Warren Zevon - Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings
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Free Music Review: zevon
Hit: 5 Stars
best for a big fan, demos of later hits a treat, as are zevon comments and unique versions of several songsFree Music Review: From Beyond the Grave
Hit: 5 Stars
Bought this for my wife who saw him several times. Both of us feel the lose every day. Needed to complete any collection of Warren Zevon.Free Music Review: Thank you, Jordan
Hit: 5 Stars
The second cd is very interesting and worth a couple of hearings. The first cd is like the world's best flea market. Even the lesser stuff that you do not want to buy is at least interesting and there are several priceless, previously unreleased gems, such as Stop Raining Lord, The Rosarita Beach Cafe, a goofy version of Werewolves and, my favorite, an alternate version of Accidentally Like A Martyr with lyrics that might have been written by Catullus. This album is a must for any Zevon fan. Free Music Review: clearly shows thinking like a songwriter
Hit: 5 Stars
I have so much music already that I hardly listen to any of the old stuff, and it takes something new to remind me how easily my mind can get into a song like `studebaker' or `the rosarita beach café.' This addition to my music collection is worth writing about because it tells me so much about songs that I already have.
I have rarely tried to review a disc of interviews, but it is possible that someone would be interested in purchasing `warren zevon preludes / rare and unreleased recordings' because they would love to hear the second disc, which only has three songs but gives fans a chance to hear Warren Zevon talk, answering questions, dealing with the autobiographical issues that entered into writing the song "I Was In The House When The House Burned Down," the ironic issues involved in singing Steve Winwood's "Back in the High Life," and the personality split that aptly has him singing the solo acoustic version of "Don't Let Us Get Sick" recorded live 12/3/99 at Austin City Limits Studios for 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin 9th Anniversary Concert.
Among the songs on the first disc, `empty hearted town,' `werewolves of London,' and `accidentally like a martyr' sound like early versions of songs that fans are likely to hear certain favorite lines in, in spite of subsequent changes that seem like invitations to reflect on his line, "You know how much I hate it when you reach inside my head and switch all my priorities around." One of the interviews on Disc 2 is about his "Life'll Kill Ya" CD, a collection of songs which attempted to avoid getting caught up in any musical ornamentation that might subsequently be considered mistakes. I've had this set for about a month and already it seems likely to become one of the contributions to the intellectual attempts to understand artistic processes in 2007 which will be significant for me much longer than the rivers of drivel that most people listen to as a matter of mundane routine in their attempts to experience live performances. I'm not really an expert, unless being intentionally unprofessional has become its own form of experise, but yesterday I attempted to sing a few lines of "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" for a small portion of a crowd on the grass where the legion post symphonic band that played for the dedication of Minnesota's state capitol World War II memorial had already packed up their instruments and left, and I was not as loud as the planes that flew overhead or the gun salute that was what the crowd was waiting to hear at the end.
Free Music Review: Magic from beyond
Hit: 5 Stars
The world has lost a soul of magnitude when this man passed on, but at least here we can spend some time with him again. Listening to Warren Zevon is like visiting an old friend and mentor: you laugh at his wit, you ponder his words of wisdom and cry with his pain and sadness.
We miss you, Maestro!