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henry10 05-Nov-11, 22:01	Tom Waits This is where he gets all moody and sensual. Waits puts away his Louis Armstrong voice and brings out his crooner pipes as he observes society: "Well it’s hard times for some/ for others it’s sweet/ someone makes money when there’s blood in the street". It's a morose song that’s not as heart-wrenching as Tom Traubert's Blues - but who said it has to be? Get Lost: This is a gospel-laden, big-band track in the vein of Chocolate Jesus. The theme of chucking it all in and leaving crops up again ("I got my ride all souped up/ We’re never coming back again"). Tom Waits might be pushing 62, but he's no whiny old man. Face to the Highway: Sound-wise it's reminiscent of How's It Gonna End (from 2004's Real Gone). The lyrics are the quirky introspection typical of Waits: "The cradle wants a baby/ the kitchen wants a pan/ the heart wants a certain kind of lover if it can/... The walls of the prison want a solitary man". His Tom Traubert's Blues voice is back on, and it's beautiful.
shamash 06-Nov-11, 13:45	Deleted by shamash on 03-Feb-12, 14:38.

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henry10
05-Nov-11, 22:01

Tom Waits

This is where he gets all moody and sensual. Waits puts away his Louis Armstrong voice and brings out his crooner pipes as he observes society: "Well it’s hard times for some/ for others it’s sweet/ someone makes money when there’s blood in the street". It's a morose song that’s not as heart-wrenching as Tom Traubert's Blues - but who said it has to be?

Get Lost: This is a gospel-laden, big-band track in the vein of Chocolate Jesus. The theme of chucking it all in and leaving crops up again ("I got my ride all souped up/ We’re never coming back again"). Tom Waits might be pushing 62, but he's no whiny old man.

Face to the Highway: Sound-wise it's reminiscent of How's It Gonna End (from 2004's Real Gone). The lyrics are the quirky introspection typical of Waits: "The cradle wants a baby/ the kitchen wants a pan/ the heart wants a certain kind of lover if it can/... The walls of the prison want a solitary man". His Tom Traubert's Blues voice is back on, and it's beautiful.

shamash
06-Nov-11, 13:45

Deleted by shamash on 03-Feb-12, 14:38.

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