Tom Waits - Johnsburg Illinois 2004-11-19

i was just in johnsburg earlier this morning! lol, how ironic.

Yes, yes... when in Rome...

HA! I am becoming a Tom Waits fan... And I love that he wrote this song about a place which has always remained a sort of bucolic fantasy for me from childhood, when I lived there around 1957 and 1958?. I was around 10? (Born in 1948). It was such a lovely place, with places to go ice skating and farms and corn fields right next door. The people were so friendly. Had my first kiss there (spin the bottle) in Johnsburg, Illinois.
Thanks for immortalizing it Tom.

personally i dont like tom waits that much but i live in johnsburg and his song is our only claim to fame so thats cool

newfut... what are you doing listening to tom waits videos if you dont like him!?!?! let me hear you write somthing that moves me and everyone else watching this video as much as tom does... until then i hate you. and you have terrible taste by the way i saw your little video and all i have to say is ...damn....

yea actually waits is about as much of the beat culture as kerouac or bukowski or anybody else... u should see Down by Law. waits is the real deal.

You tellem!

hah. i live in johnsburg illinois.

McHenry, represent!

hahahaha im there!