Blog: The Passion of the Weiss

As Dom Passantino pointed out , "Zevon came with more killer openings than Bobby Fischer." Though the lyrics were co-written by a late-period whiskey (and coke and acid)-addled Hunter S. Thompson, it's hard to argue with the efficacy of "You met her in a Turkish town/but you didn't want to bring her here/You didn't want her hanging around in the Kingdom of Fear/So you left her there."The Ramada Room organs are as kitschy and soft as shag carpeting, and the lyrics mordant and perennially wicked. Were there are a Passion of the Weiss Hall of Fame, Warren Z. would [...]

• Warren Zevon - You're a Whole Different Person When You're Scared