Hi all. I've been basically lurking lately or as I like to say - in the shadows.
Just thought I'd pop in and say hello.
As for Tom Waits - I always wondered if TW actually wrote Foreign Affair.
The lyrics are so different from what he usually writes. They sound more as if
they were written by somebody who writes broadway tunes where in most Waits
tunes they come across as a jive hipster. Since I haven't heard all Waits stuff
can
you point me to any other songs of his that are similar in style to FA.
Back to the shadows again.
c Karma wrote:
> Bob wrote:
> NP: Tom Waits, "Muriel"
>
> I had to chuckle when I remembered reading that the song was written about a
> cigar. (Remember Edie Adams doing their TV COMMERCIALS?) It's from my
> favorite Tom Waits album, "Foreign Affairs" which was recorded directly to
> 2-track with a full symphony orchestra. You can hear on a few tracks where
> the horn section is a little aggressive on the attack and blasts the sound
> engineers out (no level remixes allowed). Joe Jackson tried a similar
> trick a few years later with "Body and Soul."
>
> The Waits record also has probably MY FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME (to date),
> BY ANY WRITER: "Burma Shave." The first line: "Licorice tattoo turned a
> gunmetal blue, scrawled across the shoulders of a dying town." and later,
> "With her knees up on the glove compartment, she took out her barrettes, and
> her hair spilled out like root beer and she popped her gum and arched her
> back. JUST PHENOMENAL. Seek it out, folks it's worth it.
>
> CC
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
