Podcast by Song by Song podcast
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 10 hours 37 minutes
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Mule Variations teaser [254a]
A couple of weeks out from the return of Song by Song to your podcatcher, here's a little preview of some of the conversations we've already recorded.
episode 26: Old Shoes, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [254]
Martin and Sam conclude the Early Years with a slight shrug towards this Closing Time demo, albeit with some sadness and mixed feelings. Looking back on both albums, we consider what they illuminate in Waits’s writing, and how the Early Years songs...
episode 25: So It Goes, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [253]
Waits taps his inner animal (or two) as Martin Seagull-perches and Sam Puppy-scampers through this penultimate track from The Early Years. And, as a bonus, we take the space to listen to a trio of intervals speaking directly from an animal’s...
episode 24: Please Call Me, Baby, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [252]
Dan's working on a crush this week (apologies Sarah), as we dig into crunchy chords, excited grunts and more examples on the piano in this plea by Waits to a wandering love. Personal and instrumental yearning, the interplay between flaws and...
episode 23: Diamonds on My Windshield, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [251]
A knee-slappingly good episode with Dan and Sarah, as we return to Waits's love of the beat poets in this sung demo of his spoken-word track from The Heart of Saturday Night. Again we discuss choices and changes as Waits moves from demo to studio, the...
episode 22: Grapefruit Moon, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [250]
Actor/musicians and vocal coaches Sarah Mahoney and Dan De Cruz join Martin and Sam for some fruit-based imagery, a little demo/studio comparison, and some proper musical illustration courtesy of a guest with real musical facility. Also, 250 episodes,...
episode 21: Shiver Me Timbers, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [249]
Still no pirate-clown voice for Jeremy and Elizabeth, as Song by Song revisits this most sea-faring of Waits songs. We discuss its eulogistic tone, Waits's other oceanic music, as well as comparison to a very different style of singing.
episode 20: I Want You, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [248]
Elizabeth and Jeremy return for this gentle pastoral sketch of Waits's desire for another, and discuss the universality of this wanting sentiment, traditional masculine presentations of desire in music, and the irresistible rise of girl-power.
episode 19: Nobody, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [247]
Together again for the first time, Elizabeth Sankey and Jeremy Warmsley (aka Summer Camp) visit Martin and Sam for a discussion over demo-to-final-version transitions, the process of choosing tunes and harmonies, and of course… clown-pirates.
episode 18: Blue Skies, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [246]
A second week with Charlie brings his brief SbS return to a close, as we revisit this excellent demo version of Blue Skies. We broadly acknowledge our love of the simple 1971 version, before digging into Solange's 2016 image of Cranes in the Sky, and...