my bass player always refers to this as the VD song when we play it... Tom has so many beautiful tunes... makes one feel lucky to be alive just to sit back and listen.
This song is about fuckin a bunch of women.....then waking up one morn and thinkin you may have caught something....so go to the doc.....doc tells you you gonna be allright....but you still feel blue. I've been singing this tune for years and it occored to me on stage...not by experience lol.
@primitivefiremusic i always thought it was more about fucking a bunch of women and waking up one morning and realising you didn't have anybody who cared about you? Two perspectives i guess!
@Geedo777 you are right...it's the "Dr. says I'll be alright..." line after singing about all of those female conquests that gets my mind thinking..."why did he go to the dr.?"...and then I think....he woke up with the itchy and scratchies after he had him one of those girls. I think it's subversively hilarious and really puts the song into another realm of subtlety.
...this is Tom Waits guys. He used to sing "plainly" like this back when he first started out. Then he began the "husky" voice routine. I don't care because I love him either way, but you should definitely thoroughly research him before making snap judgments. Springsteen can't touch this.
this video could be the stupidest thing, like a whale movin towards an earlgrey or somethin, but along as it was with a tomwaits song it would make it cool haha i love tom waits
very expressive video. never thought the song matches with a situation in life like this. but you've found the diversity of loneliness. do you shoot the video by yourself?
Why in the world would you say it's Springsteen or Tchaikovsky or whoever... Why do you ignorant people always try to made something up whenever you don't know the truth?
CC, you made my day. Arrived to the job with the mood to listen to this song.
@ARmatey It is most definitely NOT Springsteen. It's Tom Waits, before his voice got all raspy and raw and I've-been-smoking-cigarettes-and-drinking-whiskey-all-my-life.
Had me a Girl From North Carolina Shes Still on my mind...
Hits me everytime
rsandoval89 2 months ago
It's about heart ache. One can get so blue that it takes a physical toll on you. No medication can heal a broken heart...
gilbertc555 4 months ago
This is lovely. Good old Tom with his unique sense of melody, with his complete Ninja ways with words, wow!!
KarmaNinja69 5 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Tom Waits
im feelin blueeee uu This made my day,,
RSBoots 6 months ago
This IS Tom Waits via 1973....? Maybe that's not the right year but definitley early in his career.
MrCreamyHawkins 7 months ago
@MrCreamyHawkins I'd say 1971-72, because this is one of those really early tracks which weren't re-discovered until the 1990s.
oisinallen 5 months ago
This song has one of my favorite choruses of all-time. Absolutely beautiful.
mdhattem 7 months ago
Possibly one of his best tunes..
petepamf 7 months ago
The doctor said I'll be alright but I'm feeling blue. What else can I say? Thanks Tom for this beautiful song
dakarlion1 1 year ago
my bass player always refers to this as the VD song when we play it... Tom has so many beautiful tunes... makes one feel lucky to be alive just to sit back and listen.
familystoned69 1 year ago
This song is about fuckin a bunch of women.....then waking up one morn and thinkin you may have caught something....so go to the doc.....doc tells you you gonna be allright....but you still feel blue. I've been singing this tune for years and it occored to me on stage...not by experience lol.
primitivefiremusic 1 year ago
@primitivefiremusic i always thought it was more about fucking a bunch of women and waking up one morning and realising you didn't have anybody who cared about you? Two perspectives i guess!
Geedo777 1 year ago
@Geedo777 you are right...it's the "Dr. says I'll be alright..." line after singing about all of those female conquests that gets my mind thinking..."why did he go to the dr.?"...and then I think....he woke up with the itchy and scratchies after he had him one of those girls. I think it's subversively hilarious and really puts the song into another realm of subtlety.
primitivefiremusic 1 year ago
bitches i had a girl in the ditches
SeeProfileForDetails 1 year ago
& thank you somuch for posting this. it is my song of the day because it MADE this day. <3
LandoftheShanks 1 year ago
...this is Tom Waits guys. He used to sing "plainly" like this back when he first started out. Then he began the "husky" voice routine. I don't care because I love him either way, but you should definitely thoroughly research him before making snap judgments. Springsteen can't touch this.
LandoftheShanks 1 year ago 18
@LandoftheShanks maybe the marlboro got the better of him??
oldboybob 1 year ago
@LandoftheShanks word to that! Tom is so awesome!!!!!!!
moniquegee 1 year ago
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semajiktaj 7 months ago
A few chords can go a very long way.
Beautiful.
flyhead2 2 years ago 6
The early years vol2.. perfect... nothing more to say...
pfvirus 2 years ago 2
i've heard this song at chipotle like 6 times.
yuvizal 2 years ago 3
this video could be the stupidest thing, like a whale movin towards an earlgrey or somethin, but along as it was with a tomwaits song it would make it cool haha i love tom waits
cassanaslim 2 years ago 4
i only do bad vids. i'm working on something worse. I might expand on the whale/earlgrey thing.
cciesiel22 2 years ago 11
wasnt sayin your video was bad i was simply saying that tom waits makes anything look good...its all up to you to think if its good or not
cassanaslim 2 years ago
LOL...i'll subscribe if you can come up with worse.
ThePaleHorseman5 2 years ago
my new favourite song
cameriyad 3 years ago 2
very expressive video. never thought the song matches with a situation in life like this. but you've found the diversity of loneliness. do you shoot the video by yourself?
glanada 3 years ago
Cool video - "had me a girl from north carolina...still on my mind"..lol. thank yiu for posting.
Juan6804 3 years ago
this isnt tom waits...who is it?
mooseutoo 4 years ago
yes, it is tom waits.
cciesiel22 4 years ago 3
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Actually it's Springsteen.
ARmatey 3 years ago
no its tom waits..off of Early Years Vol. 1. He may have covered it. This is not his version....
cciesiel22 3 years ago
Why in the world would you say it's Springsteen or Tchaikovsky or whoever... Why do you ignorant people always try to made something up whenever you don't know the truth?
CC, you made my day. Arrived to the job with the mood to listen to this song.
zosete 3 years ago
dude that's tom waits I've got this album
Dizkneelande 2 years ago 2
@ARmatey yeah, it's definitely tom waits.
miggerino 1 year ago
@ARmatey It is most definitely NOT Springsteen. It's Tom Waits, before his voice got all raspy and raw and I've-been-smoking-cigarettes-and-drinking-whiskey-all-my-life.
cealchyth 1 year ago
can't you use google to find out for yourself?
Dizkneelande 2 years ago 2
One of the most beautiful songs ever written!
thedirtydeltas 4 years ago
Heard that song this morning and cant get out of my head.
ralf778899 4 years ago
I posted something but YT ate it.
getorphan 5 years ago
good job I love the pics of the rundown downtown mainstreet usa
getorphan 5 years ago