Reviews - Poor Edward

Review by Vern10th January 2005

    This song perfectly describes my life, except for the suicide part. We'll see about that. It's one of the few songs that have actually made me cry. It echoes my own experiences so perfectly, it's uncanny. Oddly enough, of the few songs that had made me cry, all of them have been by Tom Waits. He's an amazing artist, and this song is just another testament to that fact. I'm surprised there hasn't been a musical based on Franks Wild Years yet, maybe I'll have to make one.


Review by Trish25th March 2004

    The song "Poor Edward" is based on the real life of Edward Mordake. (I was just clued into this a few days ago)


Review by Kenneth Lien19th May 2003

    This song is unique in that way that it's beautiful and sad, but also creepy. It could very well be a horrortale or a love story.


Review by Cristian - Melbourne, Australia1st April 2003

    Brilliant.


Review by Kendra - Miami, Florida, USA20th March 2003

    Beautiful metaphor for marriage in general.


Review by Dan Armstrong - Mobile, Alabama, USA12th January 2003

    Genuinely creepy song.


Review by Jonny - England3rd September 2002

    The most original gothic novel I never read.


Review by Waitsfan - Johnsburg, Illinois, USA21st August 2002

    Brilliant, captivating, entrancing....the instrumental passage sounds like Brahms, with a stroh violin.


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