Posted By: Don Vercetti
Tom Waits - 03/06/06 11:10 PM
"like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months and then taken outside and run over with a car." - 'MusicHound Rock Album Guide' about Tom Waits' voice
Any fans of him here? Both an innovative solo artist and a pretty good actor in movies like Down By Law and Short Cuts. He also made a cameo as a preacher in one of the more ridiculous scenes in the horrible Domino..
His music is pretty diverse, making it hard to get into him by looking at one or two songs. His raspy voice is also very appealing, especially in some of his more depressing songs. I love how he used instruments he couldn't play or were invented, mainly in the 80's with albums like Swordfishtrombones or Rain Dogs.
Many may have heard his music without knowing it in movies like Fight Club, Jarhead, or especially Jim Jarmusch movies.
"Soldier's Things" brought the wonderful ending to Jarhead while "Goin' Out West" gave that powerful atmosphere to the first meeting in the bar of Fight Club.
I also love "Town With No Cheer, Jockey Full of Bourban, Tango Till They're Sore, Sea of Love, Gin Soaked Boy, Downtown Train, or Gun Street Girl.
Very underrated and innovative solo artist.
Well it's hotter 'n blazes and all the long faces
there'll be no oasis for a dry local grazier
there'll be no refreshment for a thirsty jackaroo
from Melbourne to Adelaide on the overlander
with newfangled buffet cars and faster locomotives
the train stopped in Serviceton less and less often
There's nothing sadder than a town with no cheer
Voc Rail decided the canteen was no longer necessary there
no spirits, no bilgewater and 80 dry locals
and the high noon sun beats a hundred and four
there's a hummingbird trapped in a closed down shoe store
This tiny Victorian rhubarb
kept the watering hole open for sixty five years
now it's boilin' in a miserable March 21 st
wrapped the hills in a blanket of Patterson's curse
the train smokes down the xylophone
there'll be no stopping here
all ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer
no Bourbon, no Branchwater
though the townspeople here
fought her Vic Rail decree tooth and nail
now it's boilin' in a miserable March 21 st
wrapped the hills in a blanket of Patterson's curse
the train smokes down the xylophone
there'll be no stopping here
all ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer --Town With No Cheer
Waits with Jim Jarmusch
Any fans of him here? Both an innovative solo artist and a pretty good actor in movies like Down By Law and Short Cuts. He also made a cameo as a preacher in one of the more ridiculous scenes in the horrible Domino..
His music is pretty diverse, making it hard to get into him by looking at one or two songs. His raspy voice is also very appealing, especially in some of his more depressing songs. I love how he used instruments he couldn't play or were invented, mainly in the 80's with albums like Swordfishtrombones or Rain Dogs.
Many may have heard his music without knowing it in movies like Fight Club, Jarhead, or especially Jim Jarmusch movies.
"Soldier's Things" brought the wonderful ending to Jarhead while "Goin' Out West" gave that powerful atmosphere to the first meeting in the bar of Fight Club.
I also love "Town With No Cheer, Jockey Full of Bourban, Tango Till They're Sore, Sea of Love, Gin Soaked Boy, Downtown Train, or Gun Street Girl.
Very underrated and innovative solo artist.
Well it's hotter 'n blazes and all the long faces
there'll be no oasis for a dry local grazier
there'll be no refreshment for a thirsty jackaroo
from Melbourne to Adelaide on the overlander
with newfangled buffet cars and faster locomotives
the train stopped in Serviceton less and less often
There's nothing sadder than a town with no cheer
Voc Rail decided the canteen was no longer necessary there
no spirits, no bilgewater and 80 dry locals
and the high noon sun beats a hundred and four
there's a hummingbird trapped in a closed down shoe store
This tiny Victorian rhubarb
kept the watering hole open for sixty five years
now it's boilin' in a miserable March 21 st
wrapped the hills in a blanket of Patterson's curse
the train smokes down the xylophone
there'll be no stopping here
all ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer
no Bourbon, no Branchwater
though the townspeople here
fought her Vic Rail decree tooth and nail
now it's boilin' in a miserable March 21 st
wrapped the hills in a blanket of Patterson's curse
the train smokes down the xylophone
there'll be no stopping here
all ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer --Town With No Cheer
Waits with Jim Jarmusch