Tom Waits.

He's so enigmatic, creative, and charismatic. DISCUSS HIM.

Oh yes, Tom Waits is freaking awesome.

edited 23rd Nov '10 4:37:53 AM by MrW

Does Tom motherfuckin' Waits have to choke a bitch, fool?

I don't really understand your slang, but have you been drinking? Or is it the piano that was drinking?

edited 23rd Nov '10 9:24:54 AM by MrW

Joke from a now defunct music forum.

TOM MOTHERFUCKING WAITS was the resident Memetic Badass.

Tom Waits for no one.

Tom Waits is friends with Dracula.

edited 23rd Nov '10 10:58:27 AM by MrW

TOM MOTHERFUCKING WAITS does not appreciate your use of Chuck Norris fact clones.

*you suffer death by TOM MOTHERFUCKIGN WAITS*

Ever since I got Orphans, I've wanted to tell someone this joke. I have yet to do it. Maybe it wouldn't be the same without that damn near inhuman laugh at the end anyway.

edited 23rd Nov '10 12:07:19 PM by MikeK

I got into him yesterday, and... yeah, he's awesome when he's doing the evil junkyard creepy carnival noise poetry thing.

Lounge-jazz is okay, but... somehow less cool.

Try to say this isn't badass and mean it.

IT CAN NOT BE DONE.

This would sound perfect for a japan-related review show. if it doesn't show up, here's the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RwjpG4Xh60

edited 27th Nov '10 6:00:52 AM by MrW

What, because it mentions Japan? :|

Creepy, yet totally awesome.

edited 28th Nov '10 6:06:08 AM by MrW

You're a fan, I take it? :P

Try to say this isn't badass and mean it.

This isn't badass.

TROLL!

Sometimes Tom Waits is a badass, but other times he's just adorable. First, he and Kathlene Brennan's relationship makes me squee("First Kiss", "Johnsburg, IL", that one song from The Black Rider that mentions her name). Second, the guy is quirky and silly as hell. His British accent makes me giggle, wears a devil outfit, a high heeled shoe on one foot, and rides a tricycle in "I Don't wanna grow up". That episode of Fishing with John where he puts a fish in his underwear...

I wish Tom Waits was my uncle...

Tom Waits is so cool, he made a song about That Feel before That Feel became a meme.

Seriously, I lol'd super hard when I first discovered that this song was made years before the That Feel meme. Though as time went on and I listened to it seriously, I realized how passionate this song was and how emotional the subject matter really was, thus turning it from a sort of funny occurrence to one of my favorite songs ever.

edited 8th Aug '13 4:36:45 PM by Nettacki

I like that song, but I don't have a particular favorite. Someday I hope Tom Waits makes more movie scores like he did for Night On Earth. I can't get enough of his Klezmer goodness.