Great Offseason Performances, pt. iv
by Stop-n-Pop on May 14, 2008 7:11 AM CDT
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Tom Waits, In the Cold Cold Ground.
This one is by request. My wife tells me that I like Tom Waits because I'm trying to hang on to something from my college days. What that something is is pretty loosely defined; I think it has to do with musical snobbishness and weed but she never has really spelled it out for me. I suspect that this is also an inherited passive-aggressive device (see below) she uses to tell me that she's not a big fan of Mr. Waits and the behavior of my college days. However, it may simply have to do with the fact that I married an Okie girl who likes George Strait and Reba. Whatever it is, she's grown to like a few of the "cookie monster" songs and this is one of her favorites. I tried to talk her into Come on Up to the House but it was to no use. Anywho, grownups can like Tom Waits too as long as they bury whatever it is they need to bury in the cold, cold ground...or something like that.
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ScarJo
Did you see that Scarlett Johansson is releasing a Tom Waits cover album? I just threw up in my mouth typing this.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/archives/2008/05/scarlett_johans.php
Well, prepare to throw up a bit more...
...as it’s actually pretty good. She got a good producer and the song selection is pretty decent. It’s not the best thing in the world, but it’s quite listenable. If anything, the production kind of distracts from Waits’ everything-and-the-kitchen sink approach to instrumentation. She has the good sense not to try to pull off a Tom Traubert’s Blues or Christmas Card from a Hooker in Mpls, and she experiments a little while not turning the whole damn thing into a faux indie-carnival, but it’s not bad. It’s not something I’d buy, but…well, it might be a good starting point for someone to get interested in Waits’ music before they go out and buy Mule Variations.
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