BTW...

Warren Zevon's only hit:

Proof that songs can start as memes and gather a weight, as time goes by, all on their own. It started as a kind of joke by Phil Everly, having seen a movie of the same name--he thought that title would make a great "dance craze."

So Zevon and (then) wife Crystal, along with friend LeRoy Marinell and frequent Zevon bandmate and friend Waddy Wachtel were partying and the three men improvised lyrics and Crystal transcribed. Zevon would play the song most tour nights, adding new improvised lines here and there, until the song lands in this form:


Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/27/23 01:27 PM.

Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice
Fortune depends on the tone of your voice

-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon)
from the song "Songs of Love"
from the album "Casanova" (1996)