Lex Fridman reacts to Tom Waits
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Tom Waits is one of the few genius songwriters who never aged out of their genius. His stuff actually got better over the decades.
Absolutely. A true outcast of society, describing the grimy parts of society, the ones that don't have a voice. A Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis is my favorite bar ballad.
@@jonathan_huerta funny thing is he wasn't an outcast, was born in a decent middle class life
Im inclined to credit Kathleen Brennan for a lot of that, her incredible clarity and gift for writing allowed Tom to follow madder inclinations of sound and concept, and still come away with moving, structurally magnificent songs. He hasnt worked alone for a LONG time, to his and our benefit.
Nah he peaked around Rain Dogs/Heart Attack and Vine, early 80s, to Bone Machine and Franks Wild Years early 90s.
Since then the quality is less.
No artist has penetrated my core like Tom Waits. I’ve taken his music on many dark roads in my life.
Got you, brother ❤️
You are not alone there... Love Tom
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That is the reason I am searching UA-cam for Tom Waits and finding videos like this.
I discovered Tom Waits in my early 20's and have loved him ever since. I listen more to his later work, but a few of those early songs are just so unbelievably melancholic. Perfect when you're drinking alone, contemplating your mistakes, searching for the heart of Saturday night... even if it's on a Tuesday...
Same, my friend. Same. Waits kept me company many a lonely nights. One of my favorite drinking buddies and will continue to be
What’s the best order to discover his music with? This is a 30 yr old male asking with Pink Floyd as my favorite music thus far.
@@tvm2209 @TVM Very hard to say. His output is quite varied, and if you don't like the first five songs you listen to, you still might fall in love with the sixth. I'll just give you some of my favorite songs: Ol' 55, Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You, Downtown Train, That Feel, All The World is Green, Always Keep a Diamond in Your Mind, Hold On, Cold Cold Ground, Tom Traubert's Blues.
@@tvm2209 I'm late, but I'll add some Waits songs, that have some vigor!
Goin' Out West, I'll Be Gone , Down, Down, Down and Down In The Hole. Listening to those songs-every morning-is medically proven to boost your testosterone 35 to 50%. Goin' Out West alone probably does it, but add the others, just to be sure. After that, play Goin' Out West again just cuz it's awesome. That's not my opinion, it's science. 🤷🏼♂️
You said it, brother
he looks relaxed despite having passed through a tornado
That’s funny
You got a legitimate chuckle from this comment section surfer. Appreciated muchly
…If only Bill Paxton & Helen Hunt could’ve been on call from ‘96 to warn him Twister was gonna be a massive hit
😂😂😂😂😂
You had me laughing so hard.
Saw Tom Waits at the Wiltern Theater in LA a million years ago. After 15 minutes of audio problems, Waits walked up the mike and said "the beatings will continue until morale improves". One of a kind.
Tom Waits is a unique treasure. Nothing moves me like his music. Songs like "Innocent When You Dream" are magic. Listening from "Closing time" to "Real Gone" is one of the greatest things you can do for your soul. At roughly the age of 30, he meets his wife, quits drinking and commences to changing music forever.
I hope it's not the last we see such brilliance in art. It seems all but dead these days. No one can paint the humanity in all people like Waits did. People are too busy backing politicians and corporations to notice the beauty, and ugliness in all people.
Waits, is truly a treasure.
"The Heart of Saturday Night" is what got me into songwriting. Really writing, period- a true river of a man. He's represented so much to me over the years and yet he's impossible to pin down. A true gift from above
Tom Waits always breaks me up inside... grapefruit moon. I'm so grateful.
...Murder in the Red Barn. It never fails to stop me in my tracks. Waits is the real deal. A true and rarefied great.
Puts me up a tree. What a song Deborah!!!
I read:”I’m so grapefruit”.
Don't break anything - build.
finally i have found the podcast i seek all my life. two people talking about tom waits and beatles at the same time. and the talk about the way both tom waits and beatles write their lyrics. really love this clip. now i understand why i love them both.
I was like maybe 5 yrs old and remember one late night on Letterman seeing Waits perform “On the Nickel”….I remember asking my pops about him and he was shocked that a 5yr old wanted to hear more Tom Waits…my parents were awesome and always had great music playing…rock n roll 24/7…Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are my all time #1 though
No matter where it is you think you are going
Or just where you think you have been
Tom's care can be found there just Waiting
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Man, Tom Waits music is 4D experience - it atack whole imagination and senses and is beatyfully written. Martha is the song i legit cried listneing to.
Tom Waits is the finest writer with depth and musicality.
Bob Dylan a star above but Tom might catch him
Ian Curtis was 22 when he topped himself, he wrote well beyond his years
He was amazing.
Your AI is getting more emotionally advanced with each video, Lex. Rick is a great human to learn from.
His song "on the Nickel" brings tears to my eyes. The lyrics and piano playing are insane👍🏼
Lex, you mentioned Cohen alongside Waits. In my experience if you are a fan of both you will also appreciate Nick Cave. Are you a fan?
Nick Cave, Into My Arms, The Ship Song, The Weeping Song and so many others. Beautiful poetry
Speaking of Nick Cave, I'd add Dirty Three to the list (songs Everything's Fucked, 1000 Miles, Sue's Last Ride). Their music tears me apart. Masters of language without needing a single word.
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Agreed.
Being from Melbourne I could see them playing at a small outdoor market (Greville St.) on a Sunday. They were basically busking. This was in the early 90's, before they blew up. It was an *incredible* honour and such a stroke of luck to simply be in the right place at the right time...
You should check another Australian instrumental trio called *The Necks* if you dig the Dirty Three. ✌🏼️
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Red Right Hand, Mercy Seat, Jubilee Street... The list goes on. I put Cave in the same rarefied company as Waits and Cohen.
Stagger Lee is the business.
That was absolutely one of the most incredible lex clips yet
Tom Waits is everything that makes a legend.
Wisdom never looked so beautiful as Tom Waits. Love just flows from him.
My mom introduced me to Tom Waits’ music when I was a teenager. Been in love with ut ever since
'Dance like no one is watching' has always been a phrase that has evoked a deep sense of carefree abandon with me.
Seeing Rubin close his eyes and lose himself in music during this cast has reminded me how much stress and anger I am currently carrying.
It has caused me to stop and realise that I need to 'Dance like No One is Watching' both now *and* more often.
No matter where it is you think you are going
Or just where you think you have been
Tom's care can be found there just Waiting
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Dance like no one is watching, love like you have never been hurt and fuc_k like a godd_amn retar_d
My sister used to listen to Tom Waits when I was a kid ! The sound is awesome but the lyrics are incredible! I wore out my cassette of Raindogs and bought his CD's later. Lyrics like "We can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal" "Blew a hole in the hood of a yellow Corvette" "fill your pockets up with earth, get yourself a dollars' worth" "Dyed my hair in the bathroom of a Texaco" so many interesting lyrics and that gravelly voice! Awesome !
Lex I've been watching clips from you for a while, so happy to discover your a Tom Waits fan! keep up the good work.
Agree with your thoughts and statements about loving the lyrics of Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen. I would place Nick Cave in
or maybe even inhabiting the upper margin of those already stratospheric heights when it comes to songwriting, lyricism, and creativity.
Nick cave and Kendrick Lamar the best musicians of all time
100% agree with your assessment of Cave, Waits, and Cohen. The holy trinity of songwriters IMO.
I played Waits in a bar via TouchTunes and got the "What is this shit?" from a gaggle of 24 year-olds. I proceeded to pay the extra money to cut in front of every song and play more TW. Fuck 'em. He paints a picture of Americana that doesn't exist anymore.
Johnsburg, Illinois ua-cam.com/video/SxXReK-X-jc/v-deo.html
Tom Waits’ art helped me access places and characters inside me like no other artist. I was able to exorcise a lot of demons - and accept, sometimes even embrace others.
All he does is deep, meaningful and beautifully weird.
Good to know the world still appreciates Tom Waits.
Amazing that they brought up 'I Want You.' Literally one of my fav Tom Waits songs. Though, I do tend to like his later stranger years more so than his 1st few albums. Mule Variations being the best sounding body of work.
Great song!
I hear he's big in Japan.
@@mgdubya27 cuz he's got that sizzle and that steak
@@AmiliaCaraMia Well, I don’t know if I’d go that far.
I’d say he’s got the boat, but not the lake.
Lex you have been killing it for a long time now. Been watching and listening since the very first episode. You probably wont read this, but i just wanted to let you know i have been watching since the very beginning, and to watch your channel and podcast evolve like this is amazing. Great work my friend. I hope you all the best, as I am following your journey
Best wishes
Michael Larsen, Denmark
Tom Waits is the main driving force behind getting me out of the depression I felt after losing my father.
AHO LEX! Thank you for this commentary - it brings back my youth. Saw Tom perform ~ so outstanding ~ at the Harvard Square Theatre - November 18, 1978. Leon Redbone was the warm-up act and did a finger puppet show. Tom was, by then, doing his gritty grunge cabaret "Piano has been drinking" / "Small change got rained on by his own 38" tunes. That was when I worked at the old MIT Coop too (when it was inside the Student Center on Mass Ave.) That group of coworkers were PAHTEE City -- end of the week after work playing darts at Dunsters Bar in the basement of the old Oxford Ale House (corner of Palmer & Church - also the Square). Those really were the days, my friend. Love your podcast btw!!!
Im such a waits fan, when Lex said the songs under a minute, I immediately knew it was 'I want you'
I would love Tom Waits even if i had only seen interviews with him and not heard his music. One liners like:" I'd rather have an empty bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy" are amazing quotes. But yes his body of work is amazing.
Tom is a freakin genius. Pure alpha…saw Tom 3 times and was blown away every time…
Oh my Martha is one of my favourite tracks. Asylum years is an album everyone should own. Such a collection of his tracks
Waits and Cohen..... hmmm. thanks Lex...
so nice to hear people speak of the poets
Tom Waits is the only artist I know who can truly speak from the soul of a derelict sleeping on a sidewalk. Respect to Lex.
How?
Profound compassion.
Ruby’s arms is a good one by Tom
I get into trouble sometimes for looking past Tom to his influence and legacy.
Patty Griffin does a real nice job with Ruby's Arms (IMHO).
Rick rubin listens to music the way I envisioned Rick rubin would listen to music.
Great statement
The Wire opening theme will forever be stuck in my head
I can’t believe I’m actually going to go through my life without ever experiencing mutual love
I already love Lex and I was just casually looking up Tom weird footage and stumbled on this. My love for Lex goes even further lol
Tom Waits is a gift to humanity.
I saw Rick Rubin on a beach in Malibu and he looked like he was in a hurricane just as much as he does here lmao
Tom waits is one of my favorites and I own pretty much everything his ever done on vinyl. Just a few more to go
Tom Waits is the King. Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis, who else could write something like this.
Here I go again with covers: This song has been covered by numerous artists, but Neko Case and Kinky Friedman (separately) have pretty soulful versions.
Last thing in the world I expected to find was Lex Fridman waxing poetic over Tom Waits. I discovered T.W. in the 1970's. During an interview in the 80's, he was asked about his earlier work. He said it was like seeing a photo of yourself as a goofy young kid with a bad haircut and big ears. It was a perfect description of honesty and modesty.
Take this waltz is poetically beautiful. Do more of these lex
Lex being a Tom waits fan just bumped him up a notch
Love how geeked out Lex is with T-Dub.
The poignancy and world weariness Tom Waits could
Capture at such a young age was incredible. The man’s a genius.
I love early Tom Waits.
Great to hear you mention it!
I'm 39, horrible love life, and I still can't write shit lol
Waits is awesome, I discovered him due to him being in the fight club movie soundtrack.
Goin' Out West 😎
1:35 'In My Life'. Blows my mind how they wrote that in their 20's.
I cannot listen to Martha without breaking into tears.
How do we get Tom Waits on the podcast?
There will be conflict only as long as there is the observer and the observed, which is what is. That observer creates a space in consciousness; this space in consciousness is always limited because there is always the observer and that observer is obviously memory, the accumulation of experience, which has been put together by time both chronologically and psychologically.
This is so. And No matter where it is you think you are going
Or just where you think you have been
Tom's care can be found there just Waiting
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His voice grew raspy with wisdom.
When can we expect Tom on the podcast?
Some of Tom Waits's melodies almost sound like hymns. Such as "In the neighborhood". ❤
Yes, like hymns. Compassion without a trace of condescension, like Jesus.
I love "anywhere i lay my head" (not sure how he was when he wrote that)
No matter where it is you think you are going
Or just where you think you have been
Tom's care can be found there just Waiting
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"Going out West" is such a visceral cluster fuck. Reminds me of my life
Grew up in my neighborhood went to the same high school. He wrote Saturday Night at 17.
Finally people remember Tom Waits again!
It took my young son's sensitivity to point out the profound heartbreak of 'Soldier's Things.' I couldn't let it in by myself.
Tom Waits. Martha, All I Want is You. Take Me Home. All evocative. All simple. All personal to the listener. Thank you,Tom.
Tom fucking WAITS!!! HELL YEAH🤘
Once in the early 1980's I was told in a Lit class lecture, that most ( but not all) poets have done their best work,by their work by the age of 32. Since then I have gradually ceased to marvel at the wisdom of young songwriters and poets.
I'm from Chicago and my all-time favorite waits song is 29 dollars and an alligator purse. It tells truth about young girls seeking fame and getting into trouble for all the wrong reasons. Be careful young girls is the true message of this song. It's beautifully done and very bluesy.
By the way the first time I heard Jim I thought I was listening to an old black wino sitting on a railroad track just picture that.
You havent mentioned Rick Reuben at all in the titles or comments, yet he is the coolest person ever. Did you have an agreement to leave his name out? Where are beastie DMC clips?
this whole podcast is Lex asking Rick if he likes music and Rick saying yes
God, I love your complex, beautiful nature, Lex!!
the guest saying "when a young person writes a sad song, they almost seem more willing to go to a more hopeless place, because they have ? ahead and older artists want to look at the bright side of things, which i also think comes from the wisdom of aging, it's a more realistic position." ...
Martha tears me up , I live that song
"And the young, they can lose hope
'Cause they can't see beyond today
The wisdom that the old can't give away, hey
Constant recoil
Sometimes life don't leave you alone"
Love Boat Captain
Song by Pearl Jam
His wife Kathleen Brennan collaborated a great deal with Tommy since 92'.She is "his deep, dark forest."
look up tom's austin city limits 1978 performance. you'll never be the same
TS Eliot published The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock when he was 22.
“I grow old ... I grow old ...
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
I have seen them riding seaward on the waves
Combing the white hair of the waves blown back
When the wind blows the water white and black.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
It's hard not to see an echo of Bob Dylan's 1966 'I Want You' in Tom Waits 'I Want You'. Even the voices aren't that dissimilar at that stage of their respective careers.
A tinker a tailor a soldier's things. His rifle his boots full of rocks. Oh, and this one is for bravery. And this one is for me. And everything's a dollar in this box!
I Want You is such a great song! I love Blue Skies as well
What's the tom weights song of the old lovers that met 30 year later called?
Martha: ua-cam.com/video/y9Mse62NFl4/v-deo.html
Love Lex + Team. Thank you!
I’ve always liked the song after Martha on the record which is Rosie.
What would a rick rubin produced Tom waits album sound like ?
Simple and Soulful
I want a free ride on Rick's brain when he is hearing music, I wanna hear what he hears and I wanna see what he sees.
I'm lookin' for the heart of Saturday night
Had the pleasure of seeing TW in London...1989 (I htink)
Music levels the playing field. Rich, poor, smart, not so smart, all these types of people can come together and enjoy something.
Tom Waits has always perplexed me. Such wonderful vocals and melodies in his early years. Then he just…well…I just don’t get what he turned into.
I have purchased closing time 6 times. My top 3.
excellent, so great to know your taste, poetry is king
And I rolled in the ditch in a restless sleep. And I pulled on Trouble's Braids. I pulled on Trouble's Braids!
I feel like these dude would really appreciate Archy Marshal/AkA KingKrule
"Im a fan of poetry period..."
…If only Bill Paxton & Helen Hunt could’ve been on call from ‘96 to warn him Twister was gonna be a massive hit
Tom Waits was born old
Waits’ early work was a little folky for my taste. But when Swordfishtrombones came out in '83, I think he really came into his own, non-commercially and artistically. The whole album has a weird, gritty sound, and a old sheen of post-apocalyptic experimentalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to no one, but I think Tom has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
Patrick?
@@imnotgoodatguitar7012 I have to return some video tapes…
And you're east of East St Louis, and the wind is making speeches, and the rain sounds like a round of applause
A better songwriter may never have existed
Love Tom Waits!!!
Crazy hair day 🥳