I'm currently re-enjoying
Frank's Wild Years, especially "Telephone call from Istanbul" but I recently borrowed the bootleg album Tales from the Underground 1 and it is all of the woo.

I could enthuse all day about Waits. Maybe I will.

Top 3 favourite Waits songs:
1) "Martha" (because it gets me close to crying - utterly poignant)
2) "Jockey full of bourbon" (amazing melody and lyrics, damn fine song)
3) "Shore Leave" (awesome lyrics, mad, his finest song mentioning midgets, and a useful barometer for my bloke's gigs because I can tell if it's going well if he does the screaming bit at the end)

@Che - I reckon Rain Dogs is his finest album, but it's a close call.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 15:12, Reply)