Elizabeth and Jeremy return for this gentle pastoral sketch of Waits's desire for another, and discuss the universality of this wanting sentiment, traditional masculine presentations of desire in music, and the irresistible rise of girl-power.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
I Want You, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits (1993)

Wannabe, Spice, The Spice Girls (1996)

Wannabe music video, dir. Jhoan Camitz, via YouTube (1996)

Viva Forever, Guilt by Association, Jim O'Rourke (2007)

I Want You, I Want You, Marvin Gaye (1976)

I Want You (She's So Heavy), Abbey Road, The Beatles (1969)

I Want You, Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan (1966)

I Want You, Welcome to Condale, Summer Camp (2011)

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