My Ride's Here

Warren Zevon - My Ride's Here

My Ride's Here
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Artist: Warren Zevon
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2002-05-07
Music Label: Indieblue Music
Soundtracks:
  1. Sacrifical Lambs
  2. Basket Case
  3. Lord Byron's Luggage
  4. MacGillycuddy's Reeks
  5. You're a Whole Different Person When You're Scared
  6. Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)
  7. Genius
  8. Laissez-Moi Tranquille
  9. I Have to Leave
  10. My Ride's Here

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Free Music Review: Ahoooooooo, Zevon Rides Again
Hit: 5 Stars

Zevon's latest, My Ride's Here is a collection of 10 songs incluces 2 cover tunes ("Laissez-Moi Tranquille", -- Translation: Leave me in peace or Leave me alone? -- "I Hate to Leave"). Zevon collaborates with various writers for MR'sH including Carl Hiassen, Hunter S. Thompson, sports writer Mitch Albon and poet, Paul Muldoon. Zevon also gets help from long-time buddy, David Letterman on "Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)" where the latter yells, "Hit somebody!"
As is his trademark, Zevon uses sardonic humor. "You and the barber make a handsome pair. Guess what -- I never liked the way he cut your hair" "Genius. "I was staying at the Westin. I was playing to a draw. When in walked Charles Heston with the Tablets of the Law." "My Ride's Here".
In keeping with tradition, Zevon illustrates with a new group of wacko characters, including his "baby" the Basketcase, a "pretty as a picture and totally crazed" woman who is "manic-depressive and schizoid too." "Basketcase".
One of the best cuts on the CD is the Irish Folksong, "MacGillycuddy's Reeks". "Genius" might as well be discussing Zevon, because he's rather late in his career getting the props for his literate, intelligent brand of folksy, popsy, rocksy whateversy style of music.
Unfortunately, due to Zevon's recently disclosed health problems, this CD may be his last complete one. Although Zevon has decided to spend his remaining time (he was given a few months to live) with his two children and recording more music. Let's hope this genius gets a chance to complete his current work, and/or a miracle cures him.
For anybody who thinks Zevon is a "one-hit wonder" (I guess "Werewolves of London" would be the hit), this CD, along with Life'll Kill Ya, and gems such as "The Indifference of Heaven" show that Zevon is one of a kind, a genius. Sadly, "Werewolves" isn't even his best song; it's just his best known song.
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Warren Zevon has always been one of the most literate songwriting storytellers. Thus, it makes sense that My Ride's Here (the title refers to the vehicle the Grim Reaper might drive) comes in the form of a cool rock-literary crossover. Zevon once used novelist Thomas McGuane as a collaborator; here, he employs the considerable talents of Hunter S. Thompson, Carl Hiaasen, and sportswriter Mitch Albom (of Tuesdays with Morrie fame) to aid in his satiric little gems, and he's hit a grand slam this time out. "Basket Case," the Hiaasen collaboration, is the ultimate music/book tie-in, sardonically performed in the metallic style of the Slut Puppies, the band in Hiaasen's bestselling mystery novel Basket Case. "You're a Whole Different Person When You're Scared," the Thompson collaboration, is a dark, bluesy, philosophical vamp, but it's Albom's humorous "Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)"--featuring guest vocalist David Letterman(!)--that ultimately steals the CD. Not that Zevon banks solely on his book-writing buddies. "Sacrificial Lambs," a cynical (but sadly true) look at modern celebrity; "MacGillycuddy's Reeks," an authentic-sounding Irish folk parody; and the Dylanesque hallucinations of the title track all prove the once excitable boy is still in fine shape. --Bill Holdship

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