Massive Attack & Tom Waits – a surprising collaboration – released the music video for Boots On The Ground.
Here’s what they have to say about the video:
“Film created by Massive Attack (working with US photo artist thefinaleye). This montage work portrays a momentous American epoch that is yet to be named, and comes in the aftermath of the largest public protests in American history – focused on opposition to ICE raids, the militarisation of domestic forces, and state authoritarianism.”
Powerful video. Good thing they turned off comments on it, this is going to trigger the hell out of some snowflakes.
Who counts as a snowflake these days?
Thank you for confirming my theory that the biggest appeal of Tom Waits fandom is how much he bothers people who don’t like Tom Waits.
Anything Tom Waits does is golden. I recommend his related video “Hell Broke Luce.” Likewise the Ramones’ version of “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up.” Massive Attack made a good choice. The team-up really works. Brrr! Its one hell of an impactful song.
Washed up artists spewing vague political platitudes never really makes for good art. Have they not seen Bruce Springsteen’s latest work?
MASSIVE ATTACK, ‘washed UP’?
…or are U saying that about Tom Waits?
Why the personal attack on respected artists?
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So, I take it U support WW3?
This is a ‘message song’…
don’t shoot the messengers!
You’re either young, and don’t comprehend the talent and dedication it takes to become and stay relevant, you are old and jealous of his success, or you’re in that extra awkward bit in between. It’s ok, most of us has been there in some form or another, or we are stuck there still or will be soon..
Tom Waits is probably the least washed up old man you have ever laid your muddied eyes on.. I say eyes because either your ears are filled with misplaced lego and old french fries or you’ve never really listened to his music. Do yourself a favour and listen to his records through the decades, watch the movies he has been in. He’s no Bruce Springsteen (no offence to Bruce), he’s on a different level of creative talent and ingenuity, with an impeccable sense of humour and comic timing, razor sharp insight, as well as being a really nice human who isn’t up his own asshole. An old time poet and storyteller. A dude who breathes in the world as it goes about its business and exhales poems and songs about what he sees, hears, feels, unadorned with the usual fluff many creators inject their work with. And seemingly becoming an absolute legend whilst escaping the tedious world of becoming a Big Deal perhaps by virtue of his art being too difficult to categorize into neat crowd pleasing packages that play well on the radio. Tom is a singing, dancing gift to the world.
Whoo, I had a little rant there.
You may think I’m blindly defending a hero of mine, perhaps I am. I could never do anything else really, as his music changed my life for the better. I have heard many people who have echoed a similar sentiment.
“Washed up”.
I’m sure that’s the phrase most serious musicians and aficionados would apply to Tom Waits. Well done Evan, you got him!
Is that dude even sober? Sounds like sh#t.