Happy 75th birthday, Tom Waits. In no particular order, here are 75 great Tom Waits performances, lyrics, songs, quips, quotes and roles. Could have done 75 more. 94matthewingate.substack.com/p/1949-tom-w... - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

t0mbstoneblues.bsky.social • 113 days ago

Happy 75th birthday, Tom Waits.

In no particular order, here are 75 great Tom Waits performances, lyrics, songs, quips, quotes and roles. Could have done 75 more.

https://94matthewingate.substack.com/p/1949-tom-waits?r=jm2oe

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etherealcolburn.bsky.social•113 days ago

I remember when he turned 40—my stepfather had scribbled marginalia in our New York Times: “Tom Waits for no man.”

t0mbstoneblues.bsky.social•113 days ago

Love it!

stanyanfan49.bsky.social•113 days ago

Those glorious 49ers, Tom, Jeff, Bruce, Billy, Bill, Meryl, me.

I may not have heard all these songs but will be reading your article shortly.

t0mbstoneblues.bsky.social•113 days ago

Not a bad group to keep you company there, Roy. Hope you enjoy the new songs!

johnnyhaddo.bsky.social•113 days ago

🙂that, sir, is spot-on, the dog's bollocks, the top banana!

Should explain why I stole the essence of your tale for a jackanory pastiche; Tom Waits as Charles Matthews, 1825, done in the grand tradition of the folk process_

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t0mbstoneblues.bsky.social•113 days ago

Thank you! Think Tom Waits would have fit into that time nicely. Or any time, really!

johnnyhaddo.bsky.social•113 days ago

🙂I would pay good money to see Tom Waits play John Falstaff in the Merry Wives of Windsor at The Globe on London's Bankside, or perhaps a end of pier panto turn; his last performance here was spot-on!

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dandavenport75.bsky.social•113 days ago

This is FREAKIN’ GOLD. Lovely work.

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t0mbstoneblues.bsky.social•113 days ago

Thank you, Dan. What a great album that is!

chris-weithers.bsky.social•112 days ago

Excellent list, and any list could have easily had 75 more, all down to personal taste. The one I would have included is his role as a “human traffic light” in The Fisher King, with a quiet monologue ending with Tom sounding off as a klaxon. Happy Birthday Tom.