TOM WAITS (FOR NO MAN): NEW TOM WAITS MP3s
October 16th 2006 08:18
"I don't have a drinking problem / 'cept when I can't get a drink"
Pitchfork have a number of exclusive MP3s from Waits’s upcoming 3 CD set of rarities and new material entitled Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards (due for release on November 21 2006 on the Anti label). Although the arrangements seem a lot more straightforward and accessible than some of his most recent material, Waits sounds as cranky and gravely as ever, and I can’t wait for this’un to hit the shelves (Yes, I still ‘buy’ music from a ‘record shop,’ especially when it’s by an ‘artist’ who I feel has the ‘integrity’ to deserve my money).
“Bottom Of The World” (MP3)
“You Can Never Hold Back Spring” (MP3)
All of these MP3s were originally posted on and are available from this Pitchfork News page
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Comment by Homer Joyce
What's the Tom Waits song about the little jelly baby Jesus's?
I only ever saw it once, and always wondered what it was called and what album it was off ...
I'd love to read the lyrics to it ...
Homer ...
Comment by Hellvis
Earache Hotel
Don't go to church on Sunday
Don't get on my knees to pray
Don't memorize the books of the Bible
I got my own special way
But I know Jesus loves me
Maybe just a little bit more
I fall on my knees every Sunday
At Zerelda Lee's candy store
Well it's got to be a Chocolate Jesus
Make me feel good inside
Got to be a Chocolate Jesus
Keep me satisfied
Well I don't want no Anna Zabba
I don't want no Almond Joy
There ain't nothing better
Suitable for this boy
Well it's the only thing
That can pick me up
Better than a cup of gold
See only a Chocolate Jesus
Can satisfy my soul
When the weather gets rough
And it's whiskey in the shade
It's best to wrap your savior
Up in cellophane
He flows like the big muddy
But that's ok
Pour him over ice cream
For a nice parfait
Well it's got to be a Chocolate Jesus
Good enough for me
Got to be a Chocolate Jesus
Good enough for me
Well it's got to be a Chocolate Jesus
Make me feel good inside
Got to be a Chocolate Jesus
Keep me satisfied
Comment by Homer Joyce
That's the one ...
I knew you'd know what I was talking about ... I saw it in about 1981, so sorry about the jelly baby reference ... I just remember seeing the film clip and thinking: this guy is out there ... From memory, I think he was throwing either glitter around or the chocolates themselves ...
Thanks man ...
Homer..
Comment by Hellvis
Earache Hotel
This required a tub of brown theatrical makeup (not edible), a kaftan, a wig and fake beard, a bag of chocolate drops (my body), and a goblet of alcoholic chocolate milk (my blood).
Most people either assumed I was some sort of black Jesus, or were scared, but it was great fun.
Comment by Homer Joyce
I don't write computer speak that often ... but ...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That is priceless ...
I'm still laughing...
Homer ...
Comment by Shani
...only the anonymity of the internet gives me the confidence to say this....
..look, im sorry, maybe im wrong because no one seems to notice...
... Doesn't Tom Waits kinda have a yucky croaky voice?
Comment by Hellvis
Earache Hotel
Yes, Tom Waits does kinda have a yucky croaky voice. He sometimes sounds like one of those big gruff monsters in The Muppet Show, and he sometimes sounds like one of those hilariously overwrought songs in South Park where Trey Parker and Matt Stone are probably taking the piss out of Tom Waits.
But I love the fact that he's willing to push his voice to extremes that most singers wouldn't dream of. I think his croaks, moans, and howls say a lot more about the fragile nature of human existence than any more conventional singer could. Also, I like weird shit.
But your'e not alone. I know quite a few people who find his cigarettes and whiskey groaning a bit gross.
Comment by Lilla
Enviro Warrior
An Extra Ordinary Life
Dream Herald
Esoteric Bookshop
I love this man's work, well a lot of it.
One of my favourites (and you must take this in context of me not being a spring chicken anymore either), is thepiece he wrote for SHrek 2 'I like my town with a little bit of poison,' The Sax is so dead pan, it makes me almost dead from laughter!
I thinkso many of our 70's generation are doing stuff for kids now that is beyond belief.
I have enjoyed every single kids film I have ever seen - the message is timesless ...
OJPOPS THE CAT oS on the keuboard, time for her meal ..
Cheers
Lilla
Comment by Hellvis
Earache Hotel
I think kids movies, or ANY movies really, are a good opportunity for real artists of that era to get some work these days. Movies need atmosphere, even kids movies, but so many of today's artists wouldn't know atmosphere if they had a barometer shoved up their ass.
Luckily, Tom's got so much atmosphere that the temperature drops every time he walks into a room.
P.S. Loved your cat's contribution. I want to move out so I can get a cat to write for me.