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TOM WAITS
Olympia Theatre
Dublin
11.17.87
"I like my music with a little bit of grind and grime and rind.
I like it with the pits and peel. I remember those early Bob Dylan bootlegs
that were so difficult to hear. The quality of them was so bad that it actually
added to the mythology. It's like when you listen to an old Caruso 78,
and you hear the scratches and it sounds like he's trying to reach you from the
bottom of a mine, and you feel like you want to help him."
~Tom Waits
Unless you agree with the above this show is not for you. It sort of
sounds like you're actually in the venue, but you're lying on the floor
near the back wall and you're wearing a motorcycle helmet.
~Nick
disc one
Hang On St. Christopher
16 Shells From A 30.6
Way Down In The Hole
Gun Street Girl
Cold Cold Ground
Hang Down Your Head
Yesterday Is Here
Telephone Call From Istanbul
Straight To The Top (Vegas)
I Wish I Was In New Orleans
Christmas Card from A Hooker In Minneapolis
Jitterbug Boy/Johnsburg, Illinois
Frank's Wild Years
disc two
Innocent When You Dream
Midtown/Underground
Clap Hands
More Than Rain
Cemetary Polka
Strange Weather
Rain Dogs
Big Black Mariah
Walking Spanish
9th & Hennepin
part of an unidentified blues song
Time
Blind Love
Jersey Girl
However, the performance is excellent.