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Lover's Spit · 10-21-2004, 11:00 PM

Anyone else diggin' Tom Waits' latest release?

I bought this CD and wasn't around a stereo for like a day and a half afterwards, but I felt like I'd gotten my money's worth just reading the insert inside the CD jacket. Honestly, I really do not think there is a lyricist in music on the same level as Waits... as big a fan of Dylan as I am, I never thought I'd say that. Dylan still rules all in terms of pure songwriting, but the images and language Waits uses is second to none.

"How's it Gonna End?" is one of the coolest songs I've heard all year. The entire album is just world class poetry being barked out by one of the most fascinating voices in music, on the strength of a pot-and-pans band led by Primus' bassist Les Claypool.

10-21-2004, 11:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lover's Spit Upright	Tom Waits - Real Gone Anyone else diggin' Tom Waits' latest release? I bought this CD and wasn't around a stereo for like a day and a half afterwards, but I felt like I'd gotten my money's worth just reading the insert inside the CD jacket. Honestly, I really do not think there is a lyricist in music on the same level as Waits... as big a fan of Dylan as I am, I never thought I'd say that. Dylan still rules all in terms of pure songwriting, but the images and language Waits uses is second to none. "How's it Gonna End?" is one of the coolest songs I've heard all year. The entire album is just world class poetry being barked out by one of the most fascinating voices in music, on the strength of a pot-and-pans band led by Primus' bassist Les Claypool. __________________ I pledge my grievance to the flag, Because you don't give blood and take it back again.