#Poor poor pitiful me warren zevon movie#

Trudy Andes did it on World Tour Live in 2009.In 2009, Patty Stone covered it for The Cowgirls of Country.Also in 2005, Roots 66 did the song on Play Back.In 2005 Tim Crouch, Randy Kohrs, Larry Richardson, Kurt Mason and Bo Baseman covered it for Pickin’ to Kill: Pickin’ On Terri Clark: A Bluegrass Tribute.In 2004 Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt covered it on Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon.In 2003 The Lonestar Ladies did the song on A Tribute to Terri Clark.Vitamin String Quartet recorded a instrumental version of the song on Dad Get Me Out of This: The String Quartet Tribute to Warren Zevon in 2003.In 2003 Anne Louise Blythe covered it for Nashville Star: The Finalists.Also in 1997, Mick Lloyd’s Nashville Sound Machine did it on The Best of Country Line Dancing.Country Kickers covered it in 1997 on The Best of Country ’96.In 1986, SNFU did a hardcore punk cover of the song on the compilation It Came from the Pit.US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard) The music video was directed by Deaton Flanigen and premiered in late 1996. Clark's version was a number one hit on the Canadian RPM country charts, and a number five hit on the country charts in the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 12, 1996. 'Poor Poor Pitiful Me' debuted at number 47 on the U.S. I started doing it live, and it worked.' Reception What a great country record that could make. She said 'and I thought, what a cool song. Clark told Billboard magazine that she heard Linda Ronstadt's version of the song in a local gymnasium while she was exercising. It was released in September 1996 as the lead single from her second album, 1996's Just the Same. Terri Clark version 'Poor Poor Pitiful Me'Īnother hit cover version of the song was recorded by Canadian country singer Terri Clark. It reached number 26 on the Cash Box Top 100 and number 31 in Billboard. Released as a single (on the Asylum label at the beginning of 1978, Ronstadt's version was the week's highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of January 28, 1978.

#Poor poor pitiful me warren zevon movie#

Ronstadt’s live version appeared on the soundtrack album to the smash 1978 movie FM, while the studio version was included on her platinum-plus album Greatest Hits, Volume 2. Ronstadt's interpretation was produced by Peter Asher for her multi-platinum album Simple Dreams. Ronstadt would recall Jackson Browne had pitched 'Poor Poor Pitiful Me' to her, teaching it to her in the living room of her Malibu home. Linda Ronstadt recorded a gender-altered version of the song during 1977.

'Simple Man Simple Dream' (or ' Blue Bayou') Linda Ronstadt version 'Poor Poor Pitiful Me' Alternate studio versions were included in the 2008 reissue of Warren Zevon, as well as the posthumous 2007 compilation Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings. Live versions appeared on 1980s Stand in the Fire and 1993’s Learning to Flinch. The track was later included on his greatest hits compilations A Quiet Normal Life (1986), I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (1996), and Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon (2002). The song 'Poor Poor Pitiful Me' was produced by Jackson Browne and was featured on Zevon's eponymous 1976 album Warren Zevon with backing vocals by Lindsey Buckingham. It is reputed to be a friendly swipe at Jackson Browne, whose songs (such as 'Here Come Those Tears Again' and 'Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate' from The Pretender) could be quite dark. The song first appeared on Zevon's 1976 self-titled solo album. In keeping with Warren Zevon's sardonic lyrical style, the song's verses deal with a failed suicide, domestic abuse, and a brush with sadomasochism. There have also been many other versions of this song. Country music singer Terri Clark scored a hit in 1996 with her own cover of the song. It is best known as one of Linda Ronstadt's signature hits from 1978. ' Poor Poor Pitiful Me' is a rock song written and originally recorded by Warren Zevon in 1976. Song by Warren Zevon from the album Warren Zevon