Musical Monday with Tom Waits

Downtown Train (1985)
Starring: Tom Waits and Jake LaMotta
Director: Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Rating: Seven of Ten Stars

When the moon is full, a weirdo (Waits) spends the night singing, bringing entertainment or exasperation to the residents of an inner-city neighborhood during the 1950s. (And he's lucky he doesn't live in the same neighborhood as this guy!)

 The teaser summary above is the set-up and story (such as it is) of the very creative video for "Downtown Train". The song was a single from Tom Waits' 1984 album "Rain Dogs". I can take or leave the song, but I love the video--including the odd tag at the end with Waits on the waterfront.

Fun Fact: There are no trains, downtown-bound or otherwise, in this video.

Musical Monday with Sting

"Russians" is anti-war song recorded by Sting at the height of his solo career, which coincided with the final stages of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and its allies and the United States of America and its allies. It's a great song, with a great video... and it seems like it's got a theme that's coming back around.


Russians (1985)

Starring: Sting

Director: Jean-Baptiste Mondino

Rating: Nine of Ten Stars