'I Just Want To See His Face' - that song had a big impact on me, particularly learning how to sing in that high falsetto, the way Jagger does. When he sings like a girl, I go crazy. I said, 'I've got to learn how to do that.' I couldn't really do it until I stopped smoking. That's when it started getting easier to do. [Waits's own] 'Shore Leave' has that, 'All Stripped Down', 'Temptation'. Nobody does it like Mick Jagger; nobody does it like Prince. But this is just a tree of life. This record is the watering hole. Keith Richards plays his ass off. This has the Checkerboard Lounge all over it.
(Tomn Waits, 2005)
― piscesx, Monday, 3 June 2019 01:27 (four years ago) link
Ah yeah it does seem to be a very “tom waits” sounding kind of song, doesn’t surprise me it had a strong influence on him.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 3 June 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 9 June 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
I would vote for Bitter Sweet Symphony but not listed.
― Sassy Boutonnière (ledriver), Sunday, 9 June 2019 07:43 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 10 June 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
A worthy winner. 'Heaven' and 'Time Waits For No One' both underrated as hell.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 10 June 2019 00:07 (four years ago) link
Surprised that no-one in the thread mentioned the Lennon & McCartney vocals on 'We Love You', actually!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 10 June 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link