A Tom Waits Christmas

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No, it doesn't really exist - sorry to disappoint you. But let's discuss a 12-14 track Tom Waits album of songs that would make a wicked alternative Christmas album. Fictional covers of existing Christmas songs would rule too. Why I am asking this in August is beyond me, but eh, what the fuck.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 16 August 2004 10:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The Good Old World (Waltz) is very reminiscent of "O Tannenbaum" for instance - it would have to go on. Cold Cold Ground too for obvious reasons.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 16 August 2004 10:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Yr really bored today, huh?

― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Monday, 16 August 2004 10:18 (twenty-one years ago)

yes

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 16 August 2004 10:18 (twenty-one years ago)

You'd have to include "Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis", obv.

Also I reckon: Get Behind The Mule; Innocent When You Dream; Chocolate Jesus; I Don't Wanna Grow Up; Everything Goes To Hell.

Covers? How about "White Christmas" and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 August 2004 10:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh and you'd have to include his version of "Heigh Ho!" 'cos you can't have Xmas with Disney, right?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 August 2004 10:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Quite strange choices there Stewart - Mule Variations to me is music for sun beaten arrid zones, not wintry snowscapes really. Did he really do a version of Heigh Ho? What's that on?
There are quite a few on Small Change that I think would fit in here. What about "Town With No Cheer"?

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 16 August 2004 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)

He should cover the Vandals' "Hang Myself from the Tree". A Dutch band (Caesar) once did a cover and theirs is the only version I know, but I totally hear Tom Waits singing it right now and it sounds grebt.

― willem (willem), Monday, 16 August 2004 11:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"Quite strange choices there Stewart"

I aim to please! -

"Mule Variations to me is music for sun beaten arrid zones, not wintry snowscapes really."

My thought processes (such as they were) ran more along the lines of "a mule's a bit like a dokey...." and I think Chocolate Jesus is probably self-explanatory.

"Did he really do a version of Heigh Ho? What's that on?"

I was originally included on a various artists compilation called "Stay Awake - Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films" (1988) apparently, but I've got it on one of the Tales From The Underground boot comp.s

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 August 2004 12:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Didn't he do a song that kind of used the chords from "Come All Ye Faithful"? If not then he should.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 16 August 2004 12:06 (twenty-one years ago)

"Did he really do a version of Heigh Ho? What's that on?"

I thought I had this. Then I realize it's actually Sun Ra doing "Forest of no return". But it sounds very like Tom Waits.

― phil jones (interstar), Monday, 16 August 2004 12:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Tom Waits was born to sing "We Three Kings of Orient are" in a twisted cabaret style.

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Monday, 16 August 2004 12:16 (twenty-one years ago)

it's time to petition for him to do a chirstmas album right now. I'm sure he could have one knocked out by December 2005. Then again it might be a bit of an obvious step.

"In The Bleak Midwinter"

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 16 August 2004 12:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer... actually, no.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 16 August 2004 12:25 (twenty-one years ago)

"My Jesus Gonna Be Here" surely fits.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 16 August 2004 12:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Mistletoe and Wine

― beanz (beanz), Monday, 16 August 2004 12:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I've always wanted to hear Tom sing "Silver and Gold", but change the lyrics to "Hookers and Blow". Can ya hear it?

― darin, Monday, 16 August 2004 17:29 (twenty-one years ago)

"Merry Christmas, I Love You"

"All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)"

"(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man with the Bag"

"Baby it's Cold Outside" (duet with...ah...um...Shane MacGowan?)

"Dig that Crazy Santa Claus"

"'Zat You, Santa Claus?"

― Evanston Wade (EWW), Monday, 16 August 2004 19:54 (twenty-one years ago)

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