Tom Waits - Hold On (Music Video Analysis)

This is the second Tom Wait's video I plan to analyse as I feel this is a more typical example of Folk Rock music videos.

All aspects of the video have an old time filter on it, this could possibly . The video is almost entirely performance based with only a few brief narrative shots. This is reflecting his age but also the age of the style of music he is playing with Folk music having an extensive history.

The video is very performance heavy with him performing in different locations with different guitars. He stands very still while playing staying in one spot only moving his arms. This could be seen as reflecting his age which Tom Waits embraces.  He is represented in his usual manner of being dressed in a suit with a hat.

What little narrative there is involves a women in a car driving across America with no clear goal.