Tom Waits The Tube Complete Includes Frank's Wild Years and Walking Spanish.

[@jamescarterjones]

Tom Waits will be known as the Mozart and Beethoven at the dawn of the digital age. A pure musician!

[@williamweber6843]

I would not go that far. I would say he is as talented as Nina Hagen. Maybe they could write music for each other in their elderly years about crutches and walk-a-bout devices with hand brakes. BTW, they are both reverend by me.

[@andrewsandoz8005]

This explains everything

[@moonmothman]

Was a new Tom Waits fan at 17 and loved his stuff. Watched this performance and was horrified. Didn’t know what to make of it. A few years later when I listened to swordfishtrombones it finally made sense. Was lucky enough to see him on the Franks Wild Years tour in Edinburgh and was blown away by that concert. Took me a bit of time to catch up but I got there in the end.

[@ollieclixby3199]

The line “there ain’t no Devil, that’s just God when he’s drunk” from Heartattack & Vine” is SO genius

[@huwpowell6081]

Literally the greatest thing I have ever seen. THE man at the peak of his powers. If I have to explain you'll never understand.

[@douglascarlson9006]

Don't worry ... you don't have to explain 'cause I definitely DO understand ...

[@damor8856]

Initially the audience seemed to have no comprehension of the unique moments they were being exposed to ... and then, kinda midway through Walking Spanish ... they seemed to get it.

[@brianjones478]

So I did too many drugs in the eighties and absolutely loved Tom and Captain Beefheart's rendition of the flower duet. Or was that a dream.? 🤔

[@bluecat88]

If it was a dream it was a good one!

[@MartiniBlankontherest]

The image he paints. It's like reading a great book when he speaks. You're so IN it.

[@makslv3547]

Thank you from Russia for your posting!

[@jimgeiger1729]

This is fantastic. That band!!! Ribot was great, percussion banging on everything, and RIP Ralph Carney.

[@mikesmith6493]

The greatest punk of all.....look, listen and learn!

[@shawnbruce6934]

Once You see Tom Waits Live You Will Never Forget it.

[@HarryVsingersongwriter]

My sweet Annet said: "What's this..??" 2 tracks later she was hooked for life. Even more so, tracks like Kommenicht zu spät became her favorites. Thanks Tom, you're a life saver.

[@bubuotis]

I don't know who else was going around with a marimba, a pump organ, a baritone sax, a violator like Mark Ribot on guitar and a coalmine in his throat mixing Blues and Brecht in the mid 80's....

[@PeteAxeShields]

Takes me back ... whilst still driving me forward. Amazing performance by a true genius ... and a top quality band.

[@thomassimmons1950]

Peter...great way of putting it...Cheers!

[@frankmorgan6173]

Fabulous - lucky enough to have seen this tour live.

[@bingsinatra5283]

At last I can hear the ending of Walkiing Spanish. Been touting this performance for years.

[@doctorstarcrumbs]

Where has this been and where is everything else that is like this. Thank you.

[@passion7037]

Just isn't!

[@wychwoodmusic]

I mean, no one's truly "like" Tom, but there's loads of fun stuff that's in the same ballpark or at least the same city. Captain Beefheart and Blind Willie Johnson definitely influenced Tom. I've never quite figured out where the drunk circus music influence specifically comes from - Kurt Weil, some cabaret music? Dresden Dolls did some goth cabaret. Modest Mouse strike me as an indie band that's heavily influenced by Tom. There's a strange Christian anarchist, um, folkcore (?) band named Psalters that definitely took some cues from him. Man Man made some similar music without the Christian anarchism and a little more indie rock. Neutral Milk Hotel have some simlarly-eclectic instrumentation and a rough aesthetic, more of a frantically depressed feel though. There's loads of folkpunk that runs in a similar vein. I enjoy Andrew Jackson Jihad's acoustic stuff a lot. Days 'N Daze have some Tom-like vocals. Marc Ribot and John Zorn have done some demented jazz that probably fed into some of the wilder stuff Tom does. (That's Marc on guitar in this video). Zorn kinda makes Tom sound like accessible pop normcore, though, be warned.

[@g.natemedsker9183]

Morphine shares a similar spirit, if a different sound.

[@FabioFerriCiccio]

👊Fiero di essere il 700° LIKE😎👍 Proud to be the N.°700 😎👍 Thumb UP!

[@williamlee1153]

Right on. Outstanding ❤

[@Stl10699]

Absolutely nails walking spannish

[@keithcook9539]

Classic and Tom really is the best. I hope time will give him his due. I remember buying this bootleg VHS when I was managing Rasputin‘s in Berkeley California. Great to see it online.

[@D.L91]

Waits on top form here! Brilliant

[@gpeddino]

00:00 Franks Wild Years 2:16 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six 7:18 Cemetery Polka 11:11 In The Neighbourhood 16:19 Walking Spanish

[@ravioles]

Buenísimo ❤️ fantástica la banda

[@vincentchevallier9177]

Best story teller...

[@mrkrinkle72]

Beautiful melodie's lofting out of the junkyard.

[@Musistics]

Tom has good hair. Just sayin.

[@nicholasbuxton7723]

quite wonderful

[@FabrizioAlpino]

Like Bukowski, a genius from the underground

[@rytmikake6819]

Finally in full! Thank you man, much appreciated!

[@caetydid882]

even greater than the recordings!

[@conilmusician]

I love this. Thank you for sharing.

[@kirstentytgat257]

DEVINE!!!! :)

[@branscombeR]

The Millennium Tube was shot in this same studio ... I was there. It's been demolished, now. R (Australia)

[@darylcumming7119]

Thanks.

[@darwinsaye]

Was Marc Ribot playing trumpet on In the Neighbourhood??

[@superedsupered8421]

good music great talking your the real deal

[@po3tictreachery672]

LOL @ people trying to dance to it

[@clarencerousselle5374]

Sensationnel

[@ckdpraha]

Tom is great as always... and Paula Yates smacked up like a zombie at the beginning

[@bluefreindeer9572]

16:23

[@scott6233]

What’s the song called he’s singing at 3mins in

[@alistairsmith5830]

16 shells from a 30.6

[@Juanjuano]

año?

[@jamesreigle9013]

1985

[@rielboire9726]

intersting kind of crazy google riel boire

[@scott6233]

What’s the song called he’s singing at 3mins in

[@etamarketingdesign7503]

Sixteen hells from a thirty-ought six

[@etamarketingdesign7503]

Sixteen shells, I mean

[@gregolsen1099]

That’s two 8 round en bloc clips. Just pull your thumb up and outta the way, or you’ll get a case of the ol’ Garand Thumb😉 That’s a guy who has enough style for the rest of the people in the venue. 😎