Orphans, Brawlers & Bastards
Reviews
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2007-02-12
Reviewed 2007-02-12
Visionary songwriter and actor Tom Waits produces a Limited edition 3 CD set with 24 rare and 30 new songs with his full throated gravelly raspy squawking voice and cool instrumentation NO FCCs detected
BRAWLERS bluesy Gospel failed relationships juke joint stomp
1: Fast pounding beat, growly vocal, nice e-guitar.
2: mid tempo pounding beat-wailing/growl "my baby's lowdown"
***3: Bluesy Waits big rhythm, mini scourching e-fuzz guitar."my baby is leaving on the 219" ( train song)
4: mid tempo, big rhythm louder wail/growl, e-guitar & pounding beat.
5: slow Celtic waltz sound think the Pogues.
6: slow industrial foundry rhythm, squawking/wailing Waits + harmonica
7: mid tempo, softer whispering vocal bass+ harmonica
8: max gravelly Gospel Waits
9: softer hushed Waits, mellow instrumentation
***10: 3:slow to mid full throated gravel Waits on the horrors of war " along the road to peace"
11: mellow industrial foundry rhythm, softer gravel/squawk build to big instrumental rock/blues guitar
12: big instrument sound real gravel vocal almost screeching
13: almost Gospel sounding big vocal minimal instrumentation
14: max gravel vocal " the sea of love"
15: faint dog bark, low down blues.
16: max gravel vocal/wail " it rains on me"
BAWLERS downtrodden numbers, Celtic, country ballads waltz & classical
1: a lullaby
2: slow gravelly
3: mellow softer
4: slow Waltz Waits
5: a tango, hushed gravel Waits
6: slow vocal with banjo picking and clarinet.
7: slow piano & vocal.
8: soft slow dance slow bass plucking mellow Nashville country twangy guitar
9: loude mildly distorted vocal + squeeze box
**10: sad folkie ballad with gentle guitar picking.
11: sad with late night/last call piano & sax
12: sad with piano & sax + brushes on the snare.
13: crying in his beer vocal with piano.
14: too many beers " Good Night Irene" with chorus.
15: down in the dumps Irish Waits
16: Salvation Army sidewalk band Waits.
**17: slow piano raspy Waits "down there where the train goes slow"
18: full throated gravel/rasp Waits, acoustic guitar (slow)
19: real slow guitar&vocal + trumpet.
**20: cool "young at Heart" + whistling and twangy e-guitar
BASTARDS experimental styles
1: almost a Cabaret performance, big kick drum
2: storyteller intro., heavy breathing Waits
**3: industrial foundry soundscape, scratchy voice Waits + harmonica
***4: reminds me of William Burroughs, entomology lecture with plucking strings.
5: classic Waits, big beat plucked strings "Books of Moses"
*6: industrial foundry soundscape with his voice
7: almost a sea shanty
***8: storyteller Waits
***9: faster backup sound, distorted Waits ( sounds like through a megaphone)
10: feedback & distortion back up beeps & boops
11: storyteller Waits
12: slow song, sad with piano
13: old timey tune sound, howl at the moon Waits.
***14: tolling bells intro.,slow "I'am an old altar boy"
***15: history of Waits' cars, by the side of the road car talk.
16: industrial foundry soundscape with his voice, full raspy Waits.
17: industrial foundry soundscape with his voice, full raspy storyteller Waits. . . "King Kong"
18: Big full sound-very nice- full raspy gravel distorted Waits:,, D Farrell 02/2007
BRAWLERS bluesy Gospel failed relationships juke joint stomp
1: Fast pounding beat, growly vocal, nice e-guitar.
2: mid tempo pounding beat-wailing/growl "my baby's lowdown"
***3: Bluesy Waits big rhythm, mini scourching e-fuzz guitar."my baby is leaving on the 219" ( train song)
4: mid tempo, big rhythm louder wail/growl, e-guitar & pounding beat.
5: slow Celtic waltz sound think the Pogues.
6: slow industrial foundry rhythm, squawking/wailing Waits + harmonica
7: mid tempo, softer whispering vocal bass+ harmonica
8: max gravelly Gospel Waits
9: softer hushed Waits, mellow instrumentation
***10: 3:slow to mid full throated gravel Waits on the horrors of war " along the road to peace"
11: mellow industrial foundry rhythm, softer gravel/squawk build to big instrumental rock/blues guitar
12: big instrument sound real gravel vocal almost screeching
13: almost Gospel sounding big vocal minimal instrumentation
14: max gravel vocal " the sea of love"
15: faint dog bark, low down blues.
16: max gravel vocal/wail " it rains on me"
BAWLERS downtrodden numbers, Celtic, country ballads waltz & classical
1: a lullaby
2: slow gravelly
3: mellow softer
4: slow Waltz Waits
5: a tango, hushed gravel Waits
6: slow vocal with banjo picking and clarinet.
7: slow piano & vocal.
8: soft slow dance slow bass plucking mellow Nashville country twangy guitar
9: loude mildly distorted vocal + squeeze box
**10: sad folkie ballad with gentle guitar picking.
11: sad with late night/last call piano & sax
12: sad with piano & sax + brushes on the snare.
13: crying in his beer vocal with piano.
14: too many beers " Good Night Irene" with chorus.
15: down in the dumps Irish Waits
16: Salvation Army sidewalk band Waits.
**17: slow piano raspy Waits "down there where the train goes slow"
18: full throated gravel/rasp Waits, acoustic guitar (slow)
19: real slow guitar&vocal + trumpet.
**20: cool "young at Heart" + whistling and twangy e-guitar
BASTARDS experimental styles
1: almost a Cabaret performance, big kick drum
2: storyteller intro., heavy breathing Waits
**3: industrial foundry soundscape, scratchy voice Waits + harmonica
***4: reminds me of William Burroughs, entomology lecture with plucking strings.
5: classic Waits, big beat plucked strings "Books of Moses"
*6: industrial foundry soundscape with his voice
7: almost a sea shanty
***8: storyteller Waits
***9: faster backup sound, distorted Waits ( sounds like through a megaphone)
10: feedback & distortion back up beeps & boops
11: storyteller Waits
12: slow song, sad with piano
13: old timey tune sound, howl at the moon Waits.
***14: tolling bells intro.,slow "I'am an old altar boy"
***15: history of Waits' cars, by the side of the road car talk.
16: industrial foundry soundscape with his voice, full raspy Waits.
17: industrial foundry soundscape with his voice, full raspy storyteller Waits. . . "King Kong"
18: Big full sound-very nice- full raspy gravel distorted Waits:,, D Farrell 02/2007
Recent airplay
2:19
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Heigh Ho
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Fish In The Jailhouse
Traditions — Oct 20, 2022
Puttin On The Dog
American Grandstand: DOGSONGS — Dec 10, 2014
Ain't Goin' Down To The Well
The Songsmith Show — Apr 04, 2014
Army Ants, Puttin On The Dog
The Songsmith Show — Dec 07, 2012
Charting
2007-02-11 — 2007-04-15
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 15 | 2 |
| Apr 8 | 2 |
| Apr 1 | 3 |
| Mar 25 | 2 |
| Mar 18 | 5 |
| Mar 11 | 3 |
| Mar 4 | 4 |
| Feb 25 | 10 |
Track listing
| 1. | Lie To Me | ||
| 2. | Lowdown | ||
| 3. | 2:19 | ||
| 4. | Fish In The Jailhouse | ||
| 5. | Bottom Of The World | ||
| 6. | Lucinda | ||
| 7. | Ain't Goin' Down To The Well | ||
| 8. | Lord I've Been Changed | ||
| 9. | Puttin On The Dog | ||
| 10. | Road To Peace | ||
| 11. | All The Time | ||
| 12. | The Return Of Jackie And Judy | ||
| 13. | Walk Away | ||
| 14. | Sea Of Love | ||
| 15. | buzz fledderjohn | ||
| 16. | Rains On Me | ||
| 17. | Bend Down The Branches | ||
| 18. | You Can Never Hold Back Spring | ||
| 19. | Long Way Home | ||
| 20. | Widow's Grove | ||
| 21. | Little Drop Of Poison | ||
| 22. | Shiny Things | ||
| 23. | World Keeps Turning | ||
| 24. | Tell It To Me | ||
| 25. | Never Let Go | ||
| 26. | Fannin Street | ||
| 27. | Little Man | ||
| 28. | Its Over | ||
| 29. | If I Hove To Go | ||
| 30. | Goodnight Irene | ||
| 31. | The Fall Of Troy | ||
| 32. | Take Care Of All My Children | ||
| 33. | Down There By The Train | ||
| 34. | Danny Says | ||
| 35. | Jayne's Blue Wish | ||
| 36. | Young At Heart | ||
| 37. | What Keeps Mankind Alive | ||
| 38. | Children's Story | ||
| 39. | Heigh Ho | ||
| 40. | Army Ants | ||
| 41. | Books Of Moses | ||
| 42. | Bone Chain | ||
| 43. | Two Sisters | ||
| 44. | Frist Kiss | ||
| 45. | dog door | ||
| 46. | Redrum | ||
| 47. | Nirvana | ||
| 48. | Home I'll Never Be | ||
| 49. | Poor Little Lamb | ||
| 50. | Altar Boy | ||
| 51. | The Pontiac | ||
| 52. | Spidey's Wild Ride | ||
| 53. | King Kong | ||
| 54. | on the road |
