Tom Waits - Burma Shave - Old Grey Whistle Test 79

[SkroobyDoo82]

Incredible.

Tom Waits' music is the barometer by which i measure all music now and forever.

A true original whose words paint beautiful pictures that are so real they can instantly transport you to wherever Tom wishes to take you.

[ChocolateTeaPot100]

Every night I go to bed

and I lie down

next to all my dreams

for they die right here every morning

Pure soul right there...

[lumpagogo]

Jump back

Heart attack

Rock-Roll Hall of Shame

Included Waits

Biggie blame

HOF a bunch of knaves

They not great-like

Burma Shave

[dave2806]

the man is amazing !

[pretorious700]

performance+chops=Tommy boy

[funstaurz]

HE'S SO GOOD.

so good.

[amfawcett]

mesmerising. this too was the first time i'd seen him perform in person and 31 years on i still don't tire of his restless, divine talent.

[celt3004]

First time I had ever heard or seen Tom Waits , the start of a lifelong appreciation of a storytelling genius.....

[GuildF40]

How smoothly does "Summer Time", come in. FFS!

[madXmedic]

If you listen close enough, you can hear the howl of angels drinking a bottle of booze with the demons that lie within.

[funkomite187]

U KNOW HE was nervos before his set soo a little drink might have helped not the whole bottle

[FragileLittleAngel]

well...I'm so turned on right now...this...he...

I'm in love with him...and now we made love :D

I could say more...but...I just can't concentrate....

[dave2806]

this was the first time i ever saw this man . pure genius. i have never heard anyone use words the way he does ................ amazing

[mudkipsmakemewet]

oh man this is fucking brilliant

[Dillbob1]

old grey whistle test gets some good musicians

[matius53]

Yeah, and its good, too!

[lumpagogo]

"Tommy"

Too high

Red sky

Fly-fly

Why-why?

Should go back, get back on track

Via Burma Shave

[vitorbelfort]

the last true poet musician. a fucking brilliant performer. this concert was fun!

[roor06]

SHHHH ...

Dont you cry ...

[normanplombe]

I really dig the recorded version of this tune. it's like watching him butcher his own song.....why he resorts to this hipster jazzclub nonsense i have no idea...man i do love a good teenage death song. does anyone know if this is what john cougar referenced in 'aint even done with the night?

[blackestcracker]

Really? Not only did you knock Waits for what he did when he started (like when this video was made), but you brought up JOHN COUGAR in the same sentence!!! What the hell square?!? Goddamnit you made me mention John Cougar too!!! You should probably just delete your account and save us all the mental strain.

[normanplombe]

get a lot of mental strain from youtube posts, do ya? sounds like you have a pretty weak constitution. best of luck...and fuck you.

[blackestcracker]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­haha :) You made me smile.

[normanplombe]

well done

[hiptothat]

I like the recorded version as well but to not understand this performance means you have a ways to go in the appreciation of Tom Waits.

This is one of his all time greatest performances. He's firing on all cylinders. Ever nuance, every hand gesture, his tone, his posture and his pacing it's all spot on. He's performing with his whole being on this version.

[normanplombe]

you may be right...and it's probably the publicizing of this type of performance that trivializes it...some stuff only works live (kinda the way videotaping a wedding or birth tends to cheapen same--as if marriage and procreation aren't cheap enough)...it just seems self-conscious and contrived on video to me....

[kwakedesigns]

nah

[normanplombe]

oh, and i can kick is ass on 'summertime'

[pretorious700]

@normanplombe you need to go fuck yourself asshole

[TAMMpON]

Awesome thanks for having this too witness! I love Mr. Waits!;-)

peaceouTy!

TAMMpON

[agonaces]

Brilliant!!!

[cleartonal]

Tom Waits is the musical Bukowski, man.

[mesaboogieboy]

the world is a better place with minds like this. love it tom. keep kicking against the pricks

[DiamondSoul]

Best version of Burma Shave ever.

[72OutOfTheBlue]

he's got balls

[VideoTuukka]

Sorry but is this meant to be a kind of Summertime-remix song?

[respectac]

actually kinda yes it is

[Scinauticando]

tom... troppo avanti

[DiamondSoul]

Incredible. Zones me out.

[babacool81]

exactly the word i was looking for thanxxx

[gazzella59]

grandissimo ti invio un cantante italkiano PAOLO CONTE CIAO

[Trumpetplayer60076]

AMAZING!!!! Thanks for posting this video. Tom Waits is one of a kind. I just am in awe of his considerable talent.

[jihaddrummer]

tom waits... awesome. did you know he is also the voice of 'tommy the cat' in the primus song of that name.

[STUMPgrinder57]

Did you just mention Justin Timberlake and Tom Waits in the same sentence...dat aint right

[igotskancer]

A few years ago I found an 'unofficial' album called Cold Beer on a Hot Night, it was a live performance from 197-something, and it had the most amazing recording of Burma Shave. I lost my copy of it and I'm still looking...

[satansgoalie]

everytime i hear this song i hang on every word. one of my favorites...

[pixelfibre]

Oh Tom... You are the sound of smoke.

[echofilms]

Tom just sends chills up the spine.

[stuBed67]

If you can, get hold of "Cold Beer on a Hot Night", live in Sydney 78. There's a version on there of this song that will chill your bones to ice..

[RenoRaider]

yeah, ol' Tom wrote the book on cool.

[Kronocide]

Goose bumps. Goose bumps every god-damned time.

[WouterJ]

Absolutely NOBODY of the present day singers can ever top him when it comes to being cool. Justin Timberlake, you'd better start working for the burger king again, Tom Waits is way above what you'll ever can accomplish.

[DCR1961]

AHHHHHHHHH UNCLE TOM AT HIS BEST

[michaelangelowimtoro]

yeeeeehhhh baby whers my ciggeretts?

[JackPumpkin13]

allot like the version on "fast woman and slow horses".

not quite the same, but of the same mold.

Beautifull...

[1legerdemain1]

Frankly, I'm only stopping here to get me some gasoline. I guess I'm going that way, just as long as it's paved, I guess you'd say I'm on my way to a place I know as Burma Shave, so baby put your knees up on the glove compartment, just like that. Take out your berettes and let your hair spill out just like root beer, she popped her gum and her arched her back, and she said, "Marysville don't amount to nothing but a wide spot in the road."

[gr8tbigtreehugger]

i love this song - what an interesting version live, over summertime!

[TarenFox]

Nice quality. Thanks for this!