Favourite Tom Waits songs?

DemonBox · 01.11.2007, 03:09 PM

So, what's your favorite Tom Waits songs?

Here is my little Top 5:
1. Clap Hands
2. Whistling Past the Graveyard
3. Diamonds and Gold
4. You can Never Hold Back Spring
5. Big in Japan

noumenal · 01.11.2007, 03:23 PM

For some reason I love the song Blow Wind Blow form Frank's Wild Years.

Silent Dan Speaks · 01.11.2007, 04:11 PM

Anywhere I Lay My Head is probably my favorite. Also up there would be Earth Died Screaming, Come on Up to the House, and The Piano has been Drinking.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.11.2007, 04:24 PM

The Piano Has Been Drinking! Yes Silent Dan Speaks!

Heart Attack and Vine is a classic. Hoist That Rag from Real Gone is a good new one. What's He Building is damn awesome. Goin' Out West is a freaking awesome song too- probably his most rocking song.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.11.2007, 04:24 PM

Oh, and Warm Beer, Cold Women

funhouse · 01.11.2007, 06:35 PM

Hmmm. I really like Clap Hands, Singapore, Closing Time, Ol'55, Red Shoes by the Drugstore, Drunk On The Moon. Those are my personal favorites.

finding nobody · 01.11.2007, 07:30 PM

Tango Till They're Sore
Rain Dogs is only album I've heard

afterthefact · 01.11.2007, 08:01 PM

Alice...
I think it's because I woke up in the middle of the night, when I still lived in the apartment above this old man's house, and I heard some comotion outside, so I went out on the porch to see what was going on. I put this CD on repeat before I went to bed and it had come back to Alice just before I went outside. With this beautiful song playing in the background at 2 AM on this chilly night, I stood and watched firemen frantically try and put out the blazing abondoned building across the street. It was truly an awesome moment...

the ikara cult · 01.11.2007, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by afterthefact

Alice...
I think it's because I woke up in the middle of the night, when I still lived in the apartment above this ol
d man's house, and I heard some comotion outside, so I went out on the porch to see what was going on. I put this CD on repeat before I went to bed and it had come back to Alice just before I went outside. With this beautiful song playing in the background at 2 AM on this chilly night, I stood and watched firemen frantically try and put out the blazing abondoned building across the street. It was truly an awesome moment...

Ive only got Rain Dogs and Bone Machine, but Gun Street girl and Clap Hands are amazing pieces of music. I saw Jim Jarmuschs film with Waits in on new years day, i forget the name but it was a great film. Its the one where he escapes from Prison with the Italian.

therealglenstyler · 01.12.2007, 10:19 AM

is that stranger than paradise? no i don't thinnk it is. anyway i love misery's the river of the world.

sonicl · 01.12.2007, 10:20 AM

I love "Frank's Wild Years" (the track, not the album). Fantastic narrative, and killer pay-off line.

James Blonde · 01.12.2007, 11:15 AM

James Blonde not much of a fan of Tom Waits but truely adores "What's He Building?" track.

Massenvernichtungswaffen · 01.12.2007, 12:44 PM

Step On Up from "?"
Alice from "alice"
The Piano has been drinking

TheFoxBen · 06.16.2010, 02:43 PM

Tango Till They're Sore
Clap Hands
Jockey Full of Bourbon
Rain Dogs
Swordfishtrombone
Shore Leave
Underground
Chocolate Jesus
Eyeball Kid
Big in Japan
Road to Peace
Romeo Is Bleeding
Whistlin' Past the Graveyard
Innocent When You Dream
New Coat of Paint

lots of great songs...

wellcharge · 06.16.2010, 02:58 PM

more than rain

batreleaser · 06.16.2010, 03:00 PM

"Jockey Full of Bourbon" number one for sure, sounds like Leonard Cohen out of his mind on booze and hallucinogens attending a voodoo ritual in New Orleans.

deflinus · 06.16.2010, 03:02 PM

everything off Blue Valentine. the quintessential album

and the piano has been drinking..
and hoist that rag

Genteel Death · 06.16.2010, 03:02 PM

I can't decide. So many great ones.

krastian · 06.16.2010, 09:18 PM

New Coat of Paint might be my all time fave.

atsonicpark · 06.16.2010, 09:19 PM

Everything on Bone Machine!

01.11.2007, 03:09 PM	#1
DemonBox the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 840	So, what's your favorite Tom Waits songs? Here is my little Top 5: 1. Clap Hands 2. Whistling Past the Graveyard 3. Diamonds and Gold 4. You can Never Hold Back Spring 5. Big in Japan
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01.11.2007, 03:23 PM	#2
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	For some reason I love the song Blow Wind Blow form Frank's Wild Years.
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01.11.2007, 04:11 PM	#3
Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	Anywhere I Lay My Head is probably my favorite. Also up there would be Earth Died Screaming, Come on Up to the House, and The Piano has been Drinking.
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	The Piano Has Been Drinking! Yes Silent Dan Speaks! Heart Attack and Vine is a classic. Hoist That Rag from Real Gone is a good new one. What's He Building is damn awesome. Goin' Out West is a freaking awesome song too- probably his most rocking song.
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	Oh, and Warm Beer, Cold Women
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01.11.2007, 06:35 PM	#6
funhouse little trouble girl Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 41	Hmmm. I really like Clap Hands, Singapore, Closing Time, Ol'55, Red Shoes by the Drugstore, Drunk On The Moon. Those are my personal favorites.
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finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	Tango Till They're Sore Rain Dogs is only album I've heard
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01.11.2007, 08:01 PM	#8
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	Alice... I think it's because I woke up in the middle of the night, when I still lived in the apartment above this old man's house, and I heard some comotion outside, so I went out on the porch to see what was going on. I put this CD on repeat before I went to bed and it had come back to Alice just before I went outside. With this beautiful song playing in the background at 2 AM on this chilly night, I stood and watched firemen frantically try and put out the blazing abondoned building across the street. It was truly an awesome moment... __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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01.12.2007, 10:19 AM	#10
therealglenstyler stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Posts: 430	is that stranger than paradise? no i don't thinnk it is. anyway i love misery's the river of the world.
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01.12.2007, 10:20 AM	#11
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	I love "Frank's Wild Years" (the track, not the album). Fantastic narrative, and killer pay-off line.
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01.12.2007, 11:15 AM	#12
James Blonde bad moon rising Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Albania Posts: 165	James Blonde not much of a fan of Tom Waits but truely adores "What's He Building?" track.
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01.12.2007, 12:44 PM	#13
Massenvernichtungswaffen stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: On a large piece of rock in the Ocean Posts: 403	Step On Up from "?" Alice from "alice" The Piano has been drinking __________________ Jeg kysser katastrofer.
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TheFoxBen expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The land of fries and mussels Posts: 1,366	Tango Till They're Sore Clap Hands Jockey Full of Bourbon Rain Dogs Swordfishtrombone Shore Leave Underground Chocolate Jesus Eyeball Kid Big in Japan Road to Peace Romeo Is Bleeding Whistlin' Past the Graveyard Innocent When You Dream New Coat of Paint lots of great songs... __________________
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wellcharge expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cold and boring kanada Posts: 1,297	more than rain
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	"Jockey Full of Bourbon" number one for sure, sounds like Leonard Cohen out of his mind on booze and hallucinogens attending a voodoo ritual in New Orleans. __________________ listen to pink reason
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deflinus expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: in the darkest part of your mind Posts: 1,737	everything off Blue Valentine. the quintessential album and the piano has been drinking.. and hoist that rag
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Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	I can't decide. So many great ones.
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	New Coat of Paint might be my all time fave. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Everything on Bone Machine!
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