Tom Waits Soldier's Things

[MegaJoe97]

JARHEAD best song from the Movie, hit the thumbs up if you think so too.

[MeLoveMusicification]

every time this song ends, i hit the replay button to listen to true music

[fuzzmane]

we are still... in the desert

[RaghavnairMr]

@fuzzmane hooahhhh feel like crying

[Slitty12]

What genre would you place this song into?

[gogo52ish]

@Slitty12 the genre of heartbreak

[iNtErNeTLAMA12]

Am I the only one who thought he was a African American Jazz singer

then i saw the picture and realised hes white

[urbanruler]

i like the deep heavy sound of this guy never heard him before .. i like it

[samneibiew]

A story: A man fires a rifle for many years; And he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory; And he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands, love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper; His hands still remember the rifle. (Jarhead,2005)

[Theshomchez]

@samneibiew aye, reminds me of a song by DDT (a russian rock band), in which there was this boy who used to shoot birds with his slingshot while people would always tell him that it's not a very good thing to do, and then, once he'd grow up, he went to the army and got sent into a war zone where he killed an weaponless person, so then, once he came back home, he became a drunkard because he would blame himself for killing that guy, the song is actually called "Don't shoot!" (translated ofcourse)

[XXXxxDarkMa08xxXXX]

A story, a man goes to war and shoot a rifle.... : (

[TheIBogdan]

this song makes my Cry <3

[tomwaitscovers]

Beautiful Song!

[RaghavnairMr]

hooahhh...from india

[xatzidakis]

That's mindblowing.....amazing music!

[DirkjeA]

This is a great song, always strikes me right into my heart. There is a nice version of a fanmade video by this song on You Tube, worthy to check out, realy touching and a touching story on the site.

[Obergfreighter]

I don't like seeing all that on tables with little price tags.. You know someone didn't come back. You kinda learn about them from their things.. Just tears me up...

[Obergfreighter]

Fuck... I've been to that garage sale.. It's pretty god damn sad..

[IAMME000]

One guy has never lost someone he cares about to war

[1400jacob]

semper fidelis......

[chloesaysGO]

makes me think of Oren Lavie, maybe a little more soulful, if you like this you should definitely check out Oren!

[duronski]

one douche bag dislikes this song.

[fullyAsianeric]

Reminds me of "Gran Torino" by Jamie Cullum :P

[xatzidakis]

@fullyAsianeric It has a similar atmosphere really!:)

[OldMusicDream]

this song gives me goosebumps everytime i listen to... Amazing voice for a really sad song... Thanks for sharing.

[rumneyjoe]

if tom waits lived in girdwood alaska, his name would be kirk chauncey

[efskde]

nebiçim şarkı lan bu

[whoastupid]

great song. i love tom waitts anyways tho. The movie Jarhead brought me here. F****** great Song!!!!

[jtcommon]

Tom doesn't write songs... he makes films.

~John

[kerrermanis]

I find the best line: This jack knife is rusted. Somehow that lets me think of a man who used it for many years, and now that his owner is gone the jack knife is no longer used but is rusting away.. Almost that he is nothing without his owner or something, cant really explain it

[Grindpop]

theres no such thing as the devil, that's just god when he drinks

[MrBenjaminboy]

@Grindpop were you drinking when you typed that comment?

[Grindpop]

@MrBenjaminboy It's just another great line from the vaults of Tom Waits' mind. And yes, I was drinking

[MrBenjaminboy]

@Grindpop 

[MrBenjaminboy]

@Grindpop :P

[airsoftbro123]

Good song to listen to while drunk and depressed :(

[desertsway]

the saddest song imaginable..... a soldier didn't make it home from the war, his family selling off his possessions :(

[RenoRaider]

@desertsway yep cuz they need the money. only poor people die in wars for the rich fat cats. kill all the fat cats.

[chrismcfarlane]

@RenoRaider

I disagree. Not only have multiple US Presidents served in wars, but there were also many rich men who joined the army in World War 1 and gave up their whole livelihood to defend freedom. Many died. You don't give credit to the sacrifices people make to defend their country and freedom.

[DirkjeA]

@desertsway Yes, one of the saddest songs I have ever heard.

[SSPanzerAbteilung]

@desertsway Read the William Faulkner novel "Soldier's Pay." It has the same effect.

[MrBenjaminboy]

@desertsway what are possessions?

[incasilver]

@desertsway I think it may be his comrades selling off his things, during my service if someone died their less personal items were 'auctioned' off to the other members of the unit (usually bought several times over and returned to the pot to be sold again by winners) to raise money for widow and kids, the more personal items obviously were returned to the family

[Talhazad]

@desertsway nope its much sadder. he did make it home but after war nobody needs him or gives a rats ass bout him. so there he is, old and not needed for all hes done. selling stuff.

[erico888]

@Talhazad JMO, but it sounds like a widow selling her husband's things ...and no one will know what kind of man he was......all that's left are memories of him...and she's the only one that knows or cares..

[Talhazad]

@erico888 yeah it could be so too. basically i think this song is to all of them. a tribute you know

[urbanruler]

@desertsway thanks for add the description

[AngelScram]

awesome.

[IGCOutBreak]

This is song is extrememly good, it pretty much says soldiers do these things for medals.

[Shtove]

Is he singing about his father - "This one is for me"?

Great song, amazing album.

[Tr3v3336]

@Shtove

either that or his son. Its basically about a soldier that didnt come home and his family is selling his possessions.

[jaelh75]

@Tr3v3336 "This one is for me".. or maybe this is what he gonna buy. .

The min. he says " and this one is for bravery" a deep sorrow starts.stuffs arn't just things in a garage sale or a thrift store anymore..they become parts of another human.

just like the framed photos of a deceased person in an estate sale,sometimes you wish you can touch these photos..hold'em and weep(without looking insane).and maybe you go home and cry a person you never met in ur life.

[TheReegar]

@jaelh75 you so right

[TheReegar]

@jaelh75 everythings a dollar in this box!!!(how sad is that???)

[jaelh75]

@TheReegar enough sadness to haunt a person for a lifetime.I used to shop estate sales before coz I love 60's danish modern and couldnt afford dealers' prices at that time.nothing could outweigh the ache I come home with everytime.And at the end..everything is a dollar. that is why we I adore Tom ...he's god when it comes to capturing these sentiments .And the deep rusty voice of course..:) 

[TheReegar]

@jaelh75 ive said before noone can capture so much in a single sentence as the waits. eg" a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace and a wound that will never heal" or "i lived on nothing but dreams and trainsmoke" even "it takes a whole lotta whisky to make these nightmares go away" they are so simple yet so evocative total genius.!

[sture8808]

@jaelh75

Sorry for going off on a tangent but what's the availability of that kind of furniture like in the US? It's just that now and again I hear people in North America talking about decorating in that style and I would think it would be a struggle finding stuff over there?

[yousaiditzero]

Does anybody see the resemblance to Nick Drake here?

[swanbrown]

@yousaiditzero You know, I was actually thinking it reminded me of some Sting songs. You know, the way they tell a story. Makes me wonder if Sting is a fan who took some cues from Mr. Waits.

[Patrick200717]

Jarhead!

[sm0key0range]

great song.

[RenoRaider]

Another tearjerker from the best in the business.

[kerrermanis]

Wow, thanks a lot for uploading this! Its an amazing song