Tom Waits DVD GIVEAWAY*WINNER*

Loulou

Hey folks! :wave:

I was going through mountains of music DVDs and noticed I have 2 copies of Tom Waits 'Under Review 1971-1982' DVD. Thought I might give it away to someone who hasn't seen it and would appreciate a copy.
Just tell me you favourite Waits album and why and I'll pick a winner next Monday (U.S. friends, I believe that's your Sunday?). Good luck folks!

(Probably should mention, I'll pick the winner randomly. )

Loulou

Bump

conman

nice, very generous of you Loulou!

i'm not a Waits fan and i'm afraid i don't know any of his albums :oops:

good luck to everyone who enters!

Loulou

conman wrote:

nice, very generous of you Loulou!

i'm not a Waits fan and i'm afraid i don't know any of his albums :oops:

good luck to everyone who enters!

Thanks Conman :wave: He's not everyone's cup of tea, I guess you could call him a little eccentric.
Have a great day mate :thumbup:

peacefrompaul

Loulou wrote:

Hey folks! :wave:

I was going through mountains of music DVDs and noticed I have 2 copies of Tom Waits 'Under Review 1971-1982' DVD. Thought I might give it away to someone who hasn't seen it and would appreciate a copy.
Just tell me you favourite Waits album and why and I'll pick a winner next Monday (U.S. friends, I believe that's your Sunday?). Good luck folks!

I really need to get into some more Tom Waits! I heard his work on N.A.S.A.'s "Spacious Thoughts" and was hooked. I do personally like the feel of Bone Machine.

cchidseyPJ

I am definitely interested.

favorite albuM: bone machine.

reason: outside of PJ, i've never identified more w/ a song than "I don't want to grow up" which is towards the end of the record. waits is a true original and is a vital American poet along with EV, neil, etc. gotta also love the closing track - "that feel" - which features Keith Richards on guitar/vocals. great, great album.

Loulou

peacefrompaul wrote:

Loulou wrote:

Hey folks! :wave:

I was going through mountains of music DVDs and noticed I have 2 copies of Tom Waits 'Under Review 1971-1982' DVD. Thought I might give it away to someone who hasn't seen it and would appreciate a copy.
Just tell me you favourite Waits album and why and I'll pick a winner next Monday (U.S. friends, I believe that's your Sunday?). Good luck folks!

I really need to get into some more Tom Waits! I heard his work on N.A.S.A.'s "Spacious Thoughts" and was hooked. I do personally like the feel of Bone Machine.

Bone Machine is great! Good choice. Couldn't help myself and bought it on vinyl.

cchidseyPJ wrote:

I am definitely interested.

favorite albuM: bone machine.

reason: outside of PJ, i've never identified more w/ a song than "I don't want to grow up" which is towards the end of the record. waits is a true original and is a vital American poet along with EV, neil, etc. gotta also love the closing track - "that feel" - which features Keith Richards on guitar/vocals. great, great album.

'I Don't Wanna Grow Up' is a great song! That video of him inside that little room with his tiny guitar is awesome. Totally agree with you, genius song-writer.

keeponrockin

"Closing Time" because 'Martha' is the most heartbreaking song I've ever heard.

spnoone

cool offer. i'm in. small change is my favorite. i guess because i prefer his 70s work, when it was more craft than experiment. and i like the production, the sound is consistent and distinct. and it's largely about drinking, which i happen to romaticize. and it's when his voice first hinted at a growl. and to have tom traubert's blues, step right up, the piano has been drinking, and invitation to the blues, all on the same album just isn't fair to the other albums.

but i could easily make a case for closing time, heart of saturday night, nighthawks at the diner, swordfishtrombones, or bone machine.

Loulou

Loving all your answers so far. Great to see he has some fans here.

frazba

Vey hard to pick just one, I'd have to split his career into 3 stages. From the first (the jazzy/bluesy barroom era) I'd have to say 'Small Change', from the second era (getting weird, the Frank years) It'd have to be 'Swordfishtrombones' and from his 3rd incarnation (I call this period the 'Clank and Lurch' years) I think I'd have to go with 'Mule Variations'. So hard to pick out favourites though, I love them all!!

benjs

Awesome! For me, the album I can listen to over and over again is Alice... So haunting from beginning to end, featuring some of his most gorgeous music. I'm Still Here and Fawn are beyond stunning.

dcfaithful

Awesome Lou!

I'm interested.

My favorite Tom Waits album is: Nighthawks At The Diner.

Why? For one, it is smooth as all hell. Tom's banter is full of wit and has so much flow to it. The whole performance feels very natural. I also love the back story to the production, and how the studio they were using had a big room that had been used to record orchestra sections in music. Howe, the records producer, had the idea along with someone else to bring in tables, chairs, and really create the perfect atmosphere.

It is a jazz record that has a lot of character. My favorite era of his was his barroom early years.

Loulou

frazba wrote:

Vey hard to pick just one, I'd have to split his career into 3 stages. From the first (the jazzy/bluesy barroom era) I'd have to say 'Small Change', from the second era (getting weird, the Frank years) It'd have to be 'Swordfishtrombones' and from his 3rd incarnation (I call this period the 'Clank and Lurch' years) I think I'd have to go with 'Mule Variations'. So hard to pick out favourites though, I love them all!!

Those eras are sooooooooo different to one another too, it IS hard to compare them.

benjs wrote:

Awesome! For me, the album I can listen to over and over again is Alice... So haunting from beginning to end, featuring some of his most gorgeous music. I'm Still Here and Fawn are beyond stunning.

Love Alice!!! Poor Edward and Fish and the Bird are my favourites from that album.

dcfaithful wrote:

Awesome Lou!

I'm interested.

My favorite Tom Waits album is: Nighthawks At The Diner.

Why? For one, it is smooth as all hell. Tom's banter is full of wit and has so much flow to it. The whole performance feels very natural. I also love the back story to the production, and how the studio they were using had a big room that had been used to record orchestra sections in music. Howe, the records producer, had the idea along with someone else to bring in tables, chairs, and really create the perfect atmosphere.

It is a jazz record that has a lot of character. My favorite era of his was his barroom early years.

Love this album too! It's real 'Crack open a bottle of wine' mellow music hey?

Jeez, these are all such great answers. Really enjoy reading them all. Thanks so much for entering guys and gals.

dcfaithful

Thinking about this again and Nighthawks is still what I consider my favorite, but with Tom... it's so hard.

Some of my other favorites from him are

Blue Valentine
Rain Dogs
Mule Variations
The Heart Of Saturday Night
Bone Machine
Heartattack and Vine

Loulou

I really like Rain Dogs it has that funky little........something to it. If that makes sense (it probably doesn't). I also like Bone Machine though, I love that New Orleans, voodoo sound to it. It's awesome! But like you guys have said, it's really hard because Alice, Heartattack and Vine, etc. are so incredibly different and hard to compare that it's hard to choose a favourite. It's almost like listening to a different performer on each different album.

dcfaithful

Loulou wrote:

I really like Rain Dogs it has that funky little........something to it. If that makes sense (it probably doesn't). I also like Bone Machine though, I love that New Orleans, voodoo sound to it. It's awesome! But like you guys have said, it's really hard because Alice, Heartattack and Vine, etc. are so incredibly different and hard to compare that it's hard to choose a favourite. It's almost like listening to a different performer on each different album.

Yes! Everytime I listen to Tom he sounds like a completely different person from album to album. He's got a real knack for music.

InHiding19

I like Mule Variations...........also Nighthawks at the Diner is a reallly strange album, but cool in the same way.

Digital Twilight

Couldn't even begin to pick one out

Loulou

Digital Twilight wrote:

Couldn't even begin to pick one out

That's okay, I'll put you in anyway.

whulmef

Mule Variations because it is 20th century America served up raw. The music sounds just like the album cover looks. Rain Dogs because the whole album is some crazy chase starting in Singapore, a drunk shuffle through the whore houses of New Orleans, and then a violent and romantic bloody sprint from Harlem to downtown Manhattan.

bennett13

Tough call...but today, I'd have to say "Rain Dogs"...hands down.

Loulou

whulmef wrote:

Mule Variations because it is 20th century America served up raw. The music sounds just like the album cover looks. Rain Dogs because the whole album is some crazy chase starting in Singapore, a drunk shuffle through the whore houses of New Orleans, and then a violent and romantic bloody sprint from Harlem to downtown Manhattan.

I love the way you described it, very cool!:wave:

bennett13 wrote:

Tough call...but today, I'd have to say "Rain Dogs"...hands down.

Great choice.

BUMP!

dcfaithful

whulmef wrote:

Mule Variations because it is 20th century America served up raw. The music sounds just like the album cover looks. Rain Dogs because the whole album is some crazy chase starting in Singapore, a drunk shuffle through the whore houses of New Orleans, and then a violent and romantic bloody sprint from Harlem to downtown Manhattan.

This post inspired my listening to Rain Dogs today. :thumbup:

Loulou

dcfaithful wrote:

whulmef wrote:

Mule Variations because it is 20th century America served up raw. The music sounds just like the album cover looks. Rain Dogs because the whole album is some crazy chase starting in Singapore, a drunk shuffle through the whore houses of New Orleans, and then a violent and romantic bloody sprint from Harlem to downtown Manhattan.

This post inspired my listening to Rain Dogs today. :thumbup:

Happy listening!

frazba

I realise most of you posting on this thread will probably have heard this before, but I finally got to hear it today, this is for those of you who haven't heard it before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evdZ6JaH27s

dcfaithful

Speaking of Tom, who hear is excited as hell for the new record?!

Loulou

frazba wrote:

I realise most of you posting on this thread will probably have heard this before, but I finally got to hear it today, this is for those of you who haven't heard it before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evdZ6JaH27s

Love it! Thanks for posting!

dcfaithful wrote:

Speaking of Tom, who hear is excited as hell for the new record?!

Yes sir-reeeeee! I am!

Mango

Im a huge Waits fan - great comp!! I honestly think he's one of the few artists out there who's yet to make a bad album. He pushes the boundaries and without effort can make almost any kind of music. Im looking fwd to the new album

This choice tends to change but my vote goes to the quite splendid Swordfishtrombones!

I was lucky to see him twice on his Glitter & Doom tour

weekapaug19

pretty sure I don't know any of his music, but maybe I should?

Loulou

Mango wrote:

Im a huge Waits fan - great comp!! I honestly think he's one of the few artists out there who's yet to make a bad album. He pushes the boundaries and without effort can make almost any kind of music. Im looking fwd to the new album

This choice tends to change but my vote goes to the quite splendid Swordfishtrombones!

I was lucky to see him twice on his Glitter & Doom tour

Great photo! Very jealous!!!

weekapaug19 wrote:

pretty sure I don't know any of his music, but maybe I should?

You should although he is an aquired taste. :? I'll pop you in the draw.