New Coat Of Paint
San Diego Serenade
Semi Suite
Shiver Me Timbers
Diamonds On My Windshield
Looking For The Heart Of Saturday Night
Fumblin' With The Blues
Please Call Me, Baby
Depot, Depot
Drunk On The Moon
The Ghosts Of Saturday Night After Hours At Napoleone's Pizza House
Frogtoon Music Album Info: The Heart Of Saturday Night
Published: 08 Aug 2012, 18:56
If Closing Time Tom Waits' Debut Album Consisted Of Love Songs Set In A Late-Night World Of Bars And Neon Signs Its Follow-Up The Heart Of Saturday Night Largely Dispenses With The Romance In Favor Of Poetic Depictions Of The Same Setting. On "Diamonds On My Windshield" And "The Ghosts Of Saturday Night " Waits Doesn't Even Sing Instead Reciting His Verse Rhythmically Against Bass And Drums Like A Beat Hipster. Musically The Album Contains The Same Mixture Of Folk Blues And Jazz As Its Predecessor With Producer Bones Howe Occasionally Bringing In An Orchestra To Underscore The Loping Melodies. Waits' Songs Are Sometimes Sketchier In Addition To Being More Impersonal But " Looking For The Heart Of Saturday Night" And "Semi Suite" Are The Equal Of Anything On Closing Time. Still With Lines Such As "...The Clouds Are Like Headlines/Upon A New Front Page Sky" And References To "a 24-Hour Moon" And "champagne Stars " Waits' Imagery Is Beginning To Get Florid And In Material This Stylized The Danger Of Self-Parody Is Always Present.