Franks Wild Years

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I can already feel the fiery indignation and disbelief; the itching fingers as they approach the keyboard to spew forth a tirade of disdain for this correspondent’s humble opinion. E la mia copia in vinile ormai frusta dall'uso ha sentitamente ringraziato (però il vinile è rimasto nel mio impianto mentre questa copia in cd è finita in camera di mia figlia. His vocal character varies wildly throughout the work's 17 songs, and is no more impressive than when the gruff, growly singer turns to impeccable Sinatra-esque phrasing on the Vegas number, 'Straight To The Top.

Elvis Costello included Franks Wild Years on his list of essential albums, highlighting "Hang on St. I had forgotten that there were so many other gems on this or how strongly it reminds me of Bertold Brecht.

Since its original staging the play has never been performed again, and official sources confirm that, at the moment, Waits doesn't want the play to be staged ever again. It looks as if it was a bumpy ride and somehow things didn't turn out as Waits had wished they would. The song appeared in five different guises by five different artists, one for each season, with the Waits version itself oddly appearing second on season two.

There was a time, I shudder in remembering, where I actually told a friend out loud, that I didn't like Franks Wild Years. He points out the arbitrary nature of the arrangements by repeating 'Straight to the Top,' done as a demented rhumba in act one, as a Vegas-style Frank Sinatra swing tune in act two. Tom Waits is a global treasure, if you are looking for something different to listen to,,,,,,, Waits is different.

Laid aside was the blunderbuss loaded with coffin nails, torn pages of Burroughs, scurvy, hookers’ names and confetti. For example, "Innocent When You Dream," a song of disappointment in love and friendship, has a winning melody, but it is played in a seesaw arrangement of pump organ, bass, violin, and piano, and Waits sings it like an enraged drunk.