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Artist:Elvis Costello [ more ]
Song:Alison
Album:My Aim Is True [ info ]
Released:1977
Last Played:May 27, 2013 - 06:50
Avg. Rating:7.4  (Total Ratings: 928)
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1 votes: 55 (5.9%)2 votes: 19 (2%)3 votes: 40 (4.3%)4 votes: 16 (1.7%)5 votes: 32 (3.4%)6 votes: 32 (3.4%)7 votes: 106 (11%)8 votes: 253 (27%)9 votes: 237 (26%)10 votes: 138 (15%)
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stickittotheman
(schmocation.)
Posted: Feb 07, 2005 - 14:04 

Songs about shootin your woman:

Hey Joe
Down by the River
Delia's Gone
Allison

ciscochasbro
(Peturluma, CA)
Posted: Feb 07, 2005 - 14:04 

Daveinbawlmer wrote:

Timeless. This song will live thru the ages. :!:

Totally agree....
Daveinbawlmer
Posted: Dec 10, 2004 - 12:25 


Timeless. This song will live thru the ages. :!:
phineas
(Knee deep in the trees)
Posted: Dec 10, 2004 - 12:25 

Platypus wrote:
definitely one of his worst.

:-s
alicewonderland
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Nov 11, 2004 - 02:18 

Railbird wrote:
I never tire of this one.

After many years and countless listens, there's still something about this song that makes me stop in my tracks. During the last bit, the "my aim is true" bit... I sort of stare... into space... and ponder the strangeness of the human heart.
skhooly
(Nairn, Scotland)
Posted: Oct 12, 2004 - 09:48 

AliGator wrote:


Neither do I.


And neither do I, either!!

More EC please, please please.
Pyro
(Between a rock and a hard place)
Posted: Oct 12, 2004 - 09:46 

coldatlantic wrote:
This is the only Elvis song I can tolerate.. Sorry to all you fans.

:nodhead:
AliGator
(Across the pond)
Posted: Oct 12, 2004 - 09:46 

cubsfreak wrote:


You could be Roxanne...




cubsfreak
(Oceanside, CA)
Posted: Oct 12, 2004 - 09:43 

Chunk wrote:


I have a friend named Angie who suffers the same fate, but with that Stones song. It could always be worse, eh? :)


You could be Roxanne...
redeyespy
(SoFL)
Posted: May 11, 2004 - 15:50 

rascal420 wrote:
So I guess he can use the WC.


That remark is even more entertaining, given that you just reminded me that I once saw the lyrics for the chorus of this song scrawled above a urinal.
rascal420
(Truckee, CA)
Posted: Apr 28, 2004 - 15:40 

So I guess he can use the WC.
Chunk
Posted: Jan 15, 2004 - 07:47 

manleywoman wrote:
I might like this song better if my name weren't Alison, and everyone thought it was funny to sing this to me.


I have a friend named Angie who suffers the same fate, but with that Stones song. It could always be worse, eh? :)
Platypus
(here, now)
Posted: Jan 15, 2004 - 07:45 

definitely one of his worst. i dont know what it is exactly, but his voice (for starters) just grates on me like nails on a chalkboard.
AliGator
(LR, FR)
Posted: Jan 05, 2004 - 02:30 

Railbird wrote:
I never tire of this one.


Neither do I.

Railbird
(Cascadian foothills WA)
Posted: Dec 15, 2003 - 13:30 

I never tire of this one.
mwhip
Posted: Dec 05, 2003 - 06:28 

Great song. "Everything but the Girl", may have done better with this song when they covered it.
ScottFromWyoming
(Powell, WY)
Posted: Nov 14, 2003 - 15:30 

Brad_Eleven wrote:


Unless my memory has blurred on this one, Elvis was backed by a borrowed band for this album, and they were a country band. Oh, happy accident!

Clover, early band of Huey Lewis. 8O
Brad_Eleven
(Richmond, TX)
Posted: Nov 04, 2003 - 08:05 

redeyespy wrote:
That first album still emits a no-frills, free of overproduction kind of intensity.


Unless my memory has blurred on this one, Elvis was backed by a borrowed band for this album, and they were a country band. Oh, happy accident!

redeyespy
(W.P.B., FL)
Posted: Sep 24, 2003 - 08:40 

That first album still emits a no-frills, free of overproduction kind of itensity.
renfaire66
(San Buenaventura, CA)
Posted: Aug 04, 2003 - 10:26 

stubbsz wrote:


How about listening to this song rather than just dismissing it because you don't like Elvis. Pretty lame attitude.

I agree about the guitar work and I love the energy
manleywoman
(IL)
Posted: Aug 04, 2003 - 10:25 

I might like this song better if my name weren't Alison, and everyone thought it was funny to sing this to me.

lbrc
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jun 24, 2003 - 14:28 

i like the guitar work. that alone allows me to give it a 4.
stubbsz
(San Jose, CA)
Posted: Jun 24, 2003 - 13:41 

Originally Posted by beelzebubba:
Hated Elvis Costello when half the kiddies were playing this in the dorms back in '85-86.

Still hate it.



How about listening to this song rather than just dismissing it because you don't like Elvis. Pretty lame attitude.
beelzebubba
(Palmyra, PA)
Posted: Jun 24, 2003 - 13:40 

Hated Elvis Costello when half the kiddies were playing this in the dorms back in '85-86.

Still hate it.


poodha
(New York, NY)
Posted: Jun 24, 2003 - 13:39 

Never tire of this song! Yes, he has so many other great songs that should be played instead of this most popular, but "Alison, I know this world is killing you...."
SnipeHunter
(Reseda, CA)
Posted: Mar 24, 2003 - 20:58 

Originally Posted by Dave_Mack:
I named my dog MacManus.


We made a Bar-B-Que
out of my dog, (McManus,)
and nobody ate any !!!

Love this tune!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Dave_Mack
(Saratoga, CA)
Posted: Mar 14, 2003 - 16:14 

I named my dog MacManus.
coldatlantic
(toronto, ontario)
Posted: Mar 14, 2003 - 16:12 

This is the only Elvis song I can tolerate.. Sorry to all you fans.
sailmaker
(Somewhere in Iowa)
Posted: Mar 04, 2003 - 11:35 

Nope, never been an Elvis fan
Dotman
(Secret Hideaway)
Posted: Feb 01, 2003 - 19:32 

my aim is cheap.

dot.
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