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Can You Go a Little Deeper: Warren Zevon

Nov 20, 2009, 2:48pm Licorice Pizza
Can You Go a Little Deeper: Warren Zevon Like many people "of a certain age," my earliest exposure to Warren Zevon was 1978's "Werewolves of London." It would be years before I learned that the witty lyricism of that pseudo novelty hit carried itself into much of Zevon's songwriting. A more recent (within the last few years, anyway) discovery for me was "Carmelita," a bittersweet song from Zevon's 1976 debut. The song is ostensibly about a heroin-addicted writer in love with a Mexican girl. There is, however, another school of thought that, in keeping with the album's leitmotif, "Carmelita" is actually about Los Angeles rather [...]
Artist:Warren Zevon
Title:Carmelita
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