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Track Listings
| 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 ....) |
| 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 |
Product Description
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As tour guide on a trip through the midnight-to-dawn streets of Los Angeles that the beautiful people never see through the smoked- glass windows of their limos, Waits details the lives of hipsters, down-and-outers, and lost causes in latter-day beat poetry and small- jazz-combo arrangements. This live album from 1975 almost has the quality of standup comedy, but the routines are richer and more carefully drawn. Check out the vivid detail, low humor, and hooker- with-a-heart-of-gold emotionalism Waits brings to songs such as "Nighthawk Postcards", "Putnam County", and a memorable reading of trucker poet Red Sovine's "Big Joe and Phantom 309". --Daniel Durchholz
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As tour guide on a trip through the midnight-to-dawn streets of Los Angeles that the beautiful people never see through the smoked-glass windows of their limos, Waits details the lives of hipsters, down-and-outers, and lost causes in latter-day beat poetry and small-jazz-combo arrangements. This live album from 1975 almost has the quality of standup comedy, but the routines are richer and more carefully drawn. Check out the vivid detail, low humor, and hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold emotionalism Waits brings to songs such as "Nighthawk Postcards," "Putnam County," and a memorable reading of trucker poet Red Sovine's "Big Joe and Phantom 309." --Daniel Durchholz
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A great classic,
By Kate the Movie Buff (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nighthawks at the Diner (Audio CD)
One of Wait's best. He's a poet, funny, musical and actually can sing! Check out his singing on "One From the Heart" soundtrack. I love Waits
3.0 out of 5 stars
RAW AS OLD WHISKY,
By Steppen Wirth (Helena, MT United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nighthawks at the Diner (Audio CD)
In "Nighthawks at the Diner" Tom Waits serves up the rawunderbelly of society like scrambled eggs in a cool skillet. When I first heard this album I was immediately reminded of the 1950s beat poets of the lost generation. The despair, and desperation of harbored souls howls through the back alleys of desolation row. This is America the beautiful. The inevitable outcome of the Industrial Revolution.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A true bar buddy,
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This review is from: Nighthawks at the Diner (Audio CD)
Listening to this album is like sitting in a booth across from Tom one-on-one. "Let me tug on your coat for a while" he rasps. While these are not his very best songs they are greatly entertaining. Mr. Waits has more one-liners than Henny Youngman. His story about a cup of coffee "too weak to defend itself" against a rowdy veal cutlet is priceless. He may sound like he's three sheets in the wind but I'm convinced that no one could deliver such a magnificent live performance PUI (performing under the influence). A good cd to put on when you're driving alone at night.
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