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I don't get Tom Waits.

Posted on 9/23/15 at 9:02 pm
Posted by Artie Rome
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Posted on 9/23/15 at 9:02 pm
That's pretty much it. Does someone have some essential Tom Waits listening?
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 9/23/15 at 9:26 pm to
tom waits for no man
Posted by BCMCubs
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Posted on 9/23/15 at 9:30 pm to
I was just watching the Keith Richards doc and thinking "Tom Waits is a strange dude."
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Posted by JumpingTheShark
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 7:37 am to
A decent songwriter but I find him unlistenable.
Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 7:37 am to
i've tried to get into his music. can't do it.
Posted by TFTC
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 7:47 am to
One of my all time favorites... His earlier stuff is probably an easier entry point into his music, he did start to get more eclectic as his career went on...
Posted by Artie Rome
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 8:34 am to
It kind of reminds me of Marc Maron's Burrito/Beefheart story.

That's a good start.
Posted by WAY2GOLSU
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 10:19 am to
Going Out West is on most of my Playlists.
Posted by AlxTgr
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 10:19 am to
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A decent songwriter but I find him unlistenable.

Posted by moon
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 12:06 pm to
Terrible voice IMO.

I know people who love his music....it's just not for me.



Posted by Flame Salamander
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 1:23 pm to
Posted by CaptainPanic
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 2:32 pm to
It's not for the weak-minded.


Sorry you don't "get" "it"
Posted by Artie Rome
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 3:32 pm to
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It's not for the weak-minded.


Sorry you don't "get" "it"


quote:

CaptainPanic


Posted by moon
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 4:43 pm to
Sorry, I didn't jump on the hipster train like a lot of people. I like what I like and I'm not persuaded into liking music - like I feel some of the "Oh Tom Waits is soooo great" fans are.

If you really like Tom, great. I think he sounds like shite.

Posted by VOR
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 9:10 pm to
quote:

Sorry, I didn't jump on the hipster train like a lot of people. I like what I like and I'm not persuaded into liking music - like I feel some of the "Oh Tom Waits is soooo great" fans are.

If you really like Tom, great. I think he sounds like shite.




Has little to do with being a "hipster", although plenty of them like Waits. He is very bright and talented songwriter and, yes, performer. If you don't dig him that's fine, but it's your loss.

LINK

The Wire says hello, btw.

Posted by Chadaristic
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Posted on 9/25/15 at 8:15 am to
I have a few of his albums on vinyl and enjoy listening to them.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
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Posted on 9/25/15 at 12:01 pm to
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I don't get Tom Waits.
That's pretty much it. Does someone have some essential Tom Waits listening?


Nothing to get. He's terrible. He's the annoying "artist" that supposedly every other artist loves so much. Ridiculously unlistenable.

Anytime anyone gets going negative on Randy Newman, I direct them to Tom Waits.
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