Green Grass
April 30th, 2008 at 12:45 am (Uncategorized)
Green Grass - Tom Waits By Harlyn Weijs
There are many reasons to put a song on repeat.
I am a repeat Queen and I am dating the repeat King and so a lot of songs get played over and over again.
There is no better way to torture oneself than to listen to a Tom Waits song on repeat.
Though I would be damn careful to limit your exposure to his stuff. I consider myself seasoned in the art of the melancholic music session. I have a very high tolerance but maaaaaaann some people don’t know when to quit!
Tom Waits is the Barry White of Folk Soul. Vocal chords like bass strings delivering to us in his smoky gruff, the penetrating weight of his words.
And so tonight before sleep, I invite you to put this song on repeat and in your dreams pat off the dust from that horse by the saloon, swing your arms around his neck and let him take you on a long, slow, gloomy ride into morning…
“Come closer don’t be shy
Stand beneath the rainy sky
The moon is over the rise
Think of me as a train goes by…”
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GIgi said,
May 2, 2008 at 11:06 am
I tried to comment on this like 8 times but my computer hates you Dave Greisman. What I wanted to say is that, this is a refreshing change of writing from sallbagsgreisman. Thank you Dream Girl. Also, Tom Waits makes me feel really uncomfortable, I could never change while listening to this in my room. UNfortunatly, I can only fall back on the repeat trick when I am super emotional, i.e. when my dog sees a squirrell and his electric collar goes berserk. It’s sad. I could only listen to this song on repeat, if someone conveniently played this song on really good loudspeakers and then proceeded to break up with me. Or ask me to marry them, either one. Although I do like Tom Waits lately. Also, this Tom Waits knockoff band called ManMan. But no repeat material, yet.
scary gary said,
May 2, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Wow, wow, wow!
How the hell does he sustains notes that low?
andrew c said,
May 7, 2008 at 11:54 am
i like this dude - he gives me the creeps. i also like him because he isn’t a hipster. sorry to all you hipsters.
jj said,
May 8, 2008 at 11:33 pm
i like tom waits. i like some of the creepy story-songs he does (what’s he building up there) and some of his kind of loungy-er piano stuff… one of my dad’s old friends lives in the forests of southern quebec and gave me tom waits mix tape. it’s awesome. i know that i would love this song after about 18 plays. he paints some crazy pictures.
jj said,
May 8, 2008 at 11:36 pm
oh and i’m probably a hipster(/hippie?)…. i felt like i should weigh in. disclosure!
andrew c said,
May 20, 2008 at 11:07 am
i guess the statement i made was a tad bit bold, unreasonable. i just dont like the fashion i guess (not that im fashionable) - i like jj’s though. hey dave, wake up will ya?