Blue Skies - The Heart of Saturday Night [024]

Even though we finished the album last week, there's one more episode and one more song for season two here at Song by Song, as Martin, Sam and Isy discuss a single from (but not from?) The Heart of Saturday Night in Blue Skies. Isy's love of messy houses, Sam's pronunciation of "Johnsons", and Martin's smooth marble egg theory all make an appearance, as we hit our second milestone in the Song by Song project. Two down, only ohmygodhowmany to go...

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

Blue Skies, The Early Years Vol. 2, Tom Waits (1971/1993)

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The Ghosts of Saturday Night - The Heart of Saturday Night [023]

The final track of Tom Waits's second album finds us peering through the window of a diner, watching the world passing by. Isy Suttie continues her stint as guest host, describing some of her early experiences playing music in Matlock, through to her current listening habits; Martin expresses his difficulties with Best Of albums and Heart of Saturday Night as a concept album; and Sam generates a conspiracy-theory-esqe thesis about this final track's links to previous songs. But is this the end of season two? Or is there one last twist in the tale?

[Disclaimer: This episode was recorded before the death of the peerless David Bowie]

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone's Pizza House), The Heart of Saturday Night, Tom Waits (1974)

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Drunk On The Moon - The Heart of Saturday Night [022]

Returning from the Christmas break (which we slightly caught ourselves off-guard with, hope nobody was confused by a lack of episode for the last few weeks), we push on towards the close of this second season of Song by Song. Isy Suttie returns to debate, amongst other things, the relationship between audience and performer in live and recorded settings, and the ways that this can be shifted and altered. We also discuss Frank Zappa, Waits's difficulties opening for him on tour, and even find time to talk about Drunk On The Moon itself... all in less than 15 minutes!

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

Friday The 13th, Thelonius Monk & Sonny Rollins, Monk/Rollins (1954)

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Depot, Depot - The Heart of Saturday Night [021]

Isy Suttie joins Sam and Martin for these final tracks from The Heart of Saturday Night, stuck at the end of the line but not short on topics for discussion. Comparing Nina Simone's metaphorical End of the Line from Pastel Blues to Waits's literal Depot, and envying someone's chances to see Waits live, we enter the home straight on the second season of Song by Song.

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

End of the Line, Pastel Blues, Nina Simone (1965)

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