Warren Zevon, I love his music. He recorded some really good stuff, intelligent lyrics.. songs with a story to tell, and a little off beat. Again, this is from 1978 and was on his album called Excitable Boy, which is a good album. Waddy Wachtel was one of the co writers of this song, and it features John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, from Fleetwood Mac, on bass and drums.
The song has been covered by many artists, even the Grateful Dead, with each giving it their own feel and arrangement… but Warren Zevon’s version is definately the best. He died in 2003 unfortunately, but he was a brilliant song writer and very popular performer. I have many of his songs, love listening to them.. but this one is the one I’d choose for desert island collection because it’s sure to cheer me up everytime I hear it.
I saw the Tom Cruise movie, The Colour Of Money,… the part where he’s shooting pool in a pool hall and this song is playing in the background. I’m not a Tom Cruise fan at all, but I thought that scene in the movie was brilliant… and Werewolves Of London made it so entertaining, even though Tom Cruise dancing to it left a bit to be desired. And then of course it’s always a favourite at Halloween, no Halloween party would be complete without Werewolves Of London being played at least a couple of times throughout the evening…, it just has to be done.
No Halloween parties on my island.., no pumpkins to carve out, no witches and broomsticks. But maybe a few bats flying around at dusk, this song playing on the laptop, and me sitting on the beach on my own howling at the moon… or maybe using a stick for a pool cue and doing my own version of that cheesy Tom Cruise dance from the movie. But then again, on second thoughts I don’t think so…
