Crazykid 55
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okay, what genre would you classify all of Tom Waits' music as?
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Tom Waits
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hammuraby_1
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I downloaded a couple of the albums and he's fantastic! I like his more vaudeville sounding tracks.
luvinlife2525
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How exactly does that fake press conference make him a media whore?
me me me lalala
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I think if she did something a little less arabitious and more suited to her voice I would enjoy it but I turned it off halfway through and put on Bone Machine. However on a positive note if a Tom Waits releases a greatest hits I think she should be put in charge of asserabling it because the song selection was great.
Tom Waits underwent a significant evolution during his career, and though you probably couldn't call any of his albums "mainstream," he chose to emulate popular musicians during his early years rather than create his own image. His later albums (Bone Machine, Mule Variations, etc.) might be quirky and interesting but they don't convey the strong emotional connection Tom had with his music when he was younger.
Closing Time, regardless of how mainstream it may sound, is an excellent record and one certainly worth listening to.
Closing Time, regardless of how mainstream it may sound, is an excellent record and one certainly worth listening to.
penguins87
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yeah, cringe because some of his growls/howls or really scary voices, banging kind of production, but then he has songs in his catalog that are beautiful. like his early stuff or even later things like "hold on".
I don't usually tread in certain forums, and general is one of them, same witih lounge and punk.
Tom Waits is, to me, the greatest musician that has ever lived. I first discovered him from a GQ article that did a review on him because of his release of Alice/Blood Money. They had a sidebar with some of his lyrics and "The captain is a one armed dwarf, he's throwing dice along the wharf, in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king" from Rain Dog's Singapore caught my eye.
I downloaded whatever I could and the first song I ever heard was "House where nobody lives" off Mule Variations and after my fifth listen, I decided I'd never heard anything quite this good and decided to buy a CD. Considering that MV was also nominated for a Grammy, I decided to pick it up. I'd never heard anything like Fillapino Box Spring Hog, but it spoke to me 1000 diffrent ways.
How could a musician that stood for everything rustic, minimalist, and turn of the centruy have, not only 12 instruments on a single track, but have one of them be the turntables? I would find out an entire CD catalouge later; because he wanted to, and he liked how it sounRAB.
Tom Waits music doesn't speak to me simply as a musical peice of genius. Its a personal philosophy. He's done what he's wanted for nearly his entire career and he's never tried to appeal to the masses. In his 60's, he's still got a rabid fan base that other artists would die for. He's name dropped so often by musicians as soemone who is an object of admiration uet he never gets the credit he deserves. Everytime Rolling Stone does a 100 greatest artists ever, I get 50 artists who are trash, and never Tom Waits. During thier 500 greatest CD's ever he landed 3 spots and I was still pissed.
He's a great musician, writer, and singer. The latter takes awhile to get used to, but like an aquiered taste, you can't explain why no one else could ever come close.
To those who said they wanted to have sex with his voice, be cautious, sex with a voice like that will take off 7 layers of skin. But Tom Waits has always been raw and full of emotion, so maybe I want to have sex with it to.
If anyone wants some track to check out, let me know what you listen to and I'll try and engineer a playlist to get you into him.
Tom Waits is, to me, the greatest musician that has ever lived. I first discovered him from a GQ article that did a review on him because of his release of Alice/Blood Money. They had a sidebar with some of his lyrics and "The captain is a one armed dwarf, he's throwing dice along the wharf, in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king" from Rain Dog's Singapore caught my eye.
I downloaded whatever I could and the first song I ever heard was "House where nobody lives" off Mule Variations and after my fifth listen, I decided I'd never heard anything quite this good and decided to buy a CD. Considering that MV was also nominated for a Grammy, I decided to pick it up. I'd never heard anything like Fillapino Box Spring Hog, but it spoke to me 1000 diffrent ways.
How could a musician that stood for everything rustic, minimalist, and turn of the centruy have, not only 12 instruments on a single track, but have one of them be the turntables? I would find out an entire CD catalouge later; because he wanted to, and he liked how it sounRAB.
Tom Waits music doesn't speak to me simply as a musical peice of genius. Its a personal philosophy. He's done what he's wanted for nearly his entire career and he's never tried to appeal to the masses. In his 60's, he's still got a rabid fan base that other artists would die for. He's name dropped so often by musicians as soemone who is an object of admiration uet he never gets the credit he deserves. Everytime Rolling Stone does a 100 greatest artists ever, I get 50 artists who are trash, and never Tom Waits. During thier 500 greatest CD's ever he landed 3 spots and I was still pissed.
He's a great musician, writer, and singer. The latter takes awhile to get used to, but like an aquiered taste, you can't explain why no one else could ever come close.
To those who said they wanted to have sex with his voice, be cautious, sex with a voice like that will take off 7 layers of skin. But Tom Waits has always been raw and full of emotion, so maybe I want to have sex with it to.
If anyone wants some track to check out, let me know what you listen to and I'll try and engineer a playlist to get you into him.
Leo Sun Pleaserr
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his spoken word pieces are decidedly good, but to me their akin to Shapespeares sonnets, not in talent but in relation to his other works.
While you can tell he's great with these, his real power comes with a couple of worRAB mid-song that show an amazing depth of knowledge of his own characters and people in general, but a way to refine a feeling down to an experince we've all had but have never heard articulated in such a way.
While you can tell he's great with these, his real power comes with a couple of worRAB mid-song that show an amazing depth of knowledge of his own characters and people in general, but a way to refine a feeling down to an experince we've all had but have never heard articulated in such a way.
piepounder
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Tom Waits is GREAT! I have all his albums, my faves are:
Rain Dogs
Nighthawks at the diner
Franks wild years
Alice
Rain Dogs
Nighthawks at the diner
Franks wild years
Alice
Yeah tons, as I tell most folks, let me know what you listen to and I'll craft you one.
And by the way, talk about polar opposites. Martha sounRAB nothing like Hoist that Rag.
You went to the extreams and most people should start in the middle. Let me know what your top 3 banRAB are and why you like them and I'll give you 5 or 6 tunes to get drunk and melt to.
And by the way, talk about polar opposites. Martha sounRAB nothing like Hoist that Rag.
You went to the extreams and most people should start in the middle. Let me know what your top 3 banRAB are and why you like them and I'll give you 5 or 6 tunes to get drunk and melt to.