TOM WAITS Road to peace REACTION - The most powerful song ever! So relevant for today

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TOM WAITS Road to peace REACTION - The most powerful song ever! So relevant for today
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[@yetisburgeadress]

Thank you for not only reacting but really listening. Thank you.

[@lawrencesimon7355]

Harri I think it takes guts for a reactor to react to Tom Waits, it is e en braver to react to this song. Thank you for taking on this song, this is your very best reaction.

[@adamdunbar8260]

Hey Harri! Thanks so much for the thoughtful reaction. Next to Hell Broke Luce and Hoist That Rag, Tom isn't very political in his music but when he gets angry, especially around the ideas of violence, hippocracy and inhumanity, he goes off as only an artist can. The artists define who we are as a people and civilization. The only way to move ahead is to confront the past, wrestle with it, and change our thoughts about it. Seneca, the Roman philosopher wrote "Those who learn how to die, unlearn slavery" Tom has died many times.

[@agnetesorensenelbom5085]

Thank you Adam for a great song choice and excellent comment Was married to a Jewish guy from Israel and have had the conflict close at hand for years 😪

[@Hapmorii]

He "goes off" all right. Way off. It's a shame, a pathetic shame.

[@ptournas]

Great song. I've been a big fan of Tom Waits ever since I saw him on an episode of Martin Mull's "Fernwood 2 Night" in the seventies. Somehow I've never heard this one, so I'm really glad you reacted to it. Very thoughtful reaction too.

[@peteharper2687]

It was on Orphans, Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards.

[@ptournas]

@@peteharper2687 Thanks, I somehow missed that one Just looked it up and I definitely will hunt down a copy for my collection! Appreciate the info.

[@ptrlxc]

The world then and the world now; the more things change the more it stays the same. So sad today in the news. Indeed Tom captured the horrors of hate and now we're seeing today, even in Ukraine, Yemen, Sudan ... innocents are caught in the cross-fire.

[@ericanderson8886]

Tom and his wife Kathleen Brennan writing, would say a unique song. But everything that Tom does is unique lol. Amazing song.

[@scottmoquin]

First......Tom Waits rules !!!!!

[@jlerrickson]

It's been so long since I listened to this album, I'd forgotten about this song. Thank you for reminding me: it really is chilling.

[@wickedmirage]

Crazy that this was released in 2006, it's everything that's happening in 2024. A song that I've always enjoyed by him is God's Away.

[@ptournas]

It's been happening every year since he wrote the song.

[@wickedmirage]

@@ptournas Agreed

[@lynlucas5573]

Heavy duty song..food for thought..nothings changed

[@debbiechang5781]

I love Tom Waits. This song is deep. Great choice and commentary. Thanks Harri and Adam 🌺✌️

[@Blue-qr7qe]

But... we wanted to hear a happy song.... Thanks, Tom - 'Glad somebody's minding the store. That would be you. And I love you for it.

[@sagitt1856]

You like TOM WAITS, so don't forget to listen to: "Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen)". Thanks.

[@abmqa]

He could have written this song, yesterday 😢with Biden in the role of Bush. 😢

[@ptournas]

He could have written in any year since it was first released, no matter who was president.

[@74artgrrl]

This song! Thank you for covering this song from Tom Waits. He’s so good and underrated.

[@markmun99]

He is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I love his reaction. He held up the trophy and said “ this is very encouraging”.

[@Thumbbs]

Did you just say TOM WAITS is underrated???

[@caryriggs5719]

Sadly he could have written it 100 years in the future.

[@njits789]

Lyrics are indeed based upon actual news reports. The idea was to put a newspaper article to music.

[@Rodiroess]

Impatience and greed are the seeds to warfare. May all who have suffered at the hands of war be at peace forever more.

[@JVTrickypants]

This also reminds me of the brilliant Bill Hicks stand up material talking in about 1992 of the "first" Persian Gulf War and our government's involvement "Well how do you know they got the weapons from us?" "Well...we looked at the receipts." Listening it for the first time 10+ years later it's amazing how it still fits exactly the same.

[@michaeldavis9954]

Tom Waits deserves so much more attention in our musical world. Thanks!😊

[@johndavidson5228]

When will it ever end?!!! Thanks so much for this reaction. The leaders of Israel and the Hamas need to listen to it very carefully and do their damnedest to make real peace .

[@SuperZooon]

Powerfull lyricks❤️

[@vickilee7494]

Sadly it's never-ending

[@brandonjones1349]

Tommy the Cat! Always win win 🏆

[@giuliogrifi7739]

History repeating itself...no changes...it's human beings' nature. God, if there is a God, must have a plan we don't see or understand.

[@clemigula4228]

Nothing changes.

[@davidzieglmeier1020]

This song is for the 15000 or more dead children in Gaza, kiled with US arms, thank you Mr. Waits..

[@JVTrickypants]

Yeah, as has been said in posts before, ALL of these are real incidents. Of course each of them are terrible, but as a fan of great lyricists (Tom is 1 - Costello is 2 - Check out his Tramp the Dirt Down about his feelings on Margaret Thatcher) I'm frankly amazed how he even got the right names to fit musically into this brilliant song.

[@thoru4367]

Wow

[@thoru4367]

This is like Road to Hell but Road to Peace

[@isobar5857]

The greatest anti-war song was written by John Denver, called ' let us begin.' John himself considered it " the best piece of work in his career." It's on you tube with an introduction by John himself. It would take a hard heart indeed not be deeply moved by it, and it's now more relevant today than ever.

[@Nunya.bizniz853]

Is a history lesson put to music; Elvis Presley's "In the Ghetto " is too. Then again Bards are good for that. I recommend Ren's "Money game " trilogy.

[@JVTrickypants]

I've been a subscriber of yours for years and as a HUGE Tom Waits fan I'm annoyed it's taken me a month to find your reaction to this song. Tom NEVER did any political songs until this one - hitting of course very hard on W obviously. However the some of the many lines that haunt me from this are - HE STUDIED SO HARD AS IF HE AHD A FUTURE. In the video that they found at the home of Abdel Mahdi Shahmay He held a Kalashnikov rifle and he spoke with a voice like a boy He was an excellent student, He studied so hard, it was as if he had a future He told his mother that he had a test that day Out along the road to peace

[@JVTrickypants]

Also sadly, the lyrics still hold up 20 years later...

[@JVTrickypants]

You paused it (and of course eventually got back to it), but he attacks and shames both sides as instigators to the problem - there are no innocents nations in war.

[@Hapmorii]

I'm a huge Tom Waits fan, but, imo, he missed on this one. He shouldn't weigh into Middle East politics like this. It shows his ignorance. I'm really disappointed with this! I guess even the greats come crashing down eventually!

[@njits789]

Let me guess: you've picked your side in the conflict

[@peaceis]

Written in 2006. I think he’s pointing out our ignorance as human beings. 18 years later and the ignorance persists. God help us.

[@peaceis]

I should have listened to the whole thing before commenting. TW says God needs our help, whew.

[@Hapmorii]

@@njits789 No, the conflict picked me.

[@SuperZooon]

I like you man, but when you stop a song to comment, you are raping the song ✌️