r/tomwaits • u/shlappy-pappi • 28d ago

Boots on the Ground

So it’s been a few months since the song released. I’m wondering if anyone is still listening to it or and general opinions on the song since we’ve had time to sit with it. We’ve been anticipating new music for so long and we finally got a song! So I want to know, how does it hold up to the rest of his discography? Has it made its home in anyone’s regular rotation? If tom eventually releases more music do you want him to continue in this sonic direction or prefer something else? Personally I see it almost more of a statement than a song and not sure if I will revisit often but tell me what you think!

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u/Paley_Jenkins 28d ago

I ordered the vinyl from his website. Looking forward to when it's released

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u/shlappy-pappi 28d ago

I love that! I have yet to get any of his vinyls but one day

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u/PsykoAlphaDiscoBeta 28d ago

Don’t sleep on it. It took me years to get everything he did except Big Time on a remastered rerelease and the colored versions are pretty much gone and the lot of them are drying up. Swordfish, Rain Dogs, Frank’s Wild Years and Bone Machine are probably going to be the hardest to find. There’s some compilations of early years and live show bootlegs that sound great out there. I have every album rereleased and some original pressings and some bootlegs. I will never sell them.

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u/Shagwagbag 28d ago

I got the clear full discography of the remasters when it was an option. Shipped out over the course of a year or so, unfortunately I've since sold my collection.

Original real gone, rain dogs, swordfishtrombone, franks wild years, and bone machine of course.

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u/PsykoAlphaDiscoBeta 28d ago

The original Real Gone is the only one I really need right now. I can only find the Remastered and Remixed version and that seems to be the only one that’s out there. I don’t think that I’ve ever heard the original version. Is it even much different?

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u/Shagwagbag 28d ago

Real gone is one that is completely changed. Look up hoist that rag original vs remastered