@@Ben_Dover312 Russia is the largest country in the world. It has about 150 mil. inhabitants. And you write such a nonsenscial comnent that Russian art is reduced Ashkenazis and Turks. I haven't heard such a culturally-racist and stupid comnent in a long time. You must be a classic Russophobic Englishman. Russophobia is an old discipline in England, at least two centuries old.
btw, the song is about people who lost their way, just like dogs get lost when the rain washes their scent and they can^t get back home. that^s one of the best comparisons i^ve ever heard.
This is from the live album Big Time. When I was I high school I rented the vhs tape from I Luv Video. There was only 3 copies in the entire city. Probably rented it 50 times, so eventually they just let me keep it.
How can it be 6 years since someone last commented on this video? Tom Waits is one of those performers who elevated themselves into a different category. When the Pogues were on tour in America, they listened to 'Rain Dogs' on repeat. That is the sort of artist he is. Commercial? Fuck no. An exceptional talent? Fuck yes.
I don't see how a Tom Waits fan can NOT love this. It's pure eccentricity, obviously fun for the performers, and vastly entertaining...what do you want him to act like - Coldplay?
Rain Dogs - восьмой студийный альбом автора-исполнителя Тома Уэйтса, изданный в 1985 году. Концепция альбома - Нью-Йоркские городские обездоленные. Исполнитель: Том Уэйтс Дата выпуска: 30 сентября 1985 г. Продюсер: Том Уэйтс
this was a rare time to see Tom do his thing, live. the studio recorded version on CD is more refined, & tweaked. This is like theater. A performance piece. Really fantastic. Striped to the bone, purer,gutsy, raw.
Inside a broken clock Splashing the wine With all the rain dogs Taxi, we'd rather walk Huddle a doorway with the Rain Dogs For I am a Rain Dog, too Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night For it was all ripe for dreaming Oh, how we danced away All of the lights We've always been out of our minds The rum pours strong and thin Beat out the dustman With the rain dogs Aboard a shipwreck train Give my umbrella to the Rain Dogs For I am a Rain Dog too Oh, how we danced with the Rose of Tralee Her long hair black as a raven Oh, how we danced and you Whispered to me You'll never be going back home You'll never be going back home Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night For it was all ripe for dreaming Oh, how we danced away All of the lights We've always been out of our minds
..."Is this kezmer music?"...better to ask "is there any genre he hasn't touched, visited, seduced, twisted, chewed-up and spit out morphed?"....an acid nightmare chameleon....simply unbelievable...
Thanks for posting this. It is a song with so much cacophony that makes for the right blend to make you a little disturbed but in a good way. Love tom and he never ceases to amaze me. Again, thanks for posting this! Peace out!
Rain Dogs is the greatest beginning to end musical experience in the history of music! I swear it is! I bought this record when it first came out without knowing who Tom Waits was and I have listened to it a minimum of a 1,000 times. I still don't know all the lyrics because he swallows a lot of his words, and the print is so tiny in the cd insert that you need a magnifying glass to read it.I never tire of this record! It's like he stole the soundtrack of my thoughts when I was napping.
Love it and him too. I'm Romani (Gypsy) singer /dancer performed with with Eugene Hutz Gogol Bordello.... and this music reminds me of ours especially near end. Love ya Tom. Tom if ya come to NYC and do this number invite me in stage. I still perform. I have this full show on VHS ♥️
"Oh How We Danced" is the opener of the Anniversary Waltz which they used to play at Jewish weddings before they played hip-hop. It's a gorgeous waltz and Tom makes good use of the quote here.
I'd love to hang out with this guy, Tom you're the coolest cat I've ever met. Totally dig this guy man!!!! Thanks for posting all these great videos!!! Mark
I've seen him in Paris in 1987 (or 86), and made lot of photos, it was an amazing incredible wonderfull show... I remember when he open an umbrella and lot of silver paper fall around all stage... like rain, "rain's dog" of course!. Great great man!
Visit Serbia or Russia - you'll hear this kind of music everywhere and see how most of the people even thou they're not musicians feel this kind of rhythm...
2.47 music is a lot like old serbian and bosnian folk music, so cleverly used by no smoking orchestra. how did it get to waits in mid 80s is a mystery to me.
A Russian dance... je l' si slušala? čak na srpskom broji "je'n, dva, tri, i onda na ruskom četireee". :)))) Je'n nije na ruskom . oni kažu "raz, dva, tri..."
Played this for people who actually care about fashion, pop music and the latest IPhone (you know; people who never had an original thought) and most of them either hated it, or could not handle it. I was so thankful...
Top of the Tops! I first heard Tom Waits at a dinner party Saturday night. I loved him and where have I been? lol I admire talent in all aspects such as Cirque du Soleil,too. Toms singing and music reminds me of Cirque, which is a great thing!!! I put both in the ten best ever!!!
Tom at his enigmatic best. With a voice like granite. A Yiddish dance of splendour. The band play their instruments playfully to create sound just the right side of madcap.
Im not english mother tongue so I don't understand the words at first listen . When I first heard this song 5 years ago, it sounded to me like a villain song from a Tim Burton movie lol I fell in love
Ok, everyone can stop now. The perfect music video has been done as is evidenced here. Did you hear that lady gaga? I had intended to list a whole bunch of crappy modern "musicians" here but, thankfully, I am so out of the loop that that's the only one I could come up with. I'm also quite drunk, thank you very much.
With Kerouac type lyrics and a Bukowski feel...I am not sure ANY day was Tom's day....BUT...that is exactly what makes every day...every time...every era...Tom's time. It is the music that if you are not a fan....or before you were a fan...you always knew had to be out there...that SOMEONE had to be playing it...and it has been...and always will be Tom. "Unique is not a synonym for most unusual...it means unique...and damn few things are!" - Tom Robbins
@Feuerauge18 I know I'm gonna sound like a total nerd pointing this out, but the opera singers don't break glass by singing a very high note - they break the glass by singing the exact resonant frequency of the glass, on the exact pitch, very loudly, and for an extended period of time. It's not about singing high, it's about singing the exact right frequency for long enough. Sorry about that. :)
Нечто большее, чем музыка. Нечто большее, чем искусство. Истинная жизнь в одном из своих наиболее привлекательных проявлений. Маэстро, нижайший Вам поклон.
I have a hunch it was his 2008 performance in Prague. I'm probably completely wrong, though, but I seem to remember a picture on Wikipedia of him, standing on the stage while being showered with confetti (look on the floor, there's confetti everywhere). Confetti is also appropiate for the 'Rain Dogs' album (if Tango Till They're Sore is on it, I forget.)
It's from the Big Time movie, which I guess is out of print. So either have to track down a VHS copy or find a torrent somewhere. A lot of it is on YT though in parts.
His music is influenced by blues, jazz, even a little vaudeville and rock; he played in an R&B band in his early years, and he's won a few awards for Best Folk Album. Like others have said, it's very difficult to categorize him. He pretty much defines his own genre of music, and has remained true to it for years.
A truly unique and inimitable talent. There will never be another like him. Navvy51 said "music to get drunk by", oh yes, and what fun! Happy 60th, Tom.
