>Hi Mark and the list!
>
>Some thoughts on hard boiled music (if it's not too
off topic)..
>
>Tom Waits' stuff from the 80's and 90's seems to have
a pretty hard boiled
>feel.. I especially think of "Frank's Wild
Years"
>
http://www.gameverse.com/music/waits/lyrics/swordfis.htm#Franks_Wild_Years
>
>Lately bands like "Portishead" have been doing great
stuff too..
I watched Tom Waits perform "Small Change Just Got Rained on
by His Own
.38" on the Mike Douglas show 25+ years ago. Douglas, never
at a loss
for words, was at a loss for words when interviewing Waits.
Waits'
ciggie-drenched voice and the lyrics, none of which I
remember, I
thought were pretty cool.
For those that don't remember, Douglas conducted a daytime
talk show
along the lines of Oprah Winfrey and others.
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