If anything, this song and Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner are like passages that were written by Noam Chomsky and set to music. Zevon was an astute observer of the times and that may explain why he was never as popular as he could've been. When you right heady material, most people won't get it therefore it will not be consumed as rapidly. If anybody could musically write about the downfall of Western civilization, it was Warren Zevon.
If anything, this song and Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner are like passages that were written by Noam Chomsky and set to music. Zevon was an astute observer of the times and that may explain why he was never as popular as he could've been. When you right heady material, most people won't get it therefore it will not be consumed as rapidly. If anybody could musically write about the downfall of Western civilization, it was Warren Zevon.