Tom Waits

Personally as far as catagorising him here i'd put him under Avantgarde/Experimental since that's been the majority of his albums most of his career. Ideally if Blues and Folk were together as a forum i'd put him in there though as those are his main roots throughout his music.
 
Well I agree up to a point, a lot of the begining sounRAB similar but once you hit "in the collaseum" it takes a sharp left turn then veres off the road.

I ask because it seems like other albums are more quintessential and that others are more palitable.

While I regard Bone Machine as a great album with some amazing songs (Going out west, Murder in the red barn, I don't wanna grow up) it doesn' seem like something people "ought to own."

Thats the only point I disagree with you on, I obviously love Waits seeing as my avatar, bi-line and quote revolve around him or his music.
 
^I assume you'll like the stuff he done with Nick Cave

You're right its not as good. Still really experimental though, and I like that. Every song is different. But its not quite Chocolate Jesus.
 
Before Orphans was Real Gone, which was also very good. The only albums of his I'm not an enormous fan of are Foreign Affairs (which most people don't like very much) and Alice (which everybody loves but me, so what do I know?). Claypool's guested on a bunch of his recordings starting with Bone Machine (I think). Rain Dogs was before that, so Claypool wasn't involved as far as I know.
 
OK, the question has been answered by the removal of my thread and appending it to this one. Fair enough.
I think though I'm actually going to start a full new thread, where I'll post links to compos for other artistes too, not just Waits, so people can try before they buy, as it were. Might get some of you into the delights of Supertramp, Genesis, Marillion, Asia -- hey, even Josh Groban or Faith Hill! Who knows?
Anyone think this is a good/bad idea?
Well, I'm gonna do it anyway! :)
Watch for it...

PS Best Waits album, imo? "Small change" or else "Rain dogs", but you have to hear (if you haven't already) his collaboration with Crystal ***le on the soundtrack to the movie "One from the heart", espcially "Broken bicycles" and "Picking up after you"....
 
Your first sentence made me want to slap you, but after the second one You're not only my new favorite person on here, but I also think your review is stunning an accurate.

A little girl once wrote him and said you sound likea corabination between a clown and dynamite. He wrote back and said "you got it babe, thanks for listening"
 
I got my first taste of Mr Waits tonight after downloading Bone Machine. The album got 2 straight runs throughs which was a good sign. Very exciting! Dicography thread sounRAB like it could be a gem.
 
I heard "Innocent When You Dream" on The Current (the best radio station ever... I love Minnesota :) ) and I was reminded how cool Tom Waits is.

Plus, he eats nails for breakfast.
 
I don't think i could ever adequately describe why i like him. The worRAB that always seem to come out of my mouth when i'm asked by frienRAB is 'because he's different', which he most definitely is but doesn't exactly explain everything to them.
There's no point trying to force him on anyone, its an acquired taste, you either love him or you don't.
 
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