There aren’t many Tom Waits songs like “Gun Street Girl”. Built on minimalist bass, percussion, and banjo, the tune’s singsongy, half-chanted vocal line is a winding narrative of fugitives, murder, and the woman at the center of it all. It’s strange, catchy, and like all the best of Waits’ songs, it creates a world of its own that draws you in and keeps you there, whispering secrets about day-old bread soaked in kerosene and the gun street girl who was the cause of it all.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:23:59 +0000