Tom Waits. Genius.

Thanks. SNDT!

Someone said once that Waits vocal chords had been ripped out, stomped on, soaked in bourbon and steeped in cigarette smoke, then put back in.

Just love his stuff.

Tom Traubert's Blues is my favorite.

[Link: solosong.net...]

Here in Jolly Old Quebec, tomorrow is a holiday. Victoria Day/DollardDesOrmeaux. MulticultiGrande.

I would have never heard of Tom Waits or even of Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole if it was not for this site.

Always something interesting.

re: #5 Syrah

Braddah Iz? Really?

re: #7 song_and_dance_man

That's cold man.

re: #7 song_and_dance_man

Tom Waits for no one.

I'd rather hear Susan Estrich sing.

Yep. The blues, come November. : )

new tour

It’s about heartache, and holding on.

Oh, the theme for the Clinton Campaign.

re: #6 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Braddah Iz? Really?

Really. LGF was the first place that I have ever heard of the man.

re: #3 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Great song

re: #10 savage_nation

hey kids

What did you have for dinner, savage?

I'm listening to Wintley Phipps sing God Bless America right now, but I do love me some Tom Waits, too.

GOOD EVENING, LIZARDS! Are we all well this evening?

re: #7 song_and_dance_man

Tom Waits for no one.

I'd rather hear Susan Estrich sing.

man,I thought you had musical taste ..

re: #5 Syrah

Never heard of Tom Waits? Wow.

Not

re: #7 song_and_dance_man

Tom Waits for no one.

I'd rather hear Susan Estrich sing.

A matched voice duet? That could be amusing.

re: #17 Grammy Cracker

I'm listening to Wintley Phipps sing God Bless America right now, but I do love me some Tom Waits, too.

GOOD EVENING, LIZARDS! Are we all well this evening?

Cubs won again!

Pardon me for whining like a Kos-Kiddie but the Sci-Fi channel hasn't set up the last episode of Battlestar Galactica for online viewing yet.

re: #16 savage_nation

All you can eat Chinese buffet. Lots of pork dishes, yummm

Where do you live? Omaha?

re: #13 Syrah

Really. LGF was the first place that I have ever heard of the man.

Just stick around. I am so much smarter with this site than without it. Don't agree with all the music, but love to clicky clicky some real gems pop up.

But it's music. And in music, there is not wrong or right. There is just what speaks to you.

Except Song and Dance Man. He is so wrong about Tom Waits. (duck and run!)

I liked it. I think his voice was perfect for this song- added to the feel, enhanced the mood.

re: #26 savage_nation

Lincoln. Place is at 48th and 'O' Street

Isn't Lincoln like a suburb?

He is no David Hassellhoff.

Time

re: #28 Truck Monkey

Some clicky clicky I no do.

Nice one by Waits.

Pure Americana.

re: #19 Attaboid

Of course, everybody has heard of Frank Zappa.

re: #28 Truck Monkey

He is no David Hassellhoff.

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

/LOL, we'll take your word for it.

He reminds me of the Lord of Song.....Leonard Cohen....

Nice. Thanks for that, Charles...

re: #21 Bob in Breckenridge

Cubs won again!

PLEASE...Don't ask me about the Tigers....

/whimpers off seeking wine

I know why he sounds so sad.

She stole his Mobil credit card and that sweet Coupe deVille only gets about 8 mpg and she's on her way to freakin California.

Hey, I think Marky Mark could play Waits in a movie. They look a lot alike.

Bummer

of course, hurricanes didn't exist until evil George Bush.

re: #36 Grammy Cracker

PLEASE...Don't ask me about the Tigers....

/whimpers off seeking wine

A women I went to HS with is a big Tigers fan. She's not happy, either.

re: #41 Bob in Breckenridge

A women I went to HS with is a big Tigers fan. She's not happy, either.

PIMF- woman

re: #33 song_and_dance_man

I've heard him, all too many times.

It may have been a bit gruff, but to each his own in the realm of music. I will admit he's a good songwriter, but as a singer...I'll pass.

Honestly, I don't know what appeals to me about Waits. But I stop and listen every time he's on. But, I also love Barry Manilow's music. Does that make me odd?

re: #5 Syrah

I would have never heard of Tom Waits or even of Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole if it was not for this site.

Always something interesting.

I've been introduced to a lot of great stuff here at LGF. My music collection is much the better for it, too.

re: #40 FrogMarch

Bummer

of course, hurricanes didn't exist until evil George Bush.

For a guy who's so stupid, he sure has amazing powers, ya know?

Townes

re: #32 Syrah

Of course, everybody has heard of Frank Zappa.

Sarcasm ?

re: #43 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Honestly, I don't know what appeals to me about Waits. But I stop and listen every time he's on. But, I also love Barry Manilow's music. Does that make me odd?

Uh....Yeah! LOL

Here's a favorite of mine....female, but kinda Waits-esque... 'Cause cheap is how I feel...

I'm with SNDM. Tom Waits is an acquired taste. Back in the day I had a girlfriend who was a Waits fan, so I gave him a shot...never dug him...and the gf turned out to be a raving moonbat. Hmmm...wonder if there is a connection. I will ponder that.

Or....

re: #28 Truck Monkey

MY EYES!

re: #32 Syrah

Of course, everybody has heard of Frank Zappa.

Were you here the night I told the story of meeting him in a dumpy little Michigan bar? That memory will stay with me until old-timers sets in completely!

re: #48 Grammy Cracker

I like it.

re: #51 Slumbering Behemoth

MY EYES!

Yeah, your eyes....what about MY EARS? Huh? I think they're bleeding! Oooohhhhhh!

///

re: #53 Attaboid

I like it.

She's on my all-time favorites list. Well, the band actually. But her voice....ahhhh. SO good!

I wish my wife hadn't left me..... and I wish I hadn't given the Caddy away.

(but more importantly.... I wish Pinnacle Version 11.0 wasn't such a complete piece of shit....)

:)

re: #52 Grammy Cracker

Afraid i missed that.

It must have been fun.

re: #47 Attaboid

No sarcasm intended. Just a comparison. Maybe Tom Waits will be as much of an icon of the music world as Frank. Maybe he won't. I have heard about Franks Zappa and listened to his music on the radio since I was a youngster.

Here is another one that I would not have heard of if it were not for LGF. Our MSM would never have covered this group. Here, it gets a post.

re: #58 Syrah

No sarcasm intended. Just a comparison. Maybe Tom Waits will be as much of an icon of the music world as Frank. Maybe he won't. I have heard about Franks Zappa and listened to his music on the radio since I was a youngster.

Here is another one that I would not have heard of if it were not for LGF. Our MSM would never have covered this group. Here, it gets a post.

I'd say Tom Waits is every bit as respected ,if not more, than Zappa by the people who really count..his songwriting peers.

Certainly melodic as far as he goes. Aside from Frank's Wild Years, I've never been able to get into Tim Waits.

Whenever I've heard him before, he's reminded me of a mad tramp with emphysema.

Believers have assured me that I'm missing the point. I argue that I shouldn't have to struggle to find the point of popular music. I should know where I am instantly. The first time you hear the Ronettes, you don't have to struggle with the fact thay they sound totally unpalatable.

While I have not followed his later career, I enjoy his real early works and one of the best live albums ever is Waits's "Nighthawks At The Diner". First heard 'Emotional Weather Report' on an AM radio station out of Baltimore in the mid-late '70's (I was/am a Steely Dan fan and had started listening to more jazz due to the Dan, so my ears were quite receptive to Wait's smoky blues). The man's vocal prowess puts rappers to shame, as he paints vivid pictures with that wrecked voice of his.

argh TOM Waits

EDIT BUTTON!

I am not as obsessed with Tom Waits as I used to be, but I do love this song. Thanks for posting it. Somehow it fits this sweltering Sunday night perfectly.

All time fav TW song: Jack & Neal (Foreign Affairs)

1st Runner Up: Walkin Spanish (Rain Dogs)

Muriel, since you've left town the club's closed down and there's one more burned out lamp post on Main Street...

I take that back. Best TW EVER - YW singing The Ramones' Jackie & Judy

Do not blaspheme the sacred name of Waits!

He captures a certain dark, melancholy mood better than just about anyone.

Here's another song about heartache. I swear Bob Mould had just finished weeping when he recorded it... his nose even sounds a bit stuffed up.

Perhaps my favorite Tom Waits song.

Too bad his last 2 albums have revealed him to be a bit of a moonbat.

re: #64 dm60462

All time fav TW song: Jack & Neal (Foreign Affairs)

1st Runner Up: Walkin Spanish (Rain Dogs)

Muriel, since you've left town the club's closed down and there's one more burned out lamp post on Main Street...

I love every song on Rain Dogs. That was on endless loop for probably three months when it first came out.

Rod Stewart's cover of Downtown Train qualified him for eternity in the hot place. I won't go into his other TW cover. I can't even bear to think about it.

How about this cover?
(Safe to click; not Rod Stewart (or that other guy))

re: #69 Abu Al-Poopypants

How about this cover?
(Safe to click; not Rod Stewart (or that other guy))

Well that just proves that TW is good to cover if you can't really sing. But it also proves she can sing better that she can act.

Meow. ^-^

Who's the 'other guy' you reference? Bruce Springsteen? He did a cover. He did an imitation on Nebraska, too.

The "other guy" meant that it wasn't a "RickRoll"... if you're familiar with the phenomenon.

Warning Will Robinson! Danger! Danger! Scarlett Johansson has decided to put out an entire album covering Tom Waits.

Probably no man near her had the huevos to tell her it was a bad idea. Either that, or every man near her just loses the ability to think rationally.

re: #66 stevieray

Do not blaspheme the sacred name of Waits!

He captures a certain dark, melancholy mood better than just about anyone.

Here's another song about heartache. I swear Bob Mould had just finished weeping when he recorded it... his nose even sounds a bit stuffed up.

Yup - no one comes close to Waits. He has one of the worst voices on the face of the earth - but just as surely, he is one of the best singers ever. One of my favorites has long been "Soldier's Things", and this one Charles has up is great.

Waits is an amazing performer and artist. This is one of his best. Thanks Charles.

"everyone's lookin'for someone to blame
when you share my bed, you share my name..."

Tom Waits is REAL MUSICIAN.....real lyrics, real life to back them up & a voice that has the 'journey 'carved into it. Tom Waits is also one of those musicians who cut the men from the boyz as far as followings go. He is a master craftsman w/words...a long ago forgotten art form thoroughly trashed by a bubblegum industry....may it DIE!......a master story teller & scene painter....& a legend like Frank.

Thank you Charles, great way to start the morning. This is a flawless video, beautifully shot, & deep.

re: #75 lobosan5

Tom Waits is REAL MUSICIAN.....real lyrics, real life to back them up & a voice that has the 'journey 'carved into it. Tom Waits is also one of those musicians who cut the men from the boyz as far as followings go. He is a master craftsman w/words...a long ago forgotten art form thoroughly trashed by a bubblegum industry....may it DIE!......a master story teller & scene painter....& a legend like Frank.

Thank you Charles, great way to start the morning. This is a flawless video, beautifully shot, & deep.

Amen, and amen!

Big Shout-out to Joe Citizen about TM"s new tour.
Thanks, I was able to score 4 tix. We'll be flying to Jacksonville, Fla.
to see him