Dead and Lovely, Real Gone, Tom Waits [323]
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Dominic is back with Sam and Martin, thinking about both the beauty and exploitation-of-beauty that this song contains, and considering how it compares with the traditions of murder ballads.
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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Dead and Lovely, Real Gone (remastered), Tom Waits (2004/2017)
Long Black Veil, single, Jenny Owen Youngs (2017)
Dead and Lovely, Real Gone (original), Tom Waits (2004)
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