is the greatest unsung hero of modern music. he does not fit in any genre, he's done them all. i love REAL GONE his new CD and FRANKS WILD YEARS, which is older, but he has so many that i havent even heard of. he's been around forever, SOMEBODY has to know who he is.
Aye Tom Waits is pretty sweet like. I haven't heard the two albums you've mentioned, but have more of his well known stuff - "Swordfishtrombones" being my favourite, it's a marvellous record. Top 5 of the 80's easy. I suppose that album is a bit detached from most common genres, it's very bizarre but not psychedelic, very jazzy but not jazz...His storytelling is great, there's a song on swordfish called 'Frank's Wild Years' actually, definitely worth a download - But get the album, you'll not regret it me thinks. "Nighthawkes At The Diner" is a good album when the mood for it strikes, recorded live in a studio Waits had converted into, well a diner I guess, for the evening. Seems to be one too many songs about the weather, but when people talk crap in diners the weather always comes up I suppose. Anyway, both worth a purchase.
Tom Waits is awesome! My husband and I listen to him a lot on weekend mornings while we drink our coffee, listen to NPR, do crafts, whatever... Filipino Box Spring Hog is a favorite of mine. Misery is the River of the World is a great one too. He's in the Jim Jarmusch film Coffee and Cigarettes. Has anyone heard anything good or bad about the movie?
Down By Law is better than Coffee & Cigarettes. Duh. And Real Gone is not a very good album compared to his earlier works.
I saw a two second clip of the Tom Waits/Iggy Pop conversation, you can be sure that part of the film wont suck. And as it happens I haven't heard a bad word about the rest of it. Didn't seem like something I'd rush out to see when I caugh that piece on it, but it didn't look bad at all How is Waits' later albums overall? Has he lost it completely or is there still some charm in the old boy?
I can't wait to see Bill Murray with RZA and GZA. And Real Gone is certainly good, just hard to get into. I suggest Small Change, Rain Dogs, or Heart of Saturday Night.
What's the duh for? I was asking for opinions and I haven't seen either one. Why are you so hostile? I was saying that listening to Tom Waits (along with Tracy Chapman and some others) is a part of our weekend rituals, which also includes listening to talk radio. I didn't know this thread was meant to be political or analytical. I thought we were talking about good music.
ah! i knew youd all like him. yeah, i like his modern stylle better than swordfish trombones or bluevalentine or alice or any of his old shit. hes awsome tho
Ahh! I love Tom Waits, he is the such the quintessential tortured artist, its great. His lightest album is his first and one of my favorites, i have Closing Time on LP and when its on i am always reminded of what an amazing song writer he is.
i love tom waits. about a year and a half ago, i picked up a few of his albums and i have been listening to him ever since. i love the album blood money.
apples and oranges it is. i like all his "post-swordfishtrombones" albums and not really any before that. REAL GONE is of course my favorite, and then franks wild years, and then blood money, and then maybe bone machine... I KNOW KARATE VOODOO TOO I DONT NEED NO MAKEUP I HAVE REAL SCARS I HAVE HAIR ON MY CHEST I LOOK GOOD WITHOUT MY SHIRT ON DRIVE ALL NIGHT HIT SOME SPEED....
I liked Coffee and Cigarettes but I'm a big Jim Jarmusch fan, if you are expecting a normal movie with a normal plot etc. then you won't like it. My favorite Tom Waits albums are Rain Dogs, Small Change, Heart of Saturday Night. His newer stuff is good too. 10 cent, i see you are in Indiana now, no wonder you are so pissed off
Actually I thought that Coffee and Cigerettes had TOO normal a plot, it reminded me of every flim student final cliche.... except with celebrities. I like Tom Waits pre-swordfishtrombone stuff as well as his new stuff... the man is just a god is all
