tom waits.....

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  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    the only song of his I know---one of my faves on the sndtrack (eddie's long road and face of love come first of course)

    Walk Away
    *********

    Dot King was whittled from the bone of Cain
    with a little drop of poison in the red, red blood
    She need a way to turn around the bend
    She said I want to walk away and start over again.

    There are things I've done I can't erase
    I want to look in the mirror, see another face
    I said never would I do it again
    I want to walk away, start over again.

    No more rain
    No more roses
    On my way, shake my thirst in a cool, cool pond.

    There is a (widower/whittler/winner) in every place
    There is a heart that's beating in every page
    The beginning of it starts at the end
    When it's time to walk away and start over again.

    Weather is murder at a hundred and three
    William Ray shot Corabell Lee
    A yellow dog knows when he has sinned
    You want to walk away and start over again.

    No more rain
    No more roses
    On my way, shaking my thirst in a cool cool pond.

    Cooper told Maui the whole block is gone
    They're dying for jewelry, money, and clothes
    I always get out of the trouble I'm in
    I want to walk away, start over again.

    I left my bible by the side of the road
    Carve my initials in an old dead tree
    I'm going away but I'm going to be back when
    It's time to walk away and start over again.
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  • RAT!
    RAT! Posts: 115
    Tom Waits is a genius. A brilliant song writer and a really good actor

    Down by Law is my favorite movie and the scenes with tom on Fishing with

    John (Lurie) are Hilarious
  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    his songs on the Dead Man Walking soundtrack are indeed great.

    I find myself going back to his post Swordfishtrombones output more-so than his "Closing Time" era lounge stuff.

    Don't get me wrong, I love Closing Time, but I don't know if Tom would have the same relevance in my musical universe if he did stuff like that over and over again.

    I love his dark shit. Bone Machine, Alice, Mule Variations.......I think that 90's/early 00's period could be my favorite Waits music.
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • Clifwith1f
    Clifwith1f Posts: 143
    Tom Waits if frickin' brilliant. Rain Dogs and Mule Variations are simply amazing, but I love all his stuff. Everyone should try and listen to his new one, Real Gone.
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    agree with all of yous.....tom waits is a friggin legend. In my opinion the definitive tom waits are:
    Closing Time
    Heart Of a Saturday Night
    Rain Dogs
    Swordfishtrombones
    Franks Wild Years
    Blue Valentine

    .........at some stage all of the above have been a favourite and to me all are his only albums that I can enjoy all the way through. For me mule variations, alice etc etc can be a little too much in the freakish department.
    .........San Diego Serenade(track2 on Heart of sat night) is perhaps my favourite song, makes me feel very emotional bout my partner
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Wow. I was inspired by this thread to go and check some Tom Waits out. I went to iTunes and listened to a whole load of clips. IT IS amazing!!! WOW I'm gonna have to get me some of that...
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    Clifwith1f wrote:
    Tom Waits if frickin' brilliant. Rain Dogs and Mule Variations are simply amazing, but I love all his stuff. Everyone should try and listen to his new one, Real Gone.

    Real Gone is a grower. How tragic is "Green Grass"

    Lay your head where my heart used to be........

    fuckin unbelievable record. "Make It Rain" is probably one of my top 5 favorite Waits songs.

    I could do without "Top of the Hill" and "Metopolitan Glide", though.
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • enharmonic
    enharmonic Posts: 1,917
    Tom has a new album coming out. In the meantime, if you want to hear a new track that he's singing on, you should head over to Myspace and check out The Book of Knots.
    new music: http://www.myspace.com/blackbirdsymphonique

    old music: http://www.myspace.com/slowloader
  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    nvm - found it


    this thing is strange
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    Apparently he's got a box set coming out in September.....thats the word on the street.
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits

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