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Elvis Costello — Pump It Up
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Wordlywise
Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 18:43
 
He and the band always finish their shows with this one 
Sweet_Virginia
Posted: Feb 20, 2013 - 14:06
 
I think this is still his greatest album by far. Back when he was famous for his little black book...

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Feb 15, 2013 - 10:48
 
 blackjackshellac wrote:

How does this guy keep the beat so well?

{#Bananajam}
 
Because Pete Thomas is one of the most solid drummers in the history rock and roll.

teleskialaska
(Alaska)
Posted: Jan 26, 2013 - 21:23
 
 LPCity wrote:
Back in the early 80's I lived in a really beat house in Sun Valley Idaho that we dubbed "The Rock-n-Roll House" where we used to throw really great New Years eve parties.  Back in those days we would always prepare several mix tapes a few days in advance that were loaded with songs for one simple purpose; to have all your guests dancing on the beer soaked carpet.  This song was batting in the lead off position of the first tape put in the deck. 
  I loved this song in college; because all the girls would get up and dance.


LPCity
(Salt Lake City, Utah)
Posted: Dec 26, 2012 - 13:06
 
Back in the early 80's I lived in a really beat house in Sun Valley Idaho that we dubbed "The Rock-n-Roll House" where we used to throw really great New Years eve parties.  Back in those days we would always prepare several mix tapes a few days in advance that were loaded with songs for one simple purpose; to have all your guests dancing on the beer soaked carpet.  This song was batting in the lead off position of the first tape put in the deck. 

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 07:31
 
Steve Nieve's organ and Pete Thomas' relantless drumming are the drivers of this unbelievably catchy tune.

For years after - like many bands with the fan's favorite tunes - Elvis probably tired of playing it live and always ran through it at 150% speed.

Lately he's been playing like he really appreciates how good a song it is.



WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 21, 2012 - 05:51
 
 joelbb wrote:
Awesome cut.  Dissers are dorks.
 
So you respond with a dis?

Kay4Bee
(Brentford, England)
Posted: Nov 21, 2012 - 05:50
 
I'd like a widget that automatically turned up the volume for songs rated 8 or over and down afterwards.

Just a thought.

joelbb
Posted: Nov 05, 2012 - 22:03
 
Awesome cut.  Dissers are dorks.

Dinges,_the_Dude
(below sea-level, N52°37', E4°88')
Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 04:36
 
 Dinges,_the_Dude wrote:
That annoying organ in this song: so repetitively whining and irritating. I've got a CD of Costello's with his best songs ("the best of"?) and I always skip number 3 and 4 (I believe). The rest is good indeed.
 
Still the same...

Tippster
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Sep 23, 2012 - 07:31
 
 blackjackshellac wrote:

How does this guy keep the beat so well?

{#Bananajam}
 
By "This Guy" I assume you mean the drummer?

I never got the Elvis Costello thing.  He's just so... bland.

blackjackshellac
(Montreal)
Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 11:25
 

How does this guy keep the beat so well?

{#Bananajam}

DoofusGeezer
(Pilvimaa)
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 12:47
 
 gjr wrote:
what a great album...can't believe it's already 33 years old....that means i'm 33 years older than when i bought it.....now that sucks
 
Beats the alternatives!

Hippostar
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 12:47
 


Ljenny
Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 13:20
 
This song brings me right back to College.  Love it!

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 20:53
 
 impediguy wrote:


One of the first songs my college band played (i.e. I pre-date y'all, but I'm still young at heart). Elvis turned out also to be one of the preeminant wordsmiths of our day ("What's so Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding?"), such as Dylan was. Tom Waits is another example, who is also a master at delivery.
 

Every time I hear about someone being old, I am reminded about my ex-neighbour Gertie Peters who was born in 1899 and died in 2001. Lived in 3 Centuries, from horsedrawn buses to the atom bomb. Most of human history in that statement.
That's a real wealth of experience. And yes, she did like Elvis "that young man who is upsetting everybody".

kerr
(Up a bit)
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 01:51
 
At the risk of winning a Pedant of the Day award, I feel obliged to point out that What's so Funny About Peace etc was written by Nick Lowe.
 
impediguy wrote:


One of the first songs my college band played (i.e. I pre-date y'all, but I'm still young at heart). Elvis turned out also to be one of the preeminant wordsmiths of our day ("What's so Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding?"), such as Dylan was. Tom Waits is another example, who is also a master at delivery.
 



impediguy
Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 20:31
 
 smackiepipe wrote:

Right there with ya. I was friggin' 17 years old when this came out. Great then. Great now.
 



One of the first songs my college band played (i.e. I pre-date y'all, but I'm still young at heart). Elvis turned out also to be one of the preeminant wordsmiths of our day ("What's so Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding?"), such as Dylan was. Tom Waits is another example, who is also a master at delivery.

smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 05:02
 
 gjr wrote:
what a great album...can't believe it's already 33 years old....that means i'm 33 years older than when i bought it.....now that sucks
 
Right there with ya. I was friggin' 17 years old when this came out. Great then. Great now.

gjr
(boston, ma)
Posted: May 13, 2012 - 06:56
 
what a great album...can't believe it's already 33 years old....that means i'm 33 years older than when i bought it.....now that sucks

ShaunJ
(Tsawwassen, BC)
Posted: Apr 11, 2012 - 13:53
 
 lemmoth wrote:


You clearly haven't read alot about EC or seen the TV series he hosted "Spectacle."  EC loves, loves jazz, blues, country, classical, Burt Bacharach New Orleans swing, soul, Beatles, Springsteen, Clash, Dylan, the Band, Richard Thompson as predecessors and contempaoraries as well as a bevy of modern inidie rockers like Fiona Apple, Deatch Cab, Green Day, She and Him, and many others.

He is a preeminent musicologist and musical omnivore.  And its reflected in his recorde output.
 

I had the pleasure of attending Elvis Costello & The Imposters show in Vancouver last night. Over 2-1/2 hours of pure musicianship and entertainment! {#Bananajam}

e_b
(Michigan)
Posted: Apr 11, 2012 - 13:49
 
"...give me give me wild west, give me give me safe sex..."

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 08:18
 
 rtrudeau wrote:


Which makes me wonder — what kind of music do they enjoy together? They seem to have such different styles.
 

You clearly haven't read alot about EC or seen the TV series he hosted "Spectacle."  EC loves, loves jazz, blues, country, classical, Burt Bacharach New Orleans swing, soul, Beatles, Springsteen, Clash, Dylan, the Band, Richard Thompson as predecessors and contempaoraries as well as a bevy of modern inidie rockers like Fiona Apple, Deatch Cab, Green Day, She and Him, and many others.

He is a preeminent musicologist and musical omnivore.  And its reflected in his recorde output.

gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 08:16
 
Ahh, to be young again. Best Elvis ever

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 08:14
 
 horstman wrote:

Fine! Get off the dance floor and take your dumbass attitude with ya.

 

{#High-five}

rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 08:35
 
 LizK wrote:

You would likely prefer Mrs. Elvis - professionally known as Diane Krall.  An entirely different sound, very nice in a jazz way. 
 

Which makes me wonder — what kind of music do they enjoy together? They seem to have such different styles.

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 10:07
 
 Byronape wrote:
I actually DO like Diana Krall. 
 
Me, too!  Got a half-dozen of her CDs.


mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 07:55
 
Talk about a bass line..... {#Clap}

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 10:17
 
BRING IT.......!!!!!!!!!  Yeah baby!!!  Just what i needed, when I needed it.

Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Nov 27, 2011 - 23:45
 
 LizK wrote:

You would likely prefer Mrs. Elvis - professionally known as Diane Krall.  An entirely different sound, very nice in a jazz way. 
 
I actually DO like Diana Krall. 


LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 17:03
 
 Byronape wrote:

Me.  Don't like Costello.  Not a big fan of anyone named Elvis for that matter.
 
You would likely prefer Mrs. Elvis - professionally known as Diane Krall.  An entirely different sound, very nice in a jazz way. 



horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 16:10
 
 Byronape wrote:

Me.  Don't like Costello.  Not a big fan of anyone named Elvis for that matter.

 
Fine! Get off the dance floor and take your dumbass attitude with ya.


Byronape
(Snorkeling in the River Styx)
Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 16:07
 
 meadowwoods wrote:
{#Dancingbanana}

Okay, who is not dancing yet?

 
Me.  Don't like Costello.  Not a big fan of anyone named Elvis for that matter.


zenhead
(Maine)
Posted: Oct 04, 2011 - 09:49
 
saw him live this summer, and for some reason he had his sound cranked all the way to 11 - couldn't hear a thing. bummer.

meadowwoods
(Dane County, WI)
Posted: Oct 04, 2011 - 09:48
 
{#Dancingbanana}

Okay, who is not dancing yet?


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Sep 21, 2011 - 15:00
 
 parrothead wrote:


modified yours   (  =
 
Hey!

chedak
(Somewhere-over-the-rainbow, KS)
Posted: Sep 05, 2011 - 17:43
 
That's it...Pump it Up!  Hey!  I feel better already.

LowPhreak
(United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.)
Posted: Aug 29, 2011 - 11:53
 
 dancnbarefoot wrote:
Hey Low phreak your post made me laugh out loud. what a bunch of music geeks we are!

 LowPhreak wrote:
Pump it ta hell UP!!
 
 
Cool yeah!  {#Lol}

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 14:05
 
Hey Bill

Play "Chemesty Class" " Goon Squad" or "King Horse" from Elvis


jlind
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: May 31, 2011 - 13:40
 

I wonder if there's a cut of him doing this song with that jazz group he was traveling with after Hurricane Katrina. I got to see them live at Summerfest in Milwaukee and it was a mind blowing show, they had this trombone player that was just insane.



YKV
(Saki, Ukraine or Moscow, Russia)
Posted: May 31, 2011 - 13:35
 
Jus absolutely phased in

 

parrothead
(could be anywhere in the great USA)
Posted: May 18, 2011 - 15:53
 
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Fixed your typo, "NOT "Jimmy Buffet is great

 

modified yours   (  =

Felix_The_Cat
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Posted: May 18, 2011 - 14:41
 
Sinister Circus song, could also be called...

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: May 18, 2011 - 14:40
 
Cranked it up {#Dancingbanana_2}

CalOF
(Central CA)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 09:37
 
 Dave_Mack wrote:
Pump it up when you don't really need it.  Ain't that the truth!

First heard this song playing it in the Stanford Band.  Wasn't quite the same, but it still rocked!

 
Being familiar with it, I was somewhat surprised to hear it coming from a group Those Darned Accordions at a music festival in N. Cal. about 10-15 years ago.  As I vaguely recall , it was about 6 or 8 accordions and one drummer.  Definitely different, but they made it rock.


dancnbarefoot
Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 14:05
 
Hey Low phreak your post made me laugh out loud. what a bunch of music geeks we are!

 LowPhreak wrote:
Pump it ta hell UP!!
 



dwhayslett
(Pawleys Island, SC)
Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 14:05
 
 lemmoth wrote:


There are many Elvis Costello's - and Declan Patrick Aloyisius MacManus', and I love them all.
 
+1


Dave_Mack
(Picking cherries)
Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 14:03
 
Pump it up when you don't really need it.  Ain't that the truth!

First heard this song playing it in the Stanford Band.  Wasn't quite the same, but it still rocked!


gabrielle7nt
(Halfway up the Left Coast)
Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 14:03
 
Good Elvis is so good and bad Elvis is so bad. This is the former, natch. {#Dancingbanana}

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 09:28
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Now THIS is the Elvis Costello that we know and love. Cheesy organ, but killer beat and snarky lyrics with a set of brass ones in the mix for double-takes.

Love this song.
 

 robco1 wrote:

Elvis Costello is the only one who can take that cheesy organ and make it sound punk and cool.

 
The Farfisa organ is not 'cheesy' at all - and it has been featured on some of the greatest recordings of all time.  I suppose it comes down to personal taste.