Warren zevon knocking on heavens door movie#
Warren zevon knocking on heavens door code#

Thank you for this well written.and well researched article of one of my favorite/angst songs…I didn’t know that Dylan had written “Knocking” for that absurd and laughable version of Billy and Pat.I do know this. Zevon was dying when he recorded the piece and he knew its meaning. That version is the model of verisimilitude. Listen to Warren Zevon’s beautiful version off of his last album The Wind. Seriousness in music is simply not appreciated.ĭo you want to hear a good cover. Maybe it simply signifies a change in people. Some don’t even know that it was originally recorded by Bob Dylan. They think that it is the better version. And, do you know what’s worse? People actually like it, no, love it. Everything from Slash’s screeching guitar to Rose’s awful voice turns the song into a showy piece of garbage. Guns & Roses’ version is an arena rock hugger-mugger that is vomit inducing. Rose’s horrendous voice is so drawn out and fake it kills the song’s wonderment. Guns & Roses destroyed a perfectly good song. The song was then poisoned by the melodramatic, hyperbolic fingers of Axl Rose and a song loved for its downtrodden seriousness became the toy of unnecessary and cocky bedizenment. In 1987, the prototypical hair metal band decided they would start using it in their live sets. The simplicity of the chord structure mixed with the repetitive lyric provides a framework for all lachrymose and crestfallen pieces. Dylan presents something that is both melodic and austere. The song is more about ineptitude and old age.

Warren zevon knocking on heavens door movie#

It was written by Bob Dylan for the movie “Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid” and profiles an effete deputy who is dying. “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” is not really about heaven.

Warren zevon knocking on heavens door code#

But if you are not “good” you are not given the entrance code and you are forever stuck envying those who punched in the correct digits and are now lounging and eating buffalo wings with Babe Ruth and Abraham Lincoln (who I’m sure would have a lot to talk about). This heavenly door is the zenith of Christianity, a gated passageway into the high heavens and cloud nine and the land adorned with all the awesome stuff you ever want, supposing you repent and have a friend in Jesus (according to Norman Greenbaum). The image above is a cool depiction of “heaven’s door,” a mystical concept that has provided hope for the living and breathing.

So heaven's passageway is through a cave.