Screamin' Jay Hawkins -Whistling Past The Graveyard + Lyrics

[esmusat]

Just curiosity..Is this the original song or it´s the Tom waits' one ? Both are great!!!

[jcfromap]

I'm not impressed at all. Tom is 1000x better

[cillajeanluvmayn]

Gotta admit it , waits is a bit crazier on this, but I just love this one , with the horn solo too!

[TheFlipanator]

Waits/Hawkins..... The tour I could only dream of. Could it get more awesome than that?

[Blodhosta]

@PVPaven Do you have a source for that or are you trolling? I've been listening to Tom Waits for 15 years and I know it says in the LP/CD that Waits wrote this just as it does everywhere else, and it says pretty much everywhere the Screamin Jay Hawkins version appears that it's a Tom Waits cover. As far as I know (and accordning to Wikipedia) SJH - who's done at least a couple of other Waits covers - didn't do this until his 1994 album "Somethin' Funny Goin' On".

[PVPaven]

@Blodhosta My bad.. Being in a hurry i took this;

for being true... After a closer look it seems you are right.

I should have known better, and i stand corrected..

[Blodhosta]

@PVPaven Ah, I see. No problem. :)

[PVPaven]

@Blodhosta Someone wrote; "From the 1972 compilation album 'Portrait Of A Man' [Edsel Records]. a great album full of Hawkins' hit tunes and more" Portrait Of A Man is from 1995....

[1ziegelstein]

funny! Jay even covered Waits lisping. good job

[Jimilynn]

I Love this man...

[Rustyshacklefization]

Tom Waits kills this

[jemsd]

There were a couple things that occurred during those hard years that were better than the rest of it. One thing was discovering this song,,,,,,,,

[asspills]

I'm really disappointed by how held back Jay Hawkins is for this!! Half the fun of the original song is how crazy Tom got with the singing, -which is something I'm almost SURE he did by taking cues from Screaming Jay Hawkins from his glory days!

I wish Jay could've covered this when he was in his prime.

[ivyvalentinepoison]

Like this one way better than Tom Wait's

[elliotb234]

Really good cover, i never thought i would say this about Waits songs but i kinda prefer this version

[jimmymcclukcluk]

honestly this is kind of disappointing. This song is perfect for S. Jay to cover. I think he could do a lot with the musical genius of Tom Waits. I just dont see Screamin Jay having as much fun with this as he could.... I know hes a better performer than that. I want to hear him scream and whine and cry. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to start my own career as a singer so I can do things the way I think they should be done.

[TMGLost]

From the album "Something Funny Going On" produced by the late Buddy Blue, featuring members of Buddy's Band. Buddy got tons of video of Jay acting outrageously during the sessions.

[sirdoug3]

Great version by S. Jay Hawkins, - but this song was written by Tom Waits!

[B0vril]

Anyone else thing he sounds like Obama singing?

[bijeto]

My eyes have seen the glory of the draining of the ditch, I'm coming to Baton Rouge to find myself a witch...

[AnthonysDen]

Even though most folks state 'I put a spell on you' as his trademark song,Screamin' Jay Hawkins made this a fine gem & it suits him perfectly.Nice to hear this one again.

[theoriginal72]

@AnthonysDen

This is a cover. DERP

[AnthonysDen]

@theoriginal72 I never knew that. Do you know who did the original?

[theoriginal72]

@AnthonysDen

Read the other comments.

[813lynch]

sounds like slave music,but its fucking hilarious i love it

[sneudel]

What great!