I stumbled upon Rain Dogs back in 1985 and listened to it on repeat for a week. Then I went out and bought all his previous records. Been a devoted fan ever since.
I've probably been thru 36 Tom Waits fazes since I first discovered his three eighties albums in College in 1988. Once he swims in your blood it's never the same again.
I've always been proud of the fact that my father exposed me to all sorts of music. From The Beatles to Frank Zappa to Hank Williams to Men at Work, he listened to almost everything. I say almost because I had never heard of Tom Waits as a musician and thought he was just an actor. It wasn't until my 30's did I discover his music and my life has never been the same. I am baffled that my father, with all the great music he listened to, does not have a single Tom Waits record. I now have them all.
Thank you for uploading and please correct the title of the video. Make It Rain has gotten me through the worst parts of my life. It deserves to be there.
Proper cologne is made from a room full of boys playing and the shoes stink worse than what anybody could imagine. Think...now please if you don't want to barf in public. Think 5 teenage boys and all shoes are off in a room that is sealed off. As a responsible parent I would check in to talk about hunger and if the situation down below required a full or a half pyrex pan of lasagna.
@@termsofusepolice I assume you are referring to his singing cause I know a lot of white people that talk like him. His speaking voice is what happens after a thousand cigarettes. If you defines waits as a minstrel show because he was influenced by blk singers, are you similarly defining The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Animals as minstrel shows? They were all influenced by black singers. The difference between a minstrel show and a singer is a minstrel show copies the likeness of a blk person and mocks it/disrespects. A singer isn’t necessarily copying the likeness of a blk person, only merely a VOICE or a SOUND, and the singer happens to be blk, which is secondary and not a consideration. The minstrel shows copies the qualities of a blk person to convey their likeness. A singer like waits copies a blk person to convey a sound, a vocal style. It has nothing to do with racism or condescending, mocking.
He obviously takes influence from black music, especially to the likes of Screaming Jay Hawkins. But to call it blackface, is crazy. No one said that about Jim Morrisons blues
I am mesmerized, thank you Jesus - chocolate Jesus.
I stumbled upon Rain Dogs back in 1985 and listened to it on repeat for a week. Then I went out and bought all his previous records. Been a devoted fan ever since.
Truly one of my favorite people in music. Just an absolutely unique artist.
Tom always comes prepared with a story or a conversation piece. I think Dave appreciated that.
“They sharpen their knives on my mistakes.”
Testify!
Tom Waits is a genius and Letterman was the only host that could interview him properly.
I've probably been thru 36 Tom Waits fazes since I first discovered his three eighties albums in College in 1988. Once he swims in your blood it's never the same again.
An immaculate confection !!! ❤️❤️❤️
you can tell Letterman really enjoyed hanging out with tom
This is the best copy of the Tom's "Chocolate Jesus" performance on Letterman that i've seen ... and it's a brilliant performance! Watch this!!!
He is certainly a beautiful gift for all of us 🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️☮️☮️☮️❤️❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏😎😎😎
happy easter everyone
I will ALWAYS be a #Raindog howlin in the wind, struttin my stuff, and lookin for that downtown train.
he's a pure wizard
This is so surreal, I've been watching the VHS rip for years and seeing this same performance in ""high""" quality feels unreal and whimsical
I've always been proud of the fact that my father exposed me to all sorts of music. From The Beatles to Frank Zappa to Hank Williams to Men at Work, he listened to almost everything. I say almost because I had never heard of Tom Waits as a musician and thought he was just an actor. It wasn't until my 30's did I discover his music and my life has never been the same. I am baffled that my father, with all the great music he listened to, does not have a single Tom Waits record. I now have them all.
You're never too late to discover Tom Waits. Life enriching music at any age.
Geez - that is a LOT of albums! And every one is a gem :)
A show man,of a unique kind ❤❤❤
The showmanship! Magical, truly!
I think that would be a great album title. Throwing confetti and dancing backwards
Or fall out a window with it in your hair
Genius artist
Thank you for uploading and please correct the title of the video. Make It Rain has gotten me through the worst parts of my life. It deserves to be there.
Pure brilliance.
Thank you for the hq upload, absolutely insane in comparison to the VHS rip i saw before.
I thought it couldn't get any better then at 14:40 Tom pops up with Judah Bauer and Russell Simins from JSBX. Yup that's the stuff
What's my neighbor doin, I've got a right to know!
What a gift. Thanks.
@ 2:51 the guy TUNES the banjo... Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.... WTF for?
G E N I U S
the king
genius
I am in the church of Tom Waits.
Amen
I think some beliefs are more fun if you stumble into them. I blame the door hinge; and the horses ability to work around something not chewable.
The "Imaculate confection" comment doesn't raise a titter??
He's a comedian for sure 😂
... sharpen their knives on my mistakes
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.. damn
Make it rain
my her0
Он научил санбоя петь через ведро
Tom that chemical that’s getting them going is the lead in the paint!
Jk. I hope not.
Tom Waits and Joe Cocker could be brothers. Ha ha
Maybe in a sitcom being backed by Universal on Mars
Proper cologne is made from a room full of boys playing and the shoes stink worse than what anybody could imagine. Think...now please if you don't want to barf in public. Think 5 teenage boys and all shoes are off in a room that is sealed off. As a responsible parent I would check in to talk about hunger and if the situation down below required a full or a half pyrex pan of lasagna.
Waits is as close as you can get to a blackface minstrel show without the shoe polish.
wtf? He never uses black face. Black face minstrel shows didn’t invent this kind of multi-facet drama based entertainment either; it’s centuries old.’
@@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec I was referring to Tom's fake, 80 year old black man voice.
@@termsofusepolice I assume you are referring to his singing cause I know a lot of white people that talk like him. His speaking voice is what happens after a thousand cigarettes.
If you defines waits as a minstrel show because he was influenced by blk singers, are you similarly defining The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Animals as minstrel shows? They were all influenced by black singers.
The difference between a minstrel show and a singer is a minstrel show copies the likeness of a blk person and mocks it/disrespects. A singer isn’t necessarily copying the likeness of a blk person, only merely a VOICE or a SOUND, and the singer happens to be blk, which is secondary and not a consideration. The minstrel shows copies the qualities of a blk person to convey their likeness. A singer like waits copies a blk person to convey a sound, a vocal style. It has nothing to do with racism or condescending, mocking.
This would now be called cultural appropriation
Tom is just pure genius
Vocal Blackface at it's finest
You're wrong. Go listen to his earlier works. Don't forget the soundtrack to One From the Heart with Crystal Gayle. His voice is genuine.
@@Felswickwell…. Genuine-ish. He smoked like a chimney on purpose to ruin it.
Its funny you think this is how black people generically sound?
He obviously takes influence from black music, especially to the likes of Screaming Jay Hawkins. But to call it blackface, is crazy. No one said that about Jim Morrisons blues