![]() ![]() Track one, side one, and it’s also the title track. Seasoned Ruined Chapel veterans know my critical style is very much that of a shaggy dog story we work our way gradually to the punchline.īut okay, let’s start at the beginning. Rather than just a bunch of songs, it’s a series of variations on a single motif.Īnd what is that motif? Haha, you must be new here. Moreover, it’s a concept album with thematic coherence. Bad Example,” but the album as a whole has no weaknesses. Maybe there is no standout track like “Roland,” “Mohammad’s Radio,” or “Mr. Yet, the more I listen, the more I become convinced it is his finest work. ![]() And it’s true, it has a vastly different sound compared with all his other albums. Of all Zevon’s albums, Transverse City is probably the least popular. A Byronic rocker, particularly in the sense of being “mad, bad, and dangerous to know.” From his ’70s mercenary anthems “Jungle Work” and “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” to his more sensitive ruminations on death, “Don’t Let Us Get Sick,” “Life’ll Kill Ya,” and “Ourselves To Know,” his body of work contains far more than just a goofy dance tune about Lon Chaney Jr. He was a hardboiled, sardonic, and tempestuous man. Maybe you remember his appearance on the David Letterman show when he was dying of cancer.īut Zevon was more than just a one-hit wonder with a poignant final act. You probably know Warren Zevon, if you know him at all, as the “Werewolves of London” guy. ![]()
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