This show was the first time I really gained respect for David Letterman. This could not have been easy for anyone, especially Warren and we are so fortunate to have it watch. How is there only 310,847 hits?
There are amazing acts on this show. I like how Letterman is respectful and knowledgable about good music. Paul and that band are one of the best in the world also and you can see Warren knows it.
Fantastic, touching stuff. Like Tori Amos' performance on the post-9/11 episode of Late Show, Warren's performances here are just so touching and profound.
I play Roland on my IPod and usually sing along to it if no ones around. Terrific and clever song.
I love Letterman and think he shows incredible class and taste with shows like this one and the now-iconic 9/11 show.
You can tell how much Warren and his music really meant to Dave. Not often that somebody in the limelight shows this kind of vivid emotion. Thank you so much for these video posts.
There is not one thing in this performance that is not wonderful. Warren's piano, Paul's backups, Paul's organ riffs, Oh and Warren's courage, while his body was being ravaged by cancer. The only fitting place for Warrens last public breath was on Dave's show. After this show , it is said, that Warren gave Dave the ax he always played on Dave's show. I'll bet that is one of David Letterman's most prized possesions.
Just read Crystal Zevon's great biog while playing 'Stand In The Fire' & 'Learning To Flinch' live albums, loud. I recommend it. Thanks for posting these priceless clips. RIP, Warren.
Good music is still being made out there, but you have to search it out. And it won't be easy because as digital recording and web distribution of music has made it possible for common people to put out singles and albums, it has also created an avalanche of shit, and sorting through it all in order to find another "Warren Zevon" is now harder than ever.
I saw this the night it was aired- Powerful. It was very touching to see some NYC Zevon fans say a final farewell to him as he got in his limo at the end of the show.
As moving as this is (I'd have to say that watching this is as close to religion as I'll ever get), I just read something on wiki that was just so perfectly Warren as to make me cry with laughter:
"When his diagnosis became public, Zevon told the media that he just hoped to live long enough to see the next James Bond movie, a goal he accomplished. Coincidentally, the film was titled Die Another Day."
I don't know if it's true, but it's so absurdly appropriate...
rip warren-- he was a beloved singer and song writer he was a father a grandfather a husband and a just plain great person his soul lives in all of us in the form of his music his death was a tragic hit to all of his fans he shall be missed
Cancer is a wierd bastard. You can look ok on the outside but you're being eaten away within. Chemo makes you look on the outside like what's going on on the inside, totally messes you up and might add a year to your life depending on the cancer you have but it's not the way out I'd like. Warren chose his exit and went out good-looking and un-chemofied. Can't do better than that
@Rikk303 Amen about your view on chemo. My dad just died of mesothelioma at an elderly age, 80, and chemo accomplished nothing other than to make him very sick. Does anyone know how Warren was exposed to asbestos?
@Rikk303 my dad had cancer 32 years ago, had an operation and chemo, couldn't tell the difference, bastard was bald when he was 17, 32 years later he's 73 and still kickin'. warren was an idiot, choosing hunter thompson for a doctor. well liberals are that way, i liked warren's music, but i feared his politics, he brought us Obama..
@mrbadx19 I'm totally apolitical and don't see why that should be an argument anyway. As I said, certain cancers are best dealt with by a dignified acceptance. You'll see that in any person who's had to make the choice. Heroic is the only way I can describe it
@mrbadx19 From your comments on how WZ chose to live his life and your glib comment about his politics only shows who is the real idiot. BTW, you should try educating yourself about mesothelioma and whom you should actually fear politically.
Warren didn't refuse chemo out of some kind of bravery. He was horrified that people admired him not getting chemo. Life was sacred to him. He didn't want to die and would never have endorsed refusing treatment. He just felt the treatment would leave him unable to work and finish his last album.
A True Genius missed by all as songwriter and performer... His music will be with us forever not like a lot of the tripe and one hit blunders that call themselves musicians now...
i wrote a paper in one of my polisci classes about biafra & the nigerian civil war because of this song. i got an A for the paper & the class. thanx warren.
@cruithneuladh I'm gonna steal someone else's comment because it was so completely correct - Bob Dylan wishes he could write Warren Zevon songs. He is irreplaceable like you say
@1775scoutsniper Maybe in some specific situations war has ended those the things you list, but all of them persist in varying degrees to one extent or another right up the present moment. War is clearly inevitable when you have enemies who are itching for a fight, say in the case of the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor. But to laud war for ending any of the things you listed is wholly inaccurate.
He mentions fighting in 66 and 67 and a Thompson gunner. inferring he was talking about the Thompson sub machine gun and Vietnam, does he know the Thompson Sub machine gun wasn't standard issue during the Vietnam War?
@1775scoutsniper first of all, my comments were arbitrary lets just enjoy the song, and second why get into the technicalities of the song its not 100% true get over it
@1775scoutsniper Ah yeah - like what you've already been told. There's no mention of Vietnam. The Thommy gun. Huh!? Look, I could be wrong but the Thommy gun was invented in the Twenties - the first automatic machine gun (You know why a gun is called automatic don't you?) And the song is about the revolution in the Congo (Previously British Congo, since then the Belgian Congo.........) And Warren rules this genre, He built it and made it his own.
@ManeatingLemur I just don't get it,... Noir? so totally not! The most engaging involved songs ever written. Like I've said here on one of the songs, he invented this genre, built it and made it his own. But Noir? I think not.
This song makes me remember listening to Warren back when I was a child, and just loving the hell out of this sad song and getting goosebumps when my parents would play it. We miss you, Warren. Here's to you, a true lyrical genius and musical giant.
@snoooo5 , there's alot of "ifs" about McCain but we'll never know, will we ? What we DO know is North Korea keeps abusing the South and Iran is still developing a weapon for israel. Get ready for WW3 because our enemies know that Obama is a weakling.
@k3304 no i dont really think he is then you'll retaliate "typicall liberals" but you do realise world war 3 will be the end of us. there is a famous saying "i know not what wepons world war 3 will be fought with, but i do know that world war four will be fought with sicks and stones" - Albert Einstine
warren was a great man and rip warren i first heard this song with my dad in the garage right before he died it is truly a great song it makes you think thumbs up if you agree
I love at 3:40 where WZ looks back at Paul Schaffer and the band. Originally, I thought it was critical (for the apparent gaffe at 2:31), but now I think it was real affection.
@dropdowndog no gaffe guy, listen to the cd or album, paul was right there w/the goods. don't know what you call it in music terms but it's like overlapping lyrics...
I couldn't do it....Letterman will always be the class of late night since Carson's gone. Good for him to have this lasting image and memory of Warren. Im going to enjoy a sandwich now
@selfesteemdestroyer Clever. Very clever. Clearly your hobby, or more likely full-time habit (probably for lack of any social skills or ability to talk to women) of posting irrelevant comments and attempting to piss people off is working out really well for you. Keep up the good work. The sad, sad, lonely work.
What a great video. David is just glowing and I love Warren Zevon. Saw him and he played piano all night. Man next to me had his ears stuffed for the 'heavy metal' concert! I should have written Warren a note about that. I didn't think at the time, but he might have been able to make a song from that. David has anniversary night programs and Paul plays all Zevon music the night. What a good friend to show so much respect and admiration this far down the road. Great Posting.
This is just good stuff. Good of Dave to devote an entire show to his friend (and surely it was Dave's doing, probably against the network's wishes), and good of Warren to gamely come out and talk about his condition with good humor, then perform these excellent songs.
As for the counter-song Schaffer, in my opinion, does blow it at 2:26, recovering quickly, but he definitely misses the phrasing on the first part of the lyric. Now, Zevon was a bit of a perfectionist - to say the least - and this performance is flawless except for the apparent Schaffer gaffe. That said, this four-part footage is a treasure.
@eclecticNhectic Looking at it again, he may have had a mechanical problem, because at 2:38 Paul puts his left hand to his earpiece/monitor and at the same time the volume seems to modulate. He seems to have started off okay and yes, finished strong. He actually gets Zevon's low tenor sound mimicked pretty good. Thanks for those lyrics. "Time stands still for Roland, 'til he evens up the score" seems to be the rest of it?
@Jimlaregina: you're right, and then again not. Pitty we didn't get the end, but then again, this was to make clear this was about Warren, as it should. Just my opinion.
@Warren (if the aftermath is connected): Your music will be heard in the millenium to come, man.
one word......amazing. in fact fuck that. warron zevon is one of modern days musical greats, he's just never got the credit he deserved....for what its worth warron, we buried my mam to your most beautiful song. we love you. x
Actually, Zevon refused chemo and radiation. He is bald here like half the men on earth because of what they call male-pattern-baldness. He balded gradually over the years. He's already balding in the first Letterman interview. He was a real man, not some punk like StreetLegal75. God bless you Warren.
The day Warren left us here, my friend and I left work early went to a small bar, put $15 in the juke box and played every Warren Zevon song it had on it and sipped our beers and sang along. His music was always something that kept us laughing and thinking, hell it still does. God Bless Warren Zevon!
God Bless Mr. Zevon. You're in my heart even though you're gone. You brought amazing music and happiness to the world, so even if there's nothing else wherever you are, you're remembered. And missed. And amazing. Thank you!
WilliamMelvinHicks -- thank you for that comment...I'm reaping what I've sowed right now...very painful...but in a second-hand store yesterday I found a cassette (!) tape of his greatest hits (yes, I have an old car). But it's helping me, and I'm just discovering this music for the first time. Why wasn't this guy bigger in his life? Maybe that's the point. God bless.
@TheBlackycat warren called my buddy to the stage to sing exiteable boy , but he couldnt 'member the 1st verse. that was the tralf, 94 or 95 me thinks. another friend of mine recorded that entire show. on audio, but cant find it. bummer.
@TheBlackycat warren brought my bud on the stage to sing, but he couldnt 'member the 1st verse to xiteable boy, that was the tralf, bflo,94 or 95 i think
@WilliamMelvinHicks You just hang in there. I was also in that dark place you are talking about. Just remember not to beat yourself up over the past,Just live right today .Do the things that make you happy. Stand strong and cut yourself some slack. Everyone does something they regret. But we can only make this moment better. good luck.
This show was the first time I really gained respect for David Letterman. This could not have been easy for anyone, especially Warren and we are so fortunate to have it watch. How is there only 310,847 hits?
728corey 10 hours ago
Happy Birthday WZ!! I'm happy for the experience of meeting and partying with you and your memory hasn't wavered.
Jayk4896 1 week ago
six members of the CIA watched this
masterankerich 1 month ago
There are amazing acts on this show. I like how Letterman is respectful and knowledgable about good music. Paul and that band are one of the best in the world also and you can see Warren knows it.
jabom99 2 months ago
240P we meet again
Cradley51 2 months ago
Major props to Letterman on this too, held it together very well. I would've cried like fuck (and I am now).
StrawberryFeilds19 2 months ago 4
Fantastic, touching stuff. Like Tori Amos' performance on the post-9/11 episode of Late Show, Warren's performances here are just so touching and profound.
I play Roland on my IPod and usually sing along to it if no ones around. Terrific and clever song.
I love Letterman and think he shows incredible class and taste with shows like this one and the now-iconic 9/11 show.
EarlWire7 2 months ago 3
Warren Zevon, lyrical and musical genius.
railman01 2 months ago 2
Dave is such a strange dude to people. You can really see here how much he liked Warren as a friend.
koxiesarmy 3 months ago 3
You can tell how much Warren and his music really meant to Dave. Not often that somebody in the limelight shows this kind of vivid emotion. Thank you so much for these video posts.
vc27r 3 months ago
Whiskey, weed, and Warren Zevon.
jessid111 3 months ago
Letterman is a true friend to dedicate the whole show to his buddy Warren. You're a idiot if you can't appreciate a good Warren song !!
cattaraugus41 4 months ago
paul didn't help much on this one
joewoo127 4 months ago
There is not one thing in this performance that is not wonderful. Warren's piano, Paul's backups, Paul's organ riffs, Oh and Warren's courage, while his body was being ravaged by cancer. The only fitting place for Warrens last public breath was on Dave's show. After this show , it is said, that Warren gave Dave the ax he always played on Dave's show. I'll bet that is one of David Letterman's most prized possesions.
bensdadfrank 4 months ago 2
beautiful. thanks for posting...
TorontoLarrivee 4 months ago
Just read Crystal Zevon's great biog while playing 'Stand In The Fire' & 'Learning To Flinch' live albums, loud. I recommend it. Thanks for posting these priceless clips. RIP, Warren.
BorderRebels 4 months ago
Good music is still being made out there, but you have to search it out. And it won't be easy because as digital recording and web distribution of music has made it possible for common people to put out singles and albums, it has also created an avalanche of shit, and sorting through it all in order to find another "Warren Zevon" is now harder than ever.
SpandexManney 4 months ago
I saw this the night it was aired- Powerful. It was very touching to see some NYC Zevon fans say a final farewell to him as he got in his limo at the end of the show.
jeffakriner 5 months ago 2
This isn't my favourite song of his, however I'm grateful for having seen it.
tehbunnei 5 months ago 2
As moving as this is (I'd have to say that watching this is as close to religion as I'll ever get), I just read something on wiki that was just so perfectly Warren as to make me cry with laughter:
"When his diagnosis became public, Zevon told the media that he just hoped to live long enough to see the next James Bond movie, a goal he accomplished. Coincidentally, the film was titled Die Another Day."
I don't know if it's true, but it's so absurdly appropriate...
UFO29 5 months ago 4
I get tears in my eyes when I see this
punchrockgroin81 5 months ago 2
6 people are going to hell
thumps up if u think so too
snipa37omega 5 months ago 3
If you want to learn something from Warren, notice how he values his family and how humble he is on his last Letterman show.
guitarino1 5 months ago 4
I hate to say it, but I've had this song in my head since the Norway shootings last week.
zachgeo 6 months ago
RIP WARREN WE LOVE YOU WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU COMRADE!
MrBillcale 6 months ago 2
I look forward to the future, because there will always be loyal fans of Warren Zevon to carry on his name.
Kefkadet 6 months ago
Paul Shaffer. Go away. Please. Forever.
rockabillyrayhudson 7 months ago 4
Warren - you are so missed.......
fivecords5 7 months ago
rip warren-- he was a beloved singer and song writer he was a father a grandfather a husband and a just plain great person his soul lives in all of us in the form of his music his death was a tragic hit to all of his fans he shall be missed
snipa37omega 8 months ago
this make me cry :(
JOH9WOW 8 months ago
Unique talent. Noone wrote songs like Zevon.
cretan982 8 months ago
Cancer is a wierd bastard. You can look ok on the outside but you're being eaten away within. Chemo makes you look on the outside like what's going on on the inside, totally messes you up and might add a year to your life depending on the cancer you have but it's not the way out I'd like. Warren chose his exit and went out good-looking and un-chemofied. Can't do better than that
Rikk303 8 months ago 27
@Rikk303 Amen about your view on chemo. My dad just died of mesothelioma at an elderly age, 80, and chemo accomplished nothing other than to make him very sick. Does anyone know how Warren was exposed to asbestos?
mrbobevans 5 months ago
@Rikk303 Good point, Rikk303 - I have to respect his choice on how to hit the exit - especially since the exit is coming our way no matter what.
TheBunnyist 4 months ago
@Rikk303 he only did do he could finish his album unhindered
bsteck777 3 months ago
@Rikk303 so
bsteck777 3 months ago
@Rikk303 my dad had cancer 32 years ago, had an operation and chemo, couldn't tell the difference, bastard was bald when he was 17, 32 years later he's 73 and still kickin'. warren was an idiot, choosing hunter thompson for a doctor. well liberals are that way, i liked warren's music, but i feared his politics, he brought us Obama..
mrbadx19 3 weeks ago
@mrbadx19 I'm totally apolitical and don't see why that should be an argument anyway. As I said, certain cancers are best dealt with by a dignified acceptance. You'll see that in any person who's had to make the choice. Heroic is the only way I can describe it
Rikk303 3 weeks ago
@mrbadx19 How exactly did he bring us Obama?
Drunkeroc 1 week ago
@mrbadx19 From your comments on how WZ chose to live his life and your glib comment about his politics only shows who is the real idiot. BTW, you should try educating yourself about mesothelioma and whom you should actually fear politically.
OBAMA 2012
Jayk4896 1 week ago
Warren didn't refuse chemo out of some kind of bravery. He was horrified that people admired him not getting chemo. Life was sacred to him. He didn't want to die and would never have endorsed refusing treatment. He just felt the treatment would leave him unable to work and finish his last album.
velvetunderpants44 8 months ago
A True Genius missed by all as songwriter and performer... His music will be with us forever not like a lot of the tripe and one hit blunders that call themselves musicians now...
DennisCarney 8 months ago 4
Always brave as sun!!!!!!!!!!!
diamondjimlegend 9 months ago
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darkaddict18 9 months ago
Not only his last letterman performance, his last ever performance in front of an audience
Bugenhagenification 9 months ago
The guitarist on this one is phenomenal.
MDBrookman 9 months ago
Knee deep in gore
diamondjimlegend 9 months ago
the 5 people who disliked this have a heart of stone and a soul of custard
lahanl01 10 months ago
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diamondjimlegend 10 months ago
@diamondjimlegend Your wife doesn't speak for all women.
ColeHan100 10 months ago
@ColeHan100 Given
diamondjimlegend 9 months ago
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rubytrinity 9 months ago
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rubytrinity 9 months ago
In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun!!!!!!!!!!
overrated84 10 months ago
Thank you again Mff for posting this
diamondjimlegend 10 months ago
i wrote a paper in one of my polisci classes about biafra & the nigerian civil war because of this song. i got an A for the paper & the class. thanx warren.
chuckieluv 10 months ago
A total, utter, complete bloody genius!, don't even think about disagreeing, this man was so talented and unique.
No-one can fill his shoes, we have lost someone special, thank you Warren, thank you so much!
cruithneuladh 11 months ago 52
@cruithneuladh I'm gonna steal someone else's comment because it was so completely correct - Bob Dylan wishes he could write Warren Zevon songs. He is irreplaceable like you say
enlightenedDiamond 6 months ago
@cruithneuladh well said mate!
oneirishpoet 3 months ago
besides ending slavery, fascism, genocide, etc wat has war done for society?
1775scoutsniper 11 months ago
@1775scoutsniper Maybe in some specific situations war has ended those the things you list, but all of them persist in varying degrees to one extent or another right up the present moment. War is clearly inevitable when you have enemies who are itching for a fight, say in the case of the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor. But to laud war for ending any of the things you listed is wholly inaccurate.
blastingcaps 10 months ago
He mentions fighting in 66 and 67 and a Thompson gunner. inferring he was talking about the Thompson sub machine gun and Vietnam, does he know the Thompson Sub machine gun wasn't standard issue during the Vietnam War?
1775scoutsniper 11 months ago
@1775scoutsniper
Uhhh, did you catch the mention of "Biafra", "the Congo war", "fought the Bantu", "the Congolese", "Mombassa", "Johannesburg" etc.
That's AFRICA, no mention of Vietnam. Might want to brush up on your geography and history.
rob16von19 11 months ago 6
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@1775scoutsniper
Uhhh, did you catch the mention of "Biafra", "the Congo war", "fought the Bantu", "the Congolese", "Mombassa", "Johannesburg" etc.
That's AFRICA, no mention of Vietnam. Might want to brush up on your geography and history.
rob16von19 11 months ago
@1775scoutsniper first of all, my comments were arbitrary lets just enjoy the song, and second why get into the technicalities of the song its not 100% true get over it
snoooo5 10 months ago
@1775scoutsniper Ah yeah - like what you've already been told. There's no mention of Vietnam. The Thommy gun. Huh!? Look, I could be wrong but the Thommy gun was invented in the Twenties - the first automatic machine gun (You know why a gun is called automatic don't you?) And the song is about the revolution in the Congo (Previously British Congo, since then the Belgian Congo.........) And Warren rules this genre, He built it and made it his own.
diamondjimlegend 9 months ago
@diamondjimlegend Jackson Browne called Warren "the first and foremost proponent of song noir." Probably as good as description as there'll ever be.
ManeatingLemur 9 months ago 3
@ManeatingLemur I've never heard that. It is a damn good description.
LifeInBrunswick 9 months ago
@ManeatingLemur I just don't get it,... Noir? so totally not! The most engaging involved songs ever written. Like I've said here on one of the songs, he invented this genre, built it and made it his own. But Noir? I think not.
diamondjimlegend 8 months ago
After the show, Warren gave Letterman his guitar he always played on the Tonight Show
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MirroredDiary 11 months ago
This song makes me remember listening to Warren back when I was a child, and just loving the hell out of this sad song and getting goosebumps when my parents would play it. We miss you, Warren. Here's to you, a true lyrical genius and musical giant.
Fyremael 11 months ago
A great writter and poet! Thanks Warren!! We won't forget you!
psychojesi 11 months ago 2
I wish I could see the entire show. The relationship between Letterman/Shaffer and Zevon is nothing short of touching.
bigbigjoel 11 months ago
Hats off to Warren, the true eternal Thompson gunner.
LaoZe 1 year ago
RIP good troubador! thanks for touching my life, thanks for all the music and all the poetry
strictbinder 1 year ago
what a majestic song. thanks, Warren.
MrFarcry1966 1 year ago
Outstanding!!! RIP Warren Zevon.
mpc2146 1 year ago
God bless ya, Warren....struggling here with his breathing. Paul helps out on the chorus. We miss you, Warren Zevon!
rocktenniscat 1 year ago 3
Political guys, chill out. Just enjoy the song. RIP
BoristheOxman 1 year ago 2
What 4 schmucks disliked this??? Losers!
supertenor 1 year ago 5
@supertenor They were probably shot by Roland
BoristheOxman 1 year ago
Did this really devolve into political flaming? Nice.
paulwcowan 1 year ago 3
I'm sure the dislikes of this video were just people who miss Warren Zevon so much they can't bear to see him on any medium.
Quarkt 1 year ago 5
beautiful. simple. haunting. and awesome.
defjoeffo 1 year ago
paul kills it!
shabadoo87 1 year ago
Hunter Thompson commited suicide 3 years before this appearance. Leave me out of this liberal shit ! Liberals are hateful people !
k3304 1 year ago
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storegustaf 1 year ago
@k3304 SOMEDAY THIS LIBERAL ONLY HOPES 4 THE BEST!! R.I.P. HUNTER AND WARREN
glastron72 1 year ago
@k3304 Librals are the best conservatives are the idots who want war and death
snoooo5 1 year ago
@snoooo5 , conservatives want peace like everybody else. Appeasement doesnt work. It let's the dictators win.
k3304 1 year ago
@k3304 what about mcain if he wan he would've nuked the fuck outa everyone
snoooo5 1 year ago
@snoooo5 , there's alot of "ifs" about McCain but we'll never know, will we ? What we DO know is North Korea keeps abusing the South and Iran is still developing a weapon for israel. Get ready for WW3 because our enemies know that Obama is a weakling.
k3304 1 year ago
@k3304 no i dont really think he is then you'll retaliate "typicall liberals" but you do realise world war 3 will be the end of us. there is a famous saying "i know not what wepons world war 3 will be fought with, but i do know that world war four will be fought with sicks and stones" - Albert Einstine
snoooo5 1 year ago
@snoooo5 if ww3 is going to be the end of us, how would the weapons of ww4 be sticks and stones if there is nobody alive to use them?
1775scoutsniper 11 months ago
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what a talentless hack
corbamites 1 year ago
@corbamites Really? I doubt you're even close to Warren's tallent. Why don't you go and troll somewhere else.
chris24692 1 year ago
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@corbamites Really? I doubt you're even close to Warren's talent. Why don't you go and troll somewhere else.
chris24692 1 year ago
@corbamites what douchie comment.
sgtpepper1138 1 year ago
So poignant... and beautifully sung by a dying man who's still missed by all of us, apparently.
cliftongal51 1 year ago 3
The four people who disliked this are not the man.
LockDown2341 1 year ago
This song gives me goose bumps it's so good.
SpartanAirsoft 1 year ago
@SpartanAirsoft I was thinking the same thing , it would rock you with out words , man it just has ...something about it .
Coverbuster 1 year ago 2
warren was a great man and rip warren i first heard this song with my dad in the garage right before he died it is truly a great song it makes you think thumbs up if you agree
HALONUGGETS 1 year ago
Most musicians today just cant tell a story with their songs like this man. He will be missed.
cabby26 1 year ago
I love at 3:40 where WZ looks back at Paul Schaffer and the band. Originally, I thought it was critical (for the apparent gaffe at 2:31), but now I think it was real affection.
dropdowndog 1 year ago
@dropdowndog no gaffe guy, listen to the cd or album, paul was right there w/the goods. don't know what you call it in music terms but it's like overlapping lyrics...
4362mont 1 year ago
@dropdowndog Yes, you're exactly right. Warren wanted to see them, the band, there, playing his song, with him...for the last time.
humbleradio 1 year ago
I couldn't do it....Letterman will always be the class of late night since Carson's gone. Good for him to have this lasting image and memory of Warren. Im going to enjoy a sandwich now
clkmusic1 1 year ago 2
This performance is amazingly touching, it brought near to tears. We all love you and miss you Warren.
lagalaxyfan 1 year ago 4
man do I hate paul shaffer
radishrose 1 year ago
spain
blengravers 1 year ago
Man this is beautiful.
BrotherBadSeed 1 year ago
@basefree This was 2002. He was, in fact, dying.
copyryan 1 year ago
@copyryan were all dying, champ.
selfesteemdestroyer 1 year ago
@selfesteemdestroyer Whatever you say, ace.
copyryan 1 year ago
@copyryan u really can't argue my point, chief
selfesteemdestroyer 1 year ago
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copyryan 1 year ago
@selfesteemdestroyer Right you are, slick. You've given me so much to think about. Thank you.
copyryan 1 year ago
@copyryan no worries, sport. catch ya on the flipside, skipper.
selfesteemdestroyer 1 year ago
@selfesteemdestroyer Thanks, little buddy. You're a real pal.
copyryan 1 year ago
@copyryan fag
selfesteemdestroyer 1 year ago
@selfesteemdestroyer Clever. Very clever. Clearly your hobby, or more likely full-time habit (probably for lack of any social skills or ability to talk to women) of posting irrelevant comments and attempting to piss people off is working out really well for you. Keep up the good work. The sad, sad, lonely work.
copyryan 1 year ago 21
@copyryan dont be mad cuz ur girlfriend has a yeast infection
selfesteemdestroyer 1 year ago
@selfesteemdestroyer She does? There's so much your mom doesn't tell me.
copyryan 1 year ago
@copyryan ZING!
selfesteemdestroyer 1 year ago
What a great video. David is just glowing and I love Warren Zevon. Saw him and he played piano all night. Man next to me had his ears stuffed for the 'heavy metal' concert! I should have written Warren a note about that. I didn't think at the time, but he might have been able to make a song from that. David has anniversary night programs and Paul plays all Zevon music the night. What a good friend to show so much respect and admiration this far down the road. Great Posting.
MyMoppet52 1 year ago
@copyryan great response.
Drewtazy 11 months ago
@copyryan well said incredible writer
phildirt3 7 months ago
Long live Warren Zevon.
dmatt1116 6 months ago 3
This is just good stuff. Good of Dave to devote an entire show to his friend (and surely it was Dave's doing, probably against the network's wishes), and good of Warren to gamely come out and talk about his condition with good humor, then perform these excellent songs.
rollo131 1 year ago 27
@rollo131 - Yeah, I couldn't help but think the same thing. What a wonderful night for the audience I bet.
shimokita2 9 months ago
As for the counter-song Schaffer, in my opinion, does blow it at 2:26, recovering quickly, but he definitely misses the phrasing on the first part of the lyric. Now, Zevon was a bit of a perfectionist - to say the least - and this performance is flawless except for the apparent Schaffer gaffe. That said, this four-part footage is a treasure.
dropdowndog 1 year ago
@dropdowndog Not by much...it goes Time, time time for another useless war...
which Paul does, with a bit of a different harmony, but not bad...did get stronger on second line
eclecticNhectic 1 year ago
@eclecticNhectic Looking at it again, he may have had a mechanical problem, because at 2:38 Paul puts his left hand to his earpiece/monitor and at the same time the volume seems to modulate. He seems to have started off okay and yes, finished strong. He actually gets Zevon's low tenor sound mimicked pretty good. Thanks for those lyrics. "Time stands still for Roland, 'til he evens up the score" seems to be the rest of it?
dropdowndog 1 year ago
looked death in the eye and said fuck it
RippdUb 1 year ago 5
Vote Warren Zevon for the rock and roll hall of fame now. One of Americas greatest songwriters. "Keep me in your heart awhile."
49barfly 1 year ago 5
@basefree well, he died in '03, and Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon came out in 2002, so I'd say 2002.
TNA796 1 year ago
Warren Zevon ir the Best musican ever!
Oggerzz 1 year ago
what a privelege it must have been for paul n the band to play the last "ROLLAND"
MrSpankee02 1 year ago
@Jimlaregina: you're right, and then again not. Pitty we didn't get the end, but then again, this was to make clear this was about Warren, as it should. Just my opinion.
@Warren (if the aftermath is connected): Your music will be heard in the millenium to come, man.
lukmeulebrouck 1 year ago
The most under rated musician in the history of music, bar none. I miss him.
StampedeBull 1 year ago 4
@StampedeBull Absolutely. A true master.
bloodandwhiskey5 1 year ago 3
Too bad it cuts off at the end of the song. I'd like to see the wrap-up.
jimlaregina 1 year ago
@jimlaregina yes. Could the original poster add in the closing? That would be great, thanks.
humbleradio 1 year ago
one word......amazing. in fact fuck that. warron zevon is one of modern days musical greats, he's just never got the credit he deserved....for what its worth warron, we buried my mam to your most beautiful song. we love you. x
stevenrporter82 1 year ago
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StreetLegal75 1 year ago
@StreetLegal75 Stupid comment LOSER!
916ksj 1 year ago
@StreetLegal75 LOSER comment you're probably bald and can't afford a wig! Why would you even make such a stupid comment. Let the good man RIP.
916ksj 1 year ago
@StreetLegal75 He didn't lose his hair naturally. It was due to the chemo and radiation cancer treatments. I'd give him a pass.
PatrioticNewYorker 1 year ago 2
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StreetLegal75 1 year ago
@PatrioticNewYorker
Actually, Zevon refused chemo and radiation. He is bald here like half the men on earth because of what they call male-pattern-baldness. He balded gradually over the years. He's already balding in the first Letterman interview. He was a real man, not some punk like StreetLegal75. God bless you Warren.
KangootheRabbit 1 year ago
@KangootheRabbit Anyone who ran with the Good Doctor had to be the real deal one character flaw Dr. Gonzo didn't put up with was phoniness.
zitlight73 1 year ago
@KangootheRabbit Anyone who ran with the Good Doctor had to be the real deal one character flaw Dr. Gonzo didn't put up with was phoniness.
zitlight73 1 year ago
Warren....long may you reign.
BrushApe66 1 year ago
The day Warren left us here, my friend and I left work early went to a small bar, put $15 in the juke box and played every Warren Zevon song it had on it and sipped our beers and sang along. His music was always something that kept us laughing and thinking, hell it still does. God Bless Warren Zevon!
rymanhouse 1 year ago 5
God Bless Mr. Zevon. You're in my heart even though you're gone. You brought amazing music and happiness to the world, so even if there's nothing else wherever you are, you're remembered. And missed. And amazing. Thank you!
conservenrgy 1 year ago 2
@conservenrgy Keep him in your heart for a while longer. Cheers mate
diamondjimlegend 8 months ago
WilliamMelvinHicks -- thank you for that comment...I'm reaping what I've sowed right now...very painful...but in a second-hand store yesterday I found a cassette (!) tape of his greatest hits (yes, I have an old car). But it's helping me, and I'm just discovering this music for the first time. Why wasn't this guy bigger in his life? Maybe that's the point. God bless.
toadbeacon 1 year ago 2
so cool of dave,to have warren on for an hour show
harley1450000 1 year ago
I used to listen to him with my dad when I was really young, sad that he died =[=[ I had no idea
neuroxcore 1 year ago
God bless that old bastard!
heitmanek1 1 year ago
Rest in Piece Warren - True talent.
audioX1 1 year ago 3
this is why i will always like david letterman.
jackdpls 1 year ago 18
I grew up listening to this song with my mom.
MrBobbyEverett 1 year ago
my fave Zevon song. I recall when this was first released. Was lucky to see Zevon play a small club in Buffalo years ago.
TheBlackycat 1 year ago 2
@TheBlackycat warren called my buddy to the stage to sing exiteable boy , but he couldnt 'member the 1st verse. that was the tralf, 94 or 95 me thinks. another friend of mine recorded that entire show. on audio, but cant find it. bummer.
MrSpankee02 1 year ago
@TheBlackycat warren brought my bud on the stage to sing, but he couldnt 'member the 1st verse to xiteable boy, that was the tralf, bflo,94 or 95 i think
MrSpankee02 1 year ago
How many parts were there to his final appearance just the 4? Also was this his last public appearance period?
stinkerbell76 1 year ago
well... all i can think is his place in that ultimate band was ready... that's what makes the most sense to me.. wow - what a band..
daveb810 1 year ago
I'm in a really dark place in my life. I've made some bad choices that have recently caught up with me.
This song give me so much comfort right now.
Thank you for posting this and thank you Warren Zevon.
WilliamMelvinHicks 1 year ago 57
Hope you're feelin' better.
Opalwitley 1 year ago
@Opalwitley
"The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder"
WilliamMelvinHicks 1 year ago 3
@WilliamMelvinHicks Just enjoy every sandwich.
GlooberSnobber 1 year ago 2
@WilliamMelvinHicks u fail
murmurrrr 1 year ago
@WilliamMelvinHicks Hang in there, mate.
humbleradio 1 year ago
@WilliamMelvinHicks You just hang in there. I was also in that dark place you are talking about. Just remember not to beat yourself up over the past,Just live right today .Do the things that make you happy. Stand strong and cut yourself some slack. Everyone does something they regret. But we can only make this moment better. good luck.
MISHELLYBELLY61 1 year ago