May 14, 2008
Once I built a tower
Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell,
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum,
Half a million boots went slogging through Hell,
And I was the kid with the drum
Tom Waits sings Brother, Can You Spare a Dime
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May 06, 2008
PEHDSTCKJMBA
Tom Waits announces his summer “Gitter and Doom Tour” across the US with a surreal press conference and the cryptic acronym PEHDSTCKJMBA
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April 13, 2008
Step Right Up
Step right up
step right up
step right up
Everyone's a winner, bargains galore
That's right, you too can be the proud owner
Of the quality goes in before the name goes on
One-tenth of a dollar
one-tenth of a dollar
we got service after sales
You need perfume? we got perfume
how 'bout an engagement ring?
Something for the little lady
something for the little lady
Something for the little lady, hmm
Three for a dollar
We got a year-end clearance, we got a white sale
And a smoke-damaged furniture
you can drive it away today
Act now, act now
and receive as our gift, our gift to you
They come in all colors, one size fits all
No muss, no fuss, no spills
you're tired of kitchen drudgery
Everything must go
going out of business
going out of business
Going out of business sale
Fifty percent off original retail price
skip the middle man
Don't settle for less
How do we do it?
how do we do it?
volume, volume, turn up the volume
Now you've heard it advertised, don't hesitate
Don't be caught with your drawers down
Don't be caught with your drawers down
You can step right up, step right up
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February 16, 2008
There's always free cheddar in a mousetrap
I'd sell your heart to the junkman baby
For a buck, for a buck
If you're looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch
You're out of luck, you're out of luck
Ship is sinking
The ship is sinking
The ship is sinking
There's a leak, there's a leak in the boiler room
The poor, the lame, the blind
Who are the ones that we kept in charge?
Killers, thieves and lawyers
God's away, God's away
God's away on business, business
God's away, God's away
God's away on business, business
Digging up the dead with a shovel and a pick
It's a job, it's a job
Bloody moon rising with a plague and a flood
Join the mob, join the mob
It's all over, it's all over
It's all over
There's a leak, there's a leak in the boiler room
The poor, the lame, the blind
Who are the ones that we kept in charge?
Killers, thieves and lawyers
God's away, God's away
God's away on business, business
God's away, God's away on business, business
Godddamn there's always such a big temptation
To be good, to be good
There's always free cheddar in a mousetrap, baby
It's a deal, it's a deal
God's away on business, business
I narrow my eyes like a coin slot baby
Let her ring, let her ring
God's away on business, business
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Re-post: “I’m Still Wishing” with Sarah Slean
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January 26, 2008
I'll never kiss your lips again
I will leave behind all of my clothes, I wore when I was with you, all I
Needs my railroad boots, and my leather jacket, as I say goodbye to Ruby’s
Arms, although my heart is breaking, I will steal away out through your
Blinds, for soon you will be waking.
The morning light has washed your face, and everything is turning blue now,
Hold on to your pillow case there’s nothing I can do now, as I say goodbye to
Ruby’s arms, you’ll find another soldier, and I swear to God by Christmas,
There’ll be someone else to hold you.
The only thing I’m taking is the scarf off of your clothesline, Ill hurry
Past your chest of drawers, and your broken window chimes, as I say goodbye
Ill say goodbye, say goodbye to Ruby’s arms.
Ill feel my way down the darken hall, and out into the morning, the hobos
At the freight yards, have kept their fires burning, so Jesus Christ this
Goddamn rain, will someone put me on a train, Ill never kiss your lips again,
Or break your heart, as I say goodbye Ill say goodbye, say goodbye to Ruby’s Arms.
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January 18, 2008
Innocent when you dream
The bats are in the belfry
the dew is on the moor
where are the arms that held me
and pledged her love before
It's such a sad old feeling
the fields are soft and green
it's memories that I'm stealing
but you're innocent when you dream
running through the graveyard
we laughed my friends and I
we swore we'd be together
until the day we died
until the day we died
I made a golden promise
that we would never part
I gave my love a locket
and then I broke her heart
and then I broke her heart
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December 08, 2007
Hey Charley I'm pregnant
hey Charley I'm pregnant
and living on 9-th street
right above a dirty bookstore
off Euclid avenue
and I stopped taking dope
and I quit drinking whiskey
and my old man plays the trombone
and works out at the track.
and he says that he loves me
even though its not his baby
and he says that he'll raise him up
like he would his own son
and he gave me a ring
that was worn by his mother
and he takes me out dancin’
every Saturday nite.
and hey Charley I think about you
everytime I pass a fillin' station
on account of all the grease
you used to wear in your hair
and I still have that record
of little anthony & the imperials
but someone stole my record player
how do you like that?
hey Charley I almost went crazy
after mario got busted
so I went back to omaha to
live with my folks
but everyone I used to know
was either dead or in prison
so I came back in minneapolis
this time I think I'm gonna stay.
hey Charley I think I'm happy
for the first time since my accident
and I wish I had all the money
that we used to spend on dope
I'd buy me a used car lot
and I wouldn't sell any of em
I'd just drive a different car
every day dependin on how
I feel.
hey Charley
for chrissakes
do you want to know
the truth of it?
I don't have a husband
he don't play the trombone
and I need to borrow money
to pay this lawyer
and Charley, hey
I'll be eligible for parole
come valentines day
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December 09, 2006
I'm Still Here
Tom Waits sings "I'm Still Here" with Sarah Slean's "Your Wish is My Wish". Mesh up by Kevan Gilbert
Whiteboard music. Stop-motion video for Minilogue by Ljudbilden
Glenn Miller Orchestra with the Nicholas Brothers & Dorothy Dandridge - Chattanooga Choo Choo (1941)
Mozart plugs in and some other Pivotal moments in the history of music by Mattias Adolfsson
A blog about Charles Manson music. (From Ochblog)
More from Metafilter: Cult music on the YouTube by y2karl
André Duracell plays Turrican: Drum kit + audio triggers > Nord Modular G2. (YouTube). Website here
World's Biggest Tuba. "Playable", but two persons are needed. One for pressing the valves and one for blowing
Lou Reimuller’s invention: Teenar, The Girl Guitar - a vintage mannequin transformed into an electric guitar
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July 09, 2006
Uncle Vernon
Uncle Vernon, uncle Vernon, independent as a hog on ice
He's a big shot down there at the slaughterhouse
Plays accordion for Mr. Weiss
Uncle Biltmore and uncle William
Made a million during world war two
But they're tightwads and they're cheapskates
And they'll never give a dime to you
Auntie Mame has gone insane
She lives in the doorway of an old hotel
And the radio is playing opera
All she ever says is "go to hell"
Uncle violet flew as a pilot
And there ain't no pretty girls in France
Now he runs a tiny little bookie joint
They say he never keeps it in his pants
Uncle bill will never leave a will
And the tumor is as big as an egg
He has a mistress, she's Puerto Rican
And I heard she has a wooden leg
Uncle Phil can't live without his pills
He has emphysema and he's almost blind
And we must find out where the money is
Get it now before he loses his mind
Uncle Vernon, uncle Vernon, independent as a hog on ice
He's a big shot down there at the slaughterhouse
He plays accordion for Mr. Weiss
Listen to Tom Waits sings Cemetery Polka
The photo on the cover of Rain Dogs is not of TW. "Rain Dogs" are dogs which become lost because the rain has washed away their scent
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July 16, 2005
Tom waits for no one
3 galleries of Tom Waits photos by George DuBose. A Tom Waits RockToon
The Blues & Cajun artists of Alligator Records. (From ”Informiorium”)
The many accomplishments of Mario Lanza
Sabadabada! Brazilian Bossa Nova, Balanco and Samba records from the 1960's. (Found at ”WFMU Blog”)
The Unheard Beethoven - all of Beethoven's unrecorded music
About John Cage's four and a half minutes of silence
Interviews with members of Pink Floyd
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October 31, 2004
Drum solos!
The 1976-77 recordings of The Langley Schools Music Project, a 60-voice chorus of rural school children from western Canada, singing tunes by the Beach Boys, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, The Bay City Rollers, and others. You must hear them!
Tom Waits sings Make it rain on some TV show. More at ”Never could stand that dog”…, I mean, “Tom Waits Fan”. By the way, you remember Tom Waits acting in “Down By Law”, “Mystery Train” and “Coffee and Cigarettes”, right? Did you know that he played in 21 movies, including Stallone’s Paradise Alley, Fisher King, The Two Jacks and Ironweed?
The number one songs in Heaven: The Coasters on R&B Sociology
Great drum solos from “DrummerWorld”. Also, a large number of detailed biographies in the sidebar. Big Bass Drum from Purdue University. How does one go about tuning the big bass drum?
The Polyphonic Spree is a band that looks like a religious sect or a hippie commune and sounds like a flowerpower musical or an updated Mamas and the Papas. (From ”Theremin World”)
Is Pink’s “Dark Side Of The Moon” synched with “The Wizard Of Oz” ? You be the judge
The Royal Class Grand Piano is the first fully transparent grand piano in the world
Michael Jackson has 5 of the top 100 best selling albums of all time. Total sales - 54 million copies
Rare Live Songs by Leonard Cohen. (From J-Walk). Coincidently, last week I randomly pulled an old copy of “The Spice-box of Earth”, and started re-reading Cohen's poetry from 1968:
I wonder how many people in this city
live in furnished rooms.
Late at night when I look out of the buildings
I swear I see a face in every window
looking back at me,
and when I turn away
I wonder how many go back to their desks
and write this down.
(Good sounds!)
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October 09, 2004
Lady in Satin
A Russian collection of Tom Waits MP3’s recorded mostly at some concerts around (Poor quality). Text of Earth Died Screaming:
Rudy's on the midway
And Jacob's in the hole
The monkey's on the ladder
The devil shovels coal
With crows as big as airplanes
The lion has three heads
And someone will eat the skin that he sheds
And the earth died screaming
The earth died screaming
While I lay dreaming of you…
Polish Jazz posters. Also, Polish posters of Mozart’s operas
Blue Note: Over 1000 great jazz album covers
Jazz and blues lyrics for songs recorded before 1948
Collector shares copies of original documents detailing events in the life and death of Billie Holiday. Just a sound sample of The very thought of you. The grave of Billie Holiday
The Gene Harris Legacy
On a completely different style: Subversive music videos in Spanglish: Molotov “Don’t call me Gringo, you Beaner”, and “Hit me”. (Don’t forget to watch some other propaganda pieces there by Jason Archer & Paul Beck, like the Homeland Ho-down. Found at Snarky Malarkey)
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