Tom Waits-CHRISTMAS CARD FROM A HOOKER IN MINNEAPOLIS (HONEST REACTION)

[@cindykaplan3965]

To those that don't know Tom Waits....nothing is ever the same. He's a genious.

[@steroberts]

Blue Valentine is one of my favourite albums ever, there's not a bad track on it.

[@cashwill7119]

Pro trick: you can watch series on flixzone. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies these days.

[@matthiasdamon9545]

@Cash Will Definitely, have been watching on Flixzone} for since november myself :D

[@balanchuk]

Tom Waits has a lot of the most consistently beautiful and heartfelt lyrics of any American songwriter ever ... I'm a huge fan ...

[@sinjinbaker6031]

Yeah, man! I love Tom Waits!

[@ty9884]

He's an admitted agnostic who writes some of the most moving, haunting, beautiful songs about god you ever heard.

[@breandanmaguire3335]

Tom Waits is a poet for the marginalised, the drifters, the left out and the outcasts, but also also the hopeful. Try Downtown Train

[@ty9884]

I always thought the woman he was riding the train hoping to see was dead. He was looking for a ghost because he misses her so much.

[@barrylondoff7235]

Tom Traubert's Blues. Best Waits song.

[@cooked5439]

once tom grows on you, you can't shake it. he gets better and better.

[@MrRrainbeau]

“Invitation to the Blues” a near perfect song.

[@emilyflotilla931]

Absolutely! Thanks for loosening up some brain cells!

[@jeffstevens4262]

Yes, but I wouldn't use the word 'near' in that description. It's bang on.

[@frangarcia7774]

I am great Waits fan for 30 years. He has a huge catalog of great tunes, with different genres. I would recommend to you Time, Innocent when you dream or Come on up to the house

[@randymoran360]

You should see Tom Waits, Chocolate Jesus. He gives a good little live performance

[@theglanconer6463]

I'm an classical, metal, Americana, World Folk and singer & songwriter fan. Thanks to you I'm now listening to hiphop too (I only had one record before (Ice-T with the Tower). Thanks and cheers from Holland.

[@themightyfp]

😃 so what have you been listening to?

[@ronbenenati2987]

Tom waits covers a lot of territory. Pushes the envelope, explores edginess and lyrics that reach deep. An artist, storyteller to be listened to, one that does not always aim to please. a great, diverse body of work

[@michellezewe6148]

He's been around for so long...so many songs! (And movies)

[@spaniardpolo3786]

Ohhhh, Waits, waits and more waits !!! A poet, now in good health due to his wife !! For better !!! Who knows ? Adore ‘Drunk on the moon 🌙 ‘ Thanks, mate !!

[@AlwaysFreeCheddarInMousetraps]

Waits is an acquired taste. He messes with the audience , takes great melodies and buries them under whatever he feels like. Every once in a while he goes straight up and proves he’s amazing songwriter, like with Hold On

[@jeffstevens4262]

I absolutely love that track. Very underplayed.

[@docsoulman9352]

Waits is a poet....and humorist and humanist...genius..you need to explore and listen a bit more...he is for some considered one of the all time great song writers..though for some an acquired taste..but once he gets his hooks in you you’re lost...in a good way✌️😄🛸🎶

[@gregevans6649]

I have been watching a few of these first time view of waits. Its so interesting. I tried him then found him and his "hooks" go tme. When they do there is nothing else. He is a place to come back to to fill you with joy pain love and strange wonderful images of a his world. No one like him ever. give him a chance. rain dogs album got me. Then it all fell into place

[@judymeeker2925]

My favorite song by Tom

[@mattjohn4731]

I like it. It's sort of a snapshot of an unsung demographic. Definitely slips some reality in there with smooth piano

[@ty9884]

"Rain Dogs" are dogs that get lost in the rain and all their pee has been washed off the places they marked, and they can't find their way home. So all the characters in the songs are like that, lost. It's like a fragmentary novel of all these intertwined stories. It's pretty amazing if you can get into itl like that kind of music and admire great writing.

[@G.G14]

Every Tom Waits album is different. Which means you've got to listen to at least a couple of songs of each album

[@axx6435]

Great story telling.

[@jeffstevens4262]

The word 'genius' is so over-used these days, but Tom is exactly that. He's been writing great songs about real people and their struggles since the mid seventies.

[@Gymbo-Baggins]

Step Right up. Tom Waits. If it dont make you smile you probably ain't got a face. Thanks for sharing such variety and diversity. Something for everyone keep it up this channel is just smart.

[@themightyfp]

smiling at this comment thank you be well.

[@suzannemilligan8648]

The thing about Tom is that it's never the same. He is a complete original, love him or hate him. Check the difference between On the Nickel, 16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six, Invitation to the Blues and Ol’ 55.

[@submandave1125]

Tom Waits has a diverse catalog. So many good songs for any mood. If you want something harder, try "Earth Died Screaming," "Goin' Out West," or "Murder in the Red Barn" from Bone Machine, or "Hang On Saint Christopher" from Frank's Wild Years. For something more quirky try "Singapore" from Rain Dogs, or "Step Right Up" or "Pasties and a G-String" from Small Change, or "Emotional Weather Report" from Nightwaks at the Diner. For something more like this (tells a story), try "Romeo Is Bleeding" or "$29.00" from Blue Valentine, or "Gun Street Girl" from Rain Dogs, or "Shore Leave" from Swordfishtrombones. For something creepy, try "No One Knows I'm Gone" or "Watch Her Disappear" from Alice, or "The Ocean Doesn't Want Me" from Bone Machine. For something emotional, try "I Can't Wait to Get Off Work" from Small Change, "Hang Down Your Head," "Downtown Train," or "Anywhere I Lay My Head" from Rain Dogs, or "Innocent When You Dream" from Frank's Wild Years, or "Who Are You" from Bone Machine, or "Fish & Bird" from Alice

[@laurakennedy9250]

I love almost everything Tom does, but the labels you used for the songs such as "quirky" doesn't resonate with me. Probably some of my favorites are from the ones you listed as "tells a story", although I believe all of his music does that. Also for me "something harder" would be like "16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six" or "Big Black Mariah". But we agree on the most important thing, which is that Tom is a great artist!

[@johngeer4557]

@@laurakennedy9250 Staving in the belly of a whale, satisfied, pretty blue gun, as well as the ones you just named. Walking Spanish, and Gun Street Girl are among my favs.

[@laurakennedy9250]

@@johngeer4557 Even my son, who calls the music I listen to "garbage" likes Tom's song "Ice Cream Man". If I were asked to list my favorites, I couldn't do it without naming at least 30 songs...

[@johngeer4557]

@@laurakennedy9250 i could not agree more. way to many, and some grow out you more and more. 29 dollars is one for me

[@submandave1125]

@@laurakennedy9250 FWIW, the labels were conveniently chosen to categorize some rather unconventional songs (both content and style) for someone not familiar w/ Waits. Personally, I'd love to hear him do Frank's Wild Years end-to-end, the way it was intended to be consumed.

[@johngeer4557]

YOU FRIGGIN ROCK, thank you very much good sir, thats toms soft side, now go for the hard stuff, but i can't complain i am so pleased.

[@johnelrick8945]

"The Piano has been drinking" or "Small Change"

[@ednicholson7839]

If you ever saw the TV show The Wire, Waits’ song Way Down in the Hole is the theme song for each episode, but each season’s version is done by someone different. Blind Boys of Alabama did the season 1 version, while Waits’ original version was on season 2, and then other artists did the following seasons.

[@mattzakszewski8189]

Rain Dogs was his second album during his more experimental Island Record years but he got even more weird ( not that that's a bad thing) afterwards. I really like his Bone Machine album.

[@kevinlay9902]

Rain Dogs is quite a bit different than Blue Valentine. RD is more upbeat than this one. My favorite song off of this album is Burma Shave. Quite a story in that song. On Toms later albums his wife writes most lyrics.

[@therealbassun89]

Burma Shave is one of my favorites !!

[@dudleyhaines9826]

Best to work your way up to Rain Dogs. Anything from Blue Valentine. Heart.Attack and Vine. Then, Swordfish Trombone.

[@joeswanson7502]

What’s considered later albums? 90s? 2000s?

[@und3rgroundman865]

@@joeswanson7502 There's a few phases. Fist two albums are bluesy bar-room but fairly straight (Closing time, Heart of saturday night), then the classic period of Heartattack and Vine, Foreign Affairs, Blue Valentine and Small change, then a more experimental trilogy from swordfishtrombones to Frank's wild years, and then a mix of stuff from then to now. I think of everything from swordfishtrombones as the later albums tho some might put it after frank's wild years or later still. This song here is from the classic middle period.

[@joesmith942]

The lyrics are an adaptation of a poem by Charles Bukowski. This was Waits fith album (I think). Rain Dogs was later. Waits had become more "conceptual" when Rain Dogs came out.

[@lawrencegillies]

I love Tom Waits' work. My favourite of his albums is probably Nighthawks at the Diner. Rain Dogs a close second.

[@emilyflotilla931]

I'm in love with The Heart of Saturday Night!

[@ThePsychoReturns]

If you want more like this, "Pay Me", "A Sight For Sore Eyes", "A Good Man is Hard To Find" are all excellent. Tom Waits has had a long career, and he's got a very diverse catalogue.

[@pentane4447]

God's Away on Business and Bad As Me have some fun music videos. Tom has a lot of really nice spoken word stuff too like Nirvana and First Kiss that would make for an interesting reaction. Great vids man

[@davidbriseno1690]

If you go back to his beginnig, his LP Heart Of Saturday Nights, is possibly his best album. Not one band song on it. Then there's his duet with Bette Midler "I Never Talk To Strangers". Great song.

[@EyezenMediaProds]

you should checkout DOWNTOWN TRAIN by Tom Waits...

[@patrickvarine8476]

Check out anything off the "Nighthawks at the Diner" album, "The Piano Has Been Drinking," "Can't Wait To Get Off Work," and "The One That Got Away." If you like Waits, check out some early Dr. John, the "Gris Gris" album and the "Sun, Moon & Herbs" album.

[@thomasdellarosa1960]

Romeo is Bleeding ,Check that one from Tom Waits .

[@robotclark]

This song is early Waits, late 70s, Rain Dogs, mid-80s. He just gets weird and in my opinion better as he gets old. Check Tom Waits Chocolate Jesus!

[@Blue-qr7qe]

Tom Waits is some piece of work, ain't he?!!

[@colleencreamer2472]

He is a genius. Yes Rain Dog is different.

[@dirkbogarde44]

Tom Waits has 2 periods. Pre-Swordfishtrombones and everything after. The earlier stuff is more jazzy, and traditional songwriting. The latter stuff is darker and weirder. Pays your money and takes your choice.

[@micht6888]

One of the last great Americana singer song writer's. Hart Attack And Vine is also an amazing album. Tis guy has song writing credits and movie credits a mile long. Love him or hate him. There is no in-between with Tom

[@stevenmarkhansen]

it is interesting to C some one react to music that you have so completely internalized 😏 U did seem to get the beauty of the piece listen 2 it again and again if U can it will grow on U ❤️

[@jrobertlysaght]

Sight For Sore Eyes, and I wish I was In New Orleans are two I'd recommend by Tom Waits. OR if you want a bit more of a fun rocker by ol'Tom, try "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"

[@lawrencegillies]

Have you tried The Boatman's Call album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds?

[@mannycalavera6011]

Hey man, Raindogs is the album. For me the best of Tow Waits. If you want rough music listen to : Cemetery Polka, Anywhere i lay my head or Gun Street Girl. If you want sweet music try: Time, Tango 'til They're Sore.

[@thomasdellarosa1960]

If you listen to Romeo is Bleeding , can you let me know what you think about that one . If you have the time . Appreciate it .Thanks .

[@ericellquist7007]

Bro, you should listen to "Small Change", maybe "Nighthawks at the Diner" ... His song "Invitation to the Blues" is excellent.

[@christuttle3545]

Rain dogs is about the veitnam war try the song step right up by Tom Waits.

[@rackpunch4026]

Frank's Wild Years.......... Never could stand that dog!

[@davidflower9678]

Rain Dogs totally different. Waits completely changed his sound with his Swordfishtrombones album. Early stuff much jazzier and acoustic. If you liked Christmas Card, listen to a live version of On the Nickel, or Heart of Saturday Night. Or the official video of "Hold On," which is much later but in this style

[@charliewhite7596]

Got to listen to small change

[@drollieascoliasm9667]

Hell's broke loose is one of Tom Waits newer songs. It sound more like Rap music .

[@drollieascoliasm9667]

"Innocent when Dream" is my personal Waits favorite. Here's a link to a live version kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2bKpmltap1maJI

[@johngeer4557]

Hell Broke Luce (luce is a guys name) hell did not break out, hell broke a man. :) just one of greatest video's ever.

[@drollieascoliasm9667]

@@johngeer4557 "name was Jeff" its it's in the song for Jeffrey Lucey, if you feel the need to correct my onomonopia, you can at least try to spell a dead Marine name right. I think song even eludes to general's behind a desk making sure the paperwork right.

[@johngeer4557]

@@drollieascoliasm9667 wow, thats a little heavy for a light comment, i was just trying to point it out in case you did not know, a short comment like that can be very informative if you did not know. I thought by the misspelling that maybe you did not know, as i made the same mistake myself.

[@drollieascoliasm9667]

@@johngeer4557 sorry I was in a mood, I was actually talking to Veteran. Who was describing trying pick up burned bodies. Plus for Christmas this year, I baby sited a Drunk, Homeless, Iraqi Marine vet. He didn't have no place to go when they let him out of jail. I have and always be to selfish to serve, and my reward is getting to watch good folks chewed up, just to save a buck, for gallon of gas.

[@seandavidmcclintock]

Kentucky Ave.

[@randymoran360]

Just saw you white rabbit reaction. Its actually about alice in wonderland which is a story about Alice's drug induced trip a novel by lewis carrol, so probably his drg induced trip. Lol

[@iaincollins5743]

Glad you liked it. A real slice of stoic American poetry. It's fiction, BTW.

[@lenhudson8194]

Not one line in this song really rhymes. Yet nothing sounds out of place.

[@alanpeterson4939]

Believe it or not, Mr. Waits has a good singing voice if he wants to use it. Try Hold On for proof.

[@Wyhylili]

You should check out something from other countries, dude. Porter band - Garage is a song wrote by Welshman in Poland in 80', when there still was a communist regime. The album "Helicopters" is one of the most important piece of art in polish rock history. You should listen to this, man...

[@dudleyhaines9826]

Romeo is bleeding.

[@vv247]

Tom tells stories...not a lot of repetition in the lyrics thankfully. He's reading a x-mas card from a women in jail.

[@corkwell]

You have no sense of humor, the first time I heard this I was crying. 😂

[@themightyfp]

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[@joanwills8563]

HELL BROKE LOOSE VIDEO

[@markdrinkard4150]

Put the damn things on your ears not your hoohie

[@themightyfp]

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