Tom Waits - Real Gone

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Tom Waits - Real Gone

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There are very few musical endeavors I can easily devote my undivided attention to. I'm an MTV child, raised in the ADD age, and even though I consider myself an album person, and I prefer the album format to a collection of singles, I can't just sit and listen. I usually need to be driving, or playing Snood, or something.

Tom Waits' new album demanded my full attention, and got it without complaint. It's a mindblower, kids. It's like Modest Mouse meets Dr. John on acid. A lot of it is very Voodoo-y, and it's a sandy medicine, to be sure, but there's some fascinating material there. Les Claypool offers bass on three tracks, including "Shake It," one of the highlights, and bizarre soundscapes the are as likely to feature mechanical noises and human grunts and screams as they are to use real instruments are the mode.

Also notable: "Don't Go into That Barn" is crazy and creepy. And "Circus" is a spoken-word story that represents what we should all strive for... if we're fiction writers, that is.

What a crazy album. Any other opinions?
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Generic wrote:There are very few musical endeavors I can easily devote my undivided attention to. I'm an MTV child, raised in the ADD age,
that's where i got bored and stopped reading this.
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fodroy wrote:
Generic wrote:There are very few musical endeavors I can easily devote my undivided attention to. I'm an MTV child, raised in the ADD age,
that's where i got bored and stopped reading this.
That gets an unreserved 'ha ha ha'
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Post by Phil. Redmon. »

Hoist That Rag is a jam.
Don't Go Into That Barn is a jam, especially the end.
Sins of My Father is a jam.
How's it Gonna End is a jam.

No piano. A jam.

Good record.


Also: Blah blah blah meets blah blah blah on acid is cliche, and not a jam.
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Generic wrote:.......It's like Modest Mouse meets Dr. John on acid.
"on acid"? do you even know what it's like to be "on acid"?

i doubt it.
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Hey, never underestimate the powers of a good liberal arts college. :wink:

No seriosuly, I'm clean. It's a figure of speech, mang. I like the album a lot, needless to say.
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I like yer avitar a lot. I just keep starring at it and laughing like Bevis.

n topic: i am really looking forward to buying this album later this week.
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I like my avatar a lot too. I keep staring at it and picturing paryformojo laughing like Beavis. Which makes it even funnier.
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Generic wrote:I like my avatar a lot too. I keep staring at it and picturing paryformojo laughing like Beavis. Which makes it even funnier.
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Just got it last night and really love it. I'd heard a few people say it was a bit of an experimental departure for Waits, what with the scratchin' and all, but I really don't hear that. I hear a very solid Tom Waits album that incorperates new musical elements to expand the Waits sound. SO far there is not a song that I don't like. I'll have to give it several more listenings, but for right now this is right up there with Air's "Talkie Walkie" and Modest Mouses' "Good News..." as a pfm album of the year contender.
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Well, it is a departure. There is no piano. But yeah, as far as I was concerned, nothing this year came close to Modest Mouse till this album came out. :)
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Generic wrote: as far as I was concerned, nothing this year came close to Modest Mouse till this album came out. :)
you should hear the new badly drawn boy. that one wins my vote for best album of the year.
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Post by Gazelles »

You know, I heard some of the new Badly Drawn Boy album and wasn't that impressed? But I'm hearing a lot of very good things about it, so I think I should give it another chance. Any recommendations for songs I should download from it?
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"four leaf clover", "this is that new song", "another devil dies", "holy grail", "summertime in wintertime"

those are the ones that stand out the most to me. well, besides the obvious choice of the single, "year of the rat" which i think you can get on his website i believe.
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Post by Gazelles »

Thank you dan :-).
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