Children’s Story

Posted by admin on December 20th, 2009 and filed under kids story | 25 Comments »

This is a video inspired by the Tom Waits track “Children’s Story” on his “Orphans” CD. The soundtrack is from the CD, and the artwork and editing was done by me.

Duration : 0:1:50


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25 Responses

  1. beawareofeverything Says:

    i proper laugh when …
    i proper laugh when he says pot… this poem kinda makes sense though… good video im gonna buy the brawlers album for christmas

  2. GraveyardGlamMakeup Says:

    God…I could …
    God…I could listen to Tom Waits read the dictionary and it would be beautiful.

  3. mitch26 Says:

    I keep waiting for …
    I keep waiting for someone to illustrate Fawn. I expect a sequel about the same time that Brian finishes his book….

  4. ButterflyLullabyLtd Says:

    Wow, love the …
    Wow, love the artwork and the way you read the story gave it so much meaning!

    My Nan was an orphan and used to read to take her mind off how sad she was.

    It is this sort of story that brings you down to earth and makes you realise how lucky we really are. Well done!

  5. katmaidog Says:

    No, Tom Waits did …
    No, Tom Waits did not write this, George Buchner wrote it.

  6. savingsgalore Says:

    almost makes you …
    almost makes you happy your so sad

  7. WindBlownLife Says:

    he wrote it: Tom …
    he wrote it: Tom Waits.

  8. 914andystrong Says:

    hey who wrote this …
    hey who wrote this when he wanted to go back down to earth the earth was a over turned pot ,makes you want to shot you self in the head with a gun or better yet hit youself in the head with a pot

  9. gubu143adil Says:

    nice
    nice

  10. allisonivy Says:

    well that was …
    well that was uplifting

  11. MelWK Says:

    oh my
    oh my

  12. harriet1976 Says:

    brilliant video and …
    brilliant video and artwork! BRAVO! Tom Waits would be very touched!

  13. Dogfoodsa Says:

    Welp, guess that’s …
    Welp, guess that’s it for me then.

  14. RufusaurusDex Says:

    Ahh, such a perfect …
    Ahh, such a perfect song from such a perfect musician.
    Nicely drawn, the pictures were wonderful.

  15. animal100000 Says:

    Jesus im gonna get …
    Jesus im gonna get me gun thanks for cheering me up…

  16. CalBro Says:

    Hahahahaha Jesus …
    Hahahahaha Jesus Christ.

  17. brilliantwatson Says:

    ITS A TERRIBLE …
    ITS A TERRIBLE THING TO FEAR TOM WAITS.

  18. gayyyyyyyyyyyy Says:

    u seem so scary!
    u seem so scary!

  19. steveasat2 Says:

    Cheer the fack up, …
    Cheer the fack up, emo kid. Or I’ll give you something to REALLY mope about.

  20. LeviVdBogaard Says:

    Ahhh no chuckle… …
    Ahhh no chuckle… still great though.

  21. skem64 Says:

    I thoughtit was a …
    I thoughtit was a load of sh*te….but there ya go, good job we’re not all the same

  22. aaaaaaqwllk908 Says:

    lol
    lol

  23. 8marloes8 Says:

    I never heard the …
    I never heard the punchline, but I didn’t miss it for one moment: the story and Toms voice spoke for themselves. (his voice breaths the punchline all the way through the story imho.. :-) )

  24. LifelovemusiQ Says:

    I completley agree. …
    I completley agree.

    Also, wonderful video.

  25. katmaidog Says:

    i understand and …
    i understand and respect your point.

    Having said that, I disagree, and were I to do the whole thing over I’d still leave out the chuckle.

    Thank you, however, for taking the time and effort to explain your position to me.

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