For lack of a better word, "SQUEE!"
Nov. 17th, 2006 06:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabotabbyThis unusually subdued interview with Tom Waits features three unreleased songs from Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards* at the end of the article and a bunch of audio clips.
Unfortunately (and despite Waits' humanist worldview and good intentions), "The Road to Peace" is a pretty awful song (albeit not as bad as Billy Bragg's cringe-inducing song about Rachel Corrie). He's the last songwriter I'd believe would write an earnest, literal song ripped from a newspaper article.** The other two, though, are awesome.
* WANT!
** Especially because he has written a bunch of political songs that are so cleverly written that you don't immediately notice the political statement.
Unfortunately (and despite Waits' humanist worldview and good intentions), "The Road to Peace" is a pretty awful song (albeit not as bad as Billy Bragg's cringe-inducing song about Rachel Corrie). He's the last songwriter I'd believe would write an earnest, literal song ripped from a newspaper article.** The other two, though, are awesome.
* WANT!
** Especially because he has written a bunch of political songs that are so cleverly written that you don't immediately notice the political statement.
