TomWaits - Misery is the River of the World

[1953SM]

Freakin fantastic lyrics and his voice is like something from another dimension! I LOVE him !!!!!!

[SoeMondi]

He has the most beautiful voice i know.. he is just aweseome, saw Woyzzeck, his music ist just unique <3 i love him !! (:

[MrIcanBite]

Is it just me or does he sound like Cookie Monster?

[tomaglurjidze]

@MrIcanBite cookie monster sounds like Tom.

[doirevomba]

4 were never miserable

[Paradoxownsjoo]

Feels very old bluesy mixed with vaudeville and rockabilly. In the end, I think Oogie Boogie should have sang this.

[lordvurlance]

..... ya you a an r-tard down 2 ....if cant understand this brillent man than you donr deseve to lisone to him.....

[fable732]

Es muy bueno tan depresivo como tiene que ser ajajajajajjaa

[MrMtherFker]

could someone please tell me the meaning of this song (I'm young so don't be all "your such a retard!")

[hamabamafamadamarama]

@MrMtherFker Evil. 

[boomerramone]

The devil knows the bible like the back of his hand.

[Luanav1988]

@boomerramone genius

[MmUSICLVR63]

If misery is the river of the world. And everything goes to hell and God has gone on holiday and left us all here in charge then who the hells the blame for this mess. Well, we can stop blaming, God!

[TheSoulMan8]

Tom Waits is weird, you have to give him a chance to grow on you, but it is totally worth it

[The92161]

♥ this 1

[metalheadhobo1]

i tell you the man is a genius 

[chrismaddenbitch]

One thing you can say about man kind, is there`s nothing kind about man.

[kontanshikaku]

This is what Bukowski would've done if he made music.

[Asstractor]

@kontanshikaku wow, so much pertinent, so rare

[johndawson420]

sounds kinda like cookie monster or a muppets character

[alazear2]

@johndawson420 tom waits voice is badass!

[hughgavinkicks]

@alazear2 correction...tom waits is THE badass...

[baotougallagher]

This song should be in a Burton's film! It's so dark!

[Zjirk]

Boah, ist das geil! Verry good!!!!

[JennKirH]

You can drive out Nature with a pitchfork, but it always comes roaring back again.

[bilethezombie]

i can feel some creepy depression era voodoo in this classic track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[newslang91]

"If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man."

Genius.

[RaineSageRocks]

Who needs sleep?! I don't! :D

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D':

[skiporamadeducci]

You tell'em Tom...

[12lickmylala]

The Cookie Monster seems a little dark these days.

[atraindain]

In the land of the blind, Tom Waits is the man with one good eye.

[luisarmis]

Thanks Tom

[Duffy1321]

Quick b4 it changes take a moment and notice the likes and dislikes go 1 2 3 4. and for the record the 4 that DIDN'T like this EPIC musical masterpiece have no souls and should be beaten by every able bodied person within 50 miles of them.

[0kGemmyBeanOk]

My college class is doing a pruduction of "Wozeck" with Tom Waits music -  genius? I think so :)

[DefenceSpeech]

@0kGemmyBeanOk No shit? You have to film that man.

[0kGemmyBeanOk]

@DefenceSpeech Tell me about it! We tried but we staged it in a way that the audience kinda gathered around each scene rather that ur conventional "Lets sit down and watch" kinda thing so filming was really difficult :( x

[DefenceSpeech]

@0kGemmyBeanOk That must have been surreal. I am a big Kinski fan and perhaps Herzogs film is based off of something else, not sure, but anything with either one of those guys is genius.

[Freeeakish]

he's great, did you see him iin dr. parnassus. awwh.! ths musiic!

[LadyeXo]

@Freeeakish I LOVED Parnassus. I've liked everything he's played in. He always knows so much more than the audience. Try "Wrist Cutters: A Love Story".

[ripelivejam]

first Waits song i ever heard, brings back memories :')

[GtaRockt]

You want to sound like him?

Just smoke 2 big Packs of Marlboro a day for 20 years and voila :)

[PhreeSoul]

@GtaRockt you forgot the bottle of whiskey a day, man

[GtaRockt]

@PhreeSoul

Ohman I am so stupid, please forgive this mistake :D

[KevBaz78]

That was outstanding. A poetic master class.

[provocase]

Awesome lyrics!

EVERYBODY ROW... EVERYBODY ROW...

Tom Waits: the man!

[JoeThePhilosopher]

Waits just proves than anyone can sing if you put your heart into it.

[ashi8848]

His voice is so.... so.... weird....... love the instrumental and lyrics though :D I'll probably get used to the voice soon enough.

[DrunkenPiano]

this sounds like a cadence. why cant tom waits sing the cadences here instead of the morons running by my window every morning? WHY!!!!

[Almuric7]

Sounds like nothing else and yet is accessible to people - wow.

[BalthasarVII]

If there's one thing you can say about Mankind - There's nothing kind about man!

[LandoftheShanks]

Before Elfman, there was Waits. Before Waits... I don't like to think that far. <3333

[MACKATTACK1970]

This S.O.B. is great.

Very enjoyable, very catchy and brilliant.

[girlonthemoon92]

one of my favourites

[Hooska]

I got this album for christmas =D

It was a good Christmas

[MilesStauffe]

"If there's one think you can say about mankind...there's nothing kind about man."

[ArtemisAnoriel]

I've just seen the musical! It's great and his music is the top of it!

[KarmaPaymentplann]

@ArtemisAnoriel a musical?!? whats the name?!

[ArtemisAnoriel]

@KarmaPaymentplann It's "Woyzeck" by Georg Büchner, about a guy who is a social outsider and eventually kills his girlfriend (e.g. who sings "A good man is hard to find")

[Akhaggar]

Bloody brilliant.

[denton908]

Tom Waits is great. I love this track... it's so scary but at the same time wickedly inviting. It's like dark Vaudeville.

[JW32584]

@denton908 This song reminds me of the things that everyone knows but never talk about.

[jesushooligan]

This is real class, love it

[dragonchaser2]

I can see why Terry Gillium had him play the devil in "The Imaginarium of Dr Parnarcuss" Can't wait to finally see it!

[allaboutdmagic]

He's brilliant in it, which you probably know by now.

[soutltank]

very special, made by very special man!