shai Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Phish always struck me as a really talented band with a horrible fan base. I still love the Dead. I'm not a big fan of the newer stuff so much as the Pigpen days....they had a good thing going then. I still feel lucky to have seen them live, but in a way I think it would have been better if they had hung it up after Pigpen died. You can't fuck with Neil Young. And, Tom Waits is okay in certain situations in small doses. Otherwise, I start talking like him and that's kind of scary. But, he's true to his game, much like Neil Young. He just can't rock as hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Jump Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 his lyrics are on point. agreed he is an 'acquired taste' but when you get it its good. im looking forward to the November release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of Hell Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 here's to the bachelors and the bowery bums and those who feel that they're the ones who are better off without a wife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of Hell Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 For all the gypsy hacks and the insomniacs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Well we stick our fingers in the ground Heave and turn the world around Smoke is blacking out the sun At night I pray and clean my gun The cracked bell rings as the ghost bird sings The gods go begging here So just open fire when you hit the shore All is fair in love and war Hoist that rag Man, drawing comparisions is pointless. If anything, I'd compare Waits to Ron Perlman, those two look and talk alike. Plus, this guy does hardly any promotional shit and doesn't do any commercials (Dylan doing i-Pod). DIY ethic, etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 never heard of him.. is he Hyphy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of Hell Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Kentuck Avenue. This song encompasses what its like when you're a kid and your mind races for things to do in your boring old town, and the wierd friends you have, and the things that make you go "wow".... "eddie graces buick got 4 bullet holes in the side charlie delisle sittin at the top of an avocado tree mrs stormll stab you with a steak knife if you step on her lawn i got a half pack of lucky strikes man come along with me lets fill our pockets with macadamia nuts then go over to bobby goodmansons and jump off the roof hilda plays strip poker and her mamas across the street joey navinski says she put her tongue in his mouth dicky faulkners got a switchblade and some gooseneck risers that eucalyptus is a hunchback theres a wind up from the south let me tie you up with kite string and i'll show you the scabs on my knee watch out for the broken glass, put your shoes and socks on and come along with me lets follow that fire track i think your house is burnin down the go down to the hobo jungle and kill some rattle snakes with a trowel we'll break all the windows in the old anderson place and steal a bunch of boysenberrys and smear em on our face i'll get a dollar from my mamas purse and buy that skull and crossbones ring and you can wear it around your neck on an old piece of string then we'll spit on ronnie arnold and flip him the bird and slash the tires on the school bus now don't say a word i'll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm and i'll show you how to sneak up on the roof of the drugstore take the spokes from your wheelchair and a magpies wings and tie em to your shoulders and your feet i'll steal a hacksaw from my dad and cut the braces off your legs and we'll bury them tonight in the cornfield put a church keey in your pocket we'll hop that freight train in the hall and we'll slide down the drain all the way to new orleans in the fall" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Jump Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 and virginia avenue embodies being stuck in a rut in your twenties... Virginia Avenue Well, I'm walking on down Virginia Avenue Trying to find somebody to tell my troubles to. Harold's club is closing, and everybody's going on home: What's a poor boy to do? I'll just get on back into my short, make it back to the fort Sleep off all the crazy lizards inside of my brain. There's got to be some place that's better than this This life I'm leading's driving me insane And let me tell you I'm dreaming... Let me tell you that I'm dreaming to the twilight, this town has got me down. I've seen all the highlights, I've been walking all around I won't make a fuss, I'll take a Greyhound bus, carry me away from here: Tell me, what have I got to lose? 'Cause I'm walking on down Columbus Avenue The bars are all closing, 'cause it's quarter to two Every town I go to is like a lock without a key Those I leave behind are catching up on me, Let me tell you they're catching up on me, they're catching up on me Catching up on me, catching up on me, catching up on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of Hell Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Awesome! Im not the only fanatic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponics123 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 personally i can only listen to Tom Waits when im driving at night or sitting in a dark room too drunk for my own good. plus his scene from coffee and cigarettes with iggy pop is one of my favorites from that movie. as for neil young, he more straight up rock and roll, some say the godfather of punk, i dont see how you can compare him with waits. also he was in a band with rick james. Mynah Birds i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Jump Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Awesome! Im not the only fanatic! truth, but arguing waits with haters makes me feel like a preacher waiving a gun around. so i lay low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of Hell Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Dude, you have no idea. There is so much misguided judgement based off of false rumors and shitty attitudes that I rarely get involved with threads that strike any chord with things a might actually like. Its just easier for me to make threads about Grizzled dudes and ska bands that i saw a video from than to have a conversation about anything intelligent in the fucking place. But I keep coming back because I need a place to type "co-signed" once in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I don't think I've heard a single Tom Waits song in my life. Anyone have an upload? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpo Marx Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 err, sorry to hop on the hell train but Tom Waits is fucking fantastic. After decades of making music, he never submitted to money offers, refused to do advertising, and stayed with what sounded good to him. Love him or hate him, he's got something different going on with the way he puts his music together, and because of that, it stands the chance of people either getting psyched about it, or calling it garbage. I think he's doing something worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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