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** After his death, a bunch of artists made a tribute album titled ''Enjoy Every Sandwich'', after a quote from his last appearance on Letterman. It includes covers by Music/BruceSpringsteen, Music/BobDylan, Pete Yorn, Music/TheWallflowers, his son Jordan, and a surprisingly good cover of "Werewolves of London" by Creator/AdamSandler.
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** After his death, a bunch of artists made a tribute album titled ''Enjoy Every Sandwich'', after a quote from his last appearance on Letterman. It includes covers by Music/BruceSpringsteen, Music/BobDylan, Pete Yorn, Music/PeteYorn, Music/TheWallflowers, his son Jordan, and a surprisingly good cover of "Werewolves of London" by Creator/AdamSandler.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: "Excitable Boy". The title character rapes and kills his prom date, drives her corpse home afterward, is committed for 10 years, then when he's let out, digs up her grave and makes a cage with her bones.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: "Excitable Boy". The title character rapes and kills his prom date, drives her corpse home afterward, is committed to an insane asylum for 10 years, years for his crime, then when he's let out, digs up her grave and makes a cage with her bones.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: GeniusBonus: Lee Ho Fook's Chinese restaurant of London did not have beef chow mein on its menu at the time Warren Zevon wrote "Werewolves of London." Implying that the werewolf in question was going out for...something else at the restaurant...
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* GeniusBonus: Lee Ho Fook's Chinese restaurant of London did not have beef chow mein on its menu at the time Warren Zevon wrote "Werewolves of London." Implying that the werewolf in question was going out for...something else at the restaurant...
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* PosthumousPopularityPotential: His only Grammys were awarded after his death.
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* MagnificentBastard: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0NlXKPaqZg Mr. Bad Example]]" from ''Mr. Bad Example'': The titular "[[AntiRoleModel Mr. Bad Example]]" is a [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully crooked scoundrel]] who relates his life of swindling and scheming with charming hilarity. Getting his start as [[EnfantTerrible a youth]] who would swipe cash from his church and use his father's carpet store to bed housewives then steal their furniture, Mr. Bad Example would go on to have successful careers in both [[AmoralAttorney lawyering]] and hair transplanting, amassing a fortune. Even when he loses said fortune on cards, Mr. Bad Example just flees the country, starts his own mining operation, and cheats his countless workers out of profits to once again become rich. Mr. Bad Example is proud of his many double dealings, yet ends the song noting that he'll likely retire soon and will "see you in the next life, wake me up for meals!"
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* MagnificentBastard: The narrator and title character of "Mr. Bad Example".
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** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYFRzcgAM4w Genius]]" is probably his most highly-regarded song, lending its name to his "best-of" album. It features an intricate lyric structure (including one line in each chorus that only rhymes with it its counterpart in the other choruses), an arrangement that combines a string quartet with a rock rhythm section, and a subtle use of AutoTune that gives it an otherworldly feel. According to his biography, the string players - a group of jaded session musicians with no stake in the piece - were in tears by the end of the recording session.
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** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYFRzcgAM4w Genius]]" is probably his most highly-regarded song, lending its name to his "best-of" album. It features an intricate lyric structure (including one line in each chorus that only rhymes with it its counterpart counterparts in the other choruses), an arrangement that combines a string quartet with a rock rhythm section, and a subtle use of AutoTune that gives it an otherworldly feel. According to his biography, the string players - a group of jaded session musicians with no stake in the piece - were in tears by the end of the recording session.
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* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]: When Warren was diagnosed with lung cancer and told he had months to live he started recording a final album and called in every favor he was owed. That is how you get Music/BruceSpringsteen to play guitar and Creator/BillyBobThornton and Music/TomPetty to do background vocals on your album. The full list of all the people who performed is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_(Warren_Zevon_album)#Personnel here]].
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* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Awesome]]:
** When Warren was diagnosed with lung cancer and told he had months to live he started recording a final album and called in every favor he was owed. That is how you get Music/BruceSpringsteen to play guitar and Creator/BillyBobThornton and Music/TomPetty to do background vocals on your album. The full list of all the people who performed is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_(Warren_Zevon_album)#Personnel here]].
** When Warren was diagnosed with lung cancer and told he had months to live he started recording a final album and called in every favor he was owed. That is how you get Music/BruceSpringsteen to play guitar and Creator/BillyBobThornton and Music/TomPetty to do background vocals on your album. The full list of all the people who performed is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_(Warren_Zevon_album)#Personnel here]].
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** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYFRzcgAM4w Genius]]" is probably his most highly-regarded song, lending its name to his "best-of" album. It features an intricate lyric structure (including one line in each chorus that only rhymes with it its counterpart in the other choruses), an arrangement that combines a string quartet with a rock rhythm section, and a subtle use of AutoTune that gives it an otherworldly feel. According to his biography, the string players - a group of jaded session musicians with no stake in the piece - were in tears by the end of the recording session.
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** "The Factory" includes the lines "Kickin' asbestos in the factory" and "Breathin' that plastic in the factory." Mesothelioma is a rare form of lung cancer commonly associated with exposure to asbestos.
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** "The Factory" includes He described his ''second''-to-last album, ''My Ride's Here,'' as "a meditation on death:"
*** The title track describes a last ride in a hearse.
*** "Macgillycuddy's Reeks" is narrated from a hospital bed.
*** While they're not explicitly about death, thelines "Kickin' asbestos titles "I Have To Leave" and "You're A Whole Different Person When You're Scared" seem prescient in hindsight.
*** Notably, thefactory" album was recorded before his diagnosis, but released after, making it a much quicker example than usual.
** His ''last'' album, ''The Wind'', was recorded after his diagnosis, and"Breathin' that plastic in the factory." Mesothelioma is a rare form of lung cancer commonly associated with exposure to asbestos.so falls more into RealLifeWritesThePlot.
*** The title track describes a last ride in a hearse.
*** "Macgillycuddy's Reeks" is narrated from a hospital bed.
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*** Notably, the
** His ''last'' album, ''The Wind'', was recorded after his diagnosis, and
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*** "Porcelain Monkey" tells the story of [[Music/ElvisPresley another hard-living musician's]] death.
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** "The Factory" includes the lines "Kickin' asbestos in the factory" and "Breathin' that plastic in the factory." Mesothelioma is a rare form of ung lung cancer commonly associated with exposure to asbestos.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: After his diagnosis, songs like "My Ride's Here", about a last ride in a hearse, "Don't Let Us Get Sick", and "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" took on a whole new, terrifyingly sad meaning. In addition to that, the third to last album he released was entitled '''''Life'll Kill Ya'''''. Holy crap.
** Don't forget "My Shit's Fucked Up". (Which, fittingly, was on ''Life'll Kill Ya''.)
** Also, the title track mentions dying of the "awful, awful diseases." He died of pleural mesothelioma (cancer of the lining of the lung).
** "The Factory" includes the lines "Kickin' asbestos in the factory" and "Breathin' that plastic in the factory."
** Don't forget "My Shit's Fucked Up". (Which, fittingly, was on ''Life'll Kill Ya''.)
** Also, the title track mentions dying of the "awful, awful diseases." He died of pleural mesothelioma (cancer of the lining of the lung).
** "The Factory" includes the lines "Kickin' asbestos in the factory" and "Breathin' that plastic in the factory."
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** After his diagnosis, songs like "My Ride's Here", about a last ride in a hearse, "Don't Let Us Get Sick", and "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" took on a whole new, terrifyingly sadmeaning. In addition to that, the meaning.
** The third to last album he released was entitled'''''Life'll Kill Ya'''''. Holy crap.
** Don't forget "My Shit's Fucked Up". (Which, fittingly, was on''Life'll Kill Ya''.)
** Also, theYa'', and has its own list of examples:
*** The title track mentions dying of the "awful, awful diseases." He died of pleural mesothelioma (cancer of the lining of the lung).
*** "Don't Let Us Get Sick" opens with the words, "don't let us get sick, don't let us get old." He got very, very sick, and so [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor he didn't get old]].
*** Another song on the album is called "My Shit's Fucked Up".
** "The Factory" includes the lines "Kickin' asbestos in the factory" and "Breathin' that plastic in the factory."" Mesothelioma is a rare form of ung cancer commonly associated with exposure to asbestos.
** After his diagnosis, songs like "My Ride's Here", about a last ride in a hearse, "Don't Let Us Get Sick", and "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" took on a whole new, terrifyingly sad
** The third to last album he released was entitled
** Don't forget "My Shit's Fucked Up". (Which, fittingly, was on
** Also, the
*** The title track mentions dying of the "awful, awful diseases." He died of pleural mesothelioma (cancer of the lining of the lung).
*** "Don't Let Us Get Sick" opens with the words, "don't let us get sick, don't let us get old." He got very, very sick, and so [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor he didn't get old]].
*** Another song on the album is called "My Shit's Fucked Up".
** "The Factory" includes the lines "Kickin' asbestos in the factory" and "Breathin' that plastic in the factory.
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* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]: When Warren was diagnosed with lung cancer and told he had months to live he started recording a final album and called in every favor he was owed. That is how you get Music/BruceSpringsteen to play guitar and Billy Bob Thornton and Music/TomPetty to do background vocals on your album. The full list of all the people who performed is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_(Warren_Zevon_album)#Personnel here]].
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* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]: When Warren was diagnosed with lung cancer and told he had months to live he started recording a final album and called in every favor he was owed. That is how you get Music/BruceSpringsteen to play guitar and Billy Bob Thornton Creator/BillyBobThornton and Music/TomPetty to do background vocals on your album. The full list of all the people who performed is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_(Warren_Zevon_album)#Personnel here]].
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Whether it's a night in Paris, or a Fresno matinee."
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** The song was released about a year before Paris Hilton's [[HomePornMovie sex tape]]. It wins extra hilarity points for being the exact reference Warren ''would've'' made.
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Whether it's a night in Paris, UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, or a Fresno matinee."
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** In Jackson Browne's eulogy for him, he relates an incident where Zevon was in an airport accidentally overdosing on a Chinese herbal remedy. His last thought before passing out: "Lord, don't let me die and have Jackson Browne write my eulogy."
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** In Jackson Browne's Music/JacksonBrowne's eulogy for him, he relates an incident where Zevon was in an airport accidentally overdosing on a Chinese herbal remedy. His last thought before passing out: "Lord, don't let me die and have Jackson Browne write my eulogy."
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** Music/LindaRonstadt had a hit with Zevon's "Poor Poor Pitiful Me".
*** The title track of her album ''Hasten Down the Wind'' is a Zevon cover.
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** Music/LindaRonstadt had a hit with Zevon's "Poor Poor Pitiful Me".
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*** The title track ofher Linda's album ''Hasten Down the Wind'' is a Zevon cover.
*** The title track of
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* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]: When Warren was diagnosed with lung cancer and told he had months to live he started recording a final album and called in every favor he was owed. That is how you get Music/BruceSpringsteen to play guitar and Billy Bob Thornton and Music/TomPetty to do background vocals on your album. The full list of all the people who performed is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_%28album%29#Personnel here]].
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* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]: When Warren was diagnosed with lung cancer and told he had months to live he started recording a final album and called in every favor he was owed. That is how you get Music/BruceSpringsteen to play guitar and Billy Bob Thornton and Music/TomPetty to do background vocals on your album. The full list of all the people who performed is [[http://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_%28album%29#Personnel org/wiki/The_Wind_(Warren_Zevon_album)#Personnel here]].
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* GeniusBonus: Lee Ho Fook's Chinese restaurant of London did not have beef chow mein on its menu at the time Warren Zevon wrote "Werewolves of London." Implying that the werewolf in question was going out for...something else at the restaurant...