Tom Waits australia interview 1979 pt 2

Tom waits interview + on the nickel.
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[@bubblyTWIhardxx]

I don't understand why all of you are giving the host a hard time. Maybe you don't understand the Australian humour but the host was clearly are huge fan of Tom and thought very highly of his talent and in the earlier interview was just having fun with him, played along with the way Tom acted. Which is in no way an insult, if you think so, you take yourself too seriously.

[@uzirnis]

Agree, and I don't even think he had a specific sense of humor. Just funnying around and talking to a person, he admires. He very well knew the concept of laughter and tears.

[@burmashave]

Some people just can't stand to see their idols get ribbed. I thought the host was pretty damned funny, and Waits seemed to enjoy it.

[@atvheads]

I agree. Tom may be drunk, but he is acting to. Nobody can perform at the level of drunkenness he is showing. And, he has a hard time to hide his laugh.

[@mic982]

Oh, I think most people know exactly what was happening here and can see the host was doing a fine job while having a lot of fun with a guest he clearly liked very much. In fact, if the host had not liked Tom so much, it could have gone really bad, But as it is - it's a great piece of film, both parts I & II. And, I might add, one of Tom's best performances of his all-time classic song 'On the Nickel'. Great clip -

[@James-en4cx]

Tom Waits is a National Treasure.

[@StoneBoneAndFire]

KZbin is like working down a mine, you keep digging away and digging away at the same old but if your really lucky you find a pure 22 carot rough diamond like this one :)

[@andyhighroller8217]

_Quite_ a *gem*

[@manualboyca]

Indeed! What an incredible version of that song.

[@kimsherwood7474]

I feel like he sings for people who don’t have a voice

[@ScreaminSavior]

Tom Waits is such an enigmatic and intriguing person. His music is so deep and soulful, yet he has such a great sense of humor. I think him mentioning his influences being some performers plays a big part in that. Also, his acting is incredible! I just put two and two together recently. He's truly an inspiration.

[@pocpaul]

never heard this guy before, glad I did its rare to find unique music these days.

[@holeintheheadted]

His voice evokes such emotion and imagery. Great storyteller.

[@richwhitelivesmatterforsureduh]

His voice is shit. #iknowthasrite

[@1951shelby]

better than beautiful, makes you laugh, makes you sad, makes you think, an extraordinary human, thanks for posting

[@keithmcparland6397]

Well said..

[@ChapieChapie]

One of my favourite performance of all time, gets me everytime , 👐🏾

[@matthewstuart3482]

I watched the Don lane show as a kid. He was the David Letterman of Australia. He had his moments but this was the first time Tom had been on tv here in Australia and he wasn't the well known legend he was around the world and unfortunately he was looked down on but success is the best revenge. And he certainly got that in spades

[@CirqueSteamPunk]

His spoken introduction to the song is really beautiful

[@lostinmyworld53]

Love this song so much and ignoring the cruddy quality, this is my favorite recording ever

[@joelmcintosh3040]

I love how he blends Waltzing Matilda into the end of the song. Despite how agitated and fidgety he seems in the interview, as soon as he gets on the piano he completely changes

[@StellarAudyssey]

Mate, how amazing!

[@pierpi5240]

Joel McIntosh You mean “how he blends Ice Cream Man into the end of the song” because that tune has nothing to do with Waltzing Matilda. Check it yourself

[@keithmcparland6397]

@@pierpi5240 your totally wrong.. American artist in the 70s and 80s would add waltzing Matilda in there songs at concert as a salute to Australia... check out canned heat live at broadford 83..

[@pierpi5240]

@@keithmcparland6397 thanks, that was really instructive

[@donaldduck2801]

I have heard that an waltzing mathilda was an Australian backpack from the Australian Army. Witch was waltzing on the back during walking.

[@g1ycerine]

This song is so deep and awesome. There is no one like Tom. What a wonderful profound soul.

[@Jamaleum]

I was far from beeing born in 1979 but this has to be one of my favourite moments on live TV ever.

[@FreshRose-z3s]

One of the few artists who never sold out to flash, money, or fame.

[@ravenk7149]

Beautiful

[@Marwaayoub1234]

This man is a legend. Perfection just pours out of him. Very touching song.

[@bielakbeats]

Wow what a beautiful piece of music 😢

[@wellesradio]

I think Don did a great job of interviewing Tom. It was a fun interview and they were totally having a blast and riffing off each other. Tom looked very shy and the host made him laugh. And then at the end he really did his best to get people to attend Tom's shows and even gave him an open invite to appear on his show whenever he wanted.

[@TelecasterLPGTop]

You get it, many don't understand Tom Waits. When I hear one of his songs it pulls out demons from deep within me. Demons and sadness I'd thought I had overcome but really I was just burying them. Last night I played a couple of tracks from Mule Variations and I'm still weeping, his music is so cathartic. God bless him.

[@thedolphin5428]

An extraordinary man, voice, poet. Pure love. Perhaps the key is to fully let go of self.

[@ElegeantFencer]

I just love how human he is.

[@stayc96]

True artist,I luv classics thanx for sharing!!

[@aaronfriedman956]

Badass - stoked I found this.

[@jspurs22]

I’ll listen to him over half these musicians today, the start was on point

[@yournostroleeoleeolees.]

Beautiful Song over there.

[@trunkeight]

omg... thanks for posting this! I felt that! How much pathos can one man fit into a song?! How could you possibly not connect with this?? I believe it, every word rings true..

[@OGLngnhrd]

There will never be another. Love the waltzing matilda finish, Just for the aussie audience.

[@Majima897]

Wow Tom is just. AMAZING!

[@lordkorner]

Man o man o man...gets better every time.

[@7777indie]

this man is a true legend!!

[@sclogse1]

came back...had to see it again.

[@sample.text.]

I tip my hat to you sir... Beautifully phrased... You hit it right on the nickel :)

[@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out]

does anyone else notice how rock solid and soothingly rhythmic tom's playing on the piano is, esp. given he's singing too? put another star up next to his name.

[@caoimhinbenjamin9998]

I love Tom Waits

[@Gorblioidsgrambonius]

Tom Waits, I Love You

[@ROCKYBLUEDOGS]

First time I've seen it coming as I do from Liverpool we know a bit about music but this is really real stuff the kinda stuff you cant bottle.

[@unclevernon]

you gotta love him!

[@Abstruse23]

@rydogg2006 Perception of talent is relative. This man makes chaotic, yet beautiful music. Many people have a rigid understanding of what music can be. He just makes what he feels. Some like him, some don't...

[@LordofDoom202]

I love the sound he makes at 6:23.

[@MichaelFelcher]

yes. he just released a new record called Bad As Me less than a year ago.

[@Rikke0Richard]

@91Ducky Me too! it is one of my biggest wishes to see him live, before he leaves..

[@stijnkraft]

Drunk as he may be, this guy is a piece of art. Glad he got over all of his drug-absuses pretty quick and is still amongst us. Beautiful!

[@Mothman1992]

He's not drunk. He's chasing the dragon

[@beelzabubba]

Note the length of Tom's fingers as they wrap around that screwdriver... I've been reading some biographies of Tom lately and the they mention how long his fingers are... I never noticed before that but they are quite extreme.... good for piano playin'

[@offwiththefairies77]

Beautiful. I wonder if real music and talent will ever become fashionable again? ;/

[@MisterBones2910]

***** You think this was popular among the normies back then?

[@offwiththefairies77]

***** True.

[@mikehoage5261]

wouldnt be nice if bob dylan and tom waits did a toure toghter

[@stevenlenarduzzi5271]

No

[@gisellerodrigues571]

What's the name of this show (or interviewer)?

[@ralucaichim9667]

+Giselle Rodrigues The Don Lane Show

[@gisellerodrigues571]

Thank you!

[@P00katube]

Don Lane was a Bronx native who made good in Vegas as a lounge singer. Wayne Newton was responsible for Don's big break in Australia.

[@peslad]

I need a tutorial on how to play this beginning.

[@elizabeth1703]

honestly, i see a lot of host nowadays being disrespectful of the people they have on... and this is not that case. I could be wrong, but this host comes off to me as if he is trying to make Tom feel comfortable and I can see he respects him! I think we are so programmed to call out hosts nowadays that we don't know what it looks like anymore when they are being genuine.. :\

[@sclogse1]

comin' back Chubby Checker...at the end of this...too much.

[@rodinnidor901]

5.20 !!

[@TweedSuit]

He should have sung Tom Traubert's Blues

[@Rikke0Richard]

@dudesons441 No of course not, that was stupid said, i take that part back!

[@DopplerRedShift]

And some of it sounds pretty damn angry, especially Hell Broke Luce

[@zotols]

anybody knows the title of the song?

[@pierpi5240]

zotols On the nickel

[@pierpi5240]

zotols And don’t let them fool you, the ending tune is from Ice Cream Man, not Waltzing Matilda

[@tuckman315]

What was this show called

[@pieterjoris1]

+Tucker DeBord The Don Lane Show

[@ariexmae]

@23flowergirl Too bad he quit smoking in 1980

[@hiddeninromance]

The same way you may have English people presenting your shows - people travel

[@thomaumatthes]

thats not orange juice.

[@MrPoliticalScientist]

@23flowergirl- I couldn't agree more, except I would dead the whole pack lol ;D

[@melvinwren]

was he drunk in every interview in the 70's or what..

[@boobeezspeedrunner9941]

I'm trash, but underneath that trash is a lump of coal and underneath that coal is a rough diamond no one wants to dig out. It's too rough for others to dig. The splinters hurt their hands and their hands aren't used to digging under harsh conditions. And it hurts. So I guess I'll be an undiscovered diamond. And that's what hurts me. Nobody wants to take time to discover unhidden talent, they all want it served on a gold plat by a servant. Somebody has to do the ditty work. Please like this comment when you see it and hopefully it inspired you.

[@THEG0ATLOVER]

Waits: Oh well you know, most of my songs are kinda travel logs. It's difficult to say exactly where they come from. I kinda sleep with one eye open. Uhh, this is a song here, it's titled On The Nickel. In downtown Los Angelas, there's a place called 5th street. And that's where all the Hobos are. And they call it on the Nickel. And there's a uhh, motion picture entitled On The Nickel, it was written by Ralph Waite. And so, this is a story. Kinda a little wino's lullaby. Cheers.

[@dAvrilthebear]

Thank you, man!

[@unclevernon]

you gotta love him!

[@IAmThePumaMan]

I really like this interview and performance. Tom amused the audience with eccentricity in the interview portion and then the room fell silent when he turned on the magic in the performance. Television gold.

[@bobbygnosis]

+IAmThePumaMan "Eccentricity" meaning "fucking high."

[@jacksprat418-ju5qo]

+bobbygnosis WRONG! Tom hasn't changed a bit to this day. A true original!

[@Majima897]

IAmThePumaMan words couldn't be wiser!

[@MarkLucasProductions]

I haven't seen this since I saw it live to air in 1979. At that time I was totally blown away by this performance and it has stayed with me ever since as one of the more emotionally significant moments of TV I've ever seen. Seeing it now 38 years later was extremely moving. Thank God for KZbin.

[@allensloot7552]

Wow! The host is a true gentleman.

[@Qurisx]

Seriously. That kind of sincerity is rare now days.

[@iancalbreath79]

Don Lane

[@siddharthsingh4095]

Yes sir

[@VolkXue]

Host did a good job but you could tell at the end it almost got uncomfortable when he touched Waits a little too long lol

[@James-en4cx]

Love you, Tom.

[@pahadistoner6136]

Today's world needs more hosts like the interviewer.

[@geofflegg7942]

Pahadi Stoner I truly do miss hosts like this.

[@JayPixx]

Todays world doesn't need more interviewers but artists. Real, true artists

[@autodidacticartisan]

Now all we got is god damn Jimmy kimmel

[@Fatherflot64]

Don Lane --- Wikipedia sez: " Lane was born Morton Donald Isaacson at the Manhattan "Flower Hospital" in New York City to a Jewish father (Jacob) and a Catholic mother (Dolly), who later converted to Judaism. Jacob "Jack" Isaacson was a sergeant in the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and Dolly was a homemaker. He was raised in The Bronx, where he attended DeWitt Clinton High School and was classmates with Judd Hirsch and Garry Marshall."

[@PULLPINRUN]

@@autodidacticartisan that made me lol thanks

[@37Dionysos]

Thanks! His compassion for homeless guys "sleepin' in the rain...." "....'What becomes of little boys/who never say their prayers...And what becomes of little boys/who run away from home/The world keeps gettin' bigger/Once you get out on your own...."

[@KonstantinII]

Probably one of the best interviews ever seen on TV. The host, light, the crew, Tom... And "Waltzing Matilda" in the end... Pure poetry...

[@tomalcolm]

Brought a tear to my eye.

[@december125690]

Amazing how he totally changes when he sit down at the piano and starts singing..

[@meinrad1337]

All these years....I just never understood..the appeal...I was so very wrong. This is genius, this is torture, this is soul. This is just so incredible and personal, I almost feel like a voyeur.

[@duaneanderson4724]

My Lord, the interviewer (Don Lane?) is just fantastic...even makes Tom laugh a few times. One of the few interviews I've seen with Waits where the interviewer is such an organic part of the humor. If you haven't seen it, check out "The best interview ever" with "The Piano Has Been Drinking" and some of the David Letterman interviews--full length one of "one Last Look" with George Clooney is hilarious and also touching. Sometimes called "Free the Glutens." How the interviewer calls him the ultimate set up (comedian) is so very accurate. I wonder sometimes what Tom Waits is like when he isn't playing his character. His choice to play a drunken broke down piano bar quasi-bum is so brilliant. He can make just about any political comment he wants if he so chooses.

[@kristyy420]

oh i thought he was just a wierdo. this was an act?

[@hunternorth8817]

That's who he was, it wasn't an act, he changed alot when he met Kathleen Brennan.

[@WarlikePeace]

Watch any interview with Tom prior to meeting Kathleen and he's a nervous wreck. Watch any interview post marriage and sobriety the nerves are all gone. Thankfully, Tom met his guardian angel and married her post haste!

[@benbrown2170]

when tv had some class..

[@sorinichim4737]

ben brown indeed

[@PunkRobsSinema]

More like class clowns(:

[@jamesdrynan]

Just came back for another listen to this. I do it once or twice a year. There is something about this Waits performance I find incredibly poignant and moving. Don't know why...it always struck me that here was a strange man in a strange land playing for an audience that didn't know what to make of him. And yet they were slowly but surely captivated by this gnome-like fellow.

[@angellawry]

Don Lane was incredibly brave bringing Tom live like this in Australia. It blew our collective minds and Tom filled our worlds.

[@iancalbreath79]

Lots of respect for Don Lane here

[@sclogse1]

Just sitting here with tears in my eyes. Never knew I could love a guy as much as I do Tom. I'd take a bullet for the man.

[@TheForestFarmstead]

Tom Waits is the Bob Dylan that Bob Dylan wishes he always was

[@dudericky85]

I like his outfit. I try to dress like that but it's too damn hot in Texas.

[@wyattjoss3858]

This was over 40 years ago..

[@treesplease4053]

Toms legacy is like Shakespeare's in my opinion.

[@ConfusiousInc]

I love Tom Waits music, but find it hard to listen to a lot of it. Literally brings tears to my eyes. Such a beautiful thing.

[@unklewink]

Interesting man. And brave in his own right. He dares to tell the stories that never get told.

[@JensdePens]

Host = Don Lane

[@jamdragonhunter]

Saw this live to air in '79 and have been a huge fan ever since. Gorgeous.

[@kzinful]

Oh Tom, when you played 'Waltzing Matilda' you held them all, it was from the heart, thank you Tom

[@plmbrrr]

Pierpi that’s Waltzing Matilda

[@pierpi5240]

Tim fitz I did a better research, and I see what you mean, thanks for insisting

[@Sergiy101]

Great tallent couldn't be drunk away and gone with the cigarette smoke!

[@Feuerkindjana]

"Don't blush now on me - my God!" - a truly humble man (at least at that time)...I love him...

[@mcbelemnize3622]

i miss that kind of waits songs.. not much of a fan of his newer industrial rock stuff. Just put a piano there and great stuff will evolve.

[@MarkTheBattler]

MCBelemnize check out “take it with me” from one of his newer albums, it really has the younger Waits feel with an older waits outlook. I think you may enjoy it :)

[@WanquanLoot]

well thats weird but perfectly legitimate, kind sir

[@TracyAlanBridle]

quality man, singer and musician as well as actor especially in Bram Stokers Dracula as Renfield lol Master, Master you Promised to make me Immortal :)

[@andrewknowles4981]

Just brilliant.Nothing else like him!

[@glabpat]

I think both the interviewer and the guest were great. Brings back memories and warm hearts for both.

[@TheOneThatFlewOver]

Remember this man and all he said with music.

[@JackKangaroo1]

There is something about Tom Waits delivery of a song that is so raw and so real that it transports you into places that music seldom does. Not since Louie Armstrong have we heard a voice like that, a deep gravelly growl of a voice that comes right from the heart and doesn't try to be pretty but just tells a story about life and humanity and love and sadness and sorrow. Tom Waits is unique. There is no one else out there like him and probably never will be again.

[@alfalders3020]

I’m in my late 60’s. Of course I saw this guy in the past. Until today I didn’t realise what kind of genius he was. Amazing.

[@snubblebunny]

he's so cute man wow

[@danielkongmusic]

Something about this version that just makes you weep

[@edward2497]

He should get royalties for Heath ledger stealing his voice for Joker

[@williamcole960]

Man, I'm fairly new to Waits, but listening to his music and seeing him here I can't help but think that he was (and is) just one of the most truly incredible and unique and wonderful and sincere people ever- like Bowie, just like an angel or an alien that almost doesn't belong here. Am I making this up? Can someone who really knows Waits and his career and life confirm or deny this?

[@blackmore4]

I don't know the man personally but I've loved his work all my life and I totally agree with you. Waits' talent is beyond precocious; like Bowie's, it's so beyond "good", it hardly seems possible.

[@poohole44]

I love the fact that if you watch the first part you can tell the audience aren't sure if he's serious or not, especially when they show the short video footage him performing and you can hear the audience chuckling... And then he comes out and blows them away with a performance like this, he's nothing short of brilliant!