Tom Waits - "Downtown Train"
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2017
- "Downtown Train" by @tomwaits from the album 'Rain Dogs,' 1985
Directed by Jean Baptiste Mondino
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I wouldn't mind Tom Waits singing outside my window every time there's a full moon
🖤🖤🖤
It’s a fool moon
I'd set out a six pack for him
Yesss!
If he could still sing
everybody should listen to at least one Tom Waits song a day. The rest of your day will be much better
My son introduced me to him 23 years ago with “ The piano has been drinking” .. I’ve loved his music and his great humour ever since .. I’m 79 this year. ❤️Tom Waits
I like your son👍
Well that's nice. My father intruduced me to the music of Tom Waits around 27 years ago when we watched the film Smoke together.
Me too!
@@danielosullivan3110
no, u don’t. liar.
🌿Happy, Happy Birthday🌿
My whole life I adore Leonard Cohen, His songs/poems touches your soul. But he left an other gift: I found Tom Waits because of him.
Leonard wrote a poem about Tom Waits when he saw him on stage. Enjoy:
DREAM BRIGHTON:
Tom Waits singing - I hear him
I’m in a theatre - I’ve given
a show to a large audience
My show went well - I can’t
see him - I’m in my dressing
room - but I can hear him -
his music begin - it is so
beautiful and original and
sophisticated - so much better
than mine - some mélange
of harshness and sweetness -
modern and sentimental all
at once - even Kitsch used
so skillfully - I wish I
could do that - then he
starts to sing - so great -
I go down to hear him -
expecting a great
adoring crowd - but
he’s singing in a half-full
small theatre - a kind
of afterthought of a
theatre - we leave together
he puts his arm around
my shoulder - he looks
good - a bit beat up -
a bit older - but in full
possession of himself
Leonard Cohen
Thanks!
Thanks a lot ☺
High praise indeed. Thanks so much ❤
Love Leonard Cohen..found him from Natural Born Killers
Tom Waits writes songs about wounded people with just a few drops of dream left.
Beautifully put man..beautifully put. I'm definitely one of those "wounded dreamers"...guess most of us are.
Ah, Tom - you either love him or your heart is a shriveled up old prune.
I've been on the internet all day and this comment is the best thing I've seen, thank you.
No wonder his songs stay in my soul.
JJ is just upset because he likes Rod Stewart's abomination better.
Nothin in the world quite like drinking in a dive bar on a rainy day listening to Tom Waits...one of life's greatest joys
ya got it
exactly
4 years sober and there are definitely things I miss. That is one of them
Wasted and wounded
Ain't what the moon did
Got what I paid for now
We all been there
Yes!!! Spent many a mights myself in local dive bars, Closing Time
"If you are listening to Tom Waits, it's already too late." - Some Dude.
70s Waits was magnificent, but 80s Waits is just a whole other level. One of the defining turning points of modern day music.
Indeed!
Listen to Tom since I'm 16 years old - now I am 52!!!!!
you could've fooled me gorgeous looks like 16 never left you
74567889 listening to him since 18 now 43
Hahaha.... thank you :-)
+74567889 lol I m 16 and I ve been listening to him for a year now
Saw him when I was 19 or 20 and am now 63. So there.
I forget where I saw this, but someone once wrote that the difference between this version and the Rod Stewart cover (which is great in its own right), is that Rod is singing from his terrace in his Uptown doorman building while drinking a glass of wine, and Tom is singing outside of his Downtown walk-up and drinking out of a paper bag. It's perfect.
My favourite version is the Everything But The Girl version
truth....
"Drinking out of a paper bag." Lol. What a stigma that paints a picture of. I love it.
it's a perfect phrase of these duo version..
Jake lamotta.....wow....🥊💥🇦🇺👍
No matter who you are, you have faced loneliness, you have faced despair. Many people have reached the point of suicide, where they can't go on. Some have sadly crossed it. Some have been there and come back. Some have known people who went there and didn't. This music speaks to those of us who have been lonely, wounded dreamers, with a few drops of dream left, with a few drops of hope. And when you listen to this music, you know you are NOT alone.
this music is on lyricstraining
Well said:)
Very well said. I m reaching that point
Beautifully stated and I’m almost ready to give up.
Been there, thought about it, came back. It's words like yours vinn vass that can inspire to keep going. I'm still catching the downtown train, I just walk alone to get there. Cheers vinn vass.
the most beautiful song in the earth
I still think that this is one of the greatest opening lines EVER "outside another yellow moon has punched a hole in the nighttime" I mean, awesome. And this was the song and video that introduced me to the music of TOM WAITS.I've been hooked ever since.
Really? I've made fun of the lyrics for years. I agree about the first line. But everything after that doesn't make sense. If the sun has risen before he slips out his window and down to the street then how does he see these people every night? Although I do still like this specific release over any other.
@@TA_Plus_Hemi The sun is not mentioned.
Shining like a new dime
Bought every record he's ever made, watched every movie he's been in! Saw him first in 1973 with a bass player, his piano and guitar and have seen every iteration of his stage show...I think about 12 times. Tom Waits is the absolute best. An American treasure.
Saw him at the Tomorrow Club in Youngstown OH, about 1979. I still remember that show. Great time. Tom Waits is an American icon. A diamond in the rough.
Possibly one of the best story tellers ever...along side Dylan & Springsteen in my opinion. 'Heart Attack & Vine' was the last album that I really loved - I wish he'd released a few more like that.
His wife has irish relatives so I'll say he,s part irish treasure where would we be without Tom Waits growling out words to make one weep, from an irish person
a wordly treasure US born.
I have to say though, after listening to his music for a bit i was kind of underwhelmed by some of the movies he was in (EG 7 psychopaths was far less interesting then i would have imagined a movie with Tom Waits). The Jim Jarmusch movies with him were great though.
Something beautiful about Tom Waits' gravelly imperfect voice singing about hope and dreams and love
This song has always thrown me out into the street. Have heard a couple covers of this one, but nobody can do a Tom Waits song like Tom.
I absolutely love this song! Artists now try to sound so clean or fake. Waits does it raw in a beautiful way from the heart.
Start listen Tom since 17. I v been listening him almost 40 years. I m still 17.
Great comment❤
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Don't you ever effing grow up, you hear me?
I hope you will always stay 17 dear friend. Everyone who listens to Tom Waits as long as we do (since 20, listening to him almost 40 years too) will be forever 17.
I'm 66 and remember Tom woke me up one night (he was on the radio) when my house was burning, I was 26 that's 40 years
Man - this is a great song! Tom Waits is one of the greatest songwriters ever! Love it!
He sounds like he smokes tires...
But the feeling and the lyrics go down deep inside...
Hi there
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fantastic tune, musical version of an edward hopper painting.
fab observation.. i hear ya!
I did a project on Edward Hopper when I was in art class in high school. He had an interesting style.
Great analogy!
Heh, sumbitch owes me 2000 bucks. I was on Jeopardy! some 25 years ago and I got a Daily Double. I forget the category, but I bet a grand and the answer was about that famous Hopper painting, and me, flashing on Tom Waits, said "What is Nighthawks At The Diner?" Turns out that the actual question should have been "What is Night Hawks?" Waits misled me, and I still think he owes me that money.
So Edward hopper sucks?
Listening to this all my life! I am 73 years.....
GIVE THAT MAN A CI-GAR!!!!
Wish you longevity.
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You are my idol from now. Your music taste has always been awesome then. Live happily sir, with lots of respect.
only joking man....but you look like a willy
I just being funny cos I had a wee - drink tonight. stay safe from Canterbury U.K.
Forever grateful to my high school English teacher who introduced us to Tom Waits
I just came upon your comment, same situation high school english introducing me to Mr. Waits
Rising from the Southern California dust, Waits spins tales of romance, failure and accepting the freedom of the road. The American Dream through his wonderfully altered eyes.
Tom playing the accordion while dancing along the river bank is a masterpiece in itself. Wonderful monochrome backdrop.
Whoever did this video created a masterpiece of art. Along with Toms voice and the sound of this song its an iconic memory for me of a place I have never been to. I feel like I lived there.
this music is on lyricstraining
He also directed the David Bowie music video for Never Let Me Down - it has a similar cinematography style - ua-cam.com/video/pCjeX08WdYQ/v-deo.html
Video director is Jean-Baptiste Maunier
@@ScottishB0b Thank you. Interesting.
@@ScottishB0b Jean Baptiste Maunier??? Not at all ...The director Is Jean Baptiste Mondino
An original and time tested artist. Funnier than all get out.
Mr. Waits captures a vagabond carny spirit and style that evaporated sometime between the 1930s and 1950s. He's a musical sturgeon. A brilliant dinosaur of sound.
His chit chat is a riot.
Saw this video in the 80's and fell in love....
Now 35 years later its still one of my all time favorites.
An American poet, singer, guitarist and just all around character. Love from NOLA .
Altho i love his songwriting, its only his early recordings i can dig his vocal work . Its just a little more than i can take at times
I've got a thousand songs on my top 100 list, but this one really is on my top 10. This and Jersey girl.
Other people have tried to sing this. Their efforts fell short on me. One and only Tom.
It's always time for our American Treasure....Tom Waits. Thanks for doing what you do, sir.
This video was off the internet for years, I missed that dancing in the street and playing the accordion along river bank. Say what you will but he is artistic.
To me Tom is more than a singer/songwriter. I consider him a skid-row cabaret artist.
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t. T.W.
I never knew that was part of the song. I always listened to the raindogs lp so one song just runs into another.
Inspired by Cantinflas. Tom lived close to México
Watch Bolero de Raquel. Cantinflas Film
I ❤the guitar tone in this song so much.
I was fortunate enough to see Tom at the Paramount in Seattle in the 70's. I am 72 now (2021) and have loved his music since then. Tom and Bob Dylan are the only great poet musicians of my generation. Who would need more?
Hi there
Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years.
It’s a season of love😍❤️❤️ for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my UA-cam channel and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to compliments and criticism of my career.❤️❤️💞💞💞🙏💓❣️💟💙💝💝....
I’d add Leonard Cohen.
I would add John Prine. A new singer/songwriter who has profound great lyrics is Carson McKee. Check out his originals.
wish my neighbour was singing like that and i wouldnt care about missing sleep!
hahaha
I introduced my dad to Tom Waits now we both enjoy his music. And I’m a 20 year old his music is for everyone
Saw Waits in Perth in 1981. Brilliant, song, dance, and "Short Change got Rained on with his own .38".
Hi Greg! Yes, it was just beyond! Tom fans never drift, they stick like glue.😊. Hope you're well!
again one of the best songs by tom waits, but that list of best songs is near endless...
Wish he lived below me, would listen every night. Can you hear the abject pain in his voice. I love this man
Thanks Tom for a career of giving us all a masterclass on the soul of Old Weird America
Heard him first in my early twenties. Now 72 and loving him still- dancing and singing along with him
Would loooove 2 c it!!!
Hope you're still with us and still dancing!
Have an awesome day 🌈
Tom waits couldn't give a toss whats fashionable or what music is hip at the moment he just does his own thing and he always will and he's all the more respected for it love him or hate him you can't say he's not original
Rain Dogs... one of my favorites albums!
Juan Villarreal : That's because you're Latino.
Roger that. He had more diversity of sound on one album than most groups do in a lifetime.
One of my favorites too. It’s so good. He’s a sweet, bitter angel.
I like Rain Dogs too. It's way better than say Mule Variations, maybe.
Habiib Qawiy No, I would put it over Blue Valentines and probably small change but Mike Variations was his first album since Bone Machine and it sort of combined everything from his past works, took influence from his early stuff and then had songs that would remind you of Singapore or Union Square which were off this album. Both great albums though
I listen to Tom since I was 20, now 64 and I still love his music.❤️
I match your numbers... Rgr
Jesus what a great song! Just discovered Tom and im not looking back
I’m so glad I managed to see him live.
I love this man and his music!
Tom Waits, Infravalorado, muy adelantado para su tiempo;
There's just something about Tom spending most of the video singing while in some state of feverish repose. He's playing a shell of a man that somehow still has some sliver of hope left in him.
Wunderschöner Song Tom warst einer der größten Künstler wir werden deine Songs nie vergessen sie bleiben immer lebendige🙋♀️🇩🇪🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏😍👍❤️
Great guitar work by the late Robert Quine..... G.E. Smith is also on guitar but I'm sure that great guitar work is by Robert Quine... R.I.P.
This is the song for the lost and wounded who only have a glimmer of hope left. I don't need the video, just the song.
Wrenchingly beautiful.
The redemptive power of art is for everyone, even those dont know that for a moment they belong to the masterpiece vignette of another.
If you got this far and just discovered tom waits then you are on the beginng of a great journey......enjoy the ride....it may take a while but it is worth it....
@@KoPianoBeautiful sorry dude.....missed a bit of text...hope it makes sense now....if not I will give up n delete it....
Knew about him in '77 since my 20s. Just now hearing his 0riginal voice ... .. so different..
Saw this video on late night TV when I was 14 had a lot of questions in my head after I remember. But now that I'm 44 i understand more and like it.
One of my favourite songs done by one of my favourite artist(singer, writer, musician,performer, etc.), Tom Waits. This is original and classic
Tom's my hero forever. Damn, i've been into this guy since small change came out. it's all been great. hope he keeps puttin out music forever.
Thnks my brother. you're the best.
i'm a little effed up
@@GoatHouseBlues😂
I went to hilltop jr high school with him.
Tom had his own style then at 15 or so probably born with it
tom8181 The Tale of Two Tommys
Would love to hear more if you're willing to share!
What was he like?
To me, Waits is a brilliant back alley composer, poet and actor. There were many like that whom grew up in Pomona.
people who write comments like this never comment again ...
Art is another measure of
passing time and changing lives. Time was when I identified with the wastrel troubadour obsessed with love down in the alley keeping the neighbourhood up. Now I feel more comfortable in the skin of Jake , the older guy who just wants to sleep . Noted for the record : Jake's wife doesn't close the window , she opens it . That speaks volumes to their relationship
Former world middleweight champ Jake La Motta, (Aka Raging Bull).
I’m ready to give up but beauty like this this ...
Only one word suffices- GENIUS
If you've got a Tom Waits collection among your record collection you have excellent taste. The man is treasure.
I think he is one of the most original singer song writers Ever.
I can't stop listening. It's like a magnet. Thanks for making me feel.
I don't know how to get away from the numbness
Thank you.
Hi there
Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years.
It’s a season of love😍❤️❤️ for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my UA-cam channel and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to compliments and criticism of my career.❤️❤️💞💞💞🙏💓❣️💟💙💝💝....
Listening to Waits taught me how to write creatively at a very young age. I still love to write. Thanks for your inspiration, Tom.
me too, I've just gained a distinction in my Masters in Creative Writing, for my poetry collection, partly influenced by the work of Mr. Waits and the visions his work brings to mind.
@@bellerophonchallen8861 Ha, I was just thinking about this post yesterday. Funny that you would respond at this time. Congratulations!! I'm certainly not at your level, but people like Waits, Joni Mitchell, Ray Davies...the list is endless, taught us how to write with color and imagination. "Let's put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old town," or "banana moon shining in the sky," etc. I was about 11 or 12 years old when my brother brought home "Closing Time." I told myself 'yeah, i wanna write like this.' )) Take care, and good luck.
A bit of a masterpiece: the song and the video. ❤️❤️
You need to lose weight
@@UpperCrustthe3rd The hell?!
@@kylefer am I wrong?
@@UpperCrustthe3rd You are wrong. I don't see anyone overweight first of all, and secondly, regardless, it's extremely rude to tell someone what to do with...Is there even a point in me continuing this comment? I guess this is for anyone else reading this. Shaking my head at chu, Crust.
@@LaurenInesRuiz lol. Cry about it.
I thank the Jim Jarmusch film Down By Law for introducing me to Tom Waits. After watching the film at a local art theater I made a beeline straight to the nearby record shop and bought Rain Dogs. I was an instant fan. His voice and songs are amazing. They play like little films in your head. They are about broken people but continue to survive.
Rain Dogs opened me up to the world of Waits as well; it, Bone Machine, and Swordfishtrombones are still my absolute faves. Platinum ingots in a sea of gold
One of my favorite Waits' songs. I once had the album on cassette tape!
Love the album so much just got the shirt!
So happy to have seen him live at the Brady Theatre during the "Glitter and Doom" tour. It was as close as I'll ever get to a religious experience.
There just thorns without the rose. great words Toms a true poet
Tom's voice reminds me of Louis Armstrong's voice. I love both of their voices. And I love the guitar that is only on Tom's version of this classic.
I've known today that it is a Tom Waits' song and not of Rod Stewart. Better late than never :)
The song and the video fit perfectly. When I listen to this song I often have to listen and watch the video multiple times because. It portrays a world I never want to leave with all the characters I relate with too. it just feels like home.
This man's voice has so much soul and passion it draws me in and grabs my heart and screams feel something
Very good Mondino cinematography, also. I love it.
Of course we have to be a little bit mad ,but you either get Tom weights genius or you don't just like his fantastic unusual voice . Anyway after many Tullamore Dews we all agreed that he's the business 👏👏👏🇨🇮🇨🇮
Great Singer also Great Actor....
Stumbled onto this guy by accident here on UA-cam, he’s great.
Some his songs have amazing lyrics, very unique voice and style. Me likey.
Get it here, Thing One of the greatest songwriters of his era. Keep digging! It will serve you well!
you have just opened a pandoras box of beauty heartache and a world that will never be the same for you again
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Outside another yellow moon
Punched a hole in the nighttime, yes
I climb through the window and down the street
I'm shining like a new dime
The downtown trains are full
With all those Brooklyn girls
They try so hard to break out of their little worlds
You wave your hand and they scatter like crows
They have nothing that will ever capture your heart
They're just thorns without the rose
Be careful of them in the dark
Oh if I was the one
You chose to be your only one
Oh baby can't you hear me now
Will I see you tonight
On a downtown train?
Every night its just the same
You leave me lonely, now
I know your window and I know it's late
I know your stairs and your doorway
I walk down your street and past your gate
I stand by the light at the four way
You watch them as they fall
They all have heart attacks
They stay at the carnival
But they'll never win you back
Will I see you tonight
On a downtown train
Where every night is just the same
Will I see you tonight
On a downtown train
All of my dreams just fall like rain
All on a downtown train
Hawksnacks - . . . . .lmao holy shit years ago I downloaded a random song and the cover of the album was that profile pic you have, rapped about smoking crack and the song sounded distorted
The proto-incel
Y'all cowards don't even smoke crack
Hawksnacks - 👀
Thank You For The Lyrics
I feel the old couple at the beginning are just there to reassure that despite how mainstream this one song is, this is STILL a Tom Waits song. :)
Love this man's voice the pain of the world in its rawest state even Rod Stewart's gravely voice can't compete
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I disagree I think rod stewarts version is better and his voice is better as well. Not too discredit tom waits
It's hard to beat an original, esp when the original is Tom. But Rod gave it a decent crack 😊
Love this genius.
Great songwriting.
A truly original singer-songwriter.
simply exquisite!
Tom Waits. Icon. The voice of the downtrodden. Gravel voice and all. Beautiful.
In many ways Tom Waits writes short stories - short stories in verse and put to music.
Tom is the embodiment of what being a human is truly all about.
how do YOU ! come to such a conclusion. Please explain. or forever be the plebian..that you have become... Just cos you like a little- bit of "TOM WAITS" it does not figure that you are " the guardian of lifes rich philosophies " This kind of comment makes you sound " dumb" ....sorry..but how you make me feel. love & peace and finish your education. You can not live YOUR life ...through a poet's perspective. Makes you sound ..needy and stupid and probably an American.
Greetings from Canterbury U.K.
Roy Ferguson Christ, you’re an opinionated and half-educated fool. Hope the weather’s good in Canterbury UK 😂
This is very beautiful song...
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Mondino does a great job. He makes the song come alive.
Quando voglio piangere, scaricarmi o urlare di gioia ascolto questo pezzo a tutto volume . Grazie Tom !
Why can't i let this song out of my ear? Its such addiction that always sounds in the background of my brain 😂❤️
Tom simply rules. I've got goosebumps right down to my feet.
It seems like I never got introduced to tom waits, but it came into my life when I needed it.
This video came out 32 years ago. I remember when it debuted.
I live in a seedy downtown area, and every night I go outside and feed about 50 stray cats while I sing and dance and make little music videos. It pisses my neighbors off. Seeing this video as a little kid on VH1 was my inspiration. It is my life now.
you are a very kind person. people who love animals are the best people.
Real life trolling
@@mariuspoppFM Exactly. You would not believe. Legendary troll. My neighbors hate me. Thank You, Tom Waits.
The song is brilliant.
The video is genius.
Thanks for promoting it here.
One of my favourites Wait's songs. Tom is a real singer. I LOVE his music!
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Happy birthday Tom and thank you for keeping me alive for the last 25+ years man I love y’all
A GREAT, GREAT songwriter as well as engagingly creative performances.