Strange Weather, Big Time, Tom Waits [152]

Helen Zaltzman returns for the second new track from Big Time, this time dealing with the dull mundanity of cloudy days. The Marianne Faithfull version and the klezmer style in this track are discussed, as well as other representations of weather through the work of Ann Peebles. Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay; two musicians listening to and discussing every single Tom Waits track in chronological order. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod e-mail: [email protected] Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: Strange Weather, Big Time, Tom Waits (1988) I Can't Stand The Rain, I Can't Stand The Rain, Ann Peebles (1973/1974) We think your Song by Song experience will be enhanced by hearing, in full, the songs featured in the show, which you can get hold of from your favourite record shop or online platform. Please support artists by buying their music, or using services which guarantee artists a revenue - listen responsibly. Lyrics - Strange Weather Will you take me across the channel London Bridge is falling down Strange a woman tries to save More than a man will try to drown And it's the rain that they predicted It's the forecast every time The rose has died because you picked it I believe that brandy's mine And all over the world Strangers talk only about the weather All over the world It's the same It's the same And the world is getting flatter And the sky is falling all around Oh and nothing is the matter For I'll never cry in town And a love like ours my dear Is best measured when it's down And I never buy umbrellas Cause there's always one around And all over the world Strangers talk only about the weather All over the world It's the same It's the same And you know that it's the beginning And you know that it's the end Once again we are strangers As the fog goes rolling in And all over the world Strangers talk only about the weather All over the world It's the same It's the same It's the same