![]() Oh, before I forget, Tom Waits' should never be compared with Shawn Mullins, because Shawn Mullins has his own place in the rock-music world. None of the songs is a "hit" in terms of easy listening, but if you want to know what's possible in terms of song-writing, this is a wonderful piece of work. ![]() But he has always remained the position of an honest musicians, never played to the public, but asking the plubic to follow him - if they wanted. His musical history is strange, to say the least. Tom Waits is of course a California icon of rock-music. No over-production, just plain music by one of the most gifted musicians coming out of California. "Mule Variations" is for lovers of excellent music and lyrics. I can't recommend "Mule Variations" to anyone who's hooked on mainstream pop and rock, unless you are able to open your mind, heart, soul, and ears. Tom Waits reminds me on Randy Newman, and "Mule Variations" is as much an excellent record as is "Bad Love" by Randy Newman.īoth have established themselves as outstanding musicians, well accepted by their peers, and equally well ignored by the majority of record buyers. Tom Waits is one of the exceptionally gifted musicians who mixes lyrics and music in a unique way. I was shocked, to say the least.īut then the music turned into more familiar territory, the voice became rusty as it has always been and the lyrics are as great as ever. I wasn't sure whether I listened to Tom Waits when I heard "Big in Japan" for the first time. This is how Tom Waits begins his latest CD "Mule Variations", and the music is a mix of sounds, in fact terrible sounds, and the voice is filtered and sounds as alien as alien can be. I got the style but not the grace - Tom Waits is back ![]() Website by Eberhard Wenzel is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. ![]() This site is being preserved as it was on 17 September 2001 as a memorial to the life and work of Eberhard Wenzel. ![]()
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