Big in Japan

[0Pontifex0Maximus0]

Starts out with a sample of soul coughings "misinformed" ?

[aftermathfool]

this song is awesome

[yormomstits]

The beat to this is very similar to the beat as "Bad As Me". I'm pretty sure he recycles his beats, with slight changes. Which is fine by me, his beats are amazing.

[wesdan126]

Tom Waits is Da Man!

[rorodoll1]

he takes a lot of influence from beefy!

[Joalda1]

Is it just me or does this sound kinda like Captain Beefheart?

[420Slaterson]

@Joalda1 I can see that, but at the same time, just like Beefheart, it's hard to compare somebody as original as Waits with anybody else.

[SMLAZLO]

This song is SO much more "punk rock" than most the shit on most the punk o' rama's....

[derekhugh]

lekkerlekker

[RockBottomRiser21]

Can't wait for Bad As Me!

[kelthanius]

Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde on bass and guitar! :D

[fuckertwins]

i'm big am scheppeeeääärn!!! I' AM BIG AM SCHEPPPÄÄÄÄRN!!! i got the moon, i got the cheese... i've got the power111

[twistedyogert]

This discribes Nintendo, Sony, Yamaha,Honda,Suzuki,and toyota. YUP Japan makes good engines and electronics.

[MrCondorAvenue]

l like Tom waits but not this album!

[doorsfan711]

@MrCondorAvenue WTF?! Mule Variations is amazing! How can you like him but not this album- it doesn't make sense!!!

[dnlauro]

The "beatboxing" you're talking about is actually a whamola being played by Les Claypool :) and its throughout the whole song.

[salsburysteakjr]

@dnlauro TW: "I was in Mexico in a hotel, and I only had this little tape recorder. I turned it on, and I started screaming and banging on this chest of drawers really hard, till it was kindling, trying to make a full sound like a band. And I saved that. That was years ago. I had it on a cassette, and used to listen to it and laugh. It sounded like some guy alone in a room, which it was, trying his hardest to sound like a big, loud band. So we stuck that in the front."

[desertazul]

primus didn't even try , tom waits at least made an effort ,. I like the intro/ending

[salsburysteakjr]

@desertazul He said in some interview the opening/ending beatboxing came from when he was bored in a hotel room, so he started recording himself banging a table and making goofy noises. Which makes it far far more awesome to me.

[andybyron1]

@salsburysteakjr i've loved Mr.Waits since i bought his first album back in '73.i love also how he has morfed over time especially his swordfishtrombones album which was something i didnt see coming.saw him live in sydney in '85 or '87(cant remember which year) but it is a concert i will never forget.very emotional.i absolutely adore ,"mule variations".fucking awesome.

[desertazul]

primus could have been more inventive/creative , this is so unlike them

[KingKillThirty3]

There's tom waits and then there is well....everybody else.

[Barmyandlight]

9 people couldn't make it in Japan.

[revolutionarybeast]

@gregboyds shut yer mouf

[anguelroumy]

Yes fantastic !

[51leipzig]

einfache irre der song

[TheGailmuldrow]

The Best real roots American original artist don't get that Disney promo. Seek ad you shall find.

[n0059507]

Thank you Y-tube. 

[SybillaMenninger176]

Rip the audio from this track at soundnabber doht cohm.

[gambeiPL]

5 guys are the small ones in Japan ;-)



[gambeiPL]

5 guys are the small ones in Japan ;-)

[Rain0123]

MR. RENFIELD!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!

[TheGailmuldrow]

The Real Deal! Get Wit it!

[TheGailmuldrow]

The Real Deal!

[xerochi]

Just recently saw Primus and Golgol Bordello do this song together in the middle of Primus' set! Way fucking bad ass!!!!

[evanfity]

this guy must be so lonely... for bein the last genius alive

[ian4goats]

One of my favorites. Check out "Hang on St. Christopher"

Good stuff. He's been a cameo in a quite a few movies as well.

I.E. Crazy inventor in Mystery Men

[blacknganga]

Waits' is urban music, a lot of Beefheart is very rural; it is as non-existent to those caught up in the urban rock frenzy as it is to those following "roots' music like Ben Harper and Butler, etc., generally. Beefheart's music is non-existent in the same sense that Psytrance is, or the music of Lee Scratch Perry; deeply rural music that urban types have no idea of, because of a sheltered existence. No idea of mythical creatures conjured up by these witch doctors, like Creedence = boys music.

[johncole84]

Its about having an average cock but being great in bed. x

[johncole84]

Its about having an average cock but being great in bed.

[dickgraysun]

Primus Sucks

[tossabaddle]

I grew up listening to Tom Waits.. I go to my grave listening to Tom Waits..

[FinFelixle]

''I'm pig in your pants''

[maricuela7]

es diosssssss

[wildwomanbyrne]

Oooooooh FANTASTIC. THANXS

[IRA147]

For me Tom Waits is the BEST musician in our time. He is his own genre

[blacknganga]

@IRA147 Tom Waits sings "big In Japan" in his ripped-off vocal style.

[crazybay46913]

@blacknganga "ripped-off"? How so?

[blacknganga]

@crazybay46913 I'm not here to teach on these topics, find out yourself about how Waits ripped off vocal stylings for his song "Big In Japan". No actually, find out how he "ripped off" vocals, clothing style, mannerisms, fucking everything for his little song based in part on a old song called "The Sheriff of Hong Kong".

[crazybay46913]

@blacknganga Okay...so kinda like a tribute. Cool.

[bobbelibob]

@blacknganga The song isn't based on the Captiom Beefheart song. They aren't similar at all. But it's true that Tom Waits's style changed when he listened to CB - no one would or should deny that. Tom Waits has said so himself. But he didn't 'rip off' anything.

[blacknganga]

@bobbelibob Are you a fan of Beefheart? I wouldn't expect many, let alone non-Beefheart fans to understand the motivation for the lyrics of "Big In Japan". What Waits is saying is: "well, I'm not Captain Beefheart, but I'm big in Japan, anyway. Everyone knows most "pop-culture" acts that aren't from the US, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand are usually not very "it". Kraftwerk and some French Electro aside, Japanese aren't much into Western popular culture (a bit of techno and psytrance),

[livingthruchemistry]

@blacknganga Agree with yr point totally. Though i think Krautrock in general (compared to just Kraftwerk) was very influential. Neu, Can and Faust rock. I heard Josh Homme saying about how much he was influenced by them. Good post though man!

[blacknganga]

@livingthruchemistry Yeah, good, I'll have to get into this Krautrock, 'cause I like heaps of other german tech/electro etc; have to go back to the roots, I suppose.

[bobbelibob]

@blacknganga No, I'm not Japanese and I wouldn't say that I'm a fan of Beefheart, but he's made some really cool music. What do you base your interpretation on?

[blacknganga]

@bobbelibob I don't base it on anything that would be tangible to yourself. But there is the Waits' quote that goes along the lines of: "when you hear Beefheat, he gets in there and it's hard to get him out, stains like coffee or blood". I'm not arguing for this point, by the way; I KNOW IT, if you dont, catch up, I'm not even a Waits fan.

[oisinallen]

@bobbelibob Don't even try to argue with Blacknganga; he has no idea what constitutes good music. He has based his entire opinion of Tom Waits around a single song (Big in Japan), which he claims is a plagiarism of Beefheart. Waits has actually said that this song is deliberately in Beefheart's style, because Waits is also a Beefheart fan.

[blacknganga]

@bobbelibob This song is obviously inspired by Beefheart, even though the voice is not as powerful and dynamic as that of the The Captain. Are you Japanese? ..probably. Waits is pushing round a rather retrograde barrow; if only he were doing this level of blues music 40 years ago, he would be relevant to anyone who knows and vibes what is relevant and "progressive". Music needs to be progressive, and I here smell what dear Tom smells : heavy bread. Goddamn bohemes.

[Lithiummaxi]

@crazybay46913

something called captain beefheart, check it out, but still, this song rocks I don't care if it's ripped off

[slatan420]

@IRA147 Thats your opinion?

[YUMYUMYAAH]

:)))))))))))))))))))))

[Onoidontbelieve]

I saw this song performed by Primus on Aug 7th at the Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee. Absolutely amazing, yall should have been there. Recreated perfectly with scaric's distorted sax.

[deafcon4]

This is so fucking awesome,my favorite Tom Waits tune...

[StrummerLivesxxx]

What a man.

[makeghandi]

This is kind of reminiscent of "Genious in France", the theme anyway.

[vacakavics]

bikicsunaj

[StupidNubProductions]

He's like the "Hellboy" of the singers :)

He even looks like him ;P

[LAU94g]

tommmmmmm! **

[Steve9842007]

Great to hear Primus on a Tom Waits album. Fucking awesome song

[WillCommentForFood]

what?

[Steve9842007]

Primus played on this track?

[xUbastardx]

Tom was the voice of Tommy The Cat on Sailing the seas of Cheese...I'm not really a Primus fan but Les Claypool was extremely stoked to get Tom, which shows he's got good taste)

[Steve9842007]

Yeah, I've seen Les's Frog Brigade cover 16 shells from a 30 ought 6. Good shit.

[maurocerutti]

Tom♥

[MarioKartWaffles6677]

Tom does rock!So does this song! LOL

[Koruptify]

Check Tom having a chat with Iggy Pop in the movie Coffee and Cigarettes... Hes awesome.

[RedLightBulbs]

@Koruptify And check him having a conversation about tornadoes in a can in Mystery Men. :)

[Israfvel]

Some of the photos would fit perfectly in a Beastie Boys video.

[Maddhater1]

tom i am a heterosexual man.

but i would have your babies

[randomguy1774]

gotta love tom waits. the ultimate soundtrack to raising hell!!

[molloyx]

Once upon a time I loved Waits more for his rain-gutter ballads than anything else but since Bone Machine I've developed a taste for the rough, low fi, filthy dirty noise that 'Big in Japan' , 'Phillipino Box Spring Hog' deliver in spades.

[sadohenker666]

I know about this guy only since yesterday and have to say i'm fucking stunned.

[SocialDeviant77]

check out is "chocolate jesus" performance on letterman if you haven't already.

[iamjuliaboyle]

@sadohenker666 you have a lot to catch up on

[slatan420]

@sadohenker666 I'd have to say.....im fuckin stoned =D

[23dannybhoy23]

@slatan420 *internet high-five*

[slatan420]

@23dannybhoy23 Right back at ya.

[guitarobsessed85]

@sadohenker666 You should listen to chocolate jesus if you haven't already. 

[livingthruchemistry]

@sadohenker666 I used to bang on and on and on about Mark Lanegan....... and then i heard this guy and my jaw dropped. Totally agree with you regarding the first time i heard him.

[poolpig]

@sadohenker666 how do u feel after a year?

[amyprat]

what a badass

[PASHTUNVILLE]

LOVE THIS!!!!!

[FoolsGoldFish]

yum

[jamesyryan01]

absolute mind fucking genious!!!

[LordBalto]

Indeed

[macdaddye2k]

Great song

[pakosb007]

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