Tom Waits on Letterman last night...

[Boink]

... and he still has it. The musical poet of our times (though my wife can't stand his voice). Yeah, he can be an acquired taste.

 

[weewillie]

Mark
It was ok but

fraid Rod McKuen was my poet of the times (maybe I am dating myself)

 

[Boink]

LOL Well, I remember McKuen too (though not a musical guy). He was too touchy-feely for me ("Listen to the Warm" etc.). :rolleye: From that period, maybe Dylan.
BTW, the Waits interview with Letterman before the tune was hilarious. "Free the glutens!" OR "You can't retire from the tire business. It just ends up sounding like you're signing up again." Actually, all these last guests of Letterman are being posted on YouTube. Some really funny stuff.

 

[weewillie]

I like Letterman but I can't wait to see how Colbert does

 

[Boink]

I like Letterman but I can't wait to see how Colbert does

Me too!!!

 

[Boink]

Well, he IS cramming in the best guests he's ever had. I'll take 'em.

 

[NutmegCT]

Mark
It was ok but

fraid Rod McKuen was my poet of the times (maybe I am dating myself)

Talk about dating myself ... Have to admit that Omar Khayyam was my poet (and mathematicians, and philosopher, and astronomer) of the times ...

 

[Gliderman8]

Required reading in freshman college course was Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Fitzgerald. It was more then I could handle as a freshman.

 

[PAUL161]

Required reading in freshman college course was Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Fitzgerald. It was more then I could handle as a freshman.

It does become easier to swallow as we get older, but it's not this old country boys cup of tea! Wonder if we could put some of his works to country music? :highly_amused: PJ

 

[Banjo]

All the folk music, Pete Seeger, Woodie Guthrie, and such that I've listened to and I don't think I've heard any of Tom Waite's stuff. The name is familiar, but I would have remembered that voice. I liked it, but I was having a lot of trouble following the melody. The lyrics are deep.

 

[sail]

Very familiar name but not the cigarette voice. Letterman was originally fresh as an upcoming comedian but lost me when he turned nasty.

 

[Boink]

Waits did some well-known stuff back in the 70s (Ol' 55).

 

[Boink]

And I remember this hilarious appearance on Martin Mull's "Fernwood Tonight" (1977). "I'd rather have a bottle in front of my than a frontal lobotomy." It starts with his "The Piano Has Been Drinking" tune, but the interview is best.

 

[Boink]

Required reading in freshman college course was Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Fitzgerald. It was more then I could handle as a freshman.

I have a stray (side) degree in English lit. and took some upper division poetry... and continue to read it. My favorite is Theodore Roethke. But I'm weird. layful:

 

[waltesefalcon]

I like Omar Khayyam and Roethke, but my favorite is John Donne. I do have some eclectic tastes though.

 

[NutmegCT]

It does become easier to swallow as we get older, but it's not this old country boys cup of tea! Wonder if we could put some of his works to country music? :highly_amused: PJ

Not country, but ...