#390223 - 07/21/05 12:49 PM
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Lee Knight
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Tom Waits.
God I love Tom Waits. I never picked up the CD's after the big vinyl exodus. Rains Dogs, Swordfishtrombone, Frank's Wild Years. You guys hear me?
Well, I picked up TOM WAITS BEAUTIFUL MALADIES The Island Years. 23 mind bending, soul wrenching, Bukowski meets My Favorite Martian songs. God I'm in heaven.
Well she said she'd stick around
Until the bandages came off
But these mama boys
Just don't know when to quit
And Matilda asks the sailors
Are those dreams or are they prayers
So just close you eyes, son
And this won't hurt a bit
And it's time time time
And it's time time time
And it's time time time
that you love
And it's time time time
I don't know what that means but when he sings it... 
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#390225 - 07/21/05 02:27 PM
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Jean Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg
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i love that one lee, from rain dogs (an almost universally underrated record imnsho).
back when i was just out of high school, i used to drop acid and listen to rain dogs over and over.
haven't totally recovered 
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#390226 - 07/22/05 09:00 AM
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Lee Knight
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Originally posted by Funk Jazz: i love that one lee, from rain dogs (an almost universally underrated record imnsho).
back when i was just out of high school, i used to drop acid and listen to rain dogs over and over.
haven't totally recovered
Hang on St. Christopher, with a barrel house dog
Kick me up Mt. Baldy, throw me out in the fog
Tear a hole through the jack pot, drive a stake through his heart
Do a 100 on the Grapevine, do a jump on the start
Hang on St. Christopher, now don't let me go
Get me to Reno, and bring it in low, yeah
Yes, dropping acid while listening to some crazy guy sing about doing 100 over the grapevine sounds fun...
...it was Black Label beer or cheaper for me then.
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#390227 - 07/22/05 09:14 AM
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Is there bass in the caR-R-R-R-R?
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Don't miss "Mule Variations" One of my favorite cuts on that CD is Chocolate Jesus, complete with roosters crowing throughout. Tom does have a way of making you re-evaluate how music is recorded...
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#390228 - 07/22/05 09:36 AM
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Lee Knight
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Originally posted by Is there bass in the caR-R-R-R-R?:
Tom does have a way of making you re-evaluate how music is recorded...
(Did I just use the words "huge" and "woody" in the same sentence?)
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#390230 - 07/22/05 03:56 PM
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Is there bass in the caR-R-R-R-R?
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With all this "new" stuff coming out by hot new bands like the White Stripes, The Strokes and The Black Keys, it's nice that somebody has taken the time to give a nod to the Godfather of lo-fi.
At first listen, I thought Tom Wait's records were just very poorly recorded... Then it dawned on me. The recordings were perfect, he just used different textures to achieve EXACTLY the sound he was going for.
I can hardly wait to hear Lee's hardware store/used auto parts inspired recordings. It might give me a huge woody... lol
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I didn't know he lost his first wife to his best friend, like the song said. The lyrics hit way too close to home.
