze]

Always loved this song, since it came out...one of my all time favorites...Warren was so cool.

[@dougww1ectebow]

"Discovered" by Jackson Browne, Waddy WAchtel on lead guitar. Great songwriter. Enjoy every sandwich.

[@BluenoserJo]

Great reaction, we always loved singing the chorus of this one. I'd love to see you react to Black Betty by Ram Jam.

[@georgekarrys8700]

John McVie of Fleetwood Mac on the bass

[@vfults]

Zevon was a musical genius. Check out Carmelita, Desperadoes Under The Eaves, or Keep Me In Your Heart.

[@user-mo6tz6oh9i]

You should the movie that goes with this song. It’s set in England. An American Werewolf in London

[@user-mo6tz6oh9i]

Lon Chaney played a werewolf in old movies. His son too. The tailor reference is because his clothes are ripped apart as he turns into a werewolf.

[@muzzcovw7674]

Not sure if anybody else mentioned this but Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac plays guitar on this track. The same guy you saw in the Silver Springs video

[@billglynn4883]

Try lawyers guns and money

[@GrandpaMunstersMultitrackLab]

I second that.

[@Apollo_Blaze]

Yes! Awesome song

[@Ray1969.]

The scene in The Color of Money where Tom Cruise is playing pool to this song is legendary (btw, great movie)

[@leannmiller7153]

The live video is really fun to watch too.

[@thomassanchez-oo6sb]

Dude… more Emerson Lake & Palmer Live 1997 Montreux Jazz Festival Tarkus/knife edge ❤️✌🏼

[@farmersteve661]

Your next Zevon reaction should be “Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner” . I saw him perform 4 times and met him before and after each show . What a charming guy. We talked quite a bit .The man was a genius … he has about 100 songs you need to react to . “Carmelita” … “Trouble Waiting To Happen” … ( yes he signed my Rolling Stone magazine . ) “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” … I literally don’t know how to tell you where to begin . “Desperados Under The Eaves” ? The entire “Excitable Boy” album (1978) would be a good start … then his self titled LP (1976). Far from a 1 hit wonder … the joke was how much he hated “Werewolves…” it (sort of) overshadowed his amazing catalog but brought such instant mainstream fame . “The Envoy” … “Sentimental Hygiene “ Play “Detox Mansion” … or “It Ain’t That Pretty At All” … “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” or ‘Veracruz”. I usually don’t go in for LIVE albums … but Warrens “Stand In The Fire “ LP is a rare exception .BTW… the R&RHOF is a joke . Enjoy every sandwich guys ! RIP WZ 🎸🙏

[@spitshinetommy8296]

Listening to Warren Zevon is based. Check these songs out, bangers all: Lawyers, Guns & Money Excitable Boy Poor Poor Pitiful Me Jungle Work Dirty Life and Times I Was in the House When the House Burned Down

[@paullynn473]

Big hit a lot of radio time in my neck of the woods ❤ also ties in with a movie. Possibly a satire on certain males

[@TheGathumpus]

I think"he'll rip your lungs out Jim" is a "Star Trek " Reference.

[@grahamokeefe9406]

It was kind of common in the 70s to refer to someone as "Jim" or "Jack". It was kind of like saying "dude" or "bro".

[@philipdickey6460]

I love this song, and the introduction music is very familiar to All Summer Long by Kid Rock

[@billbitterman9487]

The Kid Rock song is garbage...

[@jayheck1323]

Lawyers, Guns and Money - his best in my opinion. Also check out the last interview on Letterman before he passed. WZ waa unique and great. R.I.P.

[@UncleCharlie111x2]

Lon Chaney Sr Phantom of the Opera 1925 Chaney Jr played the wolfman!

[@konradv7]

Perfect Halloween song.

[@hopeklemann1]

"you better stay away from him... he'll rip your lungs out, Jim ! "

[@cleonmagabeefy8500]

All i can see is Tom Cruise in The Color of Money, dancing to this, playing pool and doing sword demonstrations with a cue stick while humiliating his opponent with unhuman pool skills...awesome

[@michaellombard894]

Such a groovy song which has made absolutely no sense to me at all for over 40 years lol.

[@allanalogmusicat78rpm]

If you haven't listened to it, another great Zevon track is "Lawyers, Guns and Money."

[@jenniferandrews1917]

Fun, funky song. I’ve always loved it.

[@RobbieBise]

Definitely check out "Excitable Boy". I think you'll dig it.

[@michael-ll3mi]

An album you should listen to is Headboys by the Headboys. A Scottish group that i suspect the majority of your subscribers have never heard of. Some great tracks. Most recognized for The Shape of Things Come.

[@grahamokeefe9406]

Zevon was far from a one hit wonder, but most of his really good stuff didn't chart. In some live versions, he sings, "Better stay away from him, he'll rip your lungs out, Jim // I'd like to meet James Taylor." Referring to the singer James Taylor who'd also be a good one for you to check out.

[@rotorhd2]

sad that even the uncle didn't know who Warren Zevon was.......ZEEVON

[@JoeThornhill]

Kent is actually a whole other county. Like, an hour train ride, east of London (which is in Surrey (county)).

[@autofare3]

Yes Kent is a county south east of London but it's not in Surrey (which is another county west of London)

[@mattbailey9396]

👍😃

[@JoeThornhill]

@@autofare3 Oh, Surrey's not that big then. I just found out (relating to another video) that Sussex is actually under Kent. So anyway, what's London in, then?

[@eddhardy1054]

​@@JoeThornhillSorry to interrupt but to answer your question Greater London is made up of bits of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey and Kent.

[@autofare3]

@@JoeThornhill Sussex cant be under Kent bcause it would be underwater

[@swampfizz]

I'm sure everyone else has said somting....Warren is HOF class..wrote many many songs for other artists

[@AWKnuden]

Hi guys. I know that you reacted to Don Rickles before. BUT did you ever watch Foster Brooks ? You should watch Forter Brooks roast Don Rickles. You might get a great time. He is great at playing drunk.

[@ronparsons8786]

Lawyers guns and money is a banger

[@shezarae8827]

Warren Zevon was a folk song writer, and that is no doubt why you don't know his work. Warren Zevon quote ~ I would have went down in history as a folk song writer, but for that one song.

[@billbitterman9487]

Not sure I'd consider him quite a "folk song writer"

[@3generboiler]

BoilerUp

[@les1544]

Try When the children cry, by White Lion, I’m new to your videos so I don’t know if you ever heard of them👍🏻

[@rotorhd2]

Warren wasn't particularly fond of this song, but it did well

[@SundandMoon66]

I would like to recommend: Metallica "enter the Sandman" Live Concert 1991 in Moscow (over 1,6 Mio!!! People watching this live) . Out of this World!!! Also the Video from the Song "one". Best regards from Germany

[@SundandMoon66]

and I also would recomment Rammstein with the Song "keine Lust".. you will have fun with this :-) and I would like to introduce you to hubert von goisern song named "hiatamadl" - good bavarian Rockmusic with a lot of Jodlers... big star here in Germany. And last recommendation: Zombie from a irish group named "Cranberries" .. it is a Anti-War-Song. Backround: in the war between Ireland and Great Britain 2 Children (3 and 12 Years old) died - as so many other children, because of Bombs.. it goes under your skin...

[@argelbargel7680]

Lawyers Guns and Money.

[@johnathanstruble1064]

Hey Uncle! Lol ...

[@roydownes2458]

warren zevon does not screw around. you have been warned.

[@billbitterman9487]

Warren Zevon has dozens of great songs. There are at least 5 songs on the Excitable Boy album (the album that has Werewolves on it) that are better songs that this. Reactors seem to hit this song and don't explore any deeper. His self titled album (album previous to Excitable Boy) also has 5-6 great songs. Warren basically thought of Werewolves as a novelty song. Do yourself a favor and dig deeper. There are a lot of good suggestions from other responders in the comments

[@Looksue]

Draw blood

[@hays9008]

One hit wonder 😂😂😂😂

[@mattbailey9396]

🤪

[@kckelly7889]

In the older movies Lon Cheney Jr.'s hair WAS perfect, I gotta say. His tailor though, 👎

[@MelonHead887]

One of my fave tunes. Just fun ...

[@cynergy4]

A one hit wonder-NOT!