![]() My Aim Is True (1977) [ larger cover art ] |
The man from the television crawled into the train
I wonder who he's gonna stick it in this time
Everyone was looking for a little entertainment
So they'll probably pull his hands off when they find out his name
And then they shut down the power all along the line
And we got stuck in the tunnel where no lights shine
They got to touching; all the girls who were too scared to call out
Nobody was saying anything at all
We were waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're coming
'Cause you really started something
Things got back to normal as the train began to roll again
We got to the station about twenty minutes later
The legendary hitchhiker says that he knows where it's at
Now he'd like to go to Spain or somewhere like that
With his two-tone Bible and his funny cigarettes
His suntan lotion and his castanets
He was waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're coming
'Cause you really started something
And then the bride, the groom, the congregation and the priest
All got onto the train when we were three stations east, yeah
Hiding from a scandal in the national press
They had been trying to get married since they stole the wedding dress
You may see them drowning as you stroll along the beach
But don't throw out the lifeline 'til they're clean out of reach
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
I wonder who he's gonna stick it in this time
Everyone was looking for a little entertainment
So they'll probably pull his hands off when they find out his name
And then they shut down the power all along the line
And we got stuck in the tunnel where no lights shine
They got to touching; all the girls who were too scared to call out
Nobody was saying anything at all
We were waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're coming
'Cause you really started something
Things got back to normal as the train began to roll again
We got to the station about twenty minutes later
The legendary hitchhiker says that he knows where it's at
Now he'd like to go to Spain or somewhere like that
With his two-tone Bible and his funny cigarettes
His suntan lotion and his castanets
He was waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're coming
'Cause you really started something
And then the bride, the groom, the congregation and the priest
All got onto the train when we were three stations east, yeah
Hiding from a scandal in the national press
They had been trying to get married since they stole the wedding dress
You may see them drowning as you stroll along the beach
But don't throw out the lifeline 'til they're clean out of reach
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world
| Foot (NorCal / Wine) | Posted: Apr 06, 2013 - 19:42 gemtag wrote: I hear a little Jeff Tweedy in here. That's funny... |
| Foot (NorCal / Wine) | Posted: Apr 06, 2013 - 19:40 A rare, well deserved 10. |
| teleskialaska (Alaska) | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 21:51 Listening to this reminds me why my high school years were so fun. |
| teleskialaska (Alaska) | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 21:50 crazyossi wrote: Seems this guy has never made one good song !!! Correct me if i`m wrong - but then tell me the title of the song you mean ... HUH? Name a bad one. He makes fun albums. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 11:38 Louie Louie |
| jmkate (nearly under a stack of books) | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 11:04 Giving up productivity, and commencing dancing now! |
| Zeito (Sieur du Lhut) | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 11:03 Just saw this come across the wire from Australia: |
| Kaisersosay (Mighty Mighty Bostown) | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 11:02 Hasn't come yet,,,,, |
| Kaisersosay (Mighty Mighty Bostown) | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 11:02 Bahahahaaaaaaaahahaaaaa. |
| karljonasson (Edmonton, AB, Canada) | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 07:00 crazyossi wrote: Seems this guy has never made one good song !!! Correct me if i`m wrong - but then tell me the title of the song you mean ... I would argue he's written more 'good' songs than anybody else alive or dead, but I guess we just have polar opposite ideas of what constitutes 'good'. So, no, you are not wrong, and I can't correct you. I can however hold the opinion that either you have never listened to any of his albums, or your taste sucks. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 13:16 Louie Louie |
| crazyossi (Wittenberge , Germany) | Posted: Sep 14, 2012 - 12:45 Seems this guy has never made one good song !!! Correct me if i`m wrong - but then tell me the title of the song you mean ... |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: May 03, 2012 - 12:47 MaryAndrea wrote: I have to admit a bad thing: I don't know Elvis Costello music! I have to remedy! ciao singnorina let me help you with a little elvis education - as one who has all of his catalogue. As Elvis has had a 35 year career and has recorded songs and records in nearly all genres and sub-genres of music you have quite an exploration ahead - have fun. Start with The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years - a recent compilation that has lots of the best and most popular songs from his first handful of albums. |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 12:25 MaryAndrea wrote: I have to admit a bad thing: I don't know Elvis Costello music! I have to remedy! Well, this is the BEST album to start with....it is, IMHO, the BEST he ever did!! One of those albums where you know the words to every song once you get hooked |
| MaryAndrea (Vada (Li) Italy) | Posted: Apr 09, 2012 - 11:07 I have to admit a bad thing: I don't know Elvis Costello music! I have to remedy! |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 19:42 I wish I had a dollar for every beer I've drunk to this song. Or just enough to buy a six-pack and the CD! Rock it, E! |
| Stranglersfan (Revelstoke, B.C.) | Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 19:11 Byronape wrote: I don't know what this has to do with the song... but I found myself watching it repeat several times just waiting for something more to show. Yeah, I'm a perv. Works for me! |
| Foot (NorCal / Wine) | Posted: Jan 21, 2012 - 09:41 9 > 10 |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 12:59 oldslabsides wrote: Jeff was still in elementary school when Elvis recorded this.... methinks you hear a little Elvis in your Jeff. Yeah, I meant the sound as a whole as well as echoes of Jeff in Elvis' voice. I could see Wilco doing this tune. |
| Red_Dragon | Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 16:40 gemtag wrote: I hear a little Jeff Tweedy in here. Jeff was still in elementary school when Elvis recorded this.... methinks you hear a little Elvis in your Jeff. |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Dec 04, 2011 - 12:21 I hear a little Jeff Tweedy in here. |
| Elroweho | Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 08:30 Great Album -I still have mine (the original not the re-release) and you can truly hear the hunger in Elvis' voice back then. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 08:27 still waitin'... |
| Ferdi7 | Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 08:39 almost every track on his first 2 albums is memorable...simply excellent and..above all pop in its best form. |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Aug 24, 2011 - 07:17 top 10 fave albums of all times! With one of my fave lines "dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're comin, cuz you really started somethin' " |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Jul 31, 2011 - 12:52 Can't top the boobs pooping out. But I did want to say that Elvis is king |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Jul 23, 2011 - 22:26 a_genuine_find wrote: ![]() I don't know what this has to do with the song... but I found myself watching it repeat several times just waiting for something more to show. Yeah, I'm a perv. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 13:57 Randomax wrote: my absolute favorite album of the early 80's!!!!!!! Still in my top 10! 1977 folks |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 13:55 Great kick as rock and roll from EC at the beginning of his illustrious and varied career. |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 13:55 ![]() |
| vaughn | Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 22:49 or better! |
| oenyaw | Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 07:58 Turning on RP and hearing EC 1st thing. It can't get any worse. |
| akousa (North Coast, USA) | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 08:50 Randomax wrote: my absolute favorite album of the early 80's!!!!!!! Still in my top 10! As the post below mentioned, this record came out in 1977. |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 08:14 my absolute favorite album of the early 80's!!!!!!! Still in my top 10! |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 08:13 NeilBlanchard wrote: This song is THIRTY years old! ![]() Neil Yeah, this album came out in 1977 or '78; not 1988. |
| Baby_M (a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 08:12 At first, I thought it was Tom Petty. (That's a good thing.) |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 14:01 Stingray wrote: Costello with PIXIES' riffs...? Another overrated Brit! Very much so! I do not know more than a handful of good C-songs! You...? 1. Check your timeline Jr. EC has been around a much longer time than the Pixies who I love by the way. 2. Yes, I know hundreds of good Elvis C - songs, own every album, seen him a dozen times, watch his TV show, love to read what he writes about music, so, I'm probably not the guy you want to ask. :-) 3. My top 3 of all time - Beatles, Bowie & Elvis - all Brits |
| Stingray (Cologne) | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 13:59 BKardon wrote: Sounded like Adrian Belew on guitar. Adrian will turn in his grave-to-come, if he hears that! Are you kidding...? |
| Stingray (Cologne) | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 13:57 Costello with PIXIES' riffs...? Another overrated Brit! Very much so! I do not know more than a handful of good C-songs! You...? |
| Byronape (Purgatory) | Posted: Mar 27, 2010 - 23:38 Well, been looking for an excuse to go to bed. Found one. Not a big fan of Elivs Costello. |
| DudeFromOttawa (Ottawa) | Posted: Feb 24, 2010 - 10:14 When this track came on I was frantically trying to find another online radio station with less abrasive, distracting, and monotonous sounds... took me longer to find a new station online than to let the song finish... PS I love RP 99.9% of the time - I'll be sure to rate bad songs down to reduce the chance of having to listen again. PPS Elvis, if you are reading, I'm sure you will agree the song is hard to listen too... ; ) |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Dec 23, 2009 - 13:13 Valley_Boy wrote: My Aim is True has always been a great album and it has aged well. I look at Imperial Bedroom like a fine wine. It gets better with time. About 3 years ago, Imperial Bedroom passed up My Aim is True as my favorite Costello album. That's because you have become a Valley "Man" |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Dec 23, 2009 - 13:12 iscoot4peace wrote: Believe it or not...it was huey Lewis' band. Elvis moved so fast to get this recorded he didn't have time to assemble his own band. He has mentioned in print a couple times how good this band was and how gracious they were to him in the studio. Band was Clover. Huey was their lead singer at the time. John McFee on steel guitar. John was later a Doobie Brother. Elviis stayed friendly with and worked with John occassionaly. |
| Lexapro_Headrush | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 10:51 Listening to Elvis Costello remind of my college freshman days. I played on a rugby club and the opposing team of older guys "invited" us over to their house for some post-party. These guys had graduated and had gigs as engineers, lawyers and lived in a hipper part of town than mine. I thought to myself "hey....I can be like them and live here if I graduate" LOL. Elvis Costello playing on the stereos as their girlfrends and wives hung out. Felt like an adult |
| Valley_Boy (Wisconsin: Smell our DairyAir) | Posted: Sep 04, 2009 - 09:43 Darlington wrote: I think This Year's Model is just as good (I also am a big fan of Imperial Bedroom).... My Aim is True has always been a great album and it has aged well. I look at Imperial Bedroom like a fine wine. It gets better with time. About 3 years ago, Imperial Bedroom passed up My Aim is True as my favorite Costello album. |
| iscoot4peace | Posted: Sep 04, 2009 - 09:26 BKardon wrote: Sounded like Adrian Belew on guitar. Believe it or not...it was huey Lewis' band. Elvis moved so fast to get this recorded he didn't have time to assemble his own band. He has mentioned in print a couple times how good this band was and how gracious they were to him in the studio. |
| Brooky (Upstate NY, where at all nothing makes sense) | Posted: Sep 04, 2009 - 09:24 Awesome!!!!!!! |
| BKardon (Boulder, CO by way of State and Madison) | Posted: May 16, 2009 - 11:12 Sounded like Adrian Belew on guitar. |
| SweTex (Swede living in Texas) | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 15:00 jedley wrote: One of the top 5 greatest debut albums of all time. Yep, its still great and always will be. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 14:57 Shimmer wrote: Yep, I think they called themselves Clover at the time - and they're way better than the Attractions, at least in my book. Of course, I will have to say that John McFee was awesome on the slide, which is why EC continued to work with him on occasion over the years. |


