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He seems very highly regarded by muso's. When I have gone to see a band often he is played before the band comes on. Anyway I just started listening to him. I tend to be a melody guy. But some of his lyrics are astoundingly beautiful. For instance on Shiver Me Timbers there is the lyric "Where the clouds are like headlines upon a new front-page sky". I just bought the album The Heart of Saturday Night. And so far im enjoying it.
Any other suggestions ?
Any other suggestions ?
The Heart of Saturday Night and Closing Time are my two go-to albums for trying to get to sleep on a plane. Said as much to a friend recently who asked for relaxing music. I said it was important to choose those two albums though as some of his other stuff is like a nightmare sequence from a Disney/Tim Burton film. Still great, but very different. Haha.
I do enjoy Tom Waits, but my knowledge beyond the "hits" is superficial at best.
There are two days left on catch up of him co hosting Iggy Pop's Radio 6 show, and it's just fantastic!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001st7l
There are two days left on catch up of him co hosting Iggy Pop's Radio 6 show, and it's just fantastic!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001st7l
"He got twenty years for lovin' her from some Oklahoma Governor"
"I've got my own double cross to bear"
"Frank hung his wild years on a nail he drove through his wife's forehead"
"I'm getting harder than Chinese Algebra"
"And caught the cruel and unusual punishment of her smile"
It's endless with Tom, I could post up a thousand great lines, he's a poet and storyteller. I've been listening to him for 40 years and it never gets old.
"I've got my own double cross to bear"
"Frank hung his wild years on a nail he drove through his wife's forehead"
"I'm getting harder than Chinese Algebra"
"And caught the cruel and unusual punishment of her smile"
It's endless with Tom, I could post up a thousand great lines, he's a poet and storyteller. I've been listening to him for 40 years and it never gets old.
Love a lot of his stuff.
(I hope I don't fall in love with you - just simply superb)
It's a totally different genre but I often have a similar thought about Mark E Smith - the voice fits most of the time but every so often I think "if only he'd sang that in a slightly more usual manner it would be an absolute classic"
(I hope I don't fall in love with you - just simply superb)
It's a totally different genre but I often have a similar thought about Mark E Smith - the voice fits most of the time but every so often I think "if only he'd sang that in a slightly more usual manner it would be an absolute classic"
Skyedriver said:
Picked up "Real Gone" last week.
A little different to some of his more melodious music, almost Beefheart like.
According to his wife, his change from more melodic singing to the later 'growl' was because he was introduced to Captain Beefheart's music and thought 'I want to sing like that'A little different to some of his more melodious music, almost Beefheart like.
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