Jul 13, 2022
High energy blues number - check. Harsh beat-boxing rhythmic tone - check. Mumbled lyrics and anti-poetic phrasing - check. David, Sam and Martin find all the required elements, but discuss whether it all comes together in this week’s song.
Note: we mention Mark Rylance this episode; between recording and release, his brother Jonathan was killed - sympathies from all of us for this loss.
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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes
include:
Baby Gonna Leave Me, Real Gone (remastered), Tom Waits
(2004/2017)
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, In Concert, Joan Baez (1962)
Baby Gonna Leave Me, Real Gone (original), Tom Waits (2004)
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