OK,

My Mom always told me that if I've got nothing nice to say, then don't say anything at all.

Here's my opinion on this song:






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My two and three year old boys just sing along and laugh when I play this.

I love this song but not this version. It's not that Keith is bad, he's fine, but I can't stand tom waits on this.

The thing is: when people first sung sea chanteys, they probably didn't have pretty voices, and, more than likely, sounded like Tom and Keith.

that is damn awful.

What a mess.

Im not really sure what to make of that,I think David Bowies new song is way better

Feel The Fear
And Do It Anyway

Typical on Waits, either you get it or run from it. I think it is pretty cool. Sounds like a bunch of rum heads rolling around on deck looking to keel haul someone.

That Feel is better than this, imo.

Btw, I like Dylan's take on this one much better.

I don't like Dylan's take on it: I do like Van Morrison's version.

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Typical on Waits, either you get it or run from it. I think it is pretty cool.

It's not Waits I've got a problem with on this. Waits is fine.

As Eric Burdon once said, "Van Morrison has real soul."

And on occasion so does Keith Richards.

But not on"Shenandoah".

i like wits, i like keith & i like tem together. but this is not great, it ain´t good anymway, this is a throwaway imo

To be fair to our Keith, the song really is mostly Waits. Keith comes in with a few background vocals and some guitar near the end but, love it or hate it, it's really Tom Waits' song.

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Typical on Waits, either you get it or run from it. I think it is pretty cool.

It's not Waits I've got a problem with on this. Waits is fine.

Then you should like it, because he's doing most of the singing...

As Eric Burdon once said, "Van Morrison has real soul."



Exactly!

Eric!

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Typical on Waits, either you get it or run from it. I think it is pretty cool.

It's not Waits I've got a problem with on this. Waits is fine.

Then you should like it, because he's doing most of the singing...

I like most of it.

This is @#$%&' awful !!!

I couldn't keep listening to it for more than 20 seconds !

One of the most dreadful durge-like renditions I've ever heard. Quite simply awful.

Satisfied since 1976

Much like 8000 year old scotch, this track is an acquired taste...

I sincerely believe that rendition would make dogs howl and babies cry.

.... What was Tom like in the Simpsons? ...Think it aired in US last night



ROCKMAN

Awwww Tom/Simpsons is up on Pitchfork but only available in the US

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I played this earlier and am still lamenting the four minutes of my life I'll never get back.

I prefer Tom's pre-Player voice meself ... his voice was in FINE form
on "The Heart of Saturday Night", passable on "Swordfishtrombones",
but it's grating to the ear now ... I know why he smoked it into shape,
but the results are for a very small niche audience, ala Cap'n Beefheart.
Still enjoy much of his art, though. BRILLIANT lyricist.

If you think that's bad, I happen to like it, but there's an awful cover of Sure Nuff n Yes I Do by Ralph Stanley that I heard recently: it's on a Nick Cave / Warren Ellis soundtrack.

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what a piece a crap waits is.

Safe to say you don't like grizzly bears with laryngitis either?

It's probably not a good idea to tell a grizzly bear with laryngitis that you don't like his singing.

It's probably a nice song under all that "grizzly bear with laryngitis" noise. Lost on me I'm afraid.

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

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I prefer Tom's pre-Player voice meself ... his voice was in FINE form
on "The Heart of Saturday Night", passable on "Swordfishtrombones",
but it's grating to the ear now ... I know why he smoked it into shape,
but the results are for a very small niche audience, ala Cap'n Beefheart.
Still enjoy much of his art, though. BRILLIANT lyricist.

Completely disagree with this. He got much better as a songwriter and Rain Dogs is the best thing he's ever done (Rod Stewart even had a hot with one of the songs). Mule Variations and Real Gone have some of his best work ever. He has continued to write great ballads - greater, I would argue than in his Heart Of Saturday Night Days. I think his early period had some nuggets, but those records were sentimental and the production was syrupy on a lot of that stuff. I do agree that that period seems to be more accessible for some people though.

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I prefer Tom's pre-Player voice meself ... his voice was in FINE form
on "The Heart of Saturday Night", passable on "Swordfishtrombones",
but it's grating to the ear now ... I know why he smoked it into shape,
but the results are for a very small niche audience, ala Cap'n Beefheart.
Still enjoy much of his art, though. BRILLIANT lyricist.

Completely disagree with this. He got much better as a songwriter and Rain Dogs is the best thing he's ever done (Rod Stewart even had a hot with one of the songs). Mule Variations and Real Gone have some of his best work ever. He has continued to write great ballads - greater, I would argue than in his Heart Of Saturday Night Days. I think his early period had some nuggets, but those records were sentimental and the production was syrupy on a lot of that stuff. I do agree that that period seems to be more accessible for some people though.

The best of both eras is unbeatable. I'm digging Ol' 55 just as much as Underground or Rrreal Gone. Lots of goodies on the new album as well.