OK, now I FINALLY appreciate this guy. Cool song.

awesome. this is freakin genius.

That was interesting. But I would be very contented to go the rest of my life without hearing it ever again.

Come to think of it, I don't think it's possible to go the rest of my life without hearing it again in one form or another.

This and "Small Change" are just outstanding.

namesbenny wrote:

Gets rid of blackheads, the heartbreak of psoriasis
Christ, you don't know the meaning of heartbreak, buddy

Peyote wrote:

I don't see it as that, I see this song more as an ode to late night TV commercials (from before the days of infomercials) and street hawkers. I don't know how anyone could find song material there but Tom Waits isn't just anyone!

Wow, I usually dislike his stuff but I kind of dig this. Interesting song...

would love to hear the piano has been drinking

i'm glad this song won't be played again soon.

ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:Now that's funny. (Get it?)

I am in Marketing for a living and this song and "I'm the Man" by Joe Jackson are my Mantra

I love it

Reminds me of New Orleans.

Ho Hum...

This is hysterical.

The guy is brillant. I sense such a great dripping of satire. I love it.

I'm not sure what it is, but I have to have three of them, right now.

VV wrote:
I thought this sucked for the first minute... but now I am tapping my foot and grinning. It works.
How does he do it? Volume!

Love him or not, there is simply no denying that this guy is always doing something new and interesting. Scarce few are the artists with a catalogue as interesting and wide ranging.

Personally, I hope the guy lives to be a thousand years old so I can continue to be trilled with what he does next.

To that ol question… what 10 recordings would you take to a deserted island/ At least two would be Waits records. Their timeless and grow better with each listen.

aflanigan wrote:

And, strangely enough, he ultimately won $2.5M because Frito-Lay had violated the "Midler tort", a legal precedent named after Bette Midler. Waits said he "Spent it all on candy. My mom told me I was foolish. I've always been foolish when it comes to money."

Detailed story
With Midler tort info in Discussion section

earthbased wrote:

Listenable? Listenable! Brilliant! Years ago now, WSUW ran a series of his film scores. It was tremendous.

*edit: I'm also enjoying how young Waits looks on that album cover...

I'm sure the lyrics are fantastic (couldn't take the time to look them up) but musically it's just rubbing me wrong this morning.

drH wrote:

One who needs a few more listens. Maybe there'd be hope for 'em then?

How succinct, I'm still laughing. Thanks for making my day

VV wrote:

The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away...

Step Right Up!

Could this song possibly suck more?

A truely unique artist that is listenable!

Dan

Ironically Frito Lay company was successfully sued by Tom for Misappropriation and Lanham Act (copyright-related law) violations for creating a commercial jingle based on this song without permission.

Here's the story:

(click here)

ayuh-"how do they do it?"

dadofsammy wrote:

Delightfully slippery salesmanship-yes? Reminds me of many used car salesman I've had the misfortune to work with. In all fairness-some actually do care. Gives me a chuckle nonetheless.

beautiful...just as good now as it was when i was 20...which was quite a while ago...