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[LogiPowers]

Are there any more..calm songs like this by Tom Waits?

[Scorpio3002]

I discovered Tom Waits last year, and fell in love with his music. Nearly a year later, and I'm still finding gems like this that I'd never heard of before.

[Ingr9821]

If somebody asked me who Waits sounded like, I'd have to say Kurt Weill...I can't say that about any other songwriter from that generation. I think Waits would have been successful musically anytime in the 20th century. His music is that unique.

[slooshywarbles]

There are only three people that I can think of that have the poetic abilities that Tom Waits has. He is just as creative if not more creative than Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan yet hardly anyone knows about him (compared to the other two). People gotta discover this stuff

[novemberrain212]

@slooshywarbles I don't think Tom wants to be that famous. I certainly can't speak for him, but.... anybody can be famous in this day and age. He could if he wanted to, I guess is what I'm saying.

[jimaldo64]

@slooshywarbles Tom's streets ahead of Cash and Dylan.

[FreePDY]

this and Blind Love....amazing songs

[cherilyn999]

PUT THE SHARE TO FACEBOOK BACK PLEASE!!!!

[Tralfamador5]

beautiful song. :)

[cherilyn999]

All his songs show his feelings and genius..

Thanks for posting..

[guineapiggyman]

tori's version is way better

[LucidDream]

@guineapiggyman I love Tori almost as much as I love Tom Waits...but there is no comparison that can be made between their individuality. There are no better versions.

[MrPie]

@guineapiggyman Yes and no. Yes for the fact that she made it her own, and the piano is nothing short of beautiful. If there is someone who is worthy of doing a cover of this song, it is her. At the same time, the simplicity in Waits's version adds a unique quality to the song, which may unfortunately be lost in Tori's version. Regardless, this song is outstanding, and both versions transcend anything you come across today.

[MrUnidyne]

I've had it put in my Last Will that this song is to be played at my funeral.

[ASHMANinPHX]

@MrUnidyne I did as well!

[ASHMANinPHX]

@MrUnidyne Idid as well.

[TheSwastika999]

awesome song!

[CpManis]

top comment #2 misspelt genius.



[kangurome]

I used to listen to it in Berlin, in the period of the fall of the wall..... great emotion to liste to it now, remembering....

[ffunkddup1]

It makes me cry. Nothing makes me cry!!!!!..This makes me cry

[Firlyhn]

Beautiful song

[alsmed]

the singer not the song

[KingScuzzo]

This song is about Southern Illinois. Recognize (;

[faustofedeli61]

Questi artisti sublimi ci riempiono la vita... Fausto

[Katyjen]

The Tori Amos version was much better. Tom Waits is a brilliant songwriter, but he sings like he's about to pass out.

[sickofwaitingtables]

@Katyjen

Tori's one of my favorite artists, but she's got nothing on Tom's original. Her cover just seems to drag.

[SilentTheC]

@Katyjen Yeah, Tori Amos sings this song better than Tom Waits. That was a good one!

[SilentTheC]

@Katyjen Huh? Either you're joking (which I hope to God that you are), or you're bored standing in line tweeting this while you wait to get inside the Justin Bieber concert you saved up for.

[daffonfire]

well i quite like his voice! along with shane macgowan, van morrison and steve marriott!

[jericolo]

one of the best songs ever made

[Duargothoth]

horrible singer? dude, only tom waits could have put this incredibly ironic soul into such a sublimed and pathetic song. thanks to him its distanced reflection about the nature of the time more than another pretentious funeral song

[UseSomebody901]

Perfect song !

[n0rthamericanscum]

will be played at my funeral.

[Stjimmyrulesx]

great lyrics, horrible singer.

[evieiable]

@Stjimmyrulesx Please tell me that was a joke...

[MarkTheMagnificent]

@Stjimmyrulesx I'm not sure whether or not you're trolling. But whether or not you can appreciate the raspy, soulful voice that Tom Waits possesses is irrelevant. A singer's voice doesn't matter. It's the pureness and feeling of whether or not the person is being truly genuine that makes a singer who he or she is. Tom Waits is honest and genuine and is in no way a horrible singer. He brings to the table what I believe no man or woman is doing anymore.

[aaaa1705]

my favorite song !

[MrNeilm327]

only song thats ever made me cry..........perfect.......or just beauty....

[morgaffi]

"...and the wind is making speeches, the rain sounds like a round of applause."

Simple, beautiful. Tom is one of the two best lyricists alive. Dylan's the other.

[namedULaika]

I had no real idea who Tom Waits was before I picked up Rain Dogs and listened to it for he first time. The whole thing had me enraptured from the beginning, but when I got to this song, and specifically the line "the things you can't remember tell the things you can't forget..." I knew I was in love from then on.

[MKyparissis]

Such a heartwrenching track. Nothing compares to the original obvs, but the Tori Amos version is also stunning.

[foxfingers]

two people are total fucks

[TheNellamaria]

semplicemente unico....

[tetedepoulet]

To give you a glimmer into Waits' brilliance, consider the lyrics in the chorus, only 6 words but arranged and repeated to say so much.

Kind of hits the soul.

[modelprisoner]

I"ve been with tom since mid 70s when I saw him on the dinah shore show. He did waltzing matilda and step right up! Just turned 64 and this song is my birthday tune.time waits for no one but Tom Waits for everyone!

[SZRD]

His repetition of the word "time" is so poignant.

[daffonfire]

one of my favourite songs ever

[daffonfire]

one of my favourite songs ever

[guampapipo]

Tom Waits is among the best composers ever....

[cadinalrule]

if this song doesn't do it for you then i suggest you check your pulse.... you may just be dead..

[GSGS1610]

beauty without purity

[paucannell]

"The rain sounds like a round of applause". He just makes you want to cry

[MrCooooz]

Along with Leonard Cohen - the greatest!!!

[EwolDJ]

The lyrics are so sublime he doesn't even bother singing the great tune that goes with it! True poetry, but a little cryptic for me at times. 'Your memories're like a train etc. and 'the weeds in your heart' are turns of phrase that get me. One of the truly consistently great lyricists, but there are a handful of others I would rank right up there with him. Wanna know who? - you'll have to ask me.

[peazythatsmeazy]

getting an MFA in poetry, so I feel I have some authority when I say I think this is the most poetic song written in English.

[EwolDJ]

@peazythatsmeazy Well, I'm a (self-described) poet too and speaking with authority, the most poetic song in English is 'Gavin's Woodpile' by Canadian singer-songwriter-guitarist-ge­nius Bruce Cockburn. It's on his 'In the Falling Dark' album, released in the mid-70s. Cockburn's lyrics on that whole album are unsurpassed. I'm not taking the piss, just inviting you to compare the styles, that's all. Both Waits and Cockburn are idiosyncratic geniuses and neither could write for each other. Enjoy.

[peazythatsmeazy]

@EwolDJ definitely man. I'll be sure to check it out. one of my friends brought up "And the Band Played Waltzing Mathilda," which is also a good call as far as poetic songs go. thanks for the suggestion, mate. :)

[EwolDJ]

@peazythatsmeazy Glad to help. The song 'In the Falling Dark' from the eponymous album is on YT complete with lyrics (and my comment) and lots of other Cockburn stuff. So is 'And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda', not to be confused with 'Tom Traubert's Blues' or the unofficial Australian national anthem. There's a beautiful interpretation by Joan Baez up on YT, it's a great anti-war song (WW1). An even better one I think, also by Eric Bogle, is 'Willie McBride', also with WW1 theme. Explore.

[AlecKronicle]

almost never saw him smile until this vid

[kkkaldav]

...she pulls a razor from her boot, and a thousand pigeons fall around her feet

[Justwosweet]

only song I can sing along to without my voice cracking.

[Ecdysiast96]

the shadow boys are breaking all the laws

[felixq78]

Tom has been on this God forsaken Earth many times, his humanity is overwhelming.

[ezraloomis]

Perhaps his best tune, if possible.

[Evocati2008]

God bless Tom Waits, i looove you maaaaan

[maryka20]

..and the things you can't remember tell the things you can't forget.

[MalaMi57]

I love it !

[haviskam]

It may sound weird but isn't he godly?

[sausagekiller]

yes. yes he is.

[LandoftheShanks]

@haviskam I think he's cute so lol not weird at all. I love his music too.

[dpaszkiewicz]

@haviskam YES, HE IS

[Sylviawensveen]

Such a beautiful song!! It reminds me of when I was little, my dad always listen to this music (cd Big Time) me and my girlfriends always played a story of his music...this number I like the most..It;s something for my funeral I think//

[uszykuj]

..time..time...depress and sadden me with your beautiful melodies ... time time time...

[tedzodd]

He's a very nice guy.

[louderthanlife2]

i want Hoist That Rag played at my funeral...

[ezraloomis]

I think he's strangely handsome in a handsomely strange way.

[Evocati2008]

that's odd, in a sexy kinda way

[chimpvandam]

this may sound strange but hes a handsome man

[tetedepoulet]

This may sound handsome be he's a strange man.

[MrUnidyne]

It may sound strange, but I want this song played at my funeral.

[musicalarab]

i agree with wolfhilda...close your eyes and see what your mind's eye sees.

[ldonald5]

rain dogs or trout mask replica for my favorite album ever.

[seaotteR79]

What a beautiful song.

[chassang01]

tom's time..forever

[innyourendo]

god this song is the possibly the best written ever...what a magical artist

[RedRosesForMellysa]

beautiful...

[wolfhilda]

He paints awesome beautiful pictures with his music..A true genious.

[Kdees]

This man is a plain genius.

[innocentwhendream]

yeah, but why plain??

[Kdees]

what is wrong with plain?

[innocentwhendream]

sorry - my mistake. I'm from Poland and in school I've been taught that PLAIN=UGLY. luckily, I've already finished that school;]

[Kdees]

LOOL cheers pal, hey listen I wasnt to impress some polish girl that she works with me , teach me some words please:D

[MalaMi57]

@innocentwhendream

plain - tutaj wydaje mi się w znaczeniu szczery, bo dla mnie wcale nie jest brzydki :)

greetings from Poland :)

[innocentwhendream]

@MalaMi57

też pozdrawiam:)

[dublinrambler]

tom waits to tour summer 2008!

[Miquilarssen]

I am with no words one more time. What a river of feelings come to me, it's a mixture of rage, tears, love and a huge thirst of understanding. Hell! From a cold cold ground

[dogcarmen]

I love this song...

[Kdees]

this man is a genius

[walldreams]

poetic lyrics. beautiful song. he's a genius.

[etuberalism]

yeah man, great photos and sound qual. Cheers, beauty.

[mookus]

beautiful song :) thanks for sharing!

[johnfinbarburke]

i nealy met him ,,

[QuinDnB]

one of the best musicians ever ever

[ElkejustTori]

Pretty cool!