![]() It’s not for the meek of heart and it’s a rather harsh way to start an album, but it’s well done nonetheless.ĥ. Then again, very few are better at directing bile, and the music is tough if not inventive. “Finishing Touches”- Nothing fancy here, just Zevon’s bile directed intensely at a former lover. ![]() The “heart” for which he seeks doesn’t seem to be one that he’s already met, rather an ideal that gets farther away with each weary mile he travels.Ħ. “Searching For A Heart”- The closer suffers a little bit from production fussiness, but it gets by ultimately on Zevon’s emotional performance. The song is a fun lark, hooky with chirpy organ and a good groove, name-dropping a couple of Zevon’s musical buddies LeRoy Marinell and Waddy Wachtel along the way.ħ. “Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead”- I vaguely recall watching the movie on VHS when it came out, because I simply had to watch anything with Christopher Walken in it back then. I do like his description of the sky as “kinda chewed-on like.”Ĩ. “Quite Ugly Morning”- It’s an interesting grinder, even if it lacks some of the details that characterize Zevon’s best work. Still, I can’t help but laugh to consider that the final verse’s opening couplet consists solely of the words “Sofa” and “Crack.”ĩ. Coming right after “Model Citizen”, it might make you beg for mercy. The drug-addled narrator waits at home for the title character’s return, and you just know that her return won’t end well. ![]() “Angel Dressed In Black”- This one is maybe a little too twisted for even Zevon to pull off. And he balances it out very well with occasional glimpses of the softer side, making this a fine return to form after the ambitious but awry Transverse City.ġ0. It would all be overbearing were it not for Zevon’s inimitable talent for molding this dark stuff for public consumption. The harder rockers on the album detail a litany of evils, related by characters who don’t show an ounce of remorse. ![]() Warren Zevon kicked off the 90’s in fierce, funny fashion with 1991’s Mr. Bad Example, Tom Petty, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon | Leave a comment Bad Example by Warren Zevon Posted: | Author: countdownkid | Filed under: Retro Reviews, Warren Zevon | Tags: Christopher Walken, Dwight Yoakam, Jorge Calderon, LeRoy Marinell, Mr. ![]()
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