Tom Waits - I don't wanna grow up

[ZxferchoxZ]

QUE ARRECHO

[LOWRYpik]

If you like tom waits check out patrick LOWRY

[Parkinish]

What's with the magnifyng glass?

[victor2q]

jim cherewick loves tom waits. ya dig? youtube (dot) com/watch?v=YafCdNIufno at 3 : 50 i do 'earth died screaming'

[LowlifeTheBlade]

I've looked at bringing a child into this world from both sides now, and there's really no illusions about it; how I figure, it's about equally cruel on the world as it is on the child. That's why kids have to come up with impossible big, friendly, genius imaginary friends, e.g. what Hobbes is to Calvin, to compensate for the scarcity of them in the real world. And if they don't?!! Well, they end up another clone, haunted by the sounds of children's laughter in the street, like PJ song, "Black"!

[archimedesnation]

Video made by Jim Jarmusch. No wonder.

[1zombiemum]

tom waits is awesome. i love his style and his voice and his music.

[ArrogantOnion]

Tom Waits makes me want to be a better person!

[kuatlWeed]

75 people grew up

[MachTwayne]

@kuatlWeed 75 people only like the ramones.

[MCDrewvet]

What's the name of the song that plays from 0:00 to 0:45 ?

[niriop]

@MCDrewvet "Let Me Get Up on It", which can be found on Bone Machine, along with the main track

[ThecAkEIsAliE41]

I had a computer that would load every other video on here but would never load anything by Tom Waits..........'had'......

[MrMimergo777]

TOM IS DEEP´ST SOUL

[missopan]

This song is so fucking true it spoke to me directly the first time i ever heard this, didnt knew it was an actual song by the Ramones aswell.. GREAT SONG!

[adsones]

my own personal jesus

[MeehKrob]

@adsones *smartassmodeon* your own personal CHOCOLATE jesus, that would be^^

[shagmydog]

@adsones made of chocolate.......

[DeusEmDebate]

@adsones Jesus is God and became a fully grown mature man who accomplished the imposible mision of saving manking of their sins. He was also the most contracultural character history has ever seen, changing and modeling the whole global culture with just 3 years of ministry. A lot more could be said about him, but there's no one else you can call "my own personal Jesus" without revealing a huge ignorance about Jesus.

[JacknJillsHill]

@DeusEmDebate save your beliefs to yourself, no one whats to hear lies, i just wanna watch tom waits entertain me.

[georgo342]

@DeusEmDebate I dont believe Jesus was the son of god

although i do believe he existed and was a cool dude

[na5om]

My dear, dear, dear friends. I am such a fool, who "don't need no education", please, don't bite me and help me. Who did write this song? Ramones, Tom, Santa Claus?(

[blewj]

"(Growing up is) an excruciatingly difficult goal since it runs contrary to the most central laws of nature - change and renewal- yet a goal miraculously attained by everyone in our culture except for a few misfits."

-Tom Robbins

[NowellRox]

An old work friends once told me:  "Growing OLD is mandatory, but growing UP is optional."

[InfectiousShroomKid]

Holy shit! I just realized that's the exact same cafe Tom Waits and Iggy Pop's sketch in Coffee and Cigarettes was filmed in.

[ajonetto]

@InfectiousShroomKid how can you tell? if so, you sir deserve all my respects.

[ruteparedes]

if I have too, I wanna grow up to be tom waits. and I'm a girl.

[gravemist]

I first heard this song when I was 13 years old. Then and there I understood what it would be like to be an adult. Now almost 20 years later, it's all come true. I wish I hadn't grown up.

[DMN1111]

The Ramones vs Tom Waits?

I prefer the version of Tom Waits

[trezza181]

Look, he's riding around some turds!

Avoid the Noid! Avoid the Noid!

[stachurek100]

wielka gra

[cinimod8791]

HAHA @ davidtgunning

[tsartodd]

beavis and butthead approved ... which is an added bonus b/c this video is excellent whatever those chuckleheads think.

[MartinVenator73]

Quando vedo il notiziario delle 5 Non voglio crescere Si pettinano e si lucidano le scarpe Non voglio crescere Rimango qua al mio paese Non voglio sganciare soldi Non voglio fare un mutuo all'infinito Consumarmi le mani fino alle ossa Non voglio scopare Innamorarmi, sposarmi e poi scoppiare Come diavolo fa a finire così presto Non voglio crescere.... questo è un testo!! Non l'adattamento melenso fatto da Mannoia-Ruggeri

[OilofPuppies969]

I always thought this was about coming of age and not wanting to kind of song

[laaspen]

Ill never grow up because im a toys r us kid. so is tom waits.

[MrThatmeanguy1995]

for some reason i feel like crying when i watch this vid

[HAPPYPANDA53]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 me to.

[meFilareti]

When I was a little kid my parents were teling me that if I eat my food I will grow up. So I thought that if I don't eat it I wouldn't grow up... I tryed it but unfortunately it didn't work...

[mateusgrazina]

for me, the Ramones version is like "YEA FUCK ADULT LIFE!" ,

Tom Waits version is more like "shit, what have i become?"

[muclesmarinara]

@mateusgrazina The Ramones aren't good enough to write a song as good as this

[TheSix4Impala]

@muclesmarinara Don't you put down The Ramones, DeeDee was a genius songwriter.

[muclesmarinara]

@TheSix4Impala In my opinion they're just a glorified garage band who got lucky.

[TheSix4Impala]

okay, you stay with your opinion, I'll stay with mine. Peace.

[muclesmarinara]

@TheSix4Impala that's fine

[DemonWarp65]

@muclesmarinara Kudos for the two of you agreeing in a civil, peaceful manner. A rarity these days. Peace and love.

[muclesmarinara]

@DemonWarp65 oh thats ok

[Harryhoodz]

@mateusgrazina Hit it on the head right there

[jRQLME]

you can have sex and alcohol , so its not that bad growing up

[robbie932]

@jRQLME you could also do those things when your still a kid :P

[larabobearaful]

71 ppl wanna grow up.

[yaniss2000]

71 people never grow up

[seshorribles]

the Ramones version makes me sad , Tom's puts the feas into me lol

[weelepricon]

he's obviously not really playing that guitar... lip syncing phony! lol

[clockworkmike83]

A fucking epic song. Always loved Tom Waits' goofy haggard sounding voice but he wrote a lot of meaningful songs. "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" makes a whole lot more sense to me today than it did when I was 12. Back then I thought it was just fun and goofy, but now I'm over 3/4 of the things he's talking about. I went from being a kid to having a house, married and in a dead-end job in literally the blink of an eye. The man is a poet, what can I say?

[agiambrone]

@clockworkmike83 yeah exactly the same story for me bro

[deathwarmedup73]

My Back Pages

[runcycleskixc]

What would Tom say about the advertisement at the beginning?

[faustbanana]

Song makes me happy and sad concurrently.

[revpeachs]

71 people grew up :(

[onyachamp]

tom loves a good ole novelty gitaaaarrrr

[cameronpaulmahar]

The two versions both have a completely different feel. When something shitty happens to me, I listen to this version, so sad and bluesy. When I am fed up with work, or can't go do something badass because of obligations, I listen to the Ramones version. Waits wrote it, give the man some credit. No one can hold a candle to Waits from a songwriting perspective.

[srmarquinho]

LSD

[poeticreject]

@MrDvlsReject

if you want to follow the flock go right ahead, enjoy your ignorance, I was just offering you that enlightening pill, stop using lol its really annoying, stay blind, this conversation wont go anywhere, you are stupid in an intelligent way so there will be no helping you

[davidtgunning]

After a lifetime of smoking heavily, Cancer dies of Tom Waits

[ruteparedes]

@davidtgunning dude, that was probably the coolest comment I've read all year. thank you for sharing it

[Luanav1988]

@davidtgunning now that is a FACT

[freewheelinQ]

@davidtgunning 'NUFF SAID!!!

[poeticreject]

@MrDvlsReject

ha I just said art is dead, and you say that life is art, yes Im the blind one, listen to me fool, people who see life as a constant herd of sheep moving without a shepherd are wise, you see that, good for you, but those that stand and do nothing but complain about it, are more useless than the sheep, what il it be then? you gonna be a sheep or a wolf?

[poeticreject]

@MrDvlsReject

thats because art is dead, The guy you were talking to wasnt referring to art, but to life in general

[cleanpalette]

This is so strange, but I love it.

[poeticreject]

@MrDvlsReject

Tom isnt homeless

[florisoskam83]

Gotta love that crazy bastard..

[Skateoftheunion]

Why do swathes of pretentious hipsters frequent Tom Waits videos? Why is he so appealing to you?

[TheSnakeSkull]

@Skateoftheunion

You say hipsters, I say people who have been dedicated fans of him for ages.

[Skateoftheunion]

@TheSnakeSkull No I specifically mean hipsters. College kids who for some reason picked up from Pitchfork media that he was artistically valid, and now take their newfound knowledge and flex it on youtube in the form of pseudo-esthetic debates about what real music is.

[Skateoftheunion]

@TheSnakeSkull And probably played in a band, you know, with some friends, we were called The Penchant Libidos. We played like...you know...everything.

Sorry I have bad memories of living in Williamsburg in 2009.

[TheSnakeSkull]

@Skateoftheunion

Well, I do agree with you about the whole Williamsburg thing (never again), however I and I suppose you have been fans of Tom for years.

[TheWhirlings]

si ma chi c'ha messo il testo, l'idea, diciamo la FACCIA so stati i ramones non tom waits... poi BEN VENGANO le reinterpretazioni...

[pietrocarini]

@TheWhirlings Sono stati i Ramones a coverizzare Tom Waits

[felfelfelicus]

I like the Ramones version more, perhaps it was the age I was when I first heard it.

[aXis1428]

This song totally grew on me. haha Tom Waits is awesome.

[bucurdragos]

If I were Satan..... like in this video in stuff.....I would buy a mountain bike........

[drafe007]

@bucurdragos its just god when he's drunk.

[dude1237987222444]

ok now i really dont wanna grow up..... and im 16!!!!!!!

[veeseee128]

stupid and disturbia.

[timanny1]

Hey, it's the Noid!  Avoid the Noid!

[FrankWest00]

Fucking brazilian advertising fucks the mood up. FUCK YOU

[TheKristopherNeil]

A Justin Bieber Ad on a Tom Waits Video is probably more absurd then any tune Ol Tom might even be able to cook up! It's 'Just' plain wrong. Tom Waits Rules!!!!!

What kinda of persom would listen to Tom Waits AND JB,.... XP GOOD GRIEF!!!!!

[TheKristopherNeil]

A Justin Bieber Ad on a Tom Waits Video is probably more absurd then any tune Ol Tom might even be able to cook up! It's 'Just' plain wrong. Tom Waits Rules!!!!!

[AHMEDSTEIN]

I DON'T WANNA GROW UP

[MrBiejos]

Tom you are a crazy nut, I love ya brother!!!!!!!

[GodDammMarine]

Thank you Tom, I feel the same way.

[mathay5]

It's amazing how the meaning of a song changes with the tone. 

[taraj123]

I always thought this song was just about growing up :/

[agiambrone]

This song is about being disillusioned with the "American Dream." Where growing up represents the happiness we're promised when we get the house, 2.5 kids, garage, picket fence and gas guzzler. We're folks who "turn into things that we never want."

[psycho826]

@agiambrone 2.5 kids?

[jeckalbr69]

@psycho826 Yes. One is a midget.

Sorry, I mean "little person".

[psycho826]

@jeckalbr69 o...k

[shawndimery]

@agiambrone Well I heard that it is about the fact that Tom stopped drinking at this point and started being a proper husband and father, and he misses his carefree life.

[agiambrone]

@shawndimery I agree. A great song or poem as many possible interpretations.

[BOKNOWSCOMPUTERS]

@agiambrone this song is about piss

[BOKNOWSCOMPUTERS]

@agiambrone i could probably tell you what this song was about if i could understand what the fuck this person was saying

[dvlsgod]

Now, creeping up on 40, I wish I could go back!!

[malepanda666]

@dvlsgod That's the point of this song! It doesn't matter how old you are! Don't act your age ^^

[saraberges]

The difference between Tom Waits version and The Ramones is that The Ramones didn't want to grow up from what they have seen and heard about form the grown ups around them. Tom Waits lived it and wants to go back to that simplistic childhood. I think we all wanna be kids again and NEVER grow up. Especially how you see the world getting so fucked up.. Then again, was it always fucked up and we grew up?

[wilcraigw]

i was in hs late 70s heard t waites and realized punk was childs play helped me stay above the fray

[TH4Tk001]

Of course its jim jarmusch .o.o....

[misledyouth50]

Wow, platinum hit looks terrible. How dare they advertise that before a Tom Waits video..

[hampusheh]

Never grow up Tom...

[SlightlyUsedMusician]

You can't compare the Ramones and Tom Waits. The Ramones kick ass. Tom Waits is a genius. It's like trying to compare Einstein to Von Braun. The Ramones are going to tell you that Waits is by far the more talented artist. He's an American original. There will never be another like him. Not to take anything away from the Ramones. Waits is by far the genius here.

[renerodrigues22]

muito foda essa versão...

[catmanhunting]

sometimes it's just gotta be Waits...

[metalboto]

just so simple but o so true; it's when i just was 15 and bought metallica's 'kill'em all' since then i allready knew,i don't wanna grow up!!

[uberwhatagain]

It's weird that this awesome song is selling me such disgusting shit as KFC

[anthonykidstar1]

good shit



[AnaAerophina]

Wow, why are people getting all pissy? I know it's hard to believe this is possible but I like Tom Waits AND the Ramones!

[CharlyRaaad]

@AnaAerophina thank you! they run the same discussion with NIN and Johnny Cash with the song 'hurt'.. 1 song, 2 complete different versions, I like them both! greetings to all non-haters!

[xtrplpqtl]

@CharlyRaaad Yah, version wars suck, both of em rock for different reasons. Respect!

[DeanGoulding]

The Ramones can suck Tom Waits' dick

[TheJohnny990]

this isnt so bad but i prefer the ramones version

[mirkopejkovic]

who said drugs never did nothing good :)

[MinorityMans]

The Ramones cover is an ugly parody of this version.

[copyvio]

@MinorityMans Sorry,

you're wrong.

[MrJarbuckle]

@copyvio hes just expressing his opinion, he can't be wrong for that

[ranXerox09]

@MinorityMans the Ramones suck

[nel0]

I want a shirt of Tom Waits!

[ArknineYT]

I didn't want to grow up either, but it happened anyway.

:(

[jeremy1000100]

@ArknineYT

Did you grow up or grow old?

[DragonChaserKev]

Bloody amazing!  Love ya Tommy boy!

[jonbalog]

Leave it to a guy in his 50's to write the single greatest song about being a kid. Hats off to you, Tom.

[antonioforbidden]

I don't think that it's worth compare this version (the original) with the Ramones' one. The version made by The Ramones is good, but Tom Waits is another thing, more artistic, less conventional. In my opinion, this song by Ramones is a good expression of the unrully "teen spirit", and that is great, but this song by Tom Waits means another beautiful things, and I'm sure that I'll listen to until the end of my days.

[Psychowilly]

@antonioforbidden I didnt know the Ramones covered this. Interesting, I'll check it out.

[shawndimery]

@Psychowilly Dont, its generic and quite simply, awful.

[misanthropicagenda1]

awful truly turgid

ramones version is a millions times better

[cky2chris]

@misanthropicagenda1

im a huge ramones fan and a huge tom waits fan. You cant really compare both versions. They're both great in their own ways.

[Horaciow14]

I always thought this was a Ramones song, their version is much better in my opinion.

[MyTunnel]

@Horaciow14 That's cool dude it's totally your own perspective so I can't disrespect that. I will say that if this original version was not this awesome, if Tom Waits was not such a badass, then the Ramones never would have bothered covering it. Gotta respect this version for that much of it.

[MyTunnel]

@Horaciow14 That's cool dude it's totally your own perspective so I can't disrespect that. I will say that if this original version was not this awesome, if Tom Waits was not such a badass, then the Ramones never would have bothered covering it. Gotta respect this version for that much of it.



[Edhunter665]

@Horaciow14

Well that's just like your opinion, man.

[TheJohnny990]

@Horaciow14 same

[chinesesloppyplop]

Love Tom to fuck hes the coolest dude on this planet type thing,long live the Tom :)

[seanhennessy]

Mad ,bad, and demented...thank god :)

[jrwright80]

me neither tom

[GinknDirk]

Story of my life....Thanks Tom.

[ShwaRawker]

59 people know NOTHING about music!

[carsanookdotcom]

Very Tom Waits...

Thanks

BangkokJohnny

Royaume de Thailande

[minespatch]

This video makes me laugh but the lyrics make me want to cry, I feel so torn by Tom's schizophrenic brilliance.

[StephenFiorentini]

Just uploaded my own version of this great great song. Please check it out =]

[trying60]

their are 57 people i need to murder

[disagreeablesob]

Uh...City Limits?Good God,you got this off of CITY LIMITS?How long have you been sitting on this?Man,this is from way before MuchMusic existed...freakin' amazing.And Tom Waits makes the best argument I've ever heard for staying a kid.

[evilfetus4]

I love how he put the little guitar on the little amp at the end

[freddysthedevil]

fuck that im never groin up hehehe.

[hendrixfun96]

Kocham jego małą gitarkę i rowerek 

[StephenFiorentini]

I'm in the process of recording my own version of this as a tribute to him. I'll upload it soon

[megaquand]

@StephenFiorentini please dont

[deathwarmedup73]

my back pages

[TubeofDestiny]

Seems like folks turn into things

That they'd never want

The only thing to live for

Is today

[Andriiya]

Tom Waits has better looking legs than most women...

[gd01skorpius]

Fuck the Mormons

[raponte1955]

Did not know sand paper could actually sing! Now I think Bob Dylan sings like an angel!!!!

[Cadavaris]

he sounds like a grumpy old cat X3

[stephielyn89]

@Cadavaris he does, legend!

[huygigh]

@Cadavaris Funny! He's actually the voice of "Tommy the Cat" by Primus...

[cityfiend]

Meee neeeeiiiiitttthheeerrrr.......­......

[eelexa]

Fuck off you stupid Mormon commercial.

[angelogcs77]

First time I hear this song and I find it to be genius! How could someone dislike it? I hope it is because of the quality of the video.

[a9RGYZQF]

My Hero !!! Don't Grow up, TOM