Tom Waits

ElephantSack · 06-12-2009, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

Good stuff. I get the feeling that there were a lot of Waits' fans in the audience. Everybody seemed ready to laugh and every attentive. Regardless, he is a very enigmatic and charismatic artist.

~~bass_girl~~ · 06-12-2009, 05:28 PM

tom waits is my true love.

Bane of your existence · 06-12-2009, 06:34 PM

I've always been curious why Nighthawks gets rare praise.

SATCHMO · 06-12-2009, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bane of your existence

I've always been curious why Nighthawks gets rare praise.

It's a very transitional album. There are old school waits fans that dig the croony singer/songwriter and the new school fans who like the rhythmic performance poetry oriented portion of his later repetoire. Nighhawks kinda' has one foot in each pair of gulashes

TheBig3 · 06-12-2009, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bane of your existence

I've always been curious why Nighthawks gets rare praise.

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

It's a very transitional album. There are old school waits fans that dig the croony singer/songwriter and the new school fans who like the rhythmic performance poetry oriented portion of his later repetoire. Nighhawks kinda' has one foot in each pair of gulashes

Yeah, its a live album. Its new stuff but he also wasn't really reaching you know?

I mean its a great album, but its more of a fun album than it is ambitious. Its also a lot of poetry. I'd say of all the Waits albums its the most focused. Its a jazz album, and no other album fits one genre this well.

Bane of your existence · 06-12-2009, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

Yeah, its a live album. Its new stuff but he also wasn't really reaching you know?

I mean its a great album, but its more of a fun album than it is ambitious. Its also a lot of poetry. I'd say of all the Waits albums its the most focused. Its a jazz album, and no other album fits one genre this well.

See, that's spoken like a true Waits fan; not meant as a good thing. I think his fans are very susceptible to letting parts of his discography color the rest.
As it's own piece, it stands alone as a fantastic concept album. As far as it being a live album, I guess technically it is. But at the same time it isn't. Waits perfectly used the audience as an instrument to create ambiance and did it in a studio.

TheBig3 · 06-12-2009, 09:19 PM

Not meant as a compliment, eh? So its an insult then? Fair play, gloves off.

Spoken like a true debater, you don't know what the **** you're talking about. The problem around here is people take your answer as your opinion. More so in Current Events, but heres a case as well.

You asked why it didn't get high praise, and I told you why. As for me being a true waits fan, I will be taking that as a compliment. Shockingly enough, I'm going to bet I'm the first of the species you've met. It sounds you're bogged down with pretentious twats.

Hoboken I'm gunna guess?

/endfury

Bane of your existence · 06-12-2009, 09:22 PM

Haha, whaaat?

TheBig3 · 06-12-2009, 10:43 PM

oh. I think ya heard me, ya smug son of a bitch. Hoboken.

Bane of your existence · 06-12-2009, 11:02 PM

Oh I heard ya. I just didn't know you were so sensitive, miss.

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TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	Not meant as a compliment, eh? So its an insult then? Fair play, gloves off. Spoken like a true debater, you don't know what the **** you're talking about. The problem around here is people take your answer as your opinion. More so in Current Events, but heres a case as well. You asked why it didn't get high praise, and I told you why. As for me being a true waits fan, I will be taking that as a compliment. Shockingly enough, I'm going to bet I'm the first of the species you've met. It sounds you're bogged down with pretentious twats. Hoboken I'm gunna guess? /endfury __________________ I've moved to a new address

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~~bass_girl~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15	tom waits is my true love.

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Bane of your existence Such That Join Date: May 2007 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 1,197	I've always been curious why Nighthawks gets rare praise.

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Bane of your existence Such That Join Date: May 2007 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 1,197	Haha, whaaat?

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Bane of your existence Such That Join Date: May 2007 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 1,197	Oh I heard ya. I just didn't know you were so sensitive, miss.