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Warren Zevon says goodbye in a new album and TV special (tonight on VH1, 10 pm)
© Copyright 2003 Globe Newspaper Company. ^
| 8/24/2003
| By Steve Morse, Globe Staff,
Posted on 08/24/2003 5:21:04 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:10:41 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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When Warren Zevon was given three months to live after doctors diagnosed inoperable lung cancer last summer, some people assumed he might head to Mexico to hide out and sit on a beach. Quite the opposite happened.
Although long known as a clown prince of rock 'n' roll, Zevon suddenly got serious and became determined to make one last album. "In the time I have left, I want to record as many songs as fast as I can," Zevon said back then. "It's the best way I can think of to say goodbye to my friends and kids."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cancer; vh1; zevon
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Bump - Long Life for Warren Zevon.
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posted on
08/24/2003 5:24:32 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(Why is the Left afraid of Arnold?)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Bump! Thanks for the heads-up...must see TV indeed...
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posted on
08/24/2003 5:24:41 PM PDT
by
TomServo
("Cinematography by Zapruder.")
To: Behind Liberal Lines
I had no idea Zevon was terminal. He is one of my favorite songwriters.
I'll sleep when i'm dead is one of my favs.
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posted on
08/24/2003 5:26:43 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(Until Kofi Annan rides buses in Jerusalem, he just won't care. - The Spotted Owl)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Thanks for the post, and God bless you, Warren!
To: Behind Liberal Lines
He was too young to die. I hope that everyone can see this special tonight and stop smoking.
****Warren Zevon used to say that if his dentist couldn't fix it, he was screwed. The one-time hard drinking, chain-smoking, songwriter (he entered into recovery in the mid-'80s and quit smoking eight years ago), has had a life long fear of doctors. When Warren told his dentist recently that he was experiencing shortness of breath, which he blamed on his new exercise program ("I was working out more than Vin Deisel"), the dentist persuaded him, finally, to see a physician.
The news was as bad as it gets. Warren has inoperable lung cancer. He has been given two months to live. A few days later, he gave his doctor copies of his last two albums: Life'll Kill Ya and My Ride's Here. "Maybe now you'll understand my 'eerie acceptance' of death", Warren told the doctor.
More on Zevon
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posted on
08/24/2003 5:31:16 PM PDT
by
Hillary's Lovely Legs
(A McClintock supporter would rather keep Davis than elect Arnold just so they can say I told you so')
To: facedown
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posted on
08/24/2003 5:31:23 PM PDT
by
sistergoldenhair
(Don't be a sheep. People hate sheep. They eat sheep.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
"It's hard to find a girl with a heart of gold when you're living in a four-letter world." Belongs in any collection of all-time great quotes.
To: Alberta's Child
"Send lawyers, guns, and money, dad get me out of this."
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posted on
08/24/2003 5:42:22 PM PDT
by
LS
To: Alberta's Child
..I'm all outta heroin and they cut off your welfare check...
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Send lawyers guns and money . . . .
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posted on
08/24/2003 5:48:03 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(Kakkate Koi!)
To: FlatLandBeer; Alberta's Child
The County won't give me no more METHODONE and they cut off your welfare check.
To: Alberta's Child
In case anyone is interested you can go over to Amazon and one clikce to order.
I should have it in my hands thursday.
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posted on
08/24/2003 6:04:51 PM PDT
by
dts32041
("moderate Arab" he's the one who detonates his bomb via remote control.)
To: Alberta's Child
"They killed to earn their living, and to help out the Congolese."
To: dts32041; Alberta's Child
Amazingly enough FYE in Albany NY put it on sale a week early. I've had it for a week and it is excellent.
To: Martin Tell
"Doctor says to me' "Your Shi*t's F*cked up.'"
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posted on
08/24/2003 6:17:24 PM PDT
by
dts32041
("moderate Arab" he's the one who detonates his bomb via remote control.)
To: BunnySlippers
"In a strange irony, Zevon, 56, "
"notably when he's at the piano with his son Jordan, 34"
Sometimes I feel so old...
To: Behind Liberal Lines
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Once in a lifetime folks, once in a lifetime... |
Ain't nobody like him and never will be again.
Can't say goodbye Warren, but I can say I'll see you and hear you again.
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posted on
08/24/2003 6:30:10 PM PDT
by
Fintan
(I went home with a waitress...)
To: dts32041
This is one of those CDs that I simply have no choice but to drive out to the store and buy in person - it just wouldn't feel the same clicking the mouse to do it.
To: dts32041
"Bad Karma - it's killing me by degrees."
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