The best songs of the British invasion, according to Tom Waits
Top picks.
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The songwriter Rod Stewart called his all-time favourite: “Wonderful lyricist”
Creating a scene in a few words.
‘What’s He Building?’: The Tom Waits song that should be made into a movie
Tom Waits the barfly. Tom Waits the drunkard.
The song Rod Stewart said he played better than the original: “I brought the chorus alive”
From an obscurity to an obsession.
‘Alice’ and ‘Blood Money’: The time that Tom Waits released two great albums in one day
Misery’s the river of the world. Everybody row!
