Tom Waits
Topic 63 · 11 responses · archived october 2000
~aschuth
Sun, Apr 18, 1999 (15:15)
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Tom Waits is a very fascinating musician and arrangeur. His compositions are rather unusual, and have their roots in blues, rock, waltzes, etc. Also, the imagery his music provokes is quite interesting - the dark and strange, the absurd and grotesque.
~aschuth
Sun, Apr 18, 1999 (15:19)
#1
Hmh, above does not look like very inspired writing, but then - there are better days, and there are the others. And that's the days Waits stuff is about.
After his move from label Island Rec. to Epitaph, he has a brand new CD out soon, which is called Mule Variations.
It is very interesting work this CD presents, Waits still does IT the way he always DID.
~autumn
Mon, Apr 19, 1999 (23:22)
#2
*pant, pant* I love his gravelly voice! I bet I've played his "Anthology" more than any other single CD I own. Here's a link Jim turned me onto:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7587/start.html
What's your favorite TW song, Alexander?
~aschuth
Tue, Apr 20, 1999 (06:52)
#3
I love the "BIG TIME" album. Saw the concert movie, too.
It's hard to say what single song I love the most. Gotta play some of his stuff again...
But hey! I've got the new album! Great rooster, among other virtues...
~autumn
Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (00:21)
#4
I will have to keep my eyes open for that.
(I positively cringe whenever I hear Bruce Springsteen sing "Jersey Girl".)
~jgross
Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (01:02)
#5
i cringe when i hear all those Jersey girls in Austin sing Springsteen
---for some reason they wanna do it by trying to sound like Tom
---Tom wants them to sound like him too
---he cringes when he sees me cringe
---so then i have to cringe at him
---the Jersey girls leave with Bruce and he shows them how Tom sleeps at night
---see, it's different from how he sleeps at day
~autumn
Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (21:03)
#6
Does he cringe in his sleep? Do you?
~riette
Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (02:27)
#7
ha-ha!!!! How does a person cringe in one's sleep?? I that the same as toe curling?
~autumn
Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (22:24)
#8
And nashing of teeth as well, no doubt.
~riette
Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (00:21)
#9
ha-ha!
Nail biting too?
~autumn
Sat, May 1, 1999 (19:57)
#10
Not just the nails, but the skin around the nails...
~riette
Thu, Aug 5, 1999 (03:20)
#11
Yum Yum!