Sins of My Father - Real Gone [318]

Three episodes of talking to Sam and Martin, and Shani is starting to check her watch, as Waits makes an exteeeeended exploration of generational trauma. Runtime does preoccupy our conversation, as well as density of imagery, hope for the future, and the logistics of bodies of water. 

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Sins of My Father, Real Gone (remastered), Tom Waits (2004/2017)

Sins of My Father, Real Gone (original), Tom Waits (2004)
Can't Blame The Youth, single, Peter Tosh (1972)

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Hoist That Rag - Real Gone [317]

Groovy or bleak, polemic or afterparty, M.A.S.H or Generation Kill? Shani Erez rejoins Martin and Sam to look at the anthemic second track of Real Gone, exploring the anger of Waits, the song's effectiveness beyond its anti-war context, and the big remaster choices from 2017.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Hoist That Rag, Real Gone (remastered), Tom Waits (2004/2017)

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

Shipbuilding, My Middle Name Is Misery, Ruth Dolores Weiss (2012)

Shipbuilding, Punch The Clock, Elvis Costello and The Attractions (1983)

Shipbuilding, single, Robert Wyatt (1982)

You Can Never Hold Back Spring, Ruth Dolores Weiss and Yehu Yaron, IDC Radio, via YouTube (2012)

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Top of the Hill - Real Gone [316]

Season 21 launches into an opening track with surprising energy, as guest host Shani Erez joins Sam & Martin to climb the Real Gone mountain towards the top of that hill. The sonic qualities of this album, Waits's attitude to the stories he's telling, bawdy seafaring jokes about genitalia, and the utter delight of 1980s metal… it's a pretty standard episode really.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Top of the Hill, Real Gone (remastered), Tom Waits (2004/2017)

Top of the Hill, Real Gone (original), Tom Waits (2004)

Run To The Hills, The Number of the Beast, Iron Maiden (1982)

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