Warren Zevon wrote this song, Mohammed’s Radio, back in 1976. I find it seriously eerie he was so prescient. And I LOVE this tune for its musicality, and even more so now, for its lyrics. The entire album, titled Warren Zevon (1976), is excellent and, IMHO, his best album.
Everybody's restless and they've got no place to go
Someone's always trying to tell them
Something they already know
So their anger and resentment flow
But don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long
Mohammed's Radio
I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful
On the radio, Mohammed's Radio
You know, the Sheriff's got his problems too
He will surely take them out on you
In walked the village idiot and his face was all aglow
He's been up all night listening to Mohammed's Radio
Don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long
Mohammed's Radio
I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful
On the radio, Mohammed's Radio
Everybody's desperate trying to make ends meet
Work all day, still can't pay the price of gasoline and meat
Alas, their lives are incomplete
Don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long Mohammed's Radio
I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful
On the radio, Mohammed's Radio
You've been up all night listening for his drum
Hoping that the righteous might just might just might just come
I heard the General whisper to his aide-de-camp
"Be watchful for Mohammed's lamp"
Don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long Mohammed's Radio
Warren Zevon was so talented. A friend owned his last album (you know I'm old when I say album) and it was good. Knowing he was going to die and the rallying that was displayed was a wonderful thing. It had to make his life worth having lived. Howdy Buck, my ass is freezing up here and your riding around in 60 degree weather. I think I screwed up somewhere. What ya think? Good-nite
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