Waits has blood money audibly influenced by buchners contemporary kurt weil. Woyzeck, a musical conceived by robert wilson, with lyrics and music by tom waits and kathleen brennan. Blood money is a new musical and poetic peak, and the greatest tom waits album yet. Blood money is a 2002 album by tom waits, based on the play woyzeck by georg buchner. Intertextuality in shakespeare, lenz, and buchner german 582, c lit 596, english 552.
Listen free to tom waits blood money misery is the river of the world, everything goes to. Its waitss treatment of georg buchners 1837 sociopolitical play, woyzek which premiered in 2000 in copenhagen. If you like your music world weary and forlorn, blood money and tom waits are right on target. Tom waits released a studio album called blood moneyepitaph anti with the songs from the play, on may 7th. Alice is the 14th album by tom waits, released in 2002 on epitaph records under the anti sublabel. Thomas alan waits is an american singersongwriter, composer, and actor. Ignore those who say that blood money is the evil, inaccessible twin of the concurrentlyreleased alicethey perhaps dont appreciate the desire for redemption and the love of humanity that lies behind the ironies of all great black comedy. When you search for files video, music, software, documents etc, you will always find highquality blood money tom waits files recently uploaded on downloadjoy or other most popular shared hosts.
Released simultaneously with alice, a recording of songs written in 1990, blood money is a set of songs written by waits and kathleen brennan in collaboration with dramatist robert wilson. Robert wilson and tom waits woyzeck youtube, history, robert. If search results are not what you looking for please give us feedback on where we canor should improve. Woyzeck is a 2000 musical with music and lyrics by tom waits and kathleen brennan, and.
I like a beautiful song that tells you terrible things. I have been revisiting some old records in my collection and i found blood money. Woyzeck is at the barbican, london ec2 0207638 8891, until october 5. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cooki. Wozzeck is at the royal opera house, london wc2 0207304 4000, from october 1531. The themes are mainly of melancholy, however, with the use of cowriter and wife kathleen brennan there are themes of love with tracks like coney island baby and a. Blood money remastered by tom waits, released 07 may 2002 1. I fixed the off centre issue and wet cleaned the record using an enzyme based cleaner and followed up with a full 5 minutes of ultrasonic cleaning and 4 minutes drying. Tom waits released a studio album called blood money epitaph anti with the songs from the play, on may 7th. Blood money shows off tom waits s strengths as a writer and composer and heck, yeah, a singer.
Impala sales award winners june 2005 january 2008 pdf. Sonically, the songs on blood money which waits wrote with longtime collaborator kathleen brennan for a sociopolitical play called woyzeck rank the album among waitss wilder ones. The adaptation was directed by robert wilson, whom waits had previously worked with on the play the black rider, and originally set up at the thalia theatre in hamburg in 1992. Trailer woyzeck robert wilson tom waits kathleen brennan. It was released as a companion piece to alice 2002 and just like that album it contains music written for a play by robert wilson. Blood money is the th studio album by tom waits, released in 2002 on the anti label. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology.
Blood money remastered, an album by tom waits on spotify. Real gone does stumble a bit, with waits occasionally overindulging his quirks. Arrangements piano, voice, guitar and lyrics from waits 1988 album big. When it comes to the material on blood money, i dont know if i can call waits mouth pretty, but he certainly offers plenty of bad news in a very attractive, compelling way. The themes are not overused, even though they are similar to that of previous records bone machine and rain dogs. Tom waits is an american singersongwriter, composer and actor.
Despite the aggressive stance shown on the front cover, it is a showcase of his tame side, with the legendary singersongwriter displaying a more mellow, contemplative and yet really gloomy approach for the most part, taking his dystopian blues to even higher planes. As i sit here on this glum, gloomy day, i ponder as to what cd will reflect this weather. Tom waits tom waits blood money remastered facebook. Music sales americacowritten with kathleen brennan as a loose adaptation of the play woyzeck by german poet georg buchner. Woyzeck is a 2000 musical with music and lyrics by tom waits and kathleen brennan, and book by robert wilson, based on the unfinished play woyzeck by german playwright georg buchner. Robert wilson, tom waits, and kathleen brennan created a production of woyzeck in denmark in 2000 that traveled to new york in 2002. Blood money is based on the sociopolitical play woyzeck, originally written by a young german poet georg buchner as a spare, cinematic piece in 1837 and inspired by the true story of a german soldier who was driven mad by bizarre army medical experiments and infidelity, which led him to murder his lover.
Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic daniel durchholz as sounding like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few. The source is believed to be studio recordings taken when waits car was broken into. We were going to call the album woyzeck, but it was thought nobody knew who he was. Except, in blood moneys case, this descent is rapid and steep, and leaves waits characters and the listener in an apocalyptic vision of a world in. Sonically, the songs on blood money which waits wrote with longtime collaborator kathleen brennan for a sociopolitical play called woyzeck rank the album among waits s wilder ones. Waits recorded many of the songs from woyzeck for his 2002 album blood money, which was. Circus, a tedious spoken word manifesto layered over muted, lazy horn wails, feels uncommonly stagnant. It is waits, brennan and wilsons third collaboration, after the 1990 musical the black rider and the 1992 musical alice. Tom waits brilliance is messy he has so many ideas that sometimes unrealized songs are juxtaposed with moments of greatness on his albums. Feb 27, 2017 woyzeck rehearsals and short interview with tom waits and robert wilson at the betty nansen theatre in copenhagen.
Waits songs look inside the characters and his music gives a new dimension to buchners text. The discography of the american rock musician tom waits spans five decades. God tempers all the ruins for the new shorn lands as transcribed in tom waits blood money 2002 songbook amsco publications. Released simultaneously with alice, a recording of songs written in 1990, blood money is a set of. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by one critic as sounding like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months and then taken outside and run over with a car. Blood moneys songs were cowritten by tom waits and longtime collaborator and wife kathleen brennan for a robert wilson production of georg buchners unfinished, protomodernist 1837 play, woyzeck, about a kafkaesque german soldier who goes crazy after doing medical experiments for money and kills his girlfriend after witnessing a perceived. A good man is hard to find based on the true story of woyzeck. Robert wilson, tom waits and kathleen brennan created a musical reworking of woyzeck releasing this music as the album, blood money. Waits blood money is a latestage wonder for its surprisingly great lyrics and touching performances. Waits had worked with wilson before on the black rider 1993 the album is best remembered for the tracks misery is the river of the world and gods away on business. Blood money has been newly remastered by waitsbrennan to sound better than ever on all of the digital music services. Blood money is the th studio album by tom waits, released in 2002 on the antilabel the album contains songs written for the musical woyzeck, based on the play of the same name by georg buchner. Blood money uses the same template and players as alice released at the same time and first saw life as an opera production by robert wilson. Woyzeck earns extra money for his family by performing menial jobs for the.
Robert wilson and tom waits woyzeck youtube, history. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Woyzeck deals with madness and obsession, with children and murder all things that move us. Its about a poor soldier who slowly goes mad and eventually murdered his own wife for a little money. The play was inspired by the true discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Although woyzeck, with songs by tom waits and kathleen brennan, is aurally and visually beguiling, it ends up too much like a fashionplate, versace show. Blood money is a very good portrait of tom waits lyrics. The theatrical adaptation was directed by robert wilson, with whom waits had worked on two previous plays. The black rider and alice, both of which resulted in soundtrack albums. Tragedy triumphs congrats to the shotgun players triumphant staging of buchners classic piece woyzeck with music by kathleen brennan and tom waits.
This album isnt exactly grim but does comprise of similar themes which one would if it was hauntingly, dark day. All i got from my girlfriend was, you cant really listen to this and enjoy it can you. Life is pleasure little bunny sunshine the beginning of it starts at the end. As a result, this cd contains pretty heavy costs that probably only at the unconditional waitsfans will delight. That may make for the occasional uneven record, but each album has its own distinct tone that makes it a unique listening experience, whether its a masterpiece or a missed opportunity.
Jun 27, 2002 except, in blood money s case, this descent is rapid and steep, and leaves waits characters and the listener in an apocalyptic vision of a world in which everything goes to hell as the opening. God tempers all the winds for the new shorn lambs as transcribed in woyzeck 2002 tour songbook translation by betty nansen teatret b. Blood money is based on the sociopolitical play woyzeck, originally written by a young german poet georg buchner as a spare, cinematic piece in 1837 and. Tom waits 343 followers thomas alan waits is an american singersongwriter, composer, and actor. Pdf on feb 9, 2008, iain mcclure and others published woyzeck find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The album contains the majority of songs written for the play alice. The album contains songs written for the musical woyzeck, based on. Tom waits 2002 recording blood money is a collection of the songs from the award winning stage production of woyzeck by avant director robert wilson, waits and brennan. Tom legend waits all i had was you and all you had was me tom waits theimpossiblecool. Woyzeck rehearsals and short interview with tom waits and robert wilson at the betty nansen theatre in copenhagen. Based on director robert wilsons horrific tale of a 19th century prussian soldier subjected to medical experiments after being driven insane by his cheating woman, tom waits blood money iscontrarilythe funniest waits album since his late 1970s drunken cabaret period. But doggone it if tom waits doesnt practically force you to dig into this grand guignol feast and enjoy it. Waits wrote the songs in 2000 for the play woyzeck, based on the eponymous story by the poet georg buchner. Listen to audio excerpt of diamond in your mind as performed in the theatre play woyzeck.
Oct 03, 2004 his bursts are too spontaneous, too imperfect which makes real gone more about tom waits than anything or anyone else. Kathleen said, lets call it blood money, and that made sense. The project was a loose adaptation of the play woyzeck, originally written by german poet georg buchner in 1837. Waits recorded many of the songs from woyzeck for his 2002 album blood money, which was released alongside alice, his recording of songs from the musical alice. Features song lyrics for tom waits s blood money album. Try raising someone like me in this world on morals alone. Gods away on business woyzeck theatre version, 2000 1theres a oneeyed man 7 in the poker pit theyre digging up the dead with a shovel and a pick the sun went down.
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