Tom Waits - Small Change

[raven9157]

Great rendition. Thanx for posting this classic !

[TheParanoidAndroid1]

Absolutely phenomenal. Only been into Tom for about 6 months, but I think he's one of the greats. Really breathtaking stuff.

[BrisbaneBruce]

I find this hard to dance to : P

[petermcintyre100]

Obviously I admire TW. Looking at this vintage performance proves what a talent he was back then. Great tune. And hats off to the saxophonist ¦¬/`

[iii25able]

It's impossible to press pause in the middle of this. Once you've started the clip, you're forced to watch the whole thing through again once more.

Waits, oh how I adore

[Ratzfourtyfour]

Heard it a hundred times and thought, aw, skip it this time. Just could'nt.

[ukkfayooyay]

I found Tom Waits in 1977 and I have clung to his music like radial tires to wet pavement ever since.

[tonycurti1]

I've listened to this for almost 30 years and genius just never gets old. Thank you Professor Waits for doing with words and music what I never could.............

[blueroxas99]

never get tired of this......

[tigrepants]

THIS was the Tom Waits that first grabbed me by the metaphorical throat all those years ago! Thanks for posting this.

[MrUnidyne]

@tigrepants Sounds like free verse written by Mickey Spillane.

[FragileLittleAngel]

4:11 that is way I love him :)

[ellenfelon123]

I absolutely love this song....... There is just something about it that I can't put my finger on. This is the song I would listen to on my way to hell. The only song.

[fego08]

he somehow reminds me of the joker out of batman

[ivansloe]

@fego08 are you sure it's not the joker form batman who reminds you of Tom Waits?

[colinmccubbin]

no one sings an imagery like waits. period. dispute it if ya like. you'll be wrong.

[burntonce]

MR WAITS YOU ARE SO POETIC N THEATRICAL...THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR TALENTS ...MAY WE ALL BE SO BOLD AS TO SHARE OUR GOD GIVEN TALENT SO HONESTLY!

[desperatemanblues]

Man, I wish I could understand the lyrics... anyway, it's awesome... chills run through my back

[koufitsas]

very good video tom is one of my favourites

[d983394]

goddamn, if this aint cool nothing is

[jennysways]

genius and madness it's a fine line between.  great performance. he gets my full attention.

[theeightsin]

Nice, I like the combination of music preformed live and a little theatre in it.

[bigrider2806]

dreams are not broken round here , they are just walking with a limp . pure pure genius

[inztrees]

There will be no more dreams

[iggyreptile1]

Ya'll are big spenders.

[TheBlackWreck]

totally 100% brilliant. he inspires me daily in my song writing. thanks for putting this video up. thanks to tom waits for making the song!

[oltoothless]

How long can genius endure? let's see

[fairlyfast]

My favorite it "Hold On." How someone can say so much with so few words . . .

[guitarhero240]

haha i dont know if i got it....but i definately loved it

[dave2806]

pure genius.

[woodhd]

all the components already there !

[LandoftheShanks]

I'm young and I think Tom Waits is a cute older man. He hasn't changed a bit in about 4 decades! He's funny, tellin' stories and still nice as can be. He's a genuine article. Mr. Tom Waits.

[pigletized]

And a movie about reality. So poetic too.

[pigletized]

What a movie he portrays.

[coryzone]

There was a time, Tom, when I obsessed and fantasized about you. Oh, she-it, I was so much younger then (and so were you). I was probably fifty, which made you forty-nine. Both of us way too old for such pretty fantasies. Still, I adored you then. Maybe adoration is not the word any more. I'm sixty-one now, and that makes you 60. Old people. In another time, another place, maybe we could have been friends. But I probably would have run away, threatened by your brilliance...

[RobotNinjaShark09]

@coryzone What is this I don't even.....

Whatever, Waits is quality.

[markobegus]

all i can do is hope i get to see him preforming one day.

[megalomando]

Been listening to Tom since the mid 70's. Pure soul.

[lcorinth]

The way he moves, he looks like an Egon Schiele.

[diddywahdaddy]

And he's even for real. MAN!!

[Crisaxx72]

hot rain on 42nd street

[wulf326]

What a master! Love you Tom!

[lenny121]

awesome do you have more of his preformances like this

[charlottedebenedetti]

my god....

incredible.

[ajdukujac]

beyond bizzare in a good way!

[joanlagoy]

I LOVE this!! thank you, joanie

[lloydallisonyoung]

/loves the theatrical element.

[008ophiuchus800]

Lucky Europe got to see this kind of stuff way more than we did,

[DirkjeA]

Saw him life in Amsterdam, in a not so big café like surrounding, was great and breathtaking.....

[edgydogs]

only 261 views, so sad the world is missing so much

[Calvakins]

@edgydogs 23, 286 heard your news and grew up.

[TheBillieWay]

@edgydogs ...and only 24 thousand views in a year

[Punkwithpolio]

@edgydogs the world isnt missing anything, trust me

[oggendoggen2]

Reminds me of "Tom Waits For No One"