Tom Waits - Chicago (Late Show With David Letterman 2012)

[@bobkehoe6741]

Killer band for another Tom Waits masterpiece. Can't beat David Hidalgo on guitar.

[@geinikan1kan]

Mr. Waits makes getting old look cool. Jaysus the man has this power. Great.

[@TheGreatAbstracto]

Dave Hidalgo too

[@marktalmont1893]

TheGreatAbstracto Agreed, I've always wondered why the Lobos guys never collaborated with Carlos Santana--seems like such a perfect match, like if Santana ever felt like going back an doing a more traditional blues album. Maybe some day.

[@sebastianpye9328]

Well when he was 27 someone called him "the oldest 27 year old in the world" so perhaps he is just coming into his own :)

[@omnipop4936]

That Tom's son, Casey, on drums. Fantastic!

[@johnnelson4386]

I went to Middle school with Casey. It was cool because Tom would go on fieldtrips with us.

[@pena.3302]

Im in Awe that its The Son Of Muddy.&,Tom +'Wife'.Son Aswell.[Read that on here.Hope Ive that correct.!]Whar a groove this has..100%.Tom &,Band.Great.

[@rodsreel]

Old school blues keeping on the one chord for more than one phrase - keeps the tension going all the way - doesn't release it at all - great feel for music and drama in a song. Genius.

[@patriciofernandez2711]

rodsreel It takes a brilliant musical mind to write a fantastic song like this one using just one chord. Composers will often stray from the main feeling of a song by modulating too much or adding flashy chord changes to disorient the listener, but what they do with 15 chords Tom can achieve with one or two of the most basic ones. This song is a prime example: uncomforting harmony, addictive groove.

[@Guacamullet]

Yeah man these guys are floating on this groove so good!

[@rickartdefoix1298]

That's it Waits is kind of a genius. His always innovative rhythmic section, his rich vocabulary and deep wide range of his lyrics, his unique voice and the way he uses it, wow, Waits goes from jazz into blues and viceversa so nice and easily... Waits cooks and tastes and deliver us his own jewel songs in such a sophisticated style. No one as this fellow. Waits is a world apart. Have past hours and then days, hearing only Tom and not even then willing to quit his universe. And I keep entrying once and again in his universe. Think it is a music to hear alone, very often. So touching he can be. He makes you think and feel, at once, a lot. A great, excellent artist. 🎶💎💜👌

[@vancouverterry9142]

This has got to be one of THE greatest songs ever written about the movement out of the South, including the movement of blues and Dixieland jazz. Much of it was spread by rail, and much of that was to the north by rail to Chicago. Tom should get some kind of award for writing this song. Truly, he is a troubadour who can capture such things in lyrics and music.

[@Duffwagon]

I always loved the bond between Letterman and Mr Waits. They seemed to relate to each other pretty well

[@marcinolszewski2260]

It's amazing. About 40 years and still not a single bad, average, or "just good" song. Every single one is a unique masterpiece.

[@markwakephord3049]

Can anyone out there just imagine TW and Screamin Jay on stage together? WOW!!!

[@carlosmondragon6639]

I'm speechless, pure genius. I am forever a Tom waits fan

[@MrJosedaluz]

Never enough to say that i am so happy Tom Waits is still around.

[@ivana.4654]

Tom Waits is like the dark Bob Dylan, the bad guy of all greats songwriters.

[@pastorfuzz367]

+Jorge Iriarte Or a modern Captain Beefheart.

[@mauroacevedo1980]

Jorge Iriarte he's the anti-sinatra

[@Linkinbird617]

Bob Dylan got pretty dark though...

[@anthonywhitefull]

Tom Waits light is blinding!

[@liamtaggart57]

You don’t get him.Tom shines a super trooper into human endurance and love and caring from a true perspective.He’s a beautiful thought

[@marmorosblanc]

pure genius. it doesn't get any better than this.

[@TheHappyApe]

What an amazing groove...

[@willibusch2124]

i love this oldschool hooligan!!! A LEGEND FOR ME AND A MUSICAL HERO WILLI

[@randyjimmiejamesbowles]

R.I.P. Larry Taylor. One of of the greatest bassists ever. And he could sing and play lead guitar and slide guitar.

[@santiagosuares]

Unfortunately he died on August 19, 2019

[@johntustin3122]

I came here to say the same thing. You beat me to it.

[@loganshotrod4x464]

Played that shit more than 5 years ago & the world still not ready for it. Tom Waits is the MAN!!!😎

[@bergerfry]

Chuck Norris went to a Tom Waits concert once, he's still there.

[@LouLunar]

Tom Waits has finally caught up to his own voice. Love this man. Love.

[@shaunhamilton8217]

Beautiful ode to my hometown! :-D

[@Creed0221]

There will be no other like him ...

[@bohu867]

A true artist.

[@stevesheldon8616]

Fantastic. The groove was so deep I for once wasn't wanting a guitar solo because it didn't need one. Not that David Hidalgo wouldn't have come up with something perfect.

[@stevesheldon8616]

This groove is so deep Chinese rice farmers are shaking their asses.

[@BarryWarne]

@@stevesheldon8616 jeeesus ... not sure whether to cringe or keep grinnin' ... I salute you, you magnificent bastard

[@katiemartin4878]

He is better live. He is really able to set the mood

[@stevesheldon8616]

Agreed. He's a performance artist.

[@IHMadeThis]

Played this on the jukebox at the bar last night...no one (only 3 people) in the bar knew who Tom Waits was...but they couldn't stop moving.

[@MountAnalogue]

Tom Waits is a fantastic musician.

[@megistes]

Tom waits me poursuit, des films de Jarmush à aujourd’hui, avec la même nostalgie d’un quelque chose que je n’ai pas connu mais qui m’attire.

[@r.k.2000]

Muddy Water's son (Big Bill Morganfield) on the red guitar there...

[@Dambister]

спасибо, Том. за юность и за зрелость , спасибо за все !

[@paatachakhnashvili6502]

Bravo Dima!

[@Gardosunron]

Wow what a swampy great piece of funkiness that was. Loved the guitar interplay.

[@toache96]

David Hidalgo from Los Lobos at the guitar

[@melvinwren]

maría andrea lópez toache along with Larry Taylor from canned heat and the monkees, Augie Meyers from Sir douglas quartet, muddy waters son, tom waits son, and a preservation hall jazz band saxaphonist. what a lineup!

[@bradtrimble1728]

@@melvinwren Wow!

[@BobDylanfan]

Thank God for Tom Waits.

[@kenlyons848]

Un~Bucking Felievable . . . I can't get enough !

[@adogchasingcars7175]

How can someone NOT love TW?

[@Bodyknowledge77]

Captivating..A little moist in the eyes..Some cranium tingling

[@r.m.4228]

Dang, that Band! That Man Tom Waits...time for LIVE 2018!

[@hamidbahmanabadi5087]

amazing performance by this legend

[@robertoholiveira]

This fucking genius, man... How can someone NOT love TW?

[@тристанробертсон-х2щ]

deep respect to him!

[@kt7635]

I'd wait to hear Waits, no matter how long it takes. :) Seriously.

[@kell2640]

Carry the urgency into where we live now Tom

[@r.m.4228]

Goosebumps everyone I watch and hear this!

[@fahim113]

Great version on the album but this has something else to it that blows my fucking brains away. Amazing doesn't even begin to describe it.

[@kiwimike31]

The look on the sax player at the start says it all .

[@morganmagill668]

Love Tom Waits...and even better is seeing Larry Taylor on Bass.!!

[@riqxzylragasa5619]

qchip j jn. n r

[@timmaloney6739]

great tune with David Hidalgo..

[@drkraw]

this just oozes with class

[@animus3328]

I wish i could meet Tom W. In person one day...he is amazing!

[@Lamottecolin]

One cool dude ,great performance !

[@vtsiklauri]

Really Great!!!

[@nunooliveira2828]

Fabuleux .

[@princesadosanos90]

Man... What a voice

[@123must]

Great Tom ! Thanks

[@jonjones1553]

Perfect.

[@silvanotinelli4236]

beautiful ...ciao from Italy

[@sergioialacci1838]

Un mito vivente!!!

[@MaharajaKorrea]

Aku memang gemar persembahan muzik dari program bual bicara terutama Letterman & Ferguson sebab kualiti bunyi serta audionya... Done!!! Done!!! Done!!! Great showmanship i hope more video from "The Late Show With David Letterman" for music performance and in HD..huhuu...

[@mariellarocha]

Thank you!!

[@therealsi-b1141]

This just rocks

[@sambamachineryrecords6498]

UNBELIEVABLE TOM IS ....

[@eldelasestrellas.9802]

Se escucha, genial!!!!!

[@sonicgrub]

greatness

[@sturdychinfilms]

"You know where I can be found Where the rainbow hits the ground I’m not alone I’m not afraid This bird has flown from his cage There’s so much magic we have known On this sapphire we call home" AHHHH YES!!

[@paulyboomtv]

I love this guy. He is so interesting.

[@jaholo]

Tom my King!

[@troywess3859]

Even Chicago is moved by this song.

[@andrewwatson7194]

Pure class

[@romans8024]

Poet and one of a kind.

[@johng4250]

at 0:05 you thing "this sucks" at 0:20 you'r thinking "not bad" at 1:00 on to the end you'r thinking "f'n genius"

[@JamesDel]

Haha so true!! I'm a new fan, i'm slowly becoming obsessed!

[@latengocomoburro]

I'm like 0:05 "not bad music", then when he starts singing at 0:38 "very weird".... 1:00 One note song, I could have written this myself, very boring, NEXT!!!!!

[@JamesDel]

latengocomoburro Let us know when you upload your song, we'll let you know how good it is ;)

[@latengocomoburro]

James Del I have my own profession and I do it very well.... I am sure that if Tom Waits would do it he would suck at it. I do not have to make a song everybody should be good at what they do , I think this guy is way over rated. I do like some of his songs though like "green grass" but performed by others.

[@sandyman1960]

sure does

[@BobDylanfan]

Legendary.

[@capoeirastronaut]

"The seeds are planted here But they won't grow We won't have to say goodbye If we all go Maybe things will be better in Chicago To leave all we've ever known For a place we've never seen Maybe things will be better in Chicago Well it's braver to stay Even braver to go Wherever she goes I go Maybe things will be better in Chicago What we need the Lord will give us All we want we carry with us You know where I can be found Where the rainbow hits the ground I'm not alone I'm not afraid This bird has flown from his cage There's so much magic we have known On this sapphire we call home With my coat and my hat I say goodbye to all that Maybe things will be better in Chicago Maybe things will be better in Chicago Chicago Chicago All aboard! All aboard! All aboard! All aboard! All aboard!"

[@wesker74]

Amazing music

[@denissaveljev]

man of genius

[@femiwilliams7906]

Genius!

[@anthonywhitefull]

I love Tom Waits

[@woodjackson8424]

magnifique.

[@NinjaOutfitInTheWash]

Ah I love him.

[@bodyistvan2073]

Remek, super!

[@fredmuller8632]

He gives 💯

[@brianapplebee7735]

Good lord...genius. Dave had Tom on from start...I miss Dave.

[@billeybop]

Tom Waits for no one!

[@patriciofernandez2711]

I want to live inside this song

[@onyxphoenix6138]

Very intense!

[@discoclubver733]

MONSTRUO!!!!

[@woodjackson8424]

"maybe things whu'hill be better in Chicago!" wow, that man!

[@lillyandruben]

This is good

[@ohanley100]

The Tom Waits Run....May 7th Tønsberg Norway.....All Aboard!!!!

[@antonyirvine9338]

No one does Tom Waits like Tom Waits

[@jackass2TM]

John Bruce: "I really like Tom Waits work. He is an unlikely success, not pretty, not pure of sound, but with character and great lyrics, amazing actually. Women love him. This is all to say if Tom Waits can 'make it' any of us can make it!" This is facts; Tom Waits had an amazing voice and was a great singer, and no one can sing like him !

[@mooo6747]

He's still alive!

[@jean-pierrevienne1967]

je connaissais la voix de Joe Coecker mais pas celle de Tom Waits... belle découverte!

[@kmovfilms]

Thanks Tom, Chicago is better for your song

[@caseylewis8768]

Fucking epic. Tom never let's us down.

[@jonthebru]

I really like Tom Waits work. He is an unlikely success, not pretty, not pure of sound, but with character and great lyrics, amazing actually. Women love him. This is all to say if Tom Waits can 'make it' any of us can make it!

[@mikehoage5261]

nice man

[@jaimeluisorganic]

A immm chicaguu shuuuu, great Tom Waits ever

[@тоткоторый-д6ц]

70 лет сегодня !! Крут!

[@vukovicrados]

Tom Waits has the coolest cats in the band.

[@hamidbahmanabadi5087]

way better than the sudio version long live Tom fu*king Waits

[@zaperfan]

Genius

[@kiwimike31]

This.

[@BoneCK15]

@3:21 Beefheart lives

[@calravens8707]

Bad ass!

[@AmodinAM]

This guy can sing.