![]() You always want to try and tell younger people that, which is very difficult because they don't really hear it because they feel a life has been imposed on them. "I think you have to spend a fair amount of time realizing that you will be, so that you'll remember to enjoy everything you possibly can every minute you're not. "I mean, the fact that life will kill you is just that," Zevon told Rolling Stone upon the album's release. Despite helping with a successful comeback, Life'll Kill Ya's content was revealed all too true when, in 2003, Zevon passed away of pleural mesothelioma. Kolderie and Sean Slade (the producing duo responsible for Radiohead's Pablo Honey), Zevon's songwriting collaborator Jorge Calderón added a lighthearted accent to Zevon's musical portraits of doom and gloom. Engineered as a comeback vehicle, co-produced by Paul Q. Other highlights include "Porcelain Monkey," which puts Elvis Presley in Zevon's sardonic crosshairs, a cover of Steve Winwood's "Back In The High Life Again" sounds as if it were written for Zevon, and "Fistful of Rain" is a melodious examination of the fickle nature of fame. Ship To Shore PhonoCo's reissue of Life'll Kill Ya features expanded liner notes and rare photos from Jorge Calderón, Zevon's son, Jordan, and Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith. Though the album predated Zevon's fatal cancer diagnosis by two years, its title track, as well as standout cuts like "My Shit's Fucked Up" and "Don't Let Us Get Sick," brought the album critical praise as a "mournful lament on the aging process and the inevitable decay that accompanies it." Available now for the first time on colored vinyl. ![]() The Old Ways Remain įirst Time on Colored vinyl. Following a decade of stagnation and waning interest, legendary singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, who masked his soft side with his sarcastic, lyrical prose, entered the new millennium with his acclaimed 10th studio album Life'll Kill Ya. Just The Two Of Us: The Duets Collection (Volume One) So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously Bob Marley - Tuff Gong Jamaica Pressings.Jeff Caudill (Gameface) + Popeye Vogelsang (Farside) + Rich Cahill.3:58Ĥ-5 His feelings about the Rhino Records 2 CD anthology of his work, the size of his audience, having his music used on TV shows and movies, acting, performing and the response to “Don’t Let Us Get Sick. 5:09Ĥ-4 His Take On Steve Winwood's Classic, The Split Personality, Images And Inspirations In His Compositions. 5:07Ĥ-3 A Chat About The Producers Of "Life'll Kill Ya", The Album's Stark Sound And Other Singers Covering His Songs. 7:14Ĥ-2 Musings On Mortality, Song Noir, Religion In His Music And The King Of Rock N' Roll. ![]() Limited to 3000 units worldwide.ģ-6 I Was In The House When The House Burned Down 3:02ģ-7 Don't Let Us Get Sick (Solo Acoustic) 3:10Ĥ-1 Warren Speaks On Songwriting And The Early Days Of His Career. Now, for the first vinyl release, these will be pressed on beautiful Sky Blue vinyl, this doule LP set features all of the exclusive bonus tracks as well as a beautiful 20-page perfect bound book, all packaged in a hardbound slipcase. When the album was released it featured sixteen unreleased recordings from Zevon's personal archives, as well as six never-before released songs and a five-part 2000 interview with KGSR's Jody Denberg. This discovery would be distilled down to the best of these recordings and eventually released as a 2CD set titled Preludes released on May 1, 2007. Following Warren Zevon's death in 2003, his son Jordan Zevon discovered 126 unreleased outtakes and demos in a piano-sized touring case.
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