Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Tue September 24, 2013 2:39 pm
Gods' Die wrote:Is that a shot at me?Strat wrote:This is tempting...
If I hadn't seen him once before I would be all over this...
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Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Wed September 25, 2013 7:48 am
The Complete Tom Waits Storytellers (Unedited)
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2013/09 ... -unedited/
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2013/09 ... -unedited/
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Thu September 26, 2013 3:08 am
Still to this day I cannot listen to "Hoist that Rag" without wanting to dance like an idiot. The guitar solo brings a smile to my face everytime.Mike wrote:I have a friend that was a casual Tom Waits listener but only really liked his first two records. He wasn't able to warm up to Tom's output from the 80's onwards disliking his voice mostly. Now he seems to try again and his record of choice is Real Gone because he loves Hoist That Rag. That is the last record I thought he would like.The first song he loves now next to Hoist That Rag is "Don't Go Into That Barn". And I thought I might get him someday with something of Mule Variations maybe and now it's working with Real Gone.
I just wanted to share this little story.
Top 5 Waits song for me (yes, love it that much)
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Thu September 26, 2013 7:03 am
I'd legit shank a bitch for a ticket to that.VinylGuy wrote:Tom acoustic with Les Claypool, David Hidalgo..and he is going to do a duet with Neil Young of course......fuck , seems amazing.
I would sell my body to get there, but its not going to work anyway...
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 5:24 pm
From another thread:
1. Earth Died Screaming
2. Time
3. Make It Rain
4. Tango Till They're Sore
5. Don't Go Into That Barn
6. Whistling Down the Wind
7. Alice
8. Hold On
9. 2:19
10. Buzz Fledderjohn
11. Never Let Go
12. Hoist that Rag
13. Filipino Box Spring Hog
14. The Part You Throw Away
15. Who Are You
Something like that.
Got me thinking about my Tom Waits top 15...McParadigm wrote:I cut it down to 15.
Tom Waits - Time
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombone
Tom Waits - Never Let Go
Tom Waits - Come on Up to the House
Tom Waits - Who Are You
Tom Waits - Singapore
Tom Waits - Georgia Lee
Tom Waits - The Part You Throw Away
Tom Waits - Hoist That Rag
Tom Waits - Sins of My Father
Tom Waits - Make it Rain
Tom Waits - Walk Away
Tom Waits - All the Time
Tom Waits - You Can Never Hold Back Spring
Tom Waits - Widow's Grove
1. Earth Died Screaming
2. Time
3. Make It Rain
4. Tango Till They're Sore
5. Don't Go Into That Barn
6. Whistling Down the Wind
7. Alice
8. Hold On
9. 2:19
10. Buzz Fledderjohn
11. Never Let Go
12. Hoist that Rag
13. Filipino Box Spring Hog
14. The Part You Throw Away
15. Who Are You
Something like that.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 5:52 pm
I like quite a bit of mcps list. Hmmmm
In no real order
1. San Diego serenade
2. Tom tauberts blues
3. Mr. Siegel
4. Time
5. Singapore
6. Cold cold ground
7. Black wings
8. Come on up to the house
9. The part you throw away
10. How's it gonna end
11. Tell me
12. All the time
13. Walk away
14. Widows grove
15. Long way home
In no real order
1. San Diego serenade
2. Tom tauberts blues
3. Mr. Siegel
4. Time
5. Singapore
6. Cold cold ground
7. Black wings
8. Come on up to the house
9. The part you throw away
10. How's it gonna end
11. Tell me
12. All the time
13. Walk away
14. Widows grove
15. Long way home
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 5:53 pm
Anyone with a best-of list that doesn't include Martha is dead to me.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 6:06 pm
That was the song that made me a fan. 15 isn't enough
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 6:15 pm
Martha's a great song. This guy has too many great songs. I tend toward his rustier stuff, though.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 6:19 pm
I respect that, but rules is rules; you're both dead to me.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 6:33 pm
there are worse reasons to end a friendship. At least this wasn't over something stupid, like whether or not Bryan Adams has any good songs besides summer of 69.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 6:41 pm
The problem (or the brilliant thing about, depending on how you look at it) with Tom Waits is his constant reinvention. It's almost impossible for me to consider that they guy that wrote those first couple of albums also wrote Swordfishtrombones and Bone Machine. I'd almost have to break up his career into thirds and do a top 15 for each phase of Tom Waits.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 6:50 pm
stip wrote:there are worse reasons to end a friendship. At least this wasn't over something stupid, like whether or not Bryan Adams has any good songs besides summer of 69.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 6:51 pm
tom waits has written so many of my favorite songs and so few of my favorite albums.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 6:51 pm
Yup. Maybe the same thing could be said for Pearl Jam by the end.durdencommatyler wrote:The problem (or the brilliant thing about, depending on how you look at it) with Tom Waits is his constant reinvention. It's almost impossible for me to consider that they guy that wrote those first couple of albums also wrote Swordfishtrombones and Bone Machine. I'd almost have to break up his career into thirds and do a top 15 for each phase of Tom Waits.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 6:55 pm
I can never decide if Mark Lanegan or Tom Waits is my number 3.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 7:07 pm
Oh man, when I sit down to think about my favorite albums from each decade, Tom shows up at the top of the 80s, 90s and 00s. And sits comfortably in the 70s.stip wrote:tom waits has written so many of my favorite songs and so few of my favorite albums.
He's also written my favorite album of all time.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 7:07 pm
I can't decide if he's my 1 or 2.stip wrote:I can never decide if Mark Lanegan or Tom Waits is my number 3.
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 10:17 pm
durdencommatyler wrote:I can't decide if he's my 1 or 2.stip wrote:I can never decide if Mark Lanegan or Tom Waits is my number 3.
who? lanegan or waits?
Re: Tom Waits
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 10:31 pm
Waits.Strat wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:I can't decide if he's my 1 or 2.stip wrote:I can never decide if Mark Lanegan or Tom Waits is my number 3.
who? lanegan or waits?
I still haven't taken the time to get to know Mr. Lanegan well enough.