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mixedmedia · 03-12-2009, 03:31 AM

I have this live CD, but I never knew it was the soundtrack to a film.
Nice.

Charlatan · 03-12-2009, 04:08 PM

Thanks!

I remember this airing on Much Music back in the late 80s. That was when they were also airing Laurie Anderson's Home of the Brave and the Talking Head's Stop Making Sense. I recommend them as well.

Fly · 03-13-2009, 05:54 AM

right on mixed thanks.........Tom is killer

mixedmedia · 03-13-2009, 10:32 AM

That makes TWO. TWO other Tom Waits fans on TFP. Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!

ring · 03-13-2009, 10:36 AM

cripes..
I thought it was a given thang.

I want to hit you with a pillow.

mixedmedia · 03-13-2009, 10:43 AM

oh, no it's not a given thing, ms. ring. I have met people who not only don't like Tom Waits, but who hate him with a vengeance. Tends to be the same people who don't like folks like Dylan, Neil Young and Patti Smith. It's a voice thing.

Leto · 03-13-2009, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mixedmedia

That makes TWO. TWO other Tom Waits fans on TFP. Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!

No... there's got to be lots more. I liked him when I first saw him on Fernwood 2-Nite (that hilarious Martin Mull vehicle from the '70's):

*note: Martin Mull's facial expressions are priceless, the basis for a lot of comedians to come. And don't get me going on the 'stylish' leisure suits!

" I live at bedlam & squalor "

"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy!"

" I had to leave our 4 year old as collateral"

EDIT:

Video shows as not available, but when I go to Youtube, and search on " Tom Waits Fernwood 2nite ", or on " the piano has been drinking " I can find it fine. Or try pasting this link in your internet search:

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_0E7x3Nqys"

ring · 03-13-2009, 11:14 AM

Ms. Media,
Do you think it could be, the message is 'too strong to receive',
right off hand, and it's easier to focus on the trebles of the voice thing?

I wonder.

ratbastid · 03-13-2009, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mixedmedia

That makes TWO. TWO other Tom Waits fans on TFP.

I've started replies in this thread three times, counting this one. I find it hard to quite articulate my complete adulation for the man. I've been a fan of his through every era of his career (including those that were before my time). He is one vastly talented dude who has straight-up DEFINED what music-outside-the-mainstream has sounded like over the last 40 years. He's also a fine actor and artist. An absolutely incredible voice (and I don't just mean the sounds that come out of his mouth).

ring · 03-13-2009, 12:17 PM

the epitome of a soul resonating he is

mixedmedia · 03-13-2009, 12:37 PM

Leto, I so wish I could have watched that clip. It's not available. But thank you for trying. I, too, am a fan of the Martin Mull.

ring, you could have a point. I think it comes down to what you are looking for when you listen to music. Do you want it to accent your life and make you feel happy or do you want to absorb and inhabit what the artists are creating. Same goes with the visual arts, literature, etc., etc. Personally, I like beautiful voices and less perfect, soulful voices. I love it all!

ratbastid,
werd.

vanblah · 03-13-2009, 01:03 PM

He's the only musical act (solo or group) that I've seen in Memphis that could keep the crowd completely, silently enthralled the entire time he performed.

I've seen lots of shows in various venues here and the crowd is always loud and obnoxious. I've even been to special invitation-only events for a few shows and the crowd is still loud and obnoxious (Cat Power was particularly bad; they were trying to film the show for VH1 and couldn't use any of it). Not comparing Cat Power to Tom Waits--I'm illustrating a point about how bad the audiences can be here.

Tom Waits held the audience in the palm of his fucking hand ... he was and still is brilliant.

Anxst · 03-13-2009, 05:26 PM

Tom Waits is just incredible. I can't even say anything else. Just incredible.

mixedmedia · 03-13-2009, 05:39 PM

I just thought to look this film up on Amazon and it has not been released on DVD. Any ideas why?

Fly · 03-14-2009, 08:47 AM

fuck it..........

"i don't wanna grow up"

Charlatan · 03-14-2009, 05:14 PM

You may not know this but, "I am BIG in Japan."

Giant Hamburger · 03-16-2009, 01:53 PM

I like this press conference...

YouTube - Tom Waits Press Conference

mixedmedia · 03-16-2009, 02:24 PM

haha! exzellent. I can't decide whether the world is woefully short-handed when it comes to Tom Waitses or if it's best to have just the one.

Charlatan · 03-16-2009, 04:07 PM

Fly · 03-16-2009, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mixedmedia

haha! exzellent. I can't decide whether the world is woefully short-handed when it comes to Tom Waitses or if it's best to have just the one.

only one Tom can be the case.........nobody else could be as fucked up,yet so brilliant as he is.....

Leto · 03-17-2009, 03:28 AM

[QUOTE=mixedmedia;2608339]Leto, I so wish I could have watched that clip. It's not available. But thank you for trying. I, too, am a fan of the Martin Mull.

QUOTE]

don't know why it doesn't work from TFP, if you go into youtube and search on Tom Waits Fernwood 2nite or on the Piano has been drinking, you can find it and it works.

I pasted the link only in my post above...

Maybe something to do with TFP being an American site, but I am watching Youtube Canada??

03-12-2009, 03:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	Tom Waits - Big Time I have this live CD, but I never knew it was the soundtrack to a film. Nice. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

03-12-2009, 04:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Thanks! I remember this airing on Much Music back in the late 80s. That was when they were also airing Laurie Anderson's Home of the Brave and the Talking Head's Stop Making Sense. I recommend them as well. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

03-13-2009, 05:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
Fly see the links to my music? Location: Beautiful British Columbia	right on mixed thanks.........Tom is killer __________________ BASTARD SterlingStudios

03-13-2009, 10:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	That makes TWO. TWO other Tom Waits fans on TFP. Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha! __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

03-13-2009, 10:43 AM	#6 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	oh, no it's not a given thing, ms. ring. I have met people who not only don't like Tom Waits, but who hate him with a vengeance. Tends to be the same people who don't like folks like Dylan, Neil Young and Patti Smith. It's a voice thing. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

03-13-2009, 10:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	cripes.. I thought it was a given thang. I want to hit you with a pillow.

03-13-2009, 11:14 AM	#8 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	Ms. Media, Do you think it could be, the message is 'too strong to receive', right off hand, and it's easier to focus on the trebles of the voice thing? I wonder.

03-13-2009, 12:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	the epitome of a soul resonating he is

03-13-2009, 12:37 PM	#11 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	Leto, I so wish I could have watched that clip. It's not available. But thank you for trying. I, too, am a fan of the Martin Mull. ring, you could have a point. I think it comes down to what you are looking for when you listen to music. Do you want it to accent your life and make you feel happy or do you want to absorb and inhabit what the artists are creating. Same goes with the visual arts, literature, etc., etc. Personally, I like beautiful voices and less perfect, soulful voices. I love it all! ratbastid, werd. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

03-13-2009, 01:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
vanblah Junkie	He's the only musical act (solo or group) that I've seen in Memphis that could keep the crowd completely, silently enthralled the entire time he performed. I've seen lots of shows in various venues here and the crowd is always loud and obnoxious. I've even been to special invitation-only events for a few shows and the crowd is still loud and obnoxious (Cat Power was particularly bad; they were trying to film the show for VH1 and couldn't use any of it). Not comparing Cat Power to Tom Waits--I'm illustrating a point about how bad the audiences can be here. Tom Waits held the audience in the palm of his fucking hand ... he was and still is brilliant.

03-13-2009, 05:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
Anxst Condensing fact from the vapor of nuance. Location: Madison, WI	Tom Waits is just incredible. I can't even say anything else. Just incredible. __________________ Don't mind me. I'm just releasing the insanity pressure from my headvalves.

03-13-2009, 05:39 PM	#14 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	I just thought to look this film up on Amazon and it has not been released on DVD. Any ideas why? __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

03-14-2009, 08:47 AM	#15 (permalink)
Fly see the links to my music? Location: Beautiful British Columbia	fuck it.......... "i don't wanna grow up" __________________ BASTARD SterlingStudios

03-14-2009, 05:14 PM	#16 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	You may not know this but, "I am BIG in Japan." __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

03-16-2009, 02:24 PM	#18 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	haha! exzellent. I can't decide whether the world is woefully short-handed when it comes to Tom Waitses or if it's best to have just the one. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

03-16-2009, 04:07 PM	#19 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	__________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

03-17-2009, 03:28 AM	#21 (permalink)
Leto Junkie Location: The Danforth	[QUOTE=mixedmedia;2608339]Leto, I so wish I could have watched that clip. It's not available. But thank you for trying. I, too, am a fan of the Martin Mull. QUOTE] don't know why it doesn't work from TFP, if you go into youtube and search on Tom Waits Fernwood 2nite or on the Piano has been drinking, you can find it and it works. I pasted the link only in my post above... Maybe something to do with TFP being an American site, but I am watching Youtube Canada?? __________________ You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey And I never saw someone say that before You held my hand and we walked home the long way You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Leto_Atreides_I