We welcome writer and podcaster Tim Clare to Song by Song, for more Orphaned songs about the significance of imaginary diamonds, sound-check deadlines, and a collaboration with Primus. We discuss reinterpretations of The Ramones, another version of Kerouac’s song On The Road, and a very valuable belt.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Diamond In Your Mind, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Diamond In Your Mind, Healing The Divide: A Concert For Reconciliation And Peace, Tom Waits / The Chronos Quartet (2007)
Diamond In Your Mind, Don't Give Up On Me, Solomon Burke (2002)
Danny Says, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Danny Says, End of the Century, The Ramones (1980)
Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight), Brain Drain, The Ramones (1989)
On The Road, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Waits and Primus recording On The Road, extract from Videoplasty (1998)
Home I'll Never Be, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
On The Road (excerpt), Jack Kerouac reads On The Road, Jack Kerouac (1999)
If It Wasnae for Your Wellies, A Life In The Day Of: The Collection, Billy Connolly (1998)
Maybe Tomorrow, theme music from the Littlest Hobo, Terry Bush (1963)
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