Tom's song that proves he could be a great pop songwriter if he tried. He much prefers writing tunes that no one else is capable of approaching, thankfully.
@majorisore Tom Waits is the only white singer that has any soul to project through his music.(other than opera singers?) I don't follow pop music, never have...my background is 20's 30's Blues, as well as other honest folk styles. Also modern electric blues from the 50's-70's....I've really tried to get with the music since but Waits is about the only standout.....If he said that? If asked, who would answer differently,besides he is a humble man by nature.
@MrDaemonB How can you possibly come to your conclusion after admiting you limit yourself too Blues within a VERY specific time & in DIFFERENT decades? Were u deaf between 30's-50's? (dont answer: joke) You 'tried' to get with music but nothing stood out. Thats very, very arrogant mate. Try harder. Tom Waits is unique and everyone loves him for that brutal humble throat. Comparing him to the years of training required to be opera singer is rediculous. Star Struck?
Rod Stewart's version was an abomination. Think of Def Leppard covering The Beatles or Led Zeppelin. Anyone who prefers (or even likes) the cover version is probably legally deaf.
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Rod Stewart took this excellent song by the scruff of its neck and took it to another level. Waits original is so miserable, limp and pathetic by comparrison. Thank god for Rod to breath much needed life into it. Ask anybody who sung this song and the answer is always Rod Stewart, no one but musical nerds have heard of the original.
Its true that Rod Stewart did an excellent version of this song. It was the only time after the Blondes Have More Fun album that he did anything worthwhile. He had a wonderful band at that time and they were inspired. He was paying them pennies though and when they refused the miserable terms he offered for the world tour that followed this smash album, he sacked them all and brought in some guys from Wallmart or someplace. They sucked. He lost the moment and never recovered. Toms version rules
Rod Stewart took this excellent song by the scruff of its neck and took it to another level. Waits original is so miserable, limp and pathetic by comparrison. Thank god for Rod to breath much needed life into it. Ask anybody who sung this song and the answer is always Rod Stewart, no one but musical nerds have heard of the original because it is crap by comparrison.
@JeffersA1 I didn't want to get into this but that's just not true. Rod Stewart's version is over produced yet bland, has no heart. Tom Wait's voice is something of a paradox. He's vocally more limited than Rod Stewart but his voice seems carry the weight of each word. Rod Stewart is singing to an audience, Tom Wait is singing to the girl he watches at the window and to every alienated soul in a language it understands. This whole song resonates with longing, Rod's is like a chat up line...
Respond to this video I really don't want to be too critical of Rod Stewart. It's weird, I love Springsteen's version of Jersey Girl. I want to scoff at Tom Waits singing when comparing the two versions of that song but can't because what he puts over is a beautiful love song sung with total honesty. That he even dares to sing his own songs, with sincerity, winning through his vocal limitations just adds to the great lyrics he puts down.
Waits is a musician's musician, and being one myself, I know from where I speak. Great version of this song. I would comment on this Rod Stewart guy, but I'm not sure who he is. Wasn't he he like a leach from back in the 70's that hung around with Jeff Beck and that crowd? The name sounds familiar, but if he didn't have any talent, I wouldn't know who he is, sorry :-)
Tom Waits finally was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's about f**kin time. I'm not saying Tom is the best Rocker ever but there is no one else like him. He is one of a kind and we are richer for having him. Keep Rockin Tom, Show them how it's done...
fucking awsome. Noah and the wale say tom is a big infleubc,e to be honest i hear nothing in the music and doesn't do anything for me at all. Tom on the other hands hits your like brick in a face, awsome
@LetJimiT8keOver Then you miss the point entirely. You can absolutely hear the people Tom sings about in his voice. He sings about the seedier characters, and it's exactly the kind of voice that those characters need. And something like, say, "Tom Traubert's Blues" is genius, because the beauty of the music-especially the strings, which I would put on par with Sinatra's "It Was A Very Good Year" or anything Bernstein wrote-is contrasted brilliantly by Tom's voice.
I love tom waits but I do much prefer his rain dogs stuff. This song sounds like it could be by anyone (apart from the voice), I prefer the more signature pinky plonky twangy stuff,
@LetJimiT8keOver He has a 5 octave voice. He sings throaty because he wants to sound like his old heros. I'm not saying he has a nice voice, or that you have to like him - but he is hitting notes.
I tend to agree more with mtut's take on this whole "cover by Rod" situation. Tom Waits is, and I don't think I'd get much argument from ANYONE, no matter their musical predilections, an absolute genius wordsmith and songwriter in general, and Mr. Stewart was paying him some overdue homage by delivering his passionate, heartfelt rendition that was much more suitable, in the eyes of the music bigwigs whose opinion really count, for consumption by the unwashed masses. Rod gifted Tom with MONEY!
@dansteely77 I agree with your comment. And that is exactly what's wrong with the entertainment industry. Art is mass produced for the plebs. Art has become industrialized and sanitized for the uneducated, easily offended.
Real Waits fans would show some respect for a cover version that brought Waits' brilliant writing to new audiences, Rod Stewart or anybody. See what Tom sees here. People are basically trapped by their identity in the world. Metaphor brings a tenuous hope for transformation. The lyrics! It shouldn't matter who sings them; just that people hear. Maybe people who are, superficially, not like yourselves, but who actually have some of the same feelings. Or is that what scares you?
this has to be the best video ever, i always come back to it every few months!! i love how he dodges the water with sheer elegance!! i really hope he does another tour, ireland needs you tom!
Iv'e been a fan for years, first song i heard by him was heart of saturday night and it blew me away. he's written so many classics, i believe he's more prolific than dylan (and i love dylan) and that voice jeeze its like he's dragging it up from his soul. The mans just pure genius.
D'une musique toujours ancrée dans le Blues, se rapprochant du Jazz et des musiques improvisées ou faisant référence aux musiques latines comme celles de Cuba et du Mexique, les chansons de Tom Waits parlent de l'Amérique profonde.
"Downtown train" est extrait du disque "Rain Dogs" paru en 1985. Dans ce clip, on peut voir le boxeur Jack La Motta, l'ancien champion du monde des Poids Moyens.
when i first was listening to this about a year and a half ago i had become self concious thinking my arms were too skinny i saw the dude with the baby had kind of big arms now mine are as big as his lol
I'm completely unfamiliar with Tom Waits. His performance is played out with an unusual style. Is this typical of him?Also, the only reason i even veiwed this video is because i was veiwing the one from Patty Smyth from the 1980's, and a comment read that they preferred this one over Patty Smyth's video. Although i enjoyed the differences, myself, i prefer Patty Smyth's.
@mustangred...Haha! Wow, are you really being all rude at me like that? My initial discovery of Tom Waits led to my "genius" comment. I'm aware of where to go to find out more about something i didnt know about before. But hey, what are friends for? Thanks for your input, and the insults, as we all need humble reminders. By the way, Mustangs are my favorite car, seriously. High-five, from your favorite "Genius" by day, "Idiot" by night.....
There's one very good thing about Mr Stewart. He has excellent taste in music! He's given me enormous amounts clues on where to find the truly good music :)
"I stumbled onto this page by accident looking for Rods version." Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. You must have a serious estrogen imbalance. If you're not a housewife you have no excuse for looking for Rod Stewart videos on youtube. Man up and get your Tom on.
If you are a housewife you should make your husband a sandwich and stop trolling.
"Housewife" & "Man up". You must have a serious gender/sexual identity issue. If you're a fourteen year old boy, you'll probably realise in a few years that there are things more important than getting the most back-pats from the other guys and waving your penis around like a flag.
If you're not a fourteen-year old, get off the internet, stop trolling, go back to the little bible belt-town you came from and leave mr. Waits to the intelligent ones.
@hoveringsombrero818 Well, the Rule should be,if you are going to do Tom Waits covers, Dont Be Rod Stewart. Wait, adjust that rule, Just dont be Rod Stewart
Im not Rod Stewart fan, but thank goodness he covered this song and actually saved it. You people are smoking some serious shit if you think this guy is a good singer.
@housetrancformer So,clearly you must have been on something yourself if you just happened to find this particular song by this particular artist...heres a little tip:if you are not a fan of Tom Waits then don't listen to him! There are at least 190 people who think hes alright so you will certainly not be missed!
@housetrancformer Dear lord man, are you an idiot? I wouldn't believe otherwise... Is this an ambitious computer program, analyzing worth from cultural data? Otherwise: go back to your Rod and your Wham! or what have you, and just don't look back; you're grave will more easily be adorned, and the ceremony more easily digested by your entourage... but leave those that actually care for music the fuck alone, asswipe... Tom Waits is the greatest living composer and poet, bar none...
@MrHerdous yea ok learn how to speak english or at least type it correctly.. This guys sucks, I stumbled onto this page by accident looking for Rods version, you know the BETTER one, the one that has sold over 6 million copies and is still played on all major radio stations. This guy tomm watts sounds like he has throat polyps, and insulting me and calling me names is real manly and mature you little shit, I abused people like you in high school and I am glad that I did!
@housetrancformer Oh, wait, you couldn't find the version you were looking for on the vast internet and pined away and yelped like a wounded dog, you bitch, and complained about it, expecting some sort of pity?
Tom Waits can actually write the songs some other bastard has to sing for shitheads like you to understand - but that the shitheads bitch? that is beyond me... Really? You'd rather Rod Stewart? Were you bread in a microwave? And what the fuck is your problem with my english you fuck?
@housetrancformer Ooh, were you really amond the fuckers that "abused" people like me in high school you degenerate fuck? Ooh, nice... I've met some of your kind, and I've kicked the living piss out of them... you ready, you dick? I'm right here... just you give me your name, number and address and we take take of your hearing problem once and for all... how's that sound, you fucking pussy? Is good for you? I'll show you what a geek can do...
@MrHerdous yea ok you Canadian trash! Typical loud mouth tough guy over the computer, even more evidence you were one of those powerless little piss ons from high school. Im done with this endless , pointless, comments, the fact remains, wheter by record sales, or radio air time, RODS VERSION RULES!!!
His voice sounds like it has done nothing but smoke cigars, and drink bourbon. Then, takin outside, beatin up, ran over by a mack truck, and spit on. Love it to death...
Tom Waits actually wrote the song and Rod Stewart covered it which Waits was cool with he said that letting Stewart record it helped him buy a pool for his kids...what a guy..haha love him to pieces!!
At midnight, he starts singing softly, and by morning, he's dancing down the street with a fucking accordion. He must have had a serious grudge against his neighbor's sleep schedules.
@ThePsychoReturns Yeah I am pretty sure he does, as he sang in the song Rosie "sittin' on the window sill blowin' my horn, nobody's up but the moon and me."
i foundind it funny that some mook commented "who is this guy and why is he ripping off a great rod stewart song?" RECOGNIZE you fool before you open your mouth!
I didn't know who he was until I saw this video in '85. It grabbed me by the face, threw me to the ground and changed my whole taste in music. Thank you Mr. Waits.
This rod stewart covering him and making a song a hit with the pop radio is like when Eric Clapton covered Bob Marley and rock and roll fans thought I shot the sheriff was eric clapton's song, without having ever heard of Bob Marley.
@TwoCows23 Clapton's just more 'accessible' than Marley (ie, easy to digest if a little on the bland side) hence his immense popularity. Coincidentally, Marley is seen by many as a bit like the Clapton of Reggae. It's all in the perspective. Personally, I'd rather listen to Marley's music than Clapton's though some of his early stuff was solid.
His voice reflects too much smoking, too much drinking, and the endless pursuit of love. You actually have to listen with that in mind to appreciate it. Rod's version is bland as left over porridge, and has no soul. Which is why it was a big hit on commercial radio.
I think it sucks that RS can take Tom Waits' musical vision and turn it into a damn hit...meanwhile most people haven't even heard of Tom Waits these days.
You sad,perverted,little brainwashed fuck!! Thirty yearsago there wasnt a homo the right woman couldnt turn into a straight heterosexual since every human being is born ou tof a woman and wants to reproduce their origin. Now inmates of concentrationcamps like yourself have internalized the abject notion that every man is a hidden homosexual,of which you are the shining paragon.Its b/c you fear being a homo that you've already accepted this perverse notion. I DONT FEAR WHAT I NEVER CAN BE
I LOVE the ending where he's twirling and dancing in his weird way playing Bride of the Rain Dog. I wanted a video of just that so I could rewatch it a dozen times hahah. Before I've seen that, I thought Beck was the coolest weird dancer.
Tom Waits is like mental alcohol, when you first listen to him you can't bear the sound of his voice, but after a while you don't know how you were able to live without it.
p.s. Rod Stewert totally ruined this song for me for years, i didnt like his version i heard whilst growing up. it took me the distance of years to get past it and eventually love Tom Waits 'The original version'
@carrots001 For your information, this IS a Tom Waits original. Rod Stewart made a version of it that became more famous than the original, in the commercial world. You're asking who is this guy. I suggest you search more information about him. He is a Legend. It's not easy to understand his "thing", it took me some time, but once I did, I could never loose it.
@aerosir Yeah, I know. This is actually one of my all time favorite songs and videos. Sorry, my post was my weak attempt at humor. You were so civil in your reply that you went and made me feel bad.
Hold on; Tom Waits. Isn't he the guy who did all the covers of those Scarlett Johansson songs? : )
@oscarhocking You're lucky to find him! I was 19, going out with a much older man, drinking wine in his living room when he put Whistlin' Past The Graveyard on. Completely fell in love with the man, and Tom Waits. Perfect way to find Tom - smoking cigarettes and drinking red, hopelessly in love with this unsuitable guy. The guy left long ago, but I listen to Tom Waits almost every day. Hope you're still listening!
@oscarhocking You're lucky to find him! I was 19, going out with a much older man, drinking wine in his living room, when he put Whistlin' Past The Graveyard. The perfect way to find Tom - smoking cigarettes and drinking red, hopelessly in love with the most unsuitable guy. The guy's long gone but, a decade later, I still listen to Tom most days. Landscape of my dreams :-)
@oscarhocking You're lucky to find him! I was 19, going out with a much older man, drinking wine in his living room, when he put Whistlin' Past The Graveyard. The perfect way to find Tom - smoking cigarettes and drinking red, hopelessly in love with the most unsuitable guy. The guy's long gone but, a decade later, I still listen to Tom most days. Landscape of my dreams :-)
@oscarhocking You're lucky to find him! I was 19, going out with a much older man, drinking wine in his living room, when he put Whistlin' Past The Graveyard. The perfect way to find Tom - smoking cigarettes and drinking red, hopelessly in love with the most unsuitable guy. The guy's long gone but, a decade later, I still listen to Tom most days. Landscape of my dreams :-)
I don't get it, if you don't like it, why watch it? I don't watch the Jonas Brothers, but i do like Tom Waits, so I watch him, and am rewarded. Seen the dude many times on stage, and he is just greatt
Hahaha! Thats Jake Lamotta at the beginning!!
KaspiantheGreat 2 months ago
full moon wonderful spoon and no sip, full moon and no sip. great post!
hantagaxi 2 months ago
Tom's song that proves he could be a great pop songwriter if he tried. He much prefers writing tunes that no one else is capable of approaching, thankfully.
journeythruthepast 3 months ago
Tom Waits is one of, if not THE greatest singer of all time. His voice is unique, his pitch is impeccable and his range is broad.2nd to none
MrDaemonB 4 months ago
@MrDaemonB Singers?! shut up.. He knew he never was one so stop yur parade
majorisore 3 months ago
@majorisore Tom Waits is the only white singer that has any soul to project through his music.(other than opera singers?) I don't follow pop music, never have...my background is 20's 30's Blues, as well as other honest folk styles. Also modern electric blues from the 50's-70's....I've really tried to get with the music since but Waits is about the only standout.....If he said that? If asked, who would answer differently,besides he is a humble man by nature.
MrDaemonB 3 months ago
@MrDaemonB How can you possibly come to your conclusion after admiting you limit yourself too Blues within a VERY specific time & in DIFFERENT decades? Were u deaf between 30's-50's? (dont answer: joke) You 'tried' to get with music but nothing stood out. Thats very, very arrogant mate. Try harder. Tom Waits is unique and everyone loves him for that brutal humble throat. Comparing him to the years of training required to be opera singer is rediculous. Star Struck?
majorisore 3 months ago
Stas bolacho? Que hombre loco!
TheAlinaLopez 4 months ago
Stas bolacho?
TheAlinaLopez 4 months ago
Rod Stewart's version was an abomination. Think of Def Leppard covering The Beatles or Led Zeppelin. Anyone who prefers (or even likes) the cover version is probably legally deaf.
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Rod Stewart took this excellent song by the scruff of its neck and took it to another level. Waits original is so miserable, limp and pathetic by comparrison. Thank god for Rod to breath much needed life into it. Ask anybody who sung this song and the answer is always Rod Stewart, no one but musical nerds have heard of the original.
JeffersA1 6 months ago
@JeffersA1 you sir are an idiot
unclebreezybum 6 months ago 13
Its true that Rod Stewart did an excellent version of this song. It was the only time after the Blondes Have More Fun album that he did anything worthwhile. He had a wonderful band at that time and they were inspired. He was paying them pennies though and when they refused the miserable terms he offered for the world tour that followed this smash album, he sacked them all and brought in some guys from Wallmart or someplace. They sucked. He lost the moment and never recovered. Toms version rules
Boviss1 6 months ago 3
@JeffersA1 You ass.
DevinAndy 3 months ago
@JeffersA1 I don't think anyone has ever said 'Thank God for Rod Stewart.'
jltc008 1 month ago
Rod Stewart took this excellent song by the scruff of its neck and took it to another level. Waits original is so miserable, limp and pathetic by comparrison. Thank god for Rod to breath much needed life into it. Ask anybody who sung this song and the answer is always Rod Stewart, no one but musical nerds have heard of the original because it is crap by comparrison.
JeffersA1 6 months ago
@JeffersA1 I didn't want to get into this but that's just not true. Rod Stewart's version is over produced yet bland, has no heart. Tom Wait's voice is something of a paradox. He's vocally more limited than Rod Stewart but his voice seems carry the weight of each word. Rod Stewart is singing to an audience, Tom Wait is singing to the girl he watches at the window and to every alienated soul in a language it understands. This whole song resonates with longing, Rod's is like a chat up line...
kingsindiandefence 4 months ago 2
@kingsindiandefence Well said, couldnt have put it better myself.
TheCopperchopper 1 month ago
Respond to this video I really don't want to be too critical of Rod Stewart. It's weird, I love Springsteen's version of Jersey Girl. I want to scoff at Tom Waits singing when comparing the two versions of that song but can't because what he puts over is a beautiful love song sung with total honesty. That he even dares to sing his own songs, with sincerity, winning through his vocal limitations just adds to the great lyrics he puts down.
kingsindiandefence 4 months ago
This sucks really bad. Thank god for Rod Stewart's cover version. Tom needs to get on his downtown train and leave the music to Rod.
JeffersA1 6 months ago
IS THIS A MOVIE? WHAT DOES IT NAME?
Tedminat0r 6 months ago
@Tedminat0r no, not a movie, just his epic video...
mrmmarc 6 months ago
@mrmmarc aww. >: u just ruined my day >:
Tedminat0r 6 months ago
Rod blows.........after Maggie May he sold out and did noting but CRAP........Waits has forgot more about music than Rod ever knew
31531552 7 months ago
kako je ovo dobro jebo mu sve!
Jugglerclown 7 months ago
this blows rod stewerts boring 80"s pop version way out of the water!!! tom is just amazing....
chrisrkelly61 7 months ago
Waits is a musician's musician, and being one myself, I know from where I speak. Great version of this song. I would comment on this Rod Stewart guy, but I'm not sure who he is. Wasn't he he like a leach from back in the 70's that hung around with Jeff Beck and that crowd? The name sounds familiar, but if he didn't have any talent, I wouldn't know who he is, sorry :-)
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theBigNoseAttack 8 months ago
this guy is freakin genius!
mountainat85 8 months ago
Another Stout and a pack of lucky strike... Tom Waits is the coolest singer, songwriter...
don't compare apples to eggs listen and appreciate the lyrics the talent and the greatest voice and his use of anything the makes a noise...
This Man optimists NEW YORK to me
MrXaqter 8 months ago
Wow, this sucks. But i know, If i'll listen to this song about 5 times, I will love it forever :D
SweetGunKiss 8 months ago
He's so great! such guts he'll sing anything and I always like his version the best.
mountainat85 9 months ago
Waits wrote it. And I won't comment on Rod Stewart.....oops, I guess I just did! (Think Louie Armstrong.)
ezraloomis 9 months ago
Waits wrote it.
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Tom Waits finally was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's about f**kin time. I'm not saying Tom is the best Rocker ever but there is no one else like him. He is one of a kind and we are richer for having him. Keep Rockin Tom, Show them how it's done...
deewkay1 9 months ago
Unico e solo Tom Waits....
Anilorac60 10 months ago
intrigante......
TheNellamaria 10 months ago
Was this directed by Jim Jarmusch?
lennybrucelee 10 months ago
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it does look a lot like "down by the law"
ColdHeartLegacy 10 months ago
fucking awsome. Noah and the wale say tom is a big infleubc,e to be honest i hear nothing in the music and doesn't do anything for me at all. Tom on the other hands hits your like brick in a face, awsome
Pauluk33 10 months ago
Tom is great.. what a great voice and a great song writer.
dmcresco 10 months ago
Congratulations on being inducted into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of fame, Tom. This video is one of the best ever made, for all time. You are a genius.
If I only could bring 10 cds to an island, Mule Variations would be one of the first ones I would pack!
DawnP1000 10 months ago
Congratulation to Tom Waits' Rockn' Roll Hall of Fame induction!
carrywet 10 months ago
@LetJimiT8keOver Then you miss the point entirely. You can absolutely hear the people Tom sings about in his voice. He sings about the seedier characters, and it's exactly the kind of voice that those characters need. And something like, say, "Tom Traubert's Blues" is genius, because the beauty of the music-especially the strings, which I would put on par with Sinatra's "It Was A Very Good Year" or anything Bernstein wrote-is contrasted brilliantly by Tom's voice.
SwingRiots 10 months ago
why can no one watch anything on youtube without talking about how their taste is so much better than everyone else's.
avaseoficicles 10 months ago
Aaah Mr Tom! You make being awake, pissed, at 4am thinking about all the mistakes you've ever made enjoyable.
thenevereverboy 10 months ago
I love tom waits but I do much prefer his rain dogs stuff. This song sounds like it could be by anyone (apart from the voice), I prefer the more signature pinky plonky twangy stuff,
ToliveAnimations 10 months ago
@ToliveAnimations by that I pretty much mean like the stuff you hear at the end of the video
ToliveAnimations 10 months ago
@ToliveAnimations Downtown Train is from Rain Dogs.
MsCaseyBoo 10 months ago
@MsCaseyBoo you're right, sorry I meant Bloody Money.
ToliveAnimations 10 months ago
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@ToliveAnimations Downtown Train is from the Rain Dogs album.
MsCaseyBoo 10 months ago
lmao @ rod stewart fans talking about music.
Uzzie101 10 months ago 2
@LetJimiT8keOver He has a 5 octave voice. He sings throaty because he wants to sound like his old heros. I'm not saying he has a nice voice, or that you have to like him - but he is hitting notes.
Uzzie101 10 months ago
From 4.33 onwards is the shit! Tom in his glory! Gotta love it!
munkiman23 10 months ago
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SiXELApurple 11 months ago
ROD STEWART VS TOM WAITS? PLEASE RS IS A NARCISSISTIC DILETTANTE,
derblaue52 11 months ago
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just listened to tom waits for the first time,,,,what a load of crap give me rod stewart every time...
spekeman99 11 months ago
@spekeman99 Ha ha ha ha. yeah, ha ha ha ha ha ha...oh wait, are you serious?
dangerics 11 months ago
I tend to agree more with mtut's take on this whole "cover by Rod" situation. Tom Waits is, and I don't think I'd get much argument from ANYONE, no matter their musical predilections, an absolute genius wordsmith and songwriter in general, and Mr. Stewart was paying him some overdue homage by delivering his passionate, heartfelt rendition that was much more suitable, in the eyes of the music bigwigs whose opinion really count, for consumption by the unwashed masses. Rod gifted Tom with MONEY!
dansteely77 1 year ago 11
@dansteely77 I agree with your comment. And that is exactly what's wrong with the entertainment industry. Art is mass produced for the plebs. Art has become industrialized and sanitized for the uneducated, easily offended.
dangerics 11 months ago
this is 1000 , times better than rod stewart,s version
jma830 1 year ago
Real Waits fans would show some respect for a cover version that brought Waits' brilliant writing to new audiences, Rod Stewart or anybody. See what Tom sees here. People are basically trapped by their identity in the world. Metaphor brings a tenuous hope for transformation. The lyrics! It shouldn't matter who sings them; just that people hear. Maybe people who are, superficially, not like yourselves, but who actually have some of the same feelings. Or is that what scares you?
mtut 1 year ago
This song is a masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!!! Absolutely wonderful! The Rod version is pathetic in comparison!
bogaten36 1 year ago
this has to be the best video ever, i always come back to it every few months!! i love how he dodges the water with sheer elegance!! i really hope he does another tour, ireland needs you tom!
gmckee587 1 year ago
i love this song
odholm 1 year ago
I wish a man would sing like that to me
maddymful 1 year ago
Probably the only video you'll ever see with a woman shaving her pits.
bamapagedesign 1 year ago 3
Iv'e been a fan for years, first song i heard by him was heart of saturday night and it blew me away. he's written so many classics, i believe he's more prolific than dylan (and i love dylan) and that voice jeeze its like he's dragging it up from his soul. The mans just pure genius.
malt51 1 year ago
Tom Waits rules!!!! Must definitely check out his gigs in Asia!!!
lonelily24 1 year ago
Tom Waits, une voix et quelle voix !
D'une musique toujours ancrée dans le Blues, se rapprochant du Jazz et des musiques improvisées ou faisant référence aux musiques latines comme celles de Cuba et du Mexique, les chansons de Tom Waits parlent de l'Amérique profonde.
"Downtown train" est extrait du disque "Rain Dogs" paru en 1985. Dans ce clip, on peut voir le boxeur Jack La Motta, l'ancien champion du monde des Poids Moyens.
I'm shining like a new dime!
Thanks a lot!
Inijjel 1 year ago
when i first was listening to this about a year and a half ago i had become self concious thinking my arms were too skinny i saw the dude with the baby had kind of big arms now mine are as big as his lol
groalerable 1 year ago
vocal chords soaked in bourbon!
Darned difficult song to sing...and to do it so brilliantly, gotta take at least your hat off, no?
VJpoet 1 year ago
combination of Dylan & Springsteen...throw in some pirate/hobo....been listening to him for years...never gets old...
TheBham54 1 year ago
brilliant 'tom'
stjulienlepauvre 1 year ago
I wish Tom was my father...
HanginWithSnakes 1 year ago 3
Favo!
MisterGasMan 1 year ago
Este tío es un puto genio.Tom Waits,no hace música, Él es pura música.
Gracias Tom Waits por hacerme sentir así.
altxemy 1 year ago
I'm completely unfamiliar with Tom Waits. His performance is played out with an unusual style. Is this typical of him?Also, the only reason i even veiwed this video is because i was veiwing the one from Patty Smyth from the 1980's, and a comment read that they preferred this one over Patty Smyth's video. Although i enjoyed the differences, myself, i prefer Patty Smyth's.
airfeild 1 year ago
In my opinion, Tom Waits is the most original performer around today.
ThePsychoReturns 1 year ago
@airfeild Saying he had an 'unusual style' is an understatement. Hes an aquired taste, but one worth getting.
stayjit1 1 year ago
@airfeild Hey, here's a suggestion, genius: try typing his name into Google, Wikipedia, even, gasp, You Tube. Idiot.
mustangred 1 year ago
@mustangred...Haha! Wow, are you really being all rude at me like that? My initial discovery of Tom Waits led to my "genius" comment. I'm aware of where to go to find out more about something i didnt know about before. But hey, what are friends for? Thanks for your input, and the insults, as we all need humble reminders. By the way, Mustangs are my favorite car, seriously. High-five, from your favorite "Genius" by day, "Idiot" by night.....
airfeild 1 year ago
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Rod has so much more charisma and at least he can hit notes. This guy is butchering this song....what is the matter with you people
momcnrock 1 year ago
@momcnrock He-he... Good one!
P0G0NA 1 year ago
@momcnrock He-he... Good one!
There's one very good thing about Mr Stewart. He has excellent taste in music! He's given me enormous amounts clues on where to find the truly good music :)
(The old RS was very good btw :) )
P0G0NA 1 year ago
@momcnrock This guy wrote the song, and he sings it like a god.....you must be a housewife
dgfutg 1 year ago
@momcnrock you got it backwards, bro
LazerNun 1 year ago
@momcnrock You really deserve to die.
Deathsiren 1 year ago
WOW
syxtynyne 1 year ago
"I stumbled onto this page by accident looking for Rods version." Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. You must have a serious estrogen imbalance. If you're not a housewife you have no excuse for looking for Rod Stewart videos on youtube. Man up and get your Tom on.
If you are a housewife you should make your husband a sandwich and stop trolling.
hoveringsombrero818 1 year ago 33
@hoveringsombrero818 Make your husband a sandwich? Are you one of those guys, that can't get off his lazy ass and do it yourself?
Deathsiren 1 year ago
@hoveringsombrero818 Rod stewarts older stuff is amazing. Every picture tells a story is a classic. So is this album
ShineOnCrazyDiamond1 1 year ago
@ShineOnCrazyDiamond1 First of all THIS ISN'T ROD STEWART! And second, This ISN'T his older stuf! This is WAITS himself and His older stuff!
RemyJuju2 1 year ago
@RemyJuju2 Whaaa, I know that. i was replying to the guy who said rod stewart was only for housewives.
ShineOnCrazyDiamond1 1 year ago
@ShineOnCrazyDiamond1 I see that now, sorry, this Youtube comment area SUCKS!
RemyJuju2 1 year ago
@RemyJuju2 Thats ok Lol :3
ShineOnCrazyDiamond1 1 year ago
@hoveringsombrero818 stop picking apart others musical choices, e-warrior. Does it really matter?
L07EK 1 year ago
@hoveringsombrero818
"Housewife" & "Man up". You must have a serious gender/sexual identity issue. If you're a fourteen year old boy, you'll probably realise in a few years that there are things more important than getting the most back-pats from the other guys and waving your penis around like a flag.
If you're not a fourteen-year old, get off the internet, stop trolling, go back to the little bible belt-town you came from and leave mr. Waits to the intelligent ones.
AApathy 1 year ago 2
@hoveringsombrero818 great. i just wanted to listen to some tom waits, i'm glad i get to read your sexist comments while doing so.
avaseoficicles 10 months ago 3
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@hoveringsombrero818 @hoveringsombrero818 great. i just wanted to listen to some tom waits, i'm glad i get to read your sexist comments while doing so.
avaseoficicles 10 months ago
@hoveringsombrero818 not true, maggie may's a damn good song and not in the least bit housewifey.
its almost too good to be rod stewart
lladsbid 10 months ago
@hoveringsombrero818 Well, the Rule should be,if you are going to do Tom Waits covers, Dont Be Rod Stewart. Wait, adjust that rule, Just dont be Rod Stewart
guyphawkes 8 months ago 2
@guyphawkes Well very few people have made that mistake. Just one, in fact.
BaileysMariner 8 months ago
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heylittlehouse 7 months ago
@hoveringsombrero818 The fact that so many people liked your idiotically sexist comment is extremely discouraging.
Anyway, great song/video.
heylittlehouse 7 months ago 2
@hoveringsombrero818 Fuckoff. Was looking for Waits. Not sexist comments.
Tedminat0r 6 months ago
Im not Rod Stewart fan, but thank goodness he covered this song and actually saved it. You people are smoking some serious shit if you think this guy is a good singer.
housetrancformer 1 year ago
@housetrancformer So,clearly you must have been on something yourself if you just happened to find this particular song by this particular artist...heres a little tip:if you are not a fan of Tom Waits then don't listen to him! There are at least 190 people who think hes alright so you will certainly not be missed!
Ashley4339 1 year ago
@housetrancformer Yer an even bigger fool , if ye think ´Roddie da Twat´is a better singer dan Waits ...
Hemulen40 1 year ago
@housetrancformer Dear lord man, are you an idiot? I wouldn't believe otherwise... Is this an ambitious computer program, analyzing worth from cultural data? Otherwise: go back to your Rod and your Wham! or what have you, and just don't look back; you're grave will more easily be adorned, and the ceremony more easily digested by your entourage... but leave those that actually care for music the fuck alone, asswipe... Tom Waits is the greatest living composer and poet, bar none...
MrHerdous 1 year ago 2
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@MrHerdous yea ok learn how to speak english or at least type it correctly.. This guys sucks, I stumbled onto this page by accident looking for Rods version, you know the BETTER one, the one that has sold over 6 million copies and is still played on all major radio stations. This guy tomm watts sounds like he has throat polyps, and insulting me and calling me names is real manly and mature you little shit, I abused people like you in high school and I am glad that I did!
housetrancformer 1 year ago
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@housetrancformer Oh, wait, you couldn't find the version you were looking for on the vast internet and pined away and yelped like a wounded dog, you bitch, and complained about it, expecting some sort of pity?
Tom Waits can actually write the songs some other bastard has to sing for shitheads like you to understand - but that the shitheads bitch? that is beyond me... Really? You'd rather Rod Stewart? Were you bread in a microwave? And what the fuck is your problem with my english you fuck?
MrHerdous 1 year ago
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@housetrancformer Ooh, were you really amond the fuckers that "abused" people like me in high school you degenerate fuck? Ooh, nice... I've met some of your kind, and I've kicked the living piss out of them... you ready, you dick? I'm right here... just you give me your name, number and address and we take take of your hearing problem once and for all... how's that sound, you fucking pussy? Is good for you? I'll show you what a geek can do...
MrHerdous 1 year ago
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@MrHerdous yea ok you Canadian trash! Typical loud mouth tough guy over the computer, even more evidence you were one of those powerless little piss ons from high school. Im done with this endless , pointless, comments, the fact remains, wheter by record sales, or radio air time, RODS VERSION RULES!!!
housetrancformer 1 year ago
@housetrancformer no one's saying he's a technically a good singer, but it has a certain charm. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder after all.
lladsbid 1 year ago
@housetrancformer
It's not about the singing, it's about the performance, the soul.
Otherwise put Susan Boyle on it. Bet you would like it XD
MisterGasMan 1 year ago
Tom Waits is a god, simple as.
BluDevil93 1 year ago
His voice sounds like it has done nothing but smoke cigars, and drink bourbon. Then, takin outside, beatin up, ran over by a mack truck, and spit on. Love it to death...
mjschemicalromance 1 year ago
This song is so real...I can relate this to cities like Philly or Austin.
HanginWithSnakes 1 year ago
Lycanthropes don't actually turn into "werewolves" on full moons. They turn into Tom Waits.
gentrelane 1 year ago 7
@gentrelane
Which is alot more scary, since you can't threaten to ruin his voice, he's already done it himself, lol. Patton Oswalt loves to do impressions of him
Kingofcorrect 1 year ago
Tom Waits actually wrote the song and Rod Stewart covered it which Waits was cool with he said that letting Stewart record it helped him buy a pool for his kids...what a guy..haha love him to pieces!!
Ashley4339 1 year ago
@Ashley4339
huwahahahahahaha
aiwala 1 year ago
At midnight, he starts singing softly, and by morning, he's dancing down the street with a fucking accordion. He must have had a serious grudge against his neighbor's sleep schedules.
ThePsychoReturns 1 year ago 10
@ThePsychoReturns Yeah I am pretty sure he does, as he sang in the song Rosie "sittin' on the window sill blowin' my horn, nobody's up but the moon and me."
ringringbananarchy 1 year ago
Good thing he also sings a lot of lullabies.
ThePsychoReturns 1 year ago
Thanks, love this gorgeous song.
crackfarm76 1 year ago
great song great video
thelostirishmanmik 1 year ago
Great song...and...this video is beyond sexy. Just sayin'. *Dies*
ritzraff 1 year ago
Tom Waits is the definition of cool! ;)
TheGigsixstringAge 1 year ago 33
@TheGigsixstringAge his voice is so weird, i love it.
ShineOnCrazyDiamond1 1 year ago
Great voice!
Ayshwaria07 1 year ago
i foundind it funny that some mook commented "who is this guy and why is he ripping off a great rod stewart song?" RECOGNIZE you fool before you open your mouth!
OutlawCowboy908 1 year ago 6
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@OutlawCowboy908 Waits wrote it first but Rod's version is better
Sorry...not a fan of that voice. Wow...so discordant
ixcuincle 1 year ago
Could be the Marlon Brando of the pop music world.
oilcraze 1 year ago
I didn't know who he was until I saw this video in '85. It grabbed me by the face, threw me to the ground and changed my whole taste in music. Thank you Mr. Waits.
slugg63 1 year ago 2
This rod stewart covering him and making a song a hit with the pop radio is like when Eric Clapton covered Bob Marley and rock and roll fans thought I shot the sheriff was eric clapton's song, without having ever heard of Bob Marley.
Heshsk8138 1 year ago 2
@Heshsk8138 The difference there being that Eric Clapton is better than Bob Marley.
TwoCows23 1 year ago
@TwoCows23 Clapton's just more 'accessible' than Marley (ie, easy to digest if a little on the bland side) hence his immense popularity. Coincidentally, Marley is seen by many as a bit like the Clapton of Reggae. It's all in the perspective. Personally, I'd rather listen to Marley's music than Clapton's though some of his early stuff was solid.
weirdunclebob 1 year ago
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bad voice, i still prefer rod's version
plezou 1 year ago
@plezou
His voice reflects too much smoking, too much drinking, and the endless pursuit of love. You actually have to listen with that in mind to appreciate it. Rod's version is bland as left over porridge, and has no soul. Which is why it was a big hit on commercial radio.
derf85 1 year ago 7
"he's a driving me crazy"
robertpintozzi 1 year ago
it's a full moon!!!!
robertpintozzi 1 year ago
unmatchable
mutewhistler 1 year ago
truly, the greatest music video ever made
alexdsmith 1 year ago
I think it sucks that RS can take Tom Waits' musical vision and turn it into a damn hit...meanwhile most people haven't even heard of Tom Waits these days.
blackesteyes13 1 year ago
molt bon temilla i el on the nickel tambe es una bona canço catalonia is not spain
menjamelaSpain 1 year ago
I love this song and this video!!!
verajirak 1 year ago
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yamejanakaratoprak 1 year ago
amazing
mutewhistler 1 year ago
I LOVE the ending where he's twirling and dancing in his weird way playing Bride of the Rain Dog. I wanted a video of just that so I could rewatch it a dozen times hahah. Before I've seen that, I thought Beck was the coolest weird dancer.
visceralegend 1 year ago
Tom Waits is like mental alcohol, when you first listen to him you can't bear the sound of his voice, but after a while you don't know how you were able to live without it.
sindrimarsteingrims 1 year ago
Did this guy start smoking when he was 5?
dynelol 1 year ago
Everything But the Girl did a cover of this song,hope someone uploads it.
Iteration5 1 year ago
p.s. Rod Stewert totally ruined this song for me for years, i didnt like his version i heard whilst growing up. it took me the distance of years to get past it and eventually love Tom Waits 'The original version'
MavisHyacinth 1 year ago
I love this music clip, it has to be one of the most stylish and beautiful and cinematic of all time.
love the song too.
MavisHyacinth 1 year ago
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Who is this guy and why is he ripping off a great Rod Stewart classic?
carrots001 1 year ago
@carrots001 For your information, this IS a Tom Waits original. Rod Stewart made a version of it that became more famous than the original, in the commercial world. You're asking who is this guy. I suggest you search more information about him. He is a Legend. It's not easy to understand his "thing", it took me some time, but once I did, I could never loose it.
aerosir 1 year ago
@aerosir Yeah, I know. This is actually one of my all time favorite songs and videos. Sorry, my post was my weak attempt at humor. You were so civil in your reply that you went and made me feel bad.
Hold on; Tom Waits. Isn't he the guy who did all the covers of those Scarlett Johansson songs? : )
carrots001 1 year ago
I want to be like him. I am 34 now, I think i could get away with it :)
poollad27 1 year ago
Esta música é apenas para alguns.....
MrRvachelli 1 year ago
I love this guy, he sounds like a charachtar from sesame street or something!
molesticles 1 year ago
great song, great artist, great music
dcprimus 1 year ago
Great Tom Waits tune. Jake LaMotta - The Raging Bull - makes a cameo in the beginning.
pmag3114 1 year ago
id go gay for him
ChrisAlmighty14 1 year ago 3
This is still one of my favorites of Mr. Waits. ^.^
antwilliams86 1 year ago
Tom Waits is GOD.
surfer88l 1 year ago 6
cant believe i haven't listened to this guy before. he bloody amazing!
oscarhocking 1 year ago 25
@oscarhocking You're lucky to find him! I was 19, going out with a much older man, drinking wine in his living room when he put Whistlin' Past The Graveyard on. Completely fell in love with the man, and Tom Waits. Perfect way to find Tom - smoking cigarettes and drinking red, hopelessly in love with this unsuitable guy. The guy left long ago, but I listen to Tom Waits almost every day. Hope you're still listening!
MissGarterGirl 1 year ago 4
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@oscarhocking You're lucky to find him! I was 19, going out with a much older man, drinking wine in his living room, when he put Whistlin' Past The Graveyard. The perfect way to find Tom - smoking cigarettes and drinking red, hopelessly in love with the most unsuitable guy. The guy's long gone but, a decade later, I still listen to Tom most days. Landscape of my dreams :-)
MissGarterGirl 1 year ago
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@oscarhocking You're lucky to find him! I was 19, going out with a much older man, drinking wine in his living room, when he put Whistlin' Past The Graveyard. The perfect way to find Tom - smoking cigarettes and drinking red, hopelessly in love with the most unsuitable guy. The guy's long gone but, a decade later, I still listen to Tom most days. Landscape of my dreams :-)
MissGarterGirl 1 year ago
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@oscarhocking You're lucky to find him! I was 19, going out with a much older man, drinking wine in his living room, when he put Whistlin' Past The Graveyard. The perfect way to find Tom - smoking cigarettes and drinking red, hopelessly in love with the most unsuitable guy. The guy's long gone but, a decade later, I still listen to Tom most days. Landscape of my dreams :-)
MissGarterGirl 1 year ago
I don't get it, if you don't like it, why watch it? I don't watch the Jonas Brothers, but i do like Tom Waits, so I watch him, and am rewarded. Seen the dude many times on stage, and he is just greatt
fubar50cat 1 year ago 4
the fuckin voice is
sonnysburning5133 1 year ago