Back In The Crowd - Bad As Me [420]

Joined by long-hoped-for guest Sara Gran, Sam and Martin shuffle back into the crowd of emotional songs of loss and yearning, flanked by Waits in a sorrowful mode and Roy Orbison full of powerful declamatory emotion. Some lyrical interpretation, a little passive-aggression, and the question of how lonely a voice sounds all occupy our discussion, as we continue through Bad As Me.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Back In The Crowd, Bad As Me, Tom Waits (2011)

Only The Lonely, Lonely and Blue, Roy Orbison (1960)

Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison and Friends Black & White Night 30, Roy Orbison (1988)

Behind the scenes of Roy Orbison and Friends Black & White Night 30 (1988)

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Semi Suite - The Heart of Saturday Night [015]

Song by Song hits the road as Tom Waits chronicles the trials of a man driving the American freeways... and the women he leaves in his wake. A condemnation, a romanticism, intimate or dismissive? Anna Turrell returns for this third track, still searching for Saturday Night's Heart. 

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Semi Suite, The Heart of Saturday Night, Tom Waits (1974)

Working for the Man, More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits, Roy Orbison (1964)

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