Txij li xyoo 70, Waits tau ploj mus los ntawm kev ua si hauv dhia seev cev mus rau kev ua yeeb yam ntawm cov tsev thiab cov chav ntaus yeeb yam thoob ntiaj teb. Nws tseem nyob rau Rolling Stone 100 Tus Hu Nkauj Zoo Tshaj Tshaj Plaws ntawm 2010, thiab tseem yog 100 tus Ntxhais Nkauj Zoo Tshaj Txhua Lub Sijhawm xyoo 2015. Waits tau raug xaiv tsa los ntawm Academy Award rau nws qhov qhab nia thiab ua suab paj nruag rau Francis Ford Coppola Lub Plawv Ntawm Lub Plawv.
Thaum yau thiab cov hluas
Thomas Alan Waits yug rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis 7, 1949 hauv Pomona, California, uas yog ob tug kws qhia ntawv tus tub. Nws niam nws txiv sib nrauj thaum nws muaj 10 xyoo. Nws mob siab rau suab paj nruag pib los ntawm menyuam yaus thaum nws ntaus suab paj nruag ntawm nws tus neeg nyob ze piano. Nws yog tus kiv cua loj ntawm cov suab paj nruag xws li Bob Dylan, Lord Buckley, Jack Kerouac thiab Louis Armstrong. Txawm hais tias nws txaus siab rau cov neeg ntaus suab paj nruag no, nws tsis tau sim ua kev qog ib qho ntawm lawv - nws tau xav paub txog kev tsim kho nws tus kheej txoj kev uas yuav ua rau nws tsis nyob nrog lwm tus kws ntaus nkauj. Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 16, Tom tau koom nrog pab pawg R&B thiab pib sau nkauj. Tom Waits ua si ntaus keyboards, guitar, accordion thiab ntau yam twj paj nruag tsis siv. Tus yam ntxwv zoo nkauj heev ntawm Waitsa suab paj nruag yog nws lub suab sib sib zog nqus. Nws hu nkauj nws tus kheej heev, melancholic, iab hauv hais, cynical kwv huam permeated nrog dub lom zem.
Hauj lwm
Nws cov haujlwm suab paj nruag pib thaum nws ua haujlwm ua tus kws kho lub tsev nyob ntawm Cov Cuab Yeej Cuab Nruab Hmo Hauv San Diego. Nws tau txais lub sijhawm los ua si nws thawj gig muaj, rau qhov nws tau raug them $ 6. Xyoo 1971, tus thawj tswj hwm Herb Cohen tau tsoo rau hauv Waits ntawm ib lub bar hu ua Troubadour thiab tau hais kom lawv ua haujlwm ua ke. Tom qab xyoo ntawd, Herb Cohen tau pab tawm tswv yim sib cog lus nrog Bizarre / Straight cov ntaub ntawv thaum xyoo 1971 uas nws pib sau cia, thiab xyoo tom qab hloov mus rau Asylum Cov Ntaub Ntawv. Thoob plaws hauv lub xyoo 70, nws tso tawm rau 6 lub album, sib txuam thiab ua cawv ntau. Nws xyoo 1976 album, 'Hloov Pauv me me' yog nws qhov kev ntaus loj thawj. Daim album mus kub hauv Australia thiab UK.
Lub sijhawm tseem ceeb hauv Waits lub neej hloov mus rau kev sib ntsib hauv 1980 nrog Francis Ford Coppola, uas tau thov tias nws sau cov nkauj rau nws zaj yeeb yaj kiab. Nws ua yeeb yam nyob rau hauv ntau dua 50 zaj duab xis, ib qho ntawm yog nrog Sylvester Stallone, thiab tom qab ntawd sau nkauj nkauj rau ob peb zaj yeeb yaj kiab.
Thaum ua haujlwm ntawm zaj yeeb yaj kiab Ib Ntawm Lub Plawv, nws tau ntsib thiab, thaum Lub Yim Hli 1980, sib yuav screenwriter Kathleen Brennan. Hlub rau Kathleen, tau immortalized hauv zaj nkauj Johnsburg, Illinois. Hauv lawv txoj kev sib yuav, muaj peb tug menyuam yug: tus ntxhais Kelly thiab cov tub Xavier thiab Sullivan.
Xyoo 1990, nws koom tes nrog tus thawj coj ua yeeb yam Robert Wilson thiab tus kws sau ntawv William Burroughs los tsim cov avant-garde suab paj nruag The Dub Rider: Cov Zaj Tawm Ntawm Cov Khawv Koob Yees Duab.
Xyoo 1993, Tom Waits yeej Grammy rau Qhov Kev Xaiv Zoo Tshaj Plaws album. Qhov no tau ua dhau los ntawm Grammy Cov Nkauj rau Zoo Txog Kev Ua Yeeb Yam Zoo Tshaj Plaws hauv xyoo 2000.
Qhov ntim tau rau hauv Pob Zeb thiab Yob Hall ntawm Lub Koob Meej los ntawm Neil Young thaum Lub Peb Hlis 14, 2011.
Waits tau tshaj tawm tsawg kawg 28 albums thiab starred hauv tsawg kawg 50 zaj duab xis.
Nws tsis tau ua si tshaj tawm hauv kev tshaj tawm, uas nws pom tias ua rau poob ntsej muag rau ib tug kws kos duab. Nws kuj tsis pom zoo rov ua siv nws cov nkauj hauv ib qhov twg. Nws tau yeej ntau txoj kev foob rau kev siv nws cov nkauj tsis raug cai rau cov laj thawj lag luam, suav nrog Frito Lay, Audi, Opel.
Waits yog tus tswv cuab ntawm cov koom txoos zais cia hu ua Cov Neeg Tub ntawm Lee Marvin.
