Philippa Spanos, our first guest from Swordfishtrombones, takes another look at Underground on Big Time, which seems to be her preferred upbeat bouncy party version. Back in the Song by Song bunker, Sam and Martin compare Disney animated corollaries, note the disparity of material and the similarity of tone on this live album, and how meaning is retained slightly better on this third track.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Underground, Big Time, Tom Waits (1988)
Underground, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)
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