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Blue Valentines - Tom Waits - (Cover)

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Uploaded by on Mar 11, 2008

A dangerous business this. I am a singer and it's natural for me to sing the songs I love and this is certainly one of them. I have been asked to sing Tom Waits songs quite a lot recently so I thought I'd try a difficult one. I know it's not comparable to the original but I hope you'll forgive my presumption and accept that my endeavour is, at least, honest (and I don't think I do such a bad job in truth).

And, of course, I would love to know what you think.

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  • i can't stop listening to to this version. i NEED this on a disc, man. this is probably my favorite cover i've seen on youtube. nice job!

  • Send me a message with a postal address and I'll send you a disc - no problem :o)

  • Nice cover,Waits is the man

  • No doubt that - thanks for watching!

  • you have a beautiful soulful voice. Great job covering one of the greats!!

  • Thank you sooooo much!

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  • Man, that's awesome... Greetings from Russia

  • it's a good cover..a good try...

    btw..i sincerely hope you never will be able to sing this song..really..too much pain to walk in..too much..

  • what a great version. wonderful job

  • Very well done. I think I need to lie down now.

  • orribleeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    leave it to sing tom waits is not for evryones

  • marvellous singer!!!!.......particular, expressive and incisive voice!

  • dangerous business indeed. id wanna say it sounds too .............. "happy?" but thats probably because its nearly impossible to sound as sad as tom in this song.  great cover anyway.

  • An honest effort, and better musicianship than I generally hear or adhere to when it comes to Tom Waits. Too much echo though; the beauty of the original track is that he seems to spit the lyrics out reluctantly, and naked of effects like a confession rather than a composed piece. The rawness digs deep, which is what your glossed over cover missed, but not by too far. Don't be discouraged, it takes a lot or balls to put it out there in any case.

  • it sounds like ireland or texas...it's not the point....but you are a good player...

  • Job well done, mate. Lots of feeling and good tempo.

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