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Excitable Boy ReviewJackson Browne once called Zevon "the first and foremost proponent of song noir," and I might as well lead off with that description since I can't think of one more simple and eloquent myself. From the late 60s to the present, WZ has developed an uncanny ability like no one else - the art of mixing oddball black humor with melodies so bright and spirited you catch yourself humming them for a week. The arguable peak of his 70s material is this album you're reading about now, Excitable Boy, and not just because everybody knows "Werewolves of London." Much of it is simple rock and roll, but to me there's always been a uniquely creative quality about everything here that keeps any of it from sounding stale or tired. Maybe it's partly because I have a thing for cool titles like "Lawyers, Guns and Money." Maybe I just can't help admiring someone who can rhyme 'word' with 'Johannesburg' and make it work. I can't explain it.. I just know that I still get a kick out of this stuff after years of listening, and Warren's recent diagnosis with terminal lung cancer has saddened me like no other bit of celebrity news in recent memory.
But anyway - back to the album. To be sure there are a couple more somber moments here: "Accidentally Like a Martyr" for example (Dylan, eat yer heart out), or the growing-up theme of "Tenderness on the Block".. and that's not even getting into the strange half-creepiness of "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" and the like. But even despite all those, it's a safe bet you've rarely heard such cynicism with such a sweet sugarcoating as you'll hear here. The title track is probably the best example; the words verge on downright disturbing, yet it's driven along with a joyfully sunny saxophone and a bright "oo-wah-oo" backup chorus. "Lawyers..." is Warren's finest example of the perfect straightforward three-chord rocker, while "Veracruz" establishes a foreign setting by mixing in some flute. I can even forgive the 70s disco-funk touch of "Nighttime in the Switching Yard" considering what brilliance it's surrounded by. The whole disc plays like a short-story anthology in musical form, peppered with characters that range from oddly lovable to frighteningly strange.. from Roland and his mercenary comrades, to the trouble-loving thug in a tight spot begging his father for help, to the album's namesake with his habit of murdering prom dates. It's a guilty treat for the cackling cynic in all of us; a way of unflinchingly looking at the dark side of humanity and realizing that, when you get right down to it, something about it all is wickedly funny for a reason we can't really explain.
Or maybe I'm reading way too much into it, and it's just nine plain songs to stick in your head and give you a good laugh. Of course there's nothing wrong with that either, and there are much worse ways of spending a few quick dollars than this. Enjoy and beware the werewolves.Excitable Boy OverviewZevon's 1977 smash on CD or vinyl! Lawyers, Guns and Money; Werewolves of London, and more!

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