Tom Waits - "Hold On"

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  • "Hold On" by ‪@tomwaits‬ from the album 'Mule Variations,' 1999
    Directed by Matt Mahurin
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Комментарии • 2,7 тыс.

  • @carolzuvich1235
    @carolzuvich1235 4 года назад +3435

    Tom. You saved my life 7 and a half years ago. My oldest daughter died and for 6 months I listened to you. It helped more than I can ever say. Thank you!

    • @malcolmbillington2864
      @malcolmbillington2864 4 года назад +79

      sorry for your loss

    • @carolzuvich1235
      @carolzuvich1235 4 года назад +38

      @@malcolmbillington2864 thank you

    • @downhillphilm.6682
      @downhillphilm.6682 4 года назад +78

      your comment brought tears to my eyes.....stay strong!

    • @mario7frankielee
      @mario7frankielee 4 года назад +53

      dear carol
      music has that magic to heal lovesickness and stuff but what’s that compared to your loss
      i pray for you to be showered with love and fortune🍀🍀🍀

    • @carolzuvich1235
      @carolzuvich1235 4 года назад +28

      @@mario7frankielee thank you for your kind words

  • @vincentbasquiat2501
    @vincentbasquiat2501 6 месяцев назад +139

    History will remember Mr. Waits as one of the greatest American artists of the twentieth century.Every life should have a little Tom Waits in it.

    • @KaeBraley
      @KaeBraley 6 месяцев назад +2

      No truer words...

    • @riccardouccheddu7824
      @riccardouccheddu7824 5 месяцев назад

      ⁹9​@@KaeBraley

    • @aprilcraddock169
      @aprilcraddock169 5 месяцев назад +1

      Definitely deserves "Mark Twain" better than the next receiptant.( can't think of the short black comedians name)

    • @bigfoot-id8bv
      @bigfoot-id8bv Месяц назад

      Tom waits and Ry Cooder neither have gotten their due but I doubt they care much.

    • @52barney
      @52barney Месяц назад +2

      you obviously don't know his wife Kathleen Brennan , Tom is one-half of one of the greatest Artistic / Creative duos of all time

  • @BrandXSports
    @BrandXSports 3 года назад +1492

    I have fought off foreclosure five times. I found out my wife was having an affair a week after having my heart attack. I got fat, bald and my knees went bad. I have been on the brink of bankruptcy more times than I can count. Felt like a failure as a husband, a father, a friend and a man. Now I am back on my feet, had one of the best Christmases of my life and will be a Grandfather in March. Tom is right. You just got to hold on. It's hard but you can do it.

    • @shirleyforrest6897
      @shirleyforrest6897 3 года назад +24

      Theres something to be said for longevity!! so glad you held on.things always change.xxx

    • @judydove1602
      @judydove1602 3 года назад +11

      good for you!!!!

    • @thezachlambert
      @thezachlambert 3 года назад +12

      Hell yeah Mike. Keep it up.

    • @guitarguru.3572
      @guitarguru.3572 3 года назад +31

      I’ve been through about everything you mentioned. Throw in a severe addiction to multiple substances. I’m really glad that you found your way through it. As hard as it is, I found it helped to embrace the bad with the good. You can’t find a better way to help you to appreciate the good when it arrives. Those times when I was alone were actually something I needed, in retrospect. Beforehand, I was arrogant, reckless, and downright ungrateful. I sincerely hope that every day for you gets better than the day before.

    • @andylarson7912
      @andylarson7912 3 года назад +13

      Dang man I love your comment. Glad you have found a way to heal. Hope you get my message! Thanks for sharing

  • @ashleyblomquist6466
    @ashleyblomquist6466 3 года назад +78

    My bonus dad shared this song a year plus ago, it will forever make me think of him. He is currently battling cancer, diagnosed 3 months ago roughly. Please pray for him.

    • @lorenzobacalzo6058
      @lorenzobacalzo6058 3 года назад +2

      My Prayers are with you and your dad. Be strong and Hold On. 🙏

    • @KurtisC93
      @KurtisC93 5 месяцев назад +3

      Any updates since then?

    • @aaronheatherly
      @aaronheatherly 5 месяцев назад +3

      Prayers for you and yours whatever the situation..member to hold on... God bless.

  • @SafetyMentalst
    @SafetyMentalst 2 месяца назад +26

    Hold on to your childish imagination
    Always find humor in every situation
    Never let others be your frustration
    An keep a smile in every conversation
    Stay young no matter your generation

  • @Lindy059
    @Lindy059 3 года назад +136

    My husband Jim was in the hospital almost 2 months fighting Covid. Tom Waits accompanied me on my hour long car drives to see him every day. Praying to God I would not lose him, Tom helped me to hold on and gave me hope. I am forever grateful to this talented artist that helped give me the strength to keep going. ❤

    • @hopehollowayrozier4651
      @hopehollowayrozier4651 3 года назад +10

      God bless you , bless Tom Waits, and your husband. You didn't say , but I sure hope you still have him.

    • @manualramirez2973
      @manualramirez2973 2 года назад +7

      Hoping that you and your family are doing better at this time

    • @lindanorris2455
      @lindanorris2455 2 года назад +2

      LOVE TOM. BEST WISHES TO YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND!

    • @Sunbirden1
      @Sunbirden1 Год назад

      Bless you

    • @letsrock12345
      @letsrock12345 Год назад

      Hope you and Jim are well.

  • @albertmillus9637
    @albertmillus9637 5 месяцев назад +39

    I’ve listened to Waits for decades, but somehow managed to miss this song until now. I recently lost my wife of forty years, and my main purpose in life is to care for our autistic son. I truly need to hold on.

    • @joeb2487
      @joeb2487 5 месяцев назад +2

      I'm so sorry for your loss. Stay strong ❤

    • @OscarOrquera
      @OscarOrquera 4 месяца назад +1

      No aguantes, vivelo todo lo que puedas..

    • @I.G.S.A.N.A.G.M
      @I.G.S.A.N.A.G.M 3 месяца назад

      I pray that God give you strength through your pain and suffering. As the pain may not be easier today. I can promise if you hold on for God. 1 day for the pain to get better is a promise. In Jesus name. Amen.

    • @olly8
      @olly8 3 месяца назад +3

      Sorry for your loss. The 14th of June will be 51yrs since I lost my husband and 'Hold on' was all I knew of what to do about it. People told me to let go...move on, but that's impossible- I tried. So I hold on til it's my time...my turn to die. Some people you don't let go of. You carry them inside all your life.💔❤️‍🩹❤️‍🔥💯

    • @bradleypence5715
      @bradleypence5715 2 месяца назад +1

      Maybe you heard it at just the right time. ❤

  • @jmgfx4161
    @jmgfx4161 3 года назад +341

    This was the first song I heard when I left my abusive wife 2 years ago. My boys and I moved in with my mom and dad and we lost dad last year. Regretfully, this was the first song I heard from Tom Waits and I cried like a baby when he said "come on, Jim" because it felt like he was speaking right to me. Things are only getting better as time rolls on. And all you have to do is hold on.

    • @iherzmusic
      @iherzmusic 3 года назад +12

      Glad you were able to get out of that situation. Keep holding on!

    • @deejaykay1975
      @deejaykay1975 3 года назад +5

      Never let go...

    • @zachariahjones1310
      @zachariahjones1310 2 года назад +9

      I lost my love after 22 years a couple days ago and it is hard

    • @jmgfx4161
      @jmgfx4161 2 года назад +5

      @@zachariahjones1310 I'm sorry.

    • @lenhudson8194
      @lenhudson8194 2 года назад +1

      But your name is cellar.

  • @ReverendGreenArt
    @ReverendGreenArt 2 года назад +13

    I remember riding with my Dad in his 1995 Del Sol with the top down while listening to Tom Waits - I was only 8 years old and we were both hungry for food, and Dad was also hungry for new cigars. It was always a Saturday, the day he had off from work back then, and we would find our way to Chick-fil-A, one of the newer fast food chains in our area that happened to nestle itself in a corner across the parking lot of Boda Pipes, a local cigar store. He would load Bone Machine into his CD player before we left and he would always make sure that our car rides together finished the entire CD, which was just short of an hour of drive time.
    My Dad loved listening to albums front to back, all the time. Never a song wasted. And now that I know how long it took to get to Chick-fil-A, Boda Pipes, and then back home, it was far short of the 53 minute runtime of that Tom Waits album. Tom Waits meant so much to him at that time that we absolutely had to share the drive and songs together until they were done. And boy oh boy did it wear off on me.

  • @mjsayegh
    @mjsayegh 11 месяцев назад +58

    This song was playing when my childs heart stopped during labour, and we did Hold On....and it started beating again. True story.

  • @cecilbrabid
    @cecilbrabid 2 месяца назад +14

    All these years and I still find Tom saving me again and again. Whether it's after a bad breakup or my search for God and complete and utter surrender to that Force, Tom is always there. Thank you. ❣️❤️

  • @thefunnier716
    @thefunnier716 4 года назад +35

    This song creates a memory that doesnt exist

  • @sulaimannh
    @sulaimannh 7 лет назад +528

    It's my 20th birthday and I'm just listening to the person who helped me stay strong through my hardest times. I love Tom Waits so much 😭❤️

    • @mikeymc3094
      @mikeymc3094 5 лет назад +19

      SJ it’s 4 Oct,2019 today it was my 60 b,day yesterday. I just listen to him cos he’s great no other reason. Hope ur doin ok these days mate

    • @larrylinn8589
      @larrylinn8589 4 года назад +17

      @@mikeymc3094 I an 70 years old, and Tom's songs are tattooed into my brain.

    • @miracdemir3002
      @miracdemir3002 4 года назад +2

      İyi misin sülüman nasıl oldun

    • @jimmymoosic
      @jimmymoosic 4 года назад +9

      I’m 70. He is a national treasure. Loved him long time now.

    • @cletusyesk
      @cletusyesk 4 года назад +9

      The hardest times have yet to come.

  • @silvaraspel7183
    @silvaraspel7183 10 месяцев назад +50

    Tom Waits is the reason I am still here. I only had 2 albums in 1998, one Richie Sambora, one Tom Waits. Both cost half monthly income. I had no equipment to listen to these as I was homeless. Went to joint in old town, put the CD on and asked permission to wash my hair in that huge metal sink at the back. Then did the dishes for beer and some food. Survived the harsh winters.

    • @alexhannah6343
      @alexhannah6343 Месяц назад

      You're a better man than most hope your doing better now

  • @gorodneypace
    @gorodneypace 3 года назад +25

    Good for you! I have had bankruptcy once and three years ago my wife of 20 years left me at about the same time I was diagnosed with cancer of the mouth, which resulted in losing most of my lower jaw. Since then I have had a lung embolism, a collapsed lung, blood poisoning, and once my heart stopped beating for about two minutes. But somehow, something inside me said to Hold On. So now I am still here and maybe healthier than I have been in 20+ years. Great song.

  • @Dade333311
    @Dade333311 7 лет назад +345

    Tom Waits writes lyrics that invite his listeners to create with him. They sketch out the framework and our experiences fill in the details. Masterful.

    • @cathydwiggins7922
      @cathydwiggins7922 4 года назад +6

      Yep...Tom Waits tops my list and Dylan brings in second-place prize.

    • @Frederas11811
      @Frederas11811 3 года назад +5

      @@cathydwiggins7922 Tom writes an entire movie in most of his songs.

    • @jimingram2702
      @jimingram2702 3 года назад +5

      The framework analogy is good. TW is definitely a carpenter of songs.

    • @mikewalsh7318
      @mikewalsh7318 3 года назад +6

      Well put, like reading a book. He speaks to ypur mind's eye.

    • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
      @Frosty_tha_Snowman 2 года назад

      Very well said.

  • @ThatFifaGamer
    @ThatFifaGamer Год назад +58

    One of the greatest songs ever written.

    • @P03Z
      @P03Z Год назад

      You must be high as fuck. This shit sucks

    • @birgitgrabenkamp
      @birgitgrabenkamp 9 месяцев назад +1

      Hold on...is the one you can do... it's the reason for all living beings around the world 🌎🫶

  • @waggsish
    @waggsish 2 года назад +123

    Lyrics
    They hung a sign up in our town
    "If you live it up, you won't live it down"
    So she left Monte Rio, son
    Just like a bullet leaves a gun
    With her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
    She went and took that California trip
    Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind
    Said, "don't look back, just come on, Jim"
    Oh, you got to hold on, hold on
    You gotta hold on
    Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
    Well, he gave her a dimestore watch
    And a ring made from a spoon
    Everyone's looking for someone to blame
    When you share my bed, you share my name
    Well, go ahead and call the cops
    You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
    She said, "baby, I still love you"
    Sometimes there's nothin' left to do
    Oh, but you got to hold on, hold on
    Babe, you gotta hold on and take my hand
    I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
    Well, God bless your crooked little heart
    St. Louis got the best of me
    I miss your broken China voice
    How I wish you were still here with me
    Oh, you build it up, you wreck it down
    Then you burn your mansion to the ground
    Oh, there's nothing left to keep you here
    But when you're falling behind in this big blue world
    Oh, you've got to hold on, hold on
    Babe, you gotta hold on
    Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
    Down by the Riverside motel
    It's ten below and falling
    By a ninety-nine cent store
    She closed her eyes and started swaying
    But it's so hard to dance that way
    When it's cold and there's no music
    Oh, your old hometown's so far away
    But inside your head there's a record that's playing
    A song called "Hold On", hold on
    Babe, you gotta hold on
    Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on
    You gotta hold on, hold on
    Babe, you gotta hold on
    Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on
    You gotta hold on, hold on
    Babe, you gotta hold on
    And take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
    You gotta hold on, hold on
    Babe, you gotta hold on
    And take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
    You gotta hold on
    You gotta hold on
    You gotta hold on
    You gotta hold on
    You gotta hold on, baby
    You gotta hold on, girl
    You gotta hold on
    You gotta hold on

    • @neilprovis3271
      @neilprovis3271 2 года назад +2

      thanks it took so long to find the words Regards N P Australia

    • @dorseyblack9833
      @dorseyblack9833 2 года назад +3

      Thank you for the lyrics.

    • @neilprovis3271
      @neilprovis3271 Год назад +1

      BEAUTIFUL

    • @badermunir5944
      @badermunir5944 10 месяцев назад +1

      So kind of you & thank you for writing the lyrics of this powerful song . No doubt it gives me a hope & a gentle ray of light as I'm alive for my children. My children are the reason.

    • @laurathomas6133
      @laurathomas6133 8 месяцев назад +1

      Appreciate your time in doing this❤

  • @repetemyname842
    @repetemyname842 3 года назад +65

    This man doesnt write songs, he writes stories. Stories from the heart and from the soul, more real than anything you will ever hear on the radio. I hope you live to be 100, Tom, and keep the music flowing.

  • @joycepugh331
    @joycepugh331 4 года назад +48

    Waits is an American treasure. I came to his music late, but I believe only those of us with a few years under our belts can appreciate him.

    • @tomwaits264
      @tomwaits264 3 года назад +3

      Thanks for your sincere compliment and love, I’m not complete without you as my Fan 🌹🎻 I have you to be most thankful for 🎻🎻🌹

    • @jamesgibson5876
      @jamesgibson5876 Год назад +2

      I've been listening since my 20s and now am 60 .. it's the same appreciation ..I just have more understanding lol and can relate in a different way .. or .. you are probly correct ...

    • @babzee7111
      @babzee7111 Год назад +1

      @joycepugh331 The comment right after yours is from a 20 year old - I glean from his brief comment his appreciation of Tom Waits would rival yours. ❤️

    • @stillnotwoke
      @stillnotwoke Год назад +1

      ​@@tomwaits264 So fake... 😂

    • @brohamerer1604
      @brohamerer1604 Год назад +1

      Been listening to Tom Waits since I was 17 and I'm 25 now. I always dislike when older people think younger people can't like, enjoy, or understand something. Tom Waits is one of if not my favorite musician ever and he has brought me through many rough moments in my life

  • @gotmytingsfam
    @gotmytingsfam 8 лет назад +792

    I actually hesitated before listening to this, because I knew exactly how it would make me feel.
    Yet here I am.

    • @jacoblong3510
      @jacoblong3510 8 лет назад +21

      +Brick Brassbone
      As in the battle with most of enjoying Tom Waits ha

    • @harveylee51
      @harveylee51 7 лет назад +10

      isn't that a given with TOM WAITS!! ? I knew ahead of time too achingly so and also here I am!! enjoy BRUV!!

    • @calamitousjane8807
      @calamitousjane8807 7 лет назад +4

      Brick Brassbone teagan and Sara, wake up exhausted...

    • @123thof
      @123thof 7 лет назад +5

      Excellent comment

    • @michaeljohn3936
      @michaeljohn3936 7 лет назад +3

      Your profile pic just gave me a huge rush of memories as a child that I havnt seen in years, alongside nostalgia

  • @odintillgren3212
    @odintillgren3212 8 лет назад +3093

    How does a man who sounds like he smokes tires and drinks gasoline make such beautiful songs?

    • @Indyls
      @Indyls 8 лет назад +30

      +Odin Tillgren Oh man, I was just thinking something very like that. Truth!

    • @lillyandruben
      @lillyandruben 8 лет назад +106

      That is a brilliant line "he smokes tyres and drinks gasoline

    • @roberth4688
      @roberth4688 8 лет назад +125

      Him and Leonard Cohen make that "I gargle shards of glass and bleach" voice work amazingly well.

    • @Treeman1177
      @Treeman1177 8 лет назад +47

      great writer makes all the deference

    • @goth1945
      @goth1945 8 лет назад +53

      lol and let's not forget bob dylan, joe cocker...it's the man behind da voice, every time. He gives me goosebumps. Every time

  • @aeezee9
    @aeezee9 3 месяца назад +8

    I was so happy when Beth Greene from TWD [The Walking Dead] (my fav character😊) sang this for her whole group when they were preparing for the war in Season 3, it was so nostalgic. Missing the old TWD when it was that deep and the characters were the original🥺🥹💓✨🌌

  • @tristanmike
    @tristanmike Год назад +10

    I like to think that there is the multiverse where I live a better life than I live here. I also imagine that Tom Waits is the exact same in every single possible universe. He is the Universal Constant.

  • @shellyreinhart2183
    @shellyreinhart2183 Год назад +32

    "When It's cold and there's no music...But inside your head there's a record that's playing" Always a Tune.....

    • @davenicholas1868
      @davenicholas1868 Год назад +1

      Awesome 👏
      He have a soulful voice!
      This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Tom?

    • @TomWaits-qx6ki
      @TomWaits-qx6ki Год назад +2

      Thanks for your consistent love and support towards me on my page I really appreciate you and can’t thank you enough. Write me with the address above so we can have more positive conversations about my music and life in general

    • @mastersamurai7683
      @mastersamurai7683 7 месяцев назад +1

      When your really down and out that song doesn't play...makes you reimagine the definition of weath

  • @jeffstevens4262
    @jeffstevens4262 10 лет назад +393

    Anyone whose just discovered the amazing genius of Tom Waits shoud check out what he's been doing over the last 30 years or so and be captivated, Go ahead, I almost envy you...

    • @contrafax
      @contrafax 5 лет назад +11

      Exactly so, I love discovering, "new" music. I am loving Tom Waits... Damn he is good.

    • @rafaelwillems3244
      @rafaelwillems3244 5 лет назад +3

      curse of the pioneers

    • @jmgfx4161
      @jmgfx4161 5 лет назад +6

      No need to be envious of me, I envy you. You knew something before I did and I'm looking forward to listening to more.

    • @joshwilliams7118
      @joshwilliams7118 5 лет назад +1

      Where to start? He’s wrote a lot

    • @splitpitch
      @splitpitch 5 лет назад +3

      @@joshwilliams7118 rain dogs

  • @tadgerdavidson5377
    @tadgerdavidson5377 Год назад +22

    You get the feeling Tom writes these songs with no idea how much they mean to people....he doesnt know us but they hit the heart

    • @norfoninsongunderson236
      @norfoninsongunderson236 Год назад +1

      Tom knows us. Just close your eyes next time you listen to any of his albums.

    • @andreyalkhovik9818
      @andreyalkhovik9818 9 месяцев назад

      Я убежден, что настоящим поэтам текст диктует сам Господь Бог. И они поют непосредственно Тебе . братишки и Сестренки дождитесь рассвета . дальше все будет лучше. Берегите себя и ближних.

  • @markochota6266
    @markochota6266 7 месяцев назад +9

    Festhalten nur darauf kommt es an. Wahre Liebe.

  • @jmgfx4161
    @jmgfx4161 5 лет назад +47

    My God, that was absolutely beautiful.

  • @ianjones7718
    @ianjones7718 4 года назад +24

    I am 70 now after listening to tom for years each song comes out fresh to my ears with my own interpretation pertaining to my life

  • @SusanEaden
    @SusanEaden 4 месяца назад +3

    1st time I've heard him. I think he's definitely got talent writing music. His voice is unique.

  • @noobyproducions4092
    @noobyproducions4092 2 года назад +10

    The hidden treasures of music. Absolute masterpiece.

  • @spraudoggy
    @spraudoggy 3 года назад +6

    Honored you took the time to reply with such kind words. Thank you.

  • @joanarturoacevedo44
    @joanarturoacevedo44 2 года назад +20

    The fact he can still produce such amazing songs in his old age is beautiful.
    Other musicians ain't touching him.

    • @lucylillypad1512
      @lucylillypad1512 2 года назад +2

      Our Tom is not OLD! He's better with age! Like a fine, fine wine!! Hope he lives for another 50 years!

    • @Pluralofvinylisvinyls
      @Pluralofvinylisvinyls 6 месяцев назад

      This song is like 25 years old

  • @느티나무-u3f
    @느티나무-u3f Месяц назад +1

    본인만의 특유한 감성과 매우 독특한 구성. 저 시대에 저런 것을 떠올리다니 ... 거장임에 분명하다. 감사합니다.

  • @osmosis1st
    @osmosis1st 4 года назад +8

    A broken heart isn't dead! It's just broken!!

  • @Christine-titan
    @Christine-titan 3 года назад +33

    This song got me through 2020 and all of its anguish and all of the passings of friends and family of late. Art is lifesaving.

    • @davenicholas1868
      @davenicholas1868 Год назад

      You can say that again…
      He have a soulful voice!
      This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Tom?

    • @TomWaits-qx6ki
      @TomWaits-qx6ki Год назад

      Thanks for your consistent love and support towards me on my page I really appreciate you and can’t thank you enough. Write me with the address above so we can have more positive conversations about my music

  • @faymfaym3137
    @faymfaym3137 Год назад +8

    My first husband (now dead) turned me on to Tom. His name was Jim. Our relationship wasn’t headed where I was hoping - so after 6 yrs of dating I moved to California to pursue my passion. The line about “she went and took that California trip” - and the line about “don’t look back just come on Jim” - have always resonated. We eventually married - and divorced - and he passed passed shortly thereafter - listening to this song is tough. Bittersweet. More bitter than sweet. Makes me wonder if I should have held on longer than I did with his sobriety struggles. Went on to have a family after him. And amazing kids. My dream realized. But he was my soulmate. Tough to listen to Tom. He was my soulmate and without him I’d never have been introduced to Tom. This song is a tough one now though. Very evocative.

    • @CoolDude-of7cd
      @CoolDude-of7cd 4 месяца назад

      was it sucide?

    • @olly8
      @olly8 3 месяца назад

      ​​alcohol...it's silent suicide, whether intentional or a by-product. At least with those I've lost to it. 😔

  • @roxy5588
    @roxy5588 10 месяцев назад +2

    I grew up listening to Tom Waits and man this guy is a genius from songwriting to composition, he is a master at his craft and and a true poet with his lyrics. Hold On is a song that I remember when I was growing up in the 1990s. Its a work of art. My dad is a huge fan of Tom and drew me to his music. I guess I was raised the right way.

    • @ryMorVEX
      @ryMorVEX 10 месяцев назад +1

      Don’t forget about Kathleen Brennan

    • @roxy5588
      @roxy5588 10 месяцев назад

      @@ryMorVEX I am going to be doing a radio Spotlight on Tom Waits and yes his wife Kathleen is a wonderful songwriter.

  • @claricelyles8398
    @claricelyles8398 2 месяца назад +3

    So weird. Im taking a jazz class and we had to find artists who were influenced by Louis Armstrong, so I mentioned this guy. A few days later I was watching "Deserted", a movie with Mischa Barton. At then end of the film this song started playing, I looked it up and it was this song sung by the guy I'd just written about.😊 Coincidences. Been listening for a few days now❤

  • @JeghedderThomas
    @JeghedderThomas 6 лет назад +15

    How can you not love Tom Waits?

  • @TheWoodencrow
    @TheWoodencrow 13 лет назад +16

    As rough as some of his work sounds, it's songs like this, soft broken little ballads sung from the heart that truly show you Tom's range. From crooner to caterwauler, bulldog to bawler, this man isn't great simply because of his unique voice. It's the soul of his lyrics and the pure, raw, honesty of his performances that truly distinguish him as a master of his craft.

  • @patrickhurley7029
    @patrickhurley7029 3 года назад +5

    If you are going through a junk yard of a time in life, I always recommend Tom Waits - man is one of my biggest musical heroes - but also one of my biggest hero's

  • @lullsbaby9321
    @lullsbaby9321 3 года назад +4

    You cant "share" Tom's songs, because your friends wont feel what you feel listening to it. Their own their own journey, which is why they may need to hear it. They wont get what you're going through, but his pain will help them get through their struggles. Which is why he MUST be shared

  • @moragvangeyzel6387
    @moragvangeyzel6387 Год назад +7

    Love it, have it on repeat, repeat, repeat.......

  • @artfan101
    @artfan101 7 лет назад +204

    Meeting Tom Waits is on my bucket list. I would be so happy to just sit and have a cup of coffee with the man.

    • @TipeONegatyve
      @TipeONegatyve 7 лет назад +29

      Heretic You should watch "Coffee & Cigarettes". There's a scene where Tom and Iggy Pop have coffee together.

    • @lieutenantawol1579
      @lieutenantawol1579 7 лет назад +8

      That is a good show, I've seen it a couple times

    • @deepnutella9936
      @deepnutella9936 6 лет назад +9

      It would probably be Irish coffee

    • @chriskirkland1816
      @chriskirkland1816 5 лет назад +1

      I think he died. But I would like to meet him too

    • @SandraLovesSun
      @SandraLovesSun 5 лет назад +5

      @@chriskirkland1816 He is alive.

  • @karmaday8467
    @karmaday8467 3 года назад +31

    I am 24 years old, and I'm upset that before tonight I had no idea Tom Waits was anything but an actor. I'm mad at my momma. Why wasn't I raised right, listening to this man?

    • @evanbaker4780
      @evanbaker4780 3 года назад +4

      24 years old, Neil Young’s “Old Man” from the album Harvest might make a nice mixed drink with this song. Peace to you my friend.

    • @MichaelDoherty1981
      @MichaelDoherty1981 3 года назад +3

      I found him late myself, but every day since has been better

    • @karmaday8467
      @karmaday8467 3 года назад

      @@evanbaker4780 Well I'm not one much for drinking, but tonight is a Kentucky bourbon creme in a coffee kinda night, I think that'll suffice, no?

    • @butimar68
      @butimar68 3 года назад +3

      My son doesn't like Beatles even though I do like them, but he loves Tom Waits. I guess it's about personal taste. But I'm not going to hide that I'm so proud of him liking Waits over Beatles, mommy's boy. :)

    • @namer6914
      @namer6914 3 года назад

      I feel you, and i am 35 🤦🏼‍♂

  • @AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw
    @AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 2 месяца назад +1

    What a talent man.

  • @gs212.
    @gs212. Год назад +7

    Uwielbiam Toma ,że jest prawdziwym facetem i nie udaje innego lepszego .❤

  • @ThefightingCelt
    @ThefightingCelt 3 года назад +8

    In the World of popular music , Tom Waits is right up there with the best . Tremendous wordsmith and performer .

  • @petelaw44
    @petelaw44 8 лет назад +8

    Beautiful song. The words paint pictures, lovely pictures. Thank you Tom Waits...

  • @TmLVideoProductions
    @TmLVideoProductions Месяц назад

    I attend my first Tom Waits concert at the historic Chicago Theater, with my friend Bill and his brother Marty, Saturday night, October 31st 🎃 1987. A magical evening I'll never forget. 🎶🎷 Thank you Tom for the music, memories and your soulful truth.

  • @candg4989
    @candg4989 11 месяцев назад +2

    I never thought I’d get so teary eyed with a guy saying the same thing over and over again, “Hold on, Hold On…”

  • @BrandiEmmons
    @BrandiEmmons 9 месяцев назад +3

    Dear sir I want to thank u for all ur amazing music my husband and I have been thru so much in the past 3 years but ur songs soothe our souls and make us smile thank u so much

  • @rodsreel
    @rodsreel 3 года назад +3

    Never heard such a musician on you tube who has so many profound heart warming comments. Thanks guys and gals it helps, it really helps.

    • @timharper4246
      @timharper4246 2 года назад

      The Jerry Garcia band and the Grateful Dead are this way, as well❤

  • @lucylillypad1512
    @lucylillypad1512 Год назад +3

    We need Tom more than ever now! We all need to Hold On!

  • @calevel
    @calevel 18 дней назад

    One of my top favorite songs ever 🤙

  • @elisabettabubola4927
    @elisabettabubola4927 3 года назад +4

    Tim esita touches my heart all the time . He’s unique. Never old

    • @davenicholas1868
      @davenicholas1868 Год назад

      You can say that again…
      He have a soulful voice!
      This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Tom?

    • @TomWaits-qx6ki
      @TomWaits-qx6ki Год назад

      Thanks for your consistent love and support towards me on my page I really appreciate you and can’t thank you enough. Write me with the address above so we can have more positive conversations about my music

  • @letsrock12345
    @letsrock12345 Год назад +7

    Toms music and lyrics have always felt so nostalgic to me and like the songs were written directly to speak to me.

  • @tdunph4250
    @tdunph4250 Год назад +8

    This song definitely helped me through some bad times. This whole album is quite under-rated truthfully.

  • @johnmorrow51
    @johnmorrow51 Год назад +4

    I've come late to Tom Waits but I Iove his music and his gravely voice. Absolute class music.

  • @cheri238
    @cheri238 2 года назад +5

    What an artist, poet a wind that breezes straight into one's soul. ❤️ Hold On.🌹

    • @davidmurphy5083
      @davidmurphy5083 2 года назад +1

      Hello Anna 👋 how are you ??

    • @TomWaits-qx6ki
      @TomWaits-qx6ki Год назад

      Thanks for your consistent love and support towards me on my page I really appreciate you and can’t thank you enough. Write me with the address above so we can have more positive conversations about my music and life in general

  • @craigwheeler3837
    @craigwheeler3837 7 лет назад +9

    he is a national treasure

  • @katapusok3547
    @katapusok3547 3 года назад +4

    “Charcoal eyes and Monroe hips” - taking that California trip has been my dream for more than a decade. I grew up totally obsessed with the US, and I think about it every day, how great it must be to live in LA, close to the ocean, in a Miami, Fort Lauderdale, New York City, strolling across Martha’s Vineyard, waking up under the West Virgina sun...
    maybe one day

    • @Pluralofvinylisvinyls
      @Pluralofvinylisvinyls 6 месяцев назад

      I grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, it’s a terrible place. Miami too.

  • @Kate8790
    @Kate8790 9 лет назад +6

    This song always makes me cry. Love Tom Waits.

    • @diamondgirl1014
      @diamondgirl1014 9 лет назад

      +Kate8790 I know how you feel. I listened to Tom Waits all the time as a kid. This brought back SSSOOOOO many memories.

  • @cloud9savagehenry
    @cloud9savagehenry 2 года назад +2

    If you live it up, you won't live it down is easily the greatest lyric ever.

  • @samlewis7878
    @samlewis7878 4 года назад +2

    Bless this great man... Tom Waits is a ticket to another world where truth, beauty and goodness reighn.

  • @kaiti3289
    @kaiti3289 3 года назад +43

    can never understand how our music went from this to whatever they make now. it’s incomparable

    • @lindanorris2455
      @lindanorris2455 2 года назад

      IT'S CALLED MONEY. VAST SUMS OF MONEY NAD NOTHING ELSE THAT MATTERS!

    • @SICPARVISMAGNA3018
      @SICPARVISMAGNA3018 Год назад

      What you mean rap

    • @kaiti3289
      @kaiti3289 Год назад

      @@SICPARVISMAGNA3018 no all music in general

  • @bandebashish
    @bandebashish 14 дней назад +4

    2024...anybody listening..

  • @nancynewman1465
    @nancynewman1465 3 года назад +2

    Beautiful I love this man

  • @AsTheWheelsTurn
    @AsTheWheelsTurn Год назад +2

    this was posted 15 years ago?!! only 9.4 million views....this is such an underrated song, I absolutely love the song and the video.

  • @robertzimberg
    @robertzimberg 3 года назад +1

    Hold on... Never give up... No matter what. This too will pass... and be replaced by other (though not necessarily the same, but still) great reasons for love, gratitude, faith and joy.

  • @kalmia01
    @kalmia01 4 года назад +14

    Thank you Mr Tom Waits, this song is particularly meaningful and comforting, in this moment ❤️ from Italy

  • @olivierhaussaire2590
    @olivierhaussaire2590 Год назад +4

    Vous avez de la chance 🙏👻 d'avoir un tel poète américain...🎶🎶🎶🎶🌟🌟

  • @dympnam7593
    @dympnam7593 4 года назад +7

    I remember the first time I heard Tom Waits. I was sixteen and just emerging from a Bay City Roller phase!
    Tom Trauberts blues blue me away - I’d never heard anything like it before. I’m still listening to him 40 plus years later

  • @trailg19c
    @trailg19c 6 лет назад +2

    Damn, listening to this at work, no whisky, no smoking pipe, no stars to sit under and no breeze to blame for the teary eyes.

  • @manonamountain
    @manonamountain 3 месяца назад

    Been listening to Tom Waites, since the late seventies, when I heard, 'In the neighbourhood', on a music show on TV. Unlike a lot of stuff, I've never grown tired of listening to his storytelling.

  • @nonnobissolum
    @nonnobissolum 7 лет назад +24

    If I had a dollar for each time a Tom Waits lyric or turn of phrase brought a tear to my eye...well....well sir, I'd have a lot of dollars. Well done, and thank you for posting.

  • @marcosgomes7681
    @marcosgomes7681 5 лет назад +6

    Words can t say, how good this man is,but his music does

  • @maryearll3359
    @maryearll3359 Год назад +3

    As I get older, I realise life gets tougher in some aspects. I listen to this beautiful and haunting song and do as I'm told ..... I hold on. Thank you Tom 😊 💓

    • @davenicholas1868
      @davenicholas1868 Год назад +1

      You can say that again…
      He have a soulful voice!
      This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Tom?

    • @maryearll3359
      @maryearll3359 Год назад +1

      @@davenicholas1868 Not a huge fan but love his lyrics and voice. Sometimes he's brilliant, other times I hit the skip forward button. Happy Christmas and hold on 😊

    • @davenicholas1868
      @davenicholas1868 Год назад

      @@maryearll3359 good to hear that from you, I would like to get to know you more better if you don’t mind? Where are you originally from? And where do you currently live?

    • @TomWaits-qx6ki
      @TomWaits-qx6ki Год назад

      Thanks for your consistent love and support towards me on my page I really appreciate you and can’t thank you enough. Write me with the address above so we can have more positive conversations about my music and life in general

  • @kennethschneiter8902
    @kennethschneiter8902 3 месяца назад +1

    Love me some Tom Waits everyday

  • @tanyawillow1
    @tanyawillow1 2 года назад +2

    Simply wonderful.

  • @gemgem7437
    @gemgem7437 2 года назад +9

    This song is incredibly powerful. The more I listen, the more true it is. I love this song. Its beautiful. Going through so much right now and I really do gotta hold on 🙏💯

  • @parac0sm0naut26
    @parac0sm0naut26 3 года назад +4

    If we must wait, Tom Waits, "Hold On" There is no better, or fitting song for waiting.

    • @tomjones1917
      @tomjones1917 3 года назад

      Hi there
      Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years.
      It’s a season of love😍❤️❤️ for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my RUclips channel and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to compliments and criticism of my career.❤️💞💞🙏💓... 💖❤️💞💞💞

    • @parac0sm0naut26
      @parac0sm0naut26 3 года назад

      @@tomjones1917 you are not Tom Waits your syntax is off.

  • @lauried.7714
    @lauried.7714 3 года назад +3

    Gorgeous song...I'm holding on

    • @davenicholas1868
      @davenicholas1868 Год назад

      You can say that again…
      He have a soulful voice!
      This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Tom?

  • @ts-eu6mp
    @ts-eu6mp 2 года назад +1

    Music is incredible- it can save us, explain us to ourselves, tell what we don't have the words to tell, make us cry, make us happy, make us think, make us not think, relax us, excite us---and plenty more. Been listening to and loving Tom Waits for as long as I can remember, in the start of my growing up lifetime, that is. My daughter died, too. I get it. Hold On! Jenna's Mother

  • @ericbachman-johnson3192
    @ericbachman-johnson3192 8 месяцев назад +1

    It was the 70s. I was living near Chicago and seeing all the folk musicians like Steve Goodman and John Prine etc live and in person.
    Then a friend said we gotta see this Tom Waits guy. I think he was appearing at Biddy Mulligan's on the far north side. Standing in line to get in a scruffy skinny guy is stumbling around pushing his way in. He mumbled something about "where's the bathroom..."
    It was Tom Waits, already in character. Been a fan ever since!

  • @HrtWrth
    @HrtWrth 5 лет назад +4

    Everytime I hear this now, I'm gonna be thinking about my mom. ❤ Such a beautiful song.

  • @TJ-ve8sv
    @TJ-ve8sv 2 года назад +5

    Became aware of this man's work at just the right time when I needed it most. He makes me feel better knowing I'm not the only one worrying about the state of things.

  • @lhart99
    @lhart99 14 лет назад +14

    This guy is a genius! I want to see him in concert some day.

  • @johnhayward-ew2uw
    @johnhayward-ew2uw Год назад +1

    Been a fan since the 70's. He is just so EVERYTHING when it comes to music..

  • @raquelllandolphi4056
    @raquelllandolphi4056 2 года назад +1

    Loved you from e start, beginning with ol 55...since then...everything you've written has brought bitter sweet joy and tears into my eyes and touched me in the depth of my heart. ❤

  • @zappa62
    @zappa62 9 лет назад +12

    Happy birthday Tom Waits !!!

    • @TutikShakuntaladevi
      @TutikShakuntaladevi 9 лет назад +1

      Woo hoo HB Tom Waits!

    • @mrblonde609
      @mrblonde609 9 лет назад +1

      I hope, that i would be able to see the genius Mr. Waits just one time in my live. I hope, that he would come to germany. *kommienezuspadt* He's already too late. :(

    • @zappa62
      @zappa62 9 лет назад

      mrblonde609 stimmt

  • @angelabellagamba2377
    @angelabellagamba2377 3 года назад +3

    Wonderful

    • @davenicholas1868
      @davenicholas1868 Год назад

      You can say that again…
      He have a soulful voice!
      This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Tom?

    • @TomWaits-qx6ki
      @TomWaits-qx6ki Год назад

      Thanks for your consistent love and support towards me on my page I really appreciate you and can’t thank you enough. Write me with the address above so we can have more positive conversations about my music

  • @jackieshorts6369
    @jackieshorts6369 2 года назад +7

    I had never heard this song before. But, since hearing it. It become addictive. ❤️

    • @davenicholas1868
      @davenicholas1868 Год назад +1

      You can say that again…
      He have a soulful voice!
      This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Tom?

  • @danielsunmulleavey3024
    @danielsunmulleavey3024 Год назад +1

    TOM IS WHAT KEEP'S ME ALIVE !!

  • @slavkocosic5553
    @slavkocosic5553 5 лет назад +2

    Tom Waits - Class

  • @SammieMousie
    @SammieMousie 4 года назад +3

    How have I never heard of this man before? He's amazing. Just beautiful.

    • @capnskiddies
      @capnskiddies 4 года назад +2

      Yep. Now you've the pleasure of the deep dive ahead of you. Don't shy away from the more challenging albums. They can be hard to adjust to at first, but they are beauties in their own way.

  • @jamesjohnjacobson6541
    @jamesjohnjacobson6541 6 лет назад +8

    Right now I barely holding on to life.This song speaks to my soul at this moment.

    • @larrylinn8589
      @larrylinn8589 2 года назад

      To me, the power and beauty of Tom's music, is that the is always some of the toes over the edge.

    • @DeadEyedTye
      @DeadEyedTye 9 месяцев назад

      I hope you are still here with us 5 years later. I understand the pain of being in the rain. You got to hold on...

    • @DeadEyedTye
      @DeadEyedTye 9 месяцев назад

      Merry Christmas if you see this, Mr. Jacobson.

  • @robdemarco2457
    @robdemarco2457 7 лет назад +4

    Cohen and Waits, 2 of the best!