The film covers Warren's last appearance on "Late Night with David Letterman." Letterman was a good friend of Zevon's and he was the only guest for the entire hour. The scenes of Bruce jamming in the sound booth were great. It was great to see these big names come to the aide of a friend in need. There are appearances by many of Zevon's friends who helped him with his last album, including Bruce Springsteen, Joe Walsh, Jackson Brown, Tom Petty, Don Henley, and Billy Bob Thorton, among others.
Interspersed with entries from Warren's diary, this show is mainly interviews with Zevon himself, and 'fly on the wall' looks at the recording sessions. It is a sad thing to see, but Warren stays cheerful throughout, cracking jokes and always smiling. As time goes on, he gets weaker and weaker, and grows more frail. It is amazing to see how positive Warren is throughout the film. The 45 minute program, which originally aired on VH-1, follows Warren as he works in the studio with some of his friends and chronicles his last days. This DVD is a documentary recording his struggle to finish his last album, The Wind. His doctors gave him three months to live.Įschewing chemotherapy so he could concentrate on finishing one more album before he died, Warren got to work.
He had an inoperable form of cancer, and there was not hope. Then I heard that Warren Zevon was going to die. I just didn't have the time to sit down an listen to an album the way I used to, or even have it on as background music. Somewhere along the line, as the years passed and CDs replaced LPs, my music buying slowed down, and eventually stopped. I would eagerly await each new album and play it over and over until I had memorized each line. I saw him two more times over the years, and even jumped up on stage after he left to snag his discarded guitar pick. The next day I started acquiring his albums as fast as my meager funds would allow. The amount of energy and enthusiasm he put into the show left me awestruck. I had heard a few of his songs, and a friend was excited about the show, so I decided to tag along. I first saw Warren Zevon in concert twenty years ago. ***This article is part of the ongoing Lyrics I Love series: short interpretations of the meaning and story behind one song with lyrics that move me."We love to buy books because we believe we are buying the time to read them." **Here’s a good live version by Eddie Vedder honoring Zevon (and David Letterman) *Here’s an article for more context on Zevon, the album, and this song. You can now listen to the Lyrics I Love playlist on Spotify.
#Warren zevon keep me in your heart full
Listen to song and read the lyrics for full effect. And just the idea that Keep Me in Your Heart could have easily died along with Zevon is a testament to the importance of creation and of truly living until your last breath. After I learned the story, I listened to this song and had to wipe a tear from my left eye. Maybe I’m an emotional guy-okay, I am an emotional guy- but if you have a beating heart, I find it hard to imagine your not being moved by this one. Ultimately, you end up with what surmounts to a mini-movie playing just for you. Or the soothing melody that wanes you into a daydream. Perhaps suggesting a simpler ask from his loved ones. Never mind the subtle cleverness of the lyrics like how he adds “for a while” into the song (but not the title). The idea that Zevon wrote this beautiful song for the loved ones he would soon leave behind makes it so dramatic. It’s a song that just melts you to the core.
It’s a deeply moving yet gentle ballad that deals with love, loss, and death. Keep Me in Your Heart is the final track on that record. In the face of his tragic diagnosis, battling and struggling through physical and mental deterioration, the lifelong troubadour created and released the album The Wind (2003), and then died two weeks later (at the young age of 56). I hope nobody reading this ever truly has to answer this question, but that’s exactly the hand Zevon was dealt. What would you do if you were diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer and told that you had only three months to live? You know I’m tied to you like the buttons on your blouse “Sometimes when you’re doing simple things around the house “These wheels keep turning but they're running out of steam” Songwriter: Warren Zevon / Jorge Calderon
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