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Tom Waits Summer Tour; announced? UPDATED WITH ANNOUNCEMENT

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  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2008
    Yeah, most if not all of it. All of the best albums are, at least.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    i fell asleep on the train today and had a dream that the tour dates were announced

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  • AriochArioch Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Edna Million in a drop-dead suit
    Dutch pink on a downtown train
    Two-dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot
    I'm in the corner on the pouring rain
    ixteen men on a dead mans chest
    And Ive been drinking from a broken cup
    Two pairs of pants and a mohair vest
    Im full of bourbon, I cant stand up

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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I've had Orphans since it first came out, but it's pretty dense to get into it since I like listening to things in running order, and just having 20 bluesy songs or 20 ballads in a row doesn't really let things sink in.

    However, a couple weeks ago I finally picked up Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs, and now I've got Mule Variations, and I'm loving it all.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2008
    orphans might be my favourite album by waits

    well, my favourite album that isn't named 'rain dogs'

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2008
    I like just putting all of my 150+ Waits tracks on shuffle and letting them play for hours

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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Everyone bitches about the third disc of orphans, but I think it's the best one.

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  • DroolDrool Science! AustinRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I like the first one and the last one the best. The middle one is slower and good to put on when you want to chill out though.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    HadjiQuest wrote: »
    Everyone bitches about the third disc of orphans, but I think it's the best one.

    A Real Beef Snack.

    ps this scarlett johannson cover of falling down is terrible

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    tom waits' children's story is the best part of bastards

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    there's a few things that i never could believe
    a woman when she weeps
    a merchant when he swears
    a thief who says he'll pay
    a lawyer when he cares
    a snake when he's sleeping
    a drunkard when he prays
    i don't believe you go to heaven when you're good
    everything goes to hell anyway

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    HadjiQuest wrote: »
    Everyone bitches about the third disc of orphans, but I think it's the best one.

    A Real Beef Snack.

    ps this scarlett johannson cover of falling down is terrible
    wait, what's A Real Beef Snack in reference to? I don't see that track on Orphans.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    Dog Treat.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    Crap, the music service I subscribe to doesn't have Dog Treat available. I'll probably get it from Amazon.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    You didn't get the limited edition Tom Waits Orphans Special Edition hardcover 94-page booklet? What kind of fan are you?

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    tom waits' children's story is the best part of bastards

    That laugh at the end is fantastic.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    Fuck, looks like the hidden tracks are only available on cd

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    oh no

    might have to purchase a physical copy

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    orphans might be my favourite album by waits

    well, my favourite album that isn't named 'rain dogs'

    h5 fellow Rain Dogs lover

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    high fuckin five, mori.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    heh, nice av orik

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    i love rain dogs, but i think i like the track 'swordfishtrombones' better than anything on rain dogs

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    lucky tiger in his angel hair
    and benzedrine for getting there
    found him in a eucalyptus tree

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Moriveth wrote: »
    tom waits' children's story is the best part of bastards

    That laugh at the end is fantastic.

    the tom waits cackle could give a kid nightmares

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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    HadjiQuest wrote: »
    Everyone bitches about the third disc of orphans, but I think it's the best one.

    A Real Beef Snack.

    ps this scarlett johannson cover of falling down is terrible

    I like the grocery store bit a lot better, just for the way he does the turn-around at the end.
    and she had a little bit of her leg sticking outside of the door as she pulled away, and so I started pulling it...
    ...Just the way I'm pulling yours

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  • BearstranautBearstranaut Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    What's he building in there

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    You ever try and draw Falcor as a giant dong? No? It just ends up looking like a long cyclops.
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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2008
    Well willard's knocked out on a bottle of heat,
    Drivin' dangerous curves across the dirty sheets,
    He said man you ought to see her,
    When her parents are gone,
    Man you ought to hear her when the siren's on.
    You got to tell me brave captain,
    Why are the wicked so strong?
    How do the angels get to sleep,
    When the devil leaves the porchlight on>

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    hmph

    http://www.scarlettalbum.com/

    it's not very......good

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  • DroolDrool Science! AustinRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    She sounds like a sleepy Sinead O'Connor. Only worse.

    The rudest of titties though.

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I change favorite Tom Waits albums like I change my underpants.

    Monthly or so.

    Right now I'm on Alice, but Rain Dogs is fucking fantastic and I'm just coming off Bone Machine.

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  • ScudoScudo Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    my favorite thing from Bastards might be Heigh Ho, it's just so creepy and vaguely sinister

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    If disc 2 on Orphans is Bawlers then it is easily the best of the three overall.

    I love Bottom of the World, from Brawlers, though.

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  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    So I had a chance to hear more of Scarlett's album of Tom Waits covers. I'm sort of impressed with it.

    The production work by Sitek is excellent, and I like the sound of the album. It has that deep, bassy quality that you get in TVotR records, but still sounds distinctly different.

    Most of the songs sound absolutely nothing like the Tom Waits originals. This isn't a bad thing, because Scarlett Johansson trying to imitate Waits would just be ridiculous.

    Scarlett's voice isn't anything to write home about in itself, but it fits here really well. She does a good job, but there's nothing particularly unique or powerful about it. It's more of a part of the music than it is a driving force behind it, and I like that quality in an album. It's actually a good thing that she took a more reserved approach.

    Bowie's guest vocals are always welcome because it's fucking Bowie.

    It's not going to be something I'd listen to every day, but I definitely respect her for it. Rhino wanted her to make an album, and she took the freedom they gave her and made an indie sounding album of respectful covers that don't push the "I'm Scarlett Johannson" factor in your face. I'd check it out if you get the chance.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    HadjiQuest wrote: »
    HadjiQuest wrote: »
    Everyone bitches about the third disc of orphans, but I think it's the best one.

    A Real Beef Snack.

    ps this scarlett johannson cover of falling down is terrible

    I like the grocery store bit a lot better, just for the way he does the turn-around at the end.
    and she had a little bit of her leg sticking outside of the door as she pulled away, and so I started pulling it...
    ...Just the way I'm pulling yours

    yeah, all the hidden tracks are all good

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  • simosimo Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    hmm

    I could go to St Louis

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    what in the fuck

    goddammit

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    simo wrote: »

    Roadtrip time

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    boooo

    though, the "press conference" was rather amusing

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    ooooof jacksonville gonna have to see about this

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