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KrentzKrentz Registered User regular
edited January 2009 in Social Entropy++
Hey did you guys know that Heath Ledger probably based the mannerisms of his Joker interpretation on Tom Waits?
EVIDENCE

Did you guys know he was in Ben Stiller's greatest movie?
Mystery Mans

In addition to making the best music
Chocolate Jesus
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis

and being an awesome performer
The Piano Has Been Drinking

he is pretty much the best dude
Hanging out with Iggy Pop

I am pretty new in my Tom Waits love affair. Show me more awesome things about him.

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    orik thread

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  • KrentzKrentz Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Before anybody tries to pull it:

    NO SCARLETT JOHANSSON

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    best thread

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  • BearstranautBearstranaut Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Tom Waits is a gleaming god.

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  • KrentzKrentz Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I am having a hard time finding Tom Waits songs that aren't crappy covers by someone else. Anyone got links?

    I think he might be the only artist that has more covers of him than his own music (on youtube at least).

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  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    tom waits is so dreamy

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I was listening to Tango Till They're Sore at the very moment I clicked on this thread

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  • KrentzKrentz Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    I was listening to Tango Till They're Sore at the very moment I clicked on this thread

    Bonus points!

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    shit, that is the Joker

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  • Toastie ToastToastie Toast Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I love me some Rain Dogs. Never ever gets old.

    Almost saw him last year but missed the ticket window. Then I saw scalpers on ebay selling them for up to $900 dollars. Motherfuckers.

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  • Toastie ToastToastie Toast Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Krentz wrote: »
    I am having a hard time finding Tom Waits songs that aren't crappy covers by someone else. Anyone got links?

    I think he might be the only artist that has more covers of him than his own music (on youtube at least).

    I almost slapped someone for saying "Hey, that's a copy of that Rod Stewart song"

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Toastie Toast wrote: »
    I love me some Rain Dogs. Never ever gets old.

    Almost saw him last year but missed the ticket window. Then I saw scalpers on ebay selling them for up to $900 dollars. Motherfuckers.
    that's odd because his tour required the attendant ID to be the same as the purchaser ID

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  • Toastie ToastToastie Toast Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Faricazy wrote: »
    Toastie Toast wrote: »
    I love me some Rain Dogs. Never ever gets old.

    Almost saw him last year but missed the ticket window. Then I saw scalpers on ebay selling them for up to $900 dollars. Motherfuckers.
    that's odd because his tour required the attendant ID to be the same as the purchaser ID

    That's what I thought too. Like, it was tied to the credit card you used to buy the tickets online. I just assumed that it was some scam or maybe some special tickets. Either way, not worth it. Would love to see him sometime though.

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  • KrentzKrentz Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    redfenix wrote: »
    shit, that is the Joker

    The rumor is further substantiated by the fact the Ledger was working with Waits in the movie "The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus," which was in production at the time of Ledger's death.

    Maybe it's not a rumor. I just said it was to be on the safe side. I don't even know!

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    oh my god that talk show video is amazing

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  • SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    SE++ introduced me to him. Now my wish is to see him live.

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  • QuirkQuirk Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Man Christmas Card from a hooker in Minneapolis gets me properly choked up on occasion, and now I know my plans for tomorrow.

    Cheap whiskey and Tom Waits, its been a while since I've had that kinda evening

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    How much do I have to smoke to sound exactly like him when I speak?

    Because I'm willing to do it.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    How much do I have to smoke to sound exactly like him when I speak?

    Because I'm willing to do it.
    if you have to ask it is unlikely that you will catch up

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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Amazing thread

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Faricazy wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    How much do I have to smoke to sound exactly like him when I speak?

    Because I'm willing to do it.
    if you have to ask it is unlikely that you will catch up

    Fuck.

    Fuck these lungs and their... capacities.

    Fuck em.

    Could I atleast achieve a modicum of Michael Wincott maybe if I started right now?
    I mean how much do heavy smokers smoke in a day?

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  • Eastern GlowEastern Glow Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I'm hard pressed to pick my favorite Tom Waits songs; they are so varied and fit so many different moods.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    Krentz wrote: »
    redfenix wrote: »
    shit, that is the Joker

    The rumor is further substantiated by the fact the Ledger was working with Waits in the movie "The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus," which was in production at the time of Ledger's death.

    Maybe it's not a rumor. I just said it was to be on the safe side. I don't even know!

    my girlfriend and i said the exact same thing when we saw TDK.

    we saw him in Ohio in June (or july?) and it was the best show I've ever seen. Anyone know if he's planning to do a tour/album this year?

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  • Eastern GlowEastern Glow Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    If I want a quiet night by myself with a cigarette and whiskey I'll listen to Early Years: Mocking Bird, I Want You, I Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You

    If I want a night at the bar I'll listen to some later stuff: Innocent When You Dream, Jockey Full of Burboun, Anywhere I Hang My Head

    And If I want to drink until I don't feel feelings I'lll listen to the the new stuff: Goin' Out West, Make it Rain, Don't Go Into That Barn

    Basically you can gauge my alcohol intake by what era of Tom Waits I'm listening to.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    i'm guessing you're passed out when you listen to Orphans.

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I love Gun Street Girl so hard

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    my single favourite song is Burma-Shave. After that it's a tie between Gun Street Girl and Lucky Day.

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  • Eastern GlowEastern Glow Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Oh my yes.

    Disc three is my favorite on Orphans, so many good covers and the Kerouac songs awesome

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I cannot wait to see Tom Waits play the Devil in Terry Gilliam's new film

    I suspect it might be the best thing

    especially if he performs a song or two

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  • Toastie ToastToastie Toast Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Orikaeshigitae wrote: »
    Krentz wrote: »
    redfenix wrote: »
    shit, that is the Joker

    The rumor is further substantiated by the fact the Ledger was working with Waits in the movie "The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus," which was in production at the time of Ledger's death.

    Maybe it's not a rumor. I just said it was to be on the safe side. I don't even know!

    my girlfriend and i said the exact same thing when we saw TDK.

    we saw him in Ohio in June (or july?) and it was the best show I've ever seen. Anyone know if he's planning to do a tour/album this year?

    Damn you Orik, that was the show I would have gone to had circumstances allowed. I hope you had a blast, because I hate you now.

    Blue Valentine's good, but for me it goes Rain Dogs > Swordfishtrombones > Alice > Heart of Saturday Night > the rest. And yes, booze is required for listen.

    A quote I like about his voice, from his entry in Wikipedia
    Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."

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  • Volucrisus AedriusVolucrisus Aedrius Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Coffee and Cigarettes with Iggy Pop is wonderful.

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    I don't like Tom Waits' music

    he seems like an incredibly interesting person, though

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  • Volucrisus AedriusVolucrisus Aedrius Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Kazhiim wrote: »
    I don't like Tom Waits' music

    he seems like an incredibly interesting person, though

    This might be up your alley:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Mw6b1T50U

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  • Toastie ToastToastie Toast Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Kazhiim wrote: »
    I don't like Tom Waits' music

    he seems like an incredibly interesting person, though

    Don't like his songs, or don't like his voice? If it's the latter, you can give Wicked Grin by John Hammond a shot. That's how I tricked my wife to go from hating Tom Waits mostly for his voice to begrudgingly appreciating his music. "Hey this is pretty good." "AHA! It's Tom Waits." "God I hate you so much."

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  • Mister LongbaughMister Longbaugh Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    i like soldier's things. i think it's probably my favorite tom waits song.

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  • Zombies Tossed My Salad!Zombies Tossed My Salad! Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    If I say, were to listen to some tom waits, where would I start.

    I already love his voice

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Krentz wrote: »
    Did you guys know he was in Ben Stiller's greatest movie?
    Mystery Mans

    Wait, that's not Dodgeball.

    I am confused.

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  • SilmarilSilmaril Mr Ha Ha Hapless. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Zombies Tossed My Salad! wrote: »
    If I say, were to listen to some tom waits, where would I start.

    I already love his voice

    Start by inserting a burning iron into each ear.

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  • Zombies Tossed My Salad!Zombies Tossed My Salad! Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Goatmon wrote: »
    Krentz wrote: »
    Did you guys know he was in Ben Stiller's greatest movie?
    Mystery Mans

    Wait, that's not Dodgeball.

    I am confused.

    What are you retarded

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Zombies Tossed My Salad! wrote: »
    Goatmon wrote: »
    Krentz wrote: »
    Did you guys know he was in Ben Stiller's greatest movie?
    Mystery Mans

    Wait, that's not Dodgeball.

    I am confused.

    What are you retarded

    I guess I just missed the joke, because Dodgeball is civilization.

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