Lawyers, Guns and Money
"Lawyers, Guns and Money" | |
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Single by Warren Zevon | |
from the album Excitable Boy | |
Released | July 1978 |
Recorded | 1977 |
Length | 3:29 |
Label | Asylum |
Songwriter(s) | Warren Zevon |
"Lawyers, Guns and Money" is a song by Warren Zevon, and the closing track on his 1978 album Excitable Boy.
Record World called it "rock 'n' roll at its angriest."[1]
Versions
An edited version of the song was released as a single and this edited version is on the A Quiet Normal Life best of compilation on the physical CD and LP, although the lyrics on the rear cover are the full un-edited version. The digital download and streaming version of the compilation use the album version.[citation needed]
Covers
The song was first covered by Rick Derringer on the 1978 album If I Weren't So Romantic, I'd Shoot You and was released as a single. Meat Loaf covered the song on his 1999 live album VH1 Storytellers. It was later covered by The Wallflowers on the album Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon in 2004. It was also covered by Hank Williams Jr. in 1983 for his album Five-O and released as the B-side of his single "I'm for Love". and is regularly played live by Widespread Panic. It has also been covered by Micky & The Motorcars, with a recording of it on their "Live at Billy Bob's Texas" album.
Uses in popular culture
The song lent its title to a light-hearted radio program on the Melbourne community radio station 3RRR, which looked at the legal fraternity in the city. The program started in 1985 and ran for several years, hosted by the pseudonymous duo "Donoghue & Stevenson"—Dennis Connell and Ross Stevenson. The song was used as both intro and exit music for the program.[2]
The song was used for the opening of the show Justice, with Victor Garber, in 2006. There is a blog called Lawyers Guns and Money.[3] The third episode of the HBO series The Staircase featured the song for its end credits.
References
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- Wanted Dead or Alive
- Warren Zevon
- Excitable Boy
- Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
- The Envoy
- Sentimental Hygiene
- Transverse City
- Hindu Love Gods
- Mr. Bad Example
- Mutineer
- Life'll Kill Ya
- My Ride's Here
- The Wind
- A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)
- Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon
- The First Sessions
- Reconsider Me: The Love Songs
- Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings
- Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon
- "Carmelita"
- "Desperados Under the Eaves"
- "Hasten Down the Wind"
- "Lawyers, Guns and Money"
- "Mohammed's Radio"
- "Mr. Bad Example"
- "Poor Poor Pitiful Me"
- "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner"
- "Werewolves of London"
- "A Certain Girl"
- "Reconsider Me"
- Discography
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
- Jordan Zevon (son)
- Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
- lyme and cybelle
- Hindu Love Gods
- Hindu Love Gods
- Action
- Appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2002