Nighthawks is the first Tom Waits album I heard so I've got a big soft spot for it. Mid 90s, I was 20. I knew nothing about the guy but loved the character and the humour behind the conceit, and the lonely melancholy of the songs. I had a poster of the Edward Hopper painting on my wall and this was like a soundtrack made for it. I might never have become a Tom Waits fan had it not been for Nighthawks at the Diner.
Nighthawks is the first Tom Waits album I heard so I've got a big soft spot for it. Mid 90s, I was 20. I knew nothing about the guy but loved the character and the humour behind the conceit, and the lonely melancholy of the songs. I had a poster of the Edward Hopper painting on my wall and this was like a soundtrack made for it. I might never have become a Tom Waits fan had it not been for Nighthawks at the Diner.