I learned about Tom Waits from Sports Night and spent a good period obsessed with 'Small Change' and 'swordfishtrombones'
December 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I learned about Tom Waits from Sports Night and spent a good period obsessed with 'Small Change' and 'swordfishtrombones'
i feel
like Tom Waits’ debut is swordfishtrombones or small change
like Tom Waits’ debut is swordfishtrombones or small change
December 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
i feel
like Tom Waits’ debut is swordfishtrombones or small change
like Tom Waits’ debut is swordfishtrombones or small change
I also remember hearing Swordfishtrombones for the first time.
Blew my tiny mind.
Blew my tiny mind.
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I also remember hearing Swordfishtrombones for the first time.
Blew my tiny mind.
Blew my tiny mind.
I'm not a gun guy, by any means (never owned one, never plan to) but even so I'm slightly annoyed that they wrote 30.06 wrong.
Swordfishtrombones is probably my 2nd favorite Waits album, after Rain Dogs.
Swordfishtrombones is probably my 2nd favorite Waits album, after Rain Dogs.
December 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I'm not a gun guy, by any means (never owned one, never plan to) but even so I'm slightly annoyed that they wrote 30.06 wrong.
Swordfishtrombones is probably my 2nd favorite Waits album, after Rain Dogs.
Swordfishtrombones is probably my 2nd favorite Waits album, after Rain Dogs.
skipping one from the heart and going straight into swordfishtrombones
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
skipping one from the heart and going straight into swordfishtrombones
#NowSpinning:
Tom Waits - "swordfishtrombones"
Happy birthday, Tom! 🥳
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Tom Waits - "swordfishtrombones"
Happy birthday, Tom! 🥳
#vinyl #vinylcollection #records #dailyvinyl #recordcollection #vinylsky #vinylcommunity #NowPlaying #MusicSky #TomWaits
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
#NowSpinning:
Tom Waits - "swordfishtrombones"
Happy birthday, Tom! 🥳
#vinyl #vinylcollection #records #dailyvinyl #recordcollection #vinylsky #vinylcommunity #NowPlaying #MusicSky #TomWaits
Tom Waits - "swordfishtrombones"
Happy birthday, Tom! 🥳
#vinyl #vinylcollection #records #dailyvinyl #recordcollection #vinylsky #vinylcommunity #NowPlaying #MusicSky #TomWaits
Swordfishtrombones
December 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Swordfishtrombones
QTP an album you'd rate a perfect 10/10
I've got two.
I've got two.
December 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
QTP an album you'd rate a perfect 10/10
I've got two.
I've got two.
I all galenskap, Swordfishtrombones och en Mezcal. Allt känns bättre.
December 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I all galenskap, Swordfishtrombones och en Mezcal. Allt känns bättre.
This week's records
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This week's records
It's a stunning debut—you might argue he didn't better it until Swordfishtrombones. Really hope it makes it into the green list.
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
It's a stunning debut—you might argue he didn't better it until Swordfishtrombones. Really hope it makes it into the green list.
lightning round. great classics I heard for the first time this year that made a big impression on me:
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Suicide - Suicide
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things
Regina Spektor - 11:11
Sweet Trip - velocity : design : comfort
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Suicide - Suicide
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things
Regina Spektor - 11:11
Sweet Trip - velocity : design : comfort
Joanna Newsom - Ys
December 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
lightning round. great classics I heard for the first time this year that made a big impression on me:
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Suicide - Suicide
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things
Regina Spektor - 11:11
Sweet Trip - velocity : design : comfort
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Suicide - Suicide
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things
Regina Spektor - 11:11
Sweet Trip - velocity : design : comfort
Joanna Newsom - Ys
I actually like the piano blues crooner 70s Waits stuff best, apart from maybe Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs, but it’s not what most people associate with him anymore
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I actually like the piano blues crooner 70s Waits stuff best, apart from maybe Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs, but it’s not what most people associate with him anymore
With a listening room all to myself tonight, I played Tom Waits’s “trilogy” in order on vinyl: Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Frank’s Wild Years. It was transcendent. Would welcome suggestions for similar musical deep dives, any genre welcome.
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
With a listening room all to myself tonight, I played Tom Waits’s “trilogy” in order on vinyl: Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Frank’s Wild Years. It was transcendent. Would welcome suggestions for similar musical deep dives, any genre welcome.
Swordfishtrombones: On the turntable now. :-)
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Swordfishtrombones: On the turntable now. :-)
Great choices! I think Swordfishtrombones is the height of his instrumental work, with three top pieces on there, including Just Another Sucker—one of the most indelible melodies he's ever written.
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Great choices! I think Swordfishtrombones is the height of his instrumental work, with three top pieces on there, including Just Another Sucker—one of the most indelible melodies he's ever written.
had a dream that swordfishtrombones started playing on the radio at work and everyone automatically got hostile toward me like npcs when u steal
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
had a dream that swordfishtrombones started playing on the radio at work and everyone automatically got hostile toward me like npcs when u steal
"Soldier's Things"
Tom Waits
Swordfishtrombones
—
Day 27
#Top30TomWaits
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
🎧
https://song.link/i/1695049533
Tom Waits
Swordfishtrombones
—
Day 27
#Top30TomWaits
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
🎧
https://song.link/i/1695049533
Soldier's Things (2023 Remaster) by Tom Waits
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November 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"Soldier's Things"
Tom Waits
Swordfishtrombones
—
Day 27
#Top30TomWaits
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
🎧
https://song.link/i/1695049533
Tom Waits
Swordfishtrombones
—
Day 27
#Top30TomWaits
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
🎧
https://song.link/i/1695049533
Tom Waits behöver inte göra några julskivor eftersom alla hans album från och med Swordfishtrombones låter som julskivor. Detta menat som beröm.
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Tom Waits behöver inte göra några julskivor eftersom alla hans album från och med Swordfishtrombones låter som julskivor. Detta menat som beröm.
#Top30TomWaits #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | Day 26 | #5
"I plugged sixteen shells from a thirty-ought-six
And a black crow snuck through a hole in the sky
So I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule..."
"16 Shells from a 30.6" by Tom Waits ("Swordfishtrombones", 1983)
"I plugged sixteen shells from a thirty-ought-six
And a black crow snuck through a hole in the sky
So I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule..."
"16 Shells from a 30.6" by Tom Waits ("Swordfishtrombones", 1983)
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#Top30TomWaits #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | Day 26 | #5
"I plugged sixteen shells from a thirty-ought-six
And a black crow snuck through a hole in the sky
So I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule..."
"16 Shells from a 30.6" by Tom Waits ("Swordfishtrombones", 1983)
"I plugged sixteen shells from a thirty-ought-six
And a black crow snuck through a hole in the sky
So I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule..."
"16 Shells from a 30.6" by Tom Waits ("Swordfishtrombones", 1983)
#Top30TomWaits
6
💿 Swordfishtrombones
🎶 Swordfishtrombone
"And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale
I swear to God you'd have to tell a lie"
The lyric and subsequent maniacal laugh sum up everything 80s Tom Waits has to offer - unhinged genius.
6
💿 Swordfishtrombones
🎶 Swordfishtrombone
"And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale
I swear to God you'd have to tell a lie"
The lyric and subsequent maniacal laugh sum up everything 80s Tom Waits has to offer - unhinged genius.
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
#Top30TomWaits
6
💿 Swordfishtrombones
🎶 Swordfishtrombone
"And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale
I swear to God you'd have to tell a lie"
The lyric and subsequent maniacal laugh sum up everything 80s Tom Waits has to offer - unhinged genius.
6
💿 Swordfishtrombones
🎶 Swordfishtrombone
"And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale
I swear to God you'd have to tell a lie"
The lyric and subsequent maniacal laugh sum up everything 80s Tom Waits has to offer - unhinged genius.
#Top30TomWaits
#MusicChallenge
9. 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six
Swordfishtrombones kicked off the more experimental phase of Tom’ career. The great man opted to use a brake drum & a bell plate for percussion on this🤷♂️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EzAL...
#MusicChallenge
9. 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six
Swordfishtrombones kicked off the more experimental phase of Tom’ career. The great man opted to use a brake drum & a bell plate for percussion on this🤷♂️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EzAL...
November 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
#Top30TomWaits
#MusicChallenge
9. 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six
Swordfishtrombones kicked off the more experimental phase of Tom’ career. The great man opted to use a brake drum & a bell plate for percussion on this🤷♂️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EzAL...
#MusicChallenge
9. 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six
Swordfishtrombones kicked off the more experimental phase of Tom’ career. The great man opted to use a brake drum & a bell plate for percussion on this🤷♂️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EzAL...
The game changer. Nothing was the same after hearing Swordfishtrombones
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The game changer. Nothing was the same after hearing Swordfishtrombones
