Tom was 27 years old at that time....give me one artist these days who can do the same as he did those days...attitude, lyrics, piano, atmosphere etc... respect the man... he is "one direction"... ;-)
This year I got rejected at Music Academy in Graz. Though they said I was pretty good, they tried to convince me that the fire extinguisher just ain't a suitable nor legitimate instrument. To hell with those preposterous bastards.
My friend and me would sing this around "78 when we would be coming home after a big nights drinking. Obviously we had had no success with the opposite sex that night.
here is the man that gave you the music and song, replayed and re tuned by so many. But he will always will be the their demise.he is the master of the soul..
"Warm Beer And Cold Women" (Lyrics) From the album: Nighthawks at the Diner "It's warm beer and cold women, no I just don't fit in Every joint I stumbled into tonight, that's just how its been All these double-knit strangers with gin and vermouth And recycled stories, in the naugahyde booths And the platinum blondes and tobacco brunettes I'll just be drinking to forget you, I light another cigarette And the band's playing something by Tammy Wynette And the drinks are on me tonight All my conversations now, I'll just be talking about you, baby I'm boring some sailor as I try to get through I just want him to listen now I say that's all you have to do He said I'm better off without you, until I showed him my tattoo And now the moon's rising, ain't no time to lose Time to get down to drinking, tell the band to play the blues And the drinks are on me I'll buy another round At the last ditch attempt saloon Warm beer and cold women, no I just don't fit in Every joint I stumble into tonight, that's just how it's been All these double-knit strangers with gin and vermouth Receding hairlines, in the naugahyde booths And the platinum blondes and tobacco brunettes I'll just be drinking to forget you, baby, I light a menthol cigarette And the band's playing something by Johnnie Barnette At the last ditch attempt saloon."
He's one of my all time favorite musicians. This is one of my personal favorites of his. From Nighthawks at the Diner. A great album..another one of my favorite albums is Rain Dogs.
Funny how life works... thought i just herd this for the first time... turns out i was here 8 years ago probably drunk and thumbs this up n commented lol... maybe ill stumble back here in my 50’s......
why does it take a loved one to die before we hear real music, I really am sorry for your loss but damn Tom is alive please appreciate him he's real genius so enjoy his presence and thank him cause he is really you just listen
i think no matter what others say, people will always like whatever makes that emotional connection with them. tom makes that connection easy for some people. not everyone likes the same music and thats why theres more than 1 band out there in the world. enjoy yours and ill enjoy mine.
You know he actually is like that in real life, my best friend is marrying his niece. He is a sure classy man. He is real wherever he is, that is why I absolutely love Tom.
Used to drive all the way to Wyoming with my buddy...he has since died... we got into Tom and used his stuff to transport ourselves through the sage brush and sunsets.
True. Thanks. Your a genius. Listen, when any of the above named countries produce a genius like Tom waits, let me know, ok? We give them Tom Waits, they give us Gary Neumann...
Lyrics Warm beer and cold women, I just don't fit in Every joint I stumbled into tonight That's just how it's been All these double knit strangers with Gin and vermouth and recycled stories In the naugahyde booths With the platinum blondes And tobacco brunettes I'll be drinkin' to forget you Lite another cigarette And the band's playin' something By Tammy Wynette And the drinks are on me tonight All my conversations I'll just be Talkin' about you baby Borin' some sailor as I try to get through I just want him to listen That's all you have to do He said I'm better off without you Till I showed him my tattoo Now the moon's rising Ain't got no time to lose Time to get down to drinking Tell the band to play the blues Drink's are on me, I'll buy another round At the last ditch attempt saloon Warm beer and cold women, I just don't fit in Every joint I stumbled into tonight That's just how it's been All these double knit strangers with Gin and vermouth and recycled stories In the naugahyde booths With the platinum blondes And tobacco brunettes I'll be drinking to forget you Lite another cigarette And the band's playing somethin' By Johnnie Barnett And the drinks are on me tonight
It's the god damn melody....he pulls these things out of his hat....and then sings the damn things like no one else has ever done...Nails 'em. Touring is great for this...he turned his first albums good tunes into classics when he toured. If you ever hear what he did with Midnight Lullaby after his first album...it's blow your doors off. Awesome. (Gotta find it on a bootleg)
It's warm beer and cold women, no I just don't fit in very joint I stumbled into tonight, that's just how its been All these double-knit strangers with gin and vermouth And recycled stories, in the naugahyde booths And the platinum blondes and tobacco brunettes I'll just be drinking to forget you, I light another cigarette And the band's playing something by Tammy Wynette And the drinks are on me tonight All my conversations now, I'll just be talking about you, baby I'm boring some sailor as I try to get through I just want him to listen now I say that's all you have to do He said I'm better off without you, until I showed him my tattoo And now the moon's rising, ain't no time to lose Time to get down to drinking, tell the band to play the blues And the drinks are on me I'll buy another round At the last ditch attempt saloon Warm beer and cold women, no I just don't fit in Every joint I stumble into tonight, that's just how it's been All these double-knit strangers with gin and vermouth Receding hairlines, in the naugahyde booths And the platinum blondes and tobacco brunettes I'll just be drinking to forget you, baby, I light a menthol cigarette And the band's playing something by Johnnie Barnette At the last ditch attempt saloon arm beer and cold women, no I just don't fit in Every joint I stumble into tonight, that's just how it's been All these double-knit strangers with gin and vermouth Receding hairlines, in the naugahyde booths And the platinum blondes and tobacco brunettes I'll just be drinking to forget you, baby, I light a menthol cigarette And the band's playing something by Johnnie Barnette At the last ditch attempt saloon
Cold women? Not me! I'm on fire! A fire extinguisher urgently requested! Gosh.... He was very charming! Besides all of his many talents... Unfortunately I was a newborn at that time... 🙄🙄🙁🙁🙁😙😙😙🤗🤗
Tom Waits is an amazing songwriter. He always was, is, and will be. But his singing has changed drastically since the 70's and 80's. The same thing happened to him that happened to Bob Dylan, he lost his old voice
