Elvis Costello
The Beat
This Year's Model
(1978)

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catnip
Apr 20, 2013 - 12:54
It has taken me ages to come around, but the guy's a genius.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNiAuRgmApE



Euskadita
Nov 14, 2012 - 15:27
Vampire Weekend's inspiration ?


SweTex
Jul 11, 2012 - 19:45
lemmoth wrote:

Bruce Thomas is a fantastic bass player, check the middle section of Goon Squad from Armed Forces.

Then he wrote a nasty book about EC and was excommunicated. But he did get inducted into the R&R HOF.


I read the book and was surprised, expecting it to be nastier. There are a few references to "the singer" but nothing I'd call really nasty. I guess Declan is a little sensitive. The book is more of a story about the endless touring and trying to stay sane doing it. Book is called "The big wheel", btw.


SweTex
Jul 11, 2012 - 19:39
MiracleDrug wrote:
what a GREAT album...

One of the best, for sure.


hencini
Jul 11, 2012 - 19:37
Wow, haven't heard this in a while. I love Early Elvis.


randyblew
Jan 03, 2012 - 10:54
Only a 6.7? Who be crazy here?! Happy 2012 to all! And a glorious year ahead mehopes.


ERERER
Jan 03, 2012 - 10:54
Okay, for THIS song, I will take back all of my Elvis Costello criticisms. I stand (somewhat) corrected.


gemtag
Jan 03, 2012 - 10:52
GREAT GREAT!!!!


MiracleDrug
Sep 30, 2011 - 08:19
what a GREAT album...


finoufk
Sep 30, 2011 - 08:18
bbryan wrote:

You could plug Joe Jackson into this tune and it would be just as in character for the artist. Very similar sounds...



true ! even in the lyrics ..



Proclivities
May 27, 2011 - 12:06
damienmc wrote:

Am I the only one who hears "Driver's Seat" by Sniff'n The Tears?



The chorus to this has got some similar chords, mainly the B-minor, A and G chords, but it's a different arrangement - especially in the bridge.


Dave_Mack
Mar 25, 2011 - 08:35
Classic, less-played Elvis. Bravo


lemmoth
Nov 19, 2010 - 12:57
dmax wrote:

Exactly. It's easy to forget, but those of us who were listening to the radio back then were drowning in crap. Then came those artists that were "New Wave" and couldn't get played on top 40 radio!

Those damned troublemakers were folks like
Elvis Costello The Pretenders Tom Petty Devo B-52s they were so far afield of where commercial radio was going that they were only played on college, non-commercial stations. So you listen to them now and think "how mainstream" - but that's a testament to how they changed everything.

Great post - right on



lemmoth
Nov 19, 2010 - 12:56

My first (of dozens subsequently) favorite Elvis song.

Remember hearing Alison and Watching the Detectives on the Max's Kansas City juke box. But didn't have the album.

Bought This Year's Model and was blown away by this and the rest of the songs - leading to a lifelong fandom - dozens of shows, bought all the albums of varied musical explorations - even this morning on IPod heard Elvis & Deborah Harry (two original "punks") singing a duet with the jazz passengers.




Ja300Mes
Oct 18, 2010 - 20:47
F-ing GOOD!


swelements
Sep 17, 2010 - 03:21
EVERY cool musician should have a hasselblad on the cover.


67nj
Mar 10, 2010 - 09:28


elvis!!!


bbryan
Mar 10, 2010 - 05:51

You could plug Joe Jackson into this tune and it would be just as in character for the artist. Very similar sounds...




megaadam
Mar 10, 2010 - 05:51
Every time I hear this voice I think of that movie, Falling Down.

Please, please, please, keep all your baseball bats away from me!



KurtfromLaQuinta
Feb 06, 2010 - 17:38
I used to have this on 8 track!

Thank you KROQ-FM for playing this way back in the day!



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