The Heart of Saturday Night

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The Eagles might have covered his song "Ol' 55," but Tom Waits was cut from a different cloth than California's other singer-songwriters--he suggested a scruffy beat poet who'd walked out of a forgotten scene of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Waits's beatnik schtick could get old, and he developed into a much more musically adventurous songwriter in later years, but his second album contains some of his best early work, including the sweet romantic blues of "New Coat of Paint" ("You wear a dress baby, I'll wear a tie"), and his best hipster recitation, "Diamonds on My Windshield." Two songs are enduring classics: the doleful, dirge-like "San Diego Serenade" ("Never saw the morning till I stayed up all night") and the touchingly sweet "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night" ("Stoppin' on the red, goin' on the green, `cause tonight'll be like nothin' that you've ever seen"). --John Milward

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The Heart of Saturday Night

Average customer rating: Essential I love Tom Waits. i never saw the sun till i stayed up all night Yet another poetic classic by Tom Waits Really, the heart of Tom. At least his 70's version. His artisitcally true debut masterpiece.

The Heart of Saturday Night Tom Waits Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Heroes | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: Closing Time Small Change Nighthawks at the Diner Blue Valentine Heartattack and Vine ASIN: B000002GXS Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. New Coat Of Paint
2. San Diego Serenade
3. Semi Suite
4. Shiver Me Timbers
5. Diamonds On My Windshield (Looking For)
6. The Heart Of Saturday Night
7. Fumblin' With The Blues
8. Please Call Me, Baby
9. Depot, Depot
10. Drunk On The Moon
11. The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone's Pizza House

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The Eagles might have covered his song "Ol' 55," but Tom Waits was cut from a different cloth than California's other singer-songwriters--he suggested a scruffy beat poet who'd walked out of a forgotten scene of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Waits's beatnik schtick could get old, and he developed into a much more musically adventurous songwriter in later years, but his second album contains some of his best early work, including the sweet romantic blues of "New Coat of Paint" ("You wear a dress baby, I'll wear a tie"), and his best hipster recitation, "Diamonds on My Windshield." Two songs are enduring classics: the doleful, dirge-like "San Diego Serenade" ("Never saw the morning till I stayed up all night") and the touchingly sweet "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night" ("Stoppin' on the red, goin' on the green, `cause tonight'll be like nothin' that you've ever seen"). --John Milward

Customer Reviews:

Essential.......2007-07-05

An absolute indesputable classic. Among the best of the songer/songwriter, Pop/Rock albums - ever. And in the midst of the flowering of the best of that genre - quite a feat. Tom Waits never topped this masterpiece - though Small Change was close. His voice is moving and genuinely emotional - long before he later became a parody of himself. This folks, is great songwriting.
My one caveat is that the recording could use a re-mastering to contemporary standards. Obviously the CD is a direct transfer from the original record master - dull and thuddy. But dispite this, Waits' early genius shines through.

I love Tom Waits........2007-05-05

My step-dad told me around Christmas time that he was a Tom Waits fan. He had never told me this before, and I was pleasantly surprised. I pin-pointed him as more of a early Tom Waits music kind of guy, so I bought him Heart of Saturday Night. It's a beautiful, fun, jazzy album that never goes out of style. We all had a great time listening to it together as background music. But, as avid Tom Waits fan, I like to sit down and listen to every one of his lyrics. They are stunning and spectacular. This album is a must for anyone who knows what's good for them.

i never saw the sun till i stayed up all night.......2007-03-15

this is it folks waits at his smooth, sleek, jazzy, smoke laced best pumping out the easy tunes for those late nights sitting in the dark drinking or whatever this one sets the mood. highly recomended

Yet another poetic classic by Tom Waits.......2007-01-02

The title track is in the vein of early Springsteen, while other tunes pay homage to jazz and blues greats. Yet THE HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT stands as pure Tom Waits: a lyrical masterpiece of honesty and true-to-life storytelling.

The characters are all down-on-their-luck castaways, as per Waits's usual lineup, but this time there's a self-conscious hope about them. "This'll be the Saturday you're reaching your peak," Waits consoles. And: "I never heard the melody until I needed the song...I never spoke I love you until I cursed you in vain." There's hope for the present, and hope for the future: "I'm leavin' my family, leavin' my friends/My body's at home but my heart's in the wind/And the clouds are like headlines on a new front-page sky/Shiver me timbers, I'm a-sailin' away." Is is this anxious hopefulness underling these songs that makes HEART a standout, even in Waits's usually-depressing catalogue. Still...I wouldn't make this the soundtrack at your next wedding.

Really, the heart of Tom. At least his 70's version. His artisitcally true debut masterpiece........2006-03-25

Yeah, it's not his actual debut but Closing Time is almost a semi-professional release. Not yet ready. This album, his second, is what Tom was all about in the 70's. Small Change and Nighthawks at the Diner are the trio, throw in One From the Heart soundtrack if you like, of the meat of his 70's work.

I'm not sure how many times I've heard this album. Probably over 100 since I first saw him on the Mike Douglas Show in 1974. After that I was hooked. And I don't often listen to any album, even over 3 decades, 100 times or more. It's just a coincidence that he was from San Diego County (Chula Vista/National City). What's cool, least for us here, is that he's got San Diego Serenade, and Diamonds On My Windshield which is about the drive from San Diego to L.A. It's nuttin' but a pure delight to drive that, at night of course, and hear that song on your car stereo. I mean, it's a rush. His world and yours come smashing together.

I do have strong opinions about his 4 basic phases.
The 70's. Lovely. Though, I'm quite surprised at myself, the last few years I've sorta found myself leaving that period in favor of:
The 80's Rain Dogs/Swordfishtrombones/Frank's Wild Years/Big Time. Really, the Beautiful Maladies hits package of essentially his 80's work really does it for me now. It's definitely a next musical sound and stage. More complex.
The 90's wasteland. Black Rider, Alice, is too sterile. Too dry, too dark. I keep expecting to learn to love it and the love never comes.
The good news is, there's light at the end of the 90's tunnel.
The 2000's. Yup, essentially, Real Gone. He's back, like finding the best of his musical heart from the 80's and maybe a dash from the 90's and possibly a hint from the 70's even, possibly. There's hope baby. Who knows what he can crank out next.

I've always considered his 70's material to be excellent (night) driving music. There's just something about it. Occasionally in one of his live shows he'll make the sound of cars driving by, I mean it's a real fun sound to hear and I don't think he's ever put that sound on one of his records. Makes you feel the connection to the road even more. In fact, in a few shows, he'll make the sound of trying to get the engine to turn over, hopelessly. Beautiful sound effect, again, I don't believe, on any album release.

New Coat Of Paint is possibly my least favorite song on this album and it's still a winner.
San Diego Serenade has some of the finest lyrics of any song, ever. I'm not much into lyrics. Very few ever reach me or have much meaning for me. At church praise lyrics with a good melody, that can move me, in fact, well, there was a SMASHING PUMPKINS type rock band blazin' it at the youth church service and the lyrics were all about a good God thing and I was just crying. But, that's an aside. This song, whew doggy, let's put it this way, when I was in a multi-cultural in 17th grade as part of my 5 minutes to say who I was, I played this song. Semi Suite is such a love song. Working man's. Real.
Shiver Me Timbers always gets a smile from me.
Diamonds On My Windshield (Looking For) will always be precious to my heart.
The Heart Of Saturday Night ends up meaning just a little more to me when I realize it's about National City here but it's definitely universal. One of the great songs. Period. I get a real feel of true America listening to this one.
Fumblin' With The Blues conveys his character so well, sad, lovelorn, semi lost. You feel it baby.
Please Call Me, Baby. Man, I think I get choked up every single time I hear this song.
Depot, Depot somehow had a bigger impact on me when I was at the San Diego Train station one evening.
Drunk On The Moon another example of how Tom is a wordsmith, weaving hearts and minds together in artistry.
The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone's Pizza House). I can't believe how perfect this is, ending the album as a sort of postlude. Even better, after 20 years of hearing the album and this song, along with its companion piece, I finally, doi, decided to see if Napoleon's Pizza was still around. Boy is it. Right there in National City. A picture of a returned Tom with the proprietor. A very simple place. It's clearly not changed since the 70's. A fine Provelone sandwich and tasty pizza all at remarkably reasonable prices. Really sorta are stuck in a bit of a time warp. It's like Tom willed the place to stay a living shadow/memory/testament to his days working there in the 70's (and I think late 60's). Feels good bein' there. Brings the album to life in a subtle way. Like the other dimension we don't often get to experience with an album.

I consider a few albums to be masterpieces, that is, perfect, no weak songs and the ability to still sound great 10, 20, 30 years later:
CAT STEVENS Tea For the Tillerman
SANTANA s/t
STEEL PULSE Reggae Fever
HALF JAPANESE The Band That Would Be King
and Music to Strip By
JIMI HENDRIX Axis Bold As Love
and Electric Ladyland
COCKNEY REJECTS Greatest Hits Vol. I
RED ROCKERS Condition Red
UNDERTONES s/t
The BOBS s/t and My I'm Large
CREAM Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire
YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS Colossal Youth
The JAM In the City and The Modern World
DAN HICKS and HIS HOT LICKS Where's the Money
LED ZEPPLIN I & II
The BEATLES White album, Rubber Soul and Abbey Road
CROSBY, STILLS and NASH s/t
PERE UBU Dub Housing
GANG OF FOUR Entertainment
The ROCHES s/t
(I left off 10 hardcore punk albums, wrong audience)
TOM WAITS Heart of Saturday Night, Small Change and Swordfishtrombones are, for me, on this short list. chrisbct@hotmail.com

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Broadway: America's Music 1935-2005 Manufacturer: Decca Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Morton Gould | Gould, Morton | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) Grey Gardens - A New Musical (2006 Original Broadway Cast) The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Original Broadway Cast) White Nights Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B000B8I93Q Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

1. Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'
2. Summertime
3. I Could Write a Book
4. It Never Entered My Mind
5. I Can Cook Too
6. Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please
7. If I Loved You
8. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
9. Thou Swell
10. I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
11. There's No Business Like Show Business
12. South American Way

Tracks:

1. Shall We Dance
2. Ohio
3. Luck Be a Lady
4. Mack the Knife
5. There's a Small Hotel
6. Once in Love with Amy
7. Yodel Blues
8. Lazy Afternoon
9. There Must Be Somethin' Better Than Love
10. You're Just in Love
11. Now Is the Time

Tracks:

1. Impossible Dream
2. Love Makes the World Go 'Round
3. Try to Remember
4. Put on a Happy Face
5. I Say Hello
6. Happiness
7. She Loves Me
8. What Kind of Fool Am I?
9. Shy
10. Consider Yourself
11. Poor Little Person

Tracks:

1. Magic to Do
2. They're Playing My Song
3. I Don't Know How to Love Him
4. I Won't Send Roses
5. Good Morning Starshine
6. Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
7. Hard Candy Christmas
8. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
9. Won't You Charleston with Me?
10. Applause

Tracks:

1. Phantom of the Opera
2. Memory
3. On My Own
4. Muddy Water
5. How Could I Ever Know
6. American Dream
7. I Know Him So Well
8. Dr. Jazz
9. Me and My Girl
10. Suddenly Seymour

Tracks:

1. Mamma Mia!
2. Popular
3. Seasons of Love
4. Oh, the Thinks You Can Think
5. Whatever Lola Wants
6. Crazy
7. How Deep Is Your Love
8. Stars
9. People Like Us
10. I Go to Rio

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Texas on a Saturday Night Johnny Bush , and Justin Trevino Manufacturer: Heart Of Texas Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000NQ2BXA Release Date: 2007-07-17

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Around the Square Manufacturer: Jeff Solomon Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA35N2 Release Date: 2005-04-26

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The Heart of Saturday Night Tom Waits Manufacturer: East West Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B000OIZ81O

Product Description

1997 East West Japan/Asylum Records JAPAN IMPORT CD release of 1974 LP. Production by Bones Howe. Track listing: 1. New coat of Paint; 2. San Diego Serenade; 3. Semi Suite; 4. Shiver Me Timbers; 5. Diamonds on My Windshield (Looking for); 6. The Heart of Saturday Night; 7. Fumblin' with the Blues; 8. Please Call Me, Baby; 9. Depot, Depot; 10. Drunk on the moon; and 11. The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House).

Average customer rating: Heart Of Saturday Night Is Doo Wopp Gold!

Heart of Saturday Night Showvinistics Manufacturer: Forevermore Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000JCP1 Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

1. Heart of Saturday Night
2. Morse Code of Love
3. Don't Ask Me to Be Lonely
4. Oh What a Night (Dec. '63)
5. Rainy Day Bells
6. Countdown to Love
7. Lonely Teardrops
8. Maybe Baby
9. Blue Moon
10. Drifter's Medley
11. (Here I Am) Brokenhearted
12. Tears on My Pillow
13. White Sport Coat/Young Love
14. Star Spangled Banner

Customer Reviews:

Heart Of Saturday Night Is Doo Wopp Gold!.......2003-08-23

Long story short: this cd rocks. Not a cheesefest, but an homage to a capella doo wopp music worthy of high praise and accolades. Their renditions of "Don't Ask Me to be Lonely", "Tears on My Pillow", & "Lonely Teardrops" are so damned good, they may leave you straining to remember who sang the originals... better yet, who cares!?!

Average customer rating: Very good for learing English Country Dance An excellent collection of First Edition Playford dances.

Country Capers/English Cty Dance John Playford , New York Rennaisance Band , and Sally Logemann Manufacturer: Arabesque Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000T5X Release Date: 1993-08-04

Tracks:

1. The English Dancing Master: Dances For Two Couples: Rufty Tufty; Heart's Ease; Argeers
2. The English Dancing Master: Dances For Three Couples: Chestnut; Boate Man; Dissembling Love; Confesse
3. The English Dancing Master: Longways For Eight or More: The Maid Peeped Out At The Window; Petticoat Wag; The Merry, Merry Milke Maids
4. The English Dancing Master: Round Dances For Eight; Newcastle; The Fine Companion; Kettle Drum
5. The English Dancing Master: Group Dances I: Mundesse; Lull Me Beyond Thee; Dargason
6. The English Dancing Master: Group Dances II: Gathering Peascods; The Beggar Boy; Jenny Pluck Pears
7. The English Dancing Master: Group Dances III: Upon A Summers Day; Woodicocke; Saturday Night And Sunday Morn
8. The English Dancing Master: Group Dances IV: Staines Morris; Lavena; The Glory Of The West

Customer Reviews:

Very good for learing English Country Dance.......2002-04-22

I have been using this CD for several years to teach English Country Dance, and it is without a doubt the most played in my collection. So many other compilations have just a taste of the melody, maybe enough for one verse, or the tempos are wrong. On this CD, everything is just right. The tempos are lively, yet easy to follow. Each piece has the correct number of repetitions to complete the dance. I particularly like that the dances are arranged by the number of couples. Especially good for performances, where a 2-couple set can move seamlessly from Rufty Tufty to Hearts Ease to Argeers without skipping a beat.

An excellent collection of First Edition Playford dances........2000-06-16

This album is a must-have for any fan of English Country Dances. Every dance on the disc comes from John Playford's influential 1651 edition of the "English Dancing Master", and almost every track is perfectly dancable (I know this from personal experience). The tunes are accurate to the original, the tempos are just right to dance to, and the arrangements are interesting and different from track to track. If you want to listen to what people were dancing to 350 years ago, buy this disc.

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