A scan of the ad handed out at some of the shows to promote the upcoming release of Orphans - Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards. The reverse side of the card says ''3-disc set in stores November 21''. For an image click
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(thanks to Fred)
A scan of the ad handed out at some of the shows to promote the upcoming release of Orphans - Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards.
19 comments:
What´s the instrument to left of Waits?I have never seen this instrument in my life.
I think it's just his amp! (If it's the same thing he has had on stage this tour - I think someone said it was an amp...)
But my question is "Is the dude behind him really there?"
it´s a ghost? i think so.
When will we know the tracklisting of Orphans?
the shadowy figure to the left of Waits is creepy as hell. i would have scanned it in and shared as well, but i have no scanner, you see.
thanks!
PS: someone asked about the instrument to Wait's left. it's not an instrument as near as i can tell. it's a reel-to-reel machine.
b.s.
I think the instrument to our right of Waits is a reel to reel as well and the one behind the ghost is an old fashioned cotton candy maker, minus a few parts.
scratch my cotton candy maker idea, I just researched them and it's not one.
The shadowy figure in the picture looks from the waist up, like an antique mannequin. If you enlarge the picture there appears to be pins in the elbows and possibly a mechanical ball and socket shoulder joint like the type they made long ago.
The song listed as "Bye Bye Baby" is actually "Til' the Money Runs Out" from Heartattack and Vine.
Heres the scoop. My friend bought two tickets to Louisville, and can no longer go. She is willing to give me her credit card and driver's liscence however if I can find someone to go with, and more so pick up the tickets since they are will call only.
I don't have a picture of her unfortunatly, but... email me off the list and let me know if you are interested. Dark hair is a plus, but not required. I'm sure this sounds insane, but if you are in the area, what do you have to lose? Plus I think even the slightest resemblance would get us in. I appreciate any interested parties in advanced. Thank you!
Erick
RocknRollErickStoll@gmail.com
Does anyone have any idea of the content of the 3 cds? New songs? Live? I guess nobody knows yet but... if there is anything...
I think that the tracklisting of Orphans is similar at the tracklisting in the page tom waits suplement.
I doubt if there will be outtakes and rarerities from all the 30 years or only from the ANTI/EPITAPH era...who knows..
How bout that great Waltzing Matilda on piano? Brough tears to my eyes.
The scan is the same as the poster I lifted outside the Atlanta show. The poster is the same except for the ghost/mannequin. Let me add I am not a theif but needless to say when I saw the 4 posters in the case out front within a matter of seconds there was a jimmied lock a loose hinge and only 3 left in the case
I just can't wait! I've been looking forward to this since it was just a rumor.
Anonymous said: The scan is the same as the poster I lifted outside the Atlanta show. The poster is the same except for the ghost/mannequin. Let me add I am not a theif but needless to say when I saw the 4 posters in the case out front within a matter of seconds there was a jimmied lock a loose hinge and only 3 left in the case
um... if you jimmied that lock, you are a thief.
Re;You are a thief...
Thats a bit harsh..donchathink? He was just up to the challenge.
Thanks Rita I thought the guilt would overwhelm me but it's not bad. I now may change my career the thrill was worth it.
The Theif
It's official:
http://www.anti.com/catalog.php?id=69
Tom Waits: Orphans
BRAWLERS
01. Lie To Me
02. LowDown
03. 2:19
04. Fish In The Jailhouse
05. Bottom Of The World
06. Lucinda
07. Ain't Goin' Down To The Well
08. Lord I've Been Changed
09. Puttin' On The Dog
10. Road To Peace
11. All The Time
12. The Return Of Jackie and Judy
13. Walk Away
14. Sea Of Love
15. Buzz Fledderjohn
16. Rains On Me
BAWLERS
01. Bend Down The Branches
02. You Can Never Hold Back Spring
03. Long Way Home
04. Widow's Grove
05. Little Drop Of Poison
06. Shiny Things
07. World Keeps Turning
08. Tell It To Me
09. Never Let Go
10. Fannin Street
11. Little Man
12. It's Over
13. If I Have To Go
14. Goodnight Irene
15. The Fall Of Troy
16. Take Care Of All My Children
17. Down There By The Train
18. Danny Says
19. Jayne's Blue Wish
20. Young At Heart
BASTARDS
01. What Keeps Mankind Alive
02. Children's Story
03. Heigh Ho
04. Army Ants
05. Books Of Moses
06. Bone Chain
07. Two Sisters
08. First Kiss
09. Dog Door
10. Redrum
11. Nirvana
12. Home I'll Never Be
13. Poor Little Lamb
14. Altar Boy
15. The Pontiac
16. Spidey's Wild Ride
17. King Kong
18. On The Road
TOM WAITS TO RELEASE 3CD SET --ORPHANS: BRAWLERS, BAWLERS AND BASTARDS— NOVEMBER 21 ON ANTI-
WAITS JUST CAME OFF EXCEEDINGLY SUCCESSFUL AND SPECTACULAR 9 DATE TOUR OF THE SOUTH AND MIDWEST CLIMAXING WITH FIRST CLUB DATE IN 3 DECADES AT CLEVELAND’S HOUSE OF BLUES
The one and only TOM WAITS is set to release a 3CD set titled ORPHANS: BRAWLERS, BAWLERS AND BASTARDS. It’s a wide-ranging collection of 54 songs, including 30 new recordings, equaling over three hours of rare and never-before heard music with a 94 page booklet.
“Orphans are rough and tender tunes. Rhumbas about mermaids, shuffles about trainwrecks, tarantellas about insects, madrigrals about drowning,” says Waits. “Scared, mean, orphans songs of rapture and melancholy. Songs that grew up hard. Songs of dubious origin rescued from cruel fate and now left wanting only to be cared for. Show that you are not afraid and take them home. They don’t bite, they just need attention.”
Each of the three CDs is separately grouped and sub-titled – “Brawlers,” “Bawlers” and “Bastards” – to capture the full spectrum of Waits’ ranging and roving musical styles. “Brawlers” is chock full of raucous blues and full-throated juke joint stomp, “Bawlers” contains Celtic and country ballads, waltzes, lullabies, piano and classic lyrical Waits’ songs, while “Bastards” is filled with experimental music and strange tales.
In addition to the new work, Orphans features a number of tracks finding a home on a Waits’ album for the first time - songs originally recorded for the cinema, the theatre and other projects. They include Waits’ unique interpretations of songs by such extraordinarily diverse talents as The Ramones, Daniel Johnston, Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht, Leadbelly, Kerouac and Bukowski.
As for his latest tour, which took him from Atlanta, Asheville, NC, Memphis, Nashville, Louisville, Chicago, Detroit, Akron to Cleveland, where Waits played his first club show in nearly 30 years at the House Of Blues, all shows sold out within minutes. Some of these cities
Waits had not performed in for over 30 years and it was his first foray into Asheville. Needless to say, the audiences were nothing short of ecstatic at each and every gig and the reviews reflected the fans passion.
Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune observed: “Everything about Tom Waits is done with theatrical flair, no expensive props required…In the broadest sense, he is a singer-songwriter, but he is also a genre unto himself…Waits is a defiled saloon singer who turns songs into noirish cinema, little movies about the human condition. When he aims his magnifying glass at the shadows, he inevitably comes up with some amazing discoveries. The human race, it turns out, has a lot of dirty little secrets, unspoken passions, unrequited desires. Waits’ songs give voice to them all, and he finds poetry in even the tawdriest details.”
Fred Mills of Harp magazine described Waits as “a voodoo shaman,” also proclaiming, “There wasn’t a single aspect of the show that could be considered inconsequential.” The review ended by declaring, “Yessir, we did—witness an astonishingly pure expression of artistry…And there he is in the center of the frame, Tom Waits. Jumping right off the screen and straight into our f**king laps. That’s rock ‘n’ roll baby—the IMAX version.”
Peter Gilstrap of The Tennessean noted: “Even back in the ancient pre-country days when the holy structure was an actual church, it’s hard to imagine a more passionate sermonizer gracing the boards than Waits…Where more conventional musicians might use plain old numbers to count off a song, Waits has no problem with setting a tempo via huffs and snorts, sounding like a shaman with emphysema in full chant…A few songs in, the band left the stage, as a piano was wheeled out. With nothing more than 88 keys and a baby blue spotlight, Waits sat down, removed some of the gravel from his voice and turned the auditorium into an intimate nightclub. ‘Tom Traubert Blues’—with its echoes of ‘Waltzing Matilda’-was simply a moving thing of beauty…”
Meanwhile, marking his first release since 2004’s Real Gone, Orphans was again produced by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan (his wife and long time collaborator), who were recently named #4 in a recent Paste magazine collector’s edition naming the “100 Best Living Songwriters.” According to the magazine, “In literature, only a handful of writers have pulled off the near impossible. In music, it happens on every Tom Waits recording.”
Throughout his entire and lengthy critically acclaimed musical career--which has garnered him two Grammys, plus several other nominations, including an Academy Award—Waits and his fevered imagination have managed to keep evolving with each new disc on his more than 20 recordings. The only genre Tom could possibly be placed in would, literally, have to be his very own category—Waitsian.
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