Add Date: November 10
Artist: Tom Waits
Album: Glitter and Doom Live
Label: Anti-
Genre: Tom Waits
Comments: If you've never heard Tom Waits before, "Singapore" and "Fannin Street" will give you a fine taste of both ends of the Waits spectrum -- the terrifying carnivalesque and croaking ballad, respectively. These songs are two of my favorites on here, the live account of Waits' sold-out 2008 national tour. The recordings come from all over the world, from shows and performances hand-picked by Sir Waits himself, and have even more ferocity than Waits' studio recordings, if such a thing is even possible. He snarls on "Goin' Out West" and howls on "Trampled Rose," each song equally captivating and adept at instilling that I-wish-I-had-been-there feeling. I've never heard Waits' live stuff, but its brilliant, so make sure you give this one a listen.
Artist: Tom Waits
Album: Glitter and Doom Live
Label: Anti-
Genre: Tom Waits
Comments: If you've never heard Tom Waits before, "Singapore" and "Fannin Street" will give you a fine taste of both ends of the Waits spectrum -- the terrifying carnivalesque and croaking ballad, respectively. These songs are two of my favorites on here, the live account of Waits' sold-out 2008 national tour. The recordings come from all over the world, from shows and performances hand-picked by Sir Waits himself, and have even more ferocity than Waits' studio recordings, if such a thing is even possible. He snarls on "Goin' Out West" and howls on "Trampled Rose," each song equally captivating and adept at instilling that I-wish-I-had-been-there feeling. I've never heard Waits' live stuff, but its brilliant, so make sure you give this one a listen.
P.S. Track 16 ("Story") on Disc 1 and all of Disc 2 (dubbed Tom Tales) cull together in-between-song banter from Waits' performances and are fascinating accounts from this mythic figure of rock and roll. BOTH ARE DNP, but worth checking out if you're a devotee.
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