>From: "Byrd, Steven T " <BYRDS@papa.uncp.edu> > >tom waits tom waits tom waits tom waits tom waits tom waits tom waits Mmmmmmmmm, what can you say? Listened to his debut album the other day, Closing Time. I have had periods when I’ve thought the album is just somewhat too smooth and without the later edge, but when he’s calling Martha (long distance) and sings “This is ol’ Tom frost, […] don’t worry ‘bout the cost”, I give in. Smiling my sentimental smile superimposed with my “rhyming can be too much sometimes”-smile. I can just picture the 23-year old Tom writing this song, picturing himself being old, still remembering his love from The Wilder Days. And his voice, already thick from the drinking. The Cohen of “Songs of Leonard Cohen” just isn’t the same guy as the thick-throated man of today, but good ol’ Tom has never been young in his voice. Only in his mind. /TLM ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com