Somewhere (from West Side Story), Blue Valentine, Tom Waits [056]

A trip to the musicals for this first episode on Blue Valentine, as Martin and Sam are joined by Caspar Salmon and Elizabeth Sankey to discuss another of Waits's rare covers. The (perhaps inevitable) comparisons between this and other versions of Somewhere, the nature of the song in its original context and the extent to which Waits reinterprets the material all kick off season six of Song by Song. 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: Somewhere (from West Side Story), Blue Valentine, Tom Waits (1978) Somewhere, West Side Story Motion Picture Soundtrack, Jim Bryant & Marni Nixon [w. Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim] (1961) 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 - Somewhere (from West Side Story) Theres a place for us somewhere a place for us peace and quiet and open air wait for us somewhere There's a time for us Someday a time for us Time together a time to spare Time to learn and time to care Someday somewhere We'll find a new way of living We'll find a way of forgiving Somewhere Theres a place for us A time and a place for us Hold my hand and we're halfway there Hold my hand and I'll take you there Somehow someday somewhere