I heard this song for the first time in quite a while today on one of the many XM satellite radio stations. If you're not familiar with this song at all, this is vintage Tom Waits, and if you're not familiar with Tom Waits, then you're probably wondering if this is how the guy always sings. The answer is yes. To this day, I find it amazing that he ever managed to become a successful musician with the kind of career longevity that he's had. His singing style is certainly an acquired taste. To me, it sounds a bit like sandpaper with a hangover, if you can imagine that concept sonically. Regardless, there is no debating that dude is a true original and one hell of a songwriter. Case and point, witness the simultaneous combination of off-kilter genius and hilarity displayed in this video for "The Piano Has Been Drinking."
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