ever been lost? maybe you've had a few drinks and they hit you the wrong way and you just want to go home. but there's not a home to go to, just some place you stay. empty and afraid and melancholy. and lost.
that's what tom waits version of "danny says" sounds like. it's a ramones tune, if you didn't know. one of my favorites. one of those songs where you can't directly indentify with it but you can feel it. it's that kind of song.
but waits take on it is heartbreaking. slow, sloppy, like a late night/early morning afterthought. the first thing you hear is the room. big, empty, hissy. then an echoey guitar and a fat upright bass. then that voice. a croak..."danny says we gotta go, gotta go to idaho, but we can't go surfing cuz it's 20 below". what does that mean? i don't know. but i do. "hanging out in 100B, watching Get Smart on tv, thinking about you and me, and you and me".
sometimes i think there's something wrong with me. i feel like every song is written for me. like advice from an older brother.
but there's nothing wrong with that.
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Does anyone realize that tom waits singing a ramones song made the world a more beautiful place?
yea. you and me and brian.
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