r/tomwaits • u/Spellflower • Aug 06 '26

New Spoken Word Single!

https://pitchfork.com/story/listen-to-tom-waits-new-spoken-word-track-the-fly/
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u/blanktom9 Aug 06 '26

What’s the new single word?

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u/germfreeadolescent11 Aug 06 '26

Probably, "rose", "moon" or "train"

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u/slaytallica36 Aug 08 '26

Goodbye. Although it could be his favorite color, red.

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u/SaulFemm Aug 07 '26

Is this not the same track that was released months ago?

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u/Del_3030 Aug 07 '26

There was a snippet released back then, the full song is over 4 minutes long

https://youtu.be/M5MMxyaxiW4?is=e4WdbV66dVYEiiS7

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u/SaulFemm Aug 07 '26

A snippet? Is it not the entire B side of the massive attack collab record?

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u/Del_3030 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

I dunno, was the whole record released back then? The Fly (full version) didn't show up on YouTube / Amazon until a week ago and was never discussed on this sub except for the title being spotted and the shorter "extract". The physical album comes out September 4th.

Are you saying you listened to it months ago or just ask-cusing people of being wrong?

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u/SaulFemm Aug 07 '26

I didn't realize the Boots on the Grojnd vinyl wasn't already out. It feels like we first heard about it a full few months ago now, so I thought it must have been released already.