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Used Songs 1973–1980 is a compilation of songs from Tom Waits's Asylum Records years. Track listing. Songs written by Tom Waits "Heartattack and Vine" - 4:44
[399] When asked which song she wished she had written, Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine said: “‘Green Grass’ by Tom Waits.... Really, anything by Tom Waits. I wish I was Tom Waits. His songs are so visceral and bloody. I just love his use of imagery." [400] Bones Howe says: "I do a lot of seminars. Occasionally I'll do ...
"The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)", often referred to as "The Piano Has Been Drinking", is a song written and performed by Tom Waits. The song first appeared on his 1976 album Small Change, and an extended live version on the 1981 compilation album Bounced Checks.
In a 1979 interview, Waits recounted: I used to walk down Kentucky Avenue collecting cigarette butts. And I finally got me a paper route. I used to get up at 1 o' clock in the morning so I could deliver my papers and still have time to break the law ... [2] [3] Many of the song's lyrics relate to real people in Waits' childhood. "Mrs.
Denise Sullivan, writing for AllMusic, described "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" as "one of Tom Waits' most beloved songs from one of his more obscure albums... The song showcases Waits playing a barroom piano melody, weaving words together -- in essence, doing what he does best in one long, bittersweet song." [3]
"Way Down in the Hole" is a song written by the singer-songwriter Tom Waits. It was included on his 1987 album Franks Wild Years, which was first presented as a stage production put on by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company [1] in Chicago, Illinois. The song was used as the theme for HBO's The Wire. [2] [3] A different
Franks Wild Years is the tenth studio album by Tom Waits, released 1987 on Island Records.It is the third in a loose trilogy that began with Swordfishtrombones.Subtitled "Un Operachi Romantico in Two Acts", the album contains songs written by Waits and collaborators (mainly his wife, Kathleen Brennan) for a play of the same name.
Heartattack and Vine is the seventh studio album by Tom Waits, released on September 9, 1980, [3] and his final album to be released on the Asylum label. "On the Nickel" was recorded for the Ralph Waite film of the same name. It was used as the theme song for the 1985 "The Atlanta Child Murders" miniseries.