March 2, 2022 Playlist

WAITING
SPECIAL
for PLEDGE DRIVE!
   
"Small Change" by Tom Waits (1976)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Tom Waits "Small Change"  1976 (USA)
This week's show is a thematic special: the WAITING special. So naturally, our Classic Album is by Tom . . . WAITS . . . (get it?) But seriously, I probably should have added this iconoclastic artist to the hall of fame long ago. I enjoy his "weird surreal spookhouse groove" records of the 80's and beyond, but still prefer his original "drunken beatnik jazz singer at the piano" style from the 1970's. Small Change is widely considered his best album from that period, and was his best seller of the decade with his first sorta-hit "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)". Not that any of his albums have been big sellers, he's the quintessential artist with a cult fanbase (like Zappa or Beefheart, both of whom he has connections to.) Most of the songs on this album are ballads featuring Tom and his piano, backed by classy "real jazz musicians" including legend Shelly Manne on drums. He sings like a drunken Louis Armstrong on every track, and he was a drunk at the time, so this is basically an autobiographical concept album about drunken-ness.
(N) = New Release
   
Artist Song Album Year Country
The Velvet UndergroundWaiting For The ManThe Velvet Underground & Nico1967USA/UK(Wales)
David Byrne & Brian EnoAmerica Is WaitingMy Life In The Bush Of Ghosts1981USA/UK
Talking HeadsMemories Can't WaitFear Of Music1979USA
Lee RanaldoWaiting On A DreamBetween The Times And Tides2012USA
The Black LipsWaitingUnderneath The Rainbow2014USA
 
 
The KinksTired Of Waiting For YouKinda Kinks1965UK
Merrel Fankhauser & H.M.S. BountyGirl (I'm Waiting For You)Things!1968USA
Federal DuckTomorrow Waits For TodayFederal Duck1968USA
DonovanTo Susan On The West Coast WaitingBarabajagal1969UK (Scotland)
The TroggsSomewhere My Girl Is WaitingCellophane1967UK
The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceWait Until Tomorrow (live in the studio)Radio Onerec. 1967, rel. 1988USA/UK
The SonicsHe's Waitin'Boom1966USA
SantanaWaitingSantana1969USA/Mexico
   
 
Tom WaitsTom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen)Small Change
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1976USA
Tom WaitsStep Right UpSmall Change
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1976USA
Tom WaitsI Can't Wait To Get Off Work (And See My Baby On Montgomery Avenue)Small Change
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1976USA
Ariel PinkFor Kate I WaitThe Doldrums2004USA
Dr. Octagon (Kool Keith, Automator, DJ Shadow)Waiting ListDr. Octagonecologyst1996USA
Ol' Dirty BastardI Can't WaitN**** Please1999USA
   
 
The DoorsWaiting For The Sun Morrison Hotel1970USA
Yoko OnoWaiting For The SunriseApproximately Infinite Universe1973Japan
Bachman-Turner OverdriveStayed Awake All NightBachman-Turner Overdrive1973Canada
The RunawaysWait For MeWaitin' For The Night1977USA
Blossom ToesWait A MinuteIf Only For A Moment1969UK
   
 
David BowieI've Been Waiting For You (Neil Young)Heathen2002UK
FugaziWaiting RoomFugazi EP1988USA
GenesisThe Waiting RoomThe Lamb Lies Down On Broadway1974UK
Pink FloydStayObscurred By Clouds1972UK
FunkadelicI'll Stay (remake of "I'll Wait" by The Parliaments)Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On1974USA
The DirtbombsI'll Wait (The Parliaments)Ultraglide In Black2001USA
Bob MarleyWaiting In VainExodus1977Jamaica
Daryl Hall & John OatesWait For MeX-Static1979USA
New Colony SixI'm Just Waitin' (Anticipatin' For Her To Show Up)Colonization1967USA
   
 
Sun RaI'll Wait For YouStrange Celestial Road1985USA
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