Vera Chok makes her triumphant 2023 return to Song by Song for fat driving beats, donated smooth jazz vocals and a moment of zen. This week we discuss the anger of an ageing codependent relationship, the nature (and futility) of advice, and the magic of anticipated nostalgia.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
All The Time, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Interpretation of All The Time by user "Believo', from genius.com
Little Man, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
I'm Not Your Fool Anymore, Mississippi Lad, Teddy Edwards (1991)
Sonny Boy, You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet, Jackie Wilson (1961)
Sonny Boy, sung by various performers, from 'Tuppy and the Terrier', Jeeves & Wooster S01E02, ITV (1990)
Nirvana, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Tom Waits reads 'The Laughing Heart', by Charles Bukowski, from 'Bukowski: Born Into This', dir. John Dullaghan (2003)
Tom Waits on Charles Bukowski, from 'Bukowski: Born Into This', dir. John Dullaghan (2003)
'Bukowski: Born Into This', dir. John Dullaghan (2003)
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