An oldie but goodie
Grapefruit moon, one star shining, shining down on me.
Heard that tune, and now I’m pining, honey, can’t you see?
‘Cause every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks inside,
And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, can’t turn back the tide.
Never had no destination, could not get across.
You became [...]
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A few reasons for the double dose of Tom this weekend.
1) He was posted absent last week
2) I’ve just seen the weather forecast and
3) This was the finale song when Smiler and I went to see him in Edinburgh last year and it was very, very good!
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From the film Big Time.
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Uncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon, independent as a hog on ice
He’s a big shot down there at the slaughterhouse
Plays accordion for Mr. Weiss
Uncle Biltmore and Uncle William
Made a million during World War Two
But they’re tightwads and they’re cheapskates
And they’ll never give a dime to you
Auntie Mame has gone insane
She lives in the [...]
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My thanks to The Helpless Dancer for pointing me in the direction of the New Official Tom Waits Site
For Waits fans this is simply breathtaking. The announcement of a new live album from the Glitter and Doom Tour (three tracks from the Edinburgh shows, two of which were from the gig Smiler and I were [...]
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I have posted this previously. I have this on my MP3 and it came on today. You have to love the guy. This interview is from 2004 on the tour/release of the Real Gone album.
Tom Waits BBC 10-04-04 Click to Listen.
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I’ve actually featured this one before but it leads on from the previous posting. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this clip is that it’s from prime time American TV (Letterman)
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Back in January I featured the wonderful Doctor John and Odetta version of this song.
It epitomises the great depression.
Here it is given the Waits treatment.
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Tom pays homage to one of his biggest influences, poet Charles Bukowski.
The Laughing Heart
your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you [...]
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