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Post by oksauce on May 3, 2011 21:09:42 GMT
I'm curious, is anyone else here familiar with Tom Waits? he's an exceptional songwriter and performer. Definitely worth a listen if you've never encountered him before www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GIAawSTisE
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Post by nonrabbit on May 3, 2011 22:01:36 GMT
I don't know much about him and haven't really listened to him but certainly a voice full of character have to listen more to some of his lyrics too Really enjoyed listening to the three songs uploaded on your youtube channel Oksauce Lovely vocals
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Post by steelmonkey on May 4, 2011 1:51:29 GMT
He lives around here....I sold him lemonade at a ballgame and told his son 'you're lucky, your dad looks just like Tom waits'...I got a smile and a $1.25 tip on three lemonades.
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Post by maddogfagin on May 4, 2011 7:57:04 GMT
I'm curious, is anyone else here familiar with Tom Waits? he's an exceptional songwriter and performer. Definitely worth a listen if you've never encountered him before www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GIAawSTisENot familiar with Tom Waits but I reckon it's about time I investigated his music. Thanks for the link.
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Post by tullist on May 4, 2011 14:38:19 GMT
Not wanting to sound elitist, but a little surprised that P and G have had scant exposure to Tom Waits. Have been a fan with a lower case f for 40 years probably, and he is an interesting case study, were I to compare to anyone it would likely be Captain Beefheart, doubtless many of the same influences. While I would not necessarily mark it as his best record, I do think, insofar as that part of his catalogue with which I am familiar, which at most is half, the best starting point will be 1977's Small Change. Most of his fandom would mark it as a masterpiece, won't be at all surprised if you hear something on there that you actually did know. Not a half bad actor either.
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Post by oksauce on May 4, 2011 14:56:29 GMT
Thanks, nonrabbit! we've done wond'ring aloud as well, just haven't uploaded it. The second song - 'yesterday is here' - is actually a tom waits song. what a great story, steelmonkey. The best place to start if you like weirder stuff is probably 1983's Swordfishtrombones. I agree that for the jazzier side of his work, Small change is definitely a good entry point, but if put off by the growly vocals, '73's Closing Time would be a good way to become accustomed, because he was a lot younger and his voice was less ragged. I've always felt that he was slightly similar in some ways to tull and ian anderson, if only because of the stage persona and intelligent lyrics
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Post by steelmonkey on May 4, 2011 15:08:39 GMT
I would point a Tom Waits newbie at heart of a Saturday Night first, then maybe small change, swordfish or frank's Wild years...then an intro to the big boy wild stuff: Bone machine.
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Post by nonrabbit on May 4, 2011 17:40:59 GMT
Thanks Oksauce/R /Bernie - good instructions for a foray into Waits which I will start
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Post by oksauce on May 4, 2011 20:05:14 GMT
it's definitely worth it!
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Post by bunkerfan on May 5, 2011 9:23:25 GMT
Is Chris Evans a member on our forum or is something spooky going on? I switched my radio on this morning and here's Chris playing a Tom Waits track on his breakfast show. Did anyone else hear it or am I going mad
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Post by maddogfagin on May 5, 2011 17:58:44 GMT
Is Chris Evans a member on our forum or is something spooky going on? I switched my radio on this morning and here's Chris playing a Tom Waits track on his breakfast show. Did anyone else hear it or am I going mad The Forum has spread its tenticles far and wide, even into the hallowed halls of the BBC. At present we have a dedicated member trawling through the audio and visual archive library department researching and looking for Jethro Tull items.
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Post by steelmonkey on May 5, 2011 18:52:55 GMT
It is known that Tom waits is friends w/Keith Richard, who even played on a few cuts...so why the strong condemnation by a Stones song years ago? ( Tom Waits for no one ).
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Post by steelmonkey on May 6, 2011 21:24:10 GMT
get it? Tom Waits for no one? No? nothing?
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Post by nonrabbit on May 7, 2011 19:19:30 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on May 9, 2011 8:11:37 GMT
get it? Tom Waits for no one? No? nothing? Blagged a copy of Saturday Night and will listen to it today and report back. The two tracks I've listened to make me realise that TW has slipped under the radar but will make up for my error
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Post by maddogfagin on May 10, 2011 7:54:46 GMT
Blagged a copy of Saturday Night and will listen to it today and report back. The two tracks I've listened to make me realise that TW has slipped under the radar but will make up for my error Just love his song "Shiver Me Timbers" from The Heart of Saturday Night, from the first few listens to the album. Thanks all for the recommendation of TW - don't know why I missed him for all these years.
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Post by steelmonkey on May 10, 2011 13:46:23 GMT
When that album came out he was a relative unknown...under the protection of a few LA songwriters ( Chuck e Weiss, as in chuck e's in love, linda ronsdadt) and he wrote songs with minimal success....He was known as a true eccentric...stayed in skid row hotels the whole deal...when i saw him in denver in 1973 he marched the audience outside, hailed a cab, got in back and sang a song with the meter running then paid the guy and led us ( 80 people) back in.
After 'Saturday Night' he had steady success and had to deal with the persona....I mean, he wasn't poor anymore when the eagles did a song or three and mailed royalties. He has so many amazing songs that only he could have written...a mark of a worthwhile singer/songwriter.
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Post by oksauce on May 10, 2011 21:58:08 GMT
The heart of saturday night is a charming album, I particularly like the tracks '(looking for) the heart of saturday night' and 'the ghosts of saturday night'
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