Song by Song is a podcast celebrating the music of Tom Waits, hosted by podcaster-musician Martin Zaltz Austwick and actor-musician Sam Pay. Sam and Martin set themselves the goal of listening to Tom Waits’s back catalogue from beginning to end, and devoting an episode to discussing each track. Song by Song is in no way officially linked to Tom Waits, or endorsed by Tom Waits, or associates. All excerpts are used for criticism purposes - please purchase your own copies of the music at your favourite shop, app, or platform to get the full experience and support musicians' work.
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Song by Song Mailbag #1
As Martin and Sam continue preparations for season eleven, Franks Wild Years, we take a long-overdue dive into the mailbag to justify the endless trails of email/twitter/facebook in *every single episode*! With comments, corrections, additions and rock-climbing videos going all the way back to our first series, Song by Song revisits some old ideas and older jokes.
Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay; two musicians listening to and discussing every single Tom Waits track in chronological order.
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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Rosie, Closing Time, Tom Waits (1973)
Warm Beer And Cold Women, Nighthawks At The Diner, Tom Waits (1975)
Fyn Er Fin, Fyn Er Fin, Lasse & Mathilde (1995)
Pasties and a G-String (At the Two O'Clock Club), Small Change, Tom Waits (1976)
I Beg Your Pardon, One From the Heart Original Soundtrack, Tom Waits/Crystal Gale (1982)
Take Me Home, One From the Heart Original Soundtrack, Tom Waits/Crystal Gale (1982)
Frank's Wild Years, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)
Swordfishtrombone, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)
Trouble's Braids, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)
Cemetery Polka, Rain Dogs, Tom Waits (1985)
Take Me Home, One From The Heart (outtake), Tom Waits (1982)
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Lyrics - Fyn Er Fin (as provided by listener Mats Ahlin (Note: Fyn is one of the Danish islands):
You can think it's a good sight
To look at the scenery in Midtfyn
When a groomed hooked road
"Stand down and there" No a "
Is there a troll with witch shudder?
And princesses with sexy skin
And they dance wild at night
However, they protect the magic tax
Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice.
You can think it's a good sight
When you are a bye and you have seen Funen
Beautiful houses ... island bukke shower
Thy protest singer and a horse contender
Between Store and Lillebælt
We have a crown with circus tents
And we sing and drink at night
We will give you if you want to take it
Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice.
To all of you who have only seen Funen
And never been to Midtfyn itself
You must know, you must suffer
And are you blinded with sadness in the mind
And do not know a farm
Then you will be healed in Lundeborg
Because there you sing gently at night
An anthem just like people want it
Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice.
Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice
Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice, Fyn is NICE.