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Tom Waits — Jockey Full of Bourbon
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maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia)
Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 01:06
 
Everybody in my village bar is loving this

MuzikLover
Posted: Mar 16, 2013 - 14:22
 
Love it. Groovin' to it.{#Bananajam}

whomhow
(changeable)
Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 07:04
 
Gloomy February is Waits time. 8.

katiediddler
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 12:13
 

Wow. As followed by Jockey Full of Boubon. Uncommonly good.



rotten
Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 20:47
 
You just made my night playing this song! Thanks. Rain Dogs is my favorite Waits album.

tuttle99
Posted: May 30, 2012 - 12:42
 
Best singer/songwriter of the last 40 yrs. - a musical genius!  Wish I had half the talent in his left nut!

kcar
Posted: May 05, 2012 - 19:57
 
 audiophelia wrote:
Joe Bonamassa does an excellent cover of this song as well!
 
Yass yass...prefer Joe to Tom for this song. John Hammond sr. does a great version too. 

mda
(DC)
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 10:42
 
 steady_steve wrote:
I've heard Bill do some great sets, but never one that made me feel obligated to log in and post - Ben Folds, Fred Jones into Baltimore by Randy Newman is genius.  And then to top if all off, a few songs later, Life's What You Make It by Talk Talk and right into the Killers.  I stand in awe (well, I'm actually sitting on the couch, but you know what I mean).  Oh and then as I am writing this - Tom Waits, Jockey Full of Bourbon - get out of my mind Bill !!

 
agreed. :)

steady_steve
(Chicago - NW Suburbs)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 18:25
 
I've heard Bill do some great sets, but never one that made me feel obligated to log in and post - Ben Folds, Fred Jones into Baltimore by Randy Newman is genius.  And then to top if all off, a few songs later, Life's What You Make It by Talk Talk and right into the Killers.  I stand in awe (well, I'm actually sitting on the couch, but you know what I mean).  Oh and then as I am writing this - Tom Waits, Jockey Full of Bourbon - get out of my mind Bill !!


Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 18:23
 
 DoofusGeezer wrote:


Answer 1: A little heavier than he ought to be

Answer 2:  Headed for the wrong finish line 
 
Hi-lariaous...


lerxst
(A Planet in the Solar Federation)
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 13:49
 
This guy kills my mojo every time. Horrible.

DoofusGeezer
(Pilvimaa)
Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 05:38
 
 tpa29970 wrote:
But what I really want to know is:  What's a jockey full of bourbon? 

 

Answer 1: A little heavier than he ought to be

Answer 2:  Headed for the wrong finish line 

audiophelia
(Pennsylvania)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 11:46
 
Joe Bonamassa does an excellent cover of this song as well!

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 09:00
 
 yanet wrote:
i like the los lobos cover of this one....
 
And I like the Blue Hawaiians' version. Moxy Fruvous, too.


yanet
(San Diego, CA)
Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 12:52
 
i like the los lobos cover of this one....

kwidgiebo
(Putnam County)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 13:34
 

One of only two people I've waited for at a stage door (Chicago Theatre, Franks Wild Years tour, around 1989). After all the celebrities left (the Edge, Elvis C.), he comes out, signs my program, says to the only other guy waiting with me, an older man, "The last time I saw you, you were on the coast." Then he walks down the alley next to the theatre to a waiting cab, a boom box under one arm, and one of those little plastic accordions under the other, and drives away toward the lake. Life immitating art?  I swear this really happened, so, maybe.



Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 07:27
 
Tom's Music makes me happy

Frenk
Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 06:50
 
Down by Law is a very funny film. For sure a One To Watch! One of my favourites :))
 Proclivities wrote:

This is the original version of the song.  "Jockey Full of Bourbon" apparently refers to the drunk, disc-jockey character Zack, played by Tom Waits in the film "Down By Law".  The song is playing during the opening credits of the film.
 



On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 12:29
 
 Stingray wrote:
VERY TRUE: for the age-group 70+
 
True for people with good taste, regardless of age.

DjThirteenP
(Tampa)
Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 11:56
 
This bourbon's for you, Bill.  Cheers! 

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 10:35
 
 tpa29970 wrote:
Yes, I agree.  Tom Waits' voice is {good, bad} and this version is eversomuch {worse, better} than {100 other covers of this song}.  True, true.  All true.

But what I really want to know is:  What's a jockey full of bourbon? 

 
This is the original version of the song.  "Jockey Full of Bourbon" presumably refers to the drunk, disc-jockey character, Zack, played by Tom Waits in Jim Jarmusch's film "Down By Law".  This song is playing during the opening credits of the film.



Nerubo
(Denver, CO)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 10:31
 
I've said similar comments before, but this seems relevant:

Tom Waits is sufficiently weird.

 (Rated an 8, since last time I said something like that someone assumed I didn't like the artist)

ceviche
(Lima, Peru)
Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 10:08
 
 tpa29970 wrote:
Yes, I agree.  Tom Waits' voice is {good, bad} and this version is eversomuch {worse, better} than {100 other covers of this song}.  True, true.  All true.

But what I really want to know is:  What's a jockey full of bourbon? 

 
It's not a cover.


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 10:07
 
 james_of_tucson wrote:

Love him or hate him, Tom Waits is one of the most influential songwriters, ever. 

 

VERY TRUE: for the age-group 70+

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 10:06
 
Coffee and Cigarettes!

Just Iggy missing...

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 12:56
 
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Tom Waits by ~JSaurer
©2008-2010 ~JSaurer

...almost blue...
airbrush, water colours, 1994
 
Terrible picture!!


helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 12:54
 
I dont understand one word he is singing, but i like the music!!

james_of_tucson
(Tucson AZ)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 16:59
 
 InMyTree wrote:

Your loss...Quite literally by the looks of it.
 
Love him or hate him, Tom Waits is one of the most influential songwriters, ever. 


rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 16:50
 
 federico wrote:

 actually, "incredulous" is an adjective.

Cheers,
the real grammarian

 
+1, incredulously  


tpa29970
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 16:50
 
Yes, I agree.  Tom Waits' voice is {good, bad} and this version is eversomuch {worse, better} than {100 other covers of this song}.  True, true.  All true.

But what I really want to know is:  What's a jockey full of bourbon? 


calypsus_1
Posted: May 06, 2010 - 23:18
 

Tom Waits by ~JSaurer
©2008-2010 ~JSaurer

...almost blue...
airbrush, water colours, 1994



On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: May 02, 2010 - 00:31
 
Great album, great song, and one of my all-time fave song titles.

Albert1967
(Leusden, the Netherlands)
Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 07:50
 
 von_Hayek wrote:
God, I LOVE that song!{#Bananasplit}
 
I love that album.

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 06:20
 
Caught a show in St. Louis' Fox Theatre ( a beautiful venue) during the Orphans; Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards tour. An incredible performer - and the band was smokin'.

SweTex
(Swede living in Texas)
Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 11:38
 
 midreaming wrote:
  To see and hear this guy live is to witness an earthly terminal for the current of genius that courses through our universe. Lightening bristles from the souls of his shoes.
Saw Tom saunter to center stage hunched over in a trench coat. Pulling handfuls of glitter from his pocket and throwing it over his shoulder,  he sang a mixed chorus and verse of this song and others from Raindogs through a bullhorn. Parts of the song sounded made up on the spot. If there's anything to be thankful for in this lifetime, one of them is clearly to have taken breathe and met the rising sun with the spirit of a living TW in the air.
 
Yep, saw him on the "mule variations" tour, in Stockholm, amazing concert.


redstorm
(East Coast!........ Lou!)
Posted: Mar 17, 2009 - 15:29
 
Jockey Shorts full of Bourbon....you can just imagine hanging with Mr Waits for a week....and another week in a detox facility!

von_Hayek
(Duesseldorf, Germany)
Posted: Jan 13, 2009 - 09:11
 
God, I LOVE that song!{#Bananasplit}

SmackDaddy
(San Diego)
Posted: Dec 12, 2008 - 18:39
 
 jagdriver wrote:


Blue Hawaiians by a L-O-N-G shot!
 

Got that right!!!!!!!!!{#High-five}

federico
(Padova, Italy)
Posted: Nov 11, 2008 - 05:26
 
 out_to_lunch wrote:
The word you're looking for is "incredible". Incredulous is an adverb used to describe an emotion, like "I was incredulous at the idea of...". Love,
The Grammar Nazi
 
 actually, "incredulous" is an adjective.

Cheers,
the real grammarian


jagdriver
(Auburn, CA)
Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 14:38
 
 UltraNurd wrote:
I'll take the Moxy Fruvous version.
 

Blue Hawaiians by a L-O-N-G shot!

Aegean
(Earth)
Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 14:37
 
That's muuuuuch better, Bill!   {#Cheesygrin}

laroue
(Tennessee)
Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 14:37
 
best TW cd ever!{#Roflol}

allisonscola
(wishing I was behind my piano)
Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 09:28
 
 ThePoose wrote:
My fave ax man: Marc Ribot!

 
You know it!


ThePoose
Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 09:27
 
My fave ax man: Marc Ribot!

MrClean
(just south of paradise ;))
Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 19:44
 
I caught Tom Waits in a coffeeshop in Amsterdam one summer evening, just before he started to sing he cleared his throat...


Sounded like a young Frank Sinatra
out_to_lunch
(Philly by way of CT)
Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 10:35
 
tigerbeetle wrote:
I laugh along with those find it INCREDULOUS that Tom Waits could be accused of stealing sounds from anyone. He is the ultra-ultimate creative musical genius -- openly acknowledged as such by virtually the entire musical realm. The great part is Tom doesn’t give a rat’s ass if anyone thinks so or not.



The word you're looking for is "incredible". Incredulous is an adverb used to describe an emotion, like "I was incredulous at the idea of...".

Love,
The Grammar Nazi
DrGonzo
Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 09:18
 
Marr wrote:


I believe that there is a whole style of Russian singing that sounds a lot like this. It wouldn't surprise me if that didn't influence Tom to some degree. And that doesn't detract from his genius in my mind.


exactly - being influenced by and stealing music are entirely different things.

the great Mr. Waits is definitely a creative genius on his own accord...
DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 09:00
 
squidish wrote:
Is that Marc Ribot on guitar?


Yep! He played most of this record.
The_Enemy
(The Sewer)
Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 08:41
 
UltraNurd wrote:
I'll take the Moxy Fruvous version.


Probably the last decent thing they did.

I remember seeing them open for someone forgettable when they moved from Saskatchewan to Toronto and before they had a record deal. Talking to the band afterwards (they were in the audience), they were great guys just looking for a break. I bought their indie album and it was in much rotation at home for many years.

When they hit AM radio, they threw away anything original in their sound and did pandering crap like everyone else on AM radio.

Sad really. Lesson there somewheres.
squidish
(Peace on Earth. We need it now.)
Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 08:29
 
Is that Marc Ribot on guitar?