I was playing this song in my bedroom the other day and my roommate's 7 year old son (who was in the other room watching cartoons) stopped what he was doing and peeked his head in and said "Who's that? That's really cool". He stood there and listened to the whole song before skipping back to his cartoons. I was so proud I could've cried!!!
Look you have done well perfect infact! Woah you are done even better it's not your kid? You just have given a gem to ruminant in the kids head and in 10 years he's talking gravelly with the hat and confetti in his pocket You said your roommates kid. Right???. Either way you are dropping knowledge
What I love about this man is that every performance is different. He never sounds the same and it's awesome! He just feels the moment. He's also a brilliant lyricist and story teller. Tom Waits makes my soul happy!
Only the GREATEST!!! I been going to this bar for like 6 years now and we just got a new bartender and just about the first things she played on the jukebox was His Honor. I about freaked and fell in love immediately.
"This stuff will probably kill you, let's do another line"...I remember a sly grin going across my face every time I would listen to that line while snorting a line, lol. Tom always made me feel a little less like the crazy guy. He will forever be my favorite artist - the real fucking deal. Style just oozes.
Same here man. I felt normal while I would load up on every and all drugs all the time, because of Tom! He was someone that could relate. And I wouldn't feel so crazy lol
This song gets me going in the morning. Put in my earphones, jump on my bike (an actual bicycle) and ride to work while listening to this song, smiling the whole time. People give me weird looks as I go by.
8/2024...........Still Hot, even now. I hear he's quit smoking. But he still SMOKES, with personality and mood, emotions. My fave,........since the 1980s. Weird, he and I are close in age, in 2024. I'm 70 and I still smoke those damn coffin nails. I used be the guy that brought the "mood" and atmosphere, to Jazz clubs. You're welcome!
This guy is THE definitive of cooler than cool... hipper than hip... he is so cool... xanax run from him screamin'!! Get down Tom!! I could watch this over and over...!
This track along with Blue Valentine is def on my "Coma List" A list of songs (written during my teen angst years) for if ever I'm in a coma then my family need to play the list of songs to me to provoke an emotional response. No way even a coma can stop that with this song! It'll cut right through ;0)
Although it's not my favourite song by him I can't help but watch this slack-jawed. Just look at how he uses his body, it's spectacular, not to mention that voice! Jesus! Isn't this just beautiful? He just has to open his mouth and I'm transfixed.
Amazing talent. Don't smoke... u may think cancer won't get you but it gets everyone who smokes... you're just waiting the train wreck... don't smoke. I lost my father, my mother my younger brother and my old brother all to cancer, and I'll probably go the same way eventually... don't smoke.
I can't stop watching this video. Just incredible. I love the walk up to the mic in the beginning, swagger like a boss. Wish I could find the origin of this clip, there has a to a full concert/performance video from this... you can tell at the end he's going on to another song.
Tom Waits is proaabley the best thing that has happened to music since the Beatles(though he never had as much sucess with the main public)...thought that is a bold statement i stand by it.He is and always will be my favorite musican
Got to see him in Detroit in 08. It was ridiculously, incredibly mindblowingly amazing. Keep your eyes peeled, for dates and stuff, he keeps it low key.
I "saw" this song on my vynil record for twenty years, or may be more... many thanks for the share :). Tom sings in Paris tonight, and no money to go to see him... too bad.
does anyone know the name of the song that comes in at the end of this video only a few bars played but my dad loves it and cant remember the name!!! please help xx
Sounds like 'Til the money runs out but I'm no expert. I can think of a couple of songs that use that riff, After Dark by Tito and Tarantula being the first one that comes to mind.
@@theo-jamesmoulton2000 that's true! In fact, there's a song from "top Jimmy and the rhythm pigs" that use that riff (the song is called 'she ugly') and by the way, Carlos guitarlos who is the guitar player of that band is the same guitarist that recorded the guitars in the whole heartattack and vine album.
saw him when he was touring with Bonnie Raitt back in the day. Unforgettable night and they are both still kicking ass and haven't sold out. Some remain
I have been a fan of Tom Waits for a while, but this video made my jaw drop. I have never been so absolutely hypnotized by a human being's stage manner and presence. I knew less than fifteen seconds into this video that it was going in my favorites; and I don't favorite very many videos.
Tom Waits finally was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's about f**kin time. I'm not saying Tom is the best Rocker ever but there is no one else like him. He is one of a kind and we are richer for having him. Keep Rockin Tom, Show them how it's done...
yeah his cameos are a treat every time I see them. Dracula, Mystery Men, Fisher King, Coffee and Cigarettes. He was even in Rumble Fish, another Diane Lane Matt Dillon fifties greaser movie.
God I love technology that lets me have this fabulous stuff at my fingertips that I have been enjoying for 40 years. Rap is good, but NOBODY touches Tom Waits in the unforgettable lyrics department, to say nothing of the haunting melodies. He was awesome before awesome became slang.
The funniest thing is I first heard this song sung by Screamin Jay Hawkins and I thought to myself "this sounds like a Tom Waits song" and here I'm finding that it is! Love him, he's so smooth
Love it.Reading a book on Waits now...a few years before this LP, his manager sent him out on tours opening for Frank Zappa (?!) whose fans booed him every night. Tom pocketed the cash, grew a thick skin and kept at it... and he's still around. Tough as old boots.
I was playing this song in my bedroom the other day and my roommate's 7 year old son (who was in the other room watching cartoons) stopped what he was doing and peeked his head in and said "Who's that? That's really cool". He stood there and listened to the whole song before skipping back to his cartoons. I was so proud I could've cried!!!
Not exactly a kid friendly song lol but cool nonetheless
I’m so proud🎉😢🙌👏👏🤘
Look you have done well perfect infact! Woah you are done even better it's not your kid? You just have given a gem to ruminant in the kids head and in 10 years he's talking gravelly with the hat and confetti in his pocket
You said your roommates kid. Right???.
Either way you are dropping knowledge
He's a keeper !!
20 yrs old now?
Its more weird that someone with a kid would have roommates.
if you're half as cool as tom waits, you're still cooler than 95% of the world
Universal fact, man.
Yo...
What is the definition of 'cool'...? It is Tom waits.
Nobody is half as cool as Tom waits
@bert smith Yes. But how do we know that's just not an attitude?
This is the single coolest thing that has ever happened on earth in all history.
Tom is without a doubt one of the coolest people to ever exist.
Kind of hard to top it huh
You don't need to watch any more noir movies once you hear this song
Agreed.
Was actually cooler when he throws a match here czcams.com/video/RsIl4eIwufk/video.html
you know there ain't no Devil it's only God when he's drunk.
I been quoting that line for years since I first heard this song.
he's Cooler than the other side of my pillow
Hammer.... Nail.... Nailed it, he's the King of Cool
Well done, sir...Well done.
Perfect comment
The man's cooler than the Antarctic in winter.
He's cooler than liquid nitrogen.
Tom Waits is cooler than absolute zero.
Tom can shit better lyrics after eating alphabet soup than most writers can on their best day
Mark8395217 so can townes
This was written by screamin jay Hawkins tho. But I still agree
@@alastairk0159 It was written by Tom Waits and later covered by Hawkins.
@@xxdfoster dude they're my two favorite artists
What I love about this man is that every performance is different. He never sounds the same and it's awesome! He just feels the moment. He's also a brilliant lyricist and story teller. Tom Waits makes my soul happy!
I managed to gravel my drive with Toms vocal, and still had 4 minutes left when I was done.
Legendary voice
Can't say enough about this man's soul ! We all scream like he does in our sleep !
What a talent.
What would life be without Waits? I don't understand that there is people out there that don't like this! It's just.. wow!
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. The man is a genius.
Only the GREATEST!!! I been going to this bar for like 6 years now and we just got a new bartender and just about the first things she played on the jukebox was His Honor. I about freaked and fell in love immediately.
that was Dorothy Parker who said that, he was quoting her. but yes, TW is a genius
@bert smith Really? Groucho said this originally?
the coolest record he ever made; sadly, often over looked, but it is very special album in his catalogue.
it's unnerving to watch someone over the years have such a command of his art. fearless, stunning artistry.
"This stuff will probably kill you, let's do another line"...I remember a sly grin going across my face every time I would listen to that line while snorting a line, lol. Tom always made me feel a little less like the crazy guy. He will forever be my favorite artist - the real fucking deal. Style just oozes.
feel that~~~
Same here man. I felt normal while I would load up on every and all drugs all the time, because of Tom! He was someone that could relate. And I wouldn't feel so crazy lol
This song gets me going in the morning. Put in my earphones, jump on my bike (an actual bicycle) and ride to work while listening to this song, smiling the whole time. People give me weird looks as I go by.
Smile and the world will smile back to you! Go on with your morning routines to meet the day..
8/2024...........Still Hot, even now. I hear he's quit smoking. But he still SMOKES, with personality and mood, emotions. My fave,........since the 1980s. Weird, he and I are close in age, in 2024. I'm 70 and I still smoke those damn coffin nails. I used be the guy that brought the "mood" and atmosphere, to Jazz clubs. You're welcome!
One of my all time top 5 Tom waits songs ❤
Tom Waits smoked a cigarette once. It got cancer and died.
eschelar Not before getting it's heart broken by a platinum blonde and wondering bar to bar descending into alcoholism.
Žiga Auer I'll drink to that. Well I would. If I hadn't gotten cirrhosis of the liver from listening to this playlist...
eschelar You actually made me spit out my gin haha! Great comment!
eschelar I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobatomy!
dorkgirlalamode lol, my favorite quote ever
This guy is THE definitive of cooler than cool... hipper than hip... he is so cool... xanax run from him screamin'!! Get down Tom!! I could watch this over and over...!
Makes time stop he's so cool !
He's so cool you need a coat to get close to him.
My kinda woman.
now that is a hell of good way to discribe it. amen to that, this guys got the voice man
For a guy named Tom Waits he sure gets to the point 😉
Ha!
I see what u did there😂😂
This track along with Blue Valentine is def on my "Coma List" A list of songs (written during my teen angst years) for if ever I'm in a coma then my family need to play the list of songs to me to provoke an emotional response. No way even a coma can stop that with this song! It'll cut right through ;0)
Heard this song on the radio last night and blasted it with the windows down...smiling all the way. Now been listening all day. Brilliant.
Although it's not my favourite song by him I can't help but watch this slack-jawed. Just look at how he uses his body, it's spectacular, not to mention that voice! Jesus! Isn't this just beautiful? He just has to open his mouth and I'm transfixed.
god.. why cant music be this good now.. i would have loved to be old enough to have seen this live.......
He is still with us.
Amazing talent. Don't smoke... u may think cancer won't get you but it gets everyone who smokes... you're just waiting the train wreck... don't smoke. I lost my father, my mother my younger brother and my old brother all to cancer, and I'll probably go the same way eventually... don't smoke.
living is the only cure to death.
There is no cure for death!
+NeonsStyle Chill!! I lost all my folks to Cancer! One of them died of lung Cancer at 48 and never ever smoked a cigarette! Go Figure!!
Yep... genes... but genes or no.. smoking will get you..
+NeonsStyle Sure smoking helps it, but there's so many things in this fucked up world that can kill you, who cares if you help by a few years...
I can't stop watching this video. Just incredible. I love the walk up to the mic in the beginning, swagger like a boss. Wish I could find the origin of this clip, there has a to a full concert/performance video from this... you can tell at the end he's going on to another song.
This is an old-ass comment, but in case anyone else is looking for it: czcams.com/video/iG0p2JHcsQ0/video.html
im 46,been listening to Mr.Waits since i was 17.He still blows me away
WINNER!!! hands down....Coolest video on CZcams...just try and find something better.
I went in a mountain refuge in Spain where they played this song. The residents couldn't understand a single word of English but they LOVED Tom Waits
Mass amounts of drugs were harmed in the making of this song
HAHAHA ikr
Spikito nah he doesnt use drugs much. he just.. drinks.. like a lot.
He's been sober for like 25 years
Mr Pupp Nah as much as we like his blues, Tom was never a heavy drinker, he was a chronic smoker tho
What a beautiful blacktop voice. Never seen a sexier man. Any more replays of this video, and my lungs might start getting potholes.
Don't you know there ain't no Devil? There's just God when he's drunk.
BEST ALBUM EVER…..
Bravo Tom
This is probably the best performance I have ever from him and I have seen him live. It just left me speechless. Where is this concert?
small change is great too
Hommage à un ami parti trop tôt. Merci Monsieur Waits pour votre inspiration.
This is one of the best things I've watched on CZcams. Complete kick ass, bad assery.
For me,This song opened the door to the world of Tom Waits music.
This performance defines COOL for me.... Awesome
A true testament of what cigarettes can do to your voice! superb!
What a classic....Raunchy as hell...
Alan Eisenberg “Raunchy” is a superb adjective!!
This performance is the very definition of cool. I've watched it a hundred times so far and it just keeps getting better every time I see it.
"You know there ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk".
Brilliant.
There is tom waits and then a mile down the road is everybody else
Thats one of his best ever lines I recon.
Sultry... Superb... Splendid... Second to none...
I would hand my soul to the devil to be there, just for this one.
jameson spencer Try him and you might get lucky...
I wish I could go back to a Tom Waits show from back in the day. I would have loved to catch him live in black and white.
Unique artist!
Deep respect to u,Great Master!
The most incredible thing ever recorded!!!
How would you like to close down a few bars with this dude
ephemeralities I’m getting kind of old. He’d probably ditch me at bar number 2.
Tom Waits is proaabley the best thing that has happened to music since the Beatles(though he never had as much sucess with the main public)...thought that is a bold statement i stand by it.He is and always will be my favorite musican
Tom is the coolest dude in my book!
A real HAPPY 73th Birthday to Mr. Tom Waits and really ALL the best to him ... (2022-1207)
@CosmoTF THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU WILL HAVE MADE MY DAD A VERY HAPPY MAN XXX
i10 years since you posted a coment on this guy
Got to see him in Detroit in 08. It was ridiculously, incredibly mindblowingly amazing. Keep your eyes peeled, for dates and stuff, he keeps it low key.
GORGEOUS !!
There's Tom Waits and then there's everyone else -- it's really that simple. What a great video.
I have literally never seen a sexier man in my life
I "saw" this song on my vynil record for twenty years, or may be more... many thanks for the share :). Tom sings in Paris tonight, and no money to go to see him... too bad.
fucking genius!
This kat gets me moving in that beat-centrik kerouak influenced, Kesey dosed, chaotic cassidy way that only waits can.
The reality is you just CAN'T get a voice like this without smoking
this is the best performance ever!
watch out your eyes might not handle it
The oldest young man ever.
tom is unique. he's a shaman into the spirit of our time. takes it in and fires it out. pumps the rhythm out like a pulse. specially hot here.
Can anyone tell me what track they're playing after they finished this one? The first couple of bars sound way too fucking cool!!!
+andrew7taylor till the money runs out
+GritsMandingo Thanks man!
andrew7taylor +
Best performer in the world ever !!! Period !!!
does anyone know the name of the song that comes in at the end of this video only a few bars played but my dad loves it and cant remember the name!!! please help xx
The song is called "till the money runs out" and there's a full video of the song from this show uploaded on CZcams. I hope you'll find it
Sounds like 'Til the money runs out but I'm no expert. I can think of a couple of songs that use that riff, After Dark by Tito and Tarantula being the first one that comes to mind.
@@theo-jamesmoulton2000 that's true! In fact, there's a song from "top Jimmy and the rhythm pigs" that use that riff (the song is called 'she ugly') and by the way, Carlos guitarlos who is the guitar player of that band is the same guitarist that recorded the guitars in the whole heartattack and vine album.
Till the Money runs Out
I would guess Lucinda.
Man, that part where his voice enters a whole new realm of high-pitched power just blasts me away.
anybody knows which concert this is and if there is a full version ?!
would be nice if u can help!
+Aggropop Paris 1979 watch?v=iG0p2JHcsQ0
saw him when he was touring with Bonnie Raitt back in the day. Unforgettable night and they are both still kicking ass and haven't sold out. Some remain
the whitest black man i've ever seen
Just saw his amazing acting in Netflix’s ballads of buster Scruggs directed by the Coen Brothers. So real no matter what he does. What a talent!
Ali Khan yup!
I have been a fan of Tom Waits for a while, but this video made my jaw drop. I have never been so absolutely hypnotized by a human being's stage manner and presence. I knew less than fifteen seconds into this video that it was going in my favorites; and I don't favorite very many videos.
UNREAL ...THE BEST MUSICIAN & COMPOSER FOR SURE
I LOVE HIM
No wonder his voice changed - jeez! XD Love the guy.
I love the swagger of this song, he comes out like he owns the stage ... and he does :)
a great version and typically fantastic performance
So feckin cool ! great song & artist
Always liked this number but had never seen it done live. Thousands of thanks!
Still my all time favorite artist.
the sheer versatility of the man. this, to ol’ 55, to jersey girl, to chocolate jesus, to the ghosts of saturday night - wow
i love this song . thanks 4 sharing
bloody fantastic singer songwriter, oh yeah :-}
@KikiIsOnFire in that case.....your life will be easy. i am so glad to see someone like you like this song
I'm not a big fan of him but certain songs are absolutely great! This is one of them.
Check out his live version of Tom Traubert's Blues, on The Old Grey Whistle Test from 1977. It's on CZcams.
can't stop watching it... it's been a week now!
pure crazy, pure class ,he sings like he talks. like someone just kicked the shit out of him, effortless brilliance.
It's amazing he could ever sing again after doing this performance.
Tom Waits finally was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's about f**kin time. I'm not saying Tom is the best Rocker ever but there is no one else like him. He is one of a kind and we are richer for having him. Keep Rockin Tom, Show them how it's done...
yeah his cameos are a treat every time I see them. Dracula, Mystery Men, Fisher King, Coffee and Cigarettes. He was even in Rumble Fish, another Diane Lane Matt Dillon fifties greaser movie.
Brilliant musician!
then, now, 20 years from now, no one better!
his presence and persona and explosive force, i worship him as a performer
God I love technology that lets me have this fabulous stuff at my fingertips that I have been enjoying for 40 years. Rap is good, but NOBODY touches Tom Waits in the unforgettable lyrics department, to say nothing of the haunting melodies. He was awesome before awesome became slang.
The funniest thing is I first heard this song sung by Screamin Jay Hawkins and I thought to myself "this sounds like a Tom Waits song" and here I'm finding that it is! Love him, he's so smooth
For extremely gravelly values of smooth.
What a primal screamer !!! This guy is great!!!
Mega, no one has a voice like him, plus the amazing presence and whole act and persona, unique, a legend.
Love it.Reading a book on Waits now...a few years before this LP, his manager sent him out on tours opening for Frank Zappa (?!) whose fans booed him every night. Tom pocketed the cash, grew a thick skin and kept at it... and he's still around. Tough as old boots.
Genius Tom. Screamin' Jay Hawkins covered this.
tom waits is beyond amazing.