Please Call Me, Baby - The Heart of Saturday Night [020]

In terms of affection and pet names, the "Baby" of this track creates some strong feelings in all three of us, as we reach the end of Alice's time with Song by Song. Discussion ranges widely, from Christopher Walken to drinking problems. What's clear by the end of this week's episode is this - someone needs to get the next round in!

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Please Call Me, Baby, The Heart of Saturday Night, Tom Waits (1974)

Baby It's Cold Outside, Jimmy Pardo and Scott Aukerman via Youtube (2012)

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Fumblin' With The Blues - The Heart of Saturday Night [019]

Some bleak facts presented this week on the show, but regardless Martin, Sam and Alice continue their journey through the second half of The Heart of Saturday Night, discussing issues of authenticity and honesty in Waits's voice, as well as touching on one of his greatest influences.

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

St Louis Blues, Live At The 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival, Louis Armstrong (1958/2007)

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The Heart of Saturday Night - The Heart of Saturday Night [018]

We made it! Finally arriving at the much-promised Heart of Saturday Night, Martin, Sam and Alice discover that, while there's still a dark edge to his music, there are Tom Waits songs that you can play at a party (or at least while getting ready to go to one). With the first half of the album concluded, we can all comb our hair, put on a dress or a tie and head into what presumably must be the other internal organs of Sunday morning...

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

The Heart of Saturday Night, On The Scene '73 KPFK Folk Scene Broadcast, Tom Waits (1973)

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Diamonds On My Windshield - The Heart of Saturday Night [017]

Martin and Sam greet new guest host Alice Sanders to discuss the first of Tom Waits's beat poems, following the meandering imagery of an unsettled man drifting along California's roads. Song structure and creating intimacy and a sense of time all get mentioned... and Sam totally forgets that Diamonds isn't on Nighthawks, it's on Dime Store Novels. Idiot.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Diamonds on my Windshield, The Heart of Saturday Night, Tom Waits (1974)

October in the Railroad Earth, Poetry For The Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac and Steve Allen (1959)

And for contrast, Diamonds on my Windshield, Dime Store Novels vol. 1, Tom Waits (1974)

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