Transverse City (1989)... Warren Zevon's Attempted Cyberpunk Album | Not Lost Media
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- That one time Warren Zevon wanted to make a Cyberpunk album-before Billy Idol did.
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Way beyond "Werewolves of London", Warren Zevon one time tried to produce an album based after William Gibson, Thomas Pynchon, and even the geopolitics of the Cold War. It was a "2010 Sci-Fi Project". The strange menagerie of Rock, Folk, and technological concepts would eventually develop into the under-remarked "Transverse City (1989). It was Warren Zevon's tour of a Cold War world gone mad and introspection of his own psychology. The excitable boy that he was. In interviews, Zevon called the album a, "Checklist of humanities ills." So has Transverse City grown malignant since those Cyberpunk statements or has the world turned upside down?
The album was intended to be "Dense" and was a studio project from top to bottom. On it, Zevon was able to enlist contributions from Jerry Garcia, David Gilmour, J. D. Souther, Neil Young, and even actor Michael Ironside contributed to the album's centerpiece "Run Straight Down". Songs like "The Long Arm of the Law" and "Gridlock" zoomed through the social chaos of Zevon's imagined future. "Turbulence" and "They Moved The Moon" examine longing on both sides of the Cold War, Afghanistan and nowhere. "Down In The Mall" and "Nobody's In Love This Year" are economic statements which might still hold weight in personal matters today. There's no Lawyers or Money here, but there is a sort of headless underground. Zevon's sight aimed far on the album and, as a musician's musician, he may have a uniquely Zevonian prediction for the outlandish world of 2010.
So, beyond neon vistas and the data processing, won't you come on down to Transverse City?
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Credits:
- Intro Animation by Scott Luís Masson/SLM Illustration: slmillustration.com/ / Instagram:
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- Intro Music by Ben Elliott: / benelliottsound
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Video Sources (Support the creators/uploaders):
- Italo Calvino: un uomo invisibile: • Italo Calvino: un uomo...
- Warren Zevon "Walking In A Winter Wonderland" (Live In KC, MO, Nov 1990): • Warren Zevon "Walking ...
- Warren Zevon feat. David Gilmour - Run Straight Down (Official Music Video): • Warren Zevon feat. Dav...
- Billy Idol - Heroin (Original): bit.ly/3Gu2xOi
- Tomorrow’s Girls Music Video but Only Donald’s Scenes: • Tomorrow’s Girls Music...
- David Bowie - The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Official Music Video) [HD Upgrade]: • David Bowie - The Hear...
- South America: A New Look (1985) - South America in 1980s: • South America: A New L...
- Warren Zevon - Splendid Isolation [1989]: • Warren Zevon - Splendi...
- William Gibson on the Otaku spirit: h • William Gibson on the ...
- William Gibson - Cyberpunk - BBC Late Show © 1991: • William Gibson - Cyber...
- Wonderland - Dutch documentary on Los Angeles Music Scene 1977: • Wonderland - Dutch doc...
- Warren Zevon on The Everly Brothers: • Warren Zevon on The Ev...
- Warren Zevon, Raspberry Beret, David Letterman Show, 1990 HD: • Warren Zevon, Raspberr...
- Warren Zevon - Searching for a Heart: • Warren Zevon - Searchi...
- Soviet Afghan War - RAW FOOTAGE: • Soviet Afghan War - RA...
- Russia in Afghanistan 1979 to 1989 - Part 2 of 3: • Russia in Afghanistan ...
- Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene: • Warren Zevon - Sentime...
- Great American Traffic Jam: • Great American Traffic...
- Computer Store in the Mall - 1991: • Computer Store in the ...
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Music:
Warren Zevon - "Walking In A Winter Wonderland" (00:00-00:24)
Jerry Martin (SimCity 4 OST) - "Bohemian Street Jam (Simmin')" (00:24-04:02)
Ben Elliot - "Midnight Dream Oil" (04:02-04:18)
Jerry Martin (SimCity 4 OST) - "Night Owl" (04:18-09:28)
Jerry Martin (SimCity 4 OST) - "ElectriCITY (09:28-14:38)
Jerry Martin (SimCity 4 OST) - "Transit Angst" (14:38-15:06)
Jerry Martin (SimCity 4 OST) - "Epicenter (EpiCentre)" (15:06-21:16)
Jerry Martin (SimCity 4 OST) - "Urban Underground" (21:16-23:35)
Jerry Martin (SimCity 4 OST) - "Red-Development" (23:35-24:56)
Jerry Martin (SimCity 4 OST) - "Rush Hour" (24:56-26:53)
Jerry Martin (SimCity 4 OST) - "Chain Reaction" (26:53-29:12)
Jerry Martin (SimCity 4 OST) - "By The Bay" (29:12-32:23)
Warren Zevon - "Walking In A Winter Wonderland" (32:23-33:05)
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Sources: rentry.co/Transverse_City_Video
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boy do i love me a good old fashioned underapreciated and incredibly dense concept album
It was suppose to be DENSE.
@@Pseudiom and that's what I love
Warren Zevon is my favorite musician ❤
He's cool! Interesting, complicated guy who had some issues, but he knew what he wanted write.
“Splendid Isolation” is a FANTASTIC tune.
What a nice way to end the year. I will try to watch this in between fireworks going off, chamamés, cumbias, Los Palmeras, and drunk cousins. Thanks for everything, Pseudiom.
Xin nian kuaile!
Never heard of this guy before... very esoteric...
"Lock the gates, Goofy take my hand, and lead me through the world of self"
I love this album so much, I’ve probably listened to the title track more than a thousand times. I randomly clicked on your channel and I didn’t expect to see a video about this album
Thank you for making this.
I really appreciate you doing this. Loved this flawed-but-somehow-brilliant album since it's release and when i listened to it down thru the years i've always felt it's one of the most underrated albums ever (NOT one of the best albums ever, but a very good album that is almost completely unknown). Opening medley is really fantastic but it's really the only part that seems to belong in even a loose concept album, i think. Maybe it should have been an EP?
Part of the reason for its disappearance has to be the truly terrible cover, surely.
Great album
I'd be curious to hear your take on other weird one-off out-of-genre albums from bands/artists with an established sound. The biggest examples I know best are Slang by Def Leppard (1996) and Under Wraps by Jethro Tull (1984). Really interesting to look into.
Sounds like an interesting concept. I'll definitely consider it, but Def Leppard is unlikely. Jethro Tull is very possible though. It just needs to have enough material outside me saying, "This sounds odd for them."
i used to make warrior cats amvs to his songs. GOAT
love Zevon.
imo "run straight down" was Z's response to marvin gaye's "mercy me (the ecology)"
30:27 - 'all good stories end in death' is actually a hemingway quote - not to say Z didn't employ it just that it was a borrowed phrase.
You missed that Neil Young released "Trans" already in 1983. Nobody seemed to like that much, either. But it's a fascinating listen in retrospect.
I think it suffers from what a lot of his stuff after his first two albums did in that some of the hooks and rhythms are too repetitive, but sound wise it's great, blends his style with synth very well. The bleak tone and topics work well with his music, I think he's at his best doing storytelling songs from Veracruz to Run Straight Down. Overall not my favorite of his but much better than his previous 80s work, I'd probably put it 4th after his first two albums, his live one and Life'll Kill Ya. Didn't deserve to bomb so hard but I guess it's tough when all your potential singles are incredibly grim.
I had never heard of this album before or even heard of this musician. It wasn't until I searched him up on Spotify that I realized he sang that godawful Werewolves of London song so I was very hesitant to check this album out. Little did I know how much I would actually enjoy this, especially the latter half, although I honestly didn't get any cyberpunk vibes upon listening. Maybe I've just grown too accustomed to the typical synth-heavy soundtracks that we expect from "cyberpunk" content.
I'm glad you looked deeper than "Wereweolves of London"! Zevon is a lot more that that. I'd say "Transverse City" (outside Bladerunner and Vangelis) predates before the Cyberpunk sound was established. The opening track has some chimes that are slightly Japanese influenced, but mostly it really doesn't match the modern Cyberpunk aesthetic. I consider it a sort of branch that was never developed on post-Zevon.
Imagine thinking that werewolves of London is bad lmao
not on Spotify Canada
I found this an incredibly sad prophetical album.
Is this a Christmas music?
I put a Christmas song in it. Does that count?