Tom Waits - Bounced Checks (HQ Vinyl - Full Album)

[@jarrodstines7515]

A few blues slept me to lunch here at my new digs with the flop set , yet I did get all 6 gut strings strapped on that box of mines last night... The instant is good if you let the sink hot run a good while, and my roomies are having a big time on all the junk food n soda I bought with my Missouri E.B.T. card...do I want to "attend group" they woke me with an algebraic diagnoser on a cordless she sounds gorgeous but my gal prolly won't even answer; autistic son likes to play with her phone...oh well, couple blues left to go with all this salt of the Earth experience I'm suckin up as I go and 6 gut strings all the group I "plan" to be attending...g.o.d. love yens yunst and even yewins

[@johnedwardkerr7814]

Chili in a boooooooowl!

[@yourmomsonyoutube]

Missouri EBT card.. had one myself at one time

[@Dermot-b7e]

That's quite creative well said!!

[@Dermot-b7e]

That's from prediction text ye,?

[@elhorrendo7026]

I love it. So raw.

[@rozenaxsax5133]

I'm 79 and a lifelong jazz, Zappa, blues, stream of consciousness poetry and prose, Lenny Bruce, Lord Buckley, George Carlin, etc etc lover all my long life so everything this guy's done since he came on the scene is Gold to me. 🎉🎉❤️❤️🙏🙏🤪

[@natureboytom]

Because he IS GOLD!💕🎼🎤⭐️

[@saltspringdesign]

you’re an aging hepster 😂 let’s have some of your steam of consciousness soup then. Bring it man!

[@karmenjazbec7743]

YEAH TOM YOU YOUR BAND AND THE SINGERS ARE THE BEST 1T IS 5 20 O CLOCK I WOKE UP A HOUR AGO AND MADE FIRE IN MY STOVE I AM DRINKING MY COFFEE AND MULTIVITAMIN A CAT IS SLEEPING ON THE BED I AM SITTING STRAIGHT ON THE EDGE OF IT MY BACK HURTS ME SO I CAN NOT LAY I AM VERY SAD BECAUSE MY OLD SHEPHERD DOG ROCKY IS DEAD I CRY A LOT BUT THE TIME WILL DRY MY TEARS STILL I HAVE A CAT JACK ONLY LIVING SOUL IN MY SOLITUDE I AM GOING TO WASH MY LONG BLONDE HAIR IN A POT I DO NOT HAVE A BATHROOM BUT I AM CLEAN TODAY IS COMING A LADY WITH A GUITAR AND I WILL SING BLOWING IN THE WIND I AM IN LOVE WITH MR. BOB DYLAN BUT HE DOES NOT CARE LISTENING TO YOU COMFORTS ME YOU ARE THE LEGEND AND I AM LIKE JERSEY GIRL

[@butimar68]

Jersey Girl is the song of a love story between a rough looking gentle guy and a frail looking quirky gal. I love Tom and Kathleen together, and all the fantastic works came out from their magicall union for us to rejoice. What a perfect couple! ❤

[@ribbonyobski5881]

THANK YOU from the bottom of my scar tissue heart 70 yrs living

[@sonicfoxxmusic4281]

Tom Waits is and always has been my "wtf has gone wrong with music...i'm off to listen to something of real substance by Mr Waits"...THANK GOD for Tom Waits...sorry i mean't to say THANK GOD FOR TOM WAITS!!!!!!!!!! Feels like coming home.....i met this man's music back in 1989 late one evening whilst hearing his manifestations of zeee mind bouncy off the walls of the loft area in a house of multiple occupation of a dude called Graham, who invited me up and we drank coffee into the wee small hours, with great conversation and Tom's stuff playing on and on.. Graham and i are still friends....and Tom Waits is still floating around the both of us. Great stuff.

[@nilssonakerlund2852]

I didn't discover Tom until his 2011 release, Bad as Me. Better late than never.

[@raindog428]

Graham last name wasn't love by any chance? He's in his 70s by now

[@dorengarcia7925]

I lived in San Diego when Tom was down here, the SD he sings about in early albums. And I worked at the first stand alone TowerRecords. NOTHING has "gone wrong with music"... there's still plenty of great out there... but it doesn't come up and bite you on the ass. You have to find it. Not enough people look and they should look to find them. Twas always thus.

[@ralphchunksoup4234]

He just had a great way to explain life for so many that are lost

[@icedbannanas]

This compilation was my intro to Tom Waits. I bought it on a secondhand casette when I was 15-16 yrs old, and I obsessively listened to it. Thank you so very much for uploading this on KZbin as I haven't been able to find that casette for quite some time! I find the versions on this compilation to be amazing and bring back memories of my teenage years.

[@rydenbrook]

That's a cool story. A cassette of this must have been a trip. And funny that I do not remember this LP. It's top-shelf! My intro to Tom Waits was when my brother handed me the CD with Mule Variations loaded. That was a strong hook.

[@maratical]

Thanks, @Erstauf, for posting this gem for the rest of us. Been listening to and loving Tom Waits since first hearing "Invitation To The Blues" back in 1992, 31 years and about a month ago...I was almost 20 and about to discover my inner bleeding heart artiste...and I'm still on this blessed pilgrimage on this lovely blue-and-green marble we call Earth. Tom Waits is unparalleled as a songwriter, storyteller and poet of the heart. Cool human, too. Totally digging these "lost" tracks. 💗🙏🏼🎶🪷

[@MegaCirse]

Tom était beauté, message, violence et rêve, mais surtout l'instrument puissant d'une volonté formidable. il disait "Je veux" quand beaucoup d’autres marmonnaient "je voudrais" Il a atteint son but sans se plier à la plus infime compromission, comme une charrue accrochée à une étoile. Une fois pour toutes, ce poète-là traçait son chemin et ne s'en écartait jamais, refusant toute flagornerie qui fait de la musique populaire d'aujourd'hui une lasse prostituée 🌺🕊

[@judyq17]

From one rain dog to another - TW you are a genius. Thank You.

[@dXoverdteqprogress]

Thank you posting. I love the crackling in the background -- makes sense for Tom Waits music.

[@samuelxavier2473]

Happy memories of working ridiculously long hours developing games for a radical new console - that didn't make it - with this playing every couple of hours. The absolute best version of The Piano Has Been Drinking, too.

[@redrickschuhart4065]

Were you developing pong?

[@samuelxavier2473]

@@redrickschuhart4065 No, it was a thing called the Konix Multi System, which started out as a very ambitious project, then got worse and worse.

[@BenjaminWeiler]

"Heartattack and Vine" 00:04 "Jersey Girl" (alternate master) - 04:47 "Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson)" - 09:26 "I Never Talk to Strangers" (Duet with Bette Midler) - 13:43 "The Piano Has Been Drinking" (recorded live - Dublin, Ireland, March 1981) - 17:20 "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard" (alternate master) - 23:33 "Mr. Henry" (previously unreleased) - 26:34 "Diamonds on My Windshield" - 30:04 "Burma Shave" - 33:18 "Tom Traubert's Blues" - 39:48

[@brianwalsh2624]

Best version of The Piano Has Been Drinking ever, recorded in The National Stadium , Dublin. Was there with my then girlfriend, later wife, now ex. Some things are more durable than others, final score Piano 1 Marriage 0. Tom walked onstage with a pack of cigarrettes and a bottle of whiskey. Both were finished before the set. Thank you for uploading this. Great times, great memories.

[@wheelskis]

The Piano Has Been Drinking... amazing.

[@bipolar-polar-bear-east9717]

And the bar stool has been farting

[@hannibalstrausskahn4033]

..but you know there ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk.

[@daneenmurf1043]

Best line ever !

[@annalisavajda252]

So I've heard.

[@rozenaxsax5133]

For the antecedents to this line see Mark Twain's writings On Religion and George Carlin's routines about God the Schizoid Psycho Killer/Lover.

[@alessandromarchesini9039]

Hi drunks! We don't you die, all.

[@jeroenspinette7635]

When they devil Gets drunk and he lisstens to this album thé tort 41:55 ures stops in hell

[@mostevokish]

was sleeping on this record. Oh,I thought I had heard ALL of Tom Waits (sheeeit, as if there's always more when an artist is as prolific and lovable as 'ol' Tom Frost') releases and recorded stuff, but I SORELY MISTAKEN when I heard this version of The Piano Has Been Drinking!? Which must be the greatest song ever flipping mad, if not at least it's this week's number one on repeating track! Just can't get this itch scratched right now! It IS. THE. THE version of that song. Where has it been all my life? I'm going to go sit in timeout and think about what I've done wrong.

[@overdrive112]

im glad that i discovered him in my 20s

[@frankmoyer5822]

I discovered him in my 20s. That was 40 years ago. The first song I ever heard on radio was "Step Right Up", the second was "Nighthawks"

[@overdrive112]

@@frankmoyer5822 nice to hear that! must have been so nice to listen to his stuff in the radio etc. Even my parents don't know him, i have no one to share his awesomeness with

[@frankmoyer5822]

@@overdrive112 By the way: Have you seen the movie, "The Ballad of Buster Scrugs" , or "Down By Law" ?

[@overdrive112]

@@frankmoyer5822 The Ballad of Buster Scrugs is a Gem! I love it. I look forward to watch down by law soon! Never heard of it before. The only one i know featuring Tom waits is a short clip in a movie named "Coffee and Cigarettes" thanks a lot for the recommendition

[@frankmoyer5822]

@@overdrive112 He also plays an insane man in Bram Stoker's Dracula (short clip) Also a short cameo in the movie "Wolfen" where he is playing Jitterbug boy in a bar. And I think he is in the movie Steel Magnolias.

[@ronzbronz6043]

Thanks Man!!!... from one of the oldest Tom Waits fans...70...never heard most of these versions...standout for me was revelatory version of 'The Piano Has Been Drinking' just fucking poetic transcendant recording...love him so much ...seen 7 times starting in 1974...,collected all LP's /tapes & ...etc ...ps met once in Houston at Lonestar/Texas opry house...interesting story that night...will be in my ?? soon to be published memoir of that era..."A Peyote Pilgrim's Progress'...Mostly True Tall Tales/Short Stories of a North Country Farm Boy who hitr the road likje Kerouac with the Draft Board hot on his winding hot & cold Trail...etc...adios Thanks,,,too fucking cool~!~!!~

[@monsterofmud]

This is the only Waits album (aside from the six vinyl-only Orphans tracks) with exclusive songs not on Spotify, so THANK YOU so much for uploading, so it can fill in the gap of my "Complete" Spotify Waits playlist!

[@TheGuyMullins]

ANOTHER GREAT QUALITY SHARE

[@franciscojosemari4707]

Never heard this version of "the piano has been drinking" GENIUS....

[@Andrew-cl7kg]

Jersey girl has to be one if not the greatest love song ever written.

[@christopherharlow5475]

He wrote it for his wife Kathleen. She was a Jersey Girl.

[@conilmusician]

I love this. Thank you for sharing, Estauf.

[@danspringer12]

Thanks for uploading

[@tehuti44]

In my top 5 Tom cuts.

[@leonweech]

Thanks 👍 for your time uploading this gem

[@garycallaghan7478]

Spot on.

[@rossdavies-hooper3602]

Thank you. I miss vinyl.

[@markcasey4977]

Thanks for sharing. My favourite versions of Jersey Girl and Piano are on this

[@muddymo7641]

True story. I had 2 blind men tune my piano once. It never sounded so good. And boy could they play

[@natureboytom]

Tom Waits is one of my fave muso.

[@lastrada52]

Peculiar that Bette Midler and Tom Waits sang this wonderful duet "I Never Talk To Strangers," in 1977 and that was it. They never got together again to record another duet. 46 years. Is there bad blood between them? I find it hard to believe that something that worked so nicely was never followed up on.

[@Pedro91795]

She continued to perform his songs wonderfully after their relationship ended - great version of Shiver me Timbers by Bette

[@edwardschwoch626]

Great music!

[@karmenjazbec7743]

YOU ARE SO GOOD STORYTELLER TOM

[@michaelhoage6704]

really cool dadio smooth

[@bojanboskovic6744]

Crazy perfrct! Period!

[@Voyeurrrr]

Thnx , it sounds great!

[@oldfriend2317]

Never leave Tom behind.

[@dobunimaroC]

The lyrics are unique and the music is rich with a hoarse voice.

[@tongolele12]

gives me crave for a drink an a cigarette-- can't have either

[@aubreiful]

That is such a sweet thing to say, about little italy, or old new york. Thanks. CIA Bremner

[@hermanjohnvandiepen9588]

I am lucky, I don't smoke or drink(hardly). But, I can have an ocasional cig just to remember

[@johnkracy9190]

Thank you

[@darylcumming7119]

Thanks.

[@ShelterDogs]

I had no idea Jersey Girl was an original by Tom Waits. Always enjoyed hearing Bruce Springsteen's live version.

[@garysmith6477]

🙏

[@garysmith6477]

A common occurrence Bro'. Another example is D.Gilmours cover of "No way out of here". Written n recorded by Ken Baker of "Unicorn". Lyric resonates uncannily with the teaching of the Buddha. As usual, original is best. 🙏

[@brandonleroux6059]

The only good thing I found on the internet all morning. Unemployed; 5 months. Dismal. Joy is in short supply. No idea how to live in a world hell bent on selling itself to itself for profit. I'd rather exit the plane like DB Cooper. Where do the ducks go when the pond freezes over...

[@experiongallup]

World's all about the money and there ain't nothin else.

[@brandonleroux6059]

@@experiongallup yeah sucks balls. At least past me found this song and present you reminded me of it. Awesome first song on album but the whole thing is gold. Play it loud. Eleventh month no work, lol.

[@mathreex5473]

My cat loves this. And I do the same

[@kliqjaw]

Me the third.

[@morris676]

😀 i love it !! 🙂

[@seymourfairweather]

But what is the Piano building in There?

[@maciekczumaj7147]

20 yaers Tom waits...

[@cinziavalentini8711]

Graffiante e vellutato...

[@TheSnoopindaweb]

🤨🤔🤗😁I'm thinking about when I wondered ~ 💫💨🧠about - what's up about Mikey's blue Harley on "American Chopper"Yup‼

[@gianmarco5438]

....the piano was mandraking....I can swear you....the bottom of my glass can tell you....

[@michelangeloalloggio8439]

Questa è musica musica musica 😀🤪🤩😘😂🤣

[@lapintora2774]

💙!

[@jennycooper5364]

tom finding his way one for the diehard fans to fats waller for me

[@DouglasF68]

Exudes St. Ann's Avenue.❤ "And the rug needs a haircut. 😆 Cooked up a mess of Mulligan.⛳️ Colder than a well diggers a**.😮 What i paid for now."😊

[@karmenjazbec7743]

waltzing Matilda is dancing with you Tom

[@НиколайБалакирев-х5с]

👌👌👌

[@TrueBlueEG8]

Its called Heart attack and Vine??

[@stevenee1ply]

He knew full well he could do brilliant ballads one after the other. Nope. His scream rag was necessary to him.

[@ezequielsaucedo1595]

ploploplop! 😸

[@simondastrange5460]

Did anybody told you today you are a Fucking Genious..?!

[@mmegraham]

This version of Jersey Girl stops me in my tracks. Sigh.

[@zetetick395]

Love 'Mr Henry' 26:34 - No friggin idea why it wasn't included on Spare Change (1975) - It's totally worthy. And Burma Shave is perfection from his '70s era

[@christopherharlow5475]

"Mr. Henry" is one of my favorites too.

[@ecf9674]

joe cocker meets jack daniels

[@sergiocarleo7602]

...and meets Philip Morris...

[@lucacamponovo2101]

😎

[@devilshark6694]

drinking a beer n whiskey boilermaker out of a yo mamas marinara jar at 6 am. fresh ingredients

[@lisaswift9122]

Piano has been drinking and it’s not my responsibility to cool

[@slalialley3786]

4:44

[@garycallaghan7478]

I've tried China white .yum yum.

[@kliqjaw]

Well, that stuff will probably kill you, or so I have heard. Do another line.

[@Habsolutely]

dont you know there’s no devil there’s just God when he’s drunk

[@krisscanlon4051]

Bounced Check...hahaha such a Tom title

[@mirumiru31]

最高

[@jorgeguerrero8054]

Jan james blusa

[@maciekczumaj7147]

Please i like byu a human Who translate in Poland he

[@timlittle1951]

WTF playing advertisements in the middle of the songs.🖕🏻

[@chriszablocki2460]

Credibility for what I say vs what I do? I'm not seeking approval. And 99% of what people live by is a facade in the first place.

[@LindsaHausman]

God's always drunk and away on business

[@mitzi3724]

No better musical wordsmith ever....raspy or otherwise. What a great character...interviewers dream, except maybe the ones too straight laced and and living in denial rose- cast dream word.😅🎉🕊️😮😊🎼📔📝🖊️🙈🙉🙊

[@Sheriff_GrimLaw]

Who's the woman ruining it?

[@geoffreybruce8371]

Bette Midler.