Radio Paradise (mobile)

I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial
Doing anything my radio advised
With every one of those late night stations
Playing songs bringing tears to my eyes
I was seriously thinking about hiding the receiver
When the switch broke 'cause it's old
They're saying things that I can hardly believe
They really think we're getting out of control
Radio is a sound salvation
Radio is cleaning up the nation
They say you better listen to the voice of reason
But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason
So you had better do as you are told
You better listen to the radio
I wanna bite the hand that feeds me
I wanna bite that hand so badly
I want to make them wish they'd never seen me
Some of my friends sit around every evening
And they worry about the times ahead
But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference
And the promise of an early bed
You either shut up or get cut up, they don't wanna hear about it
It's only inches on the reel-to-reel
And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools
Tryin' to anaesthetise the way that you feel
Wonderful radio
Marvelous radio
Wonderful radio
Radio, radio

JIan Apr 29, 2013 - 16:03	rdo wrote: Elvis Costello does not sing, he rants. Discuss. [ Reply ]
tkelley Apr 12, 2013 - 06:00	This sequence is for the folks who were about to say how the Ramones have no real influence on modern music.....oops! [ Reply ]
somnium Apr 12, 2013 - 05:58	That's two in a row... are we going to get Queen's "Radio gaga" next? [ Reply ]
bb_matt Apr 12, 2013 - 05:57	Another great mix from Bill! - I'm stealing this one. Ramones, Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio into this song, works fantastically ! [ Reply ]
Toke Mar 29, 2013 - 13:41	ziakut wrote: Normally like Elvis Costello...but I just find this a bit inane and annoying. Yes needs 'Toni Basil'' to come in on the chorus lol [ Reply ]
ziakut Mar 11, 2013 - 19:20	Normally like Elvis Costello...but I just find this a bit inane and annoying. [ Reply ]
Carl Dec 07, 2012 - 17:23	rdo wrote: Elvis Costello does not sing, he rants. Discuss. EC does it all, including this, which I consider at a fringe of his output (not necessarily the fringe where I want to be). [ Reply ]
rdo Dec 07, 2012 - 17:20	Elvis Costello does not sing, he rants. Discuss. [ Reply ]
zair99 Oct 23, 2012 - 18:42	Okay, I've changed my mind. It sounds more like someone is squeezing a rat. [ Reply ]
jhorton Oct 23, 2012 - 18:41	Total crap. [ Reply ]
apd Sep 22, 2012 - 06:06	Bartho wrote: I want to bite the hand that feeds me.....I want to bit that hand so badly! Gotta love that inflatable mattress sound !!! I think It's the background singers whispering "Listen, listen" but I prefer your version. [ Reply ]
apd Sep 22, 2012 - 06:05	msymmes wrote: I'd love a ticket to see him at Casino Rama, here, just north of Toronto shortly. Not your average Casino venue - this place has fantastic acoustics. I think he will blow the roof off the place. Rama has good acoustics? Srsly? [ Reply ]
Kaisersosay Sep 22, 2012 - 06:05	thank christ,,, music to wake me up and get me moving....... [ Reply ]
Bartho Aug 21, 2012 - 18:25	I want to bite the hand that feeds me.....I want to bit that hand so badly! Gotta love that inflatable mattress sound !!! [ Reply ]
zair99 Aug 21, 2012 - 18:25	I think a bird got stuck in my left speaker! [ Reply ]
Phlegmaticman Jun 01, 2012 - 15:34	I love these "radio" sets on RP. [ Reply ]
msymmes Jun 01, 2012 - 15:34	Godlike !!!!! One of the few tens in my books. [ Reply ]
handyrae Apr 17, 2012 - 08:00	Ray-o, ray-o. [ Reply ]
nagsheadlocal Apr 17, 2012 - 07:58	lemmoth wrote: And yet to me it sounds like the beginnings of one of the tightest and powerful bands on the planet - EC and the Attractions, and one of the most brilliant lyricist and expressive vocalists of the last 40 years. Saw EC with the Attractions in the early 80s and, man, that was indeed one tight and polished band. Severely under-rated. [ Reply ]
msymmes Mar 16, 2012 - 16:25	lemmoth wrote: And yet to me it sounds like the beginnings of one of the tightest and powerful bands on the planet - EC and the Attractions, and one of the most brilliant lyricist and expressive vocalists of the last 40 years. He is brilliant. I would put him in a very exclusive class with Pete Townshend, David Byrne, Leonard Cohen. Who else? [ Reply ]