Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London

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  General Comment:"3. Kid Rock, possibly the biggest doofus in the history of music, records a song about listening to the Skynard song and inexplicably uses the music from the Warren Zevon song."
  
  You know what they say about opinions, and youre welcome to yours. Also I agree "All Summer Long" isnt one of the Kid's better songs. But as a Michigan man who grew up scant miles and few years apart from Bob,
  
  He earned it, and he did it *his* way.
  
  I dont see any of the "biggest doofuses in the history of music" attending local events with the likes of Bob Seiger or Hank II.

  Flag elwoood13on May 19, 2012   Link

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    Agreed!!!!Thank you.Formerly married to a Yooper-rigth on man. :)

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  General Comment:Have I missed it or has nobody pointed out what the line "hah, I'd like to meet his tailor" means?
  It's an old joke, something two guys would say to each other when sizing up another gent, so to speak. A tailor measures your pants inseam, making him knowledgeable about certain aspects of your privates. Furthermore, wouldn't it be great to be a werewolf's tailor? You'd be making him new suits every month! It really seems like he could be talking about any "freaks" would be lurking around the cities in the late '70s, in a gruesome, tongue-in-cheek fasahion, of course! It is WZ!

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  Song Meaning:I've always understood the lyrics to be about the gay community at large. I always took the line "You better stay away from him ..he'll rip your lungs out Jim ..HA! I'd like to meet his tailor as a conversation between a homophobe, irrationally thinking that some gay guy just wants to stick a tongue down his throat, (you better stay away ...) and a more progressive and knowing, gay accepting person (HA! I'd like to...). Which also made me wonder ..what did WZ REALLY know about the Lon Chaney's? Imean ...Walking with the queen , DOING the werewolves of London? MMMM HMMMM!!! The last line really nailed it for me .."his hair was perfect ..MMMPH!!!!"

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  General Comment:I believe it's a song about the punk scene of 1970s London, where it was hard to separate the hooligans from the pre-hipster hipsters. Some are harmless posers and some pretty dangerous thugs. I think the werewolf reference is a metaphor. Awesome song.

  Flag Diogeneson June 12, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:About mainstreaming people with hypertrichosis along with the traditional werewolf story.

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  General Comment:It's advice to everyone. Please, people, spay your werewolves.

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  General Comment:On a tangent to this song, it's hard to know that it's good being a musician as unique as someone that would write a song like this.. the secret to having that inner confidence is to have friends who are doing the exact same thing. For many people I feel that Warren Zevon is actually one of those friends, through his songs. They reflect back to such unique people that it's a good thing to keep doing what they do for as long as they want. This is a phychological point.

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  General Comment:A small correction, but for a song THIS great it needs to be noted:
  
  Incorrect lyrics:
  "He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
  Gonna get himself a big dish of Beef Chow Mein"
  
  Correct lyrics:
  "He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
  Gonna get a big dish of Beef Chow Mein"

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  General Comment:btw, shouldn't "Little old lady got mutilated last night" be "late last night" or have I been singing when I should have been listening again?
  
  Ow-ooooh!

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  General Comment:Some of you guys need to get out more--or maybe stay in and watch a few old werewolf movies. You know, the ones with the genteel British guy, perfectly dressed and groomed who, in spite of Claude Raines' warning, turns into a howling monster, mutilating and devouring by the light of the full moon.
  
  As to the guy who thought this was ripped off from Sweet Home Alabama, can I use the word 'idiot' on this board? If you were serious, here's the sequence.
  
  1. Lynard Skynard has hit with Sweet Home Alabama
  2. Warren Zevon has a hit with this completely unrelated song
  3. Kid Rock, possibly the biggest doofus in the history of music, records a song about listening to the Skynard song and inexplicably uses the music from the Warren Zevon song.
  
  Got it? Good, because I don't want to have to come after you. ;)

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    Your obviously a doofus. Kid Rock is the most talented artist of all time, no one else can do country,rock,hip hop rnb and soul and actually sound good, not to mention writing his own songs and his ability to play every instrument including an amazing Dj..list goes on. All summer long was not about listening to skynard, its about that summer love most of us have(you must not of) just like night moves from Bob Seger one of the most genius songwriters of all time. Kid Rock got huge respect from Warren Zevon and Lynard Skynard for that song along with collabarating with them. skynard and Warren Zevon would say your a doofus. KR has gone platinum more than 30 times, how about you? your musically challenged

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