今日聞いた1枚 nighthawks at the diner / tom waits AMCY-3174 (1998 East West Japan) 1. Opening Intro / 2. Emotional Weather Report / 3. Intro / 4. On A Foggy Night / 5. Intro / 6. Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson) / 7. Intro / 8. Better Off Without A Wife / 9. Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street) / 10. Intro / 11. Warm Beer And Cold Women / 12. Intro / 13. Putnam County / 14. Spare Parts-I (A Nocturnal Emission) / 15. Nobody / 16. Intro / 17. Big Joe And Phantom 309 / 18. Spare Parts-II and Closing
今日聞いた1枚 The Heart of Saturday Night / TOM WAITS AMCY-3042 (1997 East West Japan) 1. New Coat Of Paint / 2. San Diego Serenade / 3. Semi Suite / 4. Shiver Me Timbers / 5. Diamonds On My Windshield / 6. (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night / 7. Fumblin' With The Blues / 8. Please Call Me, Baby / 9. Depot, Depot / 10. Drunk On The Moon / 11. The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone's Pizza House)
今日聞いた1枚 RAIN DOGS / TOM WAITS UICY-2403 (2002 Victor Entertainment Japan) 1. Singapore / 2. Clap Hands / 3. Cemetery Polka / 4. Jockey Full Of Bourbon / 5. Tango Till They're Sore / 6. Big Black Mariah / 7. Diamonds & Gold / 8. Hang Down Your Head / 9. Time / 10. Rain Dogs / 11. Midtown (Instrumental) / 12. 9th & Hennepin / 13. Gun Street Girl / 14. Union Square / 15. Blind Love / 16. Walking Spanish / 17. Downtown Train / 18. Bride Of Rain Dog (Instrumental) / 19. Anywhere I Lay My Head
1985年作品。前作の「ちょっとやり過ぎ」の「ちょっと」を控えたので、「ちょっと」は万人向きの一枚に仕上がったのではないでしょうか。それに Keith Richards という目玉は願ったり叶ったりでした。
で、ふと周りを見ると案外 Ry Cooder とご近所さんだったりして。行き付けの場所は違うんでしょうがね。
今日聞いた1枚 SWORDFISHTROMBONES / TOM WAITS PHCR-18714 (1992 Nippon Phonogram Japan) 1. Underground / 2. Shore Leave / 3. Dave The Butcher [Instrumental] / 4. Johnsburg, Illinois / 5. 16 Shells From A 30.6 / 6. Town With No Cheer / 7. In The Neighborhood / 8. Just Another Sucker On The Vine [Instrumental] / 9. Frank's Wild Years / 10. Swordfishtrombone / 11. Down, Down, Down / 12. Soldier's Things / 13. Gin Soaked Boy / 14. Trouble's Braids / 15. Rainbirds [Instrumental]
今日聞いた1枚 Small Change / Tom Waits AMCY-3175 (1998 East West Japan) 1. Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen) / 2. Step Right Up / 3. Jitterbug Boy (Sharing A Curbstone With Chuck E. Weiss, Robert Marchese, Paul Body And The Mug And Artie) / 4. I Wish I Was In New Orleans (In The Ninth Ward) / 5. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening With Pete King) / 6. Invitation To The Blues / 7. Pasties And A G-String (At The Two O'Clock Club) / 8. Bad Liver And A Broken Heart (In Lowell) / 9. The One That Got Away / 10. Small Change (Got Rained On With His Own) / 11. I Can't Wait To Get Off Work (And See My Baby On Montogomery Avenue)
1976年の4枚目。ヨーロッパツアーを成功裏に終えた御仁に、いつまでも「裏通り」を求める方がおかしいのはわかってるのですが、ジャケ写とは裏腹に目線を上に向けた野心作に思えてしょうがありません。As Time Goes By で挟むあたりにセンスの良さと同時に胡散臭さも感じてしまいます。
今日聞いた1枚 CLOSING TIME / TOM WAITS WPCP-3993 (1990 Warner Pioneer JAPAN) 1. Ol' 55 / 2 .I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You / 3. Virginia Avenue / 4. Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards) / 5. Midnight Lullaby / 6. Martha / 7. Rosie / 8. Lonely / 9. Ice Cream Man / 10. Little Trip to Heaven (On the Wings of Your Love) / 11. Grapefruit Moon / 12. Closing Time