#Renegade warren zevon free#

I never said he couldn't say what he wanted to, no matter how offensive.That's all you To 'do' anything about it, nor do I recall asking anyone to. No idea where about 3/4 of your ranting came from, and, I didn't, nore do I expect you There are plenty of specific ACTIONS by various and sundry REALLY BAD folks for me to get too worked up over a song. You, on the other hand, want outrage and scorn to those who don't have the proper thoughts.

#Renegade warren zevon free#

Part of being a patriot is embracing free speech. There are plenty of patriots here who see a song as a song, who don't necessarily agree with your interpretation, and who even if they did, would not lose sleep over it. In closing, I've often wondered what liberals are talking about when they label people as jingoistic instead of patriotic. You're even entitled to call us softies because we don't share your outrage, but its just your opinion and we can point out your own ass-hattedness right back at you.īut you're not going to get us to boycott anything, nor will you succeed in altering the respect most here have for Zevon as an artist. What exactly do you want us to do about it?ĭo you want to boycot Zevon's music? Fine, have at it.ĭo you want to send a nasty letter to the radio station for, gasp, having the gall to play Rolland and to offend your personal sensibilities? Fine, and please post their response as we will probably enjoy it. Suppose Warren Zevon was a pinko commie terrorist sympathizing sum' bitch at some time in the mid 1970s when Rolland came out. I suppose somthing you could say to me, and, I back to you is I'm willing to accept that I may be wrong from time to time. If anyone can come up with any other evidence that I've interpreted my research, or the I haven't taken a drubbing from everyone, AFAIK, becasue I know of a few that agree. Nobody so far on this thread has been able to present any evidence other than I demonized him in a sense I suppose, becasue of how I interpret the lyrics, which, Why stop digging when you already have the shovel, eh? Of course, you're probably just going to dig in further. Maybe the drubbing you're taking from EVERYONE else on this thread should convince you that you just might be wrong in your interpretation. It's like someone who has never read the bill of rights until today coming here and telling everyone that the 2nd amendment only applies to the national guard. People who have listened to it for years don't know what they're talking about, but you, having heard it JUST TODAY are all clued in as to the real meaning of the song. Here's the funny thing: Today's the first time you've heard the song, so you did a little research, and all of a sudden you're an expert on it.

I guess you just need to demonize warron zevon. Bad Example, on Giant Records.I guess it's just a need you have to demonize me, which is fine. Bad Example,' Zevon was an artist's artist, one whom Mountain Stage was fortunate to welcome to the program twice before his death in 2003 at the age of 56.Īt the time of this 1991 performance, Warren Zevon had just released his eighth studio album, Mr.

His stoic vocals and gallows songwriting led to critical acclaim and popular success, eventually leading to his 1978 hit 'Werewolves Of London.' Although he could certainly be 'Mr. Born in Chicago but raised on the West Coast, he began his music career as a classical piano student before broadening his admiration of Stravinsky to The Everly Brothers, folk and pop. Zevon was a beloved cult hero in the world of rock music. 17, 1991, at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va. From Mountain Stage's archives, the original tape of Warren Zevon's 1991 performance.įrom the Mountain Stage archives: a little-heard performance from gifted singer-songwriter-rocker Warren Zevon, recorded live Nov.