mahdishain

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Member Since: 2/15/2004
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Nursery Rhyme Silhouettes and Hobo Lullabies

Artist Song
Tom Waits  I Don't Wanna Grow Up 
Tom Waits  Jockey Full of Bourbon 
Tom Waits  Clap Hands 
Tom Waits  Singapore 
Tom Waits  Trouble's Braid 
Tom Waits  Mockin' Bird 
Tom Waits  Little Boy Blue 
Tom Waits  In the Neighborhood 
Tom Waits  Cemetary Polka 
Tom Waits  Black Wings 
Tom Waits  Tango Till Their Sore 
Tom Waits  A Little Bullet From a Pretty Blue Gun 
Tom Waits  Fish and Bird 
Tom Waits  Lullaby 
Tom Waits  Little Man 
Tom Waits  On the Nickle 

Comment:

If you have impressionable young children at home this is the Tom Waits mix for you and yours. After a hard day of paddycake, hopscotch, and jumprope they kids can drift off to sleep with bums while you knock back another bourbon. I am beginning to understand why Tom Waits doesn't wanna grow up. Caught between the anxious dreams of childhood and the nightmarish patina of adult life he twists and twists like a hangman's noose. I wonder if his world, like his songs, start out as cotton candy and end up as spider webs.

Feedback:

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anthony lombardi
Date: 3/11/2007
a nice slice of some prime waits -- love every single track, let's here it for tom
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The Misfit
Date: 3/11/2007
Nice selections.
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ofthaltned
Date: 3/11/2007
I have no kids at home, but I think I might be the youngest and most impressionable person on my block, so this is the Tom Waits mix for me anyway. I'm not familiar with as many of these songs (or as much of his work in general) as I should be, but this is looking very, very cool.
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hemizen
Date: 3/11/2007
Silhouettes on hobos doesn't turn me on but of course this mix does....
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siren
Date: 3/11/2007
Everybody needs a little Tom in their lives.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 3/11/2007
Ha. I like both the idea and the execution.
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Jenergy
Date: 3/11/2007
Great concept, better execution. The first time I head Jockey Full of Bourbon, I stopped what I was doing & just listened in awe. And who can you not love Cemetary Polka?
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reno dakota
Date: 3/11/2007
Just a great idea in general, and wonderfully done. Waits can do no wrong.
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 3/11/2007
Great idea and tunes. I might add "Little Man" (and "Children's Story" if you really wanted to leave an impression. ;-)+
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Dom1
Date: 3/11/2007
An essential component of anyone's collection!
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sammyg123
Date: 3/11/2007
I may steal one of these for my next mix :)
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gobi
Date: 3/12/2007
like Siren says . . . . and Jenergy . . . and Dom1 . . .
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Siobhan
Date: 3/12/2007
This makes me wish I had impressionable young kids at home! I really like how you've picked a theme within an artist, and you've chosen some of Waits' best here. (Also agree with Jenergy re. Cemetery Polka!)
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palmistrees
Date: 3/13/2007
amazing
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vivycakes
Date: 3/18/2007
Enviable idea for a Tom Waits mix! I might attempt to make a copy for my kids (when I have any). Congrats on a wonderfully done mix!
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Media Vixen: Radio Sally
Date: 4/18/2007
Really great. Sorry I missed the link!