Warren Zevon Werewolves Of London Reaction

[@flubblert]

"saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at trader vic's, his hair was perfect" Warren Zevon pronounced Zee-von

[@jayden2ful]

Warren Zevon was dared by friend Phil Everly from the Everly Brothers to write a song after Phil had watched the 1935 film Werewolves of London. Zevon wrote it in 15 minutes.

[@markscutti9682]

Kid Rock combined Werewolves of London with Sweet Home Alabama! Great tune! RIP Warren,you are missed!

[@shoogerkane]

um, i disagree that it's a great tune. butchers 2 great songs.

[@mikeaudette2823]

@@shoogerkane Agreed. And since Zevon told Kid Rock before he died that he didn't give him permission to use the song. Warren's body barely had time to get cold before Kid Scum went into the studio and used it anyway.

[@peggygibbons479]

One of my best friends was the most hard core cowboy you ever met and he LOVED this song and we would play it in his truck, singing loud as we could. Good times. Just a happy Little Ditty :)

[@827dusty]

"I saw a werewolf in a restaurant with a pinacolato in his hand...His hair was perfect" Laughed so hard when I first heard that line.

[@ffjsb]

Pina Colada....

[@samhain1894]

827dusty my fave line.

[@paulhagger3895]

It's funny then that you can't get the lyrics right. The werewolf drinking the Pina Colada is in Trader Vic's.

[@ddiamondr1]

LOVED Warren Zevon so much!! My other fave songs of his was Lawyers Guns and Money. RIP Warren - gone too soon - great songwriter. ❤️ great lyricist.

[@fordp69]

"Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" - on Letterman, after his diagnosis. Everyone knew Warren was dying, so Dave gave him a complete show. This was the last song of the night: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnqmZZ1sh9NsqZY

[@tomaleshire4145]

Trivia from an old dude: John McVie(bass) and Mick Fleetwood(drums) of Fleetwood Mac play on this song!❤️😁😲

[@ckom0007]

It’s nice to see you discover one of the greatest songwriters in history! (Today is March 9, 2020 - the night of the Supermoon! You better not let him in!)

[@kwanshiyin]

Warren Zevon is one of my very favorites, and it's sad to me that he's mostly known for what is basically a novelty song. He wrote some seriously good music but is sadly overlooked.

[@ronaldstokes4841]

I wouldn' call it a 'novelty song'... I'd call it 'Music Immortality.'

[@glennelfmann3143]

When Jesse Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota he had Warren Zevon perform this song at his inauguration party.

[@mspfinney]

Please don’t remind me. I did not vote for him. 😢

[@stoneblue1795]

Best governor ever. He'll be back.

[@bigjay123]

Knock, Knock... Who's there 'Ahh... Ahh who 'Werewolves of London' 🤣

[@wonkothesane8691]

Big Jay: You win the "No-prize Bell", for best utilization of corny humor in a reaction video comment! Good one! Me likey!

[@bigjay123]

Woo Hoo 🤘

[@elmoomle4565]

Awesome...I will be using this. My 'victims' might not get the humour, but I know that I will be laughing!

[@lauras3612]

LOL!!!!

[@bradweston5342]

Hey there MRM, Ironically, the song, that perhaps gave Zevon his greatest "pop" success was written in 15 minutes as a kind of a joke. He also hated "Sweet Home Alabama" to the point he satirised in another of his better songs, "Play it all night long". My own favourite Zevon song is the sweetly meloncholic "Hasten down the wind" also covered by Linda Ronstandt. Zevon also famously documented the making of his last album as he was dying of cancer, which gives a spooky ring to his cover of the Dylan classic "Knocking on Heaven's Door" from his final album.

[@Neaptide184]

The song was written in a diner, each of the three rock greats sitting around the table wrote a line on a napkin, dropped it on the table, then the next, then the next. They took the napkins to a home studio and that is the third take. It has the shortest production time for any top 40 song in history.

[@annieh5479]

This guy was fascinating - the album, Excitable Boy is great. He was a favorite of David Letterman, who had a whole show about him when he was dying. My favorite quote of his, "Enjoy every sandwich."

[@herbyragan7801]

You have to do “Lawyers, Guns and Money” by the Z man.

[@oregonchick76]

I'm a sucker for "Keep Me In Your Heart" by him, too. Warren Zevon made some amazing music and it's somewhat sad that he didn't get as much recognition for his talent as some of his peers did. Oh! I also like Linda Ronstadt's cover of his "Poor Poor Pitiful Me."

[@mickeyhank]

Yes, I was coming here to say the same thing, any quotes lawyers, guns and money“ by Warren Zevon. You will really enjoy it. Two of my other favorites by Warren are “sentimental hygiene“ and probably his most beautiful song “searching for a heart“. You will not go wrong with either of those. Just to complete the list for Warren: “nighttime in the switching yard“; “tenderness on the block“; and “excitable boy“, another upbeat tune with funny lyrics, like werewolves of London.

[@brianwilliams9605]

My favorite is Roland the Headless Thomson Gunner.

[@skwervin1]

Or Excitable boy - based on a real story. Love this guy - a real talent.

[@tylermankins2960]

Man, that whole album (Excitable Boy) is fantastic

[@sombergirl2886]

Warren Zevon was one of a kind may he rest in peace you are greatly missed

[@lakermd]

Color of money also used this song. Tom cruise acts out the line. "His hair was perfect"

[@st0n3p0ny]

MJF did it best in Teen Wolf.

[@DavidLender]

Great scene! One of my favs!

[@AlexisG-no6nu]

So cool.

[@AlexisG-no6nu]

@@DavidLender Me too I tried to acted that out so much lol

[@DavidLender]

@@AlexisG-no6nu LOL! You're not alone! I'm sure a lot of us who watched that have at one point or another. 😁😎

[@gabeackerman4964]

R.I.P Warren! One of the best songs of the 70s

[@beatledad]

zevon had great tunes...poor poor pitiful me and mohameds radio and the song he wrote as he was dying of lung cancer Keep me in your heart for awhile.....will make you tear up

[@racerfink]

He references Lon Cheney, because he was the first to play a Werewolf on the Big Screen

[@missjoshemmett]

Ahhhh...the late, great Warren Zeeee-von! There is a fine line between genius and insanity, my dear. He was who he was and we loved him for it.

[@5timesbaby2005]

This was voted the greatest opening line in the history of rock in a BBC radio poll .....

[@alanhembra2565]

Since I heard this song I always check the person I'm talking too's teeth. Especially if their hair is perfect.

[@heidiperriello3492]

Still absolutely love this song, I remember when it came out. AAWOOOOOOOOOO

[@MuckJagger]

It's never been a song for *everybody*; it would have been a much bigger hit if it has been -- but sometimes I think the best part of this song is seeing the reactions of people who have never heard the song before. :-)

[@eolson1964]

Yes Kid Rock stole the sounds from both Sweet home Alabama and Werewolves of London for his song All Summer Long

[@jessegifford7913]

And it pisses me off to no end, because everytime that shitty song comes on the radio it gets my hopes up for a second.

[@billlarussa5908]

@@jessegifford7913 AAAAAAMEN!

[@skwervin1]

I won't let my kids play that sampled crap - it is SACRILEGIOUS!!!

[@atomicpunk520]

'You better stay away from him.................he'll rip your lungs out Jim...........I'd like to meet his tailor"......Ahhhh................hooooooooooooooooo

[@cl8onj388]

I know this is meant to be a tongue in cheek kind of song, but I always thought a better lyric would've been, "You better stay away from him, he'll rip you limb from limb. Who is this Jim guy? Seems kinda arbitrary.😉🤘🎹

[@Gothhippie667]

Warren Zevon.. "Lawyers, Guns, and Money"

[@tandraallen8398]

This song is iconic as is Warren Zevon!

[@daletec1]

You MUST watch the moving, "An American Werewolf in London", it is a masterpiece. It won awards for special effects back in the day!

[@mspfinney]

For Halloween you should listen to “The Monster Mash”!

[@delilahduckett7448]

Yes great song

[@phiddlephart7026]

Yes, please

[@kittyprydekissme]

Warren Zevon made a lot of appearances on David Letterman's talk shows. Whenever Paul Schaffer was unavailable, Warren would fill in for him on the piano. Then, when Warren was dying, David Letterman dedicated an entire show to him-- he performed several songs and talked to Letterman in between. It's the only time Letterman ever dedicated the entire show to a single guest.

[@1dkappe]

It’s a V IV I chord progression. Back in Black by AC/DC, Centerfold by the J Giles Band, Take Me to the River by Al Green, Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and this song. There are thousands of pop and rock songs with this progression.

[@ericjohnson2137]

Check out Zevon's Desperado under the eaves an Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

[@lethalweapon4052]

Aahhh Ooooo LOL loce love love this song. So I dont know where I was when I first heard it but I know every time it came on we all howled to the werewolf part

[@burtonmediaprod]

Kid Rock borrowed this riff and mixed it with Sweet Home Alabama for his song about summers in Northern Michigan. So, GOOD EAR!

[@DragonSneeze]

Ahoooo! I dig this song so much, sing to it everytime it comes on.

[@jamescurfman3284]

Yup. This one obviously was just made to be fun, that's all. :)

[@sirslice7531]

Warren was great... and very funny. He wrote MANY hit songs for other artists (including Prince). I remember his final appearance on Letterman (he was the show's ONLY guest). Warren was nearing the end of his battle with cancer and the show could be viewed as a "goodbye". That's where he made his famous quote about living/dying: "Enjoy every sandwich". Speaking of Letterman, I would guess Warren was one of his favorite guests with Tom Waits being the other one. Warren had one more song left in him before passing (and he recorded it at home because he was too weak to leave the house). It's "Keep Me In Your Heart" (yes, there's a video... and it's sad). To think, most people know of him because of a song he wrote as a goof. Warron Zevon was a GREAT talent, may he RIP. Ty, please do yourself a favor and check out some of his other songs.

[@cbilky2914]

Love this song..As a teenagers in the 70s we would have this on cassette to ride around on halloween night and play this loudly in our cars it was on a mixtape for halloween..LOLOLOL

[@sonjabarnett1754]

This lyrics in this song conjured so many fantastic images in my 9 yr old head when it came out.

[@g2s2j2]

One of the two songs (Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama the other one) mashed up to make Kid Rock's All Summer Long.

[@carlastewart3566]

All time favorite song!! RIP

[@Bandit77TA]

Always loved this song.

[@BillPresson]

Little old lady got mutilated late last night. Favorite line.

[@MissAstorDancer]

"Better not let 'im in Little old lady got mutilated late last night" Great alliteration in those 2 lines!!!

[@aaronfowler8339]

You're thinking of Kid Rock's cover of the music for his song "All Summer Long". He added "Sweet Home Alabama" to his song.

[@direnova6284]

I always enjoy this song when it pops up.

[@Cloudburst2000]

I know Warren Zevon wrote this as a lark after watching the movie 'Werewolf of London' but I had always thought the song was referring to someone who had a very put-together disguise (like a Wallstreet businessman) which covered up a dark side that they kept hidden most of the time. Even though I now know the song was written as a lark, I still think it fits what I originally thought the song was about.

[@StormyPeak]

From the first time I heard this song back when it first came out... I always thought it was referring to corrupt business men. Those with a ton of money, who dress nice, have manicured nails, styled hair, (it was the 70's and even young business men back then wore their hair a little longer). So the Werewolves of London were those social climbers who would use and toss away anyone who could help them gain another step up the corporate ladder.

[@southernwanderer7912]

That makes perfect sense. Never though about it that. They actually had access to the queen, too. :)

[@Cloudburst2000]

Ha...I thought the exact same thing! Well put-together people who were harboring a dark side. I am thinking about the CEOs who have psychopathic tendencies...don't care who they hurt along the way as long as they get to the top.

[@marningritaguy]

Ty there is a reference to Trader Vick's in London, I was just there in September because of this song.

[@wonkothesane8691]

I first heard this song in "The Color of Money". I've loved it ever since. Happy Halloween! Aaaawwoooo!

[@yonniemccullough]

Man youre facial expressions with this song is hillarious.That was mine when I first heard it.I was Like...What in the world,LOL

[@kaafromoz]

Ty what a classic song, yes a bit of the riff is the same beat as Sweet Home Alabama..easy listening tune..his last name is pronounced ZEE..VON Ty for the reaction Keep Well Keep Strong My friend

[@GeographRick]

Kid rock used the music from this song, which came out back in the 1970's--Way before Kid Rock started his career.

[@kuberskioh]

If you want to hear the depth of Warren Zevon, check out "Keep Me In Your Heart" kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ2spGOYgLmhi9U He wrote this song (and album) after he was diagnosed with inoperable pleural mesothelioma. While so sad, it probably reflects what most of us think at the end of our time here on earth. It was also used at the very end of the series House as he and Wilson ride off to enjoy the last time of Wilson's life (he also has cancer in the show).

[@Tuesdays_Gone]

Kid Rock mashed up two songs with his lyrics. The song was Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama and Zevon’s Werewolves of London. The name of the song is All Summer Long. Again, good ear.

[@kathys6402]

The look on your face was PRICELESS! LMAO

[@robertkelly2223]

Every time I hear this song I picture Tom Cruise playing pool that movie color of money I think

[@joeymac3777]

This does have very similar music to Sweet Home Alabama. There was some legal battle berween Waren Zevon (pronounced Zee-Von) and Lenerd Skynard who sang sweet home Alabama. I don't remember which way it went. I'm nearly positive that it was Leonard Skynard trying to sue Zevon because of copyright issues for the music. Zevon ebded up winning the suit because his music to this song was different enough that was ruled no copyright infringement.

[@johnallen869]

Love it! His hair was....perfect!

[@leahsweany4726]

If you've seen The Color Of Money Tom Cruise is singing with this song in the pool hall when Paul Newman's character's sees him for the first time.

[@bigjay123]

Kid Rock used it too. Sweet Home Alabama

[@andrew7648]

Kid Rock's sample is called "All Summer Long".

[@davidsain2129]

Awoo! God bless you as well, my brother in Christ! I never noticed it but you're right; the beat & piano does sound like "Sweet Home Alabama" !

[@angelsalomon2404]

ha ha ha You're crazy my friend, but anyway, I love you, don't ask me because I watch your videos, I don't know it either, but I know it's because of you. You make my day.

[@brandonframe1743]

What??

[@mikeaudette2823]

Sad story about this song. You probably recognize the opening riff because Kid Rock used it for that summer song he did. Warren Zevon was dying of cancer. Kid Rock asked him for permission to sample the song. Zevon said No because he didn't want other "artists" to sample his work. Warren died shortly thereafter and less than a month later scummy Kid Rock went ahead and used the song anyway.

[@alantanaka6957]

The movie The Color of Money featured this song. Tom Cruise was playing pool to this!

[@richardcase3786]

Kid Rock did a song called All Summer Long that combined the main riff from this song with part of Sweet Home Alabama.

[@lessevdoolbretsim]

Kid Rock ripped off Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet home Alabama" to make "Singin' Sweet Home Alabama All Summer Long." That's why it was so popular.

[@miVoYC5]

You need to listen to "My shits fucked up" ! He sang that on the David Letterman Show days before he died of cancer!! Leon and David Letterman were very close friends!! The song was about him dying! This song came waaaaaay before "Sweet Home Alabama"!!

[@wgj4everlong426]

Reading his biography I was surprised that he didn't want this released as his single off the album,I think he wanted Excitable Boy

[@mikechristopher7934]

He wrote "Poor, poor pitiful me". Which has been covered numerous times. Most notably by Linda Ronstadt. Excitable Boy is another good, funny one.... But very dry, morbid humor, have to take it the right way to be funny?! 😂

[@lancebybee7962]

Linda Ronstadt recorded three of Warrens songs. Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Carmelita, and Mohammed's Radio, all of them worth a listen.

[@oscarsusan3834]

What a legacy .nice one Warren,RIP.😎

[@nhallett1]

I knew a guy could sing this song. Man he would act it out. Styled his hair so it would be perfect. Lol that was a fun time.

[@kenwelch198]

Now check out one of his serious songs. Lawyers Guns and Money. He really can rock!

[@bluesoulsession]

I saw a group called Alter Igor just before Halloween in Fremont St, Las Vegas, who did a great mix version of “Werewolves of London”, “Sweet Home Alabama”, and Kid Rock’s “All Summer Long”...it was seamless and brilliant...you might be able to find it on KZbin but I’m not sure. 😎

[@mariagrant3706]

Lived and worked in London in late 1979 - never met or saw a werewolf (thank goodness) but met a couple of suspect men one could accredit the wolf title to 😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏿🇦🇺

[@southernwanderer7912]

Warren Zevon does comedy songs but he actually had a good band. I was in high school when this came out. I though this song was so funny. My brother and I used to laugh at the lyrics, i.e., "I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand." And, "He'll rip your lungs out, Jim." And, "And his hair was perfect." You should do "Monster Mash" this week. It's another funny song. Hey, Ty, could you do the song "Traffic in My Mind" by the Osmond Brothers? It part of an album based on their religious beliefs called "The Plan." The Osmonds are Mormons. Instead of going on their year-long outreach mission, the church decided they'd have more impact through their music so allowed them to do this album instead. All of the songs are based on God (not love songs to women though some could be interpreted that way). It's a great song. It's sung by the Osmond Brothers' lead singer, Merrill Osmond. Here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2XKipSkhJ16ipo Another good song on this album is "Going Home." Also sung my Merrill. Here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIS3ZYGCnphkhrM It's anyone's interested, this video is 10-minutes long and shows the band singing a medley of some of the songs on the album. Here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipOyln-Ep7Sej5Y

[@MrClobbertime]

This is one of those fun little songs that's good to listen to. You should check out 'Uncle Elijah' by Black Oak Arkansas. The devil makes an appearance so could fit the Halloween theme if it isn't too late.

[@PaintedCavern]

That song All Summer Long-- by Kid Rock- heavily samples both Werewoves of London and Sweet Home Alabama.

[@mikeaudette2823]

Both without permission.

[@matthiasnolte3817]

You are confused because you remind Kid Rocks "All summer long". He mixed sweet home Alabama and this song. That´s why. Love your comments!!

[@eddiechavez8022]

You nailed it, sweet home Alabama

[@garycoker1990]

saw him live great show r.i.p

[@Mikex973]

My favorite Warren Zevon song is Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner but Mohammed's Radio, Excitable Boy, Next Best Thing, The Envoy and Country Living are all very good.

[@mat5473]

This is a pretty silly song from Warren. If you want a real banger I suggest "Mohammed's Radio" or "Desperados Under the Eaves". Really underrated artist. It's hard to get into because it might sound corny at first but get past that and he's really a legend.

[@TreeFreak]

I can see you howling already, Ty. A whole bucket of yeses for this song.

[@achristinaportillo3548]

Sweet home 1973 werewolves 1978

[@brianwalley2131]

Good reaction, I enjoyed it. Every time I hear this song I am reminded of another UK hit that came out in the same era - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - by Ian Drury and the Blockheads. I'd like to see you react to that one too.

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

Lost Warren way to soon. His last song was a great way to go out..look it up, "keep me in your heart" and "The Wind"

[@brendapaddlety2413]

A cute howling song 😁 👍 can't wait to hear ya howl Ty 😊

[@southernwanderer7912]

I howl with this song every time I hear it. :)

[@brendapaddlety2413]

@@southernwanderer7912 that's nice to know 😊 you can't help but howl 😂

[@connieleighton4375]

Lol my youngest son loves this song ,says he can just see that werewolf cruising down the street with his chinese menu...♡

[@beckyneufeld5531]

Came home out long before sweet home alabama

[@shoogerkane]

this came out in 1978 i think. "Sweet home" came out a few years before that.

[@justinnoble6506]

You should explore Warren more. The guy was a genius

[@stanfordsmith395]

The song stands on its own very well, but to really get it, you have to watch the 1935 movie "Werewolf of London," starring Henry Hull as the most unintentionally hammy werewolf ever. The song does borrow quite a bit from the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic "Sweet Home Alabama which came out a few years earlier, around 1973-74. "Werewolves...." was a top ten hit in 1978. Warren Zevon was extremely well-respected within the music industry, but "Werewolves of London" was his only really big hit song.

[@tgwife1964]

Another good. Halloween song is The Legend Of Wooley Swamp by The Charlie Daniels Band

[@lemhanback9595]

This is my Favorite Warren Zevon song because it fun and Different. Combining the Original Wolf man and Werewolves of London movies. Unless I missed the Original werewolves of london movie. Couldn't swear to it but possible Zevon "borrowed" the wolf howl from "Howling Wolf" Johnson I believe was his last name. Lol could have been Murdock though

[@bluesoulsession]

Seriously, how could you not have heard this before?

[@nathansnider1438]

Bro,good call on that!

[@jorgelopez-pr6dr]

Admit it: not everyone can sing and howl at the same time. And one have to beware not to end like the old lady in the song while in London.

[@jennymagidson1925]

How cute are you, howling along with Warren??!!

[@Modern-Renaissance-Man]

admit it you were too!😂

[@jennymagidson1925]

@@Modern-Renaissance-Man ah-ooo