As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Thursday, June 12, 2014

#50 Nighttime In The Switching Yard -- Warren Zevon (1978)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KVCNwTlCn4

The late Warren Zevon was such a master of song lyrics that I feel I need to apologize to him for picking this particular song, which probably has less in the way of lyrics than any other song he’s written. It’s got an unbelievably great hook, though, and if you play it loud enough you’re practically guaranteed to get people out on the dance floor. I’ve never heard a rock band cover this, and can’t quite figure out why. I’m sure Warren wouldn’t mind.
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