Tom Waits: Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards -- 11/21/06
08-17-06, 04:57 PM
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Tom Waits: Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards -- 11/21/06
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Tom Waits Gives the World Orphans
What do Tom Waits fans have in common with Daddy Warbucks? Both love to bring home orphans! Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards, a three-CD set of new and rare Waits material is due out November 21 on Anti.
The 54-track release includes a 94-page booklet and over three hours of music, ranging from waltzes to blues and Celtic ballads to lullabies. According to Waits, "Orphans [contains] rough and tender tunes. Rumbas about mermaids, shuffles about train wrecks, tarantellas about insects, madrigals about drowning. Scared, mean, orphaned 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."
(Hmm, perhaps Waits thought similar things about the fish he stuck down his pants in that memorable episode of Fishing With John?)
A number of tracks on Orphans were originally recorded for film and theatre, and some are reworkings of songs by other artists, including the Ramones, Daniel Johnston, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, Leadbelly, Jack Kerouac, and Charles Bukowski. Waits produced the epic album along with his wife and long-time collaborator Kathleen Brennan.
Songs of Orphans:
Disc One: 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
Disc Two: 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
Disc Three: 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 Orphans Tour Thread
Tom Waits Gives the World Orphans
What do Tom Waits fans have in common with Daddy Warbucks? Both love to bring home orphans! Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards, a three-CD set of new and rare Waits material is due out November 21 on Anti.
The 54-track release includes a 94-page booklet and over three hours of music, ranging from waltzes to blues and Celtic ballads to lullabies. According to Waits, "Orphans [contains] rough and tender tunes. Rumbas about mermaids, shuffles about train wrecks, tarantellas about insects, madrigals about drowning. Scared, mean, orphaned 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."
(Hmm, perhaps Waits thought similar things about the fish he stuck down his pants in that memorable episode of Fishing With John?)
A number of tracks on Orphans were originally recorded for film and theatre, and some are reworkings of songs by other artists, including the Ramones, Daniel Johnston, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, Leadbelly, Jack Kerouac, and Charles Bukowski. Waits produced the epic album along with his wife and long-time collaborator Kathleen Brennan.
Songs of Orphans:
Disc One: 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
Disc Two: 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
Disc Three: 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
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08-17-06, 08:03 PM
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great news, will be nice to finally get a better recording of "Take Care of All My Children" and i assume "Danny Says" is one of the ramones songs, which will be interesting to hear, great song.
08-19-06, 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by whynotsmile
veryyyyyyyyyyy nice. Certainly getting it. is Heigh Ho from Snow White and the seven dwarves?
10-19-06, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by NORML54601
This has finally been leaked. All 3 discs are strong and the music is a wide range of genres. Highly reccomended.
10-19-06, 02:50 PM
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Any of you who missed the Orphans Tour, you missed a great show. He played a few that will be featured on this new album.
Several of the songs were only available before on Soundtracks, compilations, and other artist albums, but are finally available together.
I almost wish I wouldnt hear anything about an album that I want until the week of release, because I heard about this months ago, and have been counting the days since...
Good Times.
Several of the songs were only available before on Soundtracks, compilations, and other artist albums, but are finally available together.
I almost wish I wouldnt hear anything about an album that I want until the week of release, because I heard about this months ago, and have been counting the days since...
Good Times.
10-20-06, 01:51 AM
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anything from tom waits is something i just can't wait to purchase and own.
hell, i'd just give him some money if i met him. he's an excellent entertainer
hell, i'd just give him some money if i met him. he's an excellent entertainer
10-20-06, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Slumbering Fist
I'm a rabid Waits fan. This is a very cool release. Hopefully it will help erase the disappointment I felt with his last album, which I thought was underwhelming.
10-26-06, 12:25 PM
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I went ahead and downloaded it and it's good. My favorite tracks after a couple of times through are Little Drop Of Poison, Little Man, and King Kong.
They did a good job of putting the right tracks together and each of the 3 discs sounds cohesive and not like some box sets where the stuff runs together with no theme or stylistic cohesiveness.
It will be interesting to see exactly when each of these was recorded as all of them sound like they were recorded in the last 10-15 years. Definitely nothing sounds like it is from the 70's.
They did a good job of putting the right tracks together and each of the 3 discs sounds cohesive and not like some box sets where the stuff runs together with no theme or stylistic cohesiveness.
It will be interesting to see exactly when each of these was recorded as all of them sound like they were recorded in the last 10-15 years. Definitely nothing sounds like it is from the 70's.
10-28-06, 12:12 AM
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Money tight but I just bit the bullet and ordered this for an early Xmas present. Hell it's worth it for his awesome version of "Heigh Ho" alone. Can't wait to get this and put it right next to my Johny Cash Love God Murder box set. Partners in crime.
11-21-06, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by cdollaz
Borders in-store price was $39.99 and using a "$10 off $35" coupon brings it down to $29.99. I also used my Rewards credit so it ended up being only $18.
out of Target, Circuit City, Best Buy, and FYE, only FYE had ONE copy. It was 49.99 and the employee gave me a 3.00 off coupon.
should have stopped at borders!
11-21-06, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by xmiyux
Where is that 10 off 35 at Borders coupon?
The packaging seems like it will inevitably fall apart.
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11-22-06, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by cdollaz
http://f.chtah.com/i/9/276579820/couponerewards0905.htm
The packaging seems like it will inevitably fall apart.
The packaging seems like it will inevitably fall apart.