Tom Waits - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

[TheBham54]

oh my God....never heard this version before...and I'm a BIG Tom Waits fan...agree with muzicsalesman...as good as JB's original....

[SIPSPIER101]

A rare Tom Waits version of the 1965 James Brown soul classic “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag.” . live in 1987 at Massey Hall in Toronto Canada during the “Frank‘s Wild Years” tour. On stage that night are Tom Waits on vocals, piano, bullhorn, Marc Ribot: guitars, banjos, trumpet, Willy Schwarz ( ‘the squeeze) ’Ralph Carney: saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, marimba, violin, baritone horn, harmonica, Greg Cohen: upright/ electric bass, box electric and Michael Blair on drums & percussion.

[webdrummer]

Damn..... so good!

[morrisman64]

great job

[ApocalypticWarhammer]

Outstanding.

[billyherklots]

DAYUMMMMMMMMMMMM

[stiggyh]

the singing rust bucket ;)

[JoshHunter1999]

It ridiculous how well this song fits him

[primusman34]

Tom Waits is the Chuck Norris of music

[dggd]

Work it Tom Waits!

[alberts1985]

yes sir this is great

[bundasichi]

hom·age/ˈ(h)ämij/

Noun:

Special honor or respect shown publicly.

[096giovadale]

@bouroumchouroum original version is ALWAYS better :)

[096giovadale]

JB's version's better!!!!! Ok shoot me now

[sclogse1]

I have this tune (PGABNB) from a collection of live stuff on CD that's been around for quite a while. Nice to see it listed on Tom's web site under his videos. However there's a wonderful song he did in the eighties, around the Paradise Alley period. It's called Scarecrow, and has a strong Aaron Copland feel in the piano. It's a perfect, short song, that very few people know about.

[gabehampton]

@sclogse1 Could you upload it? I never heard that one.

[spadoukie]

As always...Tom Waits for no man!!

[YourLovelyMan]

No. Fucking. Way.

[hazelsnook]

What a rip off

[rocknrollporn]

this is fuckn AWESOME!!!!

[ajgree6]

I loved 80's Waits. The dude had a voice back then that was better than almost anyone.

[JHandcock1111]

Tom Waits is a blessing from God. He reminds us there is more than one way to take what life gives us. I am so greatful he exists.

[rogeralexander7]

Man I dig your soul...Your grainy voice is the juice that makes this single..

Brother...man.....!!!!!

[FUNNYGUYJACK44]

GREAT Sound quality also , love the Drums, I CANT STOP PLAYING IT !!! Who else could do this sONG ? Nobody thats who

[TimboBumaye]

@FUNNYGUYJACK44 james brown, the guy who originally played it ya gabroni

[muzicsalesman]

Tom Waits: The only white man who can cover this song and make it better.

[Ashley4339]

We're not worthy!

We're not worthy!

Truer words have never been spoken but had to be written...We are not worthy of this piece of brilliance!!

[Go4green99]

very fine, indeed!

[revbricenichols]

Really Fantastic!!!! Thank you!

[HyperMushrooms]

I wish I could get an MP3 of this...

[austrianfunkhunter]

@HyperMushrooms

google Free-YouTube-to-MP3-Converter

[h3llbring3r]

This is all kinds of awesome. He needs to slip this into an album!

[skifree108]

havent heard tom sing funk before - he is awesome!

[geoman7447]

This is one awesome performance. And it has, for some reason I'll never understand, propelled my cover of "I hope I don't fall in love with you" to my top song. How did this song ever get 85K views while your others are so small?

[gabehampton]

Tom Waits posted it on his Facebook page. I was confused about the sudden interest in the video as well for about a day and a half, and then I realized that it was on Tom Waits Facebook page. It's still at the top of it. I feel humbled by it. It's his song, you know. I just uploaded it because it wasn't on Youtube yet, and I knew most people hadn't heard it. Most of the things I upload weren't on Youtube before I posted them. I make sure of it before I post them.

[kjiver]

@gabehampton Great song - the video is also on his homepage - under the news section

[celticircle]

tight band...

[chrispab]

yeah

[gabehampton]

I have some other Tom Waits performances uploaded on my channel. Well, three other ones. They are from a live performance at Lee Furr Studios in Tuscon. He tells stories in two of them and sings afterwords, and in one he reads a Red Sovine poem

[Alex24391]

: holy fucking shit. I love you more and more Mr Waits.

[fungusplucker]

I wonder which came first, this song or the bourbon :P

[Ashley4339]

This man has just ascended to a whole new plane of cool....Awesomness!!

[JordanChesneyVideos]

Wow.

[Greesovith]

what the.. this is good!!

[Treowe]

Right on bro. 

[webstercat]

The scream in the end is totally Jamesish! I would love have heard tom sing this. Would like to have seen his moves.....

[TheCopyHolder]

Sounds like this was recorded from the back of the room.

[mayberry5000]

I adore Tom., but better than James? Blasphemy.

[Shreeves16]

This has been the only thing good to come of my facebook usuage as a matter of fact. Love Tom.

[blakedawg76]

Oh my god! Hell yes!

[11mambo]

Outasight!

[MrDennisKuhn]

Fantastic version, you are awesomest Tom ;-) What would be the music world without your great influence and inspiration ;-)

[JHB1987]

@Maddhater1 I came from Tom's twitter (/TOMWAITS)

[JHB1987]

@Maddhater1 I came from Tom's twitter

[asinwhat]

if you think this is a funky as margaret thatcher,youre mistake AND an asshole.its absolute..

[angelflyinsolo]

@Maddhater1 i came from twitter

[noisyneil]

this is about as funky as margaret thatcher

[Scottinni]

This great. Remember he is Tom Waits not James Brown. I love to hear James do Mr Segal or Heart Attack & Vine.

[madahad9]

There are a few performers I have on a wish list to see live and Tom Waits is in the top five . I would like also see Talking Heads get back together and play a tour.

[pelotasdad]

this must have been great to see live....

[adamlazlo]

Wow! Wow! Wow! This has to be one of the best things I've ever heard! Such an obvious person to cover for Tom without me realizing it before! Brilliant! He should do a whole James Brown tribute album :)

[casanovahagfish]

YES! Tom Waits meets James Brown? This has epic written all over it.

[antraxptpt]

@Maddhater1 what's the point?.

[kenwut]

Me too.



[1310buddha93]

This is great work, but "better than James"? Really?

[AnnaBaaanana]

Bombastic!!!

[complitdave]

holy smokes

[jaroyde]

Absolutely Great！We want DwnLrd.

[FryCookFromVenus]

this is fucking awesome. tom waits covers this perfectly. is it at all possible to download?

[PotatoManTada]

@FryCookFromVenus keepvid.com

[FryCookFromVenus]

@PotatoManTada thanks potatoman. done & done. i want it as an mp3 too, but i'll settle for the vid for the time being.

[rsclutch1990]

This is fucking awesome :) idea: Tom waits does an album covering jb :P

[HDeanClark]

Brings back great memories!

[pnkgtr]

This is fantastic. I love JB and Tom Waits.

[geekmagnet27]

There is no one like Tom. I said God damn!

[kitsch2spacea]

Gosh darnit, my feet haven't stopped moving!

[Mommalikes]

Tom never fails to amaze me!

[PockyBebop]

This is so awesome. Tom Waits is the man!

[jasonmoyer]

This is fucking amazing.

[Uzzman27]

the definition of cool!!

[Dan070]

aoisfoaigfhjeoiughweoughweough­wegvnhweovnwe Omfg this is so good I just contracted hand tourettes... Or colloquially speaking: 'an uncontrollable jive.'

[webstercat]

Better than James!

[blakedawg76]

@webstercat This is pretty strong, all hail James n all hail Tom!

[ronworthy]

@webstercat you're smokin crack.

[webstercat]

@ronworthy Don't get so touchy darling. I saw James in 1968 with the Flames. Probably before you were born.....

[nelsonbrito83]

Badass!

[Frankiefoamy]

Extremely awesome!

[sullamaca]

A rare Tom Waits version of the 1965 James Brown soul classic “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag.” Less a cover of the original Brown penned masterpiece than an ingenious and maniacal reinterpretation recorded live in 1987 at Massey Hall in Toronto Canada during the “Frank‘s Wild Years” tour.

[frankcarrodius]

Tom, as ever, you are the man.

[salsburysteakjr]

@sullamaca I dunno, he covers it pretty close to the original...

[matt37862]

@sullamaca "an ingenius and meniacal reinterpretation"?  really? I'm a big fan of Waits too, but that was a pretty faithful to the original version...especially by his standards.