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Only if you're old enough
21 Feb 2008
Format:Hardcover
I'm caught between the extant reviews. The key is to be old enough to have heard these songs, even if it's years since the experience. What great fun to find out what he really said in pieces like "Step Right Up" and "Pasties and a G String".
Those of us who've crossed the bar of a half-century will take "Martha" so much more to heart, now that our own Martha's are gone. We know the 'Heart of Saturday Night' - Saturday night back then - is still the best that could ever be. Pity the youngsters who never had the brilliance of a slow dance, who never had three or four too many but made it to work the next day and kept going because your 'baby' was waitin up for you. Get it, recall it, make up your own melodies when the memory's going fuzzy - it's all to the good.
Those of us who've crossed the bar of a half-century will take "Martha" so much more to heart, now that our own Martha's are gone. We know the 'Heart of Saturday Night' - Saturday night back then - is still the best that could ever be. Pity the youngsters who never had the brilliance of a slow dance, who never had three or four too many but made it to work the next day and kept going because your 'baby' was waitin up for you. Get it, recall it, make up your own melodies when the memory's going fuzzy - it's all to the good.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Haunting writing, reads well as poetry
15 Jan 2008
Format:Hardcover
I find some of the songs haunting. Tom has a great feel for a symbol that cuts deep. The song Broken Bicycles is especially good. Heartattack and Vine, etc. are classics for Tom Waits buffs. I found myself yearning for the music and atmosphere that Tom creates in his work. Nonetheless, the lyrics all on their own a worth reading.
If You Love Urban Poetry
14 Dec 2011
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... You'll love Tom Waits. They are many one-line gems in much of his lyrics. The compilation of lyrics from his albums are wonderful.
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