This thread must be for the ladies because…..
Tom Waits for no man.
Yeah, I know it’s cheesy
Saw him many years ago in Cambridge, MA. He’s really something.I like him a lot.
I heard it on a TV show: Homicide Life on the Street. It was 1993, I was not internet savvy back then, the show credits gave no clue. The next week, I watched the credits more closely and jotted down the name of the "Music Director". Took some digging, but I got her number and called her, only to leave a message.
No return. Few days later I tried again and got a hold of her.
'Yeah, I know the song you mean. Tom Waits. Don't know what Album. (click)
Bitch
Could not find it after several searches at multiple record stores.
Called her again. By this time she was irritated with me.
"Look, I gave you the name of the song and the artist. Perhaps if you just relaxed, it will happen. And if it doesn't, well maybe it wasn't meant to be."
liberal bitch...........
A week later I drove past a record shop. Went to the "Used Albums" and then to the W's. Second Tom Waits record was: "Franks Wild years"
Track 15: Cold Cold Ground
I've been a fan ever since
I think I’ll start a band called Tom Forges Ahead. Mostly Ska, with a twist of Bach.
Loved his “Underground” song in the movie “Robots”.
Rod Stewart, in the late '80's was down and had not had a hit in years, he needed a comeback hit. He called a friend who brought over a Tom Waits Album: Rain Dogs and played this song for him:
Rod, did not like it and had to be talked into giving it a try. His producer along with some help from Jeff Beck, turned it into this # 3 hit:
Love Tom Waits…
Ol’ 55
Nighthawks at the Diner is a good album.
The large print giveth and the small print taketh away...
Step right up.
You can’t rock out to his stuff but it certainly is entertaining.
Sixteen Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six
But I really love his acting. I’ll watch a movie I know going in is crappy if he’s in it, just to see what new weirdness he’s brought with him.