Tom Waits

[stip]

The barn leaned over
The vultures dried their wings
The moon climbed up an empty sky
The sun sank down behind the tree
On the hill
There's a killer and he's coming
Thru the rye
But maybe he's the Father
Of that lost little girl
It's hard to tell in this light

the end of that verse is ridiculously good

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drag your wagon and your plow over the bones of the dead
out among the roses and the weeds
you can never go back
and the answer is no
and wishing for it only makes it bleed

[Kevin Davis]

"What's He Building in There?" freaks me out a lot more.

That one's freaky as shit, too.

Studio version, yes. Live versions are comedy gold, though.

[epilogue]

The barn leaned over
The vultures dried their wings
The moon climbed up an empty sky
The sun sank down behind the tree
On the hill
There's a killer and he's coming
Thru the rye
But maybe he's the Father
Of that lost little girl
It's hard to tell in this light

the end of that verse is ridiculously good

Like SO good. Knocked the wind right out of me the first time I actually listened to what he was saying. I think I actually literally gasped with the last of the breath I had. And I was in public, man. Sucker punched in Brooklyn. Goddamn.

[epilogue]

"What's He Building in There?" freaks me out a lot more.

That one's freaky as shit, too.

Studio version, yes. Live versions are comedy gold, though.

Yeah, I've never heard it live. I'm not big on Waits live. Yet. I'm working on it. But ... with the striking exception of an old live cut of Heartattack and Vine, I much prefer his studio stuff. His possessed carnival barker thing is awesome. But he often loses the melodies that I love so much.

[Kevin Davis]

You won't lose any melody on "What's He Building?" -- he just ad-libs extra stuff that deflates the spooky vibe of the piece and turns it into more of a comedy routine. It sounds dumb, but when you're swept up in his personality, it's golden.

[epilogue]

You won't lose any melody on "What's He Building?" -- he just ad-libs extra stuff that deflates the spooky vibe of the piece and turns it into more of a comedy routine. It sounds dumb, but when you're swept up in his personality, it's golden.

WHB? has always walked a fine line with me as far as that goes. He masterfully stays of the creepy terrorist holy shit side of the thing in studio, but it's not hard for me to imagine it tipping the other way.

[Jorge]

New song

[McParadigm]

Goddamn it

[Jorge]

Well, they removed it, but it was from God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson, a Blind Willy Johnson tribute album funded via Kickstarter and due out later this month. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bl ... ie-johnson

[The Argonaut]

You are exactly right, strat. That version is among my most played tracks.

I lost the digital files for this. Hook a brother up, yea?

Finally got around to this, if anyone else was interested....
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zlrgdbnx42iw ... Mmc1a?dl=0
(Akron 2006, not the whole show, though)

[contamination]

Tom Waits - The Soul Of A Man:

[McParadigm]

Huh

[Strat]

Wouldnt mind an album like that from T Dubbs....

he sounds great

[stip]

Tom Waits - The Soul Of A Man:

that was just I needed this morning.

[epilogue]

Tom Waits - The Soul Of A Man:

that was just I needed this morning.

Lovely.

[stip]

there is probably no way I would have made it through that song if it wasn't tom waits. What is it about that man?

[epilogue]

there is probably no way I would have made it through that song if it wasn't tom waits. What is it about that man?

I'm not sure. Because I can't really relate to your first sentence.

[epilogue]

But, yeah, I could listen to Tom Waits perform just about anything. He's really got some kind of wicked magic.

[stip]

there's just something about him that makes me automatically check every preconceived idea about what music should sound like or what I will enjoy at the door.