# Favourite Warren Zevon song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974 "2013-11-03T11:02:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/1 "2013-11-03T11:02:17Z")
Mines probably Werewolves of London. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/2 "2013-11-03T11:25:00Z")
For me it’s a toss up between “Lawyers Guns and Money” and “Leave My Monkey Alone”. ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_Lenore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Silence\_Lenore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_Lenore)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/3 "2013-11-03T11:35:12Z")
Lately it has been Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/4 "2013-11-03T12:17:43Z")
Mohammed’s Radio. Or Desperados Under the Eaves. Or Carmelita. Please don’t make me choose. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/5 "2013-11-03T12:46:30Z")
Toss up, but here are some favorites: Accidentally like a martyr Mohammad’s Radio Carmelita Veracruz (yeah, I can’t pick either. These four are always my top picks, but mostly I’ll listen to anything of his) ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/6 "2013-11-03T12:53:48Z")
Hard to choose, but if forced I’d say Mr. Bad Example, just because if you couldn’t understand the lyrics it sounds like a happy kid-friendly song. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/7 "2013-11-03T14:12:55Z")
Everything posted in the thread so far is an excellent choice. Mine is probably one of those…or Poor Poor Pitiful Me…or Gorilla You’re a Desperado, or maybe Excitable Boy. But it’s very definitely one of them. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/8 "2013-11-03T15:06:37Z")
Tenderness on the Block and Carmelita. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/9 "2013-11-03T15:08:35Z")
Carmelita? Lawyers Guns and Money? I Was in the House When the House Burned Down? Mr. Bad Example? Piano Fighter? Um… it’s definitely by Warren Zevon. Unless it’s the Hindu Love Gods cover of Raspberry Beret. Or his cover of Cadillac Ranch. Or Battleship Chains. Crap. Too many great songs to pick one. Shortly after his death, his son Jordan authorized free distribution of his concert recordings - the internet live music archive has around 100 [Warren Zevon shows](http://archive.org/search.php?query=warren%20zevon%20AND%20collection%3Aetree) recorded between 1976 and 2001 available for free download or streaming. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/10 "2013-11-03T16:04:01Z")
_Little old lady got mutilated late last nigh_ is the best single line in a song ever. Still, the song that is so powerfully emotional that I never listen to because it makes me bawl like a baby is Keep Me In Your Heart. ---
**Author:** ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/11 "2013-11-03T17:15:42Z")
What about favorite album then? Excitable boy for me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/12 "2013-11-03T17:23:30Z")
Werewolves, Lawyers, Roland are my faves. I’m most likely to hear Werewolves because the Dead liked to play it, and I like to play the Dead. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/13 "2013-11-03T18:18:49Z")
Until a couple of days ago, I’d never heard [“Detox Mansion”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULKmb3_P_N8). Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/14 "2013-11-03T18:28:32Z")
Although my knowledge of Warren Zevon songs is very limited, I really like “Excitable Boy.” ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/15 "2013-11-03T18:44:35Z")
Although my screen name would suggest otherwise, it’s probably “Desperados Under the Eaves”…or “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner”…or “Play it All Night Long”…or “Lawyers, Guns and Money.” Depends on the day and my mood. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/16 "2013-11-03T19:02:39Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Mohammed’s Radio. Or Desperados Under the Eaves. Or Carmelita. > > Please don’t make me choose. Sorry, I meant to say “Frank and Jesse James.” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/17 "2013-11-03T19:52:58Z")
I like nearly everything he did, but my favorite has to be “Werewolves of London”. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/18 "2013-11-03T20:05:34Z")
Right now off the top of my head, “Model Citizen.” Ask me again tomorrow and I may have a different answer. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/19 "2013-11-03T23:57:25Z")
I’ll go with “Lawyers, Guns and Money.” I also considered “Poor Poor Pitiful Me,” but the former’s main riff is what has been lodged in my head since I first saw the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974/20 "2013-11-04T01:01:03Z")
Too hard! My favorite song is probably on “Excitable Boy,” but my favorite album is “Sentimental Hygiene.” Either “Boom Boom Mancini” or “The Factory.” On both of those he out-Springsteens Springsteen! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warren-zevon-song/672974.md?page=2)