How does it feel to be in the start of getting old now? I'm 17 right now. Somebody remind me in eight years to come back and talk about how I feel getting old.
Amateurs you cannot even begin to bitch about getting old until atleast 33.. the realization of time didn't hit me until my 30th birthday when I was like oh I'm not in my 20s anymore... I'm almost 35 with 2 kids and I don't look forward to bdays anymore... but it's ok embrace it we all age it's what we do as humans..everything ages you can't stop it so enjoy life and remember once you are older you can tell the younger folks good advice and how things use to be..I dont consider myself old because I'm not..not yet anyway
This guys music is so compelling. Dont know how i never knew of this guy until hell broke loose came out. Thanks I couldnt put my finger on what catagory to put him in his life, his music, the way he is. Alley cat is exactly right king jorge.
If Music was a big family Tom Waits would be that awesome uncle who you're not quite sure whether he's related but he gives you one hell of a time at least once a year. No matter how old you get he just gets better and better every year!!
I have a photographer friend who met tom back in 70's. He asked tom if he could take some photos. Tom slapped down a bottle of bourbon and said " If you want to photograph me, you have to drink with me." God damn Mr. Waits you are incredible
There's no-one quite like Tom. He moves in his own unique take on 'Dad Dancing', but that in no way embarrasses anyone. A shame Mr Richards wasn't in it, but then perhaps it wouldn't have been quite so glorious.
I've always loved Tom's wonky, yet interesting style. He's a very unique artist. I love how crazy it all sounds, yet how well it all seems to just come together.
I love listening to leonard cohen. Then tom waits. They are both lyrical geniuses. Leonard is like the methodical genius And tom is like this chaotic mad genius.
ya know that feeling when you were little and you were laughing uncontrollably with your best friend for no reason? thats the feeling i get when i listen to Waits.
So I'm listening to random mix on and this song comes on while I'm cleaning. Then the words started and I stopped in my tracks.... "...............Renfield???!!" I had absolutely no idea that old Rennie was played by Tom Waits or who Tom Waits was or that he sang. I feel a new obsession coming on. I've loved this guy for over 15 and had no idea who he was.
Tom Waits see's other artists, young, top of their game, combining million dollar production values, teams of writers, make a song that is kinda distinctive within one genre. Tom Waits says, "Give me a Camera, a Strobe light, and five minutes in someones backyard and I will blow your mind in a way no one has ever seen before." all the way into his 60's
I listen to this on the train into university. I tried to resist the urge to dance walk when I get off the train. Failed. Got some funny looks from passers by but i don't give a damn xD
No words to define Tom Waits. He simply IS, and that is GOOD. He has been a pioneer, legend, artist, genius and just a down-home-people, all at once, and always will be. I've known this since first hearing "Heart Attack & Vine" when a coworker brought it in, 1983-ish, to where I worked... He let me borrow ALL his TW lp's, and I was HOOKED... ;-)
"Roll my vertebrae out like dice let my skull be a home for the mice let me bleach like the bones on the beach i'll be hard like a pit from a peach now the ground has a branch now the hound has a ranch the old tressel's just junk the edsel is on blocks".
got to say hi to him while i was hitching in peteluma ca. told him he is a true artist and he just looked around and smiled and devils grin...a great person all around
Mr Waits is still the greatest poet on earth. ..this song has has some amazing lines. like... "when i'm gone ..roll my vertebrae out like dice. ...let my skull be a home for the mice" love it.
Tom Waits....man oh man what can I a mere ordinary run o' the mill human say about him?.....he always comes up with the goods for gotta be a 40 year career ?.he's a one off and very talented.........
I know I'll probably never get to see him live so I'm hoping that maybe we could get a nice live concert road movie/film in high def before i die... that would be awesome
He is amazing. I love his lyrics, but you don't have to listen to the words to enjoy the music. You just have to listen to everything and how it all fits together. His voice is more important to the music than the lyrics necessarily...
He is a one man show. His style is so unique that succeeds at being both cool and weird at the same time. I am discovering this guy after having listened "I hope that I don't fall in love with you" covered by Game of Thones actors... Incredible, I know. Anyway, he is quickly becoming one of my top five favorite singer songwriters of all time
My fellow Wood, Tom Waits owes allegiance to no known genre of music. He is the Mephistopheles of the musical world; through whom a chosen few are granted musical prowess from his generosity. He is his OWN GENRE. We all pray at the alter of Tom...
THANK YOU at last someone thats not making up shite reasons why bad as me is the best album ever and every one loves it all the songs are classics, bad as me is a money maker not a album
I just realized a few things.
-Tom Waits is sixty years old.
-I'm seventeen and will never be as cool as this or he.
-GOD, this is awesome.
How does it feel to be in the start of getting old now? I'm 17 right now. Somebody remind me in eight years to come back and talk about how I feel getting old.
Amateurs you cannot even begin to bitch about getting old until atleast 33.. the realization of time didn't hit me until my 30th birthday when I was like oh I'm not in my 20s anymore... I'm almost 35 with 2 kids and I don't look forward to bdays anymore... but it's ok embrace it we all age it's what we do as humans..everything ages you can't stop it so enjoy life and remember once you are older you can tell the younger folks good advice and how things use to be..I dont consider myself old because I'm not..not yet anyway
Yeah, well guess what?
Since the release of this video,he has aged ten more years therefore,he is now a VERY COOL SEVENTY years YOUNG!!
Satisfaction
I was a little bit younger when I discovered Tom Waits, I'm 42 now, now your 26, a more accurate description would be this is awesome Tom Waits is God
The most accurate description of Tom I have heard is: he's the human incarnation of an alley cat.
The first time I heard him (tonight), I thought “hobo blues”
Yeah! Wowee-Zowee!
A 1920’s Great Depression bluesy alleycat
Primus wrote the song "Tommy the Cat" about Tom Waits, and got him to sing on the first verse. Give it a listen if you haven't heard it.
This guys music is so compelling. Dont know how i never knew of this guy until hell broke loose came out. Thanks I couldnt put my finger on what catagory to put him in his life, his music, the way he is. Alley cat is exactly right king jorge.
If Music was a big family Tom Waits would be that awesome uncle who you're not quite sure whether he's related but he gives you one hell of a time at least once a year. No matter how old you get he just gets better and better every year!!
I have a photographer friend who met tom back in 70's. He asked tom if he could take some photos. Tom slapped down a bottle of bourbon and said " If you want to photograph me, you have to drink with me." God damn Mr. Waits you are incredible
Love this video... "Let's just go in the backyard and do this shit"
Haven't heard an artist that intrigued and excited me more since I first heard Led Zeppelin.
Tom lives in another world. I sure am pleased as punch when he comes to visit.
Tom Waits will never lose his edge. True musical genius, the greatest story teller of our time, or any time.
People who constantly say Tom Waits should've been the frontman for a metal band need to realise that Tom himself is a genre of music.
There's no-one quite like Tom. He moves in his own unique take on 'Dad Dancing', but that in no way embarrasses anyone.
A shame Mr Richards wasn't in it, but then perhaps it wouldn't have been quite so glorious.
This is gonna be my funeral song. No one is as bad as Tom Waits, and he was in Bram Stoker's Dracula, he'll never die.
Cheers Matt
😊🏴☠️
I've always loved Tom's wonky, yet interesting style. He's a very unique artist. I love how crazy it all sounds, yet how well it all seems to just come together.
Morgan Hall well said !!!
Theres a perfectly good reason.y'.Amongst many things.Tom Knows What he's doin.his Honesty/Genuine integraty always shines thru..great Actor too.!
I love listening to leonard cohen. Then tom waits.
They are both lyrical geniuses.
Leonard is like the methodical genius
And tom is like this chaotic mad genius.
If I don't see this man live before I die, I'll be mortified. I say before I die and not him because Tom Waits will NEVER die.
ya know that feeling when you were little and you were laughing uncontrollably with your best friend for no reason? thats the feeling i get when i listen to Waits.
I don’t want to live in a world without Tom Waits, since I first heard rain dogs .. I was 13 years old I wore that cassette blank..😂
My husband just introduced me to Tom Waits tonight. I’m sold!! Where’s he been hiding the last 52 years?!
So I'm listening to random mix on and this song comes on while I'm cleaning. Then the words started and I stopped in my tracks.... "...............Renfield???!!" I had absolutely no idea that old Rennie was played by Tom Waits or who Tom Waits was or that he sang. I feel a new obsession coming on. I've loved this guy for over 15 and had no idea who he was.
+Malkie s so many precious songs you were missing man
Sound like a hacking baptist preacher/rock and roll/ blues hall of famer... Respect to the amazing Tom waits
Tom Waits see's other artists, young, top of their game, combining million dollar production values, teams of writers, make a song that is kinda distinctive within one genre.
Tom Waits says, "Give me a Camera, a Strobe light, and five minutes in someones backyard and I will blow your mind in a way no one has ever seen before." all the way into his 60's
Damn, Tom. I still don't know how he sings like that without ripping his vocal chords to shreds. Fucking killer track.
When I'm gone Roll my vertebrae out like a dice ,let my scull be a home for the mice .Don't you just love Tom
zaperfan Let the bullet go back into the barrel!
I'll never do anything like this, but Tom's still a role model.
One of the only reasons I can think of to buy new music, Tom and Keith, can't go wrong there.
I listen to this on the train into university. I tried to resist the urge to dance walk when I get off the train. Failed. Got some funny looks from passers by but i don't give a damn xD
Lmfao 👏🙌
the rhythms and voice remind me strongly of the early black R&B singers. marvelous.
The man has been going for 40 years and still sounds as good as ever. That's more that can be said for most.
What a genius Mr Waits is
Sometimes when I hit Tom Waits for some tunes, he takes the day. I need to fill my Tom tank.
Man, priceless. What a talk to Jaegger and Richards -- good friends' talk.
Waits & Richards? I think my heart exploded.
May 5th 2013 Oakland Rolling Stones with Tom Waits " Little Red Rooster "
No words to define Tom Waits. He simply IS, and that is GOOD.
He has been a pioneer, legend, artist, genius and just a down-home-people, all at once, and always will be. I've known this since first hearing "Heart Attack & Vine" when a coworker brought it in, 1983-ish, to where I worked... He let me borrow ALL his TW lp's, and I was HOOKED... ;-)
Here's the deal. Tom is a force of nature .
Pure, honest, gut-bucket music...just like the days of old. HAL-LAY-LOU-YAH!!
Tom Waits Satisfies, especially when he sings a song called Satisfied!
Damn...this is so metal af..
Mr. Waits is the most dionysiac performer in the world. You gotta love him.
Nuh uh, no YOU had to google "dionysiac"..
Musician + magician = TOM WAITS.
Tom is rock and roll.. he scares the American Idol world. Amen.
I could live a thousand lifetimes and never be as cool as Tom Waits! If you don't like this guy, it could be that you just don't "get" brilliance!
"Roll my vertebrae out like dice
let my skull be a home for the mice
let me bleach like the bones on the beach
i'll be hard like a pit from a peach
now the ground has a branch
now the hound has a ranch
the old tressel's just junk
the edsel is on blocks".
Blessed is the nation which can bear someone as Mr. tom Waits...to the rest of us,just contemplation to his talent and art...
Tom....HAPPY belated BIRTH DAY....Dec 7th.....the day the man came to Earth and blessed us all.....
This goes so fucking hard oh my God he's probably the coolest person alive. "When I'm a thousand" just hits so goddamn hard
Listen to him! He is 63 and still sounds fantastic!
There's only one man I wish I was...and that's Tom Waits
When Tom Waits says "I Will Have Satisfaction" you better believe it.
Tom Waits is the King Of Everything.
If you like Tom Waits. You will like this...He can be hit or miss. This is a hit. For me..
Absolute GOLD 🥇
Always gives me hope for humanity that people like him still exist. Take a bow people …
Mr. Waits doesn't need a big budget for a music video. His phasers are set to stun. 😎
Tom waits saved my life, without a doubt.
he's so fucking cool
You got that right!
Damn straight
got to say hi to him while i was hitching in peteluma ca. told him he is a true artist and he just looked around and smiled and devils grin...a great person all around
Mr Waits is still the greatest poet on earth. ..this song has has some amazing lines. like... "when i'm gone ..roll my vertebrae out like dice. ...let my skull be a home for the mice" love it.
I want to say something about Tom Waits but what hasn't already been said? Incredibly awesomely coolified! Tuned into Tom since the 70s.
Totally badass!!!!!!
Tom Waits....man oh man what can I a mere ordinary run o' the mill human say about him?.....he always comes up with the goods for gotta be a 40 year career ?.he's a one off and very talented.........
will he ever stop amazing people-a national treasure
Thank god the world has men like him in it.
Keith Richards on guitar and Les Claypool on bass. Epic
Can hear Rylands influence on OLD KEEEEFER here (back to 71-stick fingers/open tunings?)
I'm awestruck, catatonic. Mr. Waits is a testament to the idea that artists make their best work in the twilight years. Shiiiiiiiit
Unconditional Love always the answer,no matter the question. :-)
I AM Satisfied!!!
I LOVE You All!!
Un GENIO come Lui, nasce ogni mille anni♥♥♥
You rock my world Señor Waits. God Bless!
I could watch Tom Waits singing and dancing arround a chair in someone's backyard with strobing lights for HOURS!!!
Another Great American Living Legend.
It's like he's not even trying anymore. Both this song and this video.
I know I'll probably never get to see him live so I'm hoping that maybe we could get a nice live concert road movie/film in high def before i die... that would be awesome
ANOTHER BRILLIANTLY ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE FROM THE VERY ORIGINAL ARTIST, TOM WAITS.
This video is like a home where i return habitually & i'm from Andalucía!!
...real insanity is hard to come by theese days!
...love it!!!
He's the epitomy of cool!
A wicked message to Mr.Jagger and Mr.Richards!!
I wish I could run into him somewhere and have a conversation. He is the coolest.
I am totally obsessed with his music
He is amazing. I love his lyrics, but you don't have to listen to the words to enjoy the music. You just have to listen to everything and how it all fits together. His voice is more important to the music than the lyrics necessarily...
He is a one man show. His style is so unique that succeeds at being both cool and weird at the same time. I am discovering this guy after having listened "I hope that I don't fall in love with you" covered by Game of Thones actors... Incredible, I know. Anyway, he is quickly becoming one of my top five favorite singer songwriters of all time
Tom Waits is so metal that he isn't.
\m/ O_O \m/
coolest man alive. period.
This is epic!...I love this man, and I have never met him.
Oh damn! That voice is amazing; a pure eargasmic trip. I literally just found out about this guy today - Shameful.
You fill my world Tom I love you. Oh yea!!!!!!!!
tom waits and drinking go together very well.
Great video, great photography. Wonderfull black and white. Sono d'accordo, è come il buon vino.
My fellow Wood, Tom Waits owes allegiance to no known genre of music. He is the Mephistopheles of the musical world; through whom a chosen few are granted musical prowess from his generosity. He is his OWN GENRE.
We all pray at the alter of Tom...
the man is on the top of the game......!!!!
This physical attraction for this man who could be my grandpa. Love Tom!
Greatest video ever created. Hands down.
This is so funky! :D
this old girl could not be more entertained!!!!I even have the dance moves down!!!!go Tom!!!!:)
just imagine the people hearing someone singing this in the garden
Scusate se scrivo in italiano, ma canzone e video insieme sono come un orgasmo.
THANK YOU at last someone thats not making up shite reasons why bad as me is the best album ever and every one loves it all the songs are classics,
bad as me is a money maker not a album
the older the better when Mr. waits is concerned
Like the song, like the film noir concept of the video. I'm trying to decide if the video would have better if the camera stayed in focus.
ooooh this is ... this is.. ok im speachless, Tom is GREAT!
he just gets better and better!
This is the coolest music video in the world, which is the least expensive in the world, just an old man clapping his hands and wandering around.
Tom rocks!!!
Amazing. The whole record is genius as usual.