Best Tom Waits album?
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Cheers for the info folks. I've gone from planning to buy 1 album to prolly buying 3 
(pssst, don't tell the wife). Rain Dogs looks to be a cert but I haven't quite decided on the others yet. Prolly Mule Variations but I really can't decide on the last one.
As a matter of curiosity, how many of you Waits fans are also Zappa fans? Maybe even some Beefheart?
(pssst, don't tell the wife). Rain Dogs looks to be a cert but I haven't quite decided on the others yet. Prolly Mule Variations but I really can't decide on the last one.As a matter of curiosity, how many of you Waits fans are also Zappa fans? Maybe even some Beefheart?
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Cheers for the info folks. I've gone from planning to buy 1 album to prolly buying 3
A good decision ...and I promise not to tell anybody
...and people who like Tom Waits should take a moment to listen to the norwegian band Kaizers Orchestra (they are crazy too):
http://www.myspace.com/kaizerso
http://www.kaizers.no/
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If you want to get Beefheart you could go for the classic 'Trout Mask Replica', or even really go for a mind**** with 'Ice Cream for Crow'.
But I recommend the most accessible route as being 'Safe as Milk'. It has some absolute off-kilter belters in there such as 'Zig Zag Wanderer', 'Electricity' (where Van Vliet's voice makes you fear not just for his sanity but your own) and the dirty raunch-fest that is 'Plastic Factory'.
But I recommend the most accessible route as being 'Safe as Milk'. It has some absolute off-kilter belters in there such as 'Zig Zag Wanderer', 'Electricity' (where Van Vliet's voice makes you fear not just for his sanity but your own) and the dirty raunch-fest that is 'Plastic Factory'.
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That's nothing to be proud of young man!
I seriously doubt that Moe is younger than you Mak, in fact I even doubt he is younger than the hills.
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Cheers for the info folks. I've gone from planning to buy 1 album to prolly buying 3
As a matter of curiosity, how many of you Waits fans are also Zappa fans? Maybe even some Beefheart?
Yup i like the Mothers of Invention,Zappa and Beefheart too.
Theres a ton of Tom Waits vids both live and Offical on YouTube.
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I like Beefheart. I've got Trout Mask Replica but can't really be bothered to get any more of his stuff for the now.
Any of you guys checked out Marc Ribot's solo work? If you don't know him, he's a progressive jazz guitarist (with influences from rock, funk, punk, carribean music...) who has collaborated with Waits on several albums -- he's the guy that plays that groove on "Jockey Full of Bourbon". He really has a very recognisable sound... I would describe it as... searing. And voodoo. Searing voodoo jazz fusion.
Anyway, get his live album Yo! I Killed Your God. It is AMAZING.
Any of you guys checked out Marc Ribot's solo work? If you don't know him, he's a progressive jazz guitarist (with influences from rock, funk, punk, carribean music...) who has collaborated with Waits on several albums -- he's the guy that plays that groove on "Jockey Full of Bourbon". He really has a very recognisable sound... I would describe it as... searing. And voodoo. Searing voodoo jazz fusion.
Anyway, get his live album Yo! I Killed Your God. It is AMAZING.
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Is this phase 2 of "Best Tom Waits album?" thread for trying to find more
Zappaholics?
No, just that any Zappa fan I've met in RL tends to also like Tom Waits. I'm more of a Zappa fan than a Beefheart fan tbh but Waits is gaining ground on Zappa atm. TBF my major musical love is/are Roots reggae, Dub reggae and Rockers reggae.
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I still don't understand ...what about Closing Time???
and Lizardhands can I have the code for your signature ...I want a white poppy too!
and Lizardhands can I have the code for your signature ...I want a white poppy too!
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i made a comment about how tom waits names his albums after other artists songs... kong pointed out bone machines and i pointed out closing time when prompted for another. those are the only two i know of.
kind of ruins a joke when you have to explain it, but it's ok since this one was a stinker to begin with.
kind of ruins a joke when you have to explain it, but it's ok since this one was a stinker to begin with.
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