Warren Zevon - Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner, live 1990

[riptheskull]

Nice!

[dog8channels]

@riptheskull Better than nice, excellent!!!!!

[dibutler]

Dit is 'n groot

[roddie753]

we miss you warren

[Tapping2Lunacy]

Holy Effing stuff!  I was at this performance! Thank you so much for sharing!

(the first time I found an event that I was a small part of, on the internet)

[ahitler1000]

love the prelude , reminds me of a chopin type intro,

[roddie753]

Talkin about the man!

[Elric2024]

Still my favorite Zevon song. I saw him perform live twice, in SF in 1986 and later in Oakland in 1996. I loved the way he would "update" the last lyric to modern events. I like think if he were still with us, it would got something like this:

"The eternal Thompson gunner,

Still wandering thought the night,

It's 46 years later, but he still keeps up the fight,

In Libya, in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Abbotabad...

Osama Bin Laden, heard the burst

Of Roland' Thompson gun and bought it!"

[tyfeller7]

damn this song was the inspiration for roland on borderlands ^^

[Skwerrlly]

Warren and Roland are probably trading stories,looking down at us,and laughing

[SoullessFilms]

wat the heck is up with the 2 minutes of drums at the start?

[DocEleven]

@SoullessFilms It's known as "The Roland Chorale"

[SHEEPLEwhisperer]

@SoullessFilms

It's called music.

Sounds weird to you because you're used to the Corporate plastic crap that goes for music these days.

[1071john]

Awesome, love Warren Zevon. Especially Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner.One of the best ballads ever

[jhhjhj21]

seananners sent me here lol

[EMPIREofPUPPETS]

I love songs like this that tell a story.

A true classic.

[ricenbeans82]

if chuck norris decided to go ape shit, Warren Zevon would come back from the dead and save us all

[noteverhere]

@ricenbeans82 Naah, he'd just give Chuck a sandwich and tell him to calm his tits.

[IRAMOE]

Warren is still the greatest and I'm just thankful I got to see him live!

[Afterburner8004]

enjoy every sandwhich

[TheHuskerton]

I wonder how Warren came up with the ideas for these incredible story telling songs? Incredible stuff I mean pure musical genius... Warren you left us too soon. Here's to all the songs we'll never hear. Cheers.

[ahitler1000]

@TheHuskerton my brother knew him , the songs he sang about war , he lived as a soldier , like my brother ,

[UncleSlam81]

@TheHuskerton This song in particular was co-written by a close friend of Zevon's who was formerly a mercenary. I'm sure there's more information on that somewhere, but I heard this in some interview awhile ago.

[MrEVIL1666]

FUCK YEAH! ZEVON, YEAH... ZEVON!

[mscoyle]

Just found this - great! I was at this concert, I must have seen him 5 times at first ave when I lived there - all concerts were different, some just him, some with bands - always kept it new.

[drakharu]

@remeclerk shut up, you are embarrasing yourself. If you are in the 'army' its probably a cook or mechanic, not infantry armour artillery etc the 'soldiers' fighting. Man your comments are silly stop. I love how people comment on videos that have nothing to do with the video. Anyways WZ is awesome anyone with ears can figure that out, and his music has got me through a loss right now. HIs tunes are so soulfull and comforting.

[remeclerk]

@drakharu I was a radio op,British Army, back in the 80s and the comments (now removed) were meant in jest...BTW I love this song, so apologies for any misunderstanding

Steve Ex Cpl

[MrKilljoy4]

@remeclerk lol Markie mark... Such a fake name.

[invisiblebears]

Wow, I live down the street from where this was. I didn't know First Ave put on shows that weren't crap.

[vengefall]

@invisiblebears Erm.. that's where prince got famous.

[repsak2005]

What a find, absolutely amazing. Wish I know where to get the whole concert, rare to find WZ live in such good quality

[jddrafts]

@repsak2005 They have a lot of of his concerts of varying quality at archive.org just type in his name.

[repsak2005]

@jddrafts Hey man, thanks a million. Enjoying all I found, the one from Monmatre is in amazing quality. Thanks again

[DocEleven]

@jddrafts Check out the Moore Theatre Seattle shows w/the band! Same lineup as here I think. Stellar!

[happyelf123]

amazing

[NiXPredator]

The Genius! Interesting concert, brilliant sound quality, thank you very much Shumway, wonder where you got the recordings from? 5*