Red Mosquito

Strat wrote:

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Mule Variations

I would not start with an album. I'd start with songs.

Hold On and Come on Up to the House from Mule Variations are as good a place as any.

Lots of discovery happening in this thread

Strat wrote:

--- wrote:i don't really know where to start

Mule Variations

that one and Small Change worked just fine for me

as far as compilations go I think The Asylum Years might work too

one of the saddest songs ever written

time for another lousy merge

doug rr wrote:one of the saddest songs ever written

turned it off after thirty seconds...the voice is too much

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doug rr wrote:one of the saddest songs ever written

turned it off after thirty seconds...the voice is too much

easy, stip.

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doug rr wrote:one of the saddest songs ever written

turned it off after thirty seconds...the voice is too much

God damnit.

is all of waits' material just him and a piano?

--- wrote:is all of waits' material just him and a piano?

Oh hell no.

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doug rr wrote:one of the saddest songs ever written

turned it off after thirty seconds...the voice is too much

cutuphalfdead wrote:

--- wrote:is all of waits' material just him and a piano?

Oh hell no.

can you help me discover something where his voice isn't so prominently featured?

so good.


The thing with Tom Waits is that after 1980 there is this real stark shift in his song writing. The 70s stuff is all basically barroom jazz and blues that's made unique by his voice and the theatricality of some of the songs. Starting in the 80s he has the occasional throwback to the 70s but he also starts writing these weird german gospel carnival barker sideshow junkyard blues songs that should never work as songs (especially with his voice) if not for the fact that underneath it he has this effortless grasp of melody and is just a ridiculously talented songwriter. In the 90s his stuff takes on this apocalyptic tint, and by the 200s he is basically writing for all his incarnations

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cutuphalfdead wrote:

--- wrote:is all of waits' material just him and a piano?

Oh hell no.

can you help me discover something where his voice isn't so prominently featured?

I'm uploading an album right now. It'll be ready in a minute or so.

Heathen wrote:

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doug rr wrote:one of the saddest songs ever written

turned it off after thirty seconds...the voice is too much

only gave it ~one minute, but this is better. would listen again.

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cutuphalfdead wrote:

--- wrote:is all of waits' material just him and a piano?

Oh hell no.

can you help me discover something where his voice isn't so prominently featured?

Try this:

a lot of his 70s stuff is really hit or miss because it is so over the top. A lot of his best songs have him really dialing his schtick back.

i resolve to explore the work of this tom waits fellow

stip wrote:

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cutuphalfdead wrote:

--- wrote:is all of waits' material just him and a piano?

Oh hell no.

can you help me discover something where his voice isn't so prominently featured?

Try this:

if kris hates this its no use really

Hey thodoks, there's plenty on here to sink your teeth into.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qp7rp7qc051or ... ations.zip