Miranda returns alongside Jo (not currently available on table-tops) to talk about parody and joy in this Waits track as well as it's 1992 demo version. We dig into a discussion of the entertainment industry, images of American exceptionalism, and the presence/absence of women in music.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Table Top Joe, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)
Wrote My Way Out, The Hamilton Mixtape, Lin-Manuel Miranda / Naz / Dave East / Aloe Blacc (2016)
Table Top Joe, The Alice Demos, Tom Waits (1992 - unreleased)
House of Love, Kenny Craddock Sings Gardner-Pound, Kenny Craddock (2001)
The Rose That Never Grew, Slamalamadingdong (via Melbourne Spoken Word on YouTube), Miss Yankey (2019)
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