lazarus
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The appreciation thread for Tom Waits, genius.
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GirlsAloudFan
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Scarlett likes him. Maybe I should, too.
LemonMelon
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I've only heard Rain Dogs and Bone Machine (which is my favorite). Swordfishtrombones is next.
Dalton
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Tom Waits made Dylan his bitch.
LemonMelon
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I don't think it's my #1 Tom Waits favorite, but Swordfishtrombones kicked my ass. I loved it. It doesn't cohere very well, but each song sounds great individually.
"Frank's Wild Years"
"Frank's Wild Years"
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martha 
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I've quietly acquired about seven albums of his over the last year or so. Which was long overdue because I'm totally into this weird, dark, demented carnival stuff. So far I'd probably say that Mule Variations is my favourite.
LMP
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"I'm Still Here" is one of the most romantic tracks I've ever heard. The Lady Friend enjoys it, too, which is always good.
cdisantis83
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I've been interested in checking him out for quite some time now. Can anyone recommend a starting point?
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martha
Best song ever with my name.
I love Closing Time and Heartattack & Vine. They would have been in my Top 50 list if I'd bother to do one.
I only got to see him once live, when he did a week on Broadway. Just fantastic.
Zoots
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Take another look at your avatar and say it ain't so!
Unfortunately, I have nothing else to add to this thread cos I have no idea about this guy.
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Take another look at your avatar and say it ain't so!
Unfortunately, I have nothing else to add to this thread cos I have no idea about this guy.
I don't like her song with my name, sadly.
I don't see you becoming a Tom Waits fan any time soon but you never know.
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He released some albums in the '90s, right?
sshhh, it's called the reverse psychology.
joyfulgirl
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What? I thought you said you did, in that Beekeeper thread. Maybe I'm mistaken.
Maybe I liked it a little better than the other bad songs on that record.
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You know the song Jersey Girl, made popular by Springsteen? Tom Waits wrote that and nobody can touch his version. Not nobody not nohow.
He also wrote Time that Tori recorded on Strange Little Girls. Also can't touch his version.
Pearl Jam covered his Picture in a Frame.
The Eagles covered his Ol' 55.
You know a shitload of Tom Waits songs, you just don't know it.
Zoots
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Aha I definitely know Ol' 55!
I don't want to derail this thread. But I prefer Beekeeper to Posse.
He released some albums in the '90s, right?
Maybe I liked it a little better than the other bad songs on that record.
I don't want to derail this thread. But I prefer Beekeeper to Posse.
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lazarus
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Rod Stewart covered Downtown Train, but I've tried to put it out my memory because it's an awful version.
Plus, Way Down in the Hole from Frank's Wild Years was used as the theme song for the show The Wire, each season featuring a different artist's version.
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Blue Valentines is one of the saddest songs ever.
Dalton
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I'm glad that no one has attempted to argue that Dylan is better than Waits. Waits in an American Icon.
joyfulgirl
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And then there's this from Scarlett Johansson:
"Falling Down" (Tom Waits cover) | Pitchfork
"Falling Down" (Tom Waits cover) | Pitchfork
Dalton
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Why don't you like us?
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lazarus
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This is something that doesn't really need to be argued.
financeguy
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Salome
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Swordfishtrombones, Real Gone, Bone Machine, Nighthawks at the diner
great artist
great artist
hardyharhar
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Nice find financeguy. I was a huge Fernwood Tonight fan and this is a great clip
"Better to have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy" 
Here's a great version of Time from Late Night with Letterman, unfortunately cut short. I have this somewhere on vhs from the night it was performed. Forgot all about it til now. Short, but better than the lp version.
YouTube - Tom Waits - 1986 Letterman Interview
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