Song by Song

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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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 19m. Bisher sind 400 Folge(n) erschienen. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 3 hours 32 minutes

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Mailbag Episode #3


Happy New Year! It’s 2020 and that means Song by Song is taking the opportunity to delve into some of the listener mail we've received over the last year or so. Check out the show notes below for more links and details of the songs discussed....


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 January 15, 2020  34m
 
 

The Early Years teaser [228a]


A quick preamble to season sixteen, as Martin and Sam prepare to go back to Waits's earliest demos, as well as a bunch of new songs from the early 70s. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod e-mail: songbysongpodcast@gmail.com Music...


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 January 22, 2020  2m
 
 

episode 1: Goin' Down Slow, The Early Years vol 1, Tom Waits [229]


Helen Zaltzman returns, along with new guest host Amy Smith, to join Sam & Martin for season 16 of Song by Song. We take a trip back to Waits's earliest writing from 1971 in this album of demos and unreleased tracks, discussing the temporal and...


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 February 5, 2020  17m
 
 

episode 2: Poncho's Lament, The Early Years vol 1, Tom Waits [230]


A second week with Amy and Helen sees everyone feeling that the work is slighter and possibly understanding why this track didn't make the jump onto a studio recording. Our guests discuss with Martin and Sam ideas of cliche and originality, the...


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 February 12, 2020  17m
 
 

episode 3: I'm Your Late Night Evening Prostitute, The Early Years vol 1, Tom Waits [231]


Is this a tender song, a wry observation about the music industry, or a badly-placed bit of bawdy humour? Helen & Amy rejoin Martin & Sam to listen to a Tom Waits track that may have killed at the Troubadour, but does not seem to land on the...


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 February 19, 2020  20m
 
 

episode 4: Had Me A Girl, The Early Years vol 1, Tom Waits [232]


Alice Fraser of The Bugle and The Last Post joins Martin and Sam to take a look at Waits's geocached conquest spreadsheet and the blue consequences thereof. The sexual politics of "having" and "virginity" gets serious consideration, as well as more...


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 February 26, 2020  20m
 
 

episode 5: Ice Cream Man, The Early Years vol 1, Tom Waits [233]


Alice returns for our first demo-to-studio jump, as Waits either trades frozen treats for hot lovin', or just embarks on a peripatetic dairy-based romance. Song endings, the interpretation between demos and final versions, as well as the nature of...


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 March 4, 2020  18m
 
 

episode 6: Rocking Chair, The Early Years vol 1, Tom Waits [234]


This week's sees Sam & Martin at odds and Alice forced to mediate over this country-style song about boredom and ageing. Returning to Waits's 70s writing brings us back to a discussion of appropriation, as well as unique voices and their...


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 March 11, 2020  22m
 
 

episode 7: Virginia Avenue, The Early Years vol 1, Tom Waits [235]


Guest host Michael Caines joins Martin & Sam for another early version of a Closing Time track, as Waits wanders through Hollywood (or San Diego?) (or Reno?!?) slightly the worse for wear, as Song by Song has a think about how artists reinterpret...


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 March 18, 2020  15m
 
 

episode 8: Midnight Lullaby, The Early Years vol 1, Tom Waits [236]


A sleepy week sees Michael, Sam & Martin brushing their teeth, getting in their pyjamas and heading off to bed. All three of us are struck by the strength of this Early Years version/demo, particularly the arrangement, and how it compares to other...


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 March 25, 2020  18m
 
 
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