[HHFi]

It was an amazing show. As my wife and I listened to him singing those songs like "Genius" and "Mutineer," it really struck me just what incredible, moving, intelligent songs they were and what an infuriating tragedy the loss of the writer/performer will be. Most modern popular music today(rap, hip-hop, teen pop) is such uninspired, mindless garbage that when you hear Warren Zevon, it is almost a shock to realize you are in the presence of an actual songwriting genius. Comparing his songs to the preprocessed, juvenile product on the radio now is like comparing a thoroughbred racehorse to the bacteria on the stable floor.

[wideawake]

Good point. All the so-called "alternative" music that sells a ton of records out there is about dancing, boy meets girl, or "I'm so sad I want to die" - i.e. the same old tired themes set to boring "edgy" chord changes.

Zevon is a masterful lyricist who writes truly odd, offbeat songs with music that actually is inventive.