Tom Waits - Rain Dogs ALBUM REVIEW
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Tom Waits' seminal 1985 album Rain Dogs still stands as one of the most significant moments in his discography.
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TOM WAITS - RAIN DOGS / 1985 / ISLAND / SINGER-SONGWRITER, EXPERIMENTAL ROCK, BLUES ROCK, DARK CABARET
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right? - Hudba
You could almost make an entire classics week of just Tom Waits albums
Small Change
Swordfishtrombones
Rain Dogs
Frank's Wild Years
Bone Machine
Mrbigweeknee uhhhh Mule Variations?!?!
the sleeping bag I personally enjoy Mule Variations more than swordfishtrombones or even small change, but I'm not sure it's as classic as those records
Mrbigweeknee Honestly it’s easily my favorite Tom Waits album, the ballads are undeniably heartcrushing and the blues cuts are just guttural
Dean Ween
Bad as Me
Tom Waits: Worst to Best please!!
Yes melon. Please
Why would you rather see his albums arbitrarily listed in order of "worst to best" than an in depth critique of any one of them?
KingOfCydonia yessss
seconded.
dannyb1379 Because that’s what Fantano’s ‘Worst to Best’ video’s basically are: in-depth critiques.
This video is actually a really good crash course in Tom Waits for anyone that wants to check him out.
You however forgot to mention that he's one of the coolest people alive. And when he dies he'll be one of the coolest dead people. He was probably cool before he was even born. He popped out of his mother like 'Hey mannn...!' and put some grease in his hair and immediately started smoking.
Facts.
You should write his biography dawg
has he done anything cool that you can think of? not to question his, coolness, but im genuinely curious if theres any lore to his character lmao
@@spencerhinds2803 Not sure what you mean, but Tom Waits isn't so much a character as are the people in his songs. Like 'Hell Broke Luce' is about a veteran who comes back home to a miserable life. 'Chicago' is about ruined farmers trying to move to the city, 'Jesus Gonna Be Here' is about a dying homeless man, 'Martha' is about two lovers reuniting after decades, 'Green Grass' is abotu a dead man singing to his widow, and 'Christmas Postcard from a Hooker in Minneapolis' is... well, the title gives it away :D
But the reason why he's so cool is... we'll he's just so wonderfully eccentric. Watch some of his live performances or interviews, he's a vibe :D
@@MarkArandjus okay thats what i was curious about. He just gives off that fucking cool person vibe. I like it. Also thanks for replying to ur comment section 6 years later 😂
LET ME FALL OUT OF THE WINDOW WITH CONFETTI IN MY HAIR
the awesome blues guitar on Big Black Mariah is courtesy of Keith Richards for anyone interested in such trivia
Kit Palmer that's awesome
Kit Palmer finally a comment about the fucking music at hand
Kit Palmer damn, now I like Keith Richards even more
On Union Square and Blind Love also
i did not know that! super cool.
A Tom Waits album is like 6 straight songs of the most cacophonous noise you've ever heard followed by a song with a melody as sweet as honey.
Time and Hang By Your Head are few examples
@@zackzallie8735 Did you mean "Hang DOWN Your Head"? If so, yes, that is one of the two most melodious songs on Rain Dogs, with the other being "Downtown Train". Yup, "Time" is one too.
Tom Waits could read the ingredients off a ketchup bottle and it would sound fantastic. Rain Dogs is one of the Top Ten greatest albums ever recorded. Tom is a musical chameleon. A master of his craft.
I love your organization of your words like musical chameleon, that's full of imagination
Andy's Vinyl Den no its not. It's top 3
Nighthawks at the Diner.
Andy Borders
And vocal inspiration for Heath Ledger’s Joker!
where's pink season at
Srsly, unsubscribed, no Cal Chuchesta
douche alert ^
FOR I AM A RAIN DOG, TOO!
That album is incredible, and served as an intro to so much other great music for me.
Any examples of what Tom led you to listen too?
Nice profile picture dude
@@4242Chucknorris Captain Beefheart, Fiona Apple, Howlin' Wolf.
This tape bumps in the whip
Jamo Say No salutations fellow youngster
😤😤😤me and my niggas all agree tom waits go hard as FUCC
I would consider "Swordfishtrombones" to be his "a-ha!" moment that became the template he'd build with for the rest of his career, or however you put it. That album isn't dissimilar from "Rain Dogs" at all, it's his first album to make that leap to experimental Waits. I see Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs as practically companion pieces (they came out a year apart and are basically the same approach stylistically).
That said, while they're both classics, Rain Dogs is the better album, if only slightly. It's arguably his greatest album. Definitely in the top 10 of the 80s and one of the best albums of all time really.. Good review, though! Thanksthony!
^^this
Agreed for some reason ive always felt swordfish to be the schizophrenic little brother to rain dogs. ???
You can hear it coming all the way back to Heartattack & Vine, even though that album didn't really turn out the way he wanted it due to all the record company drama.
Alexander Nikevich I agree
my only complaint about Rain Dogs is that it has some tracks that are a bit too distant from the figure of Tom Waits that developed later and i really came to like. shit like Downtown Train and Time are whast im talking about. Swordfishtrombones doesnt even do that--im rather interested and soothed by the Dave the Butcher stuff, and i must say i love Franks Wild Years (the spoken word song) and i think it makes that album so memorable. Rain Dogs doesnt have that, for me.
P.S. imo Bone Machine is his best. but Frank's Wild Years and Real Gone really mesmerize me too.
The Pixies: Doolittle
Nick Drake: Pink Moon
The Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique
Television: Marquee Moon
The Doors: Self-titled
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life
The Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs
Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation of Millions...
Daft Punk: Discovery
Death: Leprosy
Modest Mouse: The Lonesome Crowded West
Spiritualized: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
DO THEM YOU MELON!
Graham Kristensen all great records dude
I swear he's already done Marquee Moon
I would love to hear him review 69 Love Songs.
Dude, great suggestions. I second the Spiritualized suggestion! A lot of Anthony's younger viewers need exposed to that album and artist. Absolutely incredible album!
Graham Kristensen Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Anywhere I Lay My Head is my favourite song of all time. Perfect song, perfect album.
it's probably the best closer ever
a generic comment praising the album, praising the artist and acknowledging, in a patronising way, that Mr Raintony Dogtano gave this record a fair review.
PINK SEASON
stfu kid
watch out we've got the grown up over here
Mike K. Filthy frank is a shit musician stop shilling so much
Mike K. Dude are you stealing my name?
Lifesizemortal I believe you are the reason for the bombing of Hiroshima, you ass
Lift weights
Lift Tom Waits
EvilEquilibrium working your biceps
YES EXACTLY thank you for getting the refrence
"Time and tide Waits for no man."
Tom: Can i get a big mac ??
Sarah: Im sorry we are out of fries, your gonna have to wait
Tom waits.
Lol. Jon Lajoojee
The Strokes: Is This It
The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St.
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
We are all entitled to our opinion when it comes to art, but I don't know how you couldn't appreciate "downtown train" on this album. Yes, it is a bit more "produced" and traditional for Waits, but it is a really well written song! It adds to the sheer versatility of the album as a whole, IMO.
Rod Stewart ruined it for a lot of people.
When I was in high school I saw Fight Club and I heard the song "Goin' Out West." The hard rock, clanging percussion and growling vocals caught my ear. I look up who performed the song and all I had was a name, Tom Waits. I never delved too much into it, but upon hearing a custom track list of songs one day, a friend asked, "Oh, you like Tom Waits?" I then was introduced to my first full exposure, "Real Gone." It was much more challenging and odd than I was accustomed to with music, but I felt a connection to the lyrics and style. After that I dug deep into the musical earth and discovered his other works. Upon wanting to know more, I discovered that "Rain Dogs" was considered his greatest and from the moment I heard it, I understood why. To this day, I'm not sure if it's my favorite of Wait's work, but it's one I can feel comfortable in introducing him to those unaware. I've got friends who would say they love his "lounge" version more than his "cookie monster' guttural days, but each album of his tells a variety of stories and elicits a wide range of emotions that I'm happy to sink into and rise from. "Rain Dogs" is a great example of his range vocally and musically, with themes, inspirations and rumination of a man who has been at the bottom and dreamed of the blurry skies above him. Whether or not one could find this to be just a maudlin notion or not, I'm happy to listen and stumble and sing with him.
One of my all-time favourite albums, with some of my favourite lyrics.
“I don’t care if they miss me, I never remember their names”. Oh that line
Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral
Do it
Alen Gradascevic Masterpiece
Alen Gradascevic nothing can stop me now
Aye you got your wish!
not even an honorable mention of the musicians on this record? come on, man
Oh shit I just noticed symbolic and leprosy in the background, nice
In an David letterman interview Tom did say that Swordfish Trombone, Raindogs, and Frank’s Wild Years, were a trilogy. An odyssey fallowing one character named Frank. Each character in these three albums are the same person really.
Waits' voice constantly intimidates me, and I love that.
Tom Waits and Beefheart should've made a Troutmask Replica 2 together. Both are really odd characters...
Such a concentrated mass of avant-garde would cause a tear in the Memetic Continuum that would destroy the concept of Irony as we know it.
Abraxas DIO Lol, but it would be a hell of an album.
@@ilovecody7514 Tom Waits collaborated with Primus (twice), that's already pretty good.
Captain Beefheart & Tom Waits - Troutmasktrombones
@@milandrakulic3791 Dude..... That's perfect.
Tom Waits is one of a kind story teller, i can't get enough of his stuff post 2000
My favorite record hands down. Only negative is every song's a fadeout.
Fair criticism, though I just imagine that, in the studio, they were just jamming out like crazy, and that each song would’ve been at, near, or over the 10 minute mark, which would’ve turned this into a needlessly long shlog.
Trout Mask Replica, Remain in Light, and Rain Dogs are all some of my favorite albums ever. thanks, Dadthony Fathertano.
I don’t even KNOW YOU, but I like your taste in Music!
The best album of the 80's
Right up there with classics like Born To Run (though I do like Darkness On The Edge Of Town more), Joshua Tree, Remain In The Light, and other 80s gems.
Awesome , Glad you reviewed this Gem . This Album is truly special . Along with Swordfishtrombone .
One of the greatest albums of all time. Good review.
Fucking love this album
_Cookie Monster_ writes surprisingly interesting lyrics
Anthony we'd like to hear cals take on pink season
Anywhere I Lay My Head is one of my favorite songs. I find it heartbreaking. The vocal performance and the lyrics always hit me like a truck. So beautiful. played it on my buddies speaker at work once. everyone fucking hated it. 😂
Would love to see a worst to best for Tom Waits. Not to mention of The Cure.
To me, RAIN DOGS the album is one massive, fiery crescendo, that leads up to DOWNTOWN TRAIN; all the pain of feeling like a loser or a failed person but still having dreams, even if they "fall like rain..."
such a work of art. we're so lucky tom chose music !
so good to see the appreciation for Downtown Train in the comments here
I never say that an album is my favorite, but...this is one of my favorite albums of all time. It's just so unique and raw. And it's made me respect Tom Waits even more as an artist...even if some of his tracks literally haunt me.
Such a beautiful, well-thought out, and thorough review of one of my favorite albums. Thanks needledrop!
Love the review but I would consider Sword Fish Trombone to be his Aha moment.
Swordfishtrombones is certainly an A-ha moment, but I’ve always thought that it was perfected with Rain Dogs.
I fuckin love Tom Waits. His music is like a dark version of Disney.
Agreed
Old Disney movies are already dark enough.
@@zackzallie8735 but in a bad way
Whats even more hilarious/Ironic is the fact that DreamWorks used "little drop of poison" in Shrek 2's bar scene, because the entire inception of DreamWorks and Shrek was to hate on Disney lmao
listened to this record hella times in 9th grade
I love this album. I let a friend borrow it, and he kept it in his car. Then his car got repossessed. He still owes me a new copy, but he's dead now so I'm probably out of luck.
I grew up listening to this album, my dad exposed me to it when i was 5.
One of the very best albums I've ever heard. I've listened to it dozens of times and it gets deeper every time. The instant hits are there ("Downtown Train," "Hang Down Your Head") but the deep cuts are so fucking good. There is not a single wasted moment on this record.
loving the classics reviews this week Anthony.its nice to hear what you think of these albums. maybe you should do like a vid a month of your favourite albums?we would love that.
Thanks for this review Antoine Fantoine, I'm a pretty big fan of Tom Waits's earlier work but I hadn't given this album much of a listen prior to watching this review. It's great!
if you've ever stumbled through a downtown district with a broken heart and drunk after a bar fight you will "get" Tom Waits
anime was a mistake
Gabreshaa thread
Gabreshaa pink season is an anime
Gabreshaa don't criticize shrek
What did Cory in the House do to you?
yesn’t
Thanks for making this, one of my favorite albums
Good job, man! I loved your explanation of his different characters. Tom Waits is a storyteller with an open mind for sounds. Your perspective is so refreshing. I will definitely check out your other videos!
Subscribed. Thank you for reviewing the GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME. Even though I disagree with your opinion of the peerless Downtown Train, your overall insight is pretty much on the money.
This has been my favorite classics week so far, not just because of the album choices but the reviews are so well spoken and translate my feelings for the albums perfectly. I agree that the drums and 80s style guitar on Downtown Train bring the song down a bit...I highly recommend the VH1 Storytellers version of Downtown Train over this studio one for anyone that's interested.
Charlie Gates ok
So glad you chose to review a Waits album. one of.my all time favourite artists. Feels like he's been a little overlooked the last few years.
Oddly enough, I always loved Downtown Train, and sort of had a problem with Union Square.
You should review self-titled Townes van Zandt for classics week!
Glad to see some Death on display, give them a review!
Joel Bianco if you go to the aux channel he does a video on death metal where he talks about symbolic a little bit, always preferred human myself but they're both amazing.
LOVE TOM WAITS.
(Really enjoy your reviews, thanks for covering a wide range of influences.)
The ONLY person I've ever heard able to properly describe Tom Waits. Well done, that wasn't an easy task!
Subbed for what it's worth, love your videos man :D
good album nice review but i didnt watch it
ok i watched the review it was nice
your last name is nice. its like pasta
Thanks im italian i like pasta AND pizza
That's racist pls stahp
"Singapore" isn't an instrumental; it's a song, with vocals. That rhyme.
Just saying.
This album was the first of Tom's that I really listened to, and it signified for me a beginning of branching out, going out of my comfort zone, and really going after music as a whole. I'll never forget it.
When I discovered Tom’s back catalogue, it was always hugely inspiring to me that his sound progressed, with massive complexity, once he became teetotal; eventually doing away with the boozed-up crooner ident.
The love and creative push of his wife, began a wildly unique sound. The definitive Waits sound which became even more badass, where alcohol didn’t speak for him
No comment on "Rain Dogs"? Maybe my favorite track. It's so brilliant. But overall great review. But, seriously, Rain Dogs is my fave songs. Encapsulates the vibe of lost sadness really perfectly.
Mercurydylan89 fully agree. A wonderful song. Wonderful singing with Fab guitar and accordion
Huge fan of the version off Big Time, performed live in 1988, which is in 5/4 instead of 4/4
REVIEW DOOLITTLE OR I BURN A SWANS VINYL
Loving your choices on the classic albums.
This is one of the best reviews you've done in a while. It doesn't rushed or just done out out of routine. You seem like you actually know a lot about the album.
Anyone else waiting super impatiently for the Nightside Eclipse review?
That or a Blaze in the Northern Sky, metal is harshly unrepresented on this channel imo
Wearing my Storm of the Light's Bane longsleeve rn, totally would love to see that but as he just reviewed In The Nightside Eclipse I doubt we'll ever see it.
I think you meant abstruse, not obtuse, at the end of your review. Obtuse means not too bright.
Where is the Pink Season review
Josh A it's weird seeing you here, idk why, but I'm a big fan of your music! Looking forward to Retroland!
Idk who you are but u fuckin suck
you are gay
Nighthawks at the Diner got me into Tom and his catalog is very impressive overall. You can't help but smile any time Singapore comes on. Tom is an incredible artist and I'm always glad I stumbled onto his work.
Been waiting for a Waits review from you man, didn't dissapoint
I honestly think Time is Tom's greatest song, it just pure, quiet beauty. And the lyrics are so unbelievably gorgeous.
You had me at "clap hands". You killed it.
Tom was a character in interviews. I looked for him to get serious - I don't believe I ever detected a crack in him. He's straight up performer. He's on all the time. The only thing we'll ever know of Tom's weights will be in his interviews and songs.
(That is unless his wife family or friends tell us something "good" about him.)
If I had only 5 albums to have for the rest of my life, one of them would be Rain Dogs. I did not encounter the album or the songs until I was 41 years old. Where had this been? Why was some of this never on the radio? Controlling the narrative. That's why.
Anyway, I waste no time putting it on whenever I feel like it now.
This is some of the greatest music I've ever heard yet it sounds, bar band, new orleans street band. It sounds junky, clunky, sloppy yet it's choreographed. There's no sloppy performance in it at all. That band could perform that album the way it is right now before you, every note. It's a hobo sounding masterpiece. Musically to me, it's in the same way of Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd - no one sounded like them or they didn't Right light them. But above all his work for me, Rain Dogs is the one. in the sense that no one is like them at all. No one.
Subscribed.
"Licked" 😝
Peace🤘
He isn't playing a character in his interviews, he exaggerates his own real character
I've always loved your initial rant about Tom Waits in general on your Bad as Me review, knew from there you're as huge on the man and his music as I am, and therefore I love the fact that you're finally reviewing a classic Tom Waits album, this one was way over due. Rain Dogs is a masterpiece. I'd really like to know: if you had to pick a favorite Tom Waits record, what would it be and why? Besides that, this is the passionate, engaging CZcams review a brilliant album like Rain Dogs needs and deserves. Keep up the good work, Anthony.
Great review! Love Tom, love this album!
Would be cool to see a review of some classic Smashing Pumpkins
Mate I think you've reviewed this one already as well
yeah, this stupid melon head man...
he uploaded an advanced review which u could get early if u gave money
sk nope, he did a full review free for anybody
Felabooti the only Tom Waits review available on CZcams until now is Bad As Me
Oliver Fenderbender he took it down. check the classics review listed in theneedledrops wikipedia and go to the tom wait's reference link
I think this is my favourite album of all time. You really brought out the flavour well. Well done!
bone machine was how I first fell for the charms of tom very quickly followed by this masterpiece, but they are all almost universally excellent... would also urge you to give big time a listen a live album from the sword/rain/wild year's period. This album though is very special to me as it opened my ears to the miriad possibilities of music from whatever genre or era truly changed my perceptions and I am forever grateful
Review New Order for classics!
Danny Brown Power Corruption and Lies?
Chris topher New Order will always remain in the back of my mind because of how solid Blue Monday is.
chrysanth. 「少女全能」 love that song!
New Order is one of his favorite bands so he probably will eventually
Mickey Akerfeels one of my favorite bands too. Can't wait to see them at Coachella!
"The Heart of Saturday Night" is easily my favorite Waits album. Always felt this one was a tad overrated.
You've really delivered with this review! Thanks manthony.
I was waiting for your review on Tom Waits, thanks fantany.
I like to title the thumbnail "When it's classic week and your entire fanbase wants you to review Pink Season".
I would say Swordfish is more 'seminal'
I love that you reviewed Tom Waits. Thanks Anthony!
I grew up with Tom Waits and love everything he's ever done.
Great review of such a great album! Fell in love with "the first time I heard that song. I don't think a lot of people like it because of its pop melody but I don't give a fuck. I also did a piano tribute on my channel here on CZcams after years of just listening to it. Still one of my favorite songs besides all the darker stuff of Tom!
BEST TEETH IN THE GAME should review Mr Bungle!
One of my all time favorite albums.
Probably my favourite Waits records, thanks for doing this one!!
Tom Waits for no man, don't you know
Just let me fall out of the window with spaghetti in my hair
Exceptionally well done review. Concise and right on the money.
I heard tango til they're sore and immediately listened to his entire discography. Dude is great
I love this album, good review. I have to disagree with you about Downtown Train, I think it's a beautiful song. It has a sense of longing to it that contrasts in an interesting way with the rest of the album. Also, interesting fact: the snare sound in Big Black Mariah that you mention, is Tom slamming down a 2x4 against an old dresser in a bathroom.
Still don't understand why so many prefer this over Swordfishtrombones and Franks Wild Years.
SirRunk For me, it's just the strongest collection of songs he ever released. But SFT and FWY do have a more cohesive sound and flow to them, so I totally get preferring either (or Bone Machine, which is also fantastic).
swordfishtrombones FTW!
I always have a memory of songs, of a place or a time but few albums have ever made the kind of impression that this lp had on its first play. I felt like I got sucked into an alternate existence, one I may have never left. My friend Nico said..take this one home, have a listen. I did. I put it on and only remember the place when I return, like a reoccurring dream that you only remember when you return. Thank you Nico! It’s a shame that they haven’t rereleased the Island years.
Man I've been looking to get those Death records lately and seeing them here is just making me want them so much more