rado
(New England coast) | | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 11:23 | |
creekgirl wrote:One of my all-time favorite albums! Surely one of the most brilliant lyricists of our times! Mine too. EC provided a huge breath of fresh air with both This Year's Model and Armed Forces in 1978. I have most of his albums over the years, but TYM is my favorite. |
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joelbb
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Endlessly rocking, he's one of THE most talented R&R/Pop musicians of all time. Elvis C. is STILL King!
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creekgirl
| | Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 13:23 | |
One of my all-time favorite albums! Surely one of the most brilliant lyricists of our times!
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Alexandra
(Hopefully, departing the Gem City VERY soon) | | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 09:15 | |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Nov 10, 2010 - 07:41 | |
treatment_bound wrote:
It was a joke!! I love This Year's Model ( & the song "This Year's Girl"), and think Snorlax was out to lunch on his comment as well. Every once in awhile, I'll even throw on the vinyl slab when I'm down in the basement killing spiders.
I saw Declan Mc. on that tour & the Armed Forces assault, somewhere in St. Paul for the 2nd one, and I can't even remember where. All I can summon up from my (bad) memory bank is that "Lipstick Vogue" blew me away & he was wearing a green smoking jacket that night.
tb
P.S.-I'm not even sure synthesizers were used on "A Fifth of Beethoven", but thankfully it was the only disco instrumental I could think of.
P.S.S.-You may be happy to know that Snorlax75 (and his off-base jab for this cut) signed up to Radio Paradise last January, commented on 5 other songs over 2 days (throwing Richie Havens, Lee Oscar, and CSN&Y along with E.C. under the bus), and seems to have perished into the internet radio abyss.
You got me.  I was trying to figure out how you came up with that bizarre list. Good one.  |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Nov 10, 2010 - 07:40 | |
treatment_bound wrote:
I keep waiting for Snorlax75 to reply:
You know, all those songs about/with 1) disco synthesizers, 2) daily tranquilizers, & 3) bedroom alibis!
Off the top of my head, I came up with:
1) A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
2) Mother's Little Helper by The Rolling Stones
3) Get Outta My Room by The Donnas
THERE'S 3 THAT ARE EXACTLY LIKE This Year's Girl!
So, chords, lyrics and tempo don't matter when looking for exactness? A Fifth of Beethoven?! |
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treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison) | | Posted: Nov 10, 2010 - 07:37 | |
Proclivities wrote:
So, chords, lyrics and tempo don't matter when looking for exactness? A Fifth of Beethoven?!
It was a joke!! I love This Year's Model ( & the song "This Year's Girl"), and think Snorlax was out to lunch on his comment as well. Every once in awhile, I'll even throw on the vinyl slab when I'm down in the basement killing spiders. I saw Declan Mc. on that tour & the Armed Forces assault, somewhere in St. Paul for the 2nd one, and I can't even remember where. All I can summon up from my (bad) memory bank is that "Lipstick Vogue" blew me away & he was wearing a green smoking jacket that night. tb P.S.-I'm not even sure synthesizers were used on "A Fifth of Beethoven", but thankfully it was the only disco instrumental I could think of. P.S.S.-You may be happy to know that Snorlax75 (and his off-base jab for this cut) signed up to Radio Paradise last January, commented on 5 other songs over 2 days (throwing Richie Havens, Lee Oscar, and CSN&Y along with E.C. under the bus), and seems to have perished into the internet radio abyss. |
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treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison) | | Posted: Oct 28, 2010 - 06:57 | |
Proclivities wrote:
One thousand songs "just like this"? Name five or six of them.
I keep waiting for Snorlax75 to reply: You know, all those songs about/with 1) disco synthesizers, 2) daily tranquilizers, & 3) bedroom alibis!
Off the top of my head, I came up with: 1) A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band 2) Mother's Little Helper by The Rolling Stones 3) Get Outta My Room by The Donnas THERE'S 3 THAT ARE EXACTLY LIKE This Year's Girl! |
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Queue
(ROKville, MD) | | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 13:57 | |
people love to hate on EC's voice
Personally, I like it, as I like most all of his music. There's a load of talent behind that "irritating voice".
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 13:55 | |
snorlax75 wrote:there are at least 1,000 songs just like this.
One thousand songs "just like this"? Name five or six of them. |
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ziakut
(Chicago, IL) | | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 13:54 | |
Nice of Elvis to borrow the "Ticket To Ride" Drum rhythm part at the beginning. Very original. Kinda blah tune with the exception of the really unique drum segue at the beginning.
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CoYoT51
(Lima, Perù - Reims, France) | | Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 13:10 | |
ELVIS, THE KING! Well, the living one. Then.... peter_james_bond wrote:
What a great set of music: Elvis Costello - This Year's Girl
U2 - Seconds
Led Zeppelin -Rock and Roll
are we on repeat from June??
enjoying the tunes though... This was wrtitten in March. Bill must be on holidays, buddies! |
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echasse
(Downeast Maine) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 11:16 | |
peter_james_bond wrote:What a great set of music: Elvis Costello - This Year's Girl U2 - Seconds Led Zeppelin -Rock and Roll  are we on repeat from June?? enjoying the tunes though... |
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Tana
(Lancaster, PA) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 11:16 | |
I have this album on vinyl and don't believe I've heard this cool song since ... vinyl.
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figi
(Lexington, KY) | | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 09:28 | |
snorlax75 wrote:there are at least 1,000 songs just like this.
I believe you are not thinking properly. There is NO ONE like EC. Think again. |
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snorlax75
| | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 09:24 | |
there are at least 1,000 songs just like this.
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Rick_V
(New Orleans) | | Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 14:18 | |
Easily one of my favorite EC songs. Perfection imo.
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reedifus
(The Dairy State) | | Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 14:06 | |
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joan_c
(Rushing Here, Rushing There) | | Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 14:05 | |
Wow! Great segue from U2's Seconds.
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Jul 22, 2009 - 11:42 | |
dmax wrote:those body building prizes
those nightly tranquilizers
those bed room alibis
all this
and no surprises
cause she's this year's girl
Man, I wish someone would write this smart again.
 Brilliant isn't it? What a great album! |
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Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA) | | Posted: Jul 22, 2009 - 11:41 | |
I've always thought Elvis has a constipated voice.
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yardsale
(Massachusetts) | | Posted: Jul 22, 2009 - 11:41 | |
Awesome bass work throughout this album.
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Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.) | | Posted: Jul 22, 2009 - 11:40 | |
sweeeeeet....
a fine song from an album that is (in a way) perfect. Like few others (I think)
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Jun 20, 2009 - 16:38 | |
What a great set of music: Elvis Costello - This Year's Girl U2 - Seconds Led Zeppelin -Rock and Roll |
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(former member)
(Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated) | | Posted: Apr 18, 2009 - 07:46 | |
those body building prizes
those nightly tranquilizers
those bed room alibis
all this
and no surprises
cause she's this year's girl
Man, I wish someone would write this smart again.
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bronorb
(Wisconsin) | | Posted: Apr 18, 2009 - 07:29 | |
wrangler wrote:elvis costello = automatic 1 or 2 rating. i just don't get this guy's appeal, one of the most annoying voices ever to be recorded.
If you weren't young in the 70's and 80's you wouldn't get it. Elvis was smack dab in the middle of the new wave thing. He was very new and interesting. |
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papaman
(Downstate New Mexico) | | Posted: Mar 17, 2009 - 18:57 | |
Putting on my hater hat ...plop....If EC never existed RP's song inventory would be half as big...swoop...hater hat off.
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wrangler
(cliffside park, nj) | | Posted: Jan 13, 2009 - 12:39 | |
elvis costello = automatic 1 or 2 rating. i just don't get this guy's appeal, one of the most annoying voices ever to be recorded.
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Darlington
(Columbia, South Carolina) | | Posted: Jan 13, 2009 - 12:39 | |
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diazo
(high in the northern rockies) | | Posted: Jan 13, 2009 - 12:38 | |
Great tune from EC's most tightly-wound album - amazingly tense and catchy throughout. |
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