Any Tom Waits fans?
 

I've been getting into him recently....

I tried him out back in the day but I listened to his newer stuff and didn't appreciate it. I'm starting with his first few albums and working my way up to his more experimental stuff.

Re: Any Tom Waits fans?
 

Not really a fan, but I have the CD Blood Money on my PC.

Re: Any Tom Waits fans?
 

I appreciate him, and listen to him occasionally, but I find him tough to listen to if I'm not in that "Tom Waits" mood.

Re: Any Tom Waits fans?
 

I feel kind of similar to the Prof. There times for Waits and there times not for Waits. I suppose that goes for a lot of music, but especially for him because his music can be sometimes difficult to listen to.

Re: Any Tom Waits fans?
 

I find his early works much easier listening, it's mellow jazzy music. I've been spining Closing Time (1973) and The Heart of Saturday Night (1974) for the past two nights. I think from Swordfishtrombones-onward he began to take his music into a more avant-garde direction. His first few albums were on the Asylum label, I think when he jumped over to the Island label he began to produce his own music, hence the freedom to experiment.

He sure has a heck of a voice on his early albums, before he drowned it in whiskey and cigarettes. I found this video of him on Letterman...and whether you like his voice or not (or are in the Tom Waits mood :p ), you have to give him some appreciation for his stage performance:



Quite the contrast from this: