Tom Waits- Downtown Train REACTION & REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2023
- Song Link: • Tom Waits - "Downtown ...
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Tom Waits, one of the few artists that i know that can romanticize the abyss.
Once you discover Tom you will find him everywhere. He has been covered and sampled. He acts and does voice overs. His appearances on Letterman’s couch are some of my favorite bits over the years.
Another astoning work from Tom Waits. And the official video of this one is pure art. As the music.
My favourite Tom Waits album. Full of bangers
I was doing some temp work a few years ago, I had all Tom's tracks set on a random on a very long play list, music from the start of his career to stuff just out at the time. Mule Variations, Alice, Blood Money, Orphans and Real Gone were still pretty new to me and albums like The Black Rider, Bone Machine, Franks Wild Years, Rain Dogs, Swordfishtrombones and some compilations of early stuff are like old friends. I love close to everything of his that I've heard. Tom Waits scratches an itch that the likes of Don Van Vliet started.
Ignore the neasayers Justin - this is a beautiful,poetic slice of urban romantic longing . Gorgeous
Rod Stewart covered this in 1989 and had a top 10 hit with his version but listening to Rod singing it is like hearing the Chipmunks do "Maggie May".
no one has seen Tom and Cookie Monster in the same room at the same time (~_^) I love his storytelling. Tom is often a "Love it" or "Get it the f#!k outta here!" kinda artist for a lot of people.
I tend to love his stuff.
Great song. The drum sounds like the elevated subway.
His most known song. Yeah, the video actually got some MTV play, back then.
Seeing that you really like Waits, and so many of your subscribers hate him, I hope you will do the next as an album reaction.
The music video actually got some decent airplay back in the day. It features Jake LaMotta (of Raging Bull).
Can't wait till you play some Bone Machine. This track is great, too. Nothing like a dose of Waits.
Everything But The Girl does a great version of this song and it's my absolute favorite version.
I love that version too!! 🔥
Hi Justin i really love this song and toms delivery is top notch , it may be a more commercial sound but he absolutely nails this track .you may get around to reacting to his song. " Martha " where tom delivers a BALLAD with such amazing smoothness and style .great reaction jp
Rod Stewart had a big hit with this song. There's a bit of a story there. IDK how true it is but I once read that Bob Seger was recording it in one room and Rod Stewart overheard it. He recorded it, released it first, and had a big hit with it.
It was covered by Rod Stewart. I think it was pretty high on the charts.
That ponce has murdered some great songs and ripped off many more.
A third rate karaoke strangler.
I like Patty Smyth's version better.
Sorry Rod Stewart but you should have left this song alone, Tom and Patty did it great , No need to Screw it up!!
Yep. Just 2 yrs later around 1987 Rod Stewart covered it & had a minor hit with this song. I don’t really care for Stewart’s version.. Everything but the Girl does a great cover.
And I agree with how you received this song. I’ve been listening to this album since it came out, and this one is lovely but also feels like a palate cleanser between rougher weirdness. Gorgeous song, but, yeah, could have been played on the radio, not that his stuff has ever gotten radio play. Like Nick Cave.
You should review Bob Seger. I always love the poetry of this track, and a lot of Tom’s work.
Nobody who covered it sang it as well as Tom. Rod Stewarts version was huge on the radio but it doesn't have the longing Tom brings to it.
man oh man I feel like I've been waiting for months for you to get to Downtown Train, if you decide the check out Bob Seger you listen to the album Live Bullet one of the greatest live albums ever made, great job reacting to Downtown Train a great love song, you might want to do the Rod Stewart version, many Waits fan don't like it but I do, he trades the lead guitar part for a synthesizer, which makes it a little cheesy but it's still a Tom Waits song.
Who climbs their window down to the street? Tom Waits, that’s who.
Great song
For fun, do a deep dive on the photograph on the LP cover.
Rod Stewart had a minor hit out of this but my personal favorite version of this song is the one done by Patty Smyth on her solo debut Never Enough.
This song and Jersey Girl were his two big crossover songs. But they were hits for other artists, Rod Stewart and Bruce Springsteen, respectively. There's a great stripped down, raw performance of Downtown Train from the San Remo Jazz Festival in 1983. I think the whole concert might be on UA-cam.
& don’t forget The Eagles covering his Ol’ 55
@@benjamintinker8028 but it's such a forgettable cover
This reminds me of early Springsteen.
A favorite by a favorite artist. Tom has been covered by dozens, but I prefer the original. The lyrics by any other, seldom hit the highs and lows that Tom evokes! But what do I know, my computer is 'drinking heavily', certainly not me!🤔🍺🍺🍺! Peace & Love,
Have you seen his spot on fernwood tonight?
Great instincts Justin, as it was a big hit when covered by Rod Stewart, this, Jersey Girl and The Heart of Saturday Night are probably his most commercial songs.
and like others have said, Rod Stewart covered it and had a huge top ten hit with it.
This could be a Bruce Springsteen song. I can't Wait until you listen to 'The Downtown Lights' by The Blue Nile.
This was one for the charts. "Hell broke Luce" wasn't.
Rod Stewart covered this. Was a big hit. Made Tom some money, which is cool.
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Absolutely love this track. The official video is pretty great too.
Looking forward to you reacting to anything from The Heart Of Saturday Night. Probably my favourite Waits album.
Have to be honest, I prefer the more Jazz oriented and tuneful part of his career, up to and including Heart Attack And Vine in 1980. It all got a little too experimental after that for me, although each album is not without some great individual tracks.
Prefer Mary-Chapin Carpenter's version, but this is good too. He somehow reminds me of John Cale, but less Welsh.
Yeah, I can imagine Cale covering this - Slow Dazzle or Fear period?
Definitely the most "convention" song on the record, but a great song nevertheless. G.E Smith on lead guitar, oddly enough.
Nobody like Tom Waits. His Bone Machine is such a great album.
Would love to hear the"Boss" and the E Street Band cover this tune.
A beautiful song that takes the album from really good to outstanding.
I love this song, but something I don't understand. 2 very derogatory lines in the song about the Brooklyn girls. You wave your hand and they scatter like crows. They have nothing that will ever capture your heart. and They're like thorns without the rose. Why did the writer say that about Brooklyn girls?
Great song. Probably as close to pop/rock as he gets. Hah, I see Justin agrees. I love this album.
Loving your reaction to this entire album. Great job, great album.
And, Bob Seger is someone you need to check out -- one of the great voices in Rock history, and a very good songwriter, too.
Not a fan of Tom’s voice. Never a big Rod Stewart fan either, but his version of this song is so much better
To me, it sounds like a 90-year old chain smoker trying to sing. The music is generic 4-chord-type, too. I don’t like it. ⭐️
Welcome, me neither!
I’m often surprised by music lovers and how closed they are to the song as an overall poetic expression. People who are into poetry seldom have problems opening up to different kinds of musical expressions.
@@torgeirgimmingsrud2439 I’m not into poetry or art, so, for me, it’s always about the music and/or the way it’s performed. I’m obsessed with music and there’s so much of it that I like that I don’t feel that I’m missing out when there’s something I don’t like . ✌️
@@torgeirgimmingsrud2439 music that is dominated by a "poetic" approach tends to be awful, as the tune plays a distant second fiddle to the rambling. Think rap, or rampant hipster stuff like Tom Waits here. As a musician, I respect the music first and foremost.
@@pentagrammaton6793 I see music and poetry as equal artistic expressions. Two sides of the same coin. So I don't mind shifting pov when I hear great music together with mediocre poetry(as in some classical music). I tune into the overall musical expression and don't let the lyrics get in it's way. In fact I can see it as clutch to the overall expression that music is in the front seat and the lyrics is more or less in the background. Never understood why it provokes music people so much when it's the other way around. Or is it simply the fact that Waits challenges peoples concept of beauty in music?
Argh noooo, not old sandpaper lungs again.
Lol!
@@JustJP 😆
the beatles, then tom waits... talk about bad day at black rock 😱 🙂
Well, lots of us love it. Affecting lyrics and a simple and effective guitar part.
@@boq780_2.0 Errr.... ok
Frankly, I’m sick to the back teeth of the Beatles.
@@jfergs.3302 Tom bloody Waits. Life's too short, lol
@@carterlink Aye the mythology overtook a lot of their tunes long ago for me. Course, me coming from their hometown, the relentless exposure to them can get a little tiring 🙂