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Tom Waits is the king!

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Originally posted by wormwood
All Hail Tom Waits!
And he does a pretty good job in Bram Stokers Dracula as Renfield.

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Originally posted by Esoteric
And he does a pretty good job in Bram Stokers Dracula as Renfield.
🙂

and in primus' tommy the cat as, well, tommy the C.

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Small Change is my favourite album

both badmoon and darvlay quoted from there:

Pasties and a G-String
Been five o'clock shadow boxing
all around the town
Talking with the old men
sleeping on the ground


Jitterbug Boy
I seen the Brooklyn Dodgers
playin at Ebbets Field
seen the Kentucky Derby too
it's fast women, slow horses, unreliable sources
and I'm holding up a lamp post
if you want to know



The new Box Set is called Orphans, it's got something for everyone. I love it. Over 3 hours of music, most of it's never been released before (good luck finding the stuff that has been released before on these albums)

The official Tom Waits site: http://www.anti.com/artist.php?id=1

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Originally posted by hopscotch
Small Change is my favourite album

both badmoon and darvlay quoted from there:

Pasties and a G-String
Been five o'clock shadow boxing
all around the town
Talking with the old men
sleeping on the ground


Jitterbug Boy
I seen the Brooklyn Dodgers
playin at Ebbets Field
seen the Kentucky Derby too
it's fast women, slow horses, ...[text shortened]... before on these albums)

The official Tom Waits site: http://www.anti.com/artist.php?id=1
Do you read any Bukowski? Goes along with Small Change pretty nicely.

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Originally posted by rbmorris
Do you read any Bukowski? Goes along with Small Change pretty nicely.
I enjoyed Bukowski's Post Office, and have a copy of Women, which I've read about halfway before something else caught my attention. There's Bukowski on Orphans, Tom recites one of his poems.

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I tried to find my personal TW fav, Looking for the heart of Saturday night, but it's not on youtube.

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Originally posted by sonhouse
I tried to find my personal TW fav, Looking for the heart of Saturday night, but it's not on youtube.
Are you sure it isn't?

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I attended the Small Change Tour. What a night. One of my favorite shows.

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Originally posted by Peakite
Are you sure it isn't?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFLR2vaPQDw
Hey thanks, I put in 'Looking for the heart..."
It seems the link wanted 'the heart of saturday night'
Nice live performance. There are a lot more in the same area on tube.

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Originally posted by wormwood
🙂

and in primus' tommy the cat as, well, tommy the C.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09i5aig0IxI
Then there's Down By Law, a very amusing Jim Jarmusch (I think) film.

Can't pick a favourite CD. Hold a gun to my head and I'll say uh ALice or the Black Rider...and blood will run like ribbons through my hair. Most underrated, Heart Attack & Vine.

Just ordered Orphans...can't wait.

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Then there's Down By Law, a very amusing Jim Jarmusch (I think) film.

Can't pick a favourite CD. Hold a gun to my head and I'll say uh ALice or the Black Rider...and blood will run like ribbons through my hair. Most underrated, Heart Attack & Vine.

Just ordered Orphans...can't wait.
Got Orphans...if you want bits of it let me know..


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I go with Blue Valentine as my favorite: Swordfish, then, Mulevariations...then Alice....