defrog: (death trip)
defrog ([personal profile] defrog) wrote2009-10-05 10:59 am

TRAITOR: THE WARREN ZEVON COMEBACK SPECIAL

I had the strangest dream last night.

I was attending a Warren Zevon comeback concert to promote his new album Traitor.

The stage show was a satire of the healthcare industry, with flatscreens running footage of naughty doctors and nurses from old Carry On films and Benny Hill skits.

Leotard stooges with cardboard egg-carton eyes painted in blacklight neon danced before curtains embroidered with a fake corporate logo for Vagina Industries.

Warren rode a mountain bike through the audience. He came right up to me, did a magic trick that involved vomiting a pen out of his mouth, and autographed a copy of Wired magazine I happened to have with me.

“Good to have you back,” I said.

“Good to be back,” he said, returning my thumbs-up.

It was a great night.

Then I woke up.

Words cannot express how disappointed I felt when I realized I’d dreamed the whole thing. And that was before I remembered Zevon died six years ago.

Damn. I do miss him.

Here’s one of a thousand reasons why.



DISCLAIMER: Warren Zevon never released an album called Traitor. And he never ever did a stage show that elaborately artistic. That was probably an artifact of me currently re-reading Naked Lunch and watching Laurie Anderson videos on YouTube again.

You'd have thought the bit about the bike would be a dead giveaway.

At the mountain bikes of madness,

This is dF

[identity profile] ziyda.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Hm-hm, hm.
I wish he was still around.

[identity profile] def-fr0g-42.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
I'm just gratified that someone besides me even knows who he is. :)

[identity profile] isis-lives.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Miss him, too. Thanks for sharing this song.

[identity profile] def-fr0g-42.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the thanks. Most people I know usually respond with "Warren who?"

[identity profile] isis-lives.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Are you kidding me? He was one of the best...a renegade, a rebel all his days...and a damn good musician.

Thanks again for the nudge to remember....