Singing from beyond the grave, Waits bridges the green grass boundary between life and death as David, Sam and Martin question whether this week's song presents a tender or threatening love.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Green Grass, Real Gone (remastered), Tom Waits (2004/2017)
Green Grass, Real Gone (original), Tom Waits (2004)
Green Green Grass Of Home, Green Green Grass Of Home, Tom Jones (1967)
Didn't He Ramble, The Complete Victor Recordings, Jelly Roll Morton (1939)
Didn't He Ramble, Goin' Back To New Orleans, Dr. John (1992)
Green Grass Of Home, BBC Jools Holland Hootenanny, Tom Jones (2009)
Green Green Grass Of Home, single, Johnny Darrell (1965)
Green Green Grass Of Home, Today, Elvis Presley (1975)
Green Green Grass Of Home, David's Album, Joan Baez (1969)
Lay Down In The Tall Grass, Timber Timbre, Timber Timbre (2010)
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