Halloween Tunes: “A Chinese menu in his hand”--Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon

Medieval werewolf

Zevon's tune is available from Freegal.

BBC radio once had a contest for best opening line of a song.

It was a close battle between Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" and Zevon's "Werewolves of London," but "Werewolves" won.

Zevon's first line:

"Saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand, walking through the streets of Soho in the rain, he was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's, going to get a big dish of beef chow mein"

Haley's lyrics:

“One, Two, Three O'clock, Four O'clock rock, Five, Six, Seven O'clock, Eight O'clock rock. Nine, Ten, Eleven O'clock, Twelve O'clock rock, We're gonna rock around the clock tonight.”

Seems like comparing apples and oranges to me.

Zevon would be the orange.