MUSIC FROM SPACE: Tom Waits - FOR NO ONE

That N.A.S.A. video featuring Tom Waits as a red cartoon cloud of evil isn't the first time that Waits has starred in an animated music video. That distinction belongs to 1979's Tom Waits for No One. Directed by John Lamb, the short film features rotoscoped footage of Waits cavorting with a stripper while he does one of his rambling, skuzzy jazz tomcat raps. (I'm a Waits fan, but I'm all about his crazy, experimental rocker side; his noodly piano beatnik stuff can make me wanna open a vein.)

I don't think this short represents Waits at his best, the animation is kind of crude and American Pop-y, and it's not safe for work... But Tom Waits for No One is definitely worth seeing just as a historical curio. I guarantee you've never seen a cartoon quite like this before.

Video: Tom Waits - For No One Animation Benzer: tom, waits, for, no

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