Tom Waits - Dirt in the Ground

[woodhd]

one of my very favourite tom songs ... i love the really slow moody ones ... that clock kills me

[plainandnotsimple]

happy fucking valentines day everyone

[veilside62]

i just buried my father and this is the song i chose for when they carried his coffin away

[RoomWithaMooseDash]

The greatest song I have ever heard.

[smbeabout]

I love how his voice cracks when he sings "the sky cracked open."

[MachTwayne]

Bone Machine is one of my top 5 albums... I'm currently on day three of a "Tom Waits Only" week. Nothing else. Pretty sweet week so far.. i feel deranged and i've been drinking alot..

[Yibberz91]

@MachTwayne I couldn't think of a better way to spend a week.

[alpakia2]

wow......... i....i.....i got no words really

[jojojojojojojojojo99]

loving the scratchy voice an backround sound <3 no idea but reminds me of an old sailor haha

[cyndeletoile]

i barely get by

[sixt9coug]

This song makes me want to cry. It makes me want to get blind drunk. It makes me want to fight. It makes me want to hold my girlfriend close and never let go. It makes me want to live more than I do.

[BortzOfficial]

@RoomWithaMooseDash You did ;)

[FuelsaverForyou]

Radiohead, I think I might have to agree, his soul oozes out of this song into a form that we might just one day comprehend

[Radiohead17321]

This is Tom's Best song and that saying a ton

[sugarydonkey]

In loving memory of Christopher Hitchens, I would suggest no song is more apt.

[billhicks8]

@sugarydonkey

Good man!

[Ikwz]

@ancook58 You must not like hip-hop. I think the grieves song is great.

[Matthewkilb]

It took Jeff Buckley to find the heart and soul of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. The original version doesn't even sound like a good song, just a monotonous dirge.

Put that in your pipes and smoke it.

[ColdOasisU2]

one of my favourite albums by any artist in rock

[FamilyModern]

@ColdOasisU2 well.. its not exactly rock

[Noooooo0ooOooooo]

@ColdOasisU2 blues rock, that is.

[sherpa285]

If this doesn't take the starch out of you, not sure anything will.

[tuningdiode]

Heard this song today at work: watch?v=q1VNb9EGze0 ....Scar Gardens by Grieves, sounds awfully similar.

[ancook58]

@tuningdiode Because that stupid fuck sampled this song. And ruined it. I mean, completely shit-on-it ruined it.

[aboo12195]

so...I definitely thanked Tom Waits in my senior section of the yearbook...

[agiambrone]

@aboo12195 good job. Try to remember these lyrics, they help you appreciate life.

[Sibbycat]

I'm actually not a huge Cohen fan, but I definitely don't feel that his music is contrived in any way- just not my taste. I could wax pretentious about originality and use large words to make myself sound intelligent so as to prove my edgy point about originality in music, but what's the point? Like it or don't, and quit whining about what you consider 'offensive' in others' musical works.

[ilrasoio]

We're all gone be just dirt in the ground so shut the fuck up and listen to this fucking genious

[ilrasoio]

We're all gone be just dirt in the ground so shut the fuck up and listen to this fucking genious

[phaethon66]

The Ef are you idiots talking about this here?

[breakneck14]

Beautiful song. Glad I found it.

[TheBigDaddyVic]

Mission - Disturbing Behavior. Great sample and great hip hop song.

[Horatio]

@TheBigDaddyVic Hip hop?

[TheBigDaddyVic]

@Horatio Yeah, this hip hop artist samples this beat, you should check it out

[LucidDream]

"Beautiful melodies, telling me terrible things." - Tom Waits

[AbdielAbiram]

This is absolutely brilliant, how come ive never heard of this guy?

[tizzrizza]

Spinning this on plastic right now. Must own.

[ComaSeason]

I only listen to Tom Waits alone.

[wasteland70]

@ComaSeason Me, too. I wish I'd found his music when I was in my teens.

[AngusMacPorterstine]

@ComaSeason Best time to listen to him

[zaperfan]

I just love this song

[TheeMutss]

Such a beautiful song. I love the lyrics.

[stanleysoldman]

now is all that's real!

[stanleysoldman]

Live for today yeah yeah!

[agiambrone]

I wrote these lyrics in my High School Yearbook.

[connexmetro]

Leonard Cohen is a genius.. as is Tom

[baillot94]

Comment comparer Léonard Cohen à Tom Waits ????

Et puis ... Pourquoi toujours classifier, segmenter ou cloisonner ?

Aimons les gens pour ce qu'ils sont ! C'est tout !

[whovianfloovian]

@baillot94 exactement.

[catherinepcs]

Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan...singers and songwriters don't get any better than these three.

[petemayo]

@catherinepcs Leonard Cohen??? WTF? I hate that Hallelujah song can't understand how anyone would like it.

As far as good writers Waits is awesome, Dylan is great, so is Barrett, Bowie, Trent Reznor, Tod Ashley (firewater), Lou Reed and tons more ... but not Cohen

To each his/her own.

[catherinepcs]

@petemayo To me, Leonard Cohen is amazing and Hallelujah is one of his best! I don't agree with all of your choices either, but I'm not going to take the snobby, "your taste in music sucks" low road with the WTFs and insults to your musical preferences. As you said, to each his/her own.

[petemayo]

@catherinepcs Why not :) it's not a personal offense, it just amazes me that so many people could like that bland song. Go for it attack say something, you like tom waits so your taste in music doesnt suck, LOL WTF is low road? you know what is low road? claiming someone else is using the low road. You just said I won't be snobby and take the low road which equals I won't be snobby because I am too snobby. Get with it, say what you feel don't be offended.

[benspruce]

@petemayo Yeah, her comments are baffling, but we're all gonna end up as dirt in the ground.

[TheSobek]

@petemayo It's hilarious that your original commented started with 'Leonard Cohen??? WTF?' and ended with 'To each his/her own.'

[petemayo]

@TheSobek LOL! Glad someone appreciates the unfair assholishness I administer among the innocent and happy. Trolling on the internet isn't as fun as it used to be too many emotions and taking everything seriousely. I thought people listening to a song ripe with fatalism/defeatism/determinism would be a little bit more hardened LOL

[MDeckman4491]

@petemayo you're out of your mind... trent reznor or david bowie over leonard cohen? you should realize that they're both pop idiots and cohen is a poet, a true poet.

[petemayo]

@MDeckman4491 Bluff taken & challenge accepted, I dare you to find a cohen song that is half as good as nin "Right Where It Belongs" or as good as bowie's "quicksand" or "changes" I mean goddamn. Don't be pop-aphobic, if you are then your just a hipster :)

[MDeckman4491]

@petemayo not a hipster, I bumped the fuck out of pretty hate machine and plenty of ziggy when i was in high school, but dude, its leonard fucking cohen man, like they're in different genres let alone different leagues, not comparable, and thats not even a diss to reznor or bowie, they'd both probably agree with me out of sheer humility at least if not true affinity for the artist, i'd bet you both of them listen to him. and dylan was basically woody guthrie+leonard cohen.

[petemayo]

@MDeckman4491 I hear you, I only know the artists by their works. Cohen bugs me because it doesn't seem/sound sincere. His poetry and what I have heard of his music, especially exemplified in the hallelujah song, is that it is an obvious topic delt with in an obvious way, it seems to be lacking in heart and originality and comes off contrived which is an inexcusable offense to me. I hate things that feel formulaic or obvious, I feel there is so much value behind originality and oft dismissed.

[fakant]

@petemayo I feel the same way as you about "Hallelujah"... and I feel the same way about a lot of Cohen's material but his album Songs of Love and Hate is one that I feel differently about. For example his song Avalanche is incredibly heartfelt in my opinion, you can feel the desparation... it's beautiful, give it a try

[MDeckman4491]

@petemayo and for the record, i also hate hallelujah as a song, but as a poem it is beautiful. as is all of cohens poetry.

[MrCroniker]

My brothers and sisters the humans inspire me nothing except hate and love

[BobcatSchneidermann]

@YourTrustyViewer Good choice. Personally, I think it's a little too serious. I'd rather have "Down There By The Train" played.

[ph1i1]

I'd love to meet Tom, just to shake his hand

[Mugulord]

I wonder what Tom and Bobby McFerrin could do together...

[sideshowdazza]

@Mugulord well , tom could write the songs and bobby could make the tea

[DIURKAZ]

@Mugulord woooowwww

[denisdautovski666]

Divine

[kickerix]

ashes to ashes and dust to dust, I might leave in a body bag, but never in cuffs!

[markripley1]

Tom Waits Riplet loves your ways SO MUCH bro you kill shit ON YOUR GAME ON THIS MY MAN show us how its done REAL SONG LOVEING IT

[markripley1]

@markripley1 ripley bro you no this is a sick song MY MAN LOVE

[williammorris1]

he sounds like dr rockso...the rock and roll clown...who does cocane from metalocolypse!

[PaulAll1313]

Amazing song... nuff said.

[kerrykrishna]

I really wonder were Tom would be without that amazing songwriting partner of his, his wife! She is hardly ever talked about in any interviews. Do any of us even you know this woman's name?

[boosh90]

@kerrykrishna

Kathleen Brennan.

[deezeeweezy925]

@kerrykrishna

Well, how do you know she doesn't shun the limelight? having met Tom personally and spent about 2 hours of one on one time with him? I can assure you: there is MORE credit in this man's life given to Kathleen than you could EVER imagine! Awesome guy, very down to earth, very real...

[81041jd]

Alguien me puede decir de que año es este album?

[TheAngryIntellectual]

@81041jd

Esta canción es del álbum "Bone Machine", que fue lanzado en 1992.

[p11dlpar]

This song resonates in my soul..

[01Rising]

we're chained to the world and we all gotta pull!

[TheAngryIntellectual]

Anyone know where I can find an instrumental version of this?

[01Rising]

@TheAngryIntellectual yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yy

[01Rising]

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[slimjimrap]

@TheAngryIntellectual well i found a rap beat of it on shadowville(dot) com search dirt in the ground

[joaquinsito4]

Entre montañas Colombianas se desgarran las cascadas con sonidos como 'éste.

[revjimbeam]

fucking dirty sexy sleazy beautiful shit...

[NarcissistManSlut1]

ALL Hail Tom Waits... The dirty old man, and one of the last standing bastions of true music, may we follow you're example...You Ugly bastard and thank you.... a fan

[benjamminmt]

hell's boilin over and heaven is full....we're chained to the world and we all gotta pull....amazing....clap hands.

[Hooska]

The thing that really drew me to Tom Waits, lyrically at least, musical innovation aside, was his ability to encompass so many parts of the human mind and existance. Songs that say things about current events, songs about sadness, songs about imagination, humorous songs, happy songs, songs about lost love, songs about love... the more tom waits I hear the more I realize he really does write with his whole being.

[sonnysburning5133]

this is funny

[RavensJam54]

no its not

[sonnysburning5133]

all gonna be allgonnabe wind thro your motherfucking bones i said we are all gonna be just dirt in the ground

[mawhar]

this song: one hundred percent truth.

[dassfrid]

The studio version is almost a different song from the live version, but they are both brilliant, deep and genious.

[Sinnical]

one of his best for my money. structurally simple, yet infinitely deep.

[ketazlat]

tom waits is most curious to me...he puts truth, lies, corruption, politics, love, fantasy, hope, death, and pain all together into the music and his voice and lyrics. i am absolutely infatuated with how his music makes me feel.

[LionLair]

Ist das ein "kak" Kommentar.

Mit guter Musik sollte man sich halt länger beschäftigen. Aber es reicht halt nicht für den Durchschnitt, gell ?

[lobolokoloko]

"...I heard the hangman said

We're all gonna be

Just dirt in the ground..."

it makes me calm... because we all will end in the same cold ground, even when we don't "do what the man should do" very often...

[mwells219]

Just remember, cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[Emilduvier]

@mwells219 Im Rick James Bitch!

[Movielunatic]

Still cool

[0skatersam0]

I try not to listen to this song to much , I don't want to loose this perfect melody ...

[sonnysburning5133]

we`re chained to world and we are all goona pull !

[SpiderSilva07]

Great song from one of the best albums ever recorded

[jaroussky1]

this song is divine...............

Tom Waits is the greatest music icon for all time.....

[Mermanatee]

damn I do love this the lyrics truly are amazing

[redlotus2]

Another astounding record from Tom; and another of his countless persona voices! Amazingly emotional song, amazing lyrics, brilliant instrumentation, everything about this song is perfect.

[shitbrick777]

song's gonna play at my funeral.

[bigmikevt]

i first thought it would be this one until i heard "Come on up to the house"

[TheAmazingAtheist]

It's too bad that the live version is so much better. This song deserves a decent recording.

[halldormarteinsson]

Oh yeah, the live version is just mindblowing. Saw him this summer and this song just left me numb, simply fantastic.

[JoonasFinland]

Tom Waits is a true intellectual on this world of pop idiots.

[jaroussky1]

totally agree!

[hcwilde]

mmm, we´re all gonna be just dirt...