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Romeo Is Bleeding (song)
"Romeo Is Bleeding" is a song written and performed by Tom Waits, and released on his 1978 album, ''Blue Valentine.''〔(''Blue Valentine'' track listing ) - Tom Waits Official Website - accessed June 1, 2010〕 The lyrics make frequent use of Spanish, including phrases such as "Hey Pachuco!", "Dáme esa pistola, hombre!" (Give me that pistol, man!), "Hijo de la chingada madre!" (You son of a fucking whore!), and "Vamos a dormir, hombre" (Let's go to sleep, man).〔 Waits also makes a reference to gangster movie-star James Cagney, also mentioned in "Invitation to the Blues" from the album ''Small Change.''
Jay S. Jacobs, in his book ''Wild years: the music and myth of Tom Waits,'' describes "Romeo is Bleeding" as depicting "a guy who sticks a shiv into the local sheriff () is fatally shot in the chest — a familiar Waits image, with echoes of ''West Side Story''".〔Jacobs, Jay S. (2000), ''Wild years: the music and myth of Tom Waits,'' ECW Press〕 Waits had more overtly referenced ''West Side Story'' earlier on the ''Blue Valentine'' album, with "Somewhere" as the opening track. According to Waits, the song is based on a real incident in Los Angeles, and concerns "a Mexican gang leader who was shot and died in a movie house in downtown L.A."〔("Romeo Is Bleeding" lyrics ) - Tom Waits Library - accessed June 1, 2010〕〔Soocher, Stan (1979) "Tom Waits For No One," ''Circus Weekly'', January 23, 1979〕
Music critic Adrian Denning wrote that "one song that would, could and SHOULD rank amongst () finest moments is the fabulous Jazz swing and late night seedy feel of 'Romeo is Bleeding.'" While lukewarm towards ''Blue Valentine'' in general, Denning remarked that the song "corrects matters somewhat," citing the song's "great vocals and... bass groove."〔(''Blue Valentine'' review ) - Adrian Denning's album reviews - accessed June 1, 2010〕 Robert Christgau wrote that "Romeo is Bleeding" was "easily my favorite among his Chandleroid sagas of tragedy outside the law," but added that it is "more effective on the jacket than when he () underlines its emotional resonance in song."〔(''Blue Valentine'' review ) - Robert Christgau's album reviews - accessed June 1, 2010〕 Patrick Humphries, in his book ''The many lives of Tom Waits,'' was unimpressed, labelling the song a "rewrite" of Waits' 1976 song, "Small Change."〔Humphries, Patrick (2007) ''The many lives of Tom Waits,'' Omnibus Press, p. 107〕 The song later lent its name to the Peter Medak film ''Romeo Is Bleeding'', which starred Gary Oldman.
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