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samistake2ice
General Grievous Angel
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Location: Houston 
- #1
- Posted: 03/04/2014 23:43
- Post subject: Tom Waits Thread
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mapping all the places mentioned in his songs.
http://tomwaitsmap.com/
Edit: I just changed the name of the thread, because I couldn't find where there was a thread for this man. There needed to be.
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Mercury
Turn your back on the pay-you-back last call
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Location: St. Louis
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samistake2ice
General Grievous Angel
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Location: Houston
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- Posted: 03/06/2014 04:55
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Here is a little gem:
Recently rediscovered recording of Tom in 1977. Doing a rendition of Panties and G-String, with a (ahem)... librarian.
Tom Waits and a Topless Dancer at the Ritz Music Hall in Memphis, 1977 (NSFW)
http://m.memphisflyer.com/memphis/blogs...;year=2014
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Mercury
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- Posted: 03/06/2014 06:25
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I like Tom Waits. Swordfishtrombones is my favorite Tom Waits album. What's yours?
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Mercury
Turn your back on the pay-you-back last call
Gender: Male
Location: St. Louis
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ButterThumbz
I always used to wonder if she wore false ears
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Location: O'er the hills and far away 
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- Posted: 03/06/2014 15:12
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| swedenman wrote: | | I like Tom Waits. Swordfishtrombones is my favorite Tom Waits album. What's yours? |
Swordfishtrombone for me too, probably because it was my introduction to him.
It seems a shame he's not ventured into Scotland.
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Mercury
Turn your back on the pay-you-back last call
Gender: Male
Location: St. Louis
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- Posted: 03/06/2014 17:59
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Yeah, Tom Waits has had perhaps the longest consistently great career going.
I'd rank my top 10 favorite albums of his:
1. Mule Variations
2. Rain Dogs
3. Bone Machine
4. Small Change
5. Closing Time
6. Alice
7. Orphans Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards
8. Swordfishtrombone
9. Big Time
10. Heart Of Saturday Night
Those are just my faves. The beautiful thing is he has never released a really bad album IMO. Dylan had some crap albums. Neil Young too. Etc. never Tom. Even the albums that some hate, I really enjoy ALOT because they are so unique like The Black Rider and Night On Earth and Real Gone etc. - not saying those are generally uncritically acclaimed records, but they are more abrasive and some people i've talked to seemed to not like them.
Anyway, I'm Fixin' to do a Tom Waits Chart just like my Bob Dylan Chart once I finish this MASSIVE Bob Dylan chart project. Should be fun.
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ONLY 4% of people can understand this chart! Come try!
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samistake2ice
General Grievous Angel
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Location: Houston
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- Posted: 03/06/2014 20:53
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Waits should be the focus of the next Forum Regulars Power Rankings.
Small Change is my favorite of his. Really all of his 70s stuff (Asylum Years) is great.... just... great!
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jstreets
Location: WV OH KY
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- Posted: 03/06/2014 22:37
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Love this idea. Would like to see it applied to other prolific song writers. Glad to see Cincinnati and my part of town (Covington, KY) are both represented.
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