...I can only assume that Tom Waits would not 'heart' Rod Stewart.
Tom Waits, the gravelly voiced lyrical genius, can write a killer ballad that communicates a sandpapery melancholic longing that is as far from rubbishy cheese as a King Island triple cream brie.
Rod Stewart somehow takes a Tom Waits ballad and turns it into a Kraft single. And, outrageously, he has done this not once, but twice.
I was listening to the radio in the car when I heard a 'Waltzing Matilda' refrain that sounded a lot like Rod Stewart. I increased the volume and confirmed that it was indeed Mr Stewart singing 'Traubert's Blues'. What??? Surely, turning 'Downtown Train' into plastic cheese was enough?
As Oscar Wilde once said: 'To let one Tom Waits song be covered by Rod Stewart may be regarded as misguided; to let it happen again looks like carelessness.' Or words to that effect. How did this happen, Mr Waits? Had you had one too many (bottles of) whiskey? Please don't let him get his hands on 'Time'. Honestly, I just couldn't bear it.
Listen to the sublime ballad here:
'Time' - Tom Waits
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