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Innocent When You Dream (1987) – Tom Waits

Innocent When You Dream is the second song here from Tom Wait’s 10th studio album Franks Wild Years. If anyone wanted to find out what an imaginative composer Tom Waits is, in style presentation and substance, then look no further than

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I’ll Be Gone (1987) – Tom Waits

I’ll be Gone was released on Franks Wild Years – the tenth studio album by Tom Waits. It was written by Waits and collaborators (mainly his wife, Kathleen Brennan) for a play of the same name. The shared title of the album and

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I Hope I Don’t Fall in Love With You (1973) – Tom Waits

I’m a huge fan of this song from Tom which has an alluring James Taylor-esque sound. It is from Tom’s pre-minstrel days and is hopelessly romantic. I’m going to go out on a limb and declare, ‘I don’t know how

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Hell Broke Luce (2011) – Tom Waits

This is one of my favourite songs from Tom. He went into beast-mode on this track depicting the horrors of war. Someone wrote: ‘I listen to this every night before I go to sleep… Tom Waits voice scares all the

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Heartattack and Vine (1980) – Tom Waits

Heartattack and Vine is the title track from Tom Wait’s 1980 album. What really struck me about the live performance below are the fabulous instrumentals of gutbucket blues with rock edges. Tom’s a great lyricist, storyteller and performer, but the

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Nirvana – Tom Waits reads Charles Bukowski

Today’s Wednesday literature post features a reading by Tom Waits of Charles Bukowski’s poem Nirvana. Jordan Peterson uses it in his presentation below to great effect. If you want to just listen to Tom’s narration you can watch it from

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Hang Down Your Head (1985) – Tom Waits

Hang Down Your Head is the second song to feature here from Tom Waits’ highly acclaimed Rain Dogs record. The song is in the same vein as Tom Waits’ earlier work, featuring a more gentle and conventional melodic structure about

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Filipino Box Spring Hog (1999) – Tom Waits

This is a lot of fun to listen to a bit dishevelled and frivolous. I find with Tom Waits you have to be in the mood and if not, he will soon put you in the mood. When listening to

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Downtown Train (1984) – Tom Waits

Downtown Train is a song by Tom Waits released on his album Rain Dogs in 1985. I remember hearing Rob Stewart’s version in my youth which was a huge hit. Bob Seger and Patty Smyth also recorded a version of

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Dead and Lovely (2004) – Tom Waits

Dead and Lovely is the fifth song presented here by Tom Waits. It comes from his 16th studio album Real Gone. It tells the story steeped in the Noir genre of a middle class girl lured into the underworld by

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