Tom Waits - 'Underground'

"Underground" by Tom Waits from the album 'Swordfishtrombones'

#tomwaits #swordfishtrombones #underground
#Robots #chopshop

[ASHTHECOOL.]

"So long, son. Good luck with your dastardly plans!"

[Emll_]

I never thought it was an actual song, from an actual artist. I thought they were at the studio like “okay how would robots sing a song of slavery?”

[docrussian]

He sounds like a living cigarette but its pretty good.

[rattles]

Tom Waits quote: "Im not a percussionist, I just like hitting things."

[dwaterson]

This man, 100%, ate a bowl of nails for breakfast.

Without any milk.

[MacaldaReye]

To think that one guy in the writers room with an obscure music taste ran into the meeting with this gem

[geromejohnnygranada]

There's something so satisfying about the sound of this song. Steampunk vibes? The guttural vocals? The stoccato guitar? It's sublime

[Regular_Everyday_Normal_MF]

“We sir...”
“I’m a woman.”
“Ouch”
*Diesels eyes shatter*

[kid]

Imagine if he formed a metal band

It would been deathly

[piskow]

Rattle big black bones
In the danger zone
There's a rumblin' groan
Down below
There's a big dark town
It's a place i've found
There's a world going on
Underground
They're alive, they're awake
While the rest of the world is asleep
Below the mine shaft roads
It will all unfold
There's a world going on
Underground
All the roots hang down
Swing from town to town
They are marching around
Down under your boots
All the trucks unload
Beyond the gopher holes
There's a world going on
Underground

[kennyt]

Wow this song is great, it would sound so good if it was used in a movie about robots

[snailzy]

If you recognize this song you had a good childhood

[bradenhouse]

little did he know his song would be used in the movie robots.

[Mario]

I have no idea how the makers of Robots ever found this song considering how relatively obscure it is but I am glad they did since it fits perfectly with the scene that introduces the chop shop to the audience.

[JinxeBlaq]

Honestly, if I was working in a factory and they had this kinda music playing.. It wouldn’t be half bad.

[TehSkullKid]

I came here from Robots but this song intrigues me even more out of context. The choice of instruments, the composition, the singer's voice, the persistent beat across the whole thing, all of these elements work together to create an extremely well-realized sound in a way that feels almost effortless. If the lyrics were absent or vague you'd still get something close to the image of these toiling laborers working in their own little society just from listening to the music alone.

[zuliuka]

Not sure how they ended up choosing this for Chop Shop but I'm damn glad they did

[morsel]

Bro this was my favorite part in Robots before I even knew about Tom Waits lol

[donbototo]

This song lives rent free on the deepest side of my head since 2005

[SpicyClover]

Hard to believe I would've never discovered this song if it wasn't for an animated movie about robots in the early 2000s.