| Warren Zevon – Splendid Isolation Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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chisb1, I respectully disagree: The whole song, to me, sounds like he's speaking to the woman he misses, telling her that he doesn't miss her (but obviously does). He says he wants to be all alone and away from everyone, but he's speaking *to* someone ("Don't want nothing to do with you") - why would he talk to someone, if he didn't want to be around them? In fact, that whole verse sounds to me as if he'd just broken up with someone and is trying to convince himself that he doesn't need anyone. And the Disneyland verse...Who goes to Disneyland by themselves (besides MJ, of course)? I think he's trying to learn how to be alone (like MJ, in that verse). |
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| Warren Zevon – My Ride's Here Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'll try to organize some thoughts here (mis-guided though they may be): Mariott is/was Mormon (as was Zevon's mother), a religion that requires a 10% tithe from it's members. 'Mazuma' is a Yiddish word meaning 'money.' I think the implication is that Jesus was there to collect Mariott's tithe, perhaps because Mariott had died, though I'm not sure that Mariott's status is important at all. The Battle of San Jacinto was the decisive battle in the Texas Revolution; I think this might refer to Zevon's revolt from Mormonism, and possibly from organized religion, as, in the last verse, he's no longer at the Mariott, he's moved to a more secular hotel, the Weston, and is gambling; and he avoids Heston, whom I agree is a representation of religion here. |
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| Warren Zevon – Looking for the Next Best Thing Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I thought Zevon was talking about his music - he was kind of an ass and uncompromising about his music (said with great admiration for the man). It sounds to me like he's writing about being driven by his music and not feeling successful at it. And an argument could be made that he wasn't very successful, financially - he wrote songs that he knew were good ("perfection" - "Worked hard, but not for the money"). If the inspection booth can be likened to the studio(s) that wanted him to be a more profitable artist, then it might be that the next two lines are spoke by them ("you can believe what you want - that'll never change it" = "Warren,you can believe that it's okay to write great songs that aren't commercial successes, but it just isn't so" and "You'll have to come around eventually" = if you want to stay on our label and get paid, you'll have to write songs that are in the top 40.") In that light, "the next best thing" that he's looking for would be songs that are written to make money (as opposed to the "best thing" - songs he'd been writing that were, and are, great, but never attained big-money status). |
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| Warren Zevon – Basket Case Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Great song! IIRC, it was written for Carl Hiaasen for his book, Basket Case. Hiaasen had written the first line or two and asked Zevon to kind of jot off a quick set of lyrics. Zevon, instead, composed a complete song and surprised Hiaasen with it. | |
| Warren Zevon – Disorder In The House Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think this is a political commentary. "The big guns have spoken / And we've fallen for the ruse" sounds to me like a reference to the Iraq war (i.e. the gov't has told us how things are and we've believed them, even though they weren't entirely honest). Also, the couplet about the home of the brave and the land of the free seems to point to this as well. |
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