His ballads are just heart rendering. KENTUCKY AVENUE, also from this album, strikes me the same way - He takes us along on a nice enough travel cade , and then shows us a couple frames that just slay us. Very powerful.
You selected my TWO FAVORITE versions of this amazing song. The live version adds an amazing twist of texture to the original. The audience has no idea what to do with themselves!
My first four cd's I ever bought; Dead Kennedys, Iron Maiden, The Exploited and Tom Waits. And it is still as fresh and fantastic as when I was fifteen.
Hard to know what to say about this amazing storyteller and legendary performer which hasn't been said but this guy is a genius in every sense of the word.
At work,checked you two out and there's Tom Waits again.i think you ladies read my mind.if you two ever come to Michigan I'm going to take you to a blues bar where we can get drunk on bourbon and listen to Tom all night.I really needed this today.much love and respect from Michigan 😁😁😁😁♥️♥️♥️♥️👍👍👍👍
@@kenehlears7716 my blues heroes are mostly dead [SRV, Ray Charles, Muddy Waters] but I'm flexible! I have never been to Michigan [airports don't count]. Happy Friday.
About the people laughing: Even though it is a sad song, Tom's really got some witty lines in here, and if you don't know the song yet which turns black only in the end you really might be quite amused, and I think it's part of his concept especially with his live performance to get that laughter stuck in your throat with the final lines...
Gorgeous piano ; haunting powerful voice . Can’t believe I’ve never heard of this genius Luv ya guys Not to bother but if you live piano Miyako from LOVEBITES I’d a classically trained pianist and plays gorgeous piece from Chopin at beginning and end if their lovely song Swan song I can send link it you interested but I won’t bother you Ty I needed a lift ; my sister died this week and your back reactions are keeping me sane ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@neonskepetunije thank you ; you guys are such great friends and very cool reactors Why you don’t have 100,000 subs has to be a Eastern European algorithm thing we must figure out lol 😆
Love you girls. Wish I coulda caught you experiencing this for the first time but I should have known better. Your tastes do run to the eclectic. Although I'm sure you've heard it, would enjoy sharing "Falling Down" from Big Time. However, steer clear of "Ruby's Arms". I just couldn't take it.
6:08 Ice cream man, Whistling past the graveyard, Jesus gonna be here, Chocolate Jesus, Going out west (this last one was in the movie "Fight Club"), to name a few that are not sad.
If you are looking for a happier song I would say Chocolate Jesus, happy isn't how I would describe it but it is a lot more light hearted. great live performance too.
Not a lot of happy Tom Waits songs to choose from :) One that always makes me laugh though is 'Step Right Up'. I listen to a lot of his stuff, but not if I'm looking for something uplifting.
True. Much like Dickens or Steinbeck, Tom paints very vivid scenes of people in very 'base' circumstances. Human. Raw. Yet, somehow, always just enough humanity to give you hope.
I think a lot of people laugh as a nervous reaction. They simply have never encountered anyone like Waits before. Maybe they were introduced to his music through one or two of his songs where he employed a bit of his tremendously creative wit, and now they think they're going to see a comedian or a clown. They think they're expected to laugh. But i'm always suprised by it, too. And it always sounds nervous and uncertain to me.
Mr. Waits is a song writer and storyteller. He is legendary.😢
His ballads are just heart rendering.
KENTUCKY AVENUE, also from this album, strikes me the same way -
He takes us along on a nice enough travel cade , and then shows us a couple frames that just slay us. Very powerful.
Ahh Kentucky Avenue gets me every time😢
@@neonskepetunije
The guy has an incredibly tender side that makes him not just a novelty, but a very compassionate and special human being.
I AM FROM KENTUCKY AND I UNDERSTAND 😢
I love this piece!!!
You selected my TWO FAVORITE versions of this amazing song. The live version adds an amazing twist of texture to the original. The audience has no idea what to do with themselves!
Thank you!! It’s great to see someone react to Tom Waits. No music hits me like his- gut wrenching stuff!
Thank you so much for watching!😄
My first four cd's I ever bought; Dead Kennedys, Iron Maiden, The Exploited and Tom Waits. And it is still as fresh and fantastic as when I was fifteen.
Hell yeah, love Iron Maiden🤘
Hard to know what to say about this amazing storyteller and legendary performer which hasn't been said but this guy is a genius in every sense of the word.
One of the best story telling in a song ever!!! ❣
At work,checked you two out and there's Tom Waits again.i think you ladies read my mind.if you two ever come to Michigan I'm going to take you to a blues bar where we can get drunk on bourbon and listen to Tom all night.I really needed this today.much love and respect from Michigan 😁😁😁😁♥️♥️♥️♥️👍👍👍👍
Deal👍If we ever come to Michigan, we're going to a blues bar!
@@neonskepetunije 👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁
Meet ya all there? Give me a few days notice... driving from Colorado.
@@firebrand7681 you would be welcomed.Some damn fine blues bars in this part of my home state and I love showing them off
@@kenehlears7716 my blues heroes are mostly dead [SRV, Ray Charles, Muddy Waters] but I'm flexible! I have never been to Michigan [airports don't count]. Happy Friday.
He's such a great story teller! Never heard that live version before, awesome! Thanks for sharing!
About the people laughing: Even though it is a sad song, Tom's really got some witty lines in here, and if you don't know the song yet which turns black only in the end you really might be quite amused, and I think it's part of his concept especially with his live performance to get that laughter stuck in your throat with the final lines...
Check out 'On the Nickel.' A tapestry.
Fenomenalno
Gorgeous piano ; haunting powerful voice . Can’t believe I’ve never heard of this genius
Luv ya guys
Not to bother but if you live piano Miyako from LOVEBITES I’d a classically trained pianist and plays gorgeous piece from Chopin at beginning and end if their lovely song Swan song
I can send link it you interested but I won’t bother you
Ty I needed a lift ; my sister died this week and your back reactions are keeping me sane ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
So sorry to hear that Sean, our condolences. May she rest in peace. Glad you can get at least a little bit of distraction from us.
@@neonskepetunije thank you ; you guys are such great friends and very cool reactors
Why you don’t have 100,000 subs has to be a Eastern European algorithm thing we must figure out lol 😆
Love you girls. Wish I coulda caught you experiencing this for the first time but I should have known better. Your tastes do
run to the eclectic.
Although I'm sure you've heard it, would enjoy sharing "Falling Down" from Big Time.
However, steer clear of "Ruby's Arms". I just couldn't take it.
Oh no, everything but "Ruby's Arms"😭
6:08 Ice cream man, Whistling past the graveyard, Jesus gonna be here, Chocolate Jesus, Going out west (this last one was in the movie "Fight Club"), to name a few that are not sad.
I'll add Step Right Up to that list.
@@neonskepetunije That's a good one I didn't know.
If you are looking for a happier song I would say Chocolate Jesus, happy isn't how I would describe it but it is a lot more light hearted. great live performance too.
Great recommendation, thank you😄
Not a lot of happy Tom Waits songs to choose from :) One that always makes me laugh though is 'Step Right Up'. I listen to a lot of his stuff, but not if I'm looking for something uplifting.
Yeah Step Right Up never fails to put a smile on my face😁
True. Much like Dickens or Steinbeck, Tom paints very vivid scenes of people in very 'base' circumstances. Human. Raw. Yet, somehow, always just enough humanity to give you hope.
Should react to the live version. Much better.
There's a video on here called Elephant Beer Blues, watch it and thank me later.
I like the idea of liking Tom Waits, but not enough to actually like him
I think a lot of people laugh as a nervous reaction. They simply have never encountered anyone like Waits before. Maybe they were introduced to his music through one or two of his songs where he employed a bit of his tremendously creative wit, and now they think they're going to see a comedian or a clown. They think they're expected to laugh. But i'm always suprised by it, too. And it always sounds nervous and uncertain to me.
If I laughed it’s because he sounds like a caricature
@@Terminxman
Speaking to the question: why did they (people in the audience) laugh?