Tom Waits may be God, or the Devil, depending on which song of his you’re listening to at any given time. It should then come as no surprise that “Hell Broke Luce” is one of the most vitriolic gargles of his career: a viciously anti-war song disguised as a growling heap of wire and nails with shouted vocals.
“I had a good home but I left” and “I left my arm in my coat” might give you just one idea as to what kind of anti-war song this might be. Make no mistake: angry Tom is back.
August 07, 2012 at 5:16 pm, Matt de Caussin said:
Huge fan of Tom Waits.
August 17, 2012 at 9:21 pm, Bud Pilot said:
Watch 'Fishing with John' on netflix. Tom has a pretty entertaining guest spot in the Jamaica episode.
August 29, 2012 at 1:07 pm, Bob Dylan and Tom Waits slowly morphing into the same entity | Death and Taxes said:
[...] to today, and the post-accident sound has grown downright gravelly, sounding pretty close to where Tom Waits had evolved by 1985′s “Rain Dogs” and still hovers on his new one “Bad As [...]