Blood money

The only good thing to come out of this torrid tiredness happened when I got home tonight. For some reason I decided to play Tom Waits "Blood Money" record on vinyl of course, the musical medium of choice. 

Now I've owned this album for a couple of months and played it only once; I didn't get it all during the first hearing so it's just been kind of filed away. Tonight it makes perfect sense, it's the perfect record to play when you feel dog tired. What an awesome piece of art, I refer to it as art because that's what it surely is, it's so much more then just music and lyrics. I have never heard anything else like it and I have listened to a lot of music from a myriad of artists. 

It defies any kind of classification and any kind of genre; I could not even begin to describe who or what it may sound like. It's out there all on it's own, what an incredible lyricist and vocalist this guy is; as unique as the adjective itself.

If you hanker for a change in musical direction, something other than the derivative cycle of commercial radio friendly pop music, something other than anything else; this is the artist and this is the record for you.