Daily Song Discussion #47: The Hula Hula Boys

This is the third track from Zevon's fifth album, The Envoy. How do you feel about this song? What are your favorite lyrics? How would this rank among the rest of Zevon's discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Studio version

Suggested scale:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It's okay, but I have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won't skip it, but I wouldn't choose to put it on.
7: This is a really good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus or similar terminology.

Results:

  1. The Envoy: 8.4
  2. The Overdraft: 6.68
  3. The Hula Hula Boys:

We're back after a lengthy finals week and some annoying computer issues. Unfortunately, all my ranking data was erased due to some stupid save errors, but we press on and start fresh. Back to regularly scheduled programming and apologies for the absence.