Happy Friday R&P, Aren't we all a little insane when we're wounded? (#5)?

Hi Everybody.


Well, we're inside the top 10 on my Top 101 Mix Tape Rules countdown. "Mix tape rules" simply means that I limited myself to one song per band/artist.





Here are the recent selections:


25. the Smiths - Handsome Devil


24. John Lennon - Watching The Wheels


23. A.C. Newman - On The Table


22. The Roots - The Seed V. 2.0


21. Wilco - Theologians


20. Grandaddy - Chartsengrafs


19. the Folk Implosion - Natural One


18. the Decemberists - the Tain


17. Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (Beatles Cover)


16. Tall Tales and the Silver Lining - Born Down By the Side


15. Belle and Sebastian - Simple Things


14. Dr. Dog - The Beach


13. the Pixies - Alec Eiffel


12. Dr. Octagon - Earth People


11. Elvis Costello - The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes


10. Elliott Smith - Condor Ave.


09. Simon and Garfunkel - The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine


08. Radiohead - Paranoid Android


07. Built to Spill - I Would Hurt A Fly


06. Paul Simon - The Obvious Child





For number 5 I'm going to put out there a song that I am eternally grateful to a pretty mediocre movie for. You remember that movie where Ed Norton plays a priest, Ben Stiller plays a rabbi, and Jenna Elfman plays the girl that they both loved in their childhood? Well, it wasn't very good. Not so bad or anything. Just a movie really. Keeping the Faith, that's it. Anyways. I had forgotten about this song completely until I rented this one night, at a point in my life where I pretty much saw all the movies, and this Tom Waits tune comes on. One I knew and instantly remembered how much I loved even though I hadn't heard it or thought about it in years. Not only did that movie give me that specific song back, but it also reminded me how much I loved Tom Waits and started a big resurgance with his music in general. The movie featured an Elliott Smith tune as well. Anyways. This song is just beautiful. A wonderful song about how complicated love can be.





Tom Waits - Please Call Me Baby


http://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Waits/The+H鈥?/a>


-this was terribly disappointing because I've been hunting for quite a while and I can't get grooveshark to open and there is no youtube and don't get me started on myspace music. This last.fm link is the wrong version of the song, but it's the best we've got. If anyone can grab a better link to the real Heart of Saturday Night version I would be very grateful. Thanks)





So, what did you think? What's your favorite Tom Waits tune?





Thanks a lot everybody. I hope you all have a really wonderful weekend.|||what can i say about tom waits? he is on my shortest of short lists. and if i were to list favorite songs it would be the longest of long lists.





edit: such a 4:30 on a friday answer. here is my 5:30 and home for the weekend edit. its a great song. i tend to prefer my tom waits post kathleen brennan, IE swordfishtrombones till now, but the early stuff is still better than most artists and has moments just as good as his later stuff. some favorites: green grass, everything you can think of is true, walking spanish, jockey full of burbon, singapore, underground, 16 shells from a 30 ought 6, troubles braids, jesus gonna be here, temptation, hang on st christopher, clap hands, the black rider, the earth died screaming, murder in the red barn, big in japan, the eyeball kid, trampled rose, metropolitan glide, small change, jonesburg illinois, gun street girl, cold cold ground, straight to the top,strange weather, coney island baby, all teh world is green, make it rain, lucinda aint going down to the well, get behind a mule, fanning street, chocolate jesus, black market baby, filipino box spring hog, the road to peace, lie to me, fish in the jailhouse, king kong, little drop of poison, army ants, books of moses, first kiss, 2 sisters, 9th and hennipan, tango till their sore, tom trauberts blues, dead and lovely, top of the hill, hoist that rag, step right up, sins of my father, dont go into that barn, hows it going to end, franks wild years, dirty water from a swordfishtrombone, down down down, shore leave, in the neighborhood, november, just the right bullets, wrong side of the road, taint no sin... you know, just to name a couple...|||Hey Prof!





From what I've heard I never liked Tom Waits but after that song I'll have to listen to some more of him. I really like the Vibe of that song. Just a really nice listen.|||http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/search/s鈥?/a>


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http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/artist/T鈥?/a>





Tom Waits - Please Call Me Baby ( Heart of Saturday Night)





I went through a huge Waits period Prof and I can't recall hearing that song before, thanks so much for sharing it.


I can certainly "get it"





My Favorite Tom Waits tune is the opening track to my fave album by him, Singapore off the remarkable "Raindogs" album|||Hey Prof! Another great choice!





MA:


"Come On Up To The House"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GugzLSbO鈥?/a>|||hey prof,





i'm an uncultured philistine, obviously





hate it|||Hey Prof.








Love it, of course. Such a relaxing, piano-driven tune. One thing I love about Waits, and is true for this song, is I believe what he's saying.





Heart of Saturday Night, I actually don't own...which is funny because I still have 7 albums (9 if you can't the Orphans collection). I don't know what the other version sounds like, but this one does the job just fine.





My favorite Tom Waits tune? At the moment, I'll go with. I have a hard time with favorites. Right now, it's "Bottom of the World" off of Orphans: Disc 1.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMP9e3cqK鈥?/a>





You have a great weekend too and we only have 4 left. I'm depressed and excited all at once...








Edit: Hey Prof, if you get the chance check this out....





http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>





Was it you, or maybe Huevo responsible for that? I don't know, but if you're unfamiliar, hope you enjoy.|||This has been a year of Tom Waits 'discovery' for me, Prof (thanks in humongous part to Nodumgys :-)





Love this song. Love how different he sounds all the time. I don't have a favorite ...yet.





And to answer the question... want to play by the "rules", after all ~ What a great way of putting it, huh? We ARE all a little crazy when we're wounded. On so many levels.





Thx, Prof. Happy Monday (I'm late haha)|||G'day Prof Anger,





Thank you for your question.





The piano has been drinking. This version dates from 1977.





Regards|||Hey Prof, never heard that one before, but loved it! I don't know if I could pick a favorite..maybe Cold Cold Ground or Anywhere I Lay My Head. Thanks for sharing, I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of the top 5!|||hi Prof, nice choice





i just recently got into Tom Waits. i used to not like his voice but he is growing on me :)





my fave Tom Waits songs are Diamonds and Gold, Big Black Mariah, Frank's Wild Years, and In the Neighborhood





have a great weekend!