Pretty Yellow Shoes ~ experimental film ~ storytelling ~ Tom Waits 1975

Experimental video on meeting with Tom Waits. (All original images and sounds.)

"It was in the city of Philadelphia, and it was back in the year of 1975. And I was a new shooter in town - crystal methamphetamine - speed kills. 'We love your photos, we'd like to hire you to shoot a musician named Tom.' Tom what's-his-name, it was at some dive there in Philly. I got all dressed up, wanted to look sharp - and I put on my pretty, yellow shoes. 'Yeah, I'm Tom, shoot a game of pool?', but I saw him checking out my shoes, from the corner of his eye. 'Sure Brother, I'll shoot a game with you.' Don't call me brother! Because the minute I turned my back you'd steal my watch!' He just didn't like my shoes. But things sometimes take a little time to be appreciated. So I just crossed my legs, and have Tom what's-his-name, have a good long look, at my - my pretty, yellow, shoes." - Jack

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• experimental
• film
• memory
• tom waits
• video
• storytelling
• convey
• in
• words
• images
• sounds
• narrative
• point
• of
• view
• recall
• information
• and
• experience
• Philadelphia
• USA
• 1975

[ZEMTRASH]

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[JackNightingale]

@ZEMTRASH Thnak you very much again Zemtrash.

[ZEMTRASH]

@JackNightingale this is well done ...the photos are great...even if i´m not so much

in tom waits as musician.... i see him more as actor or entertainer...

[JackNightingale]

@ZEMTRASH yeah - I think he’s a good music maker though too Zemtrash - thank you for commenting,

[oasjdfo1234]

hey great i love it!

[JackNightingale]

@oasjdfo1234 Thank you.

[JackNightingale]

thank you! - hanging tough, trying not to let ourselves drop - later dude, thanks for commenting - jack

[zamericano]

this is great stuff. this is the good stuff.

[JackNightingale]

Aren't the Ramones given credit for starting new wave and punk (?) - good to see you back - hope you weren't on the road to damnation, again! Thanks for commenting John!

[526723]

I was on the road -just got back. The editing fits the video real nice. Yellow shoes- sounds almost like Zappa. In the mid-1980's I hung out with Dee Dee Ramone a couple of times.(was the bass player for the Ramones) Small world huh. The Tom Waits voice you do is almost perfect. Nice job.