Musical Wisdom

[raro]

It's a Sears poncho.

It's a Sears poncho.

Looks like there are some more out there!

You guys make me sad. All the Zappa I listened to belonged to other people, my father mostly, so I don't have any of his stuff to listen to, never got around to buying it when it was just lying around.

..I could give you an advise how to get the music...but the forum rules do not allow me to do so....

[redrus]

Ian Brown, All Ablaze.

Caught you in a ring of fire

All surround me, such a blaze

Got you in a ring of fire

Lift me as you , say my name

Who you gonna get to bring you water,

When your well runs dry

What you gonna gonna tell your little daughter,

Is the reason that her daddy makes her cry

Caught you in a ring of fire

Happy days are all ablaze

Happy days in a ring of fire

Lift me as you, say my name

Who you gonna get to bring you water,

as your well runs dry

What you gonna tell your little daughter,

Is the reason,

That daddy makes her cry

Sayin Jesus never died at crucifiction,

So Mother Mary never suffered so much pain

Masqueraders paintin pictures flip the scriptures

Dont even know his name

I.... I say the same again, happy days are here and...

Bells.... just dont stop ringin in the rain...

Happy days are,

All Ablaze

All Ablaze

I.... I say the same again, happy days are here and...

Bells.... just dont stop ringin in the rain...

Happy days are,

All Ablaze

All Ablaze

Caught you in a ring of fire

Caught you in a ring of fire

redrus

[The Dan Sai Kid]

It's a Sears poncho.

It's a Sears poncho.

Looks like there are some more out there!

You guys make me sad. All the Zappa I listened to belonged to other people, my father mostly, so I don't have any of his stuff to listen to, never got around to buying it when it was just lying around.

You can legally download music on a few sites now - I think Apple's site charges a dollar a song!

[thaibebop]

It's a Sears poncho.

It's a Sears poncho.

Looks like there are some more out there!

You guys make me sad. All the Zappa I listened to belonged to other people, my father mostly, so I don't have any of his stuff to listen to, never got around to buying it when it was just lying around.

You can legally download music on a few sites now - I think Apple's site charges a dollar a song!

I know, I just need to do it one day. I still have dial up, so I need the time.

[game4shame]

Doves

Caught By The River

Son

What have you done?

You're caught by the river

You're coming undone

Life

You know it can't be so easy

But you can't just leave it

Cause you're not in control no more

And you give it all away

Would you give it all away now?

Don't let it come apart

Don't want to see you come apart

Son

What are you doing?

You learned a hard lesson

When you stood by the water

You and I

Were so full of love and hope

Would you give it all up now?

Would you give in just to spite them all?

Cause you give it all away

And you give it all away now

Don't let it come apart

Don't want to see you come apart

Cause you give it all away

And you give it all away now

Don't let it come apart

Don't want to see you come apart

Lay

I lay in the long grass

So many people

So many people pass

Stay

Stay here and lie on back

Get down in the cornfields

Stay till we're caught at last

Give it all away

Give it all away now

Don't let it come apart

Don't want to see you come apart

And you give it all away

Would you give it all away now?

Don't let it come apart

Don't want to see you come apart

Would you give it all away?

Would you give it all away?

Would you give it all away?

Give it all away

Give it all away

Give it all away

Give it all away

&

Ain't No Sunshine

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

It's not warm when she's away

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

She's gone much too long

Any time she goes away

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

Wonder if she's gone to stay

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

And this house just ain't no home

Anytime she goes away

I know

She's gone to stay

It's breakin' me up

Anytime she goes away

Gotta leave the young thing alone

There ain't no sunshine when she's gone

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

It's not warm when she's away

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

And she's gone much too long

Any time she goes away

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

I wonder if she's gone to stay

There ain't no sunshine when she's gone

And this house just ain't a home

Any time she goes away

those 2 were first that came to mind. 'Aint no sunshine' reminds me of late afternoon Chang's watching the girls go by

.............oh and 'ooh ee ooh ah ah ting tang walla walla bang bang' & 'dragostea din tai' hold a special place in my heart too.

Edited February 27, 2006 by game4shame

[thaibebop]

Great songs Game!

[redrus]

George Formby - When I'm Cleaning Windows.

When I'm Cleaning Windows

George Formby

- written by George Formby, Harry Gifford and Frederick E. Cliffe

- as recorded September 27, 1936 by George Formby (1904-1961)

Now I go cleanin' windows to earn an honest bob

For a nosy parker it's an interestin' job

Now it's a job that just suits me

A window cleaner you would be

If you can see what I can see

When I'm cleanin' windows

Honeymoonin' couples too

You should see them bill 'n coo

You'd be surprised at things they do

When I'm cleanin' windows

In my profession I'll work hard

But I'll never stop

I'll climb this blinkin' ladder

Till I get right to the top

The blushin' bride, she looks divine

The bridegroom he is doin' fine

I'd rather have his job than mine

When I'm cleanin' windows

The chambermaids' sweet names I call

It's a wonder I don't fall

My mind's not on my work at all

When I'm cleanin' windows

I know a fella, such a swell

He has a thirst, that's plain to tell

I've seen him drink his bath as well

When I'm cleanin' windows

Oh, in my profession I'll work hard

But I'll never stop

I'll climb this blinkin' ladder

Till I get right to the top

Pyjamas lyin' side by side

Ladies nighties I have spied

I've often seen what goes inside

When I'm cleanin' windows

------ banjo ------

Now there's a famous talkie queen

She looks a flapper on the screen

She's more like eightie than eighteen

When I'm cleanin' windows

She pulls her hair all down behind

Then pulls down her... never mind

And after that pulls down the blind

When I'm cleanin' windows

In my profession I'll work hard

But I'll never stop

I'll climb this blinkin' ladder

Till I get right to the top

An old maid walks around the floor

She's so fed up, one day I'm sure

She'll drag me in and lock the door

When I'm cleanin' windows

When I'm cleanin' windows

-------------------------------------------------------------

redrus

[game4shame]

Great songs Game!

my pleasure

[thaibebop]

George Formby - When I'm Cleaning Windows.

When I'm Cleaning Windows

George Formby

- written by George Formby, Harry Gifford and Frederick E. Cliffe

- as recorded September 27, 1936 by George Formby (1904-1961)

Now I go cleanin' windows to earn an honest bob

For a nosy parker it's an interestin' job

Now it's a job that just suits me

A window cleaner you would be

If you can see what I can see

When I'm cleanin' windows

Honeymoonin' couples too

You should see them bill 'n coo

You'd be surprised at things they do

When I'm cleanin' windows

In my profession I'll work hard

But I'll never stop

I'll climb this blinkin' ladder

Till I get right to the top

The blushin' bride, she looks divine

The bridegroom he is doin' fine

I'd rather have his job than mine

When I'm cleanin' windows

The chambermaids' sweet names I call

It's a wonder I don't fall

My mind's not on my work at all

When I'm cleanin' windows

I know a fella, such a swell

He has a thirst, that's plain to tell

I've seen him drink his bath as well

When I'm cleanin' windows

Oh, in my profession I'll work hard

But I'll never stop

I'll climb this blinkin' ladder

Till I get right to the top

Pyjamas lyin' side by side

Ladies nighties I have spied

I've often seen what goes inside

When I'm cleanin' windows

------ banjo ------

Now there's a famous talkie queen

She looks a flapper on the screen

She's more like eightie than eighteen

When I'm cleanin' windows

She pulls her hair all down behind

Then pulls down her... never mind

And after that pulls down the blind

When I'm cleanin' windows

In my profession I'll work hard

But I'll never stop

I'll climb this blinkin' ladder

Till I get right to the top

An old maid walks around the floor

She's so fed up, one day I'm sure

She'll drag me in and lock the door

When I'm cleanin' windows

When I'm cleanin' windows

-------------------------------------------------------------

redrus

Good one!

[baht&sold]

Before my time but I love it and due to unintelligible lyrics, this is about as close as it gets- anyone?

(btw, Washington State almost made this their official song not long ago, narrowly voted down;)

The Kingsmen (1955)

Louie Louie

CHORUS:

Louie Louie, oh no

Me gotta go

Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said

Louie Louie, oh baby

Me gotta go

Fine little girl waits for me

Catch a ship across the sea

Sail that ship about, all alone

Never know if I make it home

CHORUS

Three nights and days I sail the sea

Think of girl, constantly

On that ship, I dream she's there

I smell the rose in her hair.

CHORUS

Okay, let's give it to 'em, right now!

GUITAR SOLO

See Jamaica, the moon above

It won't be long, me see me love

Take her in my arms again

Tell her I'll never leave again

CHORUS

Let's take it on outa here now

Let's go!!

[coldcrush]

Grandmaster Flash - The Message.

Broken glass everywhere

People pissing on the stairs, you know they just

Don’t care

I can’t take the smell, I can’t take the noise

Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice

Rats in the front room, roaches in the back

Junkie’s in the alley with a baseball bat

I tried to get away, but I couldn’t get far

Cause the man with the tow-truck repossessed my car

Chorus:

Don’t push me, cause I’m close to the edge

I’m trying not to loose my head

It’s like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder

How I keep from going under

Standing on the front stoop, hangin’ out the window

Watching all the cars go by, roaring as the breezes

Blow

Crazy lady, livin’ in a bag

Eating out of garbage piles, used to be a fag-hag

Search and test a tango, skips the life and then go

To search a prince to see the last of senses

Down at the peepshow, watching all the creeps

So she can tell the stories to the girls back home

She went to the city and got so so so ditty

She had to get a pimp, she couldn’t make it on her

Own

Chorus:

It’s like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder

How I keep from goin’ under

My brother’s doing fast on my mother’s t.v.

Says she watches to much, is just not healthy

All my children in the daytime, dallas at night

Can’t even see the game or the sugar ray fight

Bill collectors they ring my phone

And scare my wife when I’m not home

Got a bum education, double-digit inflation

Can’t take the train to the job, there’s a strike

At the station

Me on king kong standin’ on my back

Can’t stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac

Midrange, migraine, cancered membrane

Sometimes I think I’m going insane, I swear I might

Hijack a plane!

Chorus:

My son said daddy I don’t wanna go to school

Cause the teacher’s a jerk, he must think I’m a

Fool

And all the kids smoke reefer, I think it’d be

Cheaper

If I just got a job, learned to be a street sweeper

I dance to the beat, shuffle my feet

Wear a shirt and tie and run with the creeps

Cause it’s all about money, ain’t a ###### thing

Funny

You got to have a con in this land of milk and

Honey

They push that girl in front of a train

Took her to a doctor, sowed the arm on again

Stabbed that man, right in his heart

Gave him a transplant before a brand new start

I can’t walk through the park, cause it’s crazy

After the dark

Keep my hand on the gun, cause they got me on the

Run

I feel like an outlaw, broke my last fast jaw

Hear them say you want some more, livin’ on a

Seesaw

Chorus:

A child was born, with no state of mind

Blind to the ways of mankind

God is smiling on you but he’s frowning too

Cause only God knows what you go through

You grow in the ghetto, living second rate

And your eyes will sing a song of deep hate

The places you play and where you stay

Looks like one great big alley way

You’ll admire all the number book takers

Thugs, pimps, pushers and the big money makers

Driving big cars, spending twenties and tens

And you wanna grow up to be just like them

Smugglers, scrambles, burglars, gamblers

Pickpockets, peddlers and even pan-handlers

You say I’m cool, I’m no fool

But then you wind up dropping out of high school

Now you’re unemployed, all null ’n’ void

Walking around like you’re pretty boy floyd

Turned stickup kid, look what you done did

Got send up for a eight year bid

Now your man is took and you’re a may tag

Spend the next two years as an undercover fag

Being used and abused, and served like hel_l

Till one day you was find hung dead in a cell

It was plain to see that your life was lost

You was cold and your body swung back and forth

But now your eyes sing the sad sad song

Of how you lived so fast and died so young

[redrus]

Happy Mondays, Step On. (from Do De Maktub'ar)

He's gonna step on you again, he's gonna step on you

He's gonna step on you again, he's gonna step on you

You're twistin' my melon man, you know you talk so hip man

You're twistin' my melon man

Hey rainmaker, come away from that man

You know he's gonna take away your promised land

Hey good lady he just wants what you got you know

He'll never stop until he's taken the lot

(Hey Hey he hey hey)

Gonna stamp out your fire, he can change your desire

Don't you know he can make you forget you're a man

Gonna stamp out your fire, he can change your desire

Don't you know he can make you forget you're the man

You're a man

You're twistin' my melon man, you speak so hip

Hey rainmaker he got golden plans I tell you

You'll make a stranger in your own land

Hey good lady he's got God on his side he got a double

Tongue you never think he would lie

(Oh he lied, oooh he's twistin' my melon man

(Oh he lied, oooh he's twistin' my melon man)

Gonna stamp out your fire, he can change your desire

Don't you know he can make you forget you're a man

Gonna stamp out your fire, he can change your desire

Don't you know he can make you forget you're the man

You're the man

He's gonna step on you again, he's gonna step on you

He's gonna step on you again, he's gonna step on you

Hey rainmaker, come away from that man

You know he's gonna take away your promised land

Hey good lady he's got God on his side he got a double

Tongue you never think he would lie

Gonna stamp out your fire, he can change your desire

Don't you know he can make you forget you're a man

Gonna stamp out your fire, he can change your desire

Don't you know he can make you forget you're the man

You're the man

You're twistin' my melon man, you know you talk so hip man

You're twistin' my melon man

(Hey Hey he hey hey)

He's gonna step on you again, he's gonna step on you again

He's gonna step on you again, he's gonna step on you again

redrus

[thaibebop]

[game4shame]

I'm sick of working for a living

I'm just ticking off the days till I die

Oh, I miss you Louise, yeah...

And the sickest little pleasures keep me going in between pulling teeth

Elbow

Leaders of the free world

[kayo]

Happy Mondays, Step On. (from Do De Maktub'ar)

You're twistin' my melon man, you speak so hip

You're twistin' my melon man, you know you talk so hip man

You're twistin' my melon man

(Hey Hey he hey hey)

He's gonna step on you again, he's gonna step on you again

He's gonna step on you again, he's gonna step on you again

redrus

For real????

[redrus]

For real Klown type guy, for real.....

Bill Withers, Lovely Day.

When I wake up in the morning light

And the sunlight hurts my eyes

And something without warning, love

Bears heavy on my mind

Then I look at you

And the world's alright with me

Just one look at you

And I know it's gonna be

A lovely day

... lovely day, lovely day, lovely day ...

When the day that lies ahead of me

Seems impossible to face

When someone else instead of me

Always seems to know the way

Then I look at you

And the world's alright with me

Just one look at you

And I know it's gonna be

A lovely day.....

When the day that lies ahead of me

Seems impossible to face

When someone else instead of me

Always seems to know the way

Then I look at you

And the world's alright with me

Just one look at you

And I know it's gonna be

A lovely day......

Nice.........

redrus

[game4shame]

Bill Withers, Lovely Day.

Top tune Redrus

I just googled Bill Withers to confirm he did 'Aint no sunshine' from my earlier post on page 7. Couldn't remember before.

keep em coming.

[thaibebop]

Lamb Of God-Laid To Rest

If there was a single day I could live....

a single breathe I could take,

I'd trade all the others away.

The blood's on the wall,

so you might as well just admit it.

And bleach out the stains, commit to forgeting it.

You're better off empty and blank

than left with a single pathetic trace of this.

Smother another failure, lay this to rest.

Console yourself, you're better alone.

Destroy yourself, see who gives a fck.

Absorb yourself, you're better alone.

Destroy yourself.

I'll chain you to the truth, for the truth will set you free.

I'll turn the screws of vengeance and bury you with honesty.

I'll make all your dreams come to life, then slay them as quickly as they came.

Smoother another failure, lay this to rest.

Console yourself, you're better alone.

Destroy yourself, see who gives a fck.

Absorb yourself, you're better alone.

Destroy yourself, see who gives a fck.

[game4shame]

Oasis

Half the world away

I would like to leave this city

This old town don't smell too pretty and

I can feel the warning signs running around my mind

And when I leave this island I'll book myself into a soul asylum

Cos I can feel the warning signs running around my mind

So here I go, I'm still scratching around the same old hole

My body feels young but my mind is very old

So what do you say?

You can't give me the dreams that are mine anyway

You're half the world away

Half the world away

Half the world away

I've been lost, I've been found but I don't feel down.

And when I leave this planet

You know I'd stay but I just can't stand it and

I can feel the warning signs running around my mind

And if I could leave this spirit I'd find me a hole and I'll live in it 'cos

I can feel the warning signs running around my mind

So here I go still scratching around in the same old hole

My body feels young but my mind is very old

So what do you say?

You can give me the dreams that are mine anyway

You're half the world away

Half the world away

Half the world away

I've been lost, I've been found but I don't feel down

No I don't feel down

No I don't feel down

I don't feel down

I don't feel down

I don't feel down

I don't feel down

This toon came into my head while walking to work in the gale-force, horizontal, Scottish rain!!

Edited March 10, 2006 by game4shame

[redrus]

Whenever I hear or see the words to that song, I have to sing it from beginning to end. A fantastic tune. G4S cheers.

Morrisey,

You Have Killed Me

Pasolini is me

'Accattone' you'll be

I entered nothing and nothing entered me

'Till you came with the key

And you did your best but

As I live and breathe

You have killed me

You have killed me

Yes I walk around somehow

But you have killed me

You have killed me

Piazza Cavour, what's my life for?

Visconti is me

Magnani you'll never be

I entered nothing and nothing entered me

'Til you came with the key

And you did your best but

As I live and breathe

You have killed me

You have killed me

Yes, I walk around somehow

But you have killed me

You have killed me

Who am I that I come to be here...?

As I live and breathe

You have killed me

You have killed me

Yes I walk around somehow

But you have killed me

You have killed me

And there is no point saying this again

There is no point saying this again

But I forgive you, I forgive you

Always I do forgive you

Great new tune from Mozza. Straight back on form.

redrus

[game4shame]

A fantastic tune. G4S cheers.

No probs. lets keep em coming.

Edited March 12, 2006 by game4shame

[game4shame]

Following on from the last Oasis self-pity b-side :

Oasis

Just Getting Older

It's not the clock

I'm getting tired

I'm sick of all my records

And the clothes I bought today

Am I cracking up

Or just getting older?

I'm staying in

I can't be bothered

Making conversation

With the friends that I don't know

Am I cracking up

Or just getting older?

And I bet that this is how life

Turns out when you finally grow old

And you know this is my life

Sit around all day and I moan

I'm halfway up to the bottom

Of another bottle

Of my next best favourite friend

Am I cracking up

Or just getting older?

You're not cracking up

You're just getting older

We're not cracking up

We're just getting older

This sums up staying in on a Saturday night in your hometown

Edited March 12, 2006 by game4shame

[thaibebop]

Royal Crown Revue-Barflies At The Beach

All right ya bums, listen up. Suntan oil don't go good with a three piece suit. Ya know it makes it all oily and stupid looking.

All right all you swing cats

Let's try something new.

Drag your elbows off the bar

and your can from the ole bar stool.

There's a place called the ocean

Probably heard about it in school

they ain't got on martinis there

but man, it's really cool.

Guess what barfly buddies

They got women down there too

but that old rum-soaked romeo

that dummy ain't got a clue

and just for viewing pleasure

head down by the pier

think of all the dough you'll save

on whiskey, gin and beer

Now the moral of this story

there's more to life than jazz and bars

so plop yer a$$ down in the sand

and look up at the stars

and if you're feeling homsick

bring a showgirl or two

toss 'em out a volley ball

and hey, enjoy the view.

What's that? That's a shell. That's what ya sister's going come out of when I date her. Oh, those things swiming out there? Yeah, that's dolphins. Yeah ya know flipper. That's what they make the tuna sandwhiches out of. Makes 'em taste good. Sell 'em at the deli. Youse know what I talkin' 'bout?

[kayo]

The drinking dens are spilling out

There's staggering in the square

There's lads and lasses falling about

And a crackling in the air

Down around the dungeon doors

The shelters and the queues

Everybody's looking for

Somebody arms to fall into

And it's what it is

It's what it is now

There's frost on the graves and the monuments

But the taverns are warm in town

People curse the government

And shovel hot food down

The lights are out in the city hall

The castle and the keep

The moon shines down upon it all

The legless and asleep

And it's cold on the tollgate

With the wagons creeping through

Cold on the tollgate

God knows what I could do with you

And it's what it is

It's what it is now

The garrison sleeps in the citadel

With the ghosts and the ancient stones

High up on the parapet

A Scottish piper stands alone

And high on the wind

The highland drums begin to roll

And something from the past just comes

And stares into my soul

And it's cold on the tollgate

With the Caledonian blues

Cold on the tollgate

God knows what I could do with you

And it's what it is

It's what it is now

What it is

It's what it is now

There's a chink of light, there's a burning wick

There's a lantern in the tower

Wee Willie Winkie with a candlestick

Still writing songs in the wee wee hours

On Charlotte Street I take

A walking stick from my hotel

The ghost of Dirty Dick

Is still in search of Little Nell

And it's what it is

It's what it is now

Oh it's what it is

What it is now

mark Knopfler.

Underrated, overtalented, musical genius.

[thaibebop]

I like that Kayo.

[kayo]

check this strange beverage that falls out from the sky,

splashin' bagdad on the hudson in panther martin's eyes,

he's high and outside wearin' candy applered,

scarlet gave him twenty seven stitches in his head,

with a pint of green chartruse, ain't nothin' seems right,

you buy the sunday paper on a saturday night.

can't you hear the thunder someone stole my watch,

i sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch,

some one tell those chinamen on telegraphcanyon road,

when there ain't no time to unload, so bye bye baby baby bye bye.

droopy stranger lonely dreamer toy puppy and the prado,

we're laughin' as they piled into olmos' el dorado,

jesus whispered eni meany miney moe,

they're too proud to duck their heads that's why they bring it down so low, so bye bye baby baby bye bye.

the pointed man is smack dab in the middle of july, swingin' from the

rafters in his brand new tie, he said i can't go back to that hotel room all

they do is shout, but i'll stay wichew baby till the money runs out, so bye

bye baby baby bye bye.

Til the Money runs out - T. Waits.

Edited March 31, 2006 by kayo

[thaibebop]

Oh yes! Love Tom Waits, great song writer and out of his mind. Ever see him in Dracula?

[kayo]

nope.. not yet...

hey slightly off topic, but i think you`ll like this...

Cover Versions

2227

"Innocent When You Dream"

'No Brains No Tumors'

'7" VINYL'

???: (1995) Strip Core/Forum

10,000 Maniacs

"I Hope I Don't Fall in Love With You"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

pop: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Dave Alvin

"Ol' 55"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Eric Anderson

"Ol' 55"

'Be True To You'

(1975) Arista

Bad Liver and Hans Brustna Hjartan (Sweden)

All Tom Waits covers (14 songs of course)

'Fjorton Sanger (14 songs): Tom Waits'

(1989) Nonstop Records NSM 33-15

Beat Farmers

"Rosie"

'The Pursuit Of Happiness'

(1987) Curb 1518 77501 2

(Out of print Dec. 94)

Bim Skala Bim

"Train Song"

'Eyes and Ears'

ska: (1994) BIB Records

The Bobs

"Temptation"

'Sing The Songs Of...'

rock/pop: (1990) Rhino 71467

Tim Buckley

"Martha"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

pop: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

'Sefronia'

pop: (1974) Discreet

Bulletboys

"Hang on St. Christopher"

'Freakshow'

heavy metal: (1991) Warner Bros. 9 26168-2

T-Bone Burnett

"Time"

'T-Bone Burnett'

Rock: (1986) MCA

John Campbell

"Way Down in the Hole"

'Howlin' Mercy'

????: (????) ????

Mary Chapin Carpenter

"Downtown Train"

'Hometown Girl'

Country: (1987) Columbia CK40758

Johnny Cash

"Down There By The Train" (Waits never recorded this song)

'American Recordings'

Country: (1994) ?????

Alex Chilton

"Downtown"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Popa Chubby

"Heartattack and Vine"

'Hit the High Hard One'

blues: (1997) Laughing Bear/PrimeCD

Holly Cole

"Tango 'Til They're Sore" (live)

"Train Song" (live)

'It Happened One Night'

jazz: (1997) ????

"Take Me Home"

"Train Song"

"Jersey Girl"

"Temptation"

"Falling Down"

"Invitation to the Blues"

"Cinny's Waltz"

"Frank's Theme"

"Little Boy Blue"???

"I Don't Wanna Grow Up"

"Tango 'Til They're Sore"

"(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night"

"Soldier's Things"

"I Want You"???

"Good Old World"

"The Briar And the Rose"

'Temptation'

jazz: (1995) Metro Blue

"Purple Avenue"

'Blame It On My Youth'

jazz: (1992) Capital Records or Metro Blue

Shawn Colvin

"The Heart of Saturday Night"

'Cover Girl'

folk: (1994) Sony 7464 57875 2

"Ol' 55"

"Someday" promo cassette for 'Cover Girl'

folk: (????) Columbia CAT6452

Compulsive Gamblers

"Way Down In The Hole"

"Gambling Days are Over, Say it with Liquor"

(????) ????

Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet

"More Than Rain" (same version as below)

"Plugging the Gaps Vol. 2" (rereleased from promo CD)

(1995) Tone Records 2CD003

"More Than Rain"

promo CD of Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet live at New York Town Hall in 1993

(1993)

Dion

"The Heart of Saturday Night (Looking for)"

'Return of the Wanderer'

????: (1978) DCC Records 1094 49 4

(Out of print July 1995)

Dion DiMucci

"San Diego Serenade"

'Yo Frankie'

????: (1989) Arista

Drugstore

"Old Shoes"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

The Eagles

"Ol' 55"

'On The Border'

(1974) Asylum

English Country Blues Band

"Tom Traubert's Blues"

'Home And Deranged'

(1983) Rogue Records

Everything But The Girl

"Downtown Train"

'Acoustic'

(1992) Atlantic Records

Marianne Faithfull

"Strange Weather" (Song written for Marianne, only recorded by Waits later)

'Faithfull - A Collection of Her Best Recordings'

rock: (1994) Island 314-524 004-2

'Strange Weather'

rock: (1987) Island

Frente!

"Ruby's Arms"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

????: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Georgette Fry

"On the Nickel"

'Rites of Passage'

Blues: (199?) Ontario Arts Council #SRR002

Davis Gaines

"Rainbow Sleeves"

'????'

????: (199?) ???? ????

Grievous Angels

"Cold, Cold Ground"

'Miles on the Rail'

country-rock: (1998) Bloodshot?

Nanci Griffith

"San Diego Serenade"

'Late Night Grande Hotel'

folk: (1991) MCAD 10306

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

"Heartattack and Vine" (4:22)

"Ice Cream Man" (3:22)

'Black Music For White People'

blues: (1991) Demon Records FIEND CD 211

blues: (1993) BIZA 40102

"Whistling Past the Graveyard"

'?????????'

blues: (19??) ?????????

John Hammond

"No One Can Forgive Me" (Waits never recorded this song)

'Got Love If You Want It'

(1992) Virgin, Pointblank

Heavy Metal Horns (from Boston)

"Way Down in the Hole" (3:26)

'Heavy Metal Horns'

(1991) Square Records 4000-2

Hootie and the Blow Fish

"Hope I Don't Fall In Love With You"

Performed on 'MTV Unplugged' (1996) ??????

Hue & Cry (Scottish)

"(Lookin for) The Heart of Saturday Night"

'???????????' 10" EP

(1991?) ?????

Rickie Lee Jones

"Rainbow Sleeves" (Waits never recorded this song)

'Girl At Her Volcano'

(1983) Warner Bros.

"Rainbow Sleeves" (Waits never recorded this song)

"The King Of Comedy" (Soundtrack)

(1983) Warner Bros.

Magnapop

"Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Manhattan Transfer

"Foreign Affair"

'Extensions'

(1980) Atlantic

Claire Martin

"Old Boyfriends"

'Old Boyfriends'

(????) ?????? (Britain)

Ian Matthews

"Ol' 55"

'Best Of...' compilation 'Discreet Repeat'

(1980) Rockburgh

'Some Days You Eat Bear...And Some Days The Bear Eats You'

(1974) Elektra

Sarah McLachlan

"Ol' 55"

'Boys on the Side' soundtrack

blues: (1995) ????

'The Freedom Sessions' EP

blues: (1994) Nettwerk Records W2-6321 (Canada)

Meatloaf

"Martha"

'????'

pop: (1995) ????

Bette Midler

"Shiver Me Timbers"

'Songs For The New Depression'

pop: (1976) Atlantic

"Shiver Me Timbers" (live)

'Divine Madness'

pop: (1980) Atlantic

Moxy Fruvous (Canada)

"Jockey Full of Bourbon"

Not recorded...

a cappela: (19??) ????

Maura O'Connell

"Broken Bicycles"

'A Real Life Story'

????: (1990) Warner Bros. Records

Pale Saints

"Jersey Girl"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Jeffrey Lee Pierce

"Pasties and a G-String"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

rap: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

The Picketts

"The Heart of Saturday Night (Looking for)"

'Paper Doll'

????: (????) ????

Primus

"Cemetary Polka"

'???' - Rare recording

The Ramones

"I Don't Want to Grow Up"

'!Adios Amigos!'

????: (1995) ????

Tony Rice and Dave Grismond

"Whistling Down the Wind" (instrumental)

'Tone Poems'

????: (19??) ????

Jonathan Richman

"The Heart of Saturday Night"

'You Must Ask the Heart'

????: (19??) ????

Brian Rickman

"I Wish I Was in New Orleans"

'Ex-Priest'

????: (1996) Aesthetic/EMI Records

Mathilde Santing

"Soldier's Things"

"Broken Bicycles"

'????'

????: (19??) ????

Bob Seger

"16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six"

'It's A Mystery'

rock: (1995) Cema/Capitol 99774

"Blind Love"

"New Coat of Paint"

'The Fire Inside'

rock: (1991) ????

Astrid Seriese (Dutch)

"Dirt In The Ground"

"Underground"

"Blow Wind Blow"

'Secret World'

jazz: (1994) ????

"Yesterday is Here"

"Little Boy Blue"

'Eclipse'

jazz: (1993) ????

Pete Shelley

"Better Off Without a Wife"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Jane Siberry

"Train Song" (live)

(live "unofficial" tape)

Patti Smythe

"Downtown Train"

'Downtown Train' (single)

(1987) CBS

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

"New Coat of Paint"

'All I Want is Everything'

R&B: (1993) ???

'In the Heat'

R&B: (1984) Polydor

Bruce Springsteen

"Jersey Girl" (live)

'Cover Me' (12" single)

rock: (1984) CBS

"Jersey Girl" (live)

'Live 1975-1985'

rock: (1986) CBS

Rod Stewart

"Hang on St. Christopher"

'Spanner In the Works'

pop/rock: (1995) Warner Bros. 7599 45867 2

"Tom Traubert's Blues"

'Unplugged ... And Seated'

pop/rock: (1993) Warner Bros. 45289-2

"Downtown Train"

'The Mercury Anthology'

pop/rock: (1992) Polygram 512805

'Downtown Train' (a subset of Storyteller)

pop/rock: (1990) Warner Bros 2-26158

'Storyteller - Complete Anthology'

pop/rock: (1989) Warner Bros 2-25987

Jack Tempchin

"Tijuana" (co-written with Waits, otherwise unavailable)

'Jack Tempchin'

(1977) Arista

These Immortal Souls

"You Can't Unring a Bell"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Tindersticks

"Mockin' Bird"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Johan Verminnen

"Better Off Without a Wife" (Dutch "Beter zonder wijf")

'Stilte als Refrein'

???: (1976) Biram Records

Re-released on Ariola Express label (A BMG Belgium company)

Violent Femmes

"Step Right Up"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

The Walkabouts

"Yesterday's Here"

'Jack Candy' - Single

Subpop: (1993) ?????

Jerry Jeff Walker

"(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night"

'It's a Good Night For Singing' (out of print)

country: (1976) MCA-2202

The Wedding Present

"Red Shoes by the Drugstore"

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'

???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Paul Young

"Soldier's Things"

'The Secret Of Association'

(1985) CBS

I was quite surprised by this list... didn´t know our man was so prolific (and the are folk missing from it still....

[khall64au]

JAMES BLUNT?

KAYO?

[kayo]

back to musical wisdom, but i think i´ll stick with Waits forthe moment...

Anywhere I lay my head

My head is spinning round, my heart is in my shoes, yeah

I went and set the Thames on fire, oh, now I must come back down

She's laughing in her sleeve boys, I can feel it in my bones

Oh, but anywhere I'm gonna lay my head, I'm gonna call my home

Well I see that the world is upside-down

Seems that my pockets were filled up with gold

And now the clouds, well they've covered over

And the wind is blowing cold

Well I don't need anybody, because I learned, I learned to be alone

Well I said anywhere, anywhere, anywhere I lay my head, boys

Well I gonna call my home

The Piano Has Been Drinking

The piano has been drinking

my necktie is asleep

and the combo went back to New York

the jukebox has to take a leak

and the carpet needs a haircut

and the spotlight looks like a prison break

cause the telephone's out of cigarettes

and the balcony's on the make

and the piano has been drinking

the piano has been drinking...

and the menus are all freezing

and the lightman's blind in one eye

and he can't see out of the other

and the piano-tuner's got a hearing aid

and he showed up with his mother

and the piano has been drinking

the piano has been drinking

cause the bouncer is a Sumo wrestler

cream puff casper milk toast

and the owner is a mental midget

with the I.Q. of a fencepost

cause the piano has been drinking

the piano has been drinking...

and you can't find your waitress

with a Geiger counter

And she hates you and your friends

and you just can't get served

without her

and the box-office is drooling

and the bar stools are on fire

and the newspapers were fooling

and the ash-trays have retired

the piano has been drinking

the piano has been drinking

The piano has been drinking

not me, not me, not me, not me, not me