tom waits interview & rain dogs live 1986 part 2

[citizenstand]

the "closed caption" are great youtube!

[LandoftheShanks]

God Letterman, that was so fucking random, "Can you hear this? Does that put you in the mind of fairies?" "Yeah it has that uh Disney..." LMAO!

Great song!

[droctagonchali2na]

My god there's so much soul in his voice when he sings it's amazing. Rain Dogs is one of my top five favourite albums of all time, Tom Waits is one of the finest alternative musicians of all time. Actually I don't trust anyone who doesn't like Tom Waits.

Now I just want to see him do more acting cos he seems to enjoy it so much (and he was awesome as Renfield in Bram Stoker's Dracula lol)

[grassyhillnz]

"We're gonna hear Time, is that right Tom?"

"Okay, we'll try that one..."

[notonpage7]

and the rain sounds like a round of applause....it;s time

[rlegear19]

It`s a damn shame that we didn`t get this beautiful song in it`s entirety........ Tori Amos performed a powerful version of "Time" on Letterman as the first musical guest after 9-11-2001

[brewmn61]

This was the perfomance that made me a Tom Waits fan. My older brother had "Small Change," but I didn't get Tom as a teenager. I saw this on Letterman, and I saw the Rain Dogs tour at the Chicago Theatre (w/Marc Ribot!) a year later. Been a big fan ever since.

[Phiiphayden]

BOW = Beautiful Original Wonder

[benjamin9898]

really nice work at the end

[angrytypewriter]

too bad the guitar is still out of tune. much better live stuff when he quit drinking.

[ponkeyicompositions]

You see, I loved the out-of-tune guitar - the second I saw it I detuned mine a bit to see how it sounded. For most people it wouldn't work, but with Tom Waits it adds to the shambolic air that he presents visually, lyrically and musically.

[copadip]

fuck the credits

[r0rschach]

I just think it's really cool that he got John C. Reilly and Dom DeLouise to play the song with him.

[tailesill4]

there IS no one more original in popular music.

"oh she said she'd stick around until the bandages come off but these mama's boys just don't know when to quit!"

[xfilewillie]

All my fuckin´ words can´t express properly the genius behind the man, in all of his interviews always with that special irony and sense of humor..

What a treasure of document (the two parts)...and what a marvelous song inside..

Wi®

[robertebaileyjr]

nice way you stuck the end on the song from the album

[Kdees]

I'm new to this cat , he is cool as ice and his performance here is gold, can anyone get more original ??

[kkblandford]

every album you buy is a treat so enjoy discovering him. i discovered him a year ago and he's become my favourite artist. genius

[tollestrup]

"okay, we'll try that one"

Time is such a beautiful song.

[calebzia]

his high e is flat

and he's still playing and singing perfectly

[pwfinn]

yeah i noticed, at the last second he just spun the tuning peg, and kept going.

i love how this guy can make good music without "proper" tuning

[artmaven]

Pretty clever publicity campaign you set up on the coat tails of a great artist. Everyone now knows your book title and name. The internet seems to be working well for you amateurs.

[bennyjail]

first of all, i FUCKIN love WAits, I'm a DIEHARD fan. I'm not trying to leverage a private agenda off this man's illustrious and brilliant carreer. I love him, and wanna puke fuckin' blood everytime i see his music on youtube. Research youtube, you wouldn't want to even mention the great waits and the shit youtube in the same sentence. fuck off.

[SalamanderExcess]

i think its the discussion of his music on the internet that has helped me realise how great he is...

[hatklip]

another cool kLiP of tom waits. at my youtube page.

watch it & enj0y It =] =]

by hatklip

[AndyPVale]

I must've said this many times. But if Waits himself desires not to be on the internet then would he please give me back the £50ish I have spent on his music after discovering him on the internet. I personally think the internet is great for music. Instead of having a record labels choice droned into your ears every day you can now try out whatever music you like. If the internet died now I think it would be a step backwards for our culture as our scope would suddenly be narrowed.

[guardcorp]

the thing is tom is one of a kind, he dont care about no copyright laws man. this cat is one of a fucking kind. He dont care about fame and lots of money he just wants to play at nightclubs up in heaven one day.

[AndyPVale]

I agree with your sentiment up until the last sentence. If that was truly the case then why is it he rarely plays live and when he does it is in large venues with ticket prices up to £100+

I'm not knocking him, but I do sometimes think that people build up an unrealistic image of him. Those old instruments he plays aren't cheap to buy or maintain. He is still human. Albeit an incredibly fine one.

[Toedoog]

@guardcorp I agree but; doesn't care about copyright?? Ha he's set up so many court cases about people and advertisements using his music.

[ZachsGayCat]

@Toedoog Yeah but his record company is actually with public broadcasting not against it like most major record companies, even though Tom isn't so crazy about the "internet thing". He actually regretted not protecting his music from his first record company when he was younger, I'm glad he knows who to protect his property from now.

[ColdRoses]

agreed with Andy, the internet is responsible for such advancement in my appreciation for him. This video included.

[hatklip]

cool!!!

check mine tribute

[cjdavis18]

I love it!!!

[lowlowprices]

yer thanks for the end. if it had been that abrupt it would have hurt

[kayotof]

Thanks for adding hte end of that tune

[kippmcleod]

Christ, was he ever that young? Brilliant even back then! Too bad Letterman couldn't have put him up before the credits.

[SATANBOT3000]

he did. this is a second performance.