SONG OF THE DAY
“Cold, Cold Ground” by Tom Waits (Franks Wild Years, Island Records, 1987). Written by Tom Waits.
WHERE I HEARD IT
The song is used during an episode of Homicide: Life On The Street, which I was thinking of because Melissa Leo also reminds me of HLOTS, and she’s been in the news a lot for those ads and for the Oscar and for her dress and all that jazz.
INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)
– Franks Wild Years is an album by Tom Waits, released 1987 on Island Records. Subtitled “Un Operachi Romantico in Two Acts”, the album contains songs written by Waits and collaborators (mainly his wife, Kathleen Brennan) for a play of the same name.
– The shared title of the album and the play is an iteration of “Frank’s Wild Years”, a song from Waits’ 1983 album Swordfishtrombones.
– The play had its world premiere at the Briar St. Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on June 22, 1986, performed by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
– Various versions of “Way Down in the Hole” were used as the theme music for the HBO series The Wire, including Waits’ original version for the second season.