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Warren Zevon — Lawyers, Guns And Money
Album: Excitable Boy
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Released: 1976
Length: 3:22
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I went home with the waitress
The way I always do
How was I to know
She was with the Russians, too?

I was gambling in Havana
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns and money
Dad, get me out of this - Hyah!

I'm the innocent bystander
Somehow I got stuck
Between the rock and a hard place
And I'm down on my luck
Yes I'm down on my luck
Well I'm down on my luck

I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan

All right
Send lawyers, guns and money
Huh!
Uh...

Send lawyers, guns and money
Uhh!

Send lawyers, guns and money
Hyah!

Send lawyers, guns and money
Ooh!
Yeah!

Yeah

Yeah...

Uh!
Comments (266)add comment
 Sunman wrote:

Greatest opening line in a song. Ever.


Although I'm not really a fan of Nick Cave, I don't think you can improve on his  "We Came Along This Road"

I left by the back door
With my wife's lover's smoking gun
Posted 1 month ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
What an innately American message ... "Send lawyers, guns, and money."

The Z-man certainly knew how to craft a lyric.

Posted 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 Sunman wrote:

Greatest opening line in a song. Ever.



Almost. My favourite opening line is also from a Warren song:  "Grandpa pissed his pants again, he don't give a damn."  
Posted 2 years ago by fraserji    [ Reply ]
A driving beat, melody and message
Posted 2 years ago by ray_killeen    [ Reply ]
 ImaOldman wrote:

This was my theme song after I got busted for pot smuggling...



It's a good one!
Posted 2 years ago by ray_killeen    [ Reply ]
This was my theme song after I got busted for pot smuggling...
Posted 2 years ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
Great tune!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Fun stuff! Also true to life!
Posted 3 years ago by hdavid7    [ Reply ]
Warren Zevon is an artist that passed much too young.
Posted 3 years ago by BobHeisler    [ Reply ]
For a while there this was a historical footnote (but still a damn fine song).  Now, low and behold, we seem to have come back around to international shenanigans and clock and dagger schemes.  Lawyers guns and money indeed.
Posted 3 years ago by mkane67    [ Reply ]
 Kaisersosay wrote:
I always loved how Warren seemed to write the soundtrack of my life...........this is one of those songs 
 Hear Hear!  I've thought the same over the last 40 plus years..and I still have to try that French Inhaler

Posted 3 years ago by kanabeanz    [ Reply ]
The entire LP is a 10. Hell, everything he did was a 10.
Posted 3 years ago by todbothom    [ Reply ]
Because of the great Warren Zevon, how many times historically  when I've been in a jam have I told others I was very much in need of  lawyers, guns and money?

Almost everyone immediately got the reference. 
Posted 3 years ago by Hodgie    [ Reply ]
 More_Cowbell wrote:
This is a 10!
 
I'd make it an 11 if that rating was available
Posted 3 years ago by ColdMiser    [ Reply ]
This is a 10!
Posted 3 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
I always loved how Warren seemed to write the soundtrack of my life...........this is one of those songs 
Posted 5 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
 KMITTE01 wrote:
How was I to know.. she was with the Russians too?
 
Ask Trump.
Posted 5 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
How was I to know.. she was with the Russians too?
Posted 7 years ago by KMITTE01    [ Reply ]
Just read his life story, i'll sleep when i'm dead, very interesting.
Posted 7 years ago by Lowdown    [ Reply ]
 Elroweho wrote:
"The sh*t has hit the fan"  Oh how I can relate!{#Beat}

 
Or, as a lawyer would likely put it: "The defecation has hit the oscillation".
Posted 7 years ago by Duc1098    [ Reply ]
 Michael_Dean wrote:


What a cool name!  - Zevon I mean... Bill is cool, too though!

 
No, "Bill" is not a cool name unless you're Bill the Cat and your sidekick is named Opus. Otherwise it's just a regular old name like Mike or Dave or Bob.

However, names like Chad & Muffy are cool...if you're in a frat house at Dartmouth or some other vomit-inducing yuppie endeavor.
Posted 7 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
Album title fixed.  thanks!
Posted 8 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
Bill, "Lawyers, Guns and Money" is the closing track on his 1978 album Excitable Boy and is not included in Warren's "Warren Zevon" album.

What a cool name!  - Zevon I mean... Bill is cool, too though!
Posted 8 years ago by Michael_Dean    [ Reply ]
Poor Warren, died way too young....  (click here)
Posted 8 years ago by Revelation    [ Reply ]
That ole excitable boy, writing exciting lyrics.

Who can't enjoy lyrics about shit hitting the fan?  
Posted 8 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 
Godlike. {#Motor}

PopKombo wrote:
godlike

 


Posted 8 years ago by Wilfrue    [ Reply ]
godlike
Posted 9 years ago by PopKombo    [ Reply ]
A true original
Posted 9 years ago by Emwolb    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:
Played  this with a band last Labor Day weekend.  A buddy told me it was "rock 'n' roll moment."  I can live with that.

 
Need a lead singer?
Posted 9 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
gutsy fucker with a great voice
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Still appropriate after all this time.  {#Notworthy}
Posted 9 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
I always think of Hunter S. Thompson when I hear this.
 
Posted 9 years ago by chasech5    [ Reply ]
 Sunman wrote:
Greatest opening line in a song. Ever.

 
Seconded
Posted 9 years ago by logic    [ Reply ]
Every word in these lyrics: Solid gold. 
Posted 9 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
Greatest opening line in a song. Ever.
Posted 9 years ago by Sunman    [ Reply ]
I took a little risk...
Posted 10 years ago by Laowai    [ Reply ]
Dad - get me out of this!!!!!!
Posted 10 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
miss, miss, miss you Warren!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 10 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
love this guy!
Posted 10 years ago by Lauriea    [ Reply ]
Check out the recent film THE COUNSELOR for a good screenplay about lawyers drugs and money in Latin america
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
I didn't know the man, but I bet he never was "... the innocent bystander, and somehow I got stuck".
Posted 10 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
More than godlike
Posted 10 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
"The sh*t has hit the fan"  Oh how I can relate!{#Beat}
Posted 10 years ago by Elroweho    [ Reply ]

Posted 10 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:
Played  this with a band last Labor Day weekend.  A buddy told me it was "rock 'n' roll moment."  I can live with that.

 
Yes it truly fuckin' is. Captures all the things-are-falling-apart craziness of the late 70s. And as Bill noted, like many of Warren's songs, it's a 4.5-minute screenplay.

The live version from "Stand in the Fire" is way better: Warren goes right over the top. 
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 ch83575 wrote:

Lazarus, I think I'm a convert.  Your church now has a small chapel in the corner of my office.  I hope you are having a great day!
 

Welcome...  everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be praying that you are having fun right this minute...

this song is marvelous...  love it... 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:


Everybody in my church loves this song...

“For many people this will be the end of the line,” said Diane Thompson, an attorney with the National Consumer Law Center. “This is a much lower number for the banks compared to what they were at risk for.”

“The regulators have decided to replace the fox in the henhouse with the wolf,” added John Taylor, president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.

 

 

 
Lazarus, I think I'm a convert.  Your church now has a small chapel in the corner of my office.  I hope you are having a great day!
Posted 11 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
What a great song!  Spun this record a lot back in the 70's - good times...
Posted 11 years ago by Stephenater    [ Reply ]
dad - get me outta this
Posted 11 years ago by gjr    [ Reply ]
 templebeautiful wrote:
sorry, no disrespect but, this is tired and old, it needs to be re-tired.

 
Great music doesn't have a "retirement date". We're still listening to Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, & Vivaldi, hundreds of years old.

People will still be listening to bands like this, Beatles, Stones, Dylan, etc. 1000 years from now - because it's good.



Posted 11 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
"How was I to know she was with the Russians, too?"

Meaning of the sentence isn't what it was during the Cold War years, but still has an interesting interpretation in 2013: if you get entangled with the wrong Russians today, you'd still need lawyers, guns and money.

 

My friend did - it involved importing acrobatic planes - they took him for his last ruble/buck.
Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]

fun to play on the piano...  love it...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
sorry, no disrespect but, this is tired and old, it needs to be re-tired.
Posted 11 years ago by templebeautiful    [ Reply ]
 hencini wrote:


Check out some of the live versions.  "Stand in the Fire" and "Learning to Flinch" both have great examples of this tune.  As a rule, Zevon's live and outtake / demo versions seem to have a realness or rawness that he just can't capture in the studio.  Werewolves is another song that just rips live or even on the "Preludes" demo, but can feel a little ploddy in studio form.  

 
Agree strongly with this. His ballads in their studio form are fine, but the rockers had a lot more energy on the stage than on the albums. Even his live albums don't really capture the raw power of songs like this one, which was always a concert highlight. "Jeannie Needs a Shooter" is another example of a song that just kicked ass at his live shows, but the recordings pale in comparison.
Posted 11 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
Played  this with a band last Labor Day weekend.  A buddy told me it was "rock 'n' roll moment."  I can live with that.
Posted 11 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
I want to like this song. It has an idea and fun lyrics. But it just doesn't sound good. The beat just plods along.
 
LOL - no you don't.
Posted 11 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
The producers of The Americans have to find a way to license this song for the show. Would be awesome.
Posted 11 years ago by burdell    [ Reply ]
"How was I to know she was with the Russians, too?"

Meaning of the sentence isn't what it was during the Cold War years, but still has an interesting interpretation in 2013: if you get entangled with the wrong Russians today, you'd still need lawyers, guns and money.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Epic. Maybe it's me but somehow this song is always appropriate, no matter when. I must be surrounded by too much feces and too many rotary blades. 
Posted 11 years ago by onelittlemoose    [ Reply ]
Never know when you're gonna need this stuff.
Posted 11 years ago by buddy    [ Reply ]
Spent a bit of time in Honduras, was always surprised how evasive people got when you asked the ex-pats where they were from. Lots of vague answers always made me think of this song.
Posted 11 years ago by islander    [ Reply ]


Everybody in my church loves this song...

“For many people this will be the end of the line,” said Diane Thompson, an attorney with the National Consumer Law Center. “This is a much lower number for the banks compared to what they were at risk for.”

“The regulators have decided to replace the fox in the henhouse with the wolf,” added John Taylor, president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.

 

 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
I want to like this song. It has an idea and fun lyrics. But it just doesn't sound good. The beat just plods along.
 

Check out some of the live versions.  "Stand in the Fire" and "Learning to Flinch" both have great examples of this tune.  As a rule, Zevon's live and outtake / demo versions seem to have a realness or rawness that he just can't capture in the studio.  Werewolves is another song that just rips live or even on the "Preludes" demo, but can feel a little ploddy in studio form.  
Posted 11 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
 Kaisersosay wrote:
Miss you Warren , RIP,,,,soundtrack to my life
 
"Send lawyers, guns and money.  Dad, get me out of this."

Hits home for me too, but unfortunately I'm "Dad" in this case. 
Posted 12 years ago by Bat    [ Reply ]
Miss you Warren , RIP,,,,soundtrack to my life
Posted 12 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
Yeah baby!

The shit has hit the fan!!!


Posted 12 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
I want to like this song. It has an idea and fun lyrics. But it just doesn't sound good. The beat just plods along.
Posted 12 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
What a perfect little vingnette of a song.  Warren is missed and always appreciated.
Posted 12 years ago by zllama    [ Reply ]
Everyone in my cell block is loving this and dancing together. Mommy please send lawyers, guns and money ... I am down on my luck as I am dancing with Tiny.
Posted 12 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
 HIGGS_BOSON wrote:
warren zevon sucks end of story..............................
 
poor poor Higgs, you need a hug
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
 HIGGS_BOSON wrote:
warren zevon sucks end of story..............................
 
Well, your existence is purely theoretical, Mr. Boson.
Posted 12 years ago by Seanovan    [ Reply ]
warren zevon sucks end of story..............................
Posted 12 years ago by HIGGS_BOSON    [ Reply ]
Nice story of how this lyric came about.  My submarine buddies and I used to sing this as we rode into Waikiki, Oakland, Tokyo, Seattle, Perth, — or whatever city we were about to sack and burn.
Posted 12 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Love it Love it Love it!! Indeed the sh*t has hit the fan!

RIP Warren{#Pray} 
Posted 12 years ago by Elroweho    [ Reply ]
 modemhead wrote:
Everyone on my cellblock loves this song.
 
You , just made my day....

Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of a cousin.
Posted 12 years ago by helenofjoy    [ Reply ]
The Sh!t has hit the fan, indeed.

Miss ya, Warren.
Posted 12 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Love the Waddy Wachtel guitar work. Great song.
Posted 12 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
Everyone on my cellblock loves this song.
Posted 12 years ago by modemhead    [ Reply ]
 hencini wrote:

(From the "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" liner notes) 
 

If you're at all a fan, this book is excellent.
Posted 13 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
The story behind this song is excellent: 

"My friend Burt Stein (who was also my A&R man at Asylum records) and I were on vacation in Kauai, Hawaii.  We were riding past the cane fields with a young woman whose acquaintance I'd made the previous evening and she was taking us to a friend's 'plantation house.' She mentioned sort of off-handedly that her friend wasn't home; that we might, in fact, have to break in.  I turned to Burt.  'Dear Joe,' I said, thinking of Joe Smith, the president of the record company, 'Send lawyers.' 'And guns,' Burt added.  I said, 'And money.'"

(From the "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" liner notes) 
Posted 13 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
  Kokoloco53 wrote:

What inspirational comments. Oh, they fit good though with such an uninspiring song. Crappola!

 

I find it hilarious that the people making negative comments about Zevon are also the least literate.  Good is an adjective— not an adverb as used above— and "crapola" only has one "p".   
Posted 13 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
 The_Enemy wrote:

I've always loved the attempt by April Wine to get on the radio with their song "If You See Kay". It's childish but funny.
 
Sad but True:  Britney Spears actually pulled that off with "If U Seek Amy"  a few years back. 

Posted 13 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
this song ALWAYS reminds me of the Kennedys...
Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

That Nickelback song "Rock Star" is censored when it plays on the radio in our town. They can't say the words "drugs" or "assholes."  But they can still sing the line about popping pills from a Pez dispenser (I guess the censors figure that it's a convenient way to take aspirin or vitamins.)  "The girls come easy and the bleeep comes cheap..."  It's completely arbitrary censorship, and is ludicrous at best.  At worst, it's a horrible sign of the loss of freedom of speech.  George Carlin was right - if one uses a word often enough, pretty soon one gets used to hearing it and it loses its power to offend.

Unless one is a member of the Moral Majority.  (Quick censorship story:  I once posted on a friend's comment at Facebook. It was about someone who had tossed a crippled puppy in a dumpster and left it to die. Someone else heard the puppy's whimpers and took it to the vet, and eventually, the authorities found the person who'd dumped it. The sorry excuse for a human being got a slap on the wrist and a small fine.  So I posted, "FUCK the courts - I want JUSTICE."  My friend (and also someone I didn't even KNOW) were both horrified that I'd use that kind of language in a public forum. "I have underage nieces and nephews who read this stuff!" she wrote.  And the stranger wrote, "Please tone down your language. Children read this. Blah, blah, blah."

I deleted my post, and never went back to that Facebook page again, but it occurred to me - they weren't outraged by the atrocity of that cruel abandonment of the puppy - they were aghast at the F-bomb.  And then I wondered how young children were being allowed to view Facebook content anyway. No parental control? Hmmm.)

Anyway, I love RP because there's no censorship here, and if there appears to be censorship, it's only because the upload approved had already been pasteurized before it was uploaded.   Didn't mean to go on so long here - MUSIC forum, and allathat.

* Kicks soapbox back under the red velvet curtain and slinks out of the room..... *

 
Amen.

Posted 13 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


Yes, the shit has hit the fan...

The US budget for Fiscal Year 2011 is scheduled to spend $ 3.5 trillion while taking in $2.0 in taxes. It is borrowing the other $ 1.5 trillion - the deficit - and thereby adding to the US national Debt (already over $ 14 trillion, roughly the same as the annual output - GDP -of the US). Such massive borrowing is what got Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and other countries into their current massive crises. The "great debate" between Republicans and Democrats over the first few months of 2011 haggled over $60 billion in cuts versus $30 billion with the final compromise of $38 billion. That $ 38 billion cannot and will not make any significant difference to a 2011 deficit of $ 1,500 billion (the equivalent of $ 1.5trillion). Obviously both Republicans and Democrats are agreed to do nothing more than quibble over insignificant margins of so huge a deficit. Meanwhile they perform live political theater about their "deep concern about deficits and debts" for a bemused, bored, and ever-more alienated public. 



 


At a rate of $1 per second, and assuming no interest, it would take the US approximately 450,000 (four hundred and fifty thousand) years to pay off the national debt.
Posted 13 years ago by agkagk    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:
Yes, the shit has hit the fan...

The US budget for Fiscal Year 2011 is scheduled to spend $ 3.5 trillion while taking in $2.0 in taxes. It is borrowing the other $ 1.5 trillion - the deficit - and thereby adding to the US national Debt (already over $ 14 trillion, roughly the same as the annual output - GDP -of the US). Such massive borrowing is what got Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and other countries into their current massive crises. The "great debate" between Republicans and Democrats over the first few months of 2011 haggled over $60 billion in cuts versus $30 billion with the final compromise of $38 billion. That $ 38 billion cannot and will not make any significant difference to a 2011 deficit of $ 1,500 billion (the equivalent of $ 1.5trillion). Obviously both Republicans and Democrats are agreed to do nothing more than quibble over insignificant margins of so huge a deficit. Meanwhile they perform live political theater about their "deep concern about deficits and debts" for a bemused, bored, and ever-more alienated public.

 
Where's Bono when you need him?  ; )

Posted 13 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


Yes, the shit has hit the fan...

The US budget for Fiscal Year 2011 is scheduled to spend $ 3.5 trillion while taking in $2.0 in taxes. It is borrowing the other $ 1.5 trillion - the deficit - and thereby adding to the US national Debt (already over $ 14 trillion, roughly the same as the annual output - GDP -of the US). Such massive borrowing is what got Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and other countries into their current massive crises. The "great debate" between Republicans and Democrats over the first few months of 2011 haggled over $60 billion in cuts versus $30 billion with the final compromise of $38 billion. That $ 38 billion cannot and will not make any significant difference to a 2011 deficit of $ 1,500 billion (the equivalent of $ 1.5trillion). Obviously both Republicans and Democrats are agreed to do nothing more than quibble over insignificant margins of so huge a deficit. Meanwhile they perform live political theater about their "deep concern about deficits and debts" for a bemused, bored, and ever-more alienated public. 

  That was all good for the ears Romeotuma!!!


Posted 13 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
There are certain words that radio stations are not permitted to play
<SNIP>
This has been happening for years - when the Who came out with "Who Are You?" most radio stations weren't required to censor it.  
 
I've always loved the attempt by April Wine to get on the radio with their song "If You See Kay". It's childish but funny.
Posted 13 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]

What inspirational comments. Oh, they fit good though with such an uninspiring song. Crappola!


Posted 13 years ago by Kokoloco53    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:

Shit , piss, fuck , cunt ,cocksucker, motherfucker,and tits.

Sorry to those who can't take it. :) 
 
That Nickelback song "Rock Star" is censored when it plays on the radio in our town. They can't say the words "drugs" or "assholes."  But they can still sing the line about popping pills from a Pez dispenser (I guess the censors figure that it's a convenient way to take aspirin or vitamins.)  "The girls come easy and the bleeep comes cheap..."  It's completely arbitrary censorship, and is ludicrous at best.  At worst, it's a horrible sign of the loss of freedom of speech.  George Carlin was right - if one uses a word often enough, pretty soon one gets used to hearing it and it loses its power to offend.

Unless one is a member of the Moral Majority.  (Quick censorship story:  I once posted on a friend's comment at Facebook. It was about someone who had tossed a crippled puppy in a dumpster and left it to die. Someone else heard the puppy's whimpers and took it to the vet, and eventually, the authorities found the person who'd dumped it. The sorry excuse for a human being got a slap on the wrist and a small fine.  So I posted, "FUCK the courts - I want JUSTICE."  My friend (and also someone I didn't even KNOW) were both horrified that I'd use that kind of language in a public forum. "I have underage nieces and nephews who read this stuff!" she wrote.  And the stranger wrote, "Please tone down your language. Children read this. Blah, blah, blah."

I deleted my post, and never went back to that Facebook page again, but it occurred to me - they weren't outraged by the atrocity of that cruel abandonment of the puppy - they were aghast at the F-bomb.  And then I wondered how young children were being allowed to view Facebook content anyway. No parental control? Hmmm.)

Anyway, I love RP because there's no censorship here, and if there appears to be censorship, it's only because the upload approved had already been pasteurized before it was uploaded.   Didn't mean to go on so long here - MUSIC forum, and allathat.

* Kicks soapbox back under the red velvet curtain and slinks out of the room..... *

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:

Shit , piss, fuck , cunt ,cocksucker, motherfucker,and tits.

Sorry to those who can't take it. :) 
 
"Tits...it's like a nickname, 'Say, what's up, Tits?'"

Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:

I'm in your camp, Crocky... I have to mute anytime anything by Zevon comes on. It's reminiscent of how terrestial radio shoved Hotel California and Stairway to Heaven down our collective throats.
  I hope Warren gets you "from the other side".
You could end up like Roland....the headless Thompson gunner!!!!!


Posted 13 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

There are certain words that radio stations are not permitted to play - if they allow the F-word to be aired and someone calls the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and reports that station, it's an automatic fine (can't remember how much for a first offense, but it's pretty hefty.)  And if the station persists, they get their business license yanked.  I'm sure there are ins and outs regarding internet radio vs. commercial radio broadcasting with advertisements and sponsors.

This has been happening for years - when the Who came out with "Who Are You?" most radio stations weren't required to censor it.  Gradually, though, the FCC started becoming (or catching flack from) the moral majority and implemented strict rules on what could and could not be allowed on the air.

Grrr.  Freedom of speech - where did it go? {#Frustrated}
 
Shit , piss, fuck , cunt ,cocksucker, motherfucker,and tits.

Sorry to those who can't take it. :) 
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
"How was I to know she was with the Russians, too?"  Exactly!
Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This is an awesome song...  we miss you, Warren...

 
 


Posted 13 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is the story of my life...  love it...  and I would love to dance with you right now, Cynaera...

 
 
maybe her keyboard is broken?  {#Wink}  I'm not dancing to this, believe me!

Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Great song great artist. Another  missed genius. 

Re:-.."the moral majority...fuck 'em."

They are neither moral or in the majority.

They have no lives of their own and get off in interfering in others.

IMO of course.
Posted 14 years ago by hbs47    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

There are certain words that radio stations are not permitted to play - if they allow the F-word to be aired and someone calls the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and reports that station, it's an automatic fine (can't remember how much for a first offense, but it's pretty hefty.)  And if the station persists, they get their business license yanked.  I'm sure there are ins and outs regarding internet radio vs. commercial radio broadcasting with advertisements and sponsors.

This has been happening for years - when the Who came out with "Who Are You?" most radio stations weren't required to censor it.  Gradually, though, the FCC started becoming (or catching flack from) the moral majority and implemented strict rules on what could and could not be allowed on the air.

Grrr.  Freedom of speech - where did it go? {#Frustrated}
 

..the moral majority...fuck 'em. {#Wave} 
Posted 14 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
I will always think of the film Grand Canyon whenever I hear this song. Loved that film, so I love this song.
Posted 14 years ago by sandyclaws    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
Another Suck-ass song from the ulta-overrated, belated Mr. Zevon. What absolute crap.
 
I'm in your camp, Crocky... I have to mute anytime anything by Zevon comes on. It's reminiscent of how terrestial radio shoved Hotel California and Stairway to Heaven down our collective throats.
Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 
Posted: Jul 13, 2010 - 12:16 < Reply >
 Cynaera wrote:
One of my favorites by Zevon - unfortunately, it's censored on the radio. Damned FCC! 

shayde wrote:

Errr.  Huh?  Where what when?  Cite please.
 


they 'bleep' the word 'lawyer' in most civilized areas these days
Posted 14 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
 shayde wrote:

Errr.  Huh?  Where what when?  Cite please.
 
There are certain words that radio stations are not permitted to play - if they allow the F-word to be aired and someone calls the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and reports that station, it's an automatic fine (can't remember how much for a first offense, but it's pretty hefty.)  And if the station persists, they get their business license yanked.  I'm sure there are ins and outs regarding internet radio vs. commercial radio broadcasting with advertisements and sponsors.

This has been happening for years - when the Who came out with "Who Are You?" most radio stations weren't required to censor it.  Gradually, though, the FCC started becoming (or catching flack from) the moral majority and implemented strict rules on what could and could not be allowed on the air.

Grrr.  Freedom of speech - where did it go? {#Frustrated}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
Another Suck-ass song from the ulta-overrated, belated Mr. Zevon. What absolute crap.
 
Suggestion: stop drying your Calvins on high. . .


Posted 14 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
Another Suck-ass song from the ulta-overrated, belated Mr. Zevon. What absolute crap.
 
Don't let the bitter hit you on the ass on the way out.

By the way, it's 'ultra', not 'ulta', and 'belated' means "delayed beyond the usual time."  I have no idea how you're trying to use it here. 

Personally, I love his arrangements, energy, and composition.  He's not a fantastic singer, no, but neither are Neil Young or Bob Dylan. Would you call their work 'crap'?
Posted 14 years ago by shayde    [ Reply ]
Another Suck-ass song from the ulta-overrated, belated Mr. Zevon. What absolute crap.
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

One of my favorites by Zevon - unfortunately, it's censored on the radio. Damned FCC!
 
Errr.  Huh?  Where what when?  Cite please.
Posted 14 years ago by shayde    [ Reply ]
Gonzo! WZ is the king of the genius paranoids. 10

Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:

Isn't this a great song?  What a classic!  And it sure brings back some memories...  sure wish Zevon were still with us...

 
 
One of my favorites by Zevon - unfortunately, it's censored on the radio. Damned FCC!  Oh, well - I can still listen to it on CD, and on RadioParadise!  {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


I seem to remember this as A, D and E...  I am gonna have to fire up my piano...  this is a great song...


 
I think that's right - I used to play it in a band in the 80s.

Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
I guess this is a pretty morose title to this album now!{#Eek}
Anyway, this is a fun song!
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
This brings back some memories! mIRC
Posted 14 years ago by BluEyes    [ Reply ]
"Enjoy every sandwich."
Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 rhbphoto wrote:
Is this set an ode to Tiger??
 
Actually, I think this is the memo that Scooter Libby sent to Dick Cheney's office.
Posted 14 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
this is a great anthology of Warren's music, with a lot of his lesser known ballads{#Sunny}  he was always about the coolness


Posted 14 years ago by dharma_kid    [ Reply ]
 rhbphoto wrote:
Is this set an ode to Tiger??
 
{#Lol}

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Is this set an ode to Tiger??
Posted 14 years ago by rhbphoto    [ Reply ]
The live, 12-string acoustic version on 'Learning to Flinch' is also as killer as the original.

Simply. Awesome. {#Sunny}
Posted 14 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
Next to Big Audio Dynamite's "Medicine Show" and Randy Newman's "Political Science", this is the funniest song about American foreign policy ever!
Posted 15 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
I heard this is Obama's theme song for getting the Olympics to come to Chicago.
Posted 15 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]