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14 de dic. de 2017 · SPIN Staff ranks the top songs by the American singer-songwriter, who blends blues, jazz, rock, and experimental music. From his crushing ballads to his caustic rock pieces and eccentric spoken-word tracks, Waits reflects the antinomies of the contemporary experience.
7 de dic. de 2020 · 10 best songs by Tom Waits: ‘ (Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night’. After the initial vain attempt to make a mark with his debut album Closing Time in 1973, it was Waits’ second album The Heart of the Night in 1974 that established his distinct style and turned some heads.
A list of 15 songs that capture the diversity and creativity of Tom Waits' music, from blues to jazz to experimental. Each song is accompanied by a brief description and a link to a related article.
The title cut to one of Tom Waits’ best albums, “The Heart Of Saturday Night” is a beautiful, lilting acoustic ballad, and is one of the highpoints on the record. Unusually for Waits’ work of the period, the guitar is the main instrument, and indeed the song sounds like a conventional singer-songwriter ballad.
10 de may. de 2017 · Here takes on the tricky task of picking his best 25 songs, from more than 40 years of innovative music. 25: FISH AND BIRD (Alice, 2002) A sweet and moving love tale, seen through the lens of a...
4 de mar. de 2016 · RUBY’S ARMS (Heartattack and Vine, 1980) This isn’t one of Tom Waits’ best-known songs, but it’s from Heartattack and Vine and I remember hearing it for the first time and just bawling crying listening to it in my car. It’s one of the heaviest song I’ve ever heard, in terms of emotion.
19 de dic. de 2023 · A list of the best songs by Tom Waits, a musician, composer, songwriter, and storyteller who often focuses on the outsiders of society. The list includes classics like (Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night, Tom Traubert’s Blues, and Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis.
