![]() ![]() Oh, but let's pick a place for this song and put it to bed: It can be the official song of Soho. Reports are that beef chow mein is not on the menu. The question is, as in the case with Penny Lane, is the business in London's Chinatown named "Lee Ho Fook" the one referenced in the song, or did a restaurant change its name because of the song? Because if you go to 15-16 Gerrard St., London, UK W1V7LA, you'll find yourself standing in front of it. "Lee Ho Fook's" is the sort of name you keep looking for a pun in, but you can't quite find a good one and can't quite satisfy yourself that you've looked hard enough. Establishments mentioned in the song are the notorious "Lee Ho Fook's" and "Trader Vic's." Trader Vic's is a real chain of Polynesian-themed restaurants, with locations throughout the world. Places within London mentioned in the song are Soho, Kent, and Mayfair. It was the only single of his to make it into the top-40, inching up to #21 before dropping back off the radar after only six weeks. This song makes Zevon a technical one-hit wonder. So we have "Werewolves of London," by far one of his tamer pieces. If the crew of the Rocky Horror Picture Show joined Fleetwood Mac, or perhaps if Billy Joel was a member of The Munsters, you'd get something like this. You never heard happier songs about death in your life. He was a one-of-a-kind performer who combined a macabre outlook, a deadpan, sardonic humor, and pretty good musical talent, particularly for lightweight, hooky tunes. ![]() He was the musician who would have made a great horror novelist - and then some. Photo: David P Howard, Geograph Project, CC 2.0Warren Zevon is one interesting character. The junction of Red Place and Green Street in Mayfair, Westminster, London ![]()
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