Tom Waits, Austin City Limits, 1978
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
- Recorded in December 1978, the show features the iconoclastic singer/songwriter supporting his classic LP Blue Valentine and deep in the transitional phase of his career, evolving out of the jazzy beat poetry of his early work (“I Wish I Was in New Orleans”) and into the bluesier, more dissonant sounds (“Sweet Little Bullet From a Pretty Blue Gun”) for which he became known in the 80s and beyond. He acknowledged the season with the streetwise but lovely “Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis,” which incorporates a few bars of a better-known Xmas hymn. And he debuted “On the Nickel,” one of his greatest ballads, and which wouldn’t be released on record until Heartattack and Vine in 1980.
Setlist:
Summertime/Burma Shave
Annie’s Back in Town/I Wish I Was in New Orleans
A Sweet Little Bullet From a Pretty Blue Gun
On the Nickel
Romeo is Bleeding
Silent Night/Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis
Small Change - Zábava
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Summertime/Burma Shave : 00:01 - 11:14
Annie's Back in Town : 11:15 - 13:34
I Wish I Was in New Orleans : 13:35 - 18:44
A Sweet Little Bullet From a Pretty Blue Gun: 18:45 - 26:23
On The Nickel: 26:24 - 32:33
Romeo is Bleeding: 32:34 - 37:25
Silent Night/Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis: 37:26 - 43:08
Small Change: 43:09 - 53:03
I'm 70yrs old now but ?.in 1979..in Sprinfield..at the yellow dog..I was hired to strip to Tom's show...a night hawks..thing...a true gentleman..loved..us..gurls
Tom's the man. What a brilliantly unique artist.
I was a freshman in college in 1977. Went to see Leon Redbone opening for Tom Waits at Alex Cooley’s Electric Ballroom, Atlanta GA. From beginning to end 2 of the most enjoyable performances I’ve ever seen. Sitting about 30 feet from the stage this is exactly what I saw and heard Tom do. It was electrifying.
I wish I could have been there Gminor . Thanks for the story. In 1977 I was in high school. This 1978 A.C.L. was the first time I heard him . Thanks Gminor.
I was at the same show. Great show. Don't even remember Redbone. I was pretty far in back, but hell of a show. Went with the only 3 other people I knew that had ever heard of Waits.
@@darrylbrooks3361 That’s cool. I went with a friend who was a Waits fan, I was the Redbone fan. I, too, had never heard of Waits but definitely became a fan that night.
Wow you one lucky guy 😎❤️💯🤩👍
Jealousy abounds. Lucky you. Cherish the memories (at our age 😊).
Dis genius waz rescued by da angel..Kathleen Brennan? Saved Tom's life...thankyou Kathleen..
Wasn't ever a fan. I never really heard enough of him. I am a fan now.
I was inevitable... you just weren't ready yet.
Mr. Waits’ performance in ‘Burma Shave’ in this video is nothing short of absolute genius. I can’t think of any music video or musical performance that comes close. Bravo, Tom! And thanks for posting this gem.
I like how the whole thing is a performance. Tom is always in character.
The car noises in Burma Shave made me rewind
Poetry, music, theatre. Tom is Good.
this is by far the best set ever to appear on austin city limits
I worked on the stage crew for this show when he played in Albuquerque.
..,saw this show/tour at the Tampa Theater that Leon Redbone opened, & for the encore Waits rolled out a TV from back stage and turned on Johnny Carson and said, “that’s it folks!!!”
I'm used to listen this bootleg for so long time and now I can see what I only imagined :)
I remember the first time I heard this a few years back and I had saved it on my DVR when I had dish it was one of my favorite things to listen to. Especially after a hard day in the winter time and you’re soaking in a hot tub trying to keep your sanity. I graduated high school in 79 and when I saw the date I clicked on it because I wanted to see what I had missed when I was in high school. There was no Internet back then we just had the radio. After my first watch of this I realized I had missed quite a bit and was quite naïve when I was in high school because I had no idea who this person was. Thank God I saw this recording been to a lot of concerts back in the day down in Hollywood Sportorium I grew up down in North Miami Beach. Quite honestly I don’t think any of us would’ve been ready for this in high school this is a masterpiece
I got turned on to tom by a friend of mine who had nighthawks at the diner. That album is a master piece. This is amazing. I'm just in awe of his story telling. A true American poet
Timeless classic. Tom is an American treasure. Thanks for sharing.
Not just an American treasure, tho, indeed quintessentially that, Tom Waits belongs to the whole world! Genius!
on the nickel is the most great song of world class
I'm new to Tom but everytime i hear something new it's timeless. I'm shocked nobody turned me on sooner. He understands
I was at the Austin City Limits tapings of both Tom Waits and Leon Redbone in 1978 or 1979. I remember standing there at the edge of the bleachers they had next to the stage. I guess I was watching Leon Redbone and this alcoholic bum looking dude in a wrinkled oversized suit and pointed scuffed black shoes walks up and stands behind me. As the performance ends the guy walks past me, sits at the piano and totally blew me away. Unforgettable. A master poet and pianist. As well as a phenemenol storyteller and writer.
Only Tom Waits can smoke at the gas station and make it look cool
I could live to be 110 and I’d still never get thru On the Nickel without crying.
Genuinely one of the best songs ever written, by Tom or anyone else.
Try Kentucky avenue and see if you can make it !
It's 2004 and I appreciate the 70's throwback.
Tom, ein wahrer Kūnstler und die Musik, seine Texte, heute im 20. Jahrhundert, genauso authentisch. Er war seiner Zeit nicht nur weit vorraus. Weitblick und das Leben auch heute immer wieder aufs Neue besteht aus Liebe, Lust, Leidenschaft. Eben.....wie im wirklichen Leben. EINZIGARTIG
12/2023..Phenomenal!....a musical journey, a fantastic noir look at the shady side of the street. Recalling life in the cities, from the 1940s & the 1950s, when life was in black & white.
Nice. Reminded we keeping it real. In our Soul. In our thoughts in poetry speak..
I remember the first time I saw this was Christmas night 20+ years ago. I knew a little about Tom. Was truly struck by how fiercely original it was. Still holds up.
I love all of Tom Waits discography, but this is the era I would love to have jammed with, damn.
I agree. I've been listening and saw Tom in the eighties. Love this earlier performance. So much talent. Hits me on so many levels .
Magic❤
Great artist, bringing the best of the best 👏❤
Very full of personality and artistic expression.
Thanks for this!
RARE FOOTAGE ... INCREDIBLE MUSICIAN
Fantastic!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have been looking fot this performance for years. It is brilliant. My favorite Austin City Limits show of all time.
It's back! Thank christ. I was devastated when this was taken off the first time. Incredible show
This is a real treat.
Talented man amazing singer/songwriter and comdien haha
Brilliant!
Saw Tom at the Exit Inn mid 70s. Greatest live show ever! He still does it today.
Been searching for this, thank you. Absolute Masterpiece. Heroin, coke, booze, art and talent in it's purest form.
Just found this again myself, Amen brother....
Heroin? I never heard of Tom doing that.
YEAH TOM YOU ARE A GOOD STORYTELLER AND GREAT MUSICIAN I WISH YOU MANY MORE CREATIVE YEARS YOU ARE A LEGEND JUST HOLD ON
I love this. Thank you for sharing, Nope.
Someone below asks about someone being bored at 26:30
Actually, this is _me_ (the guy in the red shirt- with my wife sitting beside me).
To be clear, this shot was taken while they were rearranging the stage (hence the shot of the audience).
[A little background: I was in grad school at UT at the time. The ATC shows were free (i.e. to ensure a full-house). And as poor, impoverished grad students, we went to several of these shows. I would typically show up mid-afternoon, to sit and study, in order to get front row seats.
Now, this show was originally scheduled (and filmed) as a double-show with Waits and León Redbone.
However, the last show for the season -their big finale- was to be with Levon Helm. BUT HELM SIMPLY DIDN’T SHOW UP. (Fans of David Letterman may recall the weasel did the same thing to him: no announcement, no warning, just a no-show.). The show’s producers -who were clearly, and understandably, pretty ticked off- just came out and sent the packed-to-the-rafters crowd home.
Anyway, they expanded Waits to the full-hour show shown here, and then split a second show between Redbone and some pieces Helm’s backup band had played while waiting for him to (not) show up.]
maybe Robbie Robertson was to blame
@@gibbano101both (non-)appearances were much later than the Band
thks for uploading - brilliant performance. Its actuall interisting when you compare it with Sydney 1979 a year later to hear how he transitioned/improved/evolved his act - especially with burma shave. Beat poetry indeed :)
Saw him in 78 in a small bar - great show!
Thanks for upload, man 👍
Wow that was beautiful
Thank you, I was surfing CZcams needed this tonight
Great man vorever❤❤❤❤❤
Genius
GR8!
the more I get older the more I get Tom Waits
I feel your pleasure and pain , life teaches us .
"Tom Waits originally released On the Nickel written by Tom Waits and Tom Waits released it on the album Heartattack and Vine in 1980." --
GREAT !
It's show business baby!
26:30 Who is bored at a Tom Waits concert?! 😅
Ummm…. Well, actually this is _me_ (the guy in the red shirt- with my wife sitting beside me.
To be clear, this shot was taken while they were rearranging the stage (hence the shot of the audience).
[More elsewhere in the comments.]
Howlin' Wolf / Wolfman Jack / Tom Waits.......
Annies, anneez, ah knees? Ahknees 7th avenues makes my life turn blue, til it was true til it was you, til it was when, i thought i might never see us again
I remember watching this on TV one night (1am-ish) when my older, stronger drunken brother came home & demanded I shut this no talent bum off. I put up a valiant fight but in the end the channel got changed☹️ & I got stitches🥴🤕. Anyway, thanx 4 sharing 👍
Hover at 4:20 and you see the best song title Waits never wrote; 'On My Way To Buy My Shave'.
Smoking by the gas pumps, in a way only Tom Waits can...
My introduction to Waits, and I've been a fan for over 40 years. Thanks to ACL for all the good music over the years.
Und das Elend, die Ungerechtigkeit, Gier und alles was das Leben dir bietet. Heute genauso, wie frūher
Imagine Tom were your piano teacher instead of an old crumpy lady who kills you with playing neverending scales........
More fun, but I guarantee you he also had an old crumpy lady making him do scales. You've got to have the fundamentals down before you improvise, or it will just be cats on a piano. Google "Picasso earliest paintings". He must have had a crumpy old lady teaching him about color mixing, compositions, perspective, etc.
who was playing the horn on Summertime? freaking amazing
Herb Hardesty
Herbs set to hard mode
Nothing from Closing Time, right? These are not my favorite Tom Waits songs (those would come later, especially Rain Dogs), but, for me, the fact that he could be so great doing some of his less than great stuff proves how special he was (is).
Ralph Waite Movie The Nickel didn't come out until 1980. Not sure how Tom referenced it in 1978.
Some sailors are good for business that's beneath them....Annie Aint gonna wash mah neck, aint go out like the saints go marching in, buuurgand3ee, whoop, metreerain, wash neck, pleeee3ee3e33asea mia!?
😊.
'romeo said "hey man gimme a cigarette"
they all reach for their pack
frankie lights it for him
and pats him on the back
throws a bottle at a milk truck
and it breaks
he grabs his nuts
they all know they'd be like romeo
if only they had the guts'
so damn good
I can smell the Burma Shave and cheap gin
I wish sometimes that the audience wouldn't laugh so much. I don't blame them though.
Same!
"HEY! .....you're not supposed to be laughing at this, this is serious! This is special to me. Don't be laughing...."
They were too young. Once you've skinned your knees a few hundred times, his lyrics start making sense
They are doing a nervous laugh when they are unsure if Tom is a persona. Testament to his performance strength.
and the guy wasn't even 30 at this point
29 going on 79. What's also shocking is he STILL isn't 79.
I'm a dead head. Phish fan. What is this?
I'm more of a JGB, guy. My first Phish show was in 93. Tom Waits is fantastic 🔥. Dude, just start listening
will do. always looking for more music@@timharper4246
Why is the audience laughing like its a comedy show
They didn't know how to take him really. No one at that time (or this time) had his talent.
Sorry that you missed the jokes, but the audience did not.
Easy, edgy listening. Joe Cocker in slow motion?
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Thomas Alan was headed to be rained on by his own 38..til...an angel tore his night into shreds...Kathleen Brennan..Tom's Guardian angel...and he stopped smokin..an drinking...a true miracle...right?
A CATHOLIC WOMAN!
Mark Twain of our generation...yup