i can’t believe i did not know Tom Waits wrote this song. i’ve been listening to the phoebe bridgers version for ages now and have only just realised this video existed, amazing performance
It's a beautiful song - and it does support the troops - not as soldiers - but as people. It's always been rich mens wars and poor men's fight. Nice to hear the voices of the poor once in a while. Bravo Mr. Waits.
As a Marine Corps Vietnam combat vet, I concur with all the comments, but would like to add, even at this late date, that the day after tomorrow, for some, never comes. RIP Marine Corps Lt. John Bobo, MOH & Cpl. Gerald DeMunda. Went to high school with both (Bishop Duffy H.S. Niagara Falls, NY) and miss them both terribly. For me, this song evokes their memory and my empathy for their families, who will FOREVER wait for the day after tomorrow. Thanks, Tom.
Tom is not in any category , his songs are beyond anything I've heard , the writing, the emotion. It doesn't get better than Tom Waits. We have arrived.
being a military fellow this song really really moved me the first time i heard it. i thought about my friends that never made it back home on the day after tomorrow. chokes me up almost every time i hear it. thanks for sharing the song.
When you get an applause for every verse you sing you’re doing something right. This song is a masterpiece and you really have to be incredibly empathetic to write a song like that. Wish you all a nice day in the world here!
I've always said that no matter what's going on in your life, Tom has a song about it. A true genius is perhaps someone who can create something that touches your soul.
I'm learning this song right now and literally every time I hit the part, 'Tell me how does god choose, whose prayers does he refuse?' I have to stop and break down a bit. Damn you Tom, in the very best way possible. 💜
Same here, and I haven't even tried to play this song yet. But damn sure if I did, I'd pull some stops along the way to carry the overwhelming feeling of despair and longing. How does he ever manage to write such things, it completely escapes me. The man is a wizard. The gift that keeps giving... 💜💜💜
Tom is a musician's musician. He has been at the foundation of popular music with influence since the early 1980's, though most do not know who he is. The earth will tremor around the globe when his soul passes but most people will go day to day without observation. Only the lucky few of the human race will ever truly know and love Tom Waits. Tom Waits is possibly the greatest living icon right now as I type this but how can that be if nobody knows who he is? He's getting old. He's such a crumbling beauty. Awe...there is nothing wrong with Tom Waits that a hundred dollars couldn't fix.
This song has so much poetic nerve. Whatever in which direction the song can be interpreted it's such great poetry. Be quite, kids, here's a genius singing.
Such powerful lyrics. This song will never grow old or go out of style as long as there's war in the world......and there always will be, unfortunately, because no one can ever get along or let others live the way they want to live
Is there anyone else alive that can make words so powerful? Tom Waits is truly a great musician and a great man, an enigma that will never be truly solved...
I can't help but wonder if you know how much your songs have meant to us, how we keep them in our hearts. I really hope you have a sense of the affection we feel for you, the esteem we hold you in. 'Hope you can pull that round your soul and find a little warmth in it. Thanks, Tom - thanks so much for what you've shared with us all.
For those of us who’ve followed Tom for decades, this is simply a natural evolution. The entire Real Gone album has a clear theme. I encourage everyone to listen from beginning to end and not focus on one song.
I've been a Tom Waits fan since the beginning of his career, and I can name numerous songs of his that have brought me to tears. This is definitely one of them. So moving, so touching, so powerful. Mr. Waits is one of the most versatile and important musicians of our time. I love all of his styles and musical facets equally, including all of his "edgier" and harder material. But when Tom Waits writes and performs a ballad - get out the Kleenex, man. His writing (and performing) is brilliant, and he is a gift to all of us. (And thanks, also, to his wife, Kathleen Brennan, who has been a large influence in much of his music, during this latter part of his career.)
Nothing is better than when a song can make you see and feel through someone else's eyes. It's healing, especially in times like these, with so much war and division.
It makes me sad that if I tried to show this to some of my friends, they just wouldn't get it. They'd probably go off on how his voice sounds. Personally, I'd rather listen to Dylan and Waits than someone who can "sing" in the conventional sense of the word. After all, it's like Sam Cooke said, (I paraphrase) "It's not about how nice the voice sounds. It's about whether or not you believe the voice is telling the truth." Who's with me?
His styles were perfect for dark lyrics such as suicides insanity illfates depression occults and satanism..he would be scarry and yeah hell make a monster fad of himself.love his styles.
i think this is the best performance by tom that i have ever seen and i watch tom everyday i never shut my mouth but i watched this countless times in silence
Pretty sure Tom appreciates it. The same thing happens in Metal concerts or Rap or any other form of music. This was a somber, quiet song. You just hear it more. Plus why would an artist like Tom or any other want their fans to NOT express the emotions they feel when hearing particular lines they wrote. Or in this case Tom's wife wrote. Either way I think the song, the performance and the presentation WITH the crowd cheering is beautiful beyond words.
"What I miss you won't believe.., shoveling snow and raking leaves." Beautiful and so ...it's what all the troops must feel at times. I know my cousins can relate. As to the cheering during the show... it is a sign of more than appreciation, but understanding and connection. I second the "different cultures, different ways" comment but I would put money on the fact that Mr. Waits was happy to hear it.
Death is an inevitable part of life, and this man has made his peace with his. If only so many others could do the same. This song has brought me to tears. Very honest stuff.
This was (I'm almost positive) Atlanta 2006, which I attended. This was the encore and final song of the night. Not a dry eye in the house. The reason the crowd shuts up is because, at least in this venue, the crowd was louder than the band! When we started cheering full throttle, it would drown out everything on stage. There was no choice, you either had to shut up, or hear nothing. Tom even asked the crowd to keep applause to a minimum because of this very fact. That said, it was the experience of a lifetime. I wish there was a full video of the show. I know they filmed it, because we saw the cameras and operators working the whole time. Anti needs to release it already! :)
As a musician, I find few things less rewarding than an audience that is moved to respond during the song itself - it's immediate and visceral. But to answer your question: because different cultures do things differently.
I can't stand when people have so little self control during a performance such as this one that they have to make it about themselves and drown out the performer with nonsense. SHUT UP AND LISTEN!
It is all about honesty!! A lot of people (including the vast majority of my friends) don't get passed his voice and to be honest thats their loss!! If they don't want to listen to a singer who has a voice with character. then they should go and listen to X factor or American Idol or anyone of the dozen other karaoke talent shows who promote nothing but people who are hungry for fame!! Tom Waits is a unique artist and not a paper thin imitation!! His music will live on and inspire!!
This version, of this song, is amazing. At 3:10 - it's starts to hit home. At 3:53 even more. The crowd cheers are like "Amens"! Then @ 4:50 is the truth. I really wish Tom would tour again.
I am a new fan of Tom Waits & don't know a great deal about him. This song makes me cry so much. It really gets to me like no other song I've ever heard. It's poetic, brutally honest and unromantic in describing what it means to be a soldier. I was wondering if there was controversy when this song was released? Did soldiers or veterans find some lyrics offensive? Or did some find that it expressed how they felt about war? I am very curious to find out if soldiers agreed with or protested Tom Waits "Day After Tomorrow".
Ponette If you are a new fan I can only tell you it gets better and better the more you hear. I've been a huge fan ever since I saw him on SNL in 1976 and have witnessed an incredible evolution. Start at the beginning. You'll be amazed.
Seems like he's writing about a soldier who was drafted. Maybe not necessarily opposed to war, but he just wants to go back home. Something he didn't sign up for, something he's ready to be done with.
@@lukeswain1752 In the early years after 9/11, a LOT of kids joined voluntarily. What many of them found was not what they were expecting. Anywhere from the beginning with the indoctrination of Basic Training, to the war itself, or even what they were told/brainwashed to expect when they got there. You can volunteer for something and become disillusioned just as easily as you can be drafted into it, especially when overcome with a sense of nationalism (aka misplaced-patriotism) due to a tragedy.
I was there, man. (If this is Atlanta 2006, like I'm almost positive it is) He had all of us in his back pocket. lol I've seen many, many concerts, but this was the first where the crowd could drown out the band. If we didn't shut up, you couldn't hear a thing. He even said to the crowd a few times to hold applause to a minimum because of this. It was the experience of a lifetime. I've seen Bowie, Roger Waters, the Eagles, Joe Walsh, Tom Petty, Bon Jovi, Black Crows, John Cafferty, George Jones, Phish, etc, etc, and Waits was miles above them all. His voice just resonates in your chest when you're in the same room. Just incredible.
Tee Trajanowski yes, Tom’s appeal is strictly with the under 21 crowd. Hardly any of of us were over 25 years old - ‘cuz that’s Tom Wait’s demographic & fan base. Tom, in fact, was so appalled at these “kids” that He officially released this version through his record company’s TH-cam channel. Course that’s after he painstakingly recorded on video and multi track audio this particular performance out of all the shows on the tour and thought ‘hey this is so terrible and ruined by the kids in the audience that I’m going to release it.’ You’re a genius!
I found him just after Nighthawks at the Diner came out. it was a dark time made bright by him. And whenever I think something is impossible, I remember that someone like him with that voice can sell albums. You just have to just do what you do. he does and It really works.
Ever since the movie Fargo I'd always wondered how one spells "geese" now I know thanks. Michael Jackson id dead but Tom lives on, maybe there is a God.
I'm not sure if the specifics have been documented. They typically work together and I've never heard that she wrote anything exclusively... so I'd imagine it was a cooperative effort. The song, if I remember correctly was written for and performed first by Joan Baez who has an album by the same name "Day After Tomorrow". Tom Waits is credited as the writer. I am certain I read a comment from Baez herself stating that the song was written by Kathleen. Hope any of that made sense..lol.
i'm really glad you posted this comment. and i don't mean to sound negative, and i'm not discounting the sentiment of the song. but, as a LONG time tom waits fan i thought the lines "i'm not fighting for freedom, i'm fighting for my life" and "they fill us up with lies that everybody buys" were so trite i couldn't believe they were his. glad to hear kathleen probably wrote them. on the other hand "what i miss you won't believe, shoveling snow & raking leaves" GREAT line. that was tom, right?
Darn.. left a long comment and the song changed while I was writing it... Love Tom Waits.. so don't get me wrong.. but in this video he reminds me of the "Hobo King" of 2008.
The well spring of human kindness is over flowing in here, I'm afraid I might drown. Funny how everyone want's Peace and yet can't even get along on a silly youtube page. Children just behave.
A modern classic, that they'll be singing as a traditional folk song 200 years from now - and wondering why on earth did the most powerful nation in the world, at the time, invade and attempt to occupy one of the smallest
I'd rather ask the people in Scandinavian countries who manage to enjoy true freedom and equality and don't need to worry about paying for it with their lives. That's a true miracle.
As someone said before, they are not only applauding the song, but more out of recongision, that is clearly to me. Has got nothing to do with politics, but with feelings. Like another commented, this song isnot about being a soldier but about being human.
not the Detroit concert. He doesn't say "I long for your touch dear" at the beginning of the song at the detroit show. He also didn't ask if everyone could hear alright.
I can totally understand where you are coming from. Although I'd rather be in a band where the crowd cheered for every word and note played than to have no cheering at all! lol
A very simple song, but very poingient. There is nothing like military service to remind you of the little blocks you build a life from, as it takes you so very far away from them and you lose the ability to reconnect for long periods of time.
oh yeah of course, like i said i don't really rank artists...I prefer Dylan; though Waits is amazing, I probably listen to cold water every day...and to echo what you said they both have a place reserved in my heart for their ability to create beautiful music. :D
Totally with you, Captain Adam. Some of my friends wouldn't "get" this either, and I feel that it is self-defeating if I tried to explain it to them. (Somehow, trying to explain the poetry of it ruins the poetry.) DmDm, which song of his was in Fight Club?
My point is simply that, whether one is a better poet, or a better musician, who influenced who, what have you... there's a point when it stops mattering. They both fill in the gaps the other one never could. Waits said touring with Zappa was like being a rectal thermometer... How ridiculous would it be to compare these two talents? Just because they both happen to have something in common (like an affinity for making very odd sounds).
Sometimes almost any reaction is better than no reaction for the entertainer, but I can't help but wonder if Tom doesn't prefer a more attentive crowd. Here's an old Vietnamese proverb: It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Tom officially released this version over all other from these tours. I pretty sure he would agree that he prefers a more attentive and 'connected' crowd. I was there that night and this crowd was 100% on point.
@Rodney: Exactly! Then again, what performance artist, vocalist, lyricist, dancer, musician, poet, activist, comedian, etc. would NOT wish for a connected audience. Hey...as I write this, I'm even more in awe of Tom Waits; his talents encompass all of the above genres. He's amazing...
Love the song, love the performance. Dont understand the value in splicing two concerts together. I know the person who posted this vid likely didnt do that edit.
Second to Dylan is a negative if you think they deserve to even be compared. Their style of poetry and especially their sense of music is very different, and to be honest I prefer Waits in both respects... Personal opinion, but that just means they aren't second to anyone, they only first compared to themselves. And that is why I don't think Tom would admit anything of the sort.
Why can't American crowds stay silent for just a few minutes???? Do they think that they are somehow not showing appreciation unnless they make Tom aware of them during a performance? They ruin virtually every Bootleg out there!!! I know in this particular song they are cheering lyrics they endorse regarding a futile "war" but they destroy the beauty of Tom's performances.
Tom waits actually performed it first on Real Gone. And knowing their history, I think it is unlikely that Tom Waits would write anything for Joan Baez. I could be wrong, though.
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i can’t believe i did not know Tom Waits wrote this song. i’ve been listening to the phoebe bridgers version for ages now and have only just realised this video existed, amazing performance
As the music starts, our six puppies quit rasslin', and lay quietly, reverently, until after the music fades.
"Tell me how does God choose, which prayers does he refuse? " this is my favorite line in the song, so powerful.
There are so many good lines throughout this song.
“I just do what I’m told.
We’re just the gravel on the road.”
It's a beautiful song - and it does support the troops - not as soldiers - but as people. It's always been rich mens wars and poor men's fight. Nice to hear the voices of the poor once in a while. Bravo Mr. Waits.
When the rich wage war it's the poor who die
As a Marine Corps Vietnam combat vet, I concur with all the comments, but would like to add, even at this late date, that the day after tomorrow, for some, never comes. RIP Marine Corps Lt. John Bobo, MOH & Cpl. Gerald DeMunda. Went to high school with both (Bishop Duffy H.S. Niagara Falls, NY) and miss them both terribly. For me, this song evokes their memory and my empathy for their families, who will FOREVER wait for the day after tomorrow. Thanks, Tom.
the most important artist of our time.
I'll co-sign that.
Without question
and one of the most important artists of all times
Top three indeed
yeah
I love Tom Waits but also reading the comments sections of any of his songs is also a beautiful experience. You lot are alright!
Tom is not in any category , his songs are beyond anything I've heard , the writing, the emotion. It doesn't get better than Tom Waits. We have arrived.
being a military fellow this song really really moved me the first time i heard it. i thought about my friends that never made it back home on the day after tomorrow. chokes me up almost every time i hear it. thanks for sharing the song.
I still believe that there's gold
At the end of the world
I hope you're right, Tom 🖤
When you get an applause for every verse you sing you’re doing something right. This song is a masterpiece and you really have to be incredibly empathetic to write a song like that. Wish you all a nice day in the world here!
I had to fight back tears when I saw him sing this in Detroit.
There's all the singers and songwriters in the world - then there is Tom.
The first time I actually heard this song was on a Bodies of War compilation cd while I was deployed in Iraq. Since then, it goes with me everywhere.
I've always said that no matter what's going on in your life, Tom has a song about it. A true genius is perhaps someone who can create something that touches your soul.
I'm learning this song right now and literally every time I hit the part, 'Tell me how does god choose, whose prayers does he refuse?' I have to stop and break down a bit. Damn you Tom, in the very best way possible. 💜
Same here, and I haven't even tried to play this song yet. But damn sure if I did, I'd pull some stops along the way to carry the overwhelming feeling of despair and longing. How does he ever manage to write such things, it completely escapes me. The man is a wizard. The gift that keeps giving... 💜💜💜
Ten years down the road, this song still guts me.
Tom is a musician's musician. He has been at the foundation of popular music with influence since the early 1980's, though most do not know who he is. The earth will tremor around the globe when his soul passes but most people will go day to day without observation. Only the lucky few of the human race will ever truly know and love Tom Waits. Tom Waits is possibly the greatest living icon right now as I type this but how can that be if nobody knows who he is? He's getting old. He's such a crumbling beauty. Awe...there is nothing wrong with Tom Waits that a hundred dollars couldn't fix.
This song has so much poetic nerve. Whatever in which direction the song can be interpreted it's such great poetry. Be quite, kids, here's a genius singing.
I was 22...and this song sounds like a personal feeling. Still under pressure after 27 years. Peace.
Such powerful lyrics. This song will never grow old or go out of style as long as there's war in the world......and there always will be, unfortunately, because no one can ever get along or let others live the way they want to live
Tom waits lyrics are dylanesque...his presentation is beyond genius...I am thankful that he is in the world
I agree...its a punch to the gut.oh how i love his songs.
Anne Vogle The only punch to the gut I return to over and over and over again
Dylanesque? Ol' Bob isn't even close to this.........
@@mikebrison1838 I agree, Tom's lyrics are like Steinbeck and Hemingway rolled into one. Could be the greatest lyricist of the 20th/21st century.
This song made me cry. This song has made a huge impact on me.
Is there anyone else alive that can make words so powerful? Tom Waits is truly a great musician and a great man, an enigma that will never be truly solved...
I can't help but wonder if you know how much your songs have meant to us, how we keep them in our hearts. I really hope you have a sense of the affection we feel for you, the esteem we hold you in.
'Hope you can pull that round your soul and find a little warmth in it.
Thanks, Tom - thanks so much for what you've shared with us all.
Blue I bet he knows 😉
For those of us who’ve followed Tom for decades, this is simply a natural evolution. The entire Real Gone album has a clear theme. I encourage everyone to listen from beginning to end and not focus on one song.
Greatest of all singer-songwriters - this century and the last.
I've been a Tom Waits fan since the beginning of his career, and I can name numerous songs of his that have brought me to tears. This is definitely one of them. So moving, so touching, so powerful. Mr. Waits is one of the most versatile and important musicians of our time. I love all of his styles and musical facets equally, including all of his "edgier" and harder material. But when Tom Waits writes and performs a ballad - get out the Kleenex, man. His writing (and performing) is brilliant, and he is a gift to all of us. (And thanks, also, to his wife, Kathleen Brennan, who has been a large influence in much of his music, during this latter part of his career.)
#younailedit
How old are you ?
"I still don't know how I'm supposed to feel"
great line in a fine song
He’s just king, whether you’re anti war or otherwise, his words are so profound! Man’s a genius.
out of all the most heartbreaking songs about war,this can bring me to my knees xxx
Nothing is better than when a song can make you see and feel through someone else's eyes. It's healing, especially in times like these, with so much war and division.
It makes me sad that if I tried to show this to some of my friends, they just wouldn't get it. They'd probably go off on how his voice sounds. Personally, I'd rather listen to Dylan and Waits than someone who can "sing" in the conventional sense of the word. After all, it's like Sam Cooke said, (I paraphrase) "It's not about how nice the voice sounds. It's about whether or not you believe the voice is telling the truth." Who's with me?
I totally agree with you.
Im the only person I know that loves Tom Waits.
Spoken like a true Rain Dog!!
Right on Bro....
The voice is a trick. If you only hear the voice, you miss the point. You miss the gold that lies underneath.
His styles were perfect for dark lyrics such as suicides insanity illfates depression occults and satanism..he would be scarry and yeah hell make a monster fad of himself.love his styles.
i think this is the best performance
by tom that i have ever seen
and i watch tom everyday
i never shut my mouth
but i watched this countless times in silence
It's up there for sure. I also love Jersey Girl live in Paris 1979.
what a great song on remembrance day.
Pretty sure Tom appreciates it. The same thing happens in Metal concerts or Rap or any other form of music. This was a somber, quiet song. You just hear it more.
Plus why would an artist like Tom or any other want their fans to NOT express the emotions they feel when hearing particular lines they wrote. Or in this case Tom's wife wrote.
Either way I think the song, the performance and the presentation WITH the crowd cheering is beautiful beyond words.
"What I miss you won't believe.., shoveling snow and raking leaves."
Beautiful and so ...it's what all the troops must feel at times. I know my cousins can relate.
As to the cheering during the show... it is a sign of more than appreciation, but understanding and connection.
I second the "different cultures, different ways" comment but I would put money on the fact that Mr. Waits was happy to hear it.
Tom Is the poet of the 21st century. Listen to his lyrics and learn. I bow my head. M.
Death is an inevitable part of life, and this man has made his peace with his. If only so many others could do the same. This song has brought me to tears. Very honest stuff.
genius , how else can one describe Tom Waits.
This was (I'm almost positive) Atlanta 2006, which I attended. This was the encore and final song of the night. Not a dry eye in the house. The reason the crowd shuts up is because, at least in this venue, the crowd was louder than the band! When we started cheering full throttle, it would drown out everything on stage. There was no choice, you either had to shut up, or hear nothing. Tom even asked the crowd to keep applause to a minimum because of this very fact. That said, it was the experience of a lifetime. I wish there was a full video of the show. I know they filmed it, because we saw the cameras and operators working the whole time. Anti needs to release it already! :)
This performance is actually from Aug. 4, '06 Orpheum Theatre Memphis, TN
Great, great version of this song.
this song makes me sob everyday
I pray each day.please Tom waits..come albuquerque..i would consider selling my soul to hear you in Concert.
As a musician, I find few things less rewarding than an audience that is moved to respond during the song itself - it's immediate and visceral. But to answer your question: because different cultures do things differently.
i'd prefer the silence all the way through the song to let it really sink in deep.
I can't stand when people have so little self control during a performance such as this one that they have to make it about themselves and drown out the performer with nonsense. SHUT UP AND LISTEN!
It is all about honesty!! A lot of people (including the vast majority of my friends) don't get passed his voice and to be honest thats their loss!! If they don't want to listen to a singer who has a voice with character. then they should go and listen to X factor or American Idol or anyone of the dozen other karaoke talent shows who promote nothing but people who are hungry for fame!!
Tom Waits is a unique artist and not a paper thin imitation!! His music will live on and inspire!!
Pass along the Anti courage to share this with us.
Happy Birthday America
Every time I hear this tune it’s as close to a religious experience you can get absolutely beautiful
Sad that this song will always have relevance. Especially today. Still wonderful and heartbreaking though.
This song gets m every time. So great.
This version, of this song, is amazing. At 3:10 - it's starts to hit home. At 3:53 even more. The crowd cheers are like "Amens"! Then @ 4:50 is the truth. I really wish Tom would tour again.
I am a new fan of Tom Waits & don't know a great deal about him. This song makes me cry so much. It really gets to me like no other song I've ever heard. It's poetic, brutally honest and unromantic in describing what it means to be a soldier.
I was wondering if there was controversy when this song was released? Did soldiers or veterans find some lyrics offensive? Or did some find that it expressed how they felt about war? I am very curious to find out if soldiers agreed with or protested Tom Waits "Day After Tomorrow".
Ponette
If you are a new fan I can only tell you it gets better and better the more you hear. I've been a huge fan ever since I saw him on SNL in 1976 and have witnessed an incredible evolution. Start at the beginning. You'll be amazed.
@JohnTinman: expertly stated!
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Since you asked... I'm a veteran. Iraq, Desert Storm. I love this song even though it makes me cry every time I hear it.
Seems like he's writing about a soldier who was drafted. Maybe not necessarily opposed to war, but he just wants to go back home. Something he didn't sign up for, something he's ready to be done with.
@@lukeswain1752 In the early years after 9/11, a LOT of kids joined voluntarily. What many of them found was not what they were expecting. Anywhere from the beginning with the indoctrination of Basic Training, to the war itself, or even what they were told/brainwashed to expect when they got there. You can volunteer for something and become disillusioned just as easily as you can be drafted into it, especially when overcome with a sense of nationalism (aka misplaced-patriotism) due to a tragedy.
such a good song. extremely moving lyrics. very strong words. i wish everyone could hear this song.
beatiful
You made one of the few comments here that makes sense. I totally agree with you.
Simply amazing...
Where the cool wind blows
En stor artist som jag beundrar både som
I love how obidient the crowd is, shuts up dead as soon as he starts singing.
I was there, man. (If this is Atlanta 2006, like I'm almost positive it is) He had all of us in his back pocket. lol I've seen many, many concerts, but this was the first where the crowd could drown out the band. If we didn't shut up, you couldn't hear a thing. He even said to the crowd a few times to hold applause to a minimum because of this. It was the experience of a lifetime. I've seen Bowie, Roger Waters, the Eagles, Joe Walsh, Tom Petty, Bon Jovi, Black Crows, John Cafferty, George Jones, Phish, etc, etc, and Waits was miles above them all. His voice just resonates in your chest when you're in the same room. Just incredible.
This performance is actually from Aug. 4, '06 Orpheum Theatre Memphis, TN
Great, great version of this song.
Very rude bunch of 'kids'...
Tee Trajanowski yes, Tom’s appeal is strictly with the under 21 crowd. Hardly any of of us were over 25 years old - ‘cuz that’s Tom Wait’s demographic & fan base. Tom, in fact, was so appalled at these “kids” that He officially released this version through his record company’s TH-cam channel. Course that’s after he painstakingly recorded on video and multi track audio this particular performance out of all the shows on the tour and thought ‘hey this is so terrible and ruined by the kids in the audience that I’m going to release it.’
You’re a genius!
The Magic Man.
I'm only 17 but I think you're spot on!
Rockford town
Oh, that one letter
Thank you Tom
Not me, Tom
How does a man who sounds like he smokes tires and drinks gasoline make such beautiful songs?
good one Jane
I have discovered that most of the greatest songwriters have what is, at best, called idiosynchratic voices
Because you get to feel what he feels through his music deep in your soul, tom is an experience more than just sound
I found him just after Nighthawks at the Diner came out. it was a dark time made bright by him. And whenever I think something is impossible, I remember that someone like him with that voice can sell albums. You just have to just do what you do. he does and It really works.
It's the message ... not the medium, eh?
at the risk of sounding boastful, go me tickets for the edinburgh gig...been waiting 20 years to see this guy... he is the top boy after all
Ever since the movie Fargo I'd always wondered how one spells "geese" now I know thanks.
Michael Jackson id dead but Tom lives on, maybe there is a God.
I'm not sure if the specifics have been documented. They typically work together and I've never heard that she wrote anything exclusively... so I'd imagine it was a cooperative effort.
The song, if I remember correctly was written for and performed first by Joan Baez who has an album by the same name "Day After Tomorrow". Tom Waits is credited as the writer. I am certain I read a comment from Baez herself stating that the song was written by Kathleen.
Hope any of that made sense..lol.
ALL of you shut up, watch this genius sing his song, you should all be so lucky to kiss his shoes!
Me too, in Houston.
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i'm really glad you posted this comment. and i don't mean to sound negative, and i'm not discounting the sentiment of the song. but, as a LONG time tom waits fan i thought the lines "i'm not fighting for freedom, i'm fighting for my life" and "they fill us up with lies that everybody buys" were so trite i couldn't believe they were his. glad to hear kathleen probably wrote them. on the other hand "what i miss you won't believe, shoveling snow & raking leaves" GREAT line. that was tom, right?
How does God choose whose prayers does he refuse
Вау круто!!!
Darn.. left a long comment and the song changed while I was writing it... Love Tom Waits.. so don't get me wrong.. but in this video he reminds me of the "Hobo King" of 2008.
I really like his voice, but I know a lot of people who wouldn't.
I just got "Orphans" today.
The well spring of human kindness is over flowing in here, I'm afraid I might drown. Funny how everyone want's Peace and yet can't even get along on a silly youtube page.
Children just behave.
A modern classic, that they'll be singing as a traditional folk song 200 years from now - and wondering why on earth did the most powerful nation in the world, at the time, invade and attempt to occupy one of the smallest
Moving
I'd rather ask the people in Scandinavian countries who manage to enjoy true freedom and equality and don't need to worry about paying for it with their lives. That's a true miracle.
As someone said before, they are not only applauding the song, but more out of recongision, that is clearly to me.
Has got nothing to do with politics, but with feelings. Like another commented, this song isnot about being a soldier but about being human.
I’m not gonna lie… as a life long Tom Waits fan, Phoebe Bridgers did this song some Justice.
not the Detroit concert. He doesn't say "I long for your touch dear" at the beginning of the song at the detroit show.
He also didn't ask if everyone could hear alright.
imagine Phoebe Bridgers watching this and being like yep I can do this
I can totally understand where you are coming from.
Although I'd rather be in a band where the crowd cheered for every word and note played than to have no cheering at all! lol
Hes a real singer not a fly by night Tom hope you go on for ever
A very simple song, but very poingient. There is nothing like military service to remind you of the little blocks you build a life from, as it takes you so very far away from them and you lose the ability to reconnect for long periods of time.
oh yeah of course, like i said i don't really rank artists...I prefer Dylan; though Waits is amazing, I probably listen to cold water every day...and to echo what you said they both have a place reserved in my heart for their ability to create beautiful music. :D
Phoebe Bridgers 🥺
Totally with you, Captain Adam. Some of my friends wouldn't "get" this either, and I feel that it is self-defeating if I tried to explain it to them. (Somehow, trying to explain the poetry of it ruins the poetry.)
DmDm, which song of his was in Fight Club?
Fight Club featured Going Out West
Looks like maybe a mix of different performances. differing shirts and mics
This is the song that Phoebe sing right?
yeah
My point is simply that, whether one is a better poet, or a better musician, who influenced who, what have you... there's a point when it stops mattering. They both fill in the gaps the other one never could.
Waits said touring with Zappa was like being a rectal thermometer... How ridiculous would it be to compare these two talents? Just because they both happen to have something in common (like an affinity for making very odd sounds).
Stop war in Ukraine !
Sometimes almost any reaction is better than no reaction for the entertainer, but I can't help but wonder if Tom doesn't prefer a more attentive crowd. Here's an old Vietnamese proverb: It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Tom officially released this version over all other from these tours. I pretty sure he would agree that he prefers a more attentive and 'connected' crowd. I was there that night and this crowd was 100% on point.
@Rodney: Exactly! Then again, what performance artist, vocalist, lyricist, dancer, musician, poet, activist, comedian, etc. would NOT wish for a connected audience. Hey...as I write this, I'm even more in awe of Tom Waits; his talents encompass all of the above genres. He's amazing...
P.S.You are so fortunate to have attended this performance...I'm envious!
Wish the audience would of just STFU until the end. But that's America.
were the gravel on the road x
i just do what I've been told
Love the song, love the performance. Dont understand the value in splicing two concerts together. I know the person who posted this vid likely didnt do that edit.
Pray for Ukraine
Correction, definitely the Itunes Detroit vid..
This is the Memphis show 2006. Tom did release official tunes from the Akron show as well. The Akron version of Falling Down is my personal favorite.
Second to Dylan is a negative if you think they deserve to even be compared. Their style of poetry and especially their sense of music is very different, and to be honest I prefer Waits in both respects... Personal opinion, but that just means they aren't second to anyone, they only first compared to themselves. And that is why I don't think Tom would admit anything of the sort.
I love this live performance. It's a shame that the audience ruined it by shout and clapping every 5 seconds
Why can't American crowds stay silent for just a few minutes????
Do they think that they are somehow not showing appreciation unnless they make Tom aware of them during a performance? They ruin virtually every Bootleg out there!!!
I know in this particular song they are cheering lyrics they endorse regarding a futile "war" but they destroy the beauty of Tom's performances.
Tom waits actually performed it first on Real Gone. And knowing their history, I think it is unlikely that Tom Waits would write anything for Joan Baez. I could be wrong, though.