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 JacquesCousteau
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 Tom Waits. 
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Tom Waits.
Can you handle it?
I barely can. What a voice. But I love him.
He's just so lovably honest, despite his self-destructive nature. He's like an old friend who just... knows. 
Also attached an mp3 for those who prefer to take a copy home with them. 
Quote:
Tom Traubert's Blues
by Tom Waits
Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, I've got what I paid for now
See you tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow a couple of bucks from you
To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda,
You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me
I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley
And I'm tired of all these soldiers here
No one speaks English, and everything's broken, and my Stacys are soaking wet
To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda,
You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me
Now the dogs are barking and the taxi cab's parking
A lot they can do for me
I begged you to stab me, you tore my shirt open,
And I'm down on my knees tonight
Old Bushmill's I staggered, you'd bury the dagger
In your silhouette window light go
To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda,
You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me
Now I lost my Saint Christopher now that I've kissed her
And the one-armed bandit knows
And the maverick Chinamen, and the cold-blooded signs,
And the girls down by the strip-tease shows, go
Waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda,
You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me
No, I don't want your sympathy, the fugitives say
That the streets aren't for dreaming now
And manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories,
They want a piece of the action anyhow
Go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda,
You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me
And you can ask any sailor, and the keys from the jailor,
And the old men in wheelchairs know
And Mathilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred,
And she follows wherever you may go
Waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda,
You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me
And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace,
And a wound that will never heal
No prima donna, the perfume is on an
Old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey
And goodnight to the street sweepers, the night watchmen flame keepers
And goodnight to Mathilda, too
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 slackophage
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Tom Waits is awesome, probably my favorite songwriter.
Chocolate Jesus:
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Irradiated_Feces
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Road to Peace is a beautiful song too.
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slackophage
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Depressing, but amazing....like a lot of his work.
I also love his spoken word stuff like Circus, Children's Story, and especially What's He Building In There.
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JacquesCousteau
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Sweet... I thought there would be some fans.
Can you guys recommend some (more*) songs that are similar? I really love his slow ballad work, but it seems fleeting amongst the volume of his discography.
(* I'll check out the ones already mentioned...)
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JonnyOnTheSpot
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rain dogs is my favorite album i think.
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JacquesCousteau
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Road To Peace is pretty cool.
Chocolate Jesus is pretty sweet too...
Neither are similar to Tom Traubert's Blues, tho'...
Not that that's a problem, but I am just wondering if he's got any other work that is more in the same vein, or is that song just a unique oddity from his career?
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slackophage
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Quote:
JacquesCousteau said:
Sweet... I thought there would be some fans.
Can you guys recommend some (more*) songs that are similar? I really love his slow ballad work, but it seems fleeting amongst the volume of his discography.
(* I'll check out the ones already mentioned...)
Christmas Card From a Hooker In Minneapolis
Time
Train Song
Cold Cold Ground
Falling Down
Johnsburg, Illinois
Yesterday is Here
Another Man's Vine
All The World is Green
Falling Down
Jersey Girl
Ruby's Arms
Picture in a Frame
House Where Nobody Lives
Green Grass
Dead And Lovely
Bad Liver & a Broken Heart
And anything from the disc "Bawlers" on his latest 3-CD release collectivley titled "Orphans".
Also, since the other thread I made about this didn't get much action, I'm gonna post this in here.
Henry Rollins Spoken Word About Meeting Tom Waits
"SHE DID THE SAME THING TO ME!" 
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theorganicdomino
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Tom Waits is just fucking excellent.
Frank's Wild Years is a particular favourite of mine.
Of the top of my head I'd have to mention "What's he building in there?" off the Mule Variations album
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Papaver turned me on to Tom Waits.
One of my favorites now.
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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus
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JacquesCousteau
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Awesome.. thanks a lot guys, I will check those out!
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JacquesCousteau
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Quote:
slackophage said:
And anything from the disc "Bawlers" on his latest 3-CD release collectivley titled "Orphans".
Oh, now I get it. Clever name choices.
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JacquesCousteau
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Really diggin' "Long Way Home"...
"I love you pretty baby, but I always take the long way home."
That line is pure gold.
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slackophage
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And on the other end of the spectrum, you've got his more raw material.
Edited by slackophage (03/20/08 03:26 PM)
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d4a2n0k
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heres some songs to check out
Emotional weather report
franks wild years (already mentioned but really worth a listen)
warm beer and cold women
eggs and sausage(anything off nighthawks at the diner)
the piano has been drinking
those are some good ones to add to the collection
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Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
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JacquesCousteau
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Yeah, I've been browsing his discography desperately trying to find Tom Traubert's Blues (someone played it for me like 8 months ago and I've been trying to find it since... without knowing the name or any lyrics, heh.) and I've definitely experienced quite a variety of sounds in the process.
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Tom Waits FTW!
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absolutely LOVE Tom Waits.
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Still have that record,
of Little Anthony and The Imperials,
someone stole my record player,
now how do ya like that?
-- "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis"
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Quote:
Acidic_Sloth said:
absolutely LOVE Tom Waits.
I'm with ya!
I have the following albums, and about 100 additional random tracks to boot
- Alice
- Big Time
- Bone Machine
- Nighthawks at the Diner
- Small Change
- The Heart of Saturday Night
- Rain Dogs
Tom Waits is, for lack of a more creative title thanks to an alcohol drenched brain, the man!
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