Warren Zevon Classic - Mohammed's Radio

Mohammed's Radio:
Everybody's restless and they've got no place to go
Someone's always trying to tell them
Something they already know
So their anger and resentment flow

But don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long
Mohammed's Radio
I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful
On the radio, Mohammed's Radio

You know, the Sheriff's got his problems too
He will surely take them out on you
In walked the village idiot and his face was all aglow
He's been up all night listening to Mohammed's Radio

Don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long
Mohammed's Radio
I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful
On the radio, Mohammed's Radio

Everybody's desperate trying to make ends meet
Work all day, still can't pay the price of gasoline and meat
Alas, their lives are incomplete

Don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long Mohammed's Radio
I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful
On the radio, Mohammed's Radio

You've been up all night listening for his drum
Hoping that the righteous might just might just might just come
I heard the General whisper to his aide-de-camp
"Be watchful for Mohammed's lamp"

Don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long Mohammed's Radio

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[john meyer]

Let's not sell Zevon short. Ask Don or Phil Everly, Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Waddy Wachtel, Glenn Frey, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Dylan. All are great, and all recorded with Warren. They also loved his music. All these stars can't be wrong. Warren was truly a great song writer, composer, and musician. He will be missed.

[Jiggs46]

Who's selling him short?

[delly659]

i know this is the OGWT but anyone know what year this was?

[Jiggs46]

12/7/1976

[Jiggs46]

You are correct about your IQ.

[Jiggs46]

Actually it's the Rock n Roll Hall of fame that needs to put WZ were he so rightfully belongs.

[Michael Johnson]

This is another "guy" song Linda Rondstat should have left alone, like The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down, and Warren's Poor Poor Pitiful Me.

[mark novak]

dirka dirka mohamed jihad! he was so funny!

[mae12561]

true dat.

[greybirdo]

Thanks for putting this up, Jiggs. I never got to see the Offender and the Pretender together live, so this was a real joy to come across. It's as good as anything he ever did, isn't it.

[Woelflein]

English is my second language, so I sometimes have trouble getting the meanings of Warren's lyrics. But, for me at least, he's one of the very few artists (another one would be Billy Joel for me) that is able to paint an emotional picture with his words and lyrics. I get him, even if I don't get him. He just touches me on a very ... spiritual, emotional level. I would so have loved to hear him play live at least once, but I only discovered him after his death. I miss him, though.

[hockeybich13]

Warren Z. had/has the most epic storytelling voice... too bad there will never be anyone like him.

[snuffelsuf]

i love warren zevon...he has humor in his songs..... that ryme was part of his genius mo

[gggkinc]

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not... '~'

[snuffelsuf]

Rhyming Meet with Meat...genius ,,, thats why warren got the big bucks

[MrBenulek]

8 people couldn't tune into Mohammed's Radio