In these times where menhood seems to become more and more synthetic songs like these are essential. Reminding us what REAL emotions are, what REAL life is! Love it!!!
The actual Waltzing a Matilda was a miners swag/ calico bag swinging from shoulder to shoulder as they walked from gold field to another, mostly in Australia. Down on your luck, off you went waltzing that sack with all your valuables and maybe some food in it.
One of the greatest writers ever to walk this beautiful planet. He has written unparalleled music for the dejected, the lonely, and the desperate vagabonds that are all written off as "filth."
A true artist, heart, soul , flesh and blood. I love this great man, his songs have helped me make sense of this mad world since i discovered him in the late `70`s with `Blue Valentine` album and then checked out his previous albums and he still does it after all these decades. In all fairness this guy is a rare breed and we are lucky to have such a gift from God above!
It was the voice with the song that stopped me in my tracts in 76. Listening to 102.7 FM they played this song by Waits and I was hooked solid. And my record collection got bigger.
These things happen. Had the same experience with Shane MacGowan in December. Tom Waits I have know now for 35 years.... But being a music lover it really feels strange to have missed just an important musician.
To go a "waltzing matilda" is an Australian expression, it means to take your “swag" (you're belongings) and go on out on-the-road. An itinerate lifestyle during hard times. A vagabond.
i am a vagabond too, we are having hard times since ppl are not really free anymore but having to do and live the way our governments force them to do... I left my country a long time ago, i am a Vagabond, i am loving this song and i am loving the guys down under cheers from Thailand eat the rich
@@mrthedudeman no walkabout is a term used by Indigenous Australians meaning to wander/to explore and go about their business. The (whole song) Waltzing Matilda is about an itinerant on the road who steals a sheep (a jumbuck) and then jumps in a billabong (pond) to escape troopers (police) and dies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_Matilda
@@goldenchild4835 white people use the term "walkabout" as well. Saw it in a Portlandia sketch when the power goes out the "birdman" gets people together for a "walkabout". I know it's unrelated but check it out it is quite funny mate.
I had his record when I was a high school girl in Tokyo. Over three decades later, now living in the US, I suddenly run into this. Even long after I lost his name, I never forgot this voice. I will never let it go this time. Thank you for uploading.
may I ask, how did a school girl in Tokyo around 1980 get her hands on a record like that? was he popular in Japan at that time? were you into alternative music?
I'm 71. I have seen and heard everyone from Dylan in 63 to today. Tom is an original. He is brilliant. This song is brilliant. I listen to at least once a month. It never gets old. Get a glass of port and sit back and listen.
spectacularbid I just read your comments, and could not agree with you more!!!!😎, As he sings as I actually type this, Lol!... love this song. And listen to it like you as well!, tonight it’s gin, but some porter sounds great as well!! Enjoy!!
Cross roads aka suicides etc . . refers to the synchroton cross . . hard times during the Sun swap . . the 30 yrs without child aka Adam & Eve electric
Love your comment. I can see him standing there ..but i think he was just drinking & wanted a song.. they threw the extra soul in for free..hey the devil knows a good deal when he sees it..he said..Step Right Up..everyone's a winner bargains galore.😄👺✌
I remember a girl I danced with many years ago. We didn't dance the waltz, let alone waltzing Matilda. But we danced after I knew it was already over, yet we just hadn't said so out loud. All these years later I miss her but I'm glad she found happiness. Neither of us was capable of sustaining a relationship. But she's happy now, and I'm sometimes getting there. Tom helps sometimes. More than sometimes.
Tom Waits was a message from the universe to everyone who loves to sing. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't. "You'll never be a singer with that voice." "Oh? I think I'll go be one of history's most amazing singers, then. Piss off."
Daniel Durchholz said Tom's voice sounds "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." I'm glad I can listen to him sing
I am mourning the death of my 95-year-old father who I was the caregiver for for 2 1/2 years passed away three weeks ago ! Tom Waits music and crown royal always helps me get through hard times thank God and God rest my fathers soul ! Greg
It’s his take on it that is soooo moving. Listen to some of the “originals”. Lots of pride and sentimentality, not much soul! Tom Waits is a miracle! A beautiful soul with a brain that functions in conjunction!
@@JamesHathaway01 Only the bridge was written ans part of a song called Waltzing Matilda. This is "Tom Traubert's Blues or Waltzing Matilda". This song , except the bridge was written by Waits. He can use the "bridge" because that song from 1895 is in Public Domain
Tom Waits sounds like a pirate chugging battery acid, a revving car, Louis Armstrong, and a very worn-down hobo all at the same time. And he's awesome.
I signed up youtube to write this: I saw him in Sydney in 1979 (or was it 80?). Best concert I've ever seen. Tom Traubert's Blue (this) was his encore, of course. He graveled... "Um..., er... I've um... y'know... I've kinda stolen your unofficial national anthem on this next one." *Wild applause* *A pause...* "I'll give it back when I'm done..." Thank you Tom.
Tom is for the heart, not just the ears. He teaches us that true beauty comes from within. Can you imagine someone with a silken voice singing this? (like maybe Frank Sinatra?) It might sound good. You m,ight even like it. But it could never capture the pain. The sorrow. The love and regret and loss and longing. It wouldn't speak to the heart. And that's where Tom's music resides. Not in the ears. But the heart. Long live Tom Waits. (slept with a dream before he had to go away...beautiful.)
Prolific song writer. His voice is great. I heard him warm up for 4 or 5 hours once. I'd snuck into the venue at 1pm. When I'd think of a voice like you describe I think Fred Neil
This is how I feel while listening also. At first I was omg 😳 to his voice .... But I'm actually soothed by his voice. and he is very good at singing. It's just a very unique flavor. ❤ I'm glad to read your comment
I don't really get it when people criticize his singing.... You're watching Tom Waits and his voice is part of him. Personally it's not a question of getting it or not getting it... it's about realising that he's a story teller and for me the voice adds to it all. Check out Lucid Rivers if you get time.
F. Hawk The criticism probably comes from the fact he growls rather than sings in the true sense. He grew on me. He isn’t one of my favorite singers but he sings with heart and honesty!
Wasted and wounded And it ain't what the moon did I got what I paid for now See you tomorrow Hey Frank can I borrow A couple of bucks from you To go waltzing Matilda waltzing Matilda You'll go waltzing Matilda with me I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley And I'm tired of all these soldiers here No-one speaks English And everything's broken And my strength is soaking away To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me Now the dogs they are barking and the taxi cab's parking A lot they can do for me I begged you to stab me You tore my shirt open And I'm down on my knees tonight Old bush mills I staggered You buried the dagger Your silhouette window light To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me Now I've lost my St. Christopher Now that I kissed her And the one-arm bandit knows And the maverick China man with the cold-blooded sigh And the girls down by the striptease shows go Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me No I don't want your sympathy Fugitives say that the streets aren't for dreaming now Manslaughter dragnet and the ghost that sells memories Want a piece of the action anyhow Go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda You'll go waltzing Matilda with me And you can ask any sailor And the keys from the jailor And the old men in wheelchairs know That Mathilda's the defendant She killed about a hundred And she follows wherever you may go Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda You'll go waltzing Matilda with me And it's a battered old suitcase in a hotel someplace And a wound that would never heal No prim-donas the perfume is on and old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey And goodnight to the street-sweepers, The night watchmen flame-keepers And goodnight Matilda too Goodnight Matilda too.
Es klingt für manche Menschen schräg - Für mich ist es das genialste und ehrlichste, daß ich in meinem Leben gehört habe ! Danke Tom Waits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deswegen berührt mich die Musik auch so unglaublich.Mein Leben war und ist auch nicht gerade, dass was man als schön,leicht und liebevoll nennen würde.Pat.
I learned about this song through my partner Mirjam about 8 years ago. Since then I play this song whenever I’m travelling and I miss her. Last year when she turned 50 I sang this song for her, with my son on piano and Mirjam’s sister on cello. A night to never forget! Thank you Tom Waits for this best song ever!
Make that 2019 now. With Tom and a bit of choolate ... we made it out of the frying pan that was last year and into the fire that this one will be. We'll be needing his songs more than ever.
Tom I love how in the early days you were so shy you'd nearly run away after the performance. you're so beautiful and don't want people too see. a truly endearing QUALITY. love you xxx
@@eugenehughgene4271 ... it's pretty sad when you have to edit a two-word response. Just saying. Maybe you should leave the guy who obviously respects this great poet alone. He's got 70 years plus now on this planet he seen things you could not even imagine. Shove off Punk.
Here's the extremely powerful lyrics: Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did Got what I paid for now See ya tomorrow, hey Frank can I borrow A couple of bucks from you? To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda You'll go a-waltzing Mathilda with me I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley And tired of all these soldiers here No one speaks English and everything's broken And my Stacys are soaking wet To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda You'll go a-waltzing Mathilda with me Now the dogs are barking and the taxi cab's parking A lot they can do for me I begged you to stab me, you tore my shirt open And I'm down on my knees tonight Old Bushmill's I staggered, you buried the dagger Your silhouette window light To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda You'll go a-waltzing Mathilda with me Now I lost my Saint Christopher now that I've kissed her And the one-armed bandit knows And the maverick Chinaman and the cold-blooded signs And the girls down by the strip-tease shows Go, waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda You'll go a-waltzing Mathilda with me No, I don't want your sympathy The fugitives say that the streets aren't for dreaming now Manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories They want a piece of the action anyhow Go, waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda You'll go a-waltzing Mathilda with me And you can ask any sailor and the keys from the jailor And the old men in wheelchairs know That Mathilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred And she follows wherever you may go Waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda You'll go a-waltzing Mathilda with me And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace And a wound that will never heal No prima donna, the perfume is on An old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey And goodnight to the street sweepers The night watchman flame keepers and goodnight, Mathilda too.
Everything about this is perfect, the song ,his voice, the music , but also the emotion on his face combined with the emotion in his voice is what makes this so special
Me and my friends still play some Tom Waits regularly, pop some beers and light up the bbq, put on some christmas lights (beautiful on summer nights). Good music knows no age
Thank you for your comments. I had an Aussie friend I recommended this song to. He absolutely hated it, thought it was disrespectful to Australians. I apologized profusely but in my heart thought he was wrong.
Sad to hear you're Cobber hates this Great Tune.... Guessing He's from down Victoria way, They're a weird mob ;) hahahaha But I'm proud to boast that i spent nearly a year managing the beautiful North Gregory Hotel in Winton QUEENSLAND, where it's widely believed Banjo Paterson first publicly performed it around 120 years ago. :D
He's actually from Newcastle. I heard a standard version of Waltzing Matilda first and always loved it but Tom's version..." I've lost my St. Christopher now that I've kissed her and the one armed bandit knows..." - wow!
The original lyrics were written in 1895 by Banjo Paterson, and published as sheet music in 1903. It was first recorded and performed by John Collinson and Russell Callow in 1926. That said I love Tom Waits version
+Don Benevento I cried in spanish...most of the times and in between, the sentences make sense with a world -behind-delay :) so amazing is this song. salud!!
I have been a fan for a lifetime now and this song always brings tear to my eye and I am glad I can still say that. Even after a lifetime of listening to Tom just the best
So glad I found Tom Waits sing this beautiful music. It’s such a sad time in our country, so many dead. My family lost three members just in one month. Not the virus, but suddenly. We grieve, we mourn. Our hearts are broken. 💔💔💔. They each cherished
I feel like some people have such a narrow minded veiw on what a "good voice" is. Ii think tom waits has a great voice as well as bob dylan. Their voices fit the music that they're playing. Its emotive and you can feel where they are coming from. So no, tom waits dosent have a bad voice at all.
hurlockbros I know this is an old comment. But: Tom's voice is indeed very emotive, beautifully touching, I think his piano-playing is as well. And even technically ironically enough, Tom's voice hits a relatively wide range of notes...but more so the emotions, can make the ground rumble.
I know this is an old comment but it deserves recognition. people see s good voice as being flawless, to me a good voice had the flaws of character and experience of life.
Tom can sing "normal", he just prefers this style. He has a wide range and many different styles. This song is more on the gruff end of his spectrum. "Little trip to heaven" is one of the few examples where you can hear him sing in a more "conventional" way.
Someone once said that Tom Waits sings like an angel with the voice of a demon. I agree 300%.
Wow
Than'ks Tom Waits ! It's my preferate song !
Me too. Peace to you tonight.
In these times where menhood seems to become more and more synthetic songs like these are essential. Reminding us what REAL emotions are, what REAL life is! Love it!!!
When you find Tom. You never lose him he becomes part of your life.
it is!!
He is special and a real person. What a poet and performer, the gift that keeps giving. Godspeed Tom Waits.
True.
Yes he did.
One of the greatest achievements in music performances in the history of humankind.
Legend. What a tune Tom Traburts Blues is. That voice is just incredible. The whole song is genius.
I think it's about time we all admit that Tom Waits is better than pretty much anything else you could ever listen to.
The actual Waltzing a Matilda was a miners swag/ calico bag swinging from shoulder to shoulder as they walked from gold field to another, mostly in Australia. Down on your luck, off you went waltzing that sack with all your valuables and maybe some food in it.
It's about time I go Waltzing Matilda with you.
I always think of him as a musical Cormac McCarthy…and this song conjures 'Sutree’ …one McCarthy's greatest American novels
One of my 5 desert island songs.
Bravo... 🌹
If macho Man Randy Savage was a singer... Sorry I'm just getting into this guy
Great
❤️❤️❤️❤️
he looks well
i havent be kissed for allmost 8 yearsbut i am ok
There never was, and there will never be another Tom Waits. We are lucky to have him on this planet with us. I've been a fan for 45 years.
AMEN!
i don't understand what hopeless romantics did before tom waits? i'd be lost.
....love him !
gheumann It's a great man
gheumann he is a bit old to still be a diddy man
Corona virus.. Tom whiskey and my dog... Stay safe out there 💜💜💜💜
You too. :) Still watching. :)
Thank you. Hope you are and you dog are still safe. It’s been a rough year eh? Thank god for Tom. Cheers From 🇦🇺
One of the greatest writers ever to walk this beautiful planet. He has written unparalleled music for the dejected, the lonely, and the desperate vagabonds that are all written off as "filth."
A true artist, heart, soul , flesh and blood. I love this great man, his songs have helped me make sense of this mad world since i discovered him in the late `70`s with `Blue Valentine` album and then checked out his previous albums and he still does it after all these decades. In all fairness this guy is a rare breed and we are lucky to have such a gift from God above!
It was the voice with the song that stopped me in my tracts in 76. Listening to 102.7 FM they played this song by Waits and I was hooked solid. And my record collection got bigger.
I feel so glad to have had Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen in my life time. Their poetry has gotten me thru many decades of lost paths. Thank you
Mee . . To . . Tannin . /// . Bear Now . 50 . Years . Pink . Floyd .
I love them too. I clear my throat for them both.
Yep me also n JJ Cale Budgy Australia 🍻
An JJ Cale Budgy Australia
When I read Leonard Cohen's poetry, I put on a Tom Waits LP or CD.
60 year old music lover. Just heard Tom for the first time last week….how is that possible ??? Genius !
Sometimes happens things like this haha. 😉
You have a great journey to look forward to.
Doesn't matter. you know now. explore everything you can find.
Cried my eyes off…Jesus…
These things happen. Had the same experience with Shane MacGowan in December. Tom Waits I have know now for 35 years.... But being a music lover it really feels strange to have missed just an important musician.
This song moves me every time I hear it. I never get tired of it.
He is the best ever! If you don't cry at his arrangement & performance of this classic,...you need to check your pulse to see if you're still alive.
To go a "waltzing matilda" is an Australian expression, it means to take your “swag" (you're belongings) and go on out on-the-road. An itinerate lifestyle during hard times. A vagabond.
Thanks.
i am a vagabond too, we are having hard times since ppl are not really free anymore but having to do and live the way our governments force them to do... I left my country a long time ago, i am a Vagabond, i am loving this song and i am loving the guys down under
cheers from Thailand
eat the rich
Same as a "walkabout"?
@@mrthedudeman no walkabout is a term used by Indigenous Australians meaning to wander/to explore and go about their business. The (whole song) Waltzing Matilda is about an itinerant on the road who steals a sheep (a jumbuck) and then jumps in a billabong (pond) to escape troopers (police) and dies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_Matilda
@@goldenchild4835 white people use the term "walkabout" as well. Saw it in a Portlandia sketch when the power goes out the "birdman" gets people together for a "walkabout". I know it's unrelated but check it out it is quite funny mate.
I had his record when I was a high school girl in Tokyo. Over three decades later, now living in the US, I suddenly run into this. Even long after I lost his name, I never forgot this voice. I will never let it go this time. Thank you for uploading.
That is beautiful💚✨
may I ask, how did a school girl in Tokyo around 1980 get her hands on a record like that? was he popular in Japan at that time? were you into alternative music?
How beautiful...❤
@@roberthermans6357 he's got the moon, he's got the cheese, and from what I hear he has the whole damn nation on their knees
I'm 71. I have seen and heard everyone from Dylan in 63 to today. Tom is an original. He is brilliant. This song is brilliant. I listen to at least once a month. It never gets old. Get a glass of port and sit back and listen.
Open up a bottle, turn off phone, and listen.... All night. Nothing better!
spectacularbid right there with you brother. This is heartbreakingly good. Brilliant.
I just love his songs and his voices. Beauty doesn't have to be "pretty".
spectacularbid I just read your comments, and could not agree with you more!!!!😎, As he sings as I actually type this, Lol!... love this song. And listen to it like you as well!, tonight it’s gin, but some porter sounds great as well!! Enjoy!!
Vintage
Tom must have bought an extra soul at the crossroads.
:')
Cross roads aka suicides etc . . refers to the synchroton cross . . hard times during the Sun swap . . the 30 yrs without child aka Adam & Eve electric
Love your comment. I can see him standing there ..but i think he was just drinking & wanted a song.. they threw the extra soul in for free..hey the devil knows a good deal when he sees it..he said..Step Right Up..everyone's a winner bargains galore.😄👺✌
Tom Waits is Dostoevsky from New Jersey
Art alone can save the world
We love you
New Jersey? Waits was born, raised and has lived most of his life in California.
And it was beauty, not art, that can save the world
Hank Chinasky Do you like Nick Cave, my Bukowski friend?
Patricio Fernandez Not as much as Tom 🙂
"Dostoevsky from New Jersey" -- great line
Ein charismatischer Künstler und ein episches Ereignis. Grandios. Ich weiß nicht wie oft ich das schon gehört habe. Danke, Tom Waits. 🦊
I remember a girl I danced with many years ago. We didn't dance the waltz, let alone waltzing Matilda. But we danced after I knew it was already over, yet we just hadn't said so out loud. All these years later I miss her but I'm glad she found happiness. Neither of us was capable of sustaining a relationship. But she's happy now, and I'm sometimes getting there. Tom helps sometimes. More than sometimes.
Sounds like it’s time for “Martha”.
The only version that matters 🙏
Check out maken and Clancy very good rendition 🙋♂️
If Charles Bukowski could sing... 😂🤙
If Tom Waits could 🎤 sing
Maybe best RUclips comment ever! “Nobody speaks English and everything is broken “. Xoxo
You should listen to him reading Bukowski
@@matiasgoinheix366
I had to look it up. Thanks for the tip, that’s some cool shit!
❤❤❤❤
One of the most beautiful songs ever ❤️
Tom Waits was a message from the universe to everyone who loves to sing. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't.
"You'll never be a singer with that voice."
"Oh? I think I'll go be one of history's most amazing singers, then. Piss off."
Daniel Durchholz said Tom's voice sounds "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." I'm glad I can listen to him sing
That's some fine Bourbon!
PV Douglas the voice description re tom waits..priceless..and spot on...but above all ..respectful...thank you for sharing...❤️❤️🇨🇦
@@paulinechapman9319 Yes....I agree....totally brilliant! :)
His voice (& Noddy & Janis) could tear open a tin can.
I am mourning the death of my 95-year-old father who I was the caregiver for for 2 1/2 years passed away three weeks ago !
Tom Waits music and crown royal always helps me get through hard times thank God and God rest my fathers soul ! Greg
God bless your father. From a fellow caregiver and Tom Waits lover. So sorry for your loss.
My mum died 10 months ago, l feel ya😭, after this I going too always keep a diamond in your mind.🤗
Rest forever, waltz forever my darling
@@bronwynreiss5660
I dont know what to say. But I said it anyways
As a hospice nurse thanks for caring for your pa.
This was the first song I ever heard from Tom. I was 17. I fell in love with his music instantly. I'm 48 now, feels like it was yesterday...
my god that is one of the most beautiful songs ever written...
Bobboy Shmurda hot nigga comes close
I was surprised to find that it was written in 1895.
Only comparation with My Way
It’s his take on it that is soooo moving. Listen to some of the “originals”. Lots of pride and sentimentality, not much soul!
Tom Waits is a miracle! A beautiful soul with a brain that functions in conjunction!
@@JamesHathaway01 Only the bridge was written ans part of a song called Waltzing Matilda. This is "Tom Traubert's Blues or Waltzing Matilda". This song , except the bridge was written by Waits. He can use the "bridge" because that song from 1895 is in Public Domain
Tom Waits sounds like a pirate chugging battery acid, a revving car, Louis Armstrong, and a very worn-down hobo all at the same time.
And he's awesome.
Funny..
Don't he!!
A well worn piece of leather troubadour
I signed up youtube to write this:
I saw him in Sydney in 1979 (or was it 80?). Best concert I've ever seen. Tom Traubert's Blue (this) was his encore, of course. He graveled... "Um..., er... I've um... y'know... I've kinda stolen your unofficial national anthem on this next one."
*Wild applause*
*A pause...*
"I'll give it back when I'm done..."
Thank you Tom.
How beautiful is this rendition. I love you, Tom
This song just grabs my heart till I can't fukin breathe
Poetry!
Join the club.
Exactly! Thanx for telling everyone how this song really hits a person with a soul.
This song makes me cry
Me too, i'm 76 years old.
Tom is for the heart, not just the ears. He teaches us that true beauty comes from within. Can you imagine someone with a silken voice singing this? (like maybe Frank Sinatra?) It might sound good. You m,ight even like it. But it could never capture the pain. The sorrow. The love and regret and loss and longing. It wouldn't speak to the heart. And that's where Tom's music resides. Not in the ears. But the heart. Long live Tom Waits. (slept with a dream before he had to go away...beautiful.)
Prolific song writer. His voice is great. I heard him warm up for 4 or 5 hours once. I'd snuck into the venue at 1pm. When I'd think of a voice like you describe I think Fred Neil
This is how I feel while listening also. At first I was omg 😳 to his voice .... But I'm actually soothed by his voice. and he is very good at singing. It's just a very unique flavor. ❤ I'm glad to read your comment
Went to tom Waits concert in Sydney, Australia circa 1975, he closed the show with this song, was not a dry eye in the house.
I wish I had of been there.
Tom is one of the very few who can open his soul each and every performance. He lets us see what's inside and we're always amazed.
I cry ever time I listen to him sing this song. He does it better than anyone else. Ever.
There are few things in life as beautiful as this. Pass the Kleenex.
I don't really get it when people criticize his singing.... You're watching Tom Waits and his voice is part of him. Personally it's not a question of getting it or not getting it... it's about realising that he's a story teller and for me the voice adds to it all.
Check out Lucid Rivers if you get time.
Exactly right
He is leaving all of his emotion and physicality on that goddamn stage. If someone doesn't see that, they don't deserve it.
F. Hawk The criticism probably comes from the fact he growls rather than sings in the true sense. He grew on me. He isn’t one of my favorite singers but he sings with heart and honesty!
The voice is simply fucking amazing. Some folk just do not get it. He delivers the song as the lyrics tell the story. That`s how the magic happens!
I agree, he's as much an actor. So what do you want, Bing Crosby?
Tom makes this gorgeous song almost unbearably personal.
Is it normal to cry after hearing this? Amazing work!
yes
cry each and EVERY time
Tom hits too close to home everytime, so yeah, it´s very normal
yes
Perfectly normal. I am doing so now.
Wasted and wounded
And it ain't what the moon did
I got what I paid for now
See you tomorrow
Hey Frank can I borrow
A couple of bucks from you
To go waltzing Matilda waltzing Matilda
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
I'm an innocent victim
of a blinded alley
And I'm tired of all these soldiers here
No-one speaks English
And everything's broken
And my strength is soaking away
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me
Now the dogs they are barking
and the taxi cab's parking
A lot they can do for me
I begged you to stab me
You tore my shirt open
And I'm down on my knees tonight
Old bush mills I staggered
You buried the dagger
Your silhouette window light
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me
Now I've lost my St. Christopher
Now that I kissed her
And the one-arm bandit knows
And the maverick China man
with the cold-blooded sigh
And the girls down by the striptease shows go
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me
No I don't want your sympathy
Fugitives say
that the streets aren't for dreaming now
Manslaughter dragnet
and the ghost that sells memories
Want a piece of the action anyhow
Go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
And you can ask any sailor
And the keys from the jailor
And the old men in wheelchairs know
That Mathilda's the defendant
She killed about a hundred
And she follows wherever you may go
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
And it's a battered old suitcase
in a hotel someplace
And a wound that would never heal
No prim-donas the perfume is on
and old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey
And goodnight to the street-sweepers,
The night watchmen flame-keepers
And goodnight Matilda too
Goodnight Matilda too.
..”and my Stacey’s are soaking wet…” not ..”strength” etc
Es klingt für manche Menschen schräg - Für mich ist es das genialste und ehrlichste, daß ich in meinem Leben gehört habe ! Danke Tom Waits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nein nicht schräg, ein kurzer magischer Moment.
Was für ein Künstler 🙏🙏🙏
Sublime
The most perfect 7 minutes of music of all time
Pmm
Pizzatramp bang on
Magic.There would be a lot more of it. if more people were able to follow their heart . A brain without a heart is dangerous.
+Bradiswhat Braddoes Yes, heartless people with brains (some tiny, some big) are destroying my country (U.S.) now.
...and very sad!
I need some new adjectives to describe this genius of an artist.
I cannot believe I have only just discovered this man. Auithentiicity and a bourbon soaked heart. Just amazing
welcome onboard!
Tom Waits always sings about the poorest and lost souls. I love this!
Schon geschrieben,sehe daß genauso!Danke
Deswegen berührt mich die Musik auch so unglaublich.Mein Leben war und ist auch nicht gerade, dass was man als schön,leicht und liebevoll nennen würde.Pat.
Tom always brings a a whole new meaning to putting you whole and heart into it ... love it!!
I learned about this song through my partner Mirjam about 8 years ago. Since then I play this song whenever I’m travelling and I miss her. Last year when she turned 50 I sang this song for her, with my son on piano and Mirjam’s sister on cello. A night to never forget! Thank you Tom Waits for this best song ever!
Beautiful ❤
"And it's a battered old suitcase, into a hotel someplace, and a wound that won't ever heal..."
2018, the world hasn't ended and Tom is still cool.
T Clark im glad too heer it
The world HAS ended, but we still have Tom here in the afterlife
Make that 2019 now. With Tom and a bit of choolate ... we made it out of the frying pan that was last year and into the fire that this one will be. We'll be needing his songs more than ever.
2019
2020 and not so sure anymore, but Tom's still cool.
Tom I love how in the early days you were so shy you'd nearly run away after the performance. you're so beautiful and don't want people too see. a truly endearing QUALITY. love you xxx
I'm nearly 70 no applause needed I have always thought this track suppurb, brilliant and one of the greats. And believe me I've heard them all. 😆😆😆
Exactly
nearly 70 and still can't spell "superb" , and they say that the new generation ain't got no education
Kyrie Irving which language are you writing in?
Mike Walker Arabic obviously...
@@eugenehughgene4271 ... it's pretty sad when you have to edit a two-word response. Just saying. Maybe you should leave the guy who obviously respects this great poet alone. He's got 70 years plus now on this planet he seen things you could not even imagine. Shove off Punk.
Bloody brilliant
This beautiful man. Nobody hits the tear ducks like Tom...
I wish I could climb into this video and attend this concert live - what an amazing talent!
Giving me comfort during covid19 social distancing 😄
Same...perfect "lonely" song.
Yes... 😉 😊
Idiot.
He is so young in this video - yet he sings will all the gravitas he ever needed. Stay well.
I am sad, because I can't "like" it 1000 times...
agree!!!
" a battered old suitcase & a hotel room somelace -
and wounds that will never heal " ..... .... ... .. .
I've literally watched this over 100 times.
1000
at least 2 times a month for the last 8 years
Tom, it's a good thing you found your art. Because you would'a ended up livin' under an overpass otherwise.
Gad bless you man.
John~
American Net'Zen
Thank from Finland, also thanks youtube, lets share this, love You
Lived in the Village in the 70's. Drove a cab. Hung out at CBGB's. Caught Tom in different venues. What a time
It makes me want to go waltzing Matilda too!! A wound that will never heal.
Here's the extremely powerful lyrics:
Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did
Got what I paid for now
See ya tomorrow, hey Frank can I borrow
A couple of bucks from you?
To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda
You'll go a-waltzing Mathilda with me
I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley
And tired of all these soldiers here
No one speaks English and everything's broken
And my Stacys are soaking wet
To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda
You'll go a-waltzing Mathilda with me
Now the dogs are barking and the taxi cab's parking
A lot they can do for me
I begged you to stab me, you tore my shirt open
And I'm down on my knees tonight
Old Bushmill's I staggered, you buried the dagger
Your silhouette window light
To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda
You'll go a-waltzing Mathilda with me
Now I lost my Saint Christopher now that I've kissed her
And the one-armed bandit knows
And the maverick Chinaman and the cold-blooded signs
And the girls down by the strip-tease shows
Go, waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda
You'll go a-waltzing Mathilda with me
No, I don't want your sympathy
The fugitives say that the streets aren't for dreaming now
Manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories
They want a piece of the action anyhow
Go, waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda
You'll go a-waltzing Mathilda with me
And you can ask any sailor and the keys from the jailor
And the old men in wheelchairs know
That Mathilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred
And she follows wherever you may go
Waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda
You'll go a-waltzing Mathilda with me
And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace
And a wound that will never heal
No prima donna, the perfume is on
An old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey
And goodnight to the street sweepers
The night watchman flame keepers and goodnight, Mathilda too.
Being an Australian this was a song we sang at school, it was waltzing madiltda but totally different song this was really cool song too
Das ist die beste Version die ich kenne, das geht so Tief :-))
Everything about this is perfect, the song ,his voice, the music , but also the emotion on his face combined with the emotion in his voice is what makes this so special
Me and my friends still play some Tom Waits regularly, pop some beers and light up the bbq, put on some christmas lights (beautiful on summer nights). Good music knows no age
If there ever was a soul to music......
nobody has a voice like this! I met him once, he had dirty finger nails..and was adorable
As a PROUD Aussie, I can only Dip my lid in ENORMOUS respect to Tom 4 This !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRILLIANT interpretation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;)
+ Dazza - no better version than Tom's
Thank you for your comments. I had an Aussie friend I recommended this song to. He absolutely hated it, thought it was disrespectful to Australians. I apologized profusely but in my heart thought he was wrong.
Sad to hear you're Cobber hates this Great Tune.... Guessing He's from down Victoria way, They're a weird mob ;) hahahaha
But I'm proud to boast that i spent nearly a year managing the beautiful North Gregory Hotel in Winton QUEENSLAND, where it's widely believed Banjo Paterson first publicly performed it around 120 years ago.
:D
He's actually from Newcastle. I heard a standard version of Waltzing Matilda first and always loved it but Tom's version..." I've lost my St. Christopher now that I've kissed her and the one armed bandit knows..." - wow!
Susan . You are a mysteri woman. But still I like your taste.
With tears in my eyes...
Such a great song - I love it so much!
im 61 and is the best song of all time
I felt this. Didn’t just hear it,I felt it and it left a scar.
Genius. Incomparable. Legend. What more can I say!
The original lyrics were written in 1895 by Banjo Paterson, and published as sheet music in 1903. It was first recorded and performed by John Collinson and Russell Callow in 1926. That said I love Tom Waits version
Those who don't "get" Tom Waits don't deserve to. Plain and simple. He is a genius. Iconic talent. Tom, come to Boston!!
This song is about homeless people, alcoholics & the dark streets of King's Cross, but it still inspire's me
What a unique talent. Just great if you get it.
+Don Benevento I cried in spanish...most of the times and in between, the sentences make sense with a world -behind-delay :) so amazing is this song. salud!!
yes, what is it about this song; makes me sob. Too beautiful. This is the only, the ONLY version that counts.
+Elaine Hereford You are so right!
the line
"goodnight to the street sweeper
and good night Matilda too"
kill me, so sad x
Elaine Hurford yes it is. He is the man !
Elaine Hurford
Try the Pogues version. ..you may be surprised.
The Pogues did a cover of Eric Bogle’s ‘And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda’. Great song but a totally different one to this.
I have been a fan for a lifetime now and this song always brings tear to my eye and I am glad I can still say that. Even after a lifetime of listening to Tom just the best
So glad I found Tom Waits sing this beautiful music. It’s such a sad time in our country, so many dead. My family lost three members just in one month. Not the virus, but suddenly. We grieve, we mourn. Our hearts are broken. 💔💔💔. They each cherished
Sorry for your loss
I hope you are doing a little better a year on🤗🤗🤗
I have loved waits for over 40 years but this song makes me feel a little uneasy it may be a little close to the bone.
I salute you ANZACS on your day of remembrance.
Obviously the lyrics help but it never ceases to amaze me how much emotion can be conveyed by someone who sounds like he’s gargling gravel.
I feel like some people have such a narrow minded veiw on what a "good voice" is. Ii think tom waits has a great voice as well as bob dylan. Their voices fit the music that they're playing. Its emotive and you can feel where they are coming from. So no, tom waits dosent have a bad voice at all.
hurlockbros I know this is an old comment. But: Tom's voice is indeed very emotive, beautifully touching, I think his piano-playing is as well. And even technically ironically enough, Tom's voice hits a relatively wide range of notes...but more so the emotions, can make the ground rumble.
I know this is an old comment but it deserves recognition. people see s good voice as being flawless, to me a good voice had the flaws of character and experience of life.
Tom can sing "normal", he just prefers this style. He has a wide range and many different styles. This song is more on the gruff end of his spectrum. "Little trip to heaven" is one of the few examples where you can hear him sing in a more "conventional" way.
Amnon what! kirsty mcall
I agree, & that's why I hear the "experience of life & flaws of character" in both Tom & Leonard Cohen, they're both brilliant. RIP Leonard.
Such a fantastic singer songwriter. He reaches right inside.