And we wrap up our Christmas 2020 bloggery with Tom Waits, who seems to have had the Music City Bomber on his musical radar back in 1999.
And we wrap up our Christmas 2020 bloggery with Tom Waits, who seems to have had the Music City Bomber on his musical radar back in 1999.
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OK. Where’s the music in there?
More of a spoken-word piece, innit? Like Ken Nordine’s “Word Jazz.” Also, I get the distinct impression that ol’ Tom’s sympathy was with the dude building whatever. I’ll bet the neighbors have complained about his composing practices and choice of instrumentation from time to time.
It does make you wonder if it is about his song writing process and complaints it elicited.
“Oh man. Is that what the neighbors are thinking? What are they thinking? Just what are they thinking? They always hang around and look in the windows. and they walk their dogs down the street. What are they thinking?”
Uh, sorry. I went off a little Tom Waits there.
Wow. I hadn’t remembered that spoken word piece being that old. ’99. My how times flies when you’re lost in a Tarrantino movie.
He’d be interesting to talk to, if you could get any straight answers out of him, which I doubt. I expect he relaxes with a very small crowd.
Yeah, “Mule Variations,” the album that included “What’s He Building?”, was another signpost along his journey from “Blue Valentine” (1978) to wherever he is now, musically speaking. “Swordfishtrombones” (1983) was his diving board. “Rain Dogs” (1985) and “Bone Machine” (1992) were the pool. Ever since he’s been thrashing along, right through the black cross marking the far side of the pool and jaggedly across the lawn like that gopher in “Caddyshack.”