'Til The Money Runs Out - Heartattack And Vine [073]

Is Waits telling a story of newspaper distribution this week? Perhaps the grim reaper's journeying through LA's suburbs? Is a spoon-player trying to blag a bit more sound-check time? All we can say with certainty is… we don't know. We just don't know. (Thanks for tuning in…) Explicit warning for Ronnie Barron's disco odyssey, as well as Martin's dance moves. Thanks for sticking with us this long Sarah.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
'Til The Money Runs Out, Heartattack And Vine, Tom Waits (1980)

I Can Give It To You, 12" Single, Ronnie Barron (1980)

My Key Don't Fit, Gumbo Stew, Dr. John & Ronnie Barron (1993/2012)

Talk That Talk, More Gumbo Stew, Dr. John & Ronnie Barron (1993/2012)

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Jersey Girl - Heartattack And Vine [072]

More music discussion (that's what we're all here for, right, no surprises there?) with Sarah, Sam and Martin as we look at some of the… lighter lyrical writing of Tom Waits in this track from Heartattack and Vine. With various discussions about the impact of originals vs. covers, as well as the 20-year-leap time-travelling abilities of Sarah, we follow this album on yet another stylistic twist as we work through the album Song by Song.

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

Tears On My Pillow, Enjoy Yourself, Kylie Minogue (1989)

Tears On My Pillow, We Are The Imperials, Little Anthony & The Imperials (1958/1998)

Jersey Girl, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live 1975-1985, Bruce Springsteen (1986)

History Of Lyrics That Aren't Lyrics, YouTube, Collective Cadenza (2011)

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Downtown - Heartattack And Vine [071]

We're back amongst the nightlife of the city with Tom Waits in this fourth track from Heartattack And Vine, with Sarah Cook as our latest guest-host-tour-guide. We discuss some of the issues tying danger and identity to this location, as well as society's perception of those issues, in another episode of Song by Song.

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

Downtown, Petula Clark, The Best of Petula Clark (1996/1964)

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