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holyscripture · 02-07-2003, 12:11 PM

I saw Waits in 1975 or 76 just after "Nighthawks" came out... really one of the best shows I had seen to that point. It was in a small club and he was smoking like a chimney, literally and musically.

I can't believe none of you mentioned what I consider to be his best early work outside of "Nighthawks" and that would be "The Heart of Saturday Night"... a classic, romantically driven suite of songs.

"Let's put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old town.
Set 'em up Joe, we'll be knockin' 'em down.
You wear a dress, baby I'll wear a tie, we'll laugh at that ol' blood shot moon in that burgundy sky."

Or the classic:

“These diamonds on my windshield are like tears from heaven,
well, I’m pullin’ into town on the interstate, and I got me a steal train in the rain
and wind bites my check through the wing and it’s these late nights and freeway flying always makes me sing.”

Mr.Mean · 02-07-2003, 04:17 PM

Rain Dogs and Bone Machine. "some say beneath his coat, there are wings"

jk · 02-10-2003, 08:52 AM

What movies has he been in?

Faust · 02-10-2003, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jk

What movies has he been in?

From the Tom Waits homepage:

Quote:

Movies
Actor
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Candy Mountain
Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere In America
Cold Feet
The Cotton Club
Down by Law
Ironweed
Mystery Men
Mystery Train
Paradise Alley (1978)
Queens Logic
Rumble Fish
Shakedown (1988) (not our Tom...sorry)
Short Cuts
The Stone Boy
Wolfen

Musical Performance
Big Time (1988)
Poetry in Motion (1982)
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Cameo
The Fisher King
One from the Heart
The Outsiders
The Two Jakes

aja · 02-10-2003, 09:59 AM

Tom Waits is an American icon in my humble opinion - he is Charles Bukowski who sings and plays the piano. There are simply too many great lyrics to quote here from Waits, but "Small Change" is without a doubt my favorite album. "Step Right Up" and "Pasties and a G-String" are classics. And who can forget this opening line:

I've got a bad liver...
and a broken heart...
yeah I drunk me a river
since you tore me apart.

And I don't have a drinking problem,
except when I can't get a drink.

You should have known her, we were quite a pair,
she was sharp as a razor and soft as a prayer...

madal · 02-10-2003, 01:23 PM

Nighthawks is an all time great!

02-07-2003, 12:11 PM	#11
holyscripture Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 2 Hours from the Rocky Mountains Posts: 750	I saw Waits in 1975 or 76 just after "Nighthawks" came out... really one of the best shows I had seen to that point. It was in a small club and he was smoking like a chimney, literally and musically. I can't believe none of you mentioned what I consider to be his best early work outside of "Nighthawks" and that would be "The Heart of Saturday Night"... a classic, romantically driven suite of songs. "Let's put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old town. Set 'em up Joe, we'll be knockin' 'em down. You wear a dress, baby I'll wear a tie, we'll laugh at that ol' blood shot moon in that burgundy sky." Or the classic: “These diamonds on my windshield are like tears from heaven, well, I’m pullin’ into town on the interstate, and I got me a steal train in the rain and wind bites my check through the wing and it’s these late nights and freeway flying always makes me sing.” __________________ The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as to seem not worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. Bertrand Russell

02-07-2003, 04:17 PM	#12
Mr.Mean Herf Meister Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Basement Dweller Posts: 7,216	Rain Dogs and Bone Machine. "some say beneath his coat, there are wings" __________________ I can eat 50 eggs.

02-10-2003, 08:52 AM	#13
jk Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Livingston, NJ Posts: 370	Great voice What movies has he been in?

02-10-2003, 01:23 PM	#16
madal Herf Meister Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Infront of the Monitor, behind Posts: 7,624	Nighthawks is an all time great! __________________ Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others.

02-10-2003, 09:59 AM	#15
aja Tabaquero Club Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Miami Lakes, FL USA Posts: 1,300	Tom Waits is an American icon in my humble opinion - he is Charles Bukowski who sings and plays the piano. There are simply too many great lyrics to quote here from Waits, but "Small Change" is without a doubt my favorite album. "Step Right Up" and "Pasties and a G-String" are classics. And who can forget this opening line: I've got a bad liver... and a broken heart... yeah I drunk me a river since you tore me apart. And I don't have a drinking problem, except when I can't get a drink. You should have known her, we were quite a pair, she was sharp as a razor and soft as a prayer...