RIP Ravi Shankar (memorial today for Norah's father)

Thanks for the influence upon George Harrison, Peter Gabriel etc. and of course the gift of Norah

Peace in these crazy times 

Lovely but nothing can beat the original .

This song is about choices and loss. Waits has that feeling of loss. Her voice is simply too sweet... No regrets about bad choices come thru. We all make choices and as e get older we get smarter as we realize we've screwed up. To me, the song is about having a nature that is always looking for.... whatever is out there. Not because of dissatisfaction or boredom but because it's our nature....

After Doyle Dykes this is really guitar playing 101. I don't miss Tom's whezzing and hacking but he did write a nice song here.

I agree with you on that. No cover can compare to original Tom Waits song.

 
kuril wrote: 

Gimme Tom Waits. 

 kuril wrote: 
Its a cover? I thought it was just Tom played at the wrong speed. 

After a few pints, I can definitively say that I do not like Tom Waits covers.

There are few things in this world that are more disappointing than this song.  The bass starts, I recognize the tune, then that damn voice starts.  There should be some sort of disclaimer before the song starts, so I don't get my hopes up.

 Snorfalorpagus wrote: 
well played. well played.

Not as good as Tom Waits, but better than The Offspring. 7.

 calypsus_1 wrote: 
Ok, I know people get annoyed when it's mentioned, so I'm going to bring it up here.  Not only does she have some serious pipes and songwriting chops, but she's also hot.

Deal with it folks.

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 jackie0 wrote: 
As big a fan as I am of Norah's work, I have to agree with you.  Now, when it comes to women covering Tom Waits' work, nothing holds a candle to Shawn Colvin's efforts, IMHO. 

 Squirreley wrote: 
Try "Orphans and Brawlers", the 'slow' disc.  It's where this song Norah attempted to cover comes from.  Every song on it is great.

An insipid cover that ads nothing to the original except to render it void of meaning.

Squirreley wrote:
I love the album Small Change...Pasties & a G-String cracks me up every time I hear it! Brilliant!!!

Nice set this morning, Bill!!

never have understood the fuss about her voice......

This song is good for the ears...

 Squirreley wrote: 
Bone Machine, Rain Dogs, and Mule Variations.

amazing artist and very good register voice of Norah Jones (Geethali Norah Jones Shankar) in this excelent theme, writen by Kathleen Brennan and her husband Tom Waits. Waits performs too this theme in album "Big Bad Love (Soundtrack)"

** 8 **

Something for us all to remember these days: Money's just something you throw from the back of a train.

I'd have to rate this a lot lower if the original wasn't so great. I'm a big fan of re-interpreted covers, but the shift from Tom's gravel chewing voice to Norah's breathless whisper loses a lot.

Bill's intro to this song reminded me how much I need to hear Tom Waits originals on a whole bunch of songs... This is off-topic to Norah Jones (who I am a big fan of) but can anyone recommend a good Tom Waits album to one who has heard quite a number of his songs but owns none of his albums?

Maybe it's because I had NO CLUE who wrote this tune that I thought it sounded like something
John Prine could have written, and in my book, that is A Very Good Thing...

7, possibly an 8 if/when I hear it again