Tom Waits - Rockpalast 1977 06 I Wish I Was In New Orleans

[lunaticheathen]

NOLA forever!



[senatorfatpie]

hes sound good reading a bus schedule 

[mx10dy213]

This is the song that made me a Tom Waits lover forever. It strings every feeling in my body to sing with it. I would love to be in New Orleans with Tom Waits sharing a drink and singing... I can see that in my dreams!

[mrdak]

I miss my house in NOLA that Katrina ate :(

[BWMcT]

Talent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see.

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

[BWMcT]

Longing and yearning never felt so good...

[winterm0n]

This song just doesn't age even it it is so simple.

[2sk21]

My all time favorite...

[oggendoggen2]

...so much better than the album version...

In fact, the whole Rockpalast show was better than their studio counterparts

[AnotherWiseAss]

I fell in love with this tune many years ago. I lived on Burgundy St. in the Quarter for a long time and the memories this number brings back seem endless to me. I've been gone from New Orleans for some time now and as so the golden times that once were. A VERY BIG THANKS TOM !

[restleaded]

This comment is dedicated to any pristine moment, occuring in any of the great cities of the world, for a brief passage of time between two conscious people;

Julie, if only I could allow myself to say that I miss you dearly.

[BaileysMariner]

I miss Maggie.

[kenrubes]

I miss my amputated left leg.

[bihlbo]

I miss my precious daughter, Brooke.

[doretgar]

its like whisky and cigarettes.. its an acquired taste

[KatieHippieWannaBe]

@doretgar I got acquired to him pretty quick.XD I'm 17 years old, and I can't say I've ever listened to a more talented artist. His vocals and lyrics and style are all just... so perfectly imperfect.

[OmahaYaks]

Everyone thinks he's so great, but I think he sounds like a belching grizzly bear. (can't wait to see how many negative replies I get for this!)

[mochochato]

Try to listen other music than mtv, read some real books, open you eyes to the World, and perhaps one day you will understand that Tom Waits is a genious...

[Smorgo]

@mochochato read some real books and one day you will be able to spell genius, but I completely agree with you!

[Smorgo]

@mochochato @mochochato read some real books and one day you will be able to spell genius, but I completely agree with you!

[jettbugg]

OUTASIGHT TUNE!!

[CBSUNDE]

I think he could have raised millions!

[JoiseyMcCallit]

Thank you for posting these T. Waits videos. I am a huge fan and didn't know there were videos of all this work. In my opinion he is the greatest american writer, poet, artist alive. History will show I am right. Thanks again!!

[RenoRaider]

I agree.

[perchequi]

And isn't he such a beautiful man? I adore his face

[perchequi]

him and a piano...nothing else is needed if you want to know what perfection is.

[bggilzow]

absolute perfection!!!!!!!

[morthrop]

If Tom played this song for New Orleans after the disaster, there's no doubt he'd have raised thousands... A beautiful song by an amazing artist.

[froog100]

Marvellous. The best rendition of this I've heard.

Thanks for posting this. I love Tom Waits.

[mixitup1time]

This should have been played for the New Orleans Benefits. I love earlt Tom Waits!!! Amazing stuff!!