![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Warren Zevon may not have been the songwriter's debut, but it was the album that confirmed he was a major talent, and it remains a black-hearted pop delight. But for all their darkness, Zevon's songs also possessed a steely intelligence, a winning wit, and an unusually sophisticated melodic sense, and he certainly made the most of the high-priced help who backed him on the album. The album opened with a jaunty celebration of a pair of Old West thieves and gunfighters ("Frank and Jesse James"), and went on to tell remarkable, slightly unnerving tales of ambitious pimps ("The French Inhaler"), lonesome junkies ("Carmelita"), wired, hard-living lunatics ("I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"), and truly dastardly womanizers ("Poor Poor Pitiful Me"), and even Zevon's celebrations of life in Los Angeles, long a staple of the soft rock genre, had both a menace and an epic sweep his contemporaries could never match ("Join Me in L.A." and "Desperados Under the Eaves"). Even though Warren Zevon was on good terms with L.A.'s Mellow Mafia, he sure didn't think (or write) like any of his pals in the Eagles or Fleetwood Mac Zevon's music was full of blood, bile, and mean-spirited irony, and the glossy surfaces of Jackson Browne's production failed to disguise the bitter heart of the songs on Warren Zevon. By placing your order, you agree to our Terms of Use. Warren Zevon was a ten-year music industry veteran who had written songs for the Turtles, backed up Phil Everly, done years of session work, and been befriended by Jackson Browne by the time he cut his self-titled album in 1976 (which wasn't his debut, though the less said about 1969's misbegotten Wanted Dead or Alive the better). Hasten Down the Wind (Live) Lyrics Verse 1 She tells him she thinks she needs to be free He tells her he doesn't understand She takes his hand She tells him nothing's working out the way. In 1976, Linda Ronstadt made Zevons Hasten Down the Wind the title song of an album, and Jackson Browne produced Zevons first mature album, Warren Zevon. Warren Zevon 269 ratings See all 17 formats and editions Streaming Unlimited MP3 9.49 Listen with our Free App Audio CD 21.06 1 Used from 29.97 5 New from 21.06 Listen Now Buy MP3 Album 9.49 Sold by Services LLC. Hasten Down the Wind Lyrics Verse 1 She tells him she thinks she needs to be free He tells her he doesn't understand She takes his hand She tells him nothing's working out the way they planned. ![]()
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