McParadigm wrote:Today I was admiring the way Rain Dogs so directly infuses the melodies, emotions, and playful whimsies of the past. There are so many direct lifts in there...musically, it runs from nursery rhymes (Clap Hands) to Disney songs (Diamonds and Gold) to folk ballads (Hang Down Your Head), and it is pretty unapologetic about grafting a deeper musical reality to its already playfully-reverential figure. Lyrically, Tom draws on historical slang, old stories, and far-reaching geographic reference points in a less 'dip of the hat and a wink' way than he does later on in his career. I think that it is the result of these sorts of choices...the sort of 'dipping the song into the edge of a much larger and long-running current,' that makes it stand out for me as being almost mystical.
Anyway, that was on my mind.
Great post.
And not to defuse any of that, but to me Rain Dogs is Tom's first musical. It isn't trying as hard nor is it wearing its own performance on its sleeve as some of the his later musical efforts. But I could absolutely see Rain Dogs as a stage musical. And I think a lot of the reason why is brought to the top with the foam in your post, McP.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Tue August 13, 2013 2:02 am
by ---
update: haven't felt compelled to listen to anything Waits since the detour in the neil young thread
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Tue August 13, 2013 2:27 am
by epilogue
I've listened to pretty much nothing but Tom Waits since that detour.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Tue August 13, 2013 2:28 am
by Strat
durdencommatyler wrote:I've listened to pretty much nothing but Tom Waits since that detour.
*since i discovered tom waits
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Tue August 13, 2013 2:28 am
by epilogue
Strat wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:I've listened to pretty much nothing but Tom Waits since that detour.
*since i discovered tom waits
Aw huh
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Wed August 21, 2013 3:39 am
by verb_to_trust
bump
Filipino Box Spring Hog just slams on my hi fi, yo
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat August 24, 2013 7:13 pm
by epilogue
verb_to_trust wrote:bump
Filipino Box Spring Hog just slams on my hi fi, yo
I wish I could put into words how much I love that song.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat August 24, 2013 9:48 pm
by Jorge
I played that when I was manning the grill at my BBQ last week and it felt right.
I wasn't exactly cooking up a filipino box-spring hog, but still.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat August 24, 2013 10:14 pm
by Norah
I play that song a lot on the juke box while shooting darts.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat August 24, 2013 10:32 pm
by epilogue
Both appropriate scenarios for that song. I play it just walking down the street sometimes.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat August 24, 2013 11:54 pm
by Strat
I play it while tugging on my penis.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sun August 25, 2013 12:13 am
by verb_to_trust
Strat wrote:I play it while tugging on my penis.
me too
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Tue September 03, 2013 2:16 pm
by Strat
Good mornin'!
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Tue September 03, 2013 3:44 pm
by McParadigm
Blood Money sounds alright on vinyl.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 12:28 pm
by Kevin Davis
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 8:54 pm
by McParadigm
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 14, 2013 3:35 pm
by epilogue
Fuck 4 song leaks. I'm just gonna keep listening to this guy.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 14, 2013 3:37 pm
by VinylGuy
Good idea...im going to spin something later.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sun September 15, 2013 1:23 am
by gems and rhinestones
Tom Waits was the real Joker
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 21, 2013 10:17 pm
by Self
Tom sent me an email today. Said he was gonna do an acoustic set of 'Bad As Me' songs at the Bridge School benefit.
