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The late-night laconic\u00a0David Letterman<\/a> once joked, \u201cAmerica is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked.\u201d It\u2019s only a joke, but it is indicative of a rather chaotic society that has given rise to some of the most beautifully satirical music of the modern age. <\/p>\n From Randy Newman to Bob Dylan, a plethora of American stars have skewered the nation\u2019s strange disposition in song. Letterman\u2019s own goal in comedy was to achieve something similar. As he put it himself, \u201cI\u2019m just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious.\u201d As he well knows, even aiming for a mere smudge doesn\u2019t always \u2018endear\u2019 you to the masses. <\/p>\n Case in point is the fact that his friend and favourite musician, Warren Zevon, is often overlooked. In fact, Zevon is a figure whose career was littered with ironies. For instance, Letterman believes that his late buddy\u2019s biggest hit was actually an achievement he could\u2019ve done without. \u201dI often wondered if he had been victimised by \u2018Werewolves of London\u2019, as that may have created an indelible impression of the man\u2019s work,\u201d he told Vulture<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201dWhile it\u2019s delightful and humorous and funny and silly and good-natured and upbeat, it\u2019s in no way even the tip of the iceberg,\u201d he said of Zevon\u2019s work. However, curiously, the same could be said for a lot of his lesser-known songs, too. While his lyricism was often comical, and the arc of this very piece decrees the mainstay of his repertoire to be satire, the Chicagoan songwriter was equally capable of sentimentalism. <\/p>\n In fact, Letterman believes that he may well have written the greatest love song ever<\/a>. Singling out \u2018Searching for a Heart\u2019 as a song everyone looking to get into Zevon should listen to, he commented, \u201cKill me. I\u2019m sure there are love songs as good as that, but any better? I don\u2019t know.\u201d With its oozing melody and power pop rhythm, Zevon croons about a search for love in the dark.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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