09-02-2021, 20:04
Tom Waits - Closing Time
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His debut - hard to believe he was 23 when this was released. There is only one song on this album that leaves me cold and several that I love. Interesting that he had the chutzpah to stand firm and insist on an upright bass on the recording, despite it being his very first excursion into the studio - good decision - lends some serious weight. Three songs in particular have been covered by other artists whose versions pass muster (despite missing the instrumental nuances he achieved here), IMHO - "Martha" by Tim Buckley, in the year of its release too, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEeZK9j0AQU, "Ol' 55" by the Eagles which is super smooth in comparison - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86sb1AFl8Rs, and "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" by Marc Cohn, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc_x3N5Is5w.
Tom Waits was performing this song in club when he was noticed by David Geffen and as a result signed to Asylum Records. The rest, as they say, is history ...
![[Image: 220px-Tom_Waits_-_Closing_Time.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/Tom_Waits_-_Closing_Time.jpg/220px-Tom_Waits_-_Closing_Time.jpg)
His debut - hard to believe he was 23 when this was released. There is only one song on this album that leaves me cold and several that I love. Interesting that he had the chutzpah to stand firm and insist on an upright bass on the recording, despite it being his very first excursion into the studio - good decision - lends some serious weight. Three songs in particular have been covered by other artists whose versions pass muster (despite missing the instrumental nuances he achieved here), IMHO - "Martha" by Tim Buckley, in the year of its release too, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEeZK9j0AQU, "Ol' 55" by the Eagles which is super smooth in comparison - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86sb1AFl8Rs, and "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" by Marc Cohn, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc_x3N5Is5w.
Tom Waits was performing this song in club when he was noticed by David Geffen and as a result signed to Asylum Records. The rest, as they say, is history ...
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