Alnoor Allidina compares and contrasts the music of Dave Frishberg and Tom Waits. While stylistically quite different, the two singer/songwriter/musicians share a number of common threads.
An open question: how does Waits continue to come up with these heartbreaking ballads, after being happily married for more than three decades? Sounds like hard work.
| Our first set finds both Frishberg & Waits riled up about false advertising, singing lyrics that are little more than syllables, and discussing the merits of the Big Apple. |
| Blizzard of Lies Dave Frishberg - Classics - Concord |
| Van Lingle Mungo Dave Frishberg - Classics - Concord |
| Do You Miss new York? Dave Frishberg - Classics - Concord |
| 9th & Hennepin Tom Waits - Rain Dogs - Island |
| Kommienezuspadt Tom Waits - Alice - Anti |
| Step Right Up Tom Waits - Small Change - Asylum |
| Our second set veers into matters of the heart, and of the liver. Frishberg is content with a little taste; Waits doesn't have a drinking problem except when he can't get a drink. |
| A Little Taste Dave Frishberg - Classics - Concord |
| Sweet Kentucky Harm Dave Frishberg - Classics - Concord |
| Our Love Rolls On Dave Frishberg - Classics - Concord |
| Hold On Tom Waits - Mule Variations - Anti |
| Bad Liver and a Broken Heart Tom Waits - Small Change - Asylum |
| Train Song Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years - Island |
| In the end, our two artists just can't agree on how to deal with the loss of love. Or can they?
Frishberg: "I often think there's just one thing to do: pretend the dream was true, tell myself that you are there" Waits: "I'll always remember to forget about you" |
| You Are There Dave Frishberg - Classics - Concord |
| A Good Man Is Hard To Find Tom Waits - Blood Money - Anti |
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8:48 PM, May 2nd, 2012