Tom Waits Article

[rite...@gmail.com]

'Ello everyone.
I've published an article on Tom Waits influence as a songwriter,
and it's avaiable for FREE viewing (no subscriptions needed)
on two websites:
http://www.tomwaitslibrary.com/guests.html
and
http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com.

The article is labeled "Inherited Alchemy"
My name is Robert Wright, and I hope you enjoy the article.

[Michele]

Thank you.

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[Lucky Tiger]

Top-notch piece. Tom Waits is an American treasure and among my
favorite musicians and lyricists.

One aspect of Tom Waits' songwriting I've always enjoyed, and one he
reiles on often in his balads, is the idea of a return to a theme or a
'circular' lyrical style (I've invented these terms to compensate for
my ignorance of the official terminology). I'm also sure that someone
else has written about this...I haven't done a second of research to
confirm.

In these songs, Waits will employ a phrase that he repeats and then
changes at the end to personalize the lyric. 'I Hope That I Don't Fall
in Love With You' is a good example...where the lyric is repeated in
the chorus and changed to 'I think that I just fell in love with you'
at the end. Another example is 'Long Way Home'. The the context is
changed from one of a loner ('I always take the long way home...') to
a desire to spend time with the object of his affection ('we can take
the long way home').

'House Where Nobody Lives'--a vivid description of an abandoned house
used to build up to the metaphor of a house without love-- is another
example of Tom Waits' use of this device.

As an amateur musicianI could, and do, spend hours listening to the
complexities of his music.

Thanks for the article. Well done.

D. McDowell

[rite...@gmail.com]

Hey ya'll,

Just got a chance to reply back, I appreciate all the feed back, and
sorry for the delay, but I just
published another Waits article, "An Introduction to Alchemy".
You can check it out at

http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/features/tom-waits-cover-songs.html

So swing on by, give it a read through, let me know what ou think.

Thanks,
Robert Wright