You and I are on a roll tonight, friend, because it's easily my favorite of "the trilogy."Strat wrote:Well .... that and a pair of testicles...durdencommatyler wrote:Me too.Kevin Davis wrote:It was definitely one of the biggest revelations of the "LAL to the Waits albums" exercise for me.durdencommatyler wrote:A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun is a monster sleeper of a song. Never really heard it until the day I did, and I've been obsessed every since. That one crept up on me, tapped me on the shoulder, then hid from my view for far too long. It was a fun game for a while. But I'm glad the fucker finally revealed itself. We have a lot of fun together.
It might be the greatest gift Stip's ever given me.
I had a great LAL via Vinyl on Swordfish tonight...
That album just ends without any bang whatsoever. I really feel you have to listen to the trilogy to get any sense of satisfaction with this one. I fucking love a handful of tracks but overall it just wont do it for me.
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durdencommatyler wrote:You and I are on a roll tonight, friend, because it's easily my favorite of "the trilogy."Strat wrote:Well .... that and a pair of testicles...durdencommatyler wrote:Me too.Kevin Davis wrote:It was definitely one of the biggest revelations of the "LAL to the Waits albums" exercise for me.durdencommatyler wrote:A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun is a monster sleeper of a song. Never really heard it until the day I did, and I've been obsessed every since. That one crept up on me, tapped me on the shoulder, then hid from my view for far too long. It was a fun game for a while. But I'm glad the fucker finally revealed itself. We have a lot of fun together.
It might be the greatest gift Stip's ever given me.
I had a great LAL via Vinyl on Swordfish tonight...
That album just ends without any bang whatsoever. I really feel you have to listen to the trilogy to get any sense of satisfaction with this one. I fucking love a handful of tracks but overall it just wont do it for me.
This is like a real relationship! Ups and downs!
Why is this your favorite....?
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I just love the collection of songs, mostly. For me, there just isn't a bummer in the bunch. It's concise. It's lyrical. It has fantastic range. It flows really well. FWY is a bit messy, and Rain Dogs isn't messy enough. There isn't a single song that I skip On Swordfish, and I can't pick a favorite. Every time a song starts I think, This one is my favorite! But then the next song comes on and I think, No, THIS one is my favorite.Strat wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:You and I are on a roll tonight, friend, because it's easily my favorite of "the trilogy."Strat wrote:Well .... that and a pair of testicles...durdencommatyler wrote:Me too.Kevin Davis wrote:It was definitely one of the biggest revelations of the "LAL to the Waits albums" exercise for me.durdencommatyler wrote:A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun is a monster sleeper of a song. Never really heard it until the day I did, and I've been obsessed every since. That one crept up on me, tapped me on the shoulder, then hid from my view for far too long. It was a fun game for a while. But I'm glad the fucker finally revealed itself. We have a lot of fun together.
It might be the greatest gift Stip's ever given me.
I had a great LAL via Vinyl on Swordfish tonight...
That album just ends without any bang whatsoever. I really feel you have to listen to the trilogy to get any sense of satisfaction with this one. I fucking love a handful of tracks but overall it just wont do it for me.
This is like a real relationship! Ups and downs!
Why is this your favorite....?
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Really, just the way he sings "leaned it up against a dandelion tree" makes it the best one of the three.
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Falling Down might be my new favorite thing.
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Simple Torture wrote:Bone Machine fucking rips, btw.
It's already become my second favorite album of all time and it's pushing hard at the #1 spot. Another year or so and I think it'll take it.
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Waits and Richards Shenandoah available to stream at NPR. Can't listen at work. :\
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/10/171309504 ... s#playlist
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/10/171309504 ... s#playlist
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the track was available for listening about three weeks ago (maybe it was just for a couple of days though).Self wrote:Waits and Richards Shenandoah available to stream at NPR. Can't listen at work. :\
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/10/171309504 ... s#playlist
because i wasn't familiar with Shenandoah, i was hoping this was some kind of aye-aye drunken pirates sea-chantey kind of thing that one could easily expect from a Waits/Richards collaboration so i was disappointed
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I played it at work. One of my co-workers (a huge Waits fan) loved it. Another co-worker (someone who doesn't know Waits at all) laughed out loud. He thought it was a joke. The other co-worker and I just couldn't explain it to him.mastaflatch wrote:the track was available for listening about three weeks ago (maybe it was just for a couple of days though).Self wrote:Waits and Richards Shenandoah available to stream at NPR. Can't listen at work. :\
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/10/171309504 ... s#playlist
because i wasn't familiar with Shenandoah, i was hoping this was some kind of aye-aye drunken pirates sea-chantey kind of thing that one could easily expect from a Waits/Richards collaboration so i was disappointed
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Listening to Orphans again.
Dog Door has a sick groove.
Dog Door has a sick groove.
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Bottom Of The World is even better than I remember. I remembered it being pretty fucking great.
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Be honest. How do you feel about Tori Amos's cover of Time?
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Is 'That Feel' the best Tom Waits album closer?
Maybe if it wasn't a fade out?
Maybe if it wasn't a fade out?
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Nah, even with the fade out it's still #2 or 3.verb_to_trust wrote:Is 'That Feel' the best Tom Waits album closer?
Maybe if it wasn't a fade out?
Come On Up To The House is the best.
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Mule Variations is probably my #3 or #4 Tom Waits album. Bone Machine is my #1.
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Bone Machine is like drinking a Guinness for me. Not something I want to do every day, but rewarding and satisfying from time to time.
I would say my current favorite is Real Gone. I love the demented delta blues thing he has going on and lyrically its pretty special.
I would say my current favorite is Real Gone. I love the demented delta blues thing he has going on and lyrically its pretty special.
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Yeah. It's not an easy album, but I think it's easily one of the top 5 best albums ever recorded by any artist.
I tend to listen to Blood Money and Mule Variations more often, though. Because they're also great and easier to listen to more often.
I tend to listen to Blood Money and Mule Variations more often, though. Because they're also great and easier to listen to more often.
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Bone Machine and Blood Money are easily my #1 and #2. Stuff after that fluctuates.