I read an article from someone who worked with him that says he is writing songs again. This was very recent. I have hope he'll give us at least one last one before he goes - and it'll be a tear jerker ballad filled affair if my intuition has any say in the matter.
@@frankvazquez5974 where's he going? Man, the president of the USA is nearly a decade older than Tom. Don't count your chicken's graves before they die, (or however that old phrase goes.)
yep took me a second to put the lyrics in my head of what the song i was hearing was. "got drunk with louie armstrong, what's that old song? i taught mickey mantle, everything that he knows"
Tom Waits is the greatest. He got me through some of the hardest times over the past decade (and I only got into him around 2010, when I was 22).. And I've been wanting to watch The Ballad of Buster Scruggs for the past few weeks, and now I really wanna watch it if Tom Waits is in it lol.
Bro, I was nearly the same age as you when I started listening to this old soak. A friend and I read something by a band we liked (Gomez) in a magazine in 1998, that name checked Tom Waits. So we went into our local record store and just grabbed an album each based on nothing more than the cover-art. I lucked out with Closing Time, and a true love affair began. If I kept track of such things, I'd say Closing Time is still in my top 5 albums of all time.
@@FhurinWho rents a chicken? 😂 Greatest superhero movie ever. He was also absolutely mesmerizing in 7 Psychopaths. He steals every scene he has ever been in.
I LOVE this tremendously talented man and his metaphors ("He's not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at"), and I wish he was used in more films. A sublime lyricist, his music has been a soundtrack in my life for over 40 years. Thank you for much pleasure and joy, Tom Waits.
Or how he described 'Orphans: Bawlers, Brawlers and Bastards' as "songs that fell behind the stove." I wish _my_ songs that fell behind the stove were that good!
I find it more impressive to write intelligible poetic prose like Cormac McCarthy does than to write more fantastic lines using metaphorical gymnastics.
I discovered Mule Variations after a difficult deployment and time in my life and his words and music brought me to a place of comfort and calm and for that I will always be grateful.
I did too! I discovered him later in life, was laid off, and "come on up to the house" ignited a love affair. I now have several favorite songs of his. I had heard Scarlett Johansson's covers of Falling Down and Fannin St. but didn't know it was covers of Tom Waits. I mostly liked those because I found out Bowie sang some backup on a couple of the songs on her album. Probably because they were Waits covers and Bowie wanted to be involved in that project. I didn't connect it all until a decade later probably. I adore him Tom, now.
Years ago I told my teenaged son who was just developing a taste for Wait's music that it would be hard to describe who I thought Tom Waits was. I ended up telling him Waits probably wouldn't be appreciated until after he was gone, which is a shame. That was maybe fourteen years ago and I'm happy to see he's maintained a presence and is being introduced to a younger fan base. This is America's son and I'm glad she smiled on him before his passing
Like a guitar player. It doesn't matter what guitar they pick up, they still sound like themselves. I would know this was Tom playing even if I was in the next room.
I've always wanted to greet the man In person. Such an absolute fan of his entire repertoire. Just that gravelly voice. Like if bourbon whiskey could sing. The pain and sorrow the happy and melancholy just perfect.
High art.Thank you Mr waits for all the songs,all the jokes,all the movies (Especially"Down by Law) And all of your humanity.I cannot count the hours that I have been entertained by you .☮️
I’ve been to eight of his shows. Starting in 1972 (I think, may have been 1973) All iterations…solo, him and a bass player, ensemble. ALL just outstanding wonderful evenings!!!
@@GregorBarclay personal not in my eyes. Im al most 40 and I have felt that way since I am around 14. Granted I don't know every single artist out there. Maybe that's a better word????........Artist??
It's a curious thing, I often find myself thinking about Tom Waits and wondering how he is. That doesn't happen for any other person that I've never met! His music has added itself to part of who I am and I'm happy about that.
I once was lucky to touch his hands. There was a certain contrast between the tenderness of the music and working man's, rough hands he has.. I'd kill for something like this, just to sit and listen for him, even if it's just for a minute.
This is the best thing I've seen in a long time. I heard a couple of his classics snuck in here. Those people milling around didn't know what they had in front of them.
One of my favorite albums of all time is "Small Change." When I first heard it back in the mid seventies I felt fortunate to have found it. I've been a huge fan ever since.
he is the only person in the world I want to sit down and have a beer with before they leave us forever. He's given me some magical moments with this music and artistry. So singular.
A true genius with lyrics and music. I live to see him in heaven, sitting at the piano. A truly great musical and lyrical mind. Full of humor, irony, compassion and a healthy perception for the abundance of absurdity. Above all, one who recognizes beauty.
I was fortunate enough to be introduced to his music in my senior year of high school (1976) and have had a lifelong passion for him. I saw him then in a small theater in Michigan during his Small Change era, and he blew me away. Seen him more than a half dozen times since. I feel very fortunate. His part in this movie was classic. He did an off beat one called Cold Feet that he had a major part in and it was great too.
I love him. The first time I ever heard him play was a life changing experience. I was a high school student when I first saw him on the Mike Douglas Show.
For two centuries, America celebrated & championed the characteristics that made a Man. This hits me like a funeral march. The sun is setting. Silence will follow. I'm glad we had yesterday, my friends.
Wow, didn’t realize that was Tom Waits on the piano at first. Saw the flick a couple years ago, and ‘rewound’ to hear that piano riff again. Awww, that guy! Such a gem of human condition, Major Tom. Long may you live Sir, if that’s what you want. So far so good!
I LOVE YOU, tom...WE DO RECOVER! some of us....my Christmas greeting to my friends has been "Christmas Card from Minneapolis" each year...since i lost my husband..
I still cannot believe I watched that film without realizing it was Tom Waits playing the prospector. I mean, he spends half the time SINGING! Who else can sound like that? It's a testament to how immersive of a film and performance it was I suppose.
It’s a lovely thing the way he draws sadness and reflection, elegy in his music. I first heard him being played in a cafe bar in Edinburg around the time Asylum Years was released. Kentucky Avenue was playing. Yep, hooked me fair and square.
