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.
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!!
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.
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 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.
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
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."
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 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?
@@unterwant Da hast du völlig Recht,,ich kann das oft nicht so gut in Worte wiedergegeben,aber es gibt nichts,was meine Gefühle ,auf diese Art in Aufruhr bringt,Danke für deine Antwort.Pat
@@petramichels7029 habe Nick Cave jetzt mal angehört und angeschaut. Ist interessant, aber für mich passt es nicht so gut. Vielleicht liegt es an meinem Alter oder meiner eher bluesigen musikalischen Prägung in meiner Jugend ...... (Tom Traubert Blues ...) have a nice day !!!!
My dad passed on last Christmas Eve. He was 88. 88 keys on the piano. He was a piano and organist. It’s the hardest thing to go through. I miss and love my dad so much.
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.😄👺✌
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
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
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 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!
We are all so fortunate to be sharing the same moment in time as such fabulous poet/songwriters as Waits, Dylan, Cohen, Prine, Morrison and so many others.
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
When I met my husband he was living at the beach and the only music that he had was a cassette of Small Change that played all night while we talked and talked and and I never wanted to leave him.
There will never be another Tom waits as there will never be another Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Charles Chaplin, Airton Senna, Pelé, Garrincha, singing, performing or playing, they are the only ones and there will never be someone like them, maibe similar but never equal.
Es klingt für manche Menschen schräg - Für mich ist es das genialste und ehrlichste, daß ich in meinem Leben gehört habe ! Danke Tom Waits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm 37. Most of my favourite singers started out in the 70s or earlier. Dylan, Springsteen, Meat Loaf, Mark Knopfler, Billy Joel and this man right here. Growing up, i wasn't fussed about many "current" artists, but now I make sure I listen to one of the numerous music channels at least a couple of times a week, because there are some good singers and some good songs around. The difference is that new music has a base in perfection. Perfect voice, perfect appearance, perfect pitch, but will many of them be remembered as much as those I mentioned at the start of this post? No because, with the odd exception, they don't the heart, the truth and the raw emotions that old music has.
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
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!!!
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
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.
It's true, just remember that Tom is an actor. I've known a lot of people, especially in the naivete of youth, who have destroyed or killed themselves trying to imitate a fictional character. Tom was 28 here. He would not be alive today if he actually lived the lifestyle he portrays in his characters.
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.
God I love Toms music , I’m getting old now but his music isn’t! I have a great nephew who loves hip hop , and Tom Waits, he’l grow up and passing the music on!, thanks Tom for helping me bridge 2 generations!
No voice gets inside the most guarded parts of your heart and soul like Tom does, unique, brilliant and a pure one off. Be careful, once inside your heart he can tear it apart and leave you bleeding and vulnerable.
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
Discovered TW in 1986, whilst working in Germany as an opera singer. The ballet troupe did an entire production with his music as their soundtrack. Been a fan ever since. Unique.
I could barely breathe when I saw this. I even shed a couple of tears though I know nothing of any back story or context. It is a beautiful song performed by a genius.
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.
It's hard for me to find the right words I'll just say the world is a better place to live with people like Tom Watts in it thank you Tom Watts and thank you RUclips
I'm very sorry for spelling Mr Waits name wrong I've been up all night fishing and freezing my can off and I guess my brain is frozen as well ivs to this man for years again I apologize for that dumb mistake
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!
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.
Someone once said that Tom Waits sings like an angel with the voice of a demon. I agree 300%.
Wow
The only version that matters 🙏
Check out maken and Clancy very good rendition 🙋♂️
This song makes me cry
Me too, i'm 76 years old.
So it does with me
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.
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
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
Lived in the Village in the 70's. Drove a cab. Hung out at CBGB's. Caught Tom in different venues. What a time
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.
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.
I was there too 🙌
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.
This song moves me every time I hear it. I never get tired of it.
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.
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”.
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.
im 61 and is the best song of all time
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.
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."
Than'ks Tom Waits ! It's my preferate song !
Me too. Peace to you tonight.
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 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
This beautiful man. Nobody hits the tear ducks like Tom...
One of the most beautiful songs ever ❤️
WoW!Die Stimme ist ein Geschenk, für die Welt und für Tom!wunderschön!!!
Tom Waits ist das Geschenk, dass er uns macht!
seine Stimme .... comes deep from his soal ...
⛲⛲⛲⛲⛲⛲⛲⛲⛲⛲
@@unterwant Da hast du völlig Recht,,ich kann das oft nicht so gut in Worte wiedergegeben,aber es gibt nichts,was meine Gefühle ,auf diese Art in Aufruhr bringt,Danke für deine Antwort.Pat
@@unterwant Kennst du den Song von Nick Cave*The Dead ist not The Ende?Kein Tom Waits,aber auch ein sehr interessanter Musiker.Pat
@@petramichels7029 habe Nick Cave jetzt mal angehört und angeschaut. Ist interessant, aber für mich passt es nicht so gut. Vielleicht liegt es an meinem Alter oder meiner eher bluesigen musikalischen Prägung in meiner Jugend ...... (Tom Traubert Blues ...)
have a nice day !!!!
Am I the only one who can't keep a dry eye listening to Tom Waits 😭?
私は69歳です、20代の頃からトム・ウエイツを聞いてますが最高‼ですね I LOVE TOM
How beautiful is this rendition. I love you, Tom
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...
Ein charismatischer Künstler und ein episches Ereignis. Grandios. Ich weiß nicht wie oft ich das schon gehört habe. Danke, Tom Waits. 🦊
My dad passed on last Christmas Eve. He was 88. 88 keys on the piano. He was a piano and organist. It’s the hardest thing to go through. I miss and love my dad so much.
May his soul rest in piece and you still bear a great memories, legacy, smile and every great or little gift he passed upon you.
@@martinpavlicek2299thanks brother
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.😄👺✌
" a battered old suitcase & a hotel room somelace -
and wounds that will never heal " ..... .... ... .. .
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.
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
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
It makes me want to go waltzing Matilda too!! A wound that will never heal.
I felt this. Didn’t just hear it,I felt it and it left a scar.
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 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 ❤
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 🇦🇺
We are all so fortunate to be sharing the same moment in time as such fabulous poet/songwriters as Waits, Dylan, Cohen, Prine, Morrison and so many others.
Don't forget Lou Reed and Bowie
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 makes this gorgeous song almost unbearably personal.
Heard “Walzing Mathilde” for the first time in 1959. But this is special .. love it!
Such a fantastic singer songwriter. He reaches right inside.
Genius. Incomparable. Legend. What more can I say!
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
When I met my husband he was living at the beach and the only music that he had was a cassette of Small Change that played all night while we talked and talked and and I never wanted to leave him.
Hi how are you doing. Hope you are fine and staying safe out there?
I saw him in New Orleans in 1977. The bass note of my life. Then and now. Artist shaman national treasure
There will never be another Tom waits as there will never be another Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Charles Chaplin, Airton Senna, Pelé, Garrincha, singing, performing or playing, they are the only ones and there will never be someone like them, maibe similar but never equal.
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
There's something special about Tom Waits. His music, his voice, his sound effects... Everything is just passionate.
I have a old cat he loves tom waits he goes to sleep listening to him lol
If there ever was a soul to music......
I'm 37. Most of my favourite singers started out in the 70s or earlier. Dylan, Springsteen, Meat Loaf, Mark Knopfler, Billy Joel and this man right here. Growing up, i wasn't fussed about many "current" artists, but now I make sure I listen to one of the numerous music channels at least a couple of times a week, because there are some good singers and some good songs around. The difference is that new music has a base in perfection. Perfect voice, perfect appearance, perfect pitch, but will many of them be remembered as much as those I mentioned at the start of this post? No because, with the odd exception, they don't the heart, the truth and the raw emotions that old music has.
If I had a bucket list, seeing him live would be on it!!
Definitely
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
Those who don't "get" Tom Waits don't deserve to. Plain and simple. He is a genius. Iconic talent. Tom, come to Boston!!
his voice, the lyrics..just pure art giving me chills..heard this song when i was a young child, it´s still touching me like the first time.
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 streets aren't for dreaming now "that's a killer line, no other comment required.
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
Das ist die beste Version die ich kenne, das geht so Tief :-))
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 cannot believe I have only just discovered this man. Auithentiicity and a bourbon soaked heart. Just amazing
welcome onboard!
With tears in my eyes...
Such a great song - I love it so much!
This song with a bottle of whisky, damn! Soo much feeling!
When you discover Tom Waits, you will never forget this song!
Cheers mate.
It's true, just remember that Tom is an actor. I've known a lot of people, especially in the naivete of youth, who have destroyed or killed themselves trying to imitate a fictional character. Tom was 28 here. He would not be alive today if he actually lived the lifestyle he portrays in his characters.
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.
God I love Toms music , I’m getting old now but his music isn’t! I have a great nephew who loves hip hop , and Tom Waits, he’l grow up and passing the music on!, thanks Tom for helping me bridge 2 generations!
I cry ever time I listen to him sing this song. He does it better than anyone else. Ever.
What a man, a voice and uncountable emotions
I've always liked Tom, but as an Australian it's time to finally start the long overdue journey of buying every record of his that I possibly can.
This song is about homeless people, alcoholics & the dark streets of King's Cross, but it still inspire's me
No voice gets inside the most guarded parts of your heart and soul like Tom does, unique, brilliant and a pure one off. Be careful, once inside your heart he can tear it apart and leave you bleeding and vulnerable.
...with a smile on your face!
If only Tom knew, the kind of love we have, hold for him. He, unafraid, tells our stories - God is so proud of him, and Tom Will never know!
Never before have I heard this version...... Blew me away.... The emotion is intense.
This is a song for every times the beginning the future. It´s so, ready. It´s Unesco...
One of the greatest achievements in music performances in the history of humankind.
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
The most perfect 7 minutes of music of all time
Pmm
Pizzatramp bang on
What can I say. No one in the intire world is able to sing in this way. I´m Waits Fan since the middle 80´s and still...
There are few things in life as beautiful as this. Pass the Kleenex.
I wish I could climb into this video and attend this concert live - what an amazing talent!
Tom is just extraordinary just love his music just one of kind there will never be anyone ever to replace him.
Legend. What a tune Tom Traburts Blues is. That voice is just incredible. The whole song is genius.
Tom always brings a a whole new meaning to putting you whole and heart into it ... love it!!
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
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.
Discovered TW in 1986, whilst working in Germany as an opera singer. The ballet troupe did an entire production with his music as their soundtrack. Been a fan ever since. Unique.
Thank from Finland, also thanks youtube, lets share this, love You
I've literally watched this over 100 times.
1000
at least 2 times a month for the last 8 years
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.
I could barely breathe when I saw this. I even shed a couple of tears though I know nothing of any back story or context. It is a beautiful song performed by a genius.
I still get chills from this. Thank you Tom, from the bottom of my heart.
Once in a while i love to listen to this. Its timeless. Everytime ill leave in awe. Thank you TW!
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'm lost for words . What an emotional performance , and oh , that sax ! Utterly sublime .
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.
It's hard for me to find the right words I'll just say the world is a better place to live with people like Tom Watts in it thank you Tom Watts and thank you RUclips
I'm very sorry for spelling Mr Waits name wrong I've been up all night fishing and freezing my can off and I guess my brain is frozen as well ivs to this man for years again I apologize for that dumb mistake
As a PROUD Aussie, I can only Dip my lid in ENORMOUS respect to Tom 4 This !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRILLIANT interpretation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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+ 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.
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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.
Gorgeous. Been a fan of Tom Waits with my brother. We both loved his romantic hobo persona in his stage act and in his music. A true genius.