Tom Waits - Big Time
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Free Music Review: More delight from the master who just sounds like his own self
Hit: 5 Stars
Frankly, my dear, I prefer his 70's period. However, I keep getting pulled back to his 80's material. Beautiful Maladies, his greatest hits of his 80's period, is addicting. This is essentially a live version of that, without having the same exact songs. I love both. I gotta admit, I focused on his 70's period music (Heart of Saturday Night, Small Change, Nighthawks at the Diner, Heartattack and Vine, Foreign Affairs, Blue Valentine, One From the Heart) from 1974 when I saw him on the Mike Douglas (variety) TV show and instantly fell in love (yes, I'm hetero, it's just a music thang) till the 2000's. Then I started to begin to more throughly enjoy his 80's period (Swordfishtrombones, Franks Wild Years, Rain Dogs, Beautiful Maladies and Big Time).
The 90's and 2000's records are too darned dark and stark and harsh for me with only the rare song appealing to me. However, I do like Real Gone. Big Time delivers his live sound and it's pure satisfaction. Brings these studio songs to life because that's what he does: put on a great live show. Heck, if you can, get the video release too of Big Time. I read it's not all the same songs as this CD. Fun visual of his exaggerated stage presence/showman character. chrisbct@hotmail.com
Free Music Review: Tom Comes Alive
Hit: 5 Stars
I was young in the eighties, so my images are scattered. Unfortunately, the music memories that I DO have consist of up-beat pop sensations like George Micheal, Cindy Lauper, etc., etc., and, of course, the white trash hair bands like Skid Row and Poison. Now, in the Twenty-First century, I have discovered the maniacle genius of Tom Waits, best displayed in this masterpiece. The album begins with Wait's sharp welcoming wail, "GOOD EVENING!" and never looses it's edge. We hear instruments I thought had gone extinct, it is only with Waits that they come alive. I can only imagine the audiences who attended the shows comprised of hipsters, Kerouac disciples, prostitutes and pimps, they were all spoken to, chastised and embraced by Tom Waits. So dance naked to this album (Rain Dogs), cry to this album (Train Song), and laugh to this album(monolouges between songs). Whether you enjoy Wait's music on albums such as Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs or not, this album displays the songs from those albums most accessably. Enjoy!Free Music Review: A must have for fans of the (80s) "Wild Years" albums.
Hit: 5 Stars
My first exposure to Tom Waits was the Night on Earth soundtrack and then Rain Dogs which remains my favorite album of all time. If you like Tom's work from the 80's (Swordfishtrombone, Rain Dogs, and Frank's wild Years) you're going to love listening to the way he plays them live. Some of them are completely different but still unmistakably Tom.
The only unfortunate part of Big Time is that the companion video is unavailable in any format. You may be able to find an old VHS tape of the strange collection of live performances and various skits but it's time they re-released it on DVD. I don't know who has the rights but something needs to be done to bring that amazing movie back to the public.
Until then, put this on, set your umbrella on fire, and enjoy.
Free Music Review: This live album rocks BIG TIME
Hit: 5 Stars
Tom Waits is enigmatic, odd, particular, singular and just completely awesome. He also happens to be an artist thate excels live even more so than recorded and a Tom show has to be quite the experience. Enter Big Time... which is probably one of the best live compilation albums I've ever heard. The quality is good but the overall delivery is just a thing to revel in because Tom is first and foremost an entertainer and he takes songs that are already elite in and of themselves, and gives them a bite that just makes you smile. From start to finish, his gravelly tones dance along arrangements that really do seem like a genre gumbo fit for any music buff eager to listen to a little of everything at once.Free Music Review: Some terrific reinterpretations of some of his best songs
Hit: 5 Stars
While some songs here like "Time" sound like the studio versions, there are a number that are dramatically different here. "Telephone Call from Istanbul" comes about as close to a kick-out-the-stops rock song here as Waits has ever done (in this case, this is a good thing), "Straight to the Top" gets a simpler, percussion-driven arrangement, and "Way Down in the Hole" is really brought to life with Waits' hellfire-preacher improv lines. "Strange Weather," IMHO one of his best songs, appears for the first time here.