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MUSIC REVIEW: New Coat of Paint - Songs of Tom Waits
New Coat of Paint - Songs of Tom Waits
Various Artists
Manifesto Records, Release Date, May 2000
740 N. La Brea Av., Second Floor, Los Angeles CA 90038
www.manifesto.com
manifest@manifesto.com
Fucking shit! Incredible cd. Get it. GET IT NOW!
Tom Waits' lyrics in all their psychotic splendor, done by a host of crackerjack people.
About the only way I can properly describe this thing is to compare it to drinking a bottle of good whiskey. That first drag comes on like an electric jolt, and after that, things start getting nice and smooth, and then later on it just sorta eases down into the couch and stares out through the window, watching the traffic and street people drifting by.
At no point does any of this stuff fail to deliver.
The first track by Screamin' Jay Hawkins is one of those deals that would well and truly justify the purchase of the whole cd. That everything else which follows is also damn good, is just icing on the cake.
Did I say get this thing?
GET IT!
A lifetime resident (despite having travelled all over the damn place at one time or another) of Central Florida, James MacLaren took a four-year degree in death thrills riding giant waves on the North Shore back in the 70's. Wound up in the inconvenience store following a lay off from the Cape, where he was involved with the construction of the Space Shuttle launch pads, among other things. Father of best son in the world.
