Metroid Music, Bond Themes & Jazz Philosophy

<p>Polish your reading glasses and pour a cup of tea - it's time for a Strong Songs mailbag!</p><p>On the last Q&A episode of year three, Kirk answers questions on <i>Metroid</i> meter, mystery Bond instruments, (more) Tuvan throat singing, how to count odd meters like <i>The Terminator</i> theme, actors who pretend to play instruments, and how to define a musical "work," even if the work in question is improvised.</p><p><strong>REFERENCED ON THIS EPISODE:</strong></p><ul><li>“Wishing” by John Frusciante from <i>The Will to Death</i>, 2004</li><li>“<i>Super Metroid</i> Theme” by Kenji Yamamoto from <i>Super Metroid</i>, 1994</li><li>“Kwolok’s Malaise” by Gareth Coker from <i>Ori and the Will of the Wisps</i>, 2020</li><li>Tuvan-style throat singing from <i>Ghost of Tsushima</i>: Iki Island, 2021</li><li>“Alash Khem (Alash River Song)” performed by Congar Ol’Ondar w/ Béla Fleck and the Flecktones on <i>Live at the Quick</i>, 2002</li><li>Aboriginal Australian musician Lewis Burns <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG9ZX1FS20A">performing traditional Digiridoo</a></li><li>“Main Title from <i>The Terminator</i>” by Brad Fiedel, 1984</li><li>"Blue Rondo a la Turk" by Dave Brubeck from <i>Time Out</i>, 1959</li><li>“Spectre” by Radiohead, 2015</li><li>“You Only Live Twice” by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse, performed by Nancy Sinatra for <i>You Only Live Twice</i>, 1967</li><li>“Sonata for Oboe and continuo in c minor, RV53” by Antonio Vivaldi, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-pIudhSCSg">performed by In-Gun Hwang</a></li><li>“Bassoon Concerto in F Major, Op. 75” by Carl Maria von Weber, performed by Michele Bowen</li><li>An <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupreme/2011/07/04/137607222/wendell-pierce-everyones-favorite-fake-trombone-player">NPR interview</a> with Wendell Pierce about his role as trombonist Antoine Batiste on <i>Treme</i></li><li>An excerpt from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jzWk00x51A">the climactic drum solo</a> from <i>Whiplash</i></li><li>The<a href="https://www