love What's He Building but it got bumped from my ballot in favor of other oddball experiments.
― money, chicken and other DNA (sleeve),
For me it's the best of his spoken word pieces. So creepy, and just a great short story.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link
33. Telephone Call From Instanbul (Frank's Wild Years, 1987)56 points, 7 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8eRnks9bM
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 15:00 (ten years ago) link
No one seems to have put the studio version on YT, by the way. That performance is really good anyway.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
Gorgeous little song up next.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 15:10 (ten years ago) link
32. Kentucky Avenue (Blue Valentines, 1978)57 points, 3 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvZK8Wl7RQ8
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 15:13 (ten years ago) link
"Yesterday Is Here" is too low.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 15:15 (ten years ago) link
I'd never properly listened to the lyrics of Kentucky Ave before properly, they're pretty fucked up and amazing.
Last song of the day coming up in about ten. It's another great number.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
31. Hang Down Your Head (Rain Dogs, 1985)57 points, 5 votes, 1 first place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEY18eXO724
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
40. Invitation to the Blues39. Ol' 5538. In the Neighborhood37= Hang on St Christopher37= Shore Leave35. What's He Building in There34. Yesterday is Here33. Telephone Call From Istanbul32. Kentucky Avenue31. Hang Down Your Head
http://open.spotify.com/user/joe2goo/playlist/39FGIPX9whrzf9CxzxvxnQ
Hasta manana! Feel free to like and comment.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 15:32 (ten years ago) link
Glad to see "Closing Time" getting some love around here. "Martha" might have been my number one if I had voted (i've been moving and everything has been out of sorts so I'm totally bummed I missed this). Not sure about "What's He Building In There", even though I enjoy the track as a goof. If there had to be a talking one, I would've preferred "9th and Hennepin".
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
I voted for 9th and hennepin.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 18:51 (ten years ago) link
if i had been around for the noms bit, i would've repped hard for "Hoist that Rag"
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 19:06 (ten years ago) link
Yesterday Is Here was close to the top of my Poll, it has it's own particular sound that is almost as lovely as something like I Only Have Eyes For You.
― many machines on ilx (MaresNest), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 19:10 (ten years ago) link
I voted for "Martha". I'll be interested to see if it places.
Glad to see "Kentucky Avenue" made it, I had that high on my list. I love his ballads. That one always feels a little rougher than some but there's something especially stunning about it, especially what it builds to near the end.
I wonder which album will end up with the most songs on the list. Already a lot from Swordfishtrombones and Frank's Wild Years.
― erasingclouds, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
i like seeing all the swordfishtrombone love altho i didnt vote for any of those tracks
'invitation to the blues' was v high on my ballot
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:39 (ten years ago) link
What only three votes for 'All the world is green'!? That's one of his most beautiful instrumentations post-00s.
Also 'in the neighborhood' is a bit low considering how well it did on the album poll, it beated 16 shells which just has to feature somewhere in the following days.
― Moka, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 21:08 (ten years ago) link
Early prediction for top five (heavy on the rain dogs):
1. Jockey Full of Bourbon2. Clap Hands3. Cold Cold Ground4. Downtown Train5. Time /or Martha
― Moka, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 21:17 (ten years ago) link
I was the #1 voter for Hang Down Your Head. Thought that would be way higher.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 21:41 (ten years ago) link
Foreign Affairs got shut out of the album poll - it's not a favourite, but it's weird to see a studio album in the first five years of a career not receive any votes at all. I think the only other studio album that missed out was Bad As Me?
― funk79, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link
I must have missed the albums vote part. I would have had Orphans at number 2 behind Rain Dogs
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:05 (ten years ago) link
Thought 'in the neighbourhood' would get a few more votes. 'Invitation to the Blues' and 'I'll Be Gone' too. Altogether a rather random, but nevertheless decent, selection from Waits' catalogue.
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
I hhope neither 'Jockey' nor 'Shells' win. Both are boring
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
"Yesterday Is Here was close to the top of my Poll, it has it's own particular sound that is almost as lovely as something like I Only Have Eyes For You."
qft
― g simmel, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 23:30 (ten years ago) link
30. Dirt in the Ground (Bone Machine, 1992)57 points, 6 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyXdj-CUvW0
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 13:04 (ten years ago) link
29. Johnsburg, Illinois (Swordfishtrombones, 1983)60 points, 5 votes, 1 first place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEI-UCU-BM0
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 13:29 (ten years ago) link
28. Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) (Small Change, 1976)61 points, 5 votes, 1 first place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkOMiA_uGso
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 13:42 (ten years ago) link
Yay to the person that voted Johnsburg, Illinois as their Number One
― many machines on ilx (MaresNest), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 13:49 (ten years ago) link
Looking through my spreadsheet I see that one person voted for 'Waltzing Matilda' - didn't occur to me till just now that they almost certainly meant Tom Traubert. So that vote wasn't counted in its final position, apologies. It made the top 50 anyway.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 13:57 (ten years ago) link
xp
Me! I love it so much, think it's his single sweetest moment. So small.
― woof, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:00 (ten years ago) link
like i am really fond of the big ballads or heartbreakers but J, I is something else.
― woof, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:01 (ten years ago) link
Was listening to Telephone Call From Istanbul this morning and that fucking organ(?) towards the end is just such an amazing piece of late-breaking instrumentation. TOO LOW.
― woof, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:02 (ten years ago) link
"Johnsburg, Illinois" was the last song cut from my ballot. Happy as hell to see it on here. Good taste, woof!
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:02 (ten years ago) link
JI breaks my heart, kinda like Come On Up To The House does, but from a different angle.
― many machines on ilx (MaresNest), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:04 (ten years ago) link
27. Temptation (Frank's Wild Years, 1987)62 points, 5 votes, 1 first place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjW1ppfQECc
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:05 (ten years ago) link
Great double bass solo in the live version of Telephone Call, which is from Big Time
― many machines on ilx (MaresNest), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:06 (ten years ago) link
The first Waits record I bought was Frank's Wild Years, off the back of a review in the press, I was only dimly aware of his music, but looking back I reckon Island records must have shilled his ass like crazy to make it work. I must have only been 15 or something and I was initially not at home to dissonant Optigan explorations, Rhumba and the megaphone wailing in Temptation. I was only willing to commit to the less demanding songs.Naturally I came around when my tastes eventually caught up and now every note of Temptation is perfect.
― many machines on ilx (MaresNest), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link
The contributions of Greg Cohen, Marc Ribot, Ralph Carney et al to these songs cannot be understated, although I was never keen on Keith Richards when he turned up.
― Addison Doug (Matt #2), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link
26. Cemetery Polka (Rain Dogs, 1985)64 points, 4 votes, 1 first place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9bfsT3AvLU
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:21 (ten years ago) link
How completely odd is this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdLyt2EsQ0Q
― many machines on ilx (MaresNest), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
25. Picture in a Frame (Mule Variations, 1999)65 points, 4 votes, 1 first place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pwxD8quPCg
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:37 (ten years ago) link
24. Downtown Train (Rain Dogs, 1985)65 points, 7 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZhW76LAnTY
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:53 (ten years ago) link
I really thought that'd be top 10, maybe the Rod Stewart factor went against it.
― Addison Doug (Matt #2), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:54 (ten years ago) link
It's a decent song, but there are like ten better tracks on Rain Dogs alone!
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:55 (ten years ago) link
I'm waiting to see where "Cold Water," from Mule Variations, pops up (if it does). I was just listening to that song last night - really great stuff.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:56 (ten years ago) link
A really fun one I didn't know before coming up next.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:02 (ten years ago) link
23. Step Right Up (Small Change, 1976)65 points, 8 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URp-Dbhr7EU&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DURp-Dbhr7EU&has_verified=1
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:10 (ten years ago) link
22. Soldier's Things (Swordfishtrombones, 1983)67 points, 7 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNwC8ETa0pg
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
Also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcsi5Cd4XrE
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
Surprised and delighted to see "Soldier's Things" here at all! I figured it would be outside the top 50.
― cops on horse (WilliamC), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
yesss my high placing for Step Right Up has paid off. That song has so many great lines, but "the large print giveth and the small print taketh away" is all-time.
― money, chicken and other DNA (sleeve), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:31 (ten years ago) link