Tom Waits - Telephone call from Istanbul

[Skylark1957]

He moves me. How could anyone listen to him and somehow miss the fact that they are in the presence of pure inspiration? He puts every single thoughtcell into everything he does.

[kuiskender]

@sercangolgeci also you are a racist!

[JohnLouisBishop84]

"Chantilly lace! And a pretty face! You know what I like!" I love it when Tom Waits gets possessed by a rock & roll spirit.

[matseman46]

Great sax!! Love u Mr Tom

[silvioluizmaria]

i used to have a smooth voice, until i took an arrow to the throat

[putyourlights7]

sanat evrenseldir. greek türk çatışmalarınızı başka yerde yaşayın.

[td62baberjuff]

LOOK AT 1:44 ...AFTER THAT A NOISE OCCURED LIKE THUNDER..AND I AM NOT SURE THAT IT WAS THE SAX where the noise came from :D

[TheDim360]

@sercangolgeci meh, actually we dont use instabul cause costantiople is more like a greek world. its like calling the eifel tower, tour d' eifel. its weird

[bscondict]

Never drive a car when you're dead , remember that !

[dem28914]

how come this is related to greek? you people have no idea what you're talkin about and it's obnoxious!

[td62baberjuff]

@dem28914 Turkey is kind of rival to GREECE and Istanbul is the biggest city of Turkey.. maybe they thought that Greeks disliked because he sang about Istanbul..

[louisfriendhastaste]

I think it is a reference to the historical difficulties between Greece and Turkey ie istanbul

[TheDim360]

@sercangolgeci i am greek and it looks awesome. whats the problem with the greeks and this?

[td62baberjuff]

@TheDim360 Istanbul is a turkish city :) turkey and greece were rivals in the past ...I think it is just a simple joke ...otherwise this song has no relation to Greek :)

[conover1234]

@TheDim360 Very well said! I am sure you have the same sort of nationalist fanatics in your country as well. What sercangolgeci says is rubbish. And to make things clearer, I should say that I'm Turkish.

[louisfriendhastaste]

Shame it mutes the solo as Ribot is amazing on Big Time

[rainbowneznarf]

I own this on vhs somewhere! I am sooo in love!!!!!

[83annak]

14 have absolutely no taste!

[serbestcagrisim]

i can't understand any word of it. but it must be about telephone call from istanbul

[louisfriendhastaste]

14 people are happy Steps are reuniting!

[CarlSagan0101]

The key to making this song sound right is the light. It gives the song a big sound.

[bifferspice]

and all this time i've been dancing WITHOUT a huge lightbulb. i feel such a bloody idiot. I will rectify this immediately.

[camiloazula]

amazing! great artists!

[camiloazula]

amazing! great artist!

[MoominsMom]

he's an magician.

[bluebanshee3]

he is from another planet, and i want to visit.

[arturogarkov]

Never drop the call when you're dead)))

[jonnybellie]

'Never drive a car when youre dead' brilliant!

[azazilSF]

hugs and kisses from istanbul, tom :)

[dogusumdd]

 istanbul is a greattttttttttt city...perfect people...

[edstone1]

Tom Waits keeps interrupting Tom Waits! Somebody talk to the guy!

[lesterclaypool1]

@edstone1

C'mon you know what Tom's like. Once he gets to that state there's no reasoning with him.

[LudaB1]

Great song for a great city..

[mirostarreal]

@LudaB1 Well said..

[TheMiniizzy]

love tom waites & the musicians he works with, unbelievable & other worldly

!

[bcac94]

the most fantastic group of musicians,sweet jesus!

[ReactionShot]

Genius. Pure. Fuckin. Genius!

[chlovful]

YES

A M A N that structures his line up so different (yet amazzzzinnnnng)

[Crstn4440]

13 people haven't had a telephone call from Istanbul

[WINGMAKERS000]

I canno believe that I've got Tom WaITS FEAVER

[flesheatingvirus70]

awsome....thank you

[JimmyMcBoab]

i was there taking a shite in that room

[dax10111]

i dont know ive never had a rough service bulb that was worth a damn .that bulb is freakin posessed.i love this music so much it hurts.

[NessaK94]

FRIK love Tom Waits!

[FunnyFunTimes]

Whats the song he's singing??

[ThatFreakBabyKenzie]

@FunnyFunTimes It's temptation.

[Giavannanow]

Tom Waits is one of my musical heroes. He has an amazing voice, a killer sense for evocative productions, and amazing songwriting skills. His songs are gruffly affecting or just plain scary. And I have 99% of everything he's ever done! He's got SOUL! And the music of a man struggling with his soul can't help but be beautiful. At least not to me ~ .

[TheTedminator]

Love his moves :3

[scholz9876]

the subtelty of tom waits does not solely lie in the deepness of his lyrics, but mostly in the incomprehensible way they are put forward in. it seriously takes me 5 intensive listens to even understand one song, by that time you are already on one level with the guy.

[SombreroJack619]

This is my all time favorite recording of his, I want this so bad, it was a VHS right or just an album?

[pantanikola]

@SombreroJack619 An album and a VHS. GET BOTH! :)))))

[costas1408]

@pantanikola

Found the vhs on pirate bay!It's not for sale anymore so it's not really illegal:)

[karolecampesine]

Never drive a car when you're dead

[swideer]

@karolecampesine

my favorite part of the lyrics.... :D

[Matt83texas]

or they drove dead

[DinosaurCop]

11 people trusted a man in a blue trench coat.

[StonefieldJim4]

Witty and dry... as a funeral drum. Like it. Thanks. :-)@DinosaurCop

[sanalayi]

i like this gay i can lost myself when listen him he has got great suprises .

regards buddies

[Greesovith]

@sanalayi lol

[remiller3]

Gotta be a rough service bulb in that drop light!

[bzavitz]

@remiller3 Ha, ha!! That was my thought oo when I saw him ;->>

[wolfgirl1812]

Thumbs up if you want to be the tenor player!! :D

[frankbar007]

DOES´T MATTER / NEVER MIND THE LYRICS LOGICAL MEANING WRITTEN FOR THE SONG BUT... THE ART THAT

EXISTS IN THE MUSIC, MR. WAITS VOICE AS MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, ALL THE MUSICIANS INSTRUMENTATION AND THE IMAGES OF HIS INTERPRETATION.

AND...THIS IS IT !!!

[frankbar007]

GREAT SONG, INSTRUMENTATION AND A, WOW... INTERPRETATION

OF MR. WAITS.

IT´S A KIND OF SPIRIT UNFINISHED GAME...YOU KNOW, THE MAN PLAYS

WITH HIS IMAGINATION THOUSANDS OF TIMES, LOOKING FOR THE

TRUE IN THE MIIDLE OF THE NIGHT, WITH A CANDLE / LIGHT /FIRE IN HIS HANDS... IN A LOST HOTEL IN THE WORLD !!!!! GREAT EXPERIENCE....ABSOLUTE ABSTRACT ART !!!!!!! LOL !!! MR. WAITS LIVES !!!!!

[edstone1]

wish there was a video with just the live performance

[MrNeilm327]

i cant stop watching this video!

[frankbar007]

@MrNeilm327

YEAH !!! YEAH!!! YEAH!!!

[EatPieYes]

"Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a card when you're dead", those are words to live by.

[ConstantinLion]

He rocks and rocks and rocks and will rock even after he'll be dead...

[soberdrive12]

when he slides down the wall and lights his ciggerette with the card and he attempts to throw the card in the hat....HAHA...classic.

[chavrons1]

Wuthering heights. Come on sweetheart

[chavrons1]

Rolling stone gathers no moss.

Julia is the Queen of hearts.

Never drive a car when an alcoholic driver is on the wrong side of the road.

Billy armstrong ??

[sethsnyder2000]

Never drive a car when you're dead

[MavisHyacinth]

@sethsnyder2000 good advice isnt it

[ofschorchedpumpkins]

shawn michaels is killer on the sax..

[chavrons1]

@ofschorchedpumpkins

Barb barb barb barbara Anne.

Come on sweetheart. Ah thinking.. Man with the moustache.

[Misishaxi]

Anyone who doesn't find this genuinely brilliant in some way needs to be banned from reproducing.

[edithdiangelo]

Thank you for this video. I am a great fan of him and especially this film ♥

[MegaSammich]

as far as im concerned

best video on youtube

[MrSpithas7]

Thank you god of music for Tom.

[sidwidle]

Only Tom Waits could wear silk overalls, Elton John shades and a Cruella Deville ciggarette ans still look 100% badass...long live Sir Waits!

[Fortbragg21]

Genius.

One word only.

Genius.

[ThePsychoReturns]

This is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen.

[kippers4u]

It's like stumbling across a watering hole for your soul that makes you simultaneously wonder why you never noticed the desert before and forget it. There aren't enough of them in the world and you'll be hard pressed to find one that runs deeper then Tom Waits.

[Misishaxi]

@kippers4u This is one of the best comments I have ever read.

[MicrophoneFarmer]

C'est la vie...hahah.

He is so fucking incredible.

[brotherbriann]

dang.. maraccas with an hanging extension light. Theatrical genius.

[poetisamiami]

Ferocious voice. A little Cab Calloway, a little Louis Prima--and very eerie. Sepulchral even. And yet, I find his voice so compelling...

[DrunkenPiano]

And for the stupid people who claim he screamed into a pillow to get his voice. He never claimed that once. I have the magazine with that specific interview and someone took it completely out of context.

It says, "I was very self-destructive. Drinking and smoking and staying out all night long and it wasn't good for me so I sounded like I had been screaming into a pillow." - Tom Waits

[Greesovith]

guys guys.. this is another version than the one on the Big Time soundtrack.. the guitar and sax is a lot better here.

[DrunkenPiano]

@Greesovith I linkd you to a site that may be of some help. If you don't mind his talking (I know I don't) then it should prove suitable for what you're inquiring about :D

[Greesovith]

@DrunkenPiano Sounds great!

I don't mind his talking at all :)

[DrunkenPiano]

@Greesovith did it work?

[Greesovith]

@DrunkenPiano what are you talking about dude, you never linkd me anything ^^

[koniKlounge]

tom.....great.........!!!

[spiralflow]

fucking crazy GENIUS!

[Greesovith]

does anyone know where i can get this version? its way superior to the version on the album

[baltimorejac]

@Greesovith the album Big Time

[Greesovith]

@baltimorejac naaah.. this version is even more wild than the one on Big Time.

[DrunkenPiano]

@Greesovith buy the film off ebay or the soundtrack. this version is on the soundtrack "Big Time". The slower version is on "Frank's Wild Years".

[DrunkenPiano]

had me from when he set the cards on fire.

[Greesovith]

This version is fucking WILD!

[zogshill]

this is still the best band he ever had behind him

[humberthumbert81]

Ribot's guitar is amazing..

[Bandaids4ever]

Tom Waits is one cool cat.

[leonardniamh]

Pure................... perfect & raw

[enterprice86]

love this song...

[LandoftheShanks]

i love the way he gets into it. he dances real gone. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHH TOM WAITS!!!!!!

[Regdot]

Tom was the most powerful voice of all time. Beats Cohen. Beats Dylan. Beats Lanegan. He's the best!

[TheTeamEvil]

@Regdot Lanegan is his son...I'm sure of it.

[mylulac]

A true genius!!!! No one like him!

[SwampDaddy7]

This cat's a genius, man. Roots in Jazz so he can experiment like a modern-day Dr. Frankenstein with his music.

[mmiaxx2002]

Hunkerdown

Go with your instincts

[coryzone]

Nobody can touch this guy. He is brilliant!

[Crisaxx72]

Praise the lord!!!LOL

[markobegus]

tom waits=prophecy.

[Skylark1957]

"never drive a car when you're dead".... LOL what a lyricist. LOVE him.

[jamescaptainfarrell]

@Skylark1957

ROFL that's killer

[brandojitsu123]

the mans one of the few who can change at the drop of a hat and stay true to himself he's the best composer of the century.

[coco7010]

He would disagree with you

;-)

[alexamakura]

i have absolutly no idea why i like tom waits, but god he's so mesmerizing

[AuctionBump]

Tom is the best!

[janellsis]

KONSTANTINOUPOLI

[MUTLUOZGEN]

Since 550 years (1453)ISTANBUL

[MUTLUOZGEN]

BULLSHITT

[Wanderlustus]

Your head is doing things to you again. Be careful.

[MUTLUOZGEN]

my head is not doing anything its true that since 550 years ISTANBUL...

[belablaylock]

motherfuckers DBHEcho, Turkey not muslim country. I've never seen really Turkish muslim.

Have u ever been to Turkey? if, no. shut up!

[DBHEcho]

@belablaylock "Turkey is a secular state with no official state religion; the Turkish Constitution provides for freedom of religion and conscience. About 99 percent of the population is registered as Muslim" - Wikipedia. not a muslim country? sure on that one killer?

[kabuCee]

@DBHEcho Almost every new born child is registered as "Muslim" in Turkey. But in reality I don't think that %99 percent of Turkey lives Islam. belablaylock is right, you can live your whole life in Turkey without meeting a real Muslim.

[kendinolyeter]

@janellsis it's İSTANBUL!!...

[illustriouschin]

he must have been pretty wasted to forget most of the lyrics like that

[Lunatykowaty]

its so finesse, i love him so very fuckin much. sick, damn

[danwillingham]

love the end of the sax solo.

[keynestortoise]

"Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat / Never drive a car when you're dead"

Pure genious!

[nieswoj]

I didn't like him live till I found this vid. he's wild!

[sabiik]

süpersin Tom waits.

[crimchessie]

In 2006, I was just as amazed at the vibe, but Duke is no Mark.

[ZRedPoppy]

Tom is sure a genius, but his musicians are fucking brilliant as well.

[ZRedPoppy]

I have absolutely no idea but it sure is something really interesting to look up! I think he does the most part, though.

[BluesWhore]

holy shit.

[fahim113]

Exactly what I thought when I first heard him all those yrs ago...and my reaction every single time I hear him!!

[notonpage7]

When I die, I want to hang out with Tom. Wecan probably get held over and watch the sky turn the color of pepto bizmol.....yeah

[MissesWaits]

das beste!

[lenny121]

i love how he always creats a certain atmosphere when he plays

[elvarwinston]

love the guitar solo

[pauletaloca]

and sax and bass solos!

[neorhim]

The Underground King.

[FunkySpartan117]

haha visual and audio brilliance:).

who knows where i can buy this dvd??

im struggling to find it .

[beelzabubba]

And continue to stuggle you will, my friend. It hasn't been released as DVD, although you might find it used in VHS form on Amazon (it's out of print).

[skaslag]

you will find this version on the album 'tom waits big time'....

[BananaBreadMakesMe]

If you want to make an intelligent statement at least try to state it in proper English next time, OK?

[JumpingRobot]

what i say? i mean no for english ok..this is no my leangueage so i try to write better i can.-. i dont think you can write in italian or in greek.. so dont offend me cause my english is no perfect... stupid person you are!

[gunsonair]

she love me

[hdfatboy2k]

3:02

ooooohh......she left me...

[BuzzcockX]

does a studio version exist?

[MarxBakuninMe]

It's on the album 'Franks Wild Years.' It's different, though . . .

[AlexTheRabbi]

can anyone tell me if the big time album is all live songs ?

[charlesfransis]

yep, it is.

[AlexTheRabbi]

thanks bud

[0murmaider]

yes man it is a wonderful piece of art, if you like i can tell u where to find it..... not kidding

[XThatXDudeX]

singapore is better