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Roland is betrayed and murdered by a fellow mercenary named Van Owen, who blows off his head. Roland becomes the phantom "headless Thompson gunner" and eventually has his revenge, when he catches Van Owen in a Mombasa bar and guns him down.
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner ist ein Lied komponiert und getextet von Warren Zevon und David Lindell, das von Jackson Browne und Waddy Wachtel produziert und am 18. Januar 1978 von Asylum Records auf Zevons drittem Studioalbum und gleichzeitig seinem meistverkauften Album Excitable Boy veröffentlicht wurde.
Likewise, "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" is a fictionalized account of former mercenary David Lindell's experiences in Africa. "Lawyers, Guns and Money" is a tongue-in-cheek tale of a young American man's adventures in Cold War-era Latin America.
His most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner". All three songs are featured on his third album, Excitable Boy (1978), the title track of which is also well-known.
20 giu 2020 · Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner is a song steeped in classic adventure story elements – a literal ‘Boy’s Own’-adventure in rock music form. It is full of international drama, exotic locations, battles, betrayal, and – ultimately – stone cold revenge. The song was composed by Warren Zevon and David Lindell, and was ...
"Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" is a song composed by Warren Zevon and David Lindell and performed by Zevon. It was first released on Zevon's 1978 album Excitable Boy. It is the last song he ever performed in front of an audience, on The Late Show with David Letterman, before his death in...
A macabre and rather amusing work of historical fiction, "Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner" tells the story of a Norwegian fighter pilot in the Congo War. He is assassinated, but that doesn't stop him: His headless body continues to fight and gets revenge on the man who blew his head off.
