Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and EncountersChicago Review Press, 1 серп. 2011 р. - 480 стор. Tom Waits, even with his barnyard growl and urban hipster yawp, may just be what the Daily Telegraph calls him: &“the greatest entertainer on Planet Earth.&” Over a span of almost four decades, he has transformed his music and persona not to suit the times but his whims. But along with Bob Dylan, he stands as one of the last elder statesmen still capable of putting out music that matters. Journalists intent upon cracking the code are more likely to come out of a Waits interview with anecdotes about the weather, insects, or medieval medicine. He is, in essence, the teacher we wished we had, dispensing insights such as: &“Vocabulary is my main instrument;&” &“We all like music, but what we really want is for music to like us;&” &“Anything you absorb you will ultimately secrete;&” &“Growth is scary, because you're a seed and you're in the dark and you don't know which way is up, and down might take you down further into a darker place . . .;&” and &“There is no such thing as nonfiction. . . . People who really know what happened aren't talking. And the people who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up.&” Tom Waits on Tom Waits is a selection of over fifty interviews from the more than five hundred available. Here Waits delivers prose as crafted, poetic, potent, and haunting as the lyrics of his best songs. |
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... perform for free.] Tom Waits: Right before Bob La Beau took over and I was coming down and hootin'. I started with Bobby Dylan songs. Was singing a lot like that, but I wasn't writing anything. I was trying to learn some more tunes ...
... performing I try to do my best. I am by no means a pianist, but I can pull it off. THE FIRST ALBUM: Closing Time LC: Now, what do you think about the whole deal of making an album and all that stuff? How did it work out? TW: I'd been ...
... performing at a Monday night hoot at L.A.'s Troubadour. He would take the 6 o'clock bus from San Diego, make a couple of transfers and try and get a good spot in line. Once onstage he'd only have an opportunity to do three or four songs ...
... performing for people who just think you're the greatest thing since sliced bread before you open your mouth. I enjoyed the challenge and the travel so it was real good. [Starts playing “On a Foggy Night”] This is the soundtrack 20 TOM ...
... perform so I enjoy it very much. I think they complemented the songs rather than put a Band-Aid on them like a lot of groups do to people's songs. I'm proud of it. HL: At the San Diego Folk Festival you did “Ghosts of Saturday Night ...
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January 23 1979Tom Waits for No One | 107 |
Heartattack and Vine 1980 | 113 |
Swordfishtrombones 1983 | 129 |
Rain Dogs 1985 | 151 |
Late 1985Rain Dogs Tourbook | 164 |
Franks Wild Years 1987 | 181 |