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Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding like "it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musicals and has acted in supporting roles in films, including Paradise Alley and Bram Stoker's Dracula. He also starred in Jim Jarmusch's 1986 film Down by Law. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.
Waits' lyrics frequently present atmospheric portraits of grotesque, often seedy characters and places—although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known through cover versions by more commercial artists: "Jersey Girl", performed by Bruce Springsteen, "Ol' '55", by the Eagles, and "Downtown Train", by Rod Stewart. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations. In 2011, Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is also included among the 2010 list of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers. and the 2015 list of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time.
Last Call may refer to:
In a bar, a last call (last orders) is an announcement made shortly before the bar closes for the night, informing patrons of their last chance to buy alcoholic beverages. There are various means to make this signal, like ringing a bell, flashing the lights, or announcing orally.
Last call times are often legally mandated and vary widely globally as well as locally. Legislation's purpose include reducing late night noise in the neighborhood, traffic accidents, violence, and alcohol related health problems.
In New South Wales, there is no specified closing time, although in residential areas bars are often required to close at midnight. In non-residential areas some bars are open 24 hours. However, a six-hour daily closure period applies to new licences (and extended hours authorisations) granted from 30 October 2008; this period is nominated depending on individual and community circumstances.
During a significant part of the 20th century, bars in Australia and New Zealand were closed at 6 p.m. by law. The resulting rush to buy drinks after work was known as the six o'clock swill.
"Last Call" is a song written by Erin Enderlin and Shane McAnally, and recorded by American country music artist Lee Ann Womack. It was released in June 2008 as the lead-off single from Womack's album Call Me Crazy, which was released in October 2008. In December the song reached the Top 20 on Billboard Country Chart, becoming Womack's first Top 20 hit in three years.
Written by Erin Enderin and Shane McAnally, "Last Call" is the set opener to Womack's sixth studio album. The song is a country ballad that begins with the female narrator noticing her phone ringing, and refusing to answer it because she recognizes the number. The woman is aware that the male character is most likely in a bar and drinking alcohol. Therefore, she refuses to answer her phone because she knows that she is always his "last call". This is a play on the bartending term "last call", which refers to the last round of alcohol served before the bar closes for the night.
"Hold On" by @tomwaits from the album 'Mule Variations,' 1999 Directed by Matt Mahurin TOM WAITS ▶ Store: https://tomwaits.ffm.to/store ▶ Website: http://www.tomwaits.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomwaits ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomWaits ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LC1qg9 ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/3v3UGlz ▶ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rWIqkK ANTI- RECORDS ▶ Store: https://antircrds.io/store ▶ Website: http://www.anti.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/antirecords ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antirecords ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/antirecords ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3F8wIHU ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/33kCNDl #tomwaits #mulevariations
from the album "The Early Years Vol.II" Audio HQ
"Downtown Train" by @tomwaits from the album 'Rain Dogs,' 1985 Directed by Jean Baptiste Mondino TOM WAITS ▶ Store: https://tomwaits.ffm.to/store ▶ Website: http://www.tomwaits.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomwaits ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomWaits ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LC1qg9 ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/3v3UGlz ▶ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rWIqkK ANTI- RECORDS ▶ Store: https://antircrds.io/store ▶ Website: http://www.anti.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/antirecords ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antirecords ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/antirecords ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3F8wIHU ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/33kCNDl #tomwaits #raindogs
"Hell Broke Luce" by @tomwaits from the album 'Bad As Me,' 2011 Directed By Matt Mahurin TOM WAITS ▶ Store: https://tomwaits.ffm.to/store ▶ Website: http://www.tomwaits.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomwaits ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomWaits ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LC1qg9 ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/3v3UGlz ▶ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rWIqkK ANTI- RECORDS ▶ Store: https://antircrds.io/store ▶ Website: http://www.anti.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/antirecords ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antirecords ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/antirecords ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3F8wIHU ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/33kCNDl #tomwaits #badasme
"God's Away On Business" by @tomwaits from the album 'Blood Money,' 2002 Directed by Jesse Dylan TOM WAITS ▶ Store: https://tomwaits.ffm.to/store ▶ Website: http://www.tomwaits.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomwaits ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomWaits ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LC1qg9 ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/3v3UGlz ▶ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rWIqkK ANTI- RECORDS ▶ Store: https://antircrds.io/store ▶ Website: http://www.anti.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/antirecords ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antirecords ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/antirecords ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3F8wIHU ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/33kCNDl #tomwaits #bloodmoney
Tom Waits Greatest Hits (FULL ALBUM) - Best of Tom Waits [PLAYLIST HQ/HD]. Tom Waits Greatest Hits (FULL ALBUM) - Best of Tom Waits [PLAYLIST HQ/HD]
"I Don't Wanna Grow Up" by Tom Waits from the album 'Bone Machine,' 1992 Directed by Jim Jarmusch Official Site: http://www.tomwaits.com/ Official Store: http://tomwaitsstore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomwaits #tomwaits #bonemachine
Released October 15, 1974 The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1974 on Asylum Records. The title song was written as a tribute to Jack Kerouac. Tom Waits – vocals, piano, guitar Jim Hughart – double bass Pete Christlieb – tenor saxophone Tom Scott - clarinet Jim Gordon – drums 01 - 00:00 New Coat of Paint 02 - 03:23 San Diego Serenade 03 - 06:53 Semi Suite 04 - 10:22 Shiver Me Timbers 05 - 14:49 Diamonds on My Windshield 06 - 18:01 (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night 07 - 21:54 Fumblin' with the Blues 08 - 24:57 Please Call Me, Baby 09 - 29:23 Depot, Depot 10 - 33:09 Drunk on the Moon 11 - 33:17 The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)
Tom Waits performs "The Piano Has Been Drinking" from the album 'Small Change' live On Fernwood Tonight in 1977 Official Site: http://www.tomwaits.com/ Official Store: http://tomwaitsstore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomwaits #tomwaits #smallchange
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Last Call · Kanye West The College Dropout ℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc. Released on: 2004-02-10 Producer: Kanye West Producer, Co- Producer: Evidence Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Brent Kolantalo Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Rebaka Tunei Studio Personnel, Mixer: Manny Marroquin Producer, Additional Producer: Porse Associated Performer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals: Ken Lewis Associated Performer, Additional Vocals: John Legend Associated Performer, Additional Vocals: Tony Williams Associated Performer, Guitar: Glenn Jefferey Associated Performer, Additional Keyboards: Ervin "EP" Pope Composer Lyricist: Kanye West Composer Lyricist: M. Peretta Composer Lyricist: Tony Williams Composer ...
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REMASTERED IN HD! Official Music Video for Last Call performed by Lee Ann Womack. Follow Lee Ann Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeannwomack Twitter: https://twitter.com/leeannwomack Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leeannwomack TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@leeannwomackmusic Website: https://leeannwomack.com (C) 2008 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. #LeeAnnWomack #LastCall #Remastered
A heart wrenching tribute to Fallen Law Enforcement Officers. Website: https://www.davebrayusa.com Buy Here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/last-call-single/id1119784940 Facebook: www.facebook.com/davebrayusa
Last Call (Official Video) Song Available Here: https://HudsonThames.lnk.to/LastCallYD Director - Daniel Karp & Mcabe Gregg Director of Photography - Jesse Dacri CAST Mcabe Gregg Hudson Thames Nicholas Small Connor Montgomery Kurt Collins Rob Humphreys Tarron Crayton Charles Jones Byron Thames Tricia Leigh Fisher Sophia Ali Sidney Allison Keya Woodard Connect with Hudson: https://twitter.com/hudsonthames https://www.facebook.com/thisisthames https://www.instagram.com/hudsonthames Music video by Hudson Thames performing Last Call. © 2018 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding like "it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musicals and has acted in supporting roles in films, including Paradise Alley and Bram Stoker's Dracula. He also starred in Jim Jarmusch's 1986 film Down by Law. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.
Waits' lyrics frequently present atmospheric portraits of grotesque, often seedy characters and places—although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known through cover versions by more commercial artists: "Jersey Girl", performed by Bruce Springsteen, "Ol' '55", by the Eagles, and "Downtown Train", by Rod Stewart. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations. In 2011, Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is also included among the 2010 list of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers. and the 2015 list of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time.
I’ve been confused since I was born.
Another year stuck at twenty-four.
And it’s easy to see that I’m simply lost
in all the things that I used to mourn.
I could write you another song
about how life has let me down,
or how I’ll never escape
from this dusty one-horse town.
It all might be an act.
Another thing to make myself react.
It seems so obvious now.
Man, I’m such a joke.
I’ve been confused since I was born.
Another year stuck at twenty-four.
And it’s easy to see that I’m simply lost
in all the things that I used to mourn.
This all sounds so negative.
Another thing I do to drown myself in it.
I hope you understand…
I didn’t mean to turn out this way.
I’ve been confused since I was born.
Another year stuck at twenty-four.
And it’s easy to see that I’m simply lost
in all the things that I used to mourn.
I hope you understand,
I didn’t mean to turn out this way.
I’ve been confused since I was born.
I’m gonna move on from twenty-four.
And it’s easy to see that I’m not really lost