For lack of a better word, "SQUEE!"

[sabotabby]

This 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.

Comments

[sabotabby]

I love that song. I didn't know it was based on real events, but it's evocative, not literal.

I may change my opinion on "The Road to Peace" after a few listens, but it seems to just be a dryly reported series of events along with a bit of (legitimate) commentary.