Talk:Werewolves of London

message: Used in The Color of Money when Vince is playing pool. Major reference, Tom cruise is playing, dancing and singing to the song. It was propably the bigest reference the song has gotten.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.71.110.77 (talk) 16:31, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible Pop Culture Reference

message: I'm not sure if Wikipedia is the place for analysis, but is the song literally about werewolves in London? Has Warren Zevon ever spoken about the song's meaning in an interview? I had always assumed it was about yuppies of the American Psycho variety, but the song was released in 1978, long before rich young people existed in Britain. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 21:01, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seven years later, still no use of reliable sources to discuss the meaning of the lyrics -- or the lack thereof, as appears to be the case. Zevon died in 2003, but surely he or others have addressed this. Yes, this is appropriate for an encyclopedia article. According to that unreliable link, the song has no meaning, it just emerged from fooling around. "According to Warren Zevon's biography, he, Waddy Wachtel, and Roy Marinell sat down at Roy's house, got stoned and the three of them composed this song with a guitar riff Roy had written years before but never really used. Each of them wrote part of it. It took them somewhere between 10 and 15 minutes to write..." Benefac (talk) 05:33, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  There must be meaning behind the moaning 

message: Any poetry experts wish to comment on the line "Little old lady got mutilated late last night"?  This must be one of the most alliterative lines in popular music in the English language
72.177.60.95 (talk) 23:38, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I've often thought that myself. Very poetic.  76.21.0.82 (talk) 08:10, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Internal and External Alliteration? 

message: Is not a cover.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.185.6.18 (talk) 12:17, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kid Rock turd fest 

message: There is striking similarity between the riff in this song and that of Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Not sure if this has ever been noted before or is obvious to anyone else.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.91.166.156 (talk) 07:11, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Similarities

message: Lee Ho Fook was a real restaurant located in London's Soho district.
https://www.google.com/search?q=lee+ho+fook's+london
https://www.google.com/search?q=Lee+Ho+Fook&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u
It was world renown for food, hipness, cost and one of the few Chinese restaurants to earn a Michelin star.  Beyond that I don't know anything about the place.  I thought I'd visited a Wikip entry for it years ago but now there's nothing.Please someone who knows how remove the current re-direct of " Lee Ho Fook's " to here, point it at a disambiguation page (if that's what ought to happen) and maybe start a stub.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tickerhead (talk Tickerhead (talk) 02:42, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Lee Ho Fook's should not re-direct to here

message: Are you sure this was released in 1978? http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=4832 states it was released in 1987.--90.220.160.182 (talk) 21:31, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Release date 

message: The article previously said, "Zevon never revealed who Jim was in the line "You better stay away from him, he'll rip your lungs out, Jim / I'd like to meet his tailor" ...." There is no point in suggesting that there was a real "Jim" being referenced unless we have a source discussing that. I don't think anyone asks Paul Simon to identify Jack who was to slip out the back, Stan who was to make a new plan, Roy who didn't need to be coy, Gus who was to hop on the bus, or Lee who was to drop off the key in "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"; those names are seemingly all just used for a rhyme, and similarly for "Jim" in "Werewolves of London" which is just a male name that rhymes with "him". Of course, if there are reliable sources discussing Jim's identity or Zevon's refusal to reveal it, we can cite them. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:06, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Doctorhawkes (talk) 06:50, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Jim" 

message: Mutton Chops were a popular facial hair style at various points in London history, and werewolves are usually depicted with mutton chops as well in various media. 207.112.57.220 (talk) 00:54, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mutton Chops