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| | Reviews of Warren Zevon | Life'll Kill Ya and Nadine | Downtown, Saturday |
 | | Linda Ronstadt picked up on Zevon's songwriting talent, recording a number of his tracks, including "Hasten Down the Wind" and "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me." And in the songwriting category, my money still lands on the underappreciated "Mohammed's Radio" and "The French Inhaler," a devastating ditty with a dumb title. |
 | | Entering the 80s, Zevon worked with REM on Hindu Love Gods, followed by an "unplugged" release from 1993, Learning to Flinch, that deserved wider attention. |
 | | Life'll Kill Ya shows that Zevon can still balance between the sublime and the silly, poking fun at life while also exposing the unpleasant underbelly that lies beneath the surface. |
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