Waits reaches out for a form out of his usual style, as Sam and Martin consider who and where this song is coming from, as well as the technique and attitude of Waits’s political work through Real Gone and beyond.

 

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:

Day After Tomorrow, Real Gone (remastered), Tom Waits (2004/2017)

Bella Ciao, Songs of Resistance: 1942-2018, Tom Waits / Marc Ribot (2018)

Day After Tomorrow, Real Gone (original), Tom Waits (2004)

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