Monday, August 25, 2003

So Warren Zevon, you know the "Werewolves in London" guy, has a new album out. The thing about the album is that a year ago, he got diagnosed with terminal cancer and wrote the album knowing that he was about to die. In fact, he actually lived much longer than he was supposed to and so was able to finish it.

Now the new album is out and it's getting great reviews. Now, I'm sure it's a great album and I'm kind of intrigued about it, but I'm just wondering, can you really trust all the great reviews for the album? I mean, he's writing this basically on his deathbed. Whose gonna give some guy with terminal cancer a bad review? Do you see anyone saying something like "geez, it's kind of tragic that the guy is dying, but I found the melodies wrote, the lyrics trite, and the album completely uninspiring." Or do you think somebody's gonna say that Zevon hasn't been good since the 70's.

Hell, if Fred Durst came down with something deadly, everyone would hail the next Limp Bizkit album as a work of genius despite the fact we all know it's gonna suck.

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