This fucking cat can sing about anything and make it sound awesome. There is some great imagery in his lyrics if you closely listen. BTW whats up with the naked broad in his jacket pocket? :D
This song makes me want to have EVERY KIND of sex , from passionate - to angry - to drunk - to reconciliatory - and finally just the insane 9 am kind on the bathroom floor
Tom Waits is an amazing songwriter. He always was, is, and will be. But his singing has changed drastically since the 70's and 80's. The same thing happened to him that happened to Bob Dylan, he lost his old voice
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5am bus journey on the way home from a night shift, got no girlfriend, no money to get a girlfriend, not much sign of getting the money to get a girlfriend in the near future, stick tom waits on the ipod and it all seems kind of fun!
@Ryukkami ...i think towards the latter parts...he was becoming more focused on his stage stuff......it left the realm of pure music....into a mix of stage and theatre and music.....
It's weird, working through Waits's catalogue backwards like I am, to hear him starting like this. Still wonderful though, like every stage of his career.
last weekend i met a girl at a party, we talked and drank scotch. while sitting at a fire and looking up to the nightsky she said "damn id like to listen to tom waits right now!"
Well, I just learned some more jazz parlance. There's no doubt he's very good. To me he seems to be cutting across it a bit toward the end though. No doubt I'm the only one who thinks that, I usually am.
Just getting into Tom Waits, so I'm a noob anyway ;)
@G0IFI Actually, you completely misunderstood me. That guy is killing it in the way that James Brown kills it, in that he's a funky muthaf*cker. He's playing all this Ray Brown shit under the sax solo, but stays out of the way of the song. He's so slick!
"*grumble* Let's see uh... Well y'know...'s kind of a tortured song,s was written primarily for piano and fire extinguishers nuh... *grumbles some more*"
Listening to this song, and having a Bulleit, and afterwards I'm going to listen to Sunset Rubdown's "Silver Moons" - for whatever reason, I've decided that these songs cosmically connect...Cheers everyone, to Tom Waits!
I believe that is Frank Vicari...beautiful player, ain't he? I think he used to play in Woody Herman's band. You have to thank the people that hooked these guys up together....like casting directors...masters of their field. I have some great Frank on bootleg concerts with tom.
the voice sounding"like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon,left hanging in the smoke house for a few months,and then taken outside and run over with a car.
PIck up Small Change...unreal. Later stuff...absolutely get Mule Variations, Alice,....
One From The Heart.(the one with the black edged cover and shot of vegas street-it has deleted songs) Bone Machine....Franks Wild Years....then you're on yer own...
right now i'm sitting alone in my new home, my girlfriend left me and next week my architecture study starts, but just because of this song i cant be sad...
just lite another cigarette, drinkin bourbon and listening to that song keeps my happy
@davo235467 ...the only thing i see thats maybe wrong...is your girlfriend left ya....and that aint all the time a bad thing......you got a new home.....your starting to study architecture.....got a smoke and some bourbon...and listening to waits.....count your blessings....
Here is the youtube link for a newer Tom Waits track and the artwork is amazing! This is not spam, it's not my video and i don't care about the views.....just spreadin Tom's magic as it is portrayed on a different canvas in this song...check it out!!!!
You know he actually is like that in real life, my best friend is marrying his niece. He is a sure classy man. He is real wherever he is, that is why I absolutely love Tom.
i remerber once... i was with a good friend in a bar. i was extremely drunk.. talking about her until he got very bored and upset...
ruthwen3 4 hours ago
<3
Hopullman 1 day ago
naked lady!!!!!!!! boobs everyone boobs. think shes looking at me :O
mikedmc121 2 days ago
not that i'm complaining, buts whats with the woman's tits at the 2:00 min mark? they just appeared out of nowhere
kilroywasnthere123 2 weeks ago
when you mix these, warm becomes cold, cold becomes warmer.
Bobba8590 3 weeks ago
John Lurie on sax?
bmarlin611 3 weeks ago
This fucking cat can sing about anything and make it sound awesome. There is some great imagery in his lyrics if you closely listen. BTW whats up with the naked broad in his jacket pocket? :D
TheSeph1984 4 weeks ago
@TheSeph1984 He's not a cat if anything he's a drunk wolf thats howling at the moon
gamma9313 1 week ago
thats why german drink lot of beer?
diacony 1 month ago
This song makes me want to have EVERY KIND of sex , from passionate - to angry - to drunk - to reconciliatory - and finally just the insane 9 am kind on the bathroom floor
UnitedSovietParty 1 month ago 5
He has a picture of a naked woman in his coat.
ClootTetonka 1 month ago 13
Give it up for the Saxman
himynameislexi100 1 month ago 2
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LucidOptics 1 month ago
Tom Waits is an amazing songwriter. He always was, is, and will be. But his singing has changed drastically since the 70's and 80's. The same thing happened to him that happened to Bob Dylan, he lost his old voice
TheGhost897 2 months ago
@TheGhost897 They discontinued drugs and alkochl, at the expense of their voice. But thanks still alive;)
Heroldso 1 month ago
Who does this remind me of?.. Nobody, it's unique.
Friedstuffsable 2 months ago 5
I really want Waits to do a duet with Rowlf :P
stevesan 2 months ago
19 people were too drunk to remember which "thumbs up/down" is "like"
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RomeoAloneo 3 months ago
This man really knows how to deliver! If you enjoy the music of Tom Waits you should check out my cover of Chocolate Jesus on my channel.
735live 3 months ago
This makes me wanna cool a beer and warm a woman...
VasilisBotoulas 3 months ago 3
What genre of music is this? I want to listen to more stuff just like this song
imacooldude506 3 months ago
@imacooldude506 Its just Tom Waits. He is the Genre.
CaptainBrown11 3 months ago 5
@CaptainBrown11 That is shockingly untrue and unhelpful.
imacooldude506 3 months ago
@imacooldude506 nope. It's the Tom Waits style. "psychedelic rockabilly polka satanic raspy beat generation lounge singer" as earthwormjah said
TheDaleDenton 3 months ago
@imacooldude506 Perhaps if you look for psychedelic rockabilly polka satanic raspy beat generation lounge singers you might have some luck.
earthwormjah 3 months ago
tom :)
shangerboy 4 months ago
@Nichi- Don't let that one slip away. I'm still looking for mine!
johnvernon07 4 months ago
Don't you just love tom
zaperfan 4 months ago
he influences my music so much, reverbnation com / twelvestring
scissoroar 4 months ago
I'm drinking cold beer Tom but it doesn't change the second thing...cold women...
Gaaaaaaaaaaad 4 months ago 2
Thank you Waits. I needed that.
MegaZeroBlues 4 months ago
and little red heads.............lalalalalala a a a a
1022rebelreddog 4 months ago
life is so depressing! this song reminds me of the dark, eerie and fun times i had in new orleans pre katrina.
juliandougherty 4 months ago
Tom Waits at the piano has a draw...it takes a while to warm up to his voice but his lyrics are good.
ilaniaabileah 4 months ago
How about some English subtitles....
Elkapan 4 months ago
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Gilbert O'Sullivan was funny after all, but that bump is just crap!
schlagerhansi 5 months ago
make her your next exwife...nichi...
crankyfrankification 5 months ago
every christmas is lonely
cpikeinamecom 5 months ago
thank you so much for uploading this. greetings from lisbon, portugal!
ruteparedes 6 months ago
man love this guy. the saying " looks like a tom waits song" has some much more meaning now.
scottoftherock1 6 months ago
Porn in his pocket, Tom Waits is the man
dissemblernels 6 months ago 2
5am bus journey on the way home from a night shift, got no girlfriend, no money to get a girlfriend, not much sign of getting the money to get a girlfriend in the near future, stick tom waits on the ipod and it all seems kind of fun!
joecrib 7 months ago 105
@joecrib Mr Waits goes well between 2am and 6!
TorpedoDaniel 4 months ago 4
@joecrib you could sell your ipod
bluesman282 1 month ago 4
@joecrib I hear that in some places it is no longer necessary to purchase women with money?
lgee191 1 month ago 2
@joecrib All you're missing is whiskey and cigarettes
boiledhooker 2 weeks ago
17 people had ice cold beers
bigsmallfall 7 months ago
17 people should jump off a cliff.
Mugglebones 7 months ago
anybody knows something about him? i mean in the last years (sorry for the ortography, i'm spanish)
totalpake 7 months ago
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BassistBill1988 7 months ago
I just love tom lifts my soul The best
zaperfan 7 months ago
I know love won't come back, but while I listen to this I don't give a crap about it.
Ryukkami 7 months ago
@Ryukkami ...i think towards the latter parts...he was becoming more focused on his stage stuff......it left the realm of pure music....into a mix of stage and theatre and music.....
freeman2545 7 months ago
It's weird, working through Waits's catalogue backwards like I am, to hear him starting like this. Still wonderful though, like every stage of his career.
noahcism 8 months ago
tits in his pocket ... should have been a lyric from him ...Love ya mannn
dimebagDARRELL187 8 months ago
last weekend i met a girl at a party, we talked and drank scotch. while sitting at a fire and looking up to the nightsky she said "damn id like to listen to tom waits right now!"
i just thought : dude, that is your girl!
NichiYobi350Z 8 months ago 256
@NichiYobi350Z lucky bastard!
Mvroberto 8 months ago
@Mvroberto i'll take that as a compliment ;)
NichiYobi350Z 7 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z hehehe :)
Mvroberto 7 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z tell her your his cousin.....and buy a cheap piano....
freeman2545 7 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z so....?! did you woo her??
caughtinacadence 7 months ago
@caughtinacadence sorry. poor german boy doesnt know what "woo" is :)
NichiYobi350Z 6 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z woo/wo͞o/Verb
1. Try to gain the love of (someone, typically a woman), esp. with a view to marriage.
2. Seek the favor, support, or custom of: "pop stars are wooed by film companies"
caughtinacadence 6 months ago
@caughtinacadence ok thanks for the explanation. and i didn't woo her yet. but you're right, i should as soon as possible.
NichiYobi350Z 6 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z Woo her then smash it up good luck boy
SeriousDaOne 6 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z It's been 2 months dude, you break up yet?
TheWitcherFanboy 6 months ago
@TheWitcherFanboy to put it in toms words:
it got along very well for a time. but then she made it rain and today shes just the perfect martha.
i think ill call her in 40 years.
damn this song fits better than ever
NichiYobi350Z 6 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z jealous.
KingLantto 5 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z Thats a keeper
NedimHusic 5 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z No contest mate :-)
MicrocebusRufus1 5 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z marry her
zebulon220 4 months ago 2
just found out a girl i've chased for 6 years has a bf.. listening to this eases the pain :D
zebulon220 4 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z Holy shit. I sure hope you have that girl by now.
thecameronator 3 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z
shit, and I NEVER click like :)
skypanther1 3 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z atta boy. think i found one just like that too.
TheDaleDenton 3 months ago
@TheDaleDenton Sorry guys, that was the same girl.
doylesarahpal 2 months ago in playlist Tom Waits Playlist
@NichiYobi350Z you were drunk..
LedZombiex 3 months ago in playlist tom waits
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@NichiYobi350Z And... Why the FUCK should I care?
borris93 2 months ago
@NichiYobi350Z Where is this utopia you speak of?
LucidOptics 1 month ago
@NichiYobi350Z she had me at scotch.
TSpike73 1 month ago
So true
Nancysissypants 8 months ago
Well, I just learned some more jazz parlance. There's no doubt he's very good. To me he seems to be cutting across it a bit toward the end though. No doubt I'm the only one who thinks that, I usually am.
Just getting into Tom Waits, so I'm a noob anyway ;)
G0IFI 9 months ago
Thank you, Tom!
dfhzrf 9 months ago
lol whats up with the random tits?
thechainsawmassacre 9 months ago
Waits, Jarmusch, Kaurismäki and Wenders they all have something in common...
BangkokJohnny
Royaume de Thailande
carsanookdotcom 9 months ago
this contra bass player better have a name when i refresh, he's got some real power feel. excellent.
aloneldor 9 months ago
HOT !
Hemulen40 9 months ago
That bass player is killing it!!!!!!! Does anyone know who he is?
dizzypeanut 9 months ago
@dizzypeanut I agree, much too busy. Shame.
G0IFI 9 months ago
@G0IFI Actually, you completely misunderstood me. That guy is killing it in the way that James Brown kills it, in that he's a funky muthaf*cker. He's playing all this Ray Brown shit under the sax solo, but stays out of the way of the song. He's so slick!
dizzypeanut 9 months ago
@dizzypeanut bingo
timberbeast420 8 months ago
@dizzypeanut
Fitz Jenkins, TW's regular bass player at that time.
alefoot 9 months ago
tom waits is crazy..bet he's a hell of a guy to spend an evening with
fireballin24 9 months ago
Tom is timeless!
famron 10 months ago
@famron Yes indeed. I've been listening to THIS album since 1976ish and it is one of my all time faves. I introduce friends to this genius.
Tom was only 25 when he wrote and performed Nighthawks. Brilliant!!!!
weissang 9 months ago
Sometimes you need the burn of a shot of Four Roses.
cuyahogajoe1 10 months ago
Want the piano music for this so badly...
MrPies10 10 months ago
This video makes me want to see Tom Waits perform live
bigsmallfall 10 months ago
every time i listen to this song i get a boner!
LittleTonnie 10 months ago
@LittleTonnie you should seek pro help for that.
SucramNumber2 9 months ago
Very cool!!!
nick62040 10 months ago
love love LOVE this! His voice is like gravel but I like it...it's ok to have a crush on 1976 Tom Waits right?
secretsus 10 months ago
love love LOVE this! His voice is like gravel but I like it...it's ok to have a crush on 1976 Tom Waits right?
secretsus 10 months ago
Now I need a beer and a shot of cheap Whiskey!
cuyahogajoe1 10 months ago
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mortorjar 10 months ago
@cuyahogajoe1
Life's too short to drink cheap whiskey!
mortorjar 10 months ago 3
Für mich einer der größten Musiker/Entertainer aller Zeiten!
frankiekay1 10 months ago 2
The "last ditch attempt saloon.."
Pure poetry, pure genius.
jollypossu 11 months ago
Nice pocket magazine!
mgssol90 11 months ago
pure grave voice love this man without question
zaperfan 11 months ago
"*grumble* Let's see uh... Well y'know...'s kind of a tortured song,s was written primarily for piano and fire extinguishers nuh... *grumbles some more*"
You gotta love that shit!
MarkArandjus 11 months ago
and cold boys buddy Tom.
ballandchain25 11 months ago
lol hes got tits in his pocket haha
Wolfram87 11 months ago
Listening to this song, and having a Bulleit, and afterwards I'm going to listen to Sunset Rubdown's "Silver Moons" - for whatever reason, I've decided that these songs cosmically connect...Cheers everyone, to Tom Waits!
PendulumSwings 1 year ago
he has the coolest gravel voice ever
suzukiSJ88 1 year ago 4
Hehe funny how they have translated the song...
HolgerDenmark 1 year ago 4
The drinks are on me tonight!
CharlieMcCotton 1 year ago
God, what wonderful melody. This guy is the best.
sclogse1 1 year ago 2
Its amazing to think that Tom Waits was ever a young and naive boy.
cell9song 1 year ago 4
platina blondes and tobaco brunettes
degekkejoop 1 year ago 3
whats with the magazine in his pocket XD lol
hentaimaid 1 year ago 6
@hentaimaid hehe yeah I was wondering about that too... maybe he just did it just because he was allowed to in Denmark... :)
HolgerDenmark 1 year ago
really cool song
bluzgal60 1 year ago
his fingers are crazy bent.
zacman182 1 year ago
The saxman is on point :)
RobotNinjaShark09 1 year ago
super ultra uber like. sigh... its so damn good. i almost forgot that music could do this
pauleypauleypauley 1 year ago
Listen to those piano chords...the whole thing....absolutely gorgeous tune.
sclogse1 1 year ago
who's the sax player?
Diabeticuss 1 year ago
@Diabeticuss
I believe that is Frank Vicari...beautiful player, ain't he? I think he used to play in Woody Herman's band. You have to thank the people that hooked these guys up together....like casting directors...masters of their field. I have some great Frank on bootleg concerts with tom.
sclogse1 1 year ago
I like this guy, he seems a bit wild and crazy, but that's cool too.
detect9001 1 year ago
Thumbs up for the "adult magazin" in his pocket!!!:D
aragon89 1 year ago 4
happy birthday, Tom!
OrcMando 1 year ago
i mean he's got the style and the clothes, just not the face, or the grace
bucketlesshead 1 year ago
the voice sounding"like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon,left hanging in the smoke house for a few months,and then taken outside and run over with a car.
genius.
andigar5 1 year ago 3
im really late to Tom Waits....but i feel this one on the inside...great song
bizel78 1 year ago
@bizel78
PIck up Small Change...unreal. Later stuff...absolutely get Mule Variations, Alice,....
One From The Heart.(the one with the black edged cover and shot of vegas street-it has deleted songs) Bone Machine....Franks Wild Years....then you're on yer own...
sclogse1 1 year ago
The full encapsulation of being drunk and lonely. The song makes it feel pretty good though.
Jonesin44 1 year ago 5
I like the piano, but the look of his hands playing it makes me shudder. XD
drgnfrddd 1 year ago
@drgnfrddd He uses Horowitz's approach to piano technique :-)
lehrent 1 year ago
@lehrent is horowitz's approach self taught? I heard TW taught himself how to play the piano.
nwopropaganda 1 year ago
14 Beiber fans have watched this video.
SilentSonance 1 year ago 5
Makes me think of a lonely Christmas.
VicariouslyCurious 1 year ago 12
I don't know if I have ever seen anyone with fingers that hyper extend the way his do when he is playing the piano.
anooseholay 1 year ago
Holy Jesus he was younger there. Goes to show you that you should give some leeway to young people with passion. The man is a legend now.
chadmurphi 1 year ago
I really like his hat. ^_^
wikydansa 1 year ago 4
Well done, Mr. Waits.
andrewkanetrain 1 year ago
Can't do that these days Tom... :(
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lakmalbandu 1 year ago
The black guy is in the piano.
sofuckingwhatable 1 year ago
titty s
inztrees 1 year ago
tittys
inztrees 1 year ago
Haha he does have a porn piece in his pocket! =D
cofpaddy 1 year ago
@cofpaddy
Hahaha! You know, I think he does! I see nipples lol
Vektoriah 1 year ago
I would love to play the fire extinguisher part. :D
LucidDream 1 year ago 4
right now i'm sitting alone in my new home, my girlfriend left me and next week my architecture study starts, but just because of this song i cant be sad...
just lite another cigarette, drinkin bourbon and listening to that song keeps my happy
davo235467 1 year ago 43
@davo235467 i know that feeling.
morse3388 1 year ago
@davo235467 tom has that quality... he makes a bad moment good and a good moment even better....
now if you spice it with a cold beer and a warm woman.... that my friend... that leads to perfection.
Nightwizard17 1 year ago 6
@davo235467 ...the only thing i see thats maybe wrong...is your girlfriend left ya....and that aint all the time a bad thing......you got a new home.....your starting to study architecture.....got a smoke and some bourbon...and listening to waits.....count your blessings....
freeman2545 7 months ago 2
Wow, look at that handsome young lad!
therealteraczy 1 year ago
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This is the only song that he actuallly sings well in
IrishJayLG 1 year ago
@IrishJayLG haha you're a moron.
RenoRaider 1 year ago
@RenoRaider its true
IrishJayLG 1 year ago
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IrishJayLG 1 year ago
Anybody know who is in the band?
newclarence 1 year ago
An amazing performance!
onceuponamidnightdry 1 year ago
Here is the youtube link for a newer Tom Waits track and the artwork is amazing! This is not spam, it's not my video and i don't care about the views.....just spreadin Tom's magic as it is portrayed on a different canvas in this song...check it out!!!!
/watch?v=TZ2znlF5TVM
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pjflynn23 1 year ago
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he has a horrible speech impediment
xxRonBurgandyxx 1 year ago
@xxRonBurgandyxx No, 6.86 billion people have one. He's the only guy that speaks correctly.
tybo929 1 year ago 64
WTF can you say...
dunxy 1 year ago
Holy shit, is that Ron Carter on the bass?!
ExorcismOnAisleFive 1 year ago
@ExorcismOnAisleFive not even close. are u kidding?
RenoRaider 1 year ago
@RenoRaider Wow, dick. Don't need to be sarcastic.
WillyHill74 1 year ago
This makes me wanna cool some beer and warm a woman...
VasilisBotoulas 1 year ago 131
@VasilisBotoulas kala ta les re bill
tripokarudos 1 year ago
@VasilisBotoulas den perimena na akouei ellinas tom waits...
crespossss 11 months ago 2
@crespossss μέγα λάθος!
VasilisBotoulas 11 months ago
yeah marvelous............absolutly great
Pulso22 1 year ago
The epitome of UNIQUE!
mark1952able 1 year ago
You know he actually is like that in real life, my best friend is marrying his niece. He is a sure classy man. He is real wherever he is, that is why I absolutely love Tom.
surtuo 1 year ago 5