"I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making their moves, setting up their devil doll stool pigeons, crooning over my spoon and dropper I throw away at Washington Square Station, vault a turnstile and two flights down the iron stairs, catch an uptown A train .
I remember having an argument with a friend about which was more "authentic," Asylum-era Waits or the Island years and beyond. I think we agreed to disagree. While I like the earlier stuff a lot, albums like Rain Dogs, Frank's Wild Years, Mule Variations, and Bone Machine just hit me where I live - a direct shot to the psyche and heart, with no "persona" in between. Funny that the stuff previous to the Weill-influenced material seems to have more Brechtian distance to this listener...
Heart of Saturday Night, Nighthawks at the Diner, and Small Change stayed in my car's cassette player for ages. At the time I was living a boho existence - waiting tables, working construction, etc - so they were a good soundtrack for those years of exile. Thanks for the reminder, think I'll put Nighthawks on the turntable tonight.
I remember having an argument with a friend about which was more "authentic," Asylum-era Waits or the Island years and beyond. I think we agreed to disagree. While I like the earlier stuff a lot, albums like Rain Dogs, Frank's Wild Years, Mule Variations, and Bone Machine just hit me where I live - a direct shot to the psyche and heart, with no "persona" in between. Funny that the stuff previous to the Weill-influenced material seems to have more Brechtian distance to this listener...
My introduction to Waits, by a dear, long passed away friend. For those reasons, it will always have a close place to my heart
Heart of Saturday Night, Nighthawks at the Diner, and Small Change stayed in my car's cassette player for ages. At the time I was living a boho existence - waiting tables, working construction, etc - so they were a good soundtrack for those years of exile. Thanks for the reminder, think I'll put Nighthawks on the turntable tonight.