Let Me Get Up On It - Bone Machine [202]

Ooh it's another little sound fragment track from Waits this week, as Scary, Martin and Sam explore the possibilities of a James Brown pun in this penultimate track from Bone Machine. With debate over seagulls vs. squeaking gears, various branding opportunities for the Godfather of Soul, and... and... and it's only 53 seconds long, so we just talk about some other stuff.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Let Me Get Up On It, Bone Machine, Tom Waits (1992)

(Get Up I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Sex Machine, James Brown (1970)

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I Don't Wanna Grow Up - Bone Machine [201]

Scary, Martin & Sam return to Bone Machine for this Tom-Waits-Does-The-Ramones song about the frustrations of youth towards age. We take a look at ideas of inspiration, the evolution of punk in general and the Ramones specifically, and the value of our own childhood ambitions.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
I Don't Wanna Grow Up, Bone Machine, Tom Waits (1992)

I Don't Wanna Grow Up, music video (dir. Dayton/Faris & Jarmusch) via YouTube, Tom Waits (1992)

I Wanna Be Sedated, Road To Ruin, The Ramones (1978)

I Wanna Be Sedated, (dir. Fishman) via YouTube, The Ramones (1978)

I Don't Want To Grow Up, Adios Amigos, The Ramones (1995)

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Whistle Down the Wind (for Tom Jans) - Bone Machine [200]

We're at another anniversary, as guest host Scary Boots joins Sam & Martin for our bicentennial episode (muttermutter-onefromtheheart-mutter-nightonearth-muttermutter-whataboutthefilms-muttermutter) taking a look at this mournful ballad to locale and lost opportunity. Listening to the work of Tom Jans and thinking about what the dedication of a song means, we get a bit reflective about our own responses to music as an audience and a podcast.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Whistle Down the Wind, Bone Machine, Tom Waits (1992)

The Eyes Of An Only Child, The Eyes Of An Only Child, Tom Jans (1975)

Champion (album) via YouTube, Tom Jans (1982)

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