St. Tom

Look up the review in today's NYTimes of Marisa Mulder doing TW music

Poetry 

What is this, like cabaret?

 gypsyman wrote: 
Try some of the other Islay malts. All, with the exception of the luscious Bunnahabhain, are intensely peaty, but vary considerably in style within that peatiness. Ardbeg has already been mentioned, but my favourite is Lagavulin. A tour of Islay malts is a stimulating experience, but bad for the head and the wallet. Don't ever call malt whiskeys "Scotch" in the hearing of a Scots person, though - that label is only used for blended whiskeys, if at all.

Tom Waits as Laphroaig is a good analogy. Peaty, smoky, rough on the throat, fantastic if you're in the mood for it, rough as a scabby dog's arse if you're not. A great street poet but a voice that is an 'acquired taste', to put it mildly. Worth acquiring but you have to work at it.

If you really listen to this song carefully, it's pretty damn controversial. Still great though. 10

Oh my. It's a cold october night. There's fog outside. Feels like Tom Waits is made from the world outside.

Love that sax.

 gypsyman wrote: 
Just picked up a bottle of Ardbeg 10-yr; it's pretty damn tasty.

 rtkmusic wrote: 
Well, some four odd years later he did it with the Bird man...

TerryS wrote:Tom Waits is the Laphroaig of balladeers.

 On_The_Beach wrote: 
Nice to stumble across a few other lovers of Laphroaig.

The best Scotch I've ever tasted. Period.

 johnjconn wrote: 
Sipping a glass right now.  Tom does create a mood, doesn't he?

Some of the best Waits ever to lick my inner ear.

This reminds me, I'm running low on Bourbon

oldslabsides wrote: the man is a genius.  

 Albert1967 wrote: 

For me, also, Tom Waits is a genius. If I look at his entire career, he has used his talents in a number of unique and meaningful ways. I think he is wonderful.

 oldslabsides wrote: 
Dunno 'bout that, but he's a fine musician.

the man is a genius.

 TerryS wrote: 
Too true. Smokey and complex. Intoxicating. For those with refined taste. Not for the timid.

 SweTex wrote: 

Isn't it night yet? Longing for it (2 something pm here)

Edit I am a Laphroaig drinker

This song doesn't due justice to his raspy voice.

Boozy and dreamy as only he can.

 martinc wrote: 
For many of us Tom is the definition of 'Cool'. Like RP, he's eclectic, he's got a great sense of humour, he does his own thing and he's talented. I do have a hard time getting past that croaky voice but I respect the man's artistry.

 TEN.

 martinc wrote: 

It's among the Californians, some real greaseball shit.

I just never get TW. he has written some good tunes but I find his performance just deadly. Still adds to the variety of RP.

Tom Waits released this CD simultaneously with another CD - Blood Money - and being the huge TW fan that I am, I bought them both. I never got into the Alice CD as much as Blood Money, because Blood Money had all the upbeat and offbeat music that I'm more a fan of. However, after listening to this track, I think I'm gonna dig up that Alice CD and give it another go.

ktnsb wrote:



I met Tom Wait waaaay back in the 80s on the set of Rumble Fish, which I was an extra on.
A super-nice and unassuming guy. I barely knew anything about his music at the time, but after meeting him, I started getting into his music. Being a huge fan of his music now for some 20+ years; if I met him again, I'd probably geek out and scare him off.

 Cambot wrote:

 
20 years ago, I used to have roommates in an apt that, once you exited, you had to go through an alley to get to the street.

One evening, I'm in my room listening to Waits on the stereo when one of them appears in my door and she yells "IT'S YOU?!?!?"

"I've been afraid to go outside because I thought there was a wino in the alley!  And all this time it's you listening to this shit?!?!?"

 

I'm meydele wrote:


"See, I'm what you call kind of a "moral traffic light", really. I'm like sayin', "RED! Go no further! Boooo-ee boooo-ee boooo-ee...”

Tom Waits is nothing if not unique. But as I understand the word, unique doesn't mean good, but this song is alright.

Darkmatter wrote:

He takes us places; sometimes places we could not even imagine; sometimes places we need to go; sometimes places we fear to go.

He sets us free in our own minds, and entices us to embark upon journeys to the depths of our souls.

Yes, this is Art.

For Me
Tom = God of musical Oh-My-Gosh-I-Cant-Listen-to-this-song-with-others-in-the-room-turn-it-off-ness.