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Waitin' around to die _ Townes Van Zandt

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Uploaded by on Jun 11, 2008

First release on audio album 'For the Sake of the Song' (1968) Jack Clement produced this one ;-)

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  • There's the "blues"

    there's dark

    there's depressing

    and then there's hopelessness, thats Townes

  • Thanks to the internet I have Netflix. Because of Netflix I discovered Breaking Bad. While watching Breaking Bad I heard the lyrics to this song. Thanks to the internet I was able to google the lyrics and find the cover by the Be Good Tanyas on YouTube where I read in the comments that the original was by Van Zandt. Thank you internet!

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  • yes !!!!

  • just great

  • Best lyricist... Ever... Period.

  • @Joeyland This is the best, most true comment I've ever read on YouTube.

  • @LandonInFlorida I usually like raw stuff better but I think this song sounds better with the production.

  • @andrewpro85 love paint it black and this song.... funny coinciedence. dated reverb ownes apperantly.. any suggestions for me?

  • @andrewpro85 Love this version. The contrast makes the lyric more surprising.

  • This song reminds me of Sour Times by Portishead. The winding, foreboding backing track is marvelous, even more than lyrics.

  • @LandonInFlorida Admittedly the production is a little much, but I kind of like it. The dated reverb makes the proceeding sound a little bit like "Paint it Black" by the Stones. If this were the only version of the song, I might complain that it misrepresents the material, but there's something wonderfully subversive about the way this bleak stuff masquerades well as a pop song. TVZ is in great voice here, too, not a small point.

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