Tom Waits Big In Japan

[coolstuff2004ad]

who is tom waits ?

[thedeadchair]

Man I need to see the man live before I die...

[Skottomania]

oh, Mr. Nick, even though you didn't get the 5 souls needed for the wager, you've stolen my heart. kind of a consolation prize, i suppose.

[theisbj87]

I wish Tom Waits was my dad...

[humanityexists]

I just picked up on tom waits recently. it is most good haha

[martybop]

If Tom Waits was your dad he would teach you how to smoke and buy you dirty magazines!!!!! He the man!

[ZachsGayCat]

@martybop Tom quit :)

[Wormdei]

Industrial blues.

[Number1Zero]

Keep on groovin man, we love it!

[kaikosongs]

A legjobb....:)))

[TheBeanmartian]

imagine rockin that shit with your dad! fuckin ace.

[allesgute019]

@TheBeanmartian Imagine that Tom Waits is your dad :D

[Asteca94]

Big In Japan - VideoClip with Subtitles:

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[Tantrumzero]

Nice bootlegg

[Catscratchrecords]

Brilliant song, who cares if he's reading it, or NOT have you ever been on stage night after night? Has your band ever played in Japan? Well my band is going to Japan and this song always makes my day.

[matusgenaro]

I like this version much better then anything else Tom like always doing a magnificent performance, and that boy, also complementing the master piece

[pretorious700]

He's reading the lyrics!

[mitch26]

Yeah, it's pretty obvious here, he keeps forgetting the chorus:)

[johnwally]

@pretorious700 iam going to cover this song and hell yeah I am going read the lyrics too

if it`s good enough for Tom I can do it too .

[Heintz0]

4:14

[TheCreativeDot]

FIRE IT UP MAN!!!!! i got the cheeeeeeesee.... got the whole damn nation on their kneeeeeeeesss!!!!

[pretorious700]

so cool the drummers a kid...Waits is the man

[Lysle123]

@pretorious700 the drummer is Waits kid.

[pretorious700]

@Lysle123 even cooler still

[SwampDaddy7]

@pretorious700 Even better, that's Casey Waits, Tom's kid!

[yellowman]

@pretorious700

thats his son/my friend casey. dude is illa!

[Mikhail554]

@pretorious700 its his kid

[doirevomba]

we are forced to listen to insincere schmaltzy, shite piped into evey fuckin public orifice ya go in these days. Even the freakin buses!!! Now, if they had Tom on instead I wouldnt mind payin the fare.

[ashkank2002]

to be honest with you I wouldn't like every fucking idiot listening to Tom Waits, It is better this way, people who seek good music shall find it

[TheCreativeDot]

I agree

[deathortaxes]

@ashkank2002 I really cannot understand that attitude. How can anyone have the feeling to be "better" than someone else because he thinks he has a superior taste of music? That's putting "good music" on a similar footing with religion - the worst kind of religion in that sense, when it comes with the feeling of being superior to others who do not feel the same.

Do you think Tom would support that "snobish" attitude?

[legohair]

What a fucking legend!

[ruleoforder]

Simple music for simple minded people.

LOL. LONG LIVE IGNORANT SHEEP...

[Femkroner]

Waits... is... God.

[oggendoggen2]

Ahh... what would I be without the internet plethora of bootlegs?

[EnerieEffex]

this isn't big in japan by alphaville!!!

[mitch26]

u're an idjit. no one said it was....

[missopan]

@mitch26 Ahh an idjot, really, sounds nice? hehe

[o0hedphuq0o]

This is a far superior artist to Alphaville. The wankers don't listen to it because they can't afford it.

[Strummer7677]

@EnerieEffex No, it's not Alphaville. It's way better.

[hugecashfan]

Cool cool cool!!!You rock Mr Waits!!!

[ZRedPoppy]

Happy birthday mister Waits <3

[Heintz0]

I got the cards but not the luck, love that.

[cathrize]

my bf loves this...loves his style,appealing lol.that is my bf PAUL.

[xfeldman]

new film based on one of Tom's songs!

youtube "SENT trailer" to see preview

[Observergrl22]

heeeeeeeeeey yo, only Tom can do it!!! heeeeeeeeeeeeeey yo..there's really nothin to it!! :p

[Observergrl22]

heeeeeeeeeeey yo, only Tom can do it!! heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey yo..!!! :)

[IronBars01]

Don't blame yourself...i'm sure your father was an idiot too.

[Regizap]

b,m

[DreadLapa]

Esse cara é do Caralho!!! Amo-te!

[9reds9]

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyo

they love the way i do it.

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyo theres really nothing to it.

[dogofman]

I take that is the highest of compliment one could put forth to eighter Tom Waits or Obama.

[MoeyJcadams]

hahaha

[dembo81]

imita capossela? ti informo che il primo disco, sto "tizio" l ha ragestrato nel 73 quando il buon Vinicio faceva le elementari...

[Gonzissimo]

Ma sto tizio imita in modo imbarazzante Vinicio Capossela...

[lostangoinparadis]

tizio? questo è un genio. altro che capossela, scusami tanto. informati su chi è tom waits. e' un mostro sacro! PS scusa, anche capossela è bravo, ma tom waits è divino.

[jacksoga789]

ive been waiting a long time to see this vid. i havent been able to find this song for over 2 years!!! thanks...

[pipeandes]

i hope i could see him some day.... does anyone know if there is any show in Canada?

[Halo3sniper41306]

Fantastic performance wish I was there !!!

[easthousepinballwiza]

awesome :D

[MilesnagCaipilin]

Looking forward to next Friday in the Phoenix Park Dublin.

[doirevomba]

Am going on friday too, cant wait.

[dalcon555]

father and son play together: god damn thats amazing, i still love my blues jams with my dad, its a phenominal epxerience that father son connection in music, i feel very connected with tom waits and his son for having shared an experience like that

[mitch26]

Okay, I don't usually approve spam but I'm going to let this one go, for the record though Tom buys his watches at CVS....

[cgrmath]

Tom Waits es toda !

[TeenageWildlife]

fabulous. but it seems Tom has an aversion to New York with touring! doesn't matter though, i'm driving my ass to Atlanta

[mitch26]

I've seen him in NYC at least 6 times in the past 10 years.... bet if the venues were cheaper he'd play there more. I'd like to see him play with Masasda. I'm going to Atlanta too.

[ZigZagWanderer]

I'm happy to say I was at Den Haag in July 1999 and still it's awesome to see this time and time again !

I've got tickets for 1 of his concerts in Milan. Looking forward to it.

[adamwebb1]

great vid!

[wildshovel]

Who is that on guitar?

[mitch26]

Smokey Hormel (Beck)

[dffdbhgjhg]

dosn't sounds like big in japan

[soNervig]

maybe its not the song you were looking for. You know different songs can have the same title.

[Bramrpg]

Well, your partly right, its not exactly the same as the one from the album but its the same song allright.

[satweavers]

Tom Waits is a True Unpredictable!!!!

[DrummingMofo]

Tom is a genius, pure genius.

[KabuklaMiyoleh]

For me he's the greatest!

[Trybrow]

that young lad on the drums must be his son. thats so ace that he gets to play on stage with his pops.

[shuckslbj]

Man, this is so dope live.

[pernaboukano]

big

[Pj311foo]

At first I was like, "WTF is this?!" But this is actually..kinda...intereseting­. Looks like a fun show to be at also.

[mitch26]

I've been to 8 of them, fun is an understatement.....

[kickmyface22114]

I thought Big in Japan was a stament at first not the name of the song.

[englishmark20022002]

eye 8 the iritaracy of the peepole on here

[TkyoSam]

who the hell is "Tom Waits"?

[Uberlaser]

Showing your ignorance aren't you - LOL

[nacho3rdbowler]

the dude that's singing in the video?

what a hella stupid question to ask.

[johnnyC4SH]

tom waits is none other than tom waits

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[pretorious700]

For some reason, I'm glad you DON'T know.

[BlackstarSirius]

I don't particularly like the lyrics of this song, they seem too... Easy. Quite disappointing! :(

[mitch26]

Dunno why he should need the lyrics sheets more at The Hague....

[JamesCnotactYelena]

Music is more important anyways!

[Yantryman]

Give it another chance and look at it as a political song, cos that what it is ;)

Peace

[Tai3Series]

I love me some Waits.

[TheGodParticle]

There's to many people bitching on hear like I've been listen to tom for 20 years now so i respect him more than u, give me a break. its like people that drive around in there cars playin gangsta RAP full volume to impress, they dont like the music but they play it to get noticed. like tom or not he's good but he's not a god...

[mitch26]

you say there's too many people bitching here and then you start bitching. LOL

[TheGodParticle]

Valid point, I wont bitch again...sorry

[jrwoof]

omfg =|

[stephenshellmc]

the people that cry ohh walts off the web are foolish kidz who are just angry because they have yet too hit puberty or a little boy named kathy(that would make any one touchy)

but tom is a man and can take care of his own buissness thank you.

[Tai3Series]

"a little boy names kathy" Ahahahahaha!!

[ZigZagWanderer]

FellmanBaines you're annoying me "big time" with your stupid comments.

I saw Waits perform live in The Hague on july the 20th 1999 the day after this clip was recorded. He was on top of his game, thanks al lot for sharing this great clip.

[mccrackhed]

fellmanbaines i must say i think you are one of the many people who run around going "i know who tom waits is" to validate yourself and to intimidate those who haven't found the amazingness of tom waits... i am 14 and none of my friends or my whole year know who tom waits is so i think you are safe...and the day they do i will run down the street singing "hallejuah"...

[beanmartian]

the evil administrater

[KingCrimson82]

waits could be proud of his son,he is tightly rocking the drum

[HotRockNSteel]

That muppet FellmanBaines is ruining every Tom Waits video on here! Calls himself a fan & yet all he does is annoy other fans of Waits. This track rocks.

[dearmallika]

grossartig!

[KoolBand]

OH NO!

[MaryB113]

I love how his own son is in the band. Now that's family bonding for ya! Awesome song, and I hope I get to see him live.

[FellmanBaines]

MAKE WAITS BIG IN YOUR HEART, but NONEXISTENT ON THE WEB.

die internet, die youtube, die google, die wikipedia.

long live Waits

[mitch26]

Great a luddite with a computer. I'll approve the comment but it's retarded and you need therapy....

[petersoncristina]

I don't understand how you can say that if you're right here on youtube listening to Tom Waits.

[senhorlampada]

You have serious issues!

[gerryiam]

Your words bare no weight when spoken through a youtube profile you hypocritical selfish person. Someone could easily say "Recorded music is ruining the art of live perfomance" and i'm sure you'd agree, so you can dump all of your waits records. I'm 16 years old, and without the internet i'd never have even heard about waits. Now I own all of his albums.

[lulub007]

This is great stuff. Thank you for putting it on. I have seen Tom Waits twice in my life, but there are some that may never have the chance.

[Premedia]

I can't imagine Tom objecting at all to his cyber proliferation. The goal of all great artists is to be heard, seen, and experienced by as many people as possible. His music is uniquely his and that is inspiring. And I'm glad some dude filmed this and mitch26 put it up for all of us to see the man in action.

[beelzabubba]

Amen

[cherishwest]

His son Casey played with him during last summer's tour. He's in his 20s now. :)

[majamaja3333]

Great as ever. Very cute though allowing his kid to play, what a dad. I hope he becomes a good musician like his father. Better for us :)

Anybody know will he be comming to Europe any time soon?? Im dying to see Waits live...like many of you here i suppose.

[mitch26]

i hear he may be playing dover....

[majamaja3333]

Is that really happening? if you have any more info i would be very grateful.

[mitch26]

I'm not sure what you're asking

[majamaja3333]

Oh, sorry, i replied to your answer a while ago where you mentioned you heard something about Waits maybe performing in Europe, Dover.

I was winging how im dying to see him live...:)

I hope, i hope!

[aginiga]

Tom is the best. Keep goin', Mr. Waits!

[bennyjail]

"The Cult of the Amateur. How today's internet is killing our culture."

Free Tom from the Internet!

[mitch26]

uh you know that people are being starved and massacred in Darfur? You really need to pick your priorities a bit better.

[bennyjail]

Yes, i am well aware of the situation in Darfur. It is indeed terrible. However, what is happening all over the world with the growth of cyberspace and the expansion of the blogosphere is even more insidious, because it has happening to us, and being falsely propagandized as "globalization" and "democratization." Our culture is being cannibalized.

[mitch26]

Well that's good we need a new world order, but the argument seems a bit stretched here, if you look at the stats for how many folks are watching these videos, that's a lot of fans and CD sales for Tom. Tom's aware of these videos and isn't one to be quiet when displeased. Let him pick his own fights.

[SaverioC73]

MITCH 26 ...please can you tell me wich is the name from the guitarrist in this video , also if someone knows just write in his name..thanks

[mitch26]

Smokey Hormel. He also plays with Beck.

[JBOYDACT]

SMOKEY HORMEL...C'N HIM 2NITE!

[Tripsy490]

hey man he is free the only people on the internet looking for tom waits are the people who already love him and the people who soon will all he has on the internet are people who wish they could meet him and this is the closest they can get these days.

[theoriginal72]

The man who wrote that book is as biased and moronic as the trolls you'll find on the /b/. It's the same 'Everything has been going downhill since (insert year)' nonsense they've been saying since the 1920s did away with the Victorian era. The difference is this time inane ramblings of my Grandpa have actually somehow made it to book form, to thereby be taken as credible by the world at large.

[mitch26]

Look I have close to 300 vids out here now and have to read and approve all this nonsense in order to keep spammers off my vids. If you want to comment on the video, fine, but if we're getting into literary discussions I'm going to have to disable comments. Lets focus people....

[theoriginal72]

Sorry... :(

[mitch26]

It's all good I generally live for confrontation:)

[lonesomecowboybert]

Thanks to You Tube I got to see this. I like it

[Proteor]

AMAZING TOM WAITS ! Like me, he says hello to his lost brother : Screaming Jay Hawkins. Poets !

[mitch26]

amen brothers and sisters, as we all know,

"I can hear him rolling on down the lane

I said hollywood be thy name

Jesus gonna be

Gonna be here soon"

[pinthias]

with a lullaby for my brow

[po3ticTreachery]

LOL@ who'se a better fan. What is this, the 4th grade? I bet Tom has a computer too and he probably is writing a song right now about what jerks you all are. hahaha

[bennyjail]

Just keep in mind one thing... when you look at guys like Willie the Lion, Jellyroll Morton, Tennesee Williams, Howlin' Wolf, Fats Waller, Darwin, Ramnajan, Colden, and the list goes on and on.. you can't help but think that the internet is breeding by the millions a race of sissies who can't even conceive of the grandiose state of consciousness that those old greats lived in.

[mitch26]

I'm sure they'll come up with a computer game so the kids can envision a time before TV, air conditioning, segregation and penicillin....

[011353ever]

I like you the sad thing is alot of these people try to be differnt if you have to thing about it that much then your not I dont mean U

[po3ticTreachery]

There are many more people on the internet that don't belong there thasn there are who do. That's why the internet is so popular. However, accessing that which you don't want to see will require an internet connection.

Ironic huh. Complaining about the quality of the internet is like moving to a landfill and complaining about the garbage problem.... Nobody really cares,so you'll probably have to move somewhere more pleasant.

[homesickalienpoet]

Sacreficing the beauty of Wait's music by giving people a chance to hear/see it? What about people like myself who have to travel 50 miles just to buy a Tom Waits album and will probably never get to see him live? I guess we don't "deserve" to see him perform unlike the sacred idiots Kathy and Lemmy who have nothing better to do than criticize people for "discovering Tom on the Net." You're supposed to discover him by meiosis, right guys?

[flamesk8er90]

i have to thank you for putting this video up. and i really dont get this whole ordeal with people thinking that he shouldnt be on the internet. it makes no sense to me atall.

[mitch26]

All of Tom's obsessed fans are aware there was a time that he wasn't seeking video exposure to protect his family from media saturation. Most of his kids are grown now and he seems well ensconced and has done more movies and TV. Those heckling here are throw backs that don't seem to be keeping up, but all us fans are a bit weird. It goes with the territory.

[flamesk8er90]

yeah i know...and yet again, do you think that tom cares how someone found him? just so long as they appreciate him, right?

[kathyseesyou]

Lemmy Morton is a real Waits fan, unlike the rest of you who so readily sacrilege the message and beauty of Waits' art by posting videos of him on the internet.

[mitch26]

I approved your comment but you're speaking nonsense, Neither of you are better fans because I've posted a video and ya'll haven't. Over 60,000 folks have stopped by to enjoy Tom's performance here and I'd rather they watched them here than have to deal with them in line at the next sold out show.

[BustedHeart]

I guess irreverence is too much for you.

[kathyseesyou]

Get Waits OFF the internet!

[icarus48]

In response to Lemmymorton... dude. Tom Waits is amazing in everyway and has been my favorite artist since I have been listening to good music. I am aware you agree with this.

But, the internet is a great resource for fans of Mr. Waits who cannot access his music or videos or go to his concerts. Maybe you are lucky, but some people can't afford anything they want. Its hard to find a live performance so any videos are special and should not be censored.

[Prtyjedi]

I'm 15, a huge Tom Waits fan, and live in Northern Europe so odds are I'll never see him live. That's life.

Tom Waits owns big time

[BPMead007]

Tom toured Europe in '04, I'd say your chances aren't too bad. As a 16 year old Tom Waits fan I'm excited to see him someday like nobody's business.

[TheHeraldCrow]

If you ever have a chance to see Waits in concert.. DO IT!!!

[lemmymorton]

get Waits OFF the internet. die google, die myspace, die youtube. long live Waits!

[mitch26]

I'm approving this in the interest of free speech but I'm REALLY thinkin....

get lemmymorton OFF the internet, DIE DIE DIE (this is a great song by Dr Dog btw) also you're repeating yourself......

[lemmymorton]

i really respect you for allowing me to express how I strongly and sincerely feel. Many people who post vids censor me, and almost everyone dismisses my comments as nonsensical... but they aren't.

[ghostfredrickj]

That kid swings like a bitch.

[DesolationRow0]

its Tom's son playing the drums! he kicks ass! hits hard!

[ginbogao]

old hanshome man

[lemmymorton]

free tom from the internet. die youtube, die myspace.. long live waits.

[bungyak]

that bass guy looks cool, is it larry taylor?

[dproos]

thanks for posting

[raindog625]

Awesome

[totococa]

I love it

[lazydogs]

5*

[TombyStone]

I have to say thanks for putting this up, other than that I'm speechless.

[mitch26]

It's Smokey Hormel who also has played with Beck.

[Rasihasi]

i don't think its mark ribot. i don't know him but on the vid of tom wait's @ letterman performing chocolate jesus he can be seen better.

[gabeanation]

i know 2 of them. the bassist is larry taylor and i'm pretty sure the guitar player is mark ribot, but i'm not 100% sure.

[Soul74]

Anybody know the entire lineup of the backing band?

[uspsionic]

God in action! Would like to see Les Claypool there, tho. Tom's son is a good drummer, too!

[mitch26]

trick of the light...plus his hair has darkened a bit these past few years. you wouldn't recognize him now....

[wulf326]

Tom...brilliant. (like the studio version better due to sound quality.)

[pumpkinheadsteve]

Is Tom's kid a redhead or is that just a trick of the light?

[fballiache]

GREAT!!

[deliman]

as awesome as the studio version is, this beats it. i wish i could find a recording of this somewhere.

[dirkbullit]

wowowowowowow

[ElixirSue]

What a sound, what a VOICE!

This is fantastic.

[dotheevolution]

Amazing!