@thomasurquhart507 Old comment, but I'll counter Mark Lanegan. Should've hopefully already heard of him, if not, you're in for a treat. He's like Tom Waits's doppelganger, they both have very gravelly baritone singing voices and a wide and intense range. Even look basically the same. Very different songwriting, I can tell from the lyrics easily who wrote what. They are much more alike than different though. Mark Lanegan's more dark and drug/rock and roll, and Tom Waits while also very dark is also a lot stranger and a bit more poetic. There are many songs/albums with Lanegan to check out though. He has an extensive solo and features discography, with some fantastic solo albums and a lot of work with people like Isobel Campbell, PJ Harvey, Duff McKagan, Skeleton Joe, Greg Dulli, Josh Homme, Nick Oliveri. He started with Screaming Trees in the 80s/90s singing more old-school psychadelic rock style music. In the early 2000s, his work with Queens of the Stone Age on Songs for the Deaf and Rated R was phenomenal, some of my favorite songs by him in there. You should check out Song for the Dead and In the Fade by QotSA, Nearly Lost You and All I Know by ScreamingTrees, and Idle Hands by Gutter Twins. Outside of bands he played with, his album Bubblegum is my favorite followed by probably Blues Funeral. His folk albums are great too though, Whiskey For The Holy Ghost being my favorite, but they're all dope. I love a lot of his duets with Isobel Campbell too, especially the Townes van Zandt covers. Not one of his albums is bad and a good number of his albums are fantastic front to back. Sorry for the drunken ramble 4 months out. But if you haven't heard of him, you should check him out.
@@moviebuff1941 thats the beauty of being that secure about yourself that your not overly sensitive or dont mind talking the piss out of yourself.... feel sorry for those who cant have a laugh at themselves
I'm not sure if the haters are aware of this... But Tom Waits has a growing level of popularity throughout the intercontinental United States... AND Japan.... AND Dublin.... *AND* Philadelphia!
His choice of words are so telling. You can always spot a true artist and the laughs from the layman’s confirm it. Artists make people uncomfortable, because they are so real and not trying to hide it as so many of us do.
This so fucking hilarious! You can tell these two men have a great chemistry as comics. Tom Waits is either high, or fantastically good at being eccentric. He's voice was a fantastic choice to inspire the Joker's.
Man, props to the host for keeping it together through this interview. I can't begin to imagine how hard it would be to interview someone like Tom Waits for a TV show.
@@chicoravelli5703 he had a recent Letterman interview where he behaves much more “normally”, and it goes like a normal Letterman interview more or less. A lot of why this interview seems so hectic is because the host keeps stopping to make jokes about his mannerisms and posture. I don’t think he’s really hard to interview at all. Just a little eccentric and a gold mine for comedic hosts like this.
@@tamamara what is funny is after I made this comment I couldn't help but look at more of his music, just out of curiosity and pretty sure made at least one other similar bad comment but then somehow, 4 or 5 videos in, instead of continuing to have the foul opinion I started with I found myself really LIKING his music. I am impressed by the wide range of songs he has,and his lyrics are right up there with Bob Dylan, its not all one style and the voice ... well I guess you can say its an acquired taste, first listen I was just like what the ff?...... but my opinion has changed, Truth is,he is without question, an incredible songwriter and has taken a voice only a mother could love and managed to use it artistically and have a unique sound. now I wish I had not left such a judgmental comment, I will leave it up there though! I said what I said, I wont pretend I didn't by erasing a comment, but my feelings have completely changed, went from thinking he was shit to thinking he is gold. I really love his song "hold on" and also "hell broke luce" they both have some real depth of meaning and such wildy different style from one to the other.
@Coitus Handguns Tom is like many serious creative greats -- hates the spotlight and superficial interviews, they toy with their host and audience because they just don't give a fuck who likes them. But their agents say "you gotta do this show for your tour". He has a looooooog history of booze.
@Coitus Handguns Human behaviours are always multifactorial. Long held insecurities, alcoholic withdrawal or alcoholic looseness, a few uppers or downers backstage, fear of the spotlight, resentful hate for the media, "same old fucking questions" mentality ... could be any of them! But my basic impression is of a guy who just doesn't want to be there!
@@thedolphin5428 : He said he just got off a 22 hour flight from Paris, he might be on drugs a little (but seems pretty lucid to me), and he always puts on this hobo act (I mean that respectfully) in interviews (look at him on Letterman in 1983, still very similar persona but a little looser because they know each other). So half-real / half-character (and he likes those brokendown early 20th Century hobo type people so he has grown to emulate them himself). If the host didn't know him at all, of course it would be very off-putting. But I think Don Lane handled it pretty well, playing along, but not going over the top too much.
Looking at this I can definitely see the inspiration behind Ledger's Joker character. Turns out they were also cast to play in another film roughly around the same time as TDK. Another eerie coincidence is that Heath was born in Australia the same year of the first Interview with Don Lane. In all, pretty cool to see where he drew part of his inspiration from. His performance was definitely one of the best in Super Hero (live action) film history.
LeBakalite why? Actors often find inspiration from others. It takes nothing away from his genius that he saw this guys behavior and realized he could translate it into the joker. He nailed it.
I don't believe there was nothing coincidental about it. They were acting in a movie around the same time he was working on Dark Knight. Heath used his mannerisms for the role, but obviously used his great acting skills to make the character come to life and appear more believable.
Wow, Heath really did take Tom's mannerisms and dialect to create his amazing Joker performance. The host reminds me so much Sid Caesar is his comedy and appearance.
Holy Shit!! Ledger completely NAILED it... Like I knew he had said he was a huge Tom Waits fan and that he took inspiration in this guy but... To do him SO WELL.. Like omg... And its not just that its... It's using THIS and adapting it INTO the Joker... Wow... Heath Ledger had some serious acting skills... Just wow... True shame his death :( Just to imagine what he could have continued doing in the movie business... How he could have evolved... Just wow. What an amazing actor.
wow - someone compliments a person and gets reemed by fans for complimenting their obvious idol? - but then he lets it go because he knows they missed a meds dose!
I hate those who talk without knowin. It' s an anxiety disorder, the inhability to stand still. In italian there' s the medical term "acatisia". It's not about smoking. He smokes tryin ti distract himself
Damiano Mazzarini I think the dude was saying he’s smoking to cope with said anxiety. As a smoker I can confirm that when I feel anxious in a situation, smoking is my go to.
Tom Waits. Legendary. And, yes, I definitely can see the aspects that Heath Ledger adopted for the Joker role. Thrilled to see this interview though. Tom Waits is one of those amazing performers w/ a booming gravelly voice like Howlin' Wolf. Glad to see this and thanks for uploading.
In Early 1976 I picked up Tom Waits in my cab on Spruce Street in Phila around 10 pm. He told me who he was and where he would like to go, which was Bala Cynwyd just North of CityLine Avenue. I told him that I had never heard of him and he said that was alright, that not alot had at that time. We stopped at Days Deli on Spruce Street so he could get a sandwich to take with him and asked me if I wanted anything. I said no thanks and then we left a few minutes later. I never forgot his name and remembered who he said he was. Later in 1976 I flew to Rome and was there and in Florence for a little over a week. Then on to Munich and then to London. I was in London for about 3 days and was on the bus from Victoria Station going to Hethrow Airport. The bus passed the London Palladium and their on the markee in front was a sign: Tom Waits would appear for a concert and it mentioned a date I cant remember. That's when I realized who he was. It was great to meet him and I'm sorry I didnt recognize him in Phila. I'm glad he's still going.
I was born in 1979 little after this interview and only heard of this guy a few days ago on RUclips!! Unique musician and more famous than I thought he would be! I'm a fan now!
To anybody here saying he's on any drugs, he isn't. Through this point in his life time he had anxiety, that's why he tended to keep himself together and look away from the audience very often. His fedora was tilted so that his face would be hidden. The interviewer did a really good job in making Tom Waits feel comfortable.
This man and Keith Richards are the most entertaining musician interviews (not to mention their fantastic musicianship) I've ever seen. When I found out they were buddies and worked together I thought...how perfect is that!?
Not wrong joker, there is no wrong joker, this does actually remind me of the interview with maury in Joker, I wonder if influences were taken from this for Joker
I just watched this interview for the first time and I read as many comments as my attention span would allow.I'd just like to say that this is vintage Tom Waits. He's a great actor. To say he's drunk is to not get Waits. The interviewer on the other hand has no idea how to deal with Waits. He's trying to compete with Waits and he has no chance, and his nervousness is painful to watch, because he knows he doesn't know how to handle Waits. Wait's himself is cool as a cucumber, despite the condescending comedy of the interviewer. It's one of the most painful interviews I've ever seen, but you keep watching because it's fascinating to watch Waits never break character. And when he finally starts performing at the piano, as a viewer I wanted Waits to elbow the interviewer off the piano bench. But Waits doesn't skip a beat and gives the performance of a lifetime.
This host is as professional as can be, trying to mirror the body language and be hospitable, but Tom Waits is, um, insane, so he's having a hell of a time of it. And the audience seems to enjoy that. And I enjoy that.
3 comments exist here, "OMG this guy inspired Heath Ledger" "OMG This guy is totally fucked up" "OMG he's so fuckin cool!" There, saved you all the reading.
This show was on cable in the US late at night. It was like watching Fernwood Tonight for real. It was the first time I saw Tom. I have been an fan ever since.
also wasnt heath ledger australian? it wouldnt surprise me if he seen this as a kid and remembered him, and molded his performance after this interview.
I find them both charming! I think the host was a lot more respectful than many would be in 2019. Let's not pretend that an interview like this wouldn't be off-putting for host.
Imagine this You have arrived by plane straight from a late night singing show, there are drinks in the plane so you take a few to help you sleep, then you wake up, and you take a ride to an interview... You definitely would not be able to even speak. So the fact that he is responding to questions is fucking amazing
This guy was Heath Ledger's inspiration for the Joker's voice. So, yeah, it should, and the fact that you noticed shows the insane acting skills Ledger had
bobbyblueblaze yup u called it. having said that, I saw this video ages ago on some other site but came back to watch it after seeing the link on reddit.
"What do you do for 72 hours on a plane?" Apparently heroin. Holy shiiiit this dude is soo close to a nod yet still coherent it's crazy, he got his dosage ON POINT.
See him speech +30 years later: Tom Waits inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
"See him speech"
Joker Heath Ledger…
I can't shake the feeling that he is going to show the interviewer a magic trick in any moment.
stupled “I’m going to make this cigarette disappear”
@@AndrewShepherdLEGO hahaha
How about a magic 🪄 trick? I’m gonna make this pencil ✏️ disappear…
‘BAM’ (kills the interviewer)
It’s… gone…
Bro named the plot of Joker 2019
Fuckin funny
It's not about singing. It's about sending a message: everything smokes.
You know how I got these cigars?
Y'all both win an Oscar for funny RUclips commenting and continuity.
Hahahahahhahahahaha
Nikko M No but I could tell ya how ya got the wheez!
lol
It's crazy to think he was only 29 years old, and already had the voice of an old man.
So much tobacco and bourbon
Wait until you hear Colter Wall.
@thomasurquhart507 Old comment, but I'll counter Mark Lanegan. Should've hopefully already heard of him, if not, you're in for a treat. He's like Tom Waits's doppelganger, they both have very gravelly baritone singing voices and a wide and intense range. Even look basically the same. Very different songwriting, I can tell from the lyrics easily who wrote what. They are much more alike than different though. Mark Lanegan's more dark and drug/rock and roll, and Tom Waits while also very dark is also a lot stranger and a bit more poetic. There are many songs/albums with Lanegan to check out though. He has an extensive solo and features discography, with some fantastic solo albums and a lot of work with people like Isobel Campbell, PJ Harvey, Duff McKagan, Skeleton Joe, Greg Dulli, Josh Homme, Nick Oliveri. He started with Screaming Trees in the 80s/90s singing more old-school psychadelic rock style music. In the early 2000s, his work with Queens of the Stone Age on Songs for the Deaf and Rated R was phenomenal, some of my favorite songs by him in there. You should check out Song for the Dead and In the Fade by QotSA, Nearly Lost You and All I Know by ScreamingTrees, and Idle Hands by Gutter Twins. Outside of bands he played with, his album Bubblegum is my favorite followed by probably Blues Funeral. His folk albums are great too though, Whiskey For The Holy Ghost being my favorite, but they're all dope. I love a lot of his duets with Isobel Campbell too, especially the Townes van Zandt covers. Not one of his albums is bad and a good number of his albums are fantastic front to back. Sorry for the drunken ramble 4 months out. But if you haven't heard of him, you should check him out.
I'm gonna make this cigarette... disappear
Puff puff pass, it's gone.
Hahahahha
yours made me chuckle the most
👍🏼😎👍🏼 dude is BLASTING those cigs he must be fucked up something nice.
Taaaah Daaaaahhh! Its maaaagical....
His voice is incredible.
stephentherarabear thank you for ur life story
@stephentherarabear I'm sorry to hear about that. But definitely thank you for sharing. I can see that looks true !!!
His voice is dog shit. Hes just famous so its "incredible"
Dude just walk down skid row in LA and you'll hear this voucr every other person
Incredibly shit
"Reality is for people who cant face drugs" is my favorite line ever
A personal motto
It should be put on a t-shirt.
I live by it! 😢😅
I never realised he said that. I thought I was being original when I thought of it😂😂😂
I love how Tom is truthful and real but still handles the jokes and out does them.
So true! He handles the jabs at him with class, and flips it into something everyone can laugh at
@@moviebuff1941 thats the beauty of being that secure about yourself that your not overly sensitive or dont mind talking the piss out of yourself....
feel sorry for those who cant have a laugh at themselves
Legend says he sometimes breathes air too
I'm not sure if the haters are aware of this... But Tom Waits has a growing level of popularity throughout the intercontinental United States... AND Japan.... AND Dublin.... *AND* Philadelphia!
AND Europe..
this man was heroically fucked up when he did this interview.
+branjo79 heroinically
I heard he was always like this
OuijaSTi nailed it.
😊@@OuijaSTi
Hats off to the host, held the show together like a champ
His choice of words are so telling. You can always spot a true artist and the laughs from the layman’s confirm it. Artists make people uncomfortable, because they are so real and not trying to hide it as so many of us do.
Inmediatamente leí tu mensaje pensé en las entrevistas a Janis Joplin. Estoy totalmente de acuerdo con lo que dices💯
What a pretentious thing to say lol what kind of artist are you
@@bls8959 what I said was true I don’t see how you could call it pretentious. Wasted your time commenting that.
@@TheRealSandorClegane Recien veo tu foto...mi personaje preferido es Arya stark
So all artists are high af 😂
This so fucking hilarious! You can tell these two men have a great chemistry as comics. Tom Waits is either high, or fantastically good at being eccentric. He's voice was a fantastic choice to inspire the Joker's.
Cocaine
@@renaudvillacis8066 heroin*
This is the guy who inspired batman to play Joseph Gordon Levitt..
+coolestcatintheroom I laughed out loud.
sim
coolestcatintheroom aaaaahhh ok now i see why hardy played talia ahl bane
coolestcatintheroom In that story arc...
Nice
The passive comedic battle of wits here is so mesmerizing. I think they genuinely made eachother laugh, they are both highly intelligent.
Some men just wanna watch the studio burn.
CaptainTinTyrant this comment made me ugly laugh 😂
Lmao
420th
Cheers All
@Coitus Handguns lmmfao same :-p
Lmfao, if you know you know
Along with his 16+ albums he's had songs on 119 soundtracks and acted in over 30 films to date. He's an original and a master. Love ya Tom.
Yeah but Ton Waits doesn't sell out, ostensibly.
Man! those 2 are having the best humor chemistry.
According to some film scholars, this is were Christian Bale got his inspiration to lose weight to play Christopher Nolan in Empire of the Sun.
HAHAHA!
Wow
Also I heard he actually cut his hand on some glass during that dinner scene.
That was Leonardo dicaprio in Django Unchained
The shark didn't work for most of that film, so they had to improvise.
jesus there's something so indubitably charming about him
+moiradical This comment's exactly how I feel about Ledger's Joker. The laugh and body language, the smile. Everything.
Why is that
It's the hat
Jeff Doe holy shit it is
tell the truth. u jus wanted to say “indubitably”
i love this interview, it's so laid back
Man, props to the host for keeping it together through this interview. I can't begin to imagine how hard it would be to interview someone like Tom Waits for a TV show.
I hate to be rude, but how would Tom Waits be a hard person to interview? It’s just cause I don’t a lot about Waits.
@@chicoravelli5703 he had a recent Letterman interview where he behaves much more “normally”, and it goes like a normal Letterman interview more or less. A lot of why this interview seems so hectic is because the host keeps stopping to make jokes about his mannerisms and posture. I don’t think he’s really hard to interview at all. Just a little eccentric and a gold mine for comedic hosts like this.
David Letterman always had fun talking to Tom
Tom is just too cool for this world.
At 29 he sounds like a man in his 70's that's been chain smoking since the age of 6.
He's 29 here? Holy shit
29 back then was like 36 now lol
yeah he sounds like total shit , not sure how he is still alive or ever had a career as a singer. to me this is not cool its pathetic
@@AsTheWheelsTurn his cover of Somewhere from West Side Story is stunning. His voice isn’t for everyone though.
@@tamamara what is funny is after I made this comment I couldn't help but look at more of his music, just out of curiosity and pretty sure made at least one other similar bad comment but then somehow, 4 or 5 videos in, instead of continuing to have the foul opinion I started with I found myself really LIKING his music. I am impressed by the wide range of songs he has,and his lyrics are right up there with Bob Dylan, its not all one style and the voice ... well I guess you can say its an acquired taste, first listen I was just like what the ff?...... but my opinion has changed, Truth is,he is without question, an incredible songwriter and has taken a voice only a mother could love and managed to use it artistically and have a unique sound. now I wish I had not left such a judgmental comment, I will leave it up there though! I said what I said, I wont pretend I didn't by erasing a comment, but my feelings have completely changed, went from thinking he was shit to thinking he is gold. I really love his song "hold on" and also "hell broke luce" they both have some real depth of meaning and such wildy different style from one to the other.
"Evening, Commissioner."
Fun fact: Tom Waits actually took inspiration from The Dark Knight's Joker in order to become Heath Ledger.
He he..yes that sounds about right 😂
build a bridge and 🐕get over it buddy
I got here because someone linked this from a Joker scene.
I have a stroke
He's so gorgeous&that voice! He could talk all day &I'd never get sick of it.
This is one of the best interviews ever. This guy can think so quick on his feet.
You know there aint no Joker that's just Tom when he's drunk
Reegan Riddiford or on Heroine.
You my friend now your shit
same for the devil when the g man been drinking
So just Tom then
That's heroin. Had his dosage ON POINT. I've never seen someone that close to nodding and keep their shit together that well!
Do you want to know how i got these scars
howto42
hiephoi058 No, but I know how you got these. [FIRING FOREARM BLADES]
"No? That works for me because I'm too high to remember."
@@kenzikapture3729 that was funny af😂
this was the very first comment i expected to see......it was the second.
"And i thought my jokes were bad."
I know the squealers when I see them
It's rumored that this is where heath ledger got the voice for the Joker.
michaelforthriller O RLY?
Fucken Obvious!
Totally couldn't tell reading through these comments
Wow......derp
MichaelNicle Hopefully or not really.
This...this puts a smile on my face.
"Let's put a smile on that face."
This interview is a true classic. Both the interviewer and Tom are fantastic. The awkwardness only enhances the humor.
I say the host handled it like a pro
9:48 👍🏼😂👍🏼 he got on my nerves at first but won me over at end🤣
Don Lane is ok because he doesn't take himself or his job too seriously.
@Coitus Handguns
Tom is like many serious creative greats -- hates the spotlight and superficial interviews, they toy with their host and audience because they just don't give a fuck who likes them. But their agents say "you gotta do this show for your tour". He has a looooooog history of booze.
@Coitus Handguns
Human behaviours are always multifactorial. Long held insecurities, alcoholic withdrawal or alcoholic looseness, a few uppers or downers backstage, fear of the spotlight, resentful hate for the media, "same old fucking questions" mentality ... could be any of them! But my basic impression is of a guy who just doesn't want to be there!
@@thedolphin5428 : He said he just got off a 22 hour flight from Paris, he might be on drugs a little (but seems pretty lucid to me), and he always puts on this hobo act (I mean that respectfully) in interviews (look at him on Letterman in 1983, still very similar persona but a little looser because they know each other). So half-real / half-character (and he likes those brokendown early 20th Century hobo type people so he has grown to emulate them himself).
If the host didn't know him at all, of course it would be very off-putting. But I think Don Lane handled it pretty well, playing along, but not going over the top too much.
He obviously is a inspiration for everyone listening to him. Also the comedic power of this interview is insane.
He is easily one of the most underrated singer/song writers of our generation!
By far
It's simple, we uh.. kill the batman.
if it's so simple why haven't you done it yourself already?
Gordon Freeman if you're good at something never do it for free
Harriz Burhan how much you want?
@@camster55687 you are crazy
@@camster55687 It's... magic.
This is easily one of the best interviews ever.
Looking at this I can definitely see the inspiration behind Ledger's Joker character. Turns out they were also cast to play in another film roughly around the same time as TDK. Another eerie coincidence is that Heath was born in Australia the same year of the first Interview with Don Lane. In all, pretty cool to see where he drew part of his inspiration from. His performance was definitely one of the best in Super Hero (live action) film history.
They also played together in Dr Parnassus; but le'ts not draw conclusions too fast, it would denature Heath ledger's awesome work.
LeBakalite why? Actors often find inspiration from others. It takes nothing away from his genius that he saw this guys behavior and realized he could translate it into the joker. He nailed it.
I don't believe there was nothing coincidental about it. They were acting in a movie around the same time he was working on Dark Knight. Heath used his mannerisms for the role, but obviously used his great acting skills to make the character come to life and appear more believable.
Dude ur kinda reaching with the whole born in the same year as the interview stuff
Wait till you realize Agent Smith is an impersonation of Carl Sagan.
Wow, Heath really did take Tom's mannerisms and dialect to create his amazing Joker performance. The host reminds me so much Sid Caesar is his comedy and appearance.
Tom Waits Aside.
This interview is pure gold
Holy Shit!! Ledger completely NAILED it... Like I knew he had said he was a huge Tom Waits fan and that he took inspiration in this guy but... To do him SO WELL.. Like omg...
And its not just that its... It's using THIS and adapting it INTO the Joker... Wow... Heath Ledger had some serious acting skills... Just wow...
True shame his death :( Just to imagine what he could have continued doing in the movie business... How he could have evolved... Just wow. What an amazing actor.
keny chauhan I see no sarcasm in this comment?
TheDezembro Ledger still wasn't original. Read a Batman comic book for once.
wow - someone compliments a person and gets reemed by fans for complimenting their obvious idol? - but then he lets it go because he knows they missed a meds dose!
i can´t find any video where he says that
He probably was coached by Tom on the set of “The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus”.
The interviewer is great, I love that he is just rolling along with Tom. Seems like he is a big fan.
7:58 "I enjoy dynamite and gunpowder and GASOLINE"
I used to smoke many years ago, and that my friends is nervous smoking.
Word
He's coked out 😂
I hate those who talk without knowin. It' s an anxiety disorder, the inhability to stand still. In italian there' s the medical term "acatisia". It's not about smoking. He smokes tryin ti distract himself
Damiano Mazzarini I think the dude was saying he’s smoking to cope with said anxiety. As a smoker I can confirm that when I feel anxious in a situation, smoking is my go to.
@@chelsie2767 Considering his voice, he must have been quite anxious most of the time. Alcohol helps too.
Ohh, he just oozes cool, effortless and wonderful!
Tom Waits constantly gives masterclasses in how to throw hosts a curveball. Genius!
He knows he is loved and honoured here in Dublin, please come back soon Tom, absolute legend, best singer song writer of our generation.
Tom Waits. Legendary. And, yes, I definitely can see the aspects that Heath Ledger adopted for the Joker role. Thrilled to see this interview though. Tom Waits is one of those amazing performers w/ a booming gravelly voice like Howlin' Wolf. Glad to see this and thanks for uploading.
In Early 1976 I picked up Tom Waits in my cab on Spruce Street in Phila around 10 pm. He told me who he was and where he would like to go, which was Bala Cynwyd just North of CityLine Avenue. I told him that I had never heard of him and he said that was alright, that not alot had at that time. We stopped at Days Deli on Spruce Street so he could get a sandwich to take with him and asked me if I wanted anything. I said no thanks and then we left a few minutes later. I never forgot his name and remembered who he said he was. Later in 1976 I flew to Rome and was there and in Florence for a little over a week. Then on to Munich and then to London. I was in London for about 3 days and was on the bus from Victoria Station going to Hethrow Airport. The bus passed the London Palladium and their on the markee in front was a sign: Tom Waits would appear for a concert and it mentioned a date I cant remember. That's when I realized who he was. It was great to meet him and I'm sorry I didnt recognize him in Phila. I'm glad he's still going.
He did say he was big in Philadelphia...
I was born in 1979 little after this interview and only heard of this guy a few days ago on RUclips!! Unique musician and more famous than I thought he would be! I'm a fan now!
Many have theorized that Tom Waits public persona was that --- a persona, a performance. I'm in agreement and it's brilliant.
To anybody here saying he's on any drugs, he isn't. Through this point in his life time he had anxiety, that's why he tended to keep himself together and look away from the audience very often. His fedora was tilted so that his face would be hidden. The interviewer did a really good job in making Tom Waits feel comfortable.
This interviewer shows so much respect and appreciation. Nice.
The interviewer was Don Lane..Bronx native who had his own talk show in Australia from the late 70's to the early 80's..
I come back to this video every now and then. Makes me happy.
Everybody: He sounds like The Joker
Me: Steve-o...
Afro Boi Yeah when Steve-O is on ketamine or pcp or something he sounds exactly like Tom here
Coitus Handguns Well, yeah true
yeah dude!
Tom Waits not only is a great singer, songwriter, but also has acting chops. This is him doing his schtick -- his persona, his performance art.
This is where I got the inspiration to start smoking
Junior very similar story for me I started doing heroin 3 minutes in to this interview.
Man I feel sorry for you.
@What if I’m retarded? I was replying to the original poster.
@What if I’m retarded? fair enough :P
"I'ts not about music, it's about sending a message."
This man and Keith Richards are the most entertaining musician interviews (not to mention their fantastic musicianship) I've ever seen. When I found out they were buddies and worked together I thought...how perfect is that!?
wow didn't know that either
Tom Waits album “Bone Machine” features Richards on the majority of tracks.
One of the best interviews ever.. Wouldn't have worked without that host! Both do their job great!!
8:20 I was expecting Tom to finally snap and say "you brought me here just to make fun of me.. "
wrong joker dude
Not wrong joker, there is no wrong joker, this does actually remind me of the interview with maury in Joker, I wonder if influences were taken from this for Joker
The people in the studio love this guy, They were eating up every line and body movement. Great interview.
I have been randomly watching this for 10 years.
I just watched this interview for the first time and I read as many comments as my attention span would allow.I'd just like to say that this is vintage Tom Waits. He's a great actor. To say he's drunk is to not get Waits. The interviewer on the other hand has no idea how to deal with Waits. He's trying to compete with Waits and he has no chance, and his nervousness is painful to watch, because he knows he doesn't know how to handle Waits. Wait's himself is cool as a cucumber, despite the condescending comedy of the interviewer. It's one of the most painful interviews I've ever seen, but you keep watching because it's fascinating to watch Waits never break character. And when he finally starts performing at the piano, as a viewer I wanted Waits to elbow the interviewer off the piano bench. But Waits doesn't skip a beat and gives the performance of a lifetime.
painful is the Michael Jackson interviews
I agree .....same here
The interviewer did a great job of keeping the interview going. He knew he struck meme gold
Dude. He's so smacked back in this interview. Love his music.
He is amazing singer and songwriter I love how he is so unique ,one of the greats Mr.Tom Waits
I think the interviewer genuinely likes Waits, and both of them seem to be amused by making fun of eachother. Great interview.
This host is as professional as can be, trying to mirror the body language and be hospitable, but Tom Waits is, um, insane, so he's having a hell of a time of it. And the audience seems to enjoy that. And I enjoy that.
His voice is so awesome ♡
Tom Waits... the coolest man in the world
This legend was an inspiration to Heath, did the voice along with his amazing acting skills, and became a legend as well
Tom Waits' interviews are legendary. He doesn't seem to take journalists seriously and who can blame him for that. This one's from 1979.
Seriously? How could you take anyone seriously when you're this bent out of your mind on drugs?
3 comments exist here, "OMG this guy inspired Heath Ledger" "OMG This guy is totally fucked up" "OMG he's so fuckin cool!"
There, saved you all the reading.
This dude is amazing...consistent style, all this time.
3:05 He lights the cigarette with the match then puts the just extinguished match in his jacket pocket! lmfao!
You can hear him say “sal right”
Watch " Fishi'n With John"
. He has a habit of pocketing stuff
Can you imagine if this guys says do i look like a guy with a plan"
This show was on cable in the US late at night. It was like watching Fernwood Tonight for real. It was the first time I saw Tom. I have been an fan ever since.
I remember seeing this on the night and the next day I went out and bought 3 albums. He is a genius. Blue Valentine is an amasing album.
Every other comment on here is something about The Joker.
Lithus17 Moron, I was being ironic.
lol I think Tom may have tried some heroin... What do you think, Glenn?
GrassValleyGreg I think he's done more than that. Wouldn't you?
Glenn Howerton
Indeed.
+Glenn Howerton I dont know. I think he kinda sounds like Warren zevon
This is a great interview and interviewer. What a gem of history
also wasnt heath ledger australian? it wouldnt surprise me if he seen this as a kid and remembered him, and molded his performance after this interview.
+Par Ker he was also a new born at the time
He did base the joker off of him
I find them both charming! I think the host was a lot more respectful than many would be in 2019. Let's not pretend that an interview like this wouldn't be off-putting for host.
Imagine this
You have arrived by plane straight from a late night singing show, there are drinks in the plane so you take a few to help you sleep, then you wake up, and you take a ride to an interview... You definitely would not be able to even speak. So the fact that he is responding to questions is fucking amazing
The best interview in history!
The shows host is great and if he could pull off every show this well, he would be as famous as Johnny Carson in America.
One of my favorite artists of all time.guy was one of a kind.
jesussssssss, sounds creepily like the joker
This guy was Heath Ledger's inspiration for the Joker's voice. So, yeah, it should, and the fact that you noticed shows the insane acting skills Ledger had
segeeslice
You got this from Reddit, so cut it out that you are making this revelation.
bobbyblueblaze true dat
bobbyblueblaze yup u called it. having said that, I saw this video ages ago on some other site but came back to watch it after seeing the link on reddit.
bobbyblueblaze i got it from facebook
According to interviews in Batman Begins, this is the clip that inspired Christian Nolan to play the Riddler voice in Dark Knight Rises.
Absolute magic this man is. Best interview of anyone ever.
I had only planned to watch a few seconds of this to hear this voice, but Tom and the Host are hilarious through this whole thing! LOL
One of the best lyricists ever!!
Best tv-show host ever and interviewer.
"What do you do for 72 hours on a plane?"
Apparently heroin. Holy shiiiit this dude is soo close to a nod yet still coherent it's crazy, he got his dosage ON POINT.
Wonder which part of Australia the interviewer is from.
Sounds like Brooklyn.
Ye he was a yank
Its Don Lane...his nickname was the ' lanky yank'
Don Lane was an honourary Australian
The Bronx.
Bronx native, ADOPTED Aussie! Much loved!
.... when youtube was new... my partner and i were so ecstatic to get to see, this exact post of tom waits deep dive, in our late teens.... rip, kiddo