Tom Waits digs "The Delivery Man"

Pretty self-explanatory
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sweetest punch
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Tom Waits digs "The Delivery Man"

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Elvis shares this article from 2005 on his Facebook page: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/m ... are_btn_tw

'It's perfect madness'

In the first of an occasional series in which the greatest recording artists reveal their favourite records, Tom Waits writes about his 20 most cherished albums of all time. So for the lowdown on Zappa and Bill Hicks, step right up...

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20 The Delivery Man by Elvis Costello (Mercury) 2004

Scalding hot bedlam, monkey to man needle time. I'd hate to be balled out by him, I'd quit first. Grooves wide enough to put your foot in and the bass player is a gorilla of groove. Pete Thomas, still one of the best rock drummers alive. Diatribes and rants with steam and funk. It has locomotion and heat. Steam heat, that is.
Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
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Re: Tom Waits digs "The Delivery Man"

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Interacted with him, briefly, in the lobby at the Santa Rosa show.

A Grand Man.
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