Originally posted by badmoonIt's a weird sort of appeal. When you've hung out in enough seedy inner-city bars, sitting next to septuagenarians with advanced liver disease, it (his music) imparts a sort of sad, romantic feeling rarely captured by other performers.
I have several of his recordings and have seen him in concert. he's really good but lets not go overboard.
Not necessarily healthy or constructive, but powerful, nonetheless.
It's strange. It makes me nostalgic about things I've never experienced and hope I never will.
Originally posted by badmoonYeah... like someone who says Buckley is the greatest rock singer of our time has any weight in critisising the great Tom Waits...
I have several of his recordings and have seen him in concert. he's really good but lets not go overboard.
pffft...
In fact... let's battle this one out, shall we...