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    Posted: September 17 2006 at 00:37
I think Tom Waits should be on the archives. He is both an excellent musician and an obtuse thinker. His writings are combinations of complex, conceptual poetry and a wide variety of cultured melodies.
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Points: 3323 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 17 2006 at 00:53
definitely NOT Prog, maybe Avant Garde Folk......LOL
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Suggest new bands / artists (2 Viewing)
Suggest, create polls, and classify new bands you would like included on Prog Archives

Pretty self explanatory....
    

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Points: 3577 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 17 2006 at 01:04
^And he's been discussed before tooWink

I don't consider him to be a Progrock artist. Experimental for sure and unique most certainly, but he's not  for this site.


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Originally posted by Zac M Zac M wrote:

I don't consider him to be a Progrock artist. Experimental for sure and unique most certainly, but he's not  for this site.

Ditto.
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Points: 8238 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 11:29
Definitely one of a kind and a true artist.  I love Spare Change and Heartattack and Vine but I don't think his music is progressive rock.  Glad he's got his fans on here, though.
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Points: 31157 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 11:31
He reminds me of a drunken version of Captain Beefheart LOL 
 
I've heard some of his stuff. It's definetly experimental and even avant-garde sometimes, but he just do not fit in here.
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Does anyone recall Tom Waits playing Renfield in Bram Stoker's Dracula?
He was great in that role !
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Points: 1305 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 11:40
It isn't going to happen.
 
I wouldn't mind seeing him here though, and in my opinion, albums like Swordfishtrombones and The Black Rider deserve some recognition.
 
However, the early part of his career was very blues and ballad based, and I can't imagine albums like Closing Time being reviewed on this site...
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Points: 3928 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:42
I like his Asylum years, so to speak. His ballads are often gorgeous- they don't get more moving than 'Martha'- and I find much to enjoy in the Asylum era, but after that, I must say I don't get it. Perhaps one day it'll click but it's all a bit too weird, even for me. As for it being progressive, it is and it isn't. A progressive artist yes, but a prog artist? Not in a million years, imho.
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Points: 224 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 20:12
"There is no devil, only god when he's drunk" LOL

What's yer faovrite album? =^_^=
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Points: 19944 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 28 2006 at 15:41
It's a no from me.
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