Mailbag Episode #7

Our final season wouldn't be complete without a look at the emails sent in by you, dear listeners, covering some errors and omissions, new theories, questions about remasters and several lovely well-wishes as we head towards the end of the show.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Singapore, Rain Dogs, Tom Waits (1985)

Shiver Me Timbers, The Heart of Saturday Night, Tom Waits (1974)

You Have Beautiful Eyes, Over The Garden Wall OST, The Blasting Company (2014/2016)

Black Box Theme, The Black Rider, Tom Waits (1993)

Russian Dance, The Black Rider, Tom Waits (1993)

Tome of the Unknown, short film (Narrator voices by Warren Burton), Patrick McHale / Cartoon Network (2013)

"Enoch Punishment" clip from Over The Garden Wall (Enoch voiced by Chris Issak), Patrick McHale / Cartoon Network (2014)

"The Beast" clip from Over The Garden Wall (The Beast voiced by Samuel Ramey), Patrick McHale / Cartoon Network (2014)

Buzz Fledderjohn, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers and Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)

Piosenki Toma Waitsa (Songs by Tom Waits), album, Kazik Staszewski (2011)

Discogs listing for Piosenki Toma Waitsa, featuring title translations
NPR presentation of Glitter & Doom tour performance from The Fox Theatre, Atlanta GA (5 July 2008)
Chicago, Bad As Me, Tom Waits (2011)

Cold River, Master of Disaster, John Hiatt (2005)

Hell Broke Luce, Bad As Me, Tom Waits (2011)

Sixthfinger from Topper Toys, advert (1965)

Why Oh Why, Songs to Grow On for Mother and Child, Woodie Guthrie (recorded 1947, released 1956/1991)

Soldier's Things (original via YouTube), Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)

Soldier's Things (2023 remaster), Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)

Crossroads (original via YouTube), The Black Rider, Tom Waits (1993)

Crossroads (2023 remaster), The Black Rider, Tom Waits (1993)

Dave The Butcher (original via YouTube), Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)

Dave The Butcher (2023 remaster), Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)

Swordfishtrombone (original via YouTube), Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)

Swordfishtrombone (2023 remaster), Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)

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Mailbag Episode #6

As we enter 2023, Sam and Martin take a quick rummage through the emails, tweets and carrier pigeon letters the listeners have sent in over the last year, getting your take on lyrical and musical elements we may have missed, as well as a bunch of other thoughts and considerations.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Heartattack And Vine, Heartattack And Vine, Tom Waits (1980)

A Little Rain, Bone Machine, Tom Waits (1992)

Starving In The Belly Of A Whale, Blood Money, Tom Waits (2002)

Cape Cod Times story - Man swallowed by Whale
Just The Way We Are Boys, unreleased Woyzeck song, Tom Waits (2000)

Hoist That Rag, Real Gone, Tom Waits (2004)

Sins Of My Father, Real Gone, Tom Waits (2004)

Bad As Me, Spirit In The Room, Tom Jones (2012)

Bad As Me, live at the San Diego House Of Blues, Tom Jones (2014)

Day After Tomorrow, Real Gone, Tom Waits (2004)

Tom Waits on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (2006)
Going Fetal, Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, The Eels (2005)

New live tracks from the 2022 Anniversary Editions of Alice and Blood Money

Grave Diggers: Tom Waits, compilation EP (2022/various)

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Mailbag Episode #5

Before we move on into more films and Real Gone, Sam & Martin dig into the letters, tweets and pigeon-post sent in by listeners over the last year or so, accepting corrections, embracing re-interpretations and talking about disappointing lakes.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
On The Nickel, Heartattack And Vine, Tom Waits (1980)

16 Shells From A 30.6, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)

Pony, Mule Variations, Tom Waits (1999)

Picture In A Frame, Mule Variations, Tom Waits (1999)

I'm Still Here, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)

Filipino Box Spring Hog, Mule Variations, Tom Waits (1999)

He's Gonna Make It, Nathaniel Metcalfe, via Vimeo (2011)

Take It With Me, Mule Variations, Tom Waits (1999)

Come On Up To The House, Mule Variations, Tom Waits (1999)

Ray Padgett's alphabetical Tom Waits substack 'Every Tom Waits Song'
Babbachichuija, Orbitones Spoon Harps & Bellowphones, Bart Hopkins / Tom Waits (1998)

Everything You Can Think, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)

Misery Is The River Of The World, Blood Money, Tom Waits (2002)

Paul Robeson episode of 'You're Dead To Me' podcast, BBC/Greg Jenner/Desiree Burch/Prof Shana L. Redmond (2021)

All The World is Green, Blood Money, Tom Waits (2002)

Allt är som förut, Mitt dumma jag - Svensk jazz, Bo Sundström (2018)

Hoist That Rag, Real Gone (original release), Tom Waits (2004)

Hoist That Rag, Real Gone (remastered), Tom Waits (2004)

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Mailbag Episode #4

A brief seasonal diversion into listener mail sees Martin and Sam discussing Elton John, winters in South London, and of course the second SbS appearance of Australian spin-bowler Mike Whitney . Nothing says Christmas like Mike Whitney. Happy Holidays all - we'll see you in 2021 for the second half of Mule Variations!

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Big In Japan, Mule Variations, Tom Waits (1999)

Innocent When You Dream (Barroom), Frank's Wild Years, Tom Waits (1987)

Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels), You Don't Mess Around With Jim, Jim Croce (1972)

Mike Whitney, I Will Always Love You, The Late Show (1993)

Downtown Train (NME Version), NME Big Four Feb '86, Tom Waits (1986)

Fishing With John - Episode 2 - Tom Waits, via YouTube (1991)

Link to Amazon Prime (US) streamable version of Big Time
Mojo scene from Almost Famous, Terry Chen as Ben Fong-Torres, dir. Cameron Crowe via YouTube (2000)

City of Angels trailer, dir. Brad Silberling, via Youtube (1998)

Ghost Rider trailer, dir. Mark Steven Johnson, via YouTube (2007)

Wings of Desire trailer, dir. Wim Wenders, via YouTube (1989)

Woman on the Tier, Dead Man Walking OST/RetroSpective: The Best of Suzanne Vega, Suzanne Vega (1996/2003)

Tom Waits - The Acting Years, video essay via Vimeo, Leigh Singer (2019)

Moanin' Parade, C-Side/Petit Mal/Tom Waits (2000)

Swarm Warnings, C-Side/Petit Mal/Tom Waits (2000)

Sideshow Séance, various/Tom Waits (2007)

Thirsty?, various/Tom Waits (2012)

Waits Waits Don't Tom Me podcast (2020)

The Making of Tom Waits' Mule Variations by Jacob Paul Nielsen from Tape Op Magazine #140 (Nov/Dec 2020)
Thousand Bing Bangs, Devout Catalyst, Ken Nordine/Tom Waits (1991)

The Movie, Devout Catalyst, Ken Nordine/Tom Waits (1991)

THE STREET TOM WAITS GREW UP ON - Posted by Tom Gauld on Monday, 22 October 2012
It's Quarantime Podcast Ep13 (2020)

Ragbag Podcast Ep69 (2020)

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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.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
News From The Duke from The Black Rider: The Casting of the 12 Magic Bullets (filmed at the Weiner Festwochen, via YouTube), Wilson/Burroughs/Waits (1990)

16 Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Ford Favourites (1955/1957)

Town With No Cheer, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)

The Black Rider, Black Letter Days, Frank Black & The Catholics (2002)

The Black Rider - 2, Black Letter Days, Frank Black & The Catholics (2002)

Episode 21 - Batman: Mask of the Phantasm with Sam Pay, 90 Minute Or Less Film Festival Podcast (2019) Episode 22 - Safety Not Guaranteed LIVE with Colin Trevorrow, Helen Zaltzman and Martin Austwick, 90 Minute Or Less Film Festival Podcast (2019) 2015 Aphex Waits (Aphex Twin & Tom Waits mashup), Eskmo, via Soundcloud (2015)

Tom Waits Podcasts, Andy’s Podcaster Podcasting Podcast (2019)

Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits, various artists (2019)

Soldier's Things, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)

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Mailbag Episode #2

Happy New Year! 2019 brings Song by Song back to take another look through 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.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Just Another Sucker On The Vine, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Pieces of a Man, Gil Scott-Heron (1971)

Don't Get Around Much Anymore, The Duke: The Columbia Years, Duke Ellington (1927-1962?)

Click here for the text of the play Frank's Wild Years, courtesy of The Tom Waits Library
Beulah Land, Complete Studio Recordings, Mississippi John Hurt (2000)

Beulah Land, Avalon Blues: A Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt, Gillian Welch (2001)

Click here for the ABC network 'Take 5' interview with Tom Waits promoting Bad As Me.
Bella Ciao, Songs of Resistance 1942-2018, Marc Ribot/Tom Waits (2018)

On The Nickel, via YouTube, Puddles Pity Party (2017)

Hang On St. Christopher (demo) via YouTube

Temptation (demo) via YouTube

Please Wake Me Up (demo) via YouTube

More Than Rain (demo) via YouTube

Train Song (demo) via YouTube

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Mailbag Episode #1

Come with us now on a journey through our own history, as we provide a platform for all the listeners who have screamed at their podcatcher "THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT MEANS YOU IDIOTS!" It's our first mailbag episode, featuring comments collected from our email, twitter and facebook about episodes as far back as series one. Discussion includes everything from Danish lyrics, Kathy Bates, tit-tape, Stewart Lee, the music of Burundi, irony in the work of the Beastie Boys, rock-climbing nomenclature and horn blowing. Truly a kaleidoscope of Song by Song. And we'll be back in a couple of weeks with the beginning of Franks Wild Years!

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Rosie, The Pursuit Of Happiness, The Beat Farmers (1987)

Lyrics for Fyn Er Fin as provided by listener Mats Ahlin (Note: Fyn is one of the Danish islands):

You can think it's a good sight
To look at the scenery in Midtfyn
When a groomed hooked road
"Stand down and there" No a "
Is there a troll with witch shudder?
And princesses with sexy skin
And they dance wild at night
However, they protect the magic tax
Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice.

You can think it's a good sight
When you are a bye and you have seen Funen
Beautiful houses ... island bukke shower
Thy protest singer and a horse contender
Between Store and Lillebælt
We have a crown with circus tents
And we sing and drink at night
We will give you if you want to take it
Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice.

To all of you who have only seen Funen
And never been to Midtfyn itself
You must know, you must suffer
And are you blinded with sadness in the mind
And do not know a farm
Then you will be healed in Lundeborg
Because there you sing gently at night
An anthem just like people want it
Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice.

Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice
Fyn is nice, Fyn is nice, Fyn is NICE.

Vicky Hancock website www.jeujeulafoille.com
Girls, Licenced To Ill, Beastie Boys (1986)

Fight For Your Right, Licenced To Ill, Beastie Boys (1986)

End of Harry's Law - Kathy Bates sings Take Me Home

Take Me Home, One From The Heart (outtake), Tom Waits (1982)

Frank's Wild Years music video by Solvi Dunn

Climbing video featuring Swordfishtrombone

Climbing video featuring Frank's Wild Years

Chant avec cithare, Burundi: musiques traditionnelles, François Muduga (2015)

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