Tom Trauberts Blues (Waltzing Matilda) by BronxBruce
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| Recording: | Oct 29, 2007 at 1:53 AM |
| Member: | BronxBruce  |
| Song: | Tom Trauberts Blues (Waltzing Matilda) |
| Artist: | Rod Stewart |
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| Stats: | 368 views, 99 comments |
| Rating: | 5.00 Average |
Over 2 years ago, Ally_OGOLD said:
Thanks Janet!! This is AMAZING BRUCE!!! *SIGH* :)))))))) .. xoxoxoxoxoxo ~ALLY~
Over 2 years ago, Ally_OGOLD said:
HEHEHHE .. YEAH BLIND BIG TIME!! LOL.... THOUGH .. I "COULD" BE BLIND... I FELT IT.... IT'S BEAUTIFUL BRUCE!! TY :)
Over 2 years ago, lornaGOLD said:
This is fabulous Bruce.
I've not heard this before.
but love to listen to you .
great voice.
hugsss
Over 2 years ago, RagandBoneGOLD said:
:)
I have this on vinyl... a great song
Bruce, this is marvelous, sung with such deep feeling!
Bravo!!!
Over 2 years ago, CerebraljamGOLD said:
You are an absolute ANGEL :-)
I haven't heard it yet as I am desperately waiting for it to load and my net connection has gone barmy! Sigh!
BUT I AM HERE AND IT'S 7.46am UK time - record for me!
Hey have they switched my broadbean to wind-up :( GRRRRRRR
:D
Over 2 years ago, CerebraljamGOLD said:
What can I say? Absolutely stunningly beautiful... I think... I will be playing this a lot.
Thank you so much for working on this and producing something so fine and ... oh sorry pressing play again :D
I already had you flagged, I already had this song flagged... only place left to flag is the recording - but it won't need it believe me, here is where I will return, many a time :D Without a need for a reminder ;-)
Over 2 years ago, CerebraljamGOLD said:
:D <---- humongous grin... have a hug - I don't give to many of these out live ... but you get one cos you're special ;-)
Recording information by BronxBruce
Thanks to Janet (Cerebraljam) for tracking down the original recording of this for me and for suggesting I sing it. I have no idea what Rod Stewart's version sounds like. As far as I'm concerned this is a Tom Waits only song. The problem is that the tempo and some of the backing music (especially towards the end) diverges from the original. Had to change some lyrics too. But I did the best I could. And thanks to Marilyn for her encouragement.
From Wikipedia - Tom Traubert's Blues" opens [Tom Waits' Small Change] album. The refrain is based (almost word by word) on an old Australian song, "Waltzing Matilda". The origin of the song is somewhat ambiguous. The most plausible version, the sub-title of the track "Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen", seems to be that it is about a time that Waits spent in Copenhagen in 1976 while on a tour. There, he apparently met Danish singer Mathilde Bondo. In a 1998 radio interview, she confirmed that she met Waits and that they spent a night on the town together. In an interview on NPR's World Cafe, aired December 15, 2006, Waits states that Tom Traubert was a "friend of a friend" who died in prison.
Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson poses as a stripper on the album cover.
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