After You Die - Bad As Me [429]

WE DID IT! Just over 8 years and several hundred episodes since Ol’ 55, we’ve songed all the songs there are to Song by Song. Along with a little look back at Bad As Me, Kirk, Sam and Martin also give this alphabetically-first-but-chronologically-last track full consideration, and quickly check in to see how The Eagles have been doing. Plus - BONUS! A final appearance of the Smooth Marble Egg theory of art!

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
After You Die, Bad As Me, Tom Waits (2011)

I Wish You Peace, One Of These Nights, The Eagles (1975)

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Tell Me - Bad As Me [428]

A quintessential and sincere song of advice and experience for Kirk, Martin and Sam this week, perhaps also bordering on the sentimental? We discuss the paired imagery in the lyrics, more rhythmic shifting, and examine the questions these songs are asking (along with the answers they suggest).

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Tell Me, Bad As Me, Tom Waits (2011)

Why, Diva, Annie Lennox (1992)

Why, music video, dir. Sophie Muller (1992)

"Walking On Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox, Strong Songs podcast, Kirk Hamilton (2020)

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She Stole The Blush - Bad As Me [427]

Diving into the three bonus tracks from the Bad As Me Deluxe edition, Sam and Martin welcome Kirk Hamilton of the Strong Songs podcast to explore isolated sax stabs, irregular rhythmic structures and sparse arrangements. We consider Waits's continued vocal experimentation, the oblique details of his lyric writing, and the politics and history of dancehall/pop crossovers from reggae star Shaggy.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
She Stole The Blush, Bad As Me, Tom Waits (2011)

Way Down In The Hole, Franks Wild Years, Tom Waits (1987)

It Wasn't Me, Hot Shot, Shaggy feat. Rik Rok (2000)

'Deny, Deny, Deny' from A Guide For The Married Man, dir. Gene Kelly (1967)

'It Wasn't Me' from Eddie Murphy: Raw, dir. Robert Townshend ((1987)

It Wasn't Me, music video, dir. Stephen Scott (2000)

The Story of 'It Wasn't Me' by Shaggy, The Story Of, VICE Media via YouTube (2020)

"Kiss" by Prince, Strong Songs podcast, Kirk Hamilton (2020)

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