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HEAR: Pete Yorn Covering Warren Zevon’s ‘Splendid Isolation’
It’s just that kind of day.
Loyal cover. Just enough of a spin to make it his own. Still a wonderful lonely rendition. Well done.
FIVE OF SWORDS: THE PLAYLIST
Deceit. Self-interest. Crime.
1. Hollow Victory - The Webb Brothers
2. Napoleon - Ani DiFranco
3. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
4. Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
5. Shady - Alexander Stewart
6. Deceit - Molly Young
7. Lookin’ Out For No.1 - Bachman Turner Overdrive
8. Mr. Bad Example - Warren Zevon
9. Winners And Losers - Social Distortion
10. Criminal - Manafest
11. Backstabber - Dresden Dolls
12. Traitor - Daughtry
13. Death Before Dishonor - Five Finger Death Punch
14. Power Play - Steppenwolf
15. Liar - LÉon
16. Lady Double Dealer - Deep Purple
17. The Winner Takes It All - ABBA
18. Criminal - Jerad Finck
19. Acceptable Losses - Lisa Miskovsky
20. How Do You Sleep? - John Lennon
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A quick Friday recommendation for you:
This deep-dive on Warren Zevon by Steven Hyden via the Ringer. I have a few of Zevon’s records – two handed down from my father-in-law, one I found at Goodwill – but I knew very little of what Hyden shares about the singer-songwriter. I found the piece to be incredibly moving, especially on the topic of how to reckon with a complicated legacy like Zevon’s. As Hyden admits, it’s more than a little uncomfortable seeing yourself reflected in Zevon’s story. But I think it’s a good discomfort – the kind that lets you know there’s an important lesson to be learned by feeling and following it.
Hyden also taught me something about the Drive-By Truckers, whose headlining set I’m hoping to catch tomorrow night on Brown’s Island at Stone’s Throw Drown. I’ve heard the Truckers encore with “Play It All Night Long” at least a couple of times, but I had no idea it was a Zevon tune. (Tunes, if you’re counting the incorporation of “Ain’t That Pretty at All.”) It sounds so much like them. Now I’m tempted to draw all sorts of parallels, like how the immense weight of the Truckers’ sound when they’re at their sludgiest could have a slightly cleaner forebear in “Detox Mansion.”
Here’s hoping they play “All Night Long” tomorrow night.
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