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	Pub. Date	Title	Duration
	12 Jan 2020	26 :: Before You Start to Cry :: A Slow Drag with "You Tripped at Every Step"	00:11:27
Today’s slow drag is with “You Tripped at Every Step,” from “Brutal Youth,” released in 1994. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/You_Tripped_At_Every_Step “You Tripped at Every Step” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEJEJ66Wyto “Why Do People Like Sad Songs?”: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hot-thought/201507/why-do-people-sad-songs Semantic Pointer Architecture: http://compneuro.uwaterloo.ca/research/spa/semantic-pointer-architecture.html What is the Minor Third? Music Theory #20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO1pBNC8ggw The descending Minor Third: Meagan Curtis explains the science of sad songs: http://archive.ttbook.org/book/meagen-curtis-science-sad-songs Music and speech (musical interval) Tufts Music Cognition Lab. Journal Article: The Minor Third Communicates Sadness in Speech, Mirroring It’s Use in Music: http://ase.tufts.edu/psychology/music-cognition/pdfs/Curtis&Bharucha2010Emotion.pdf Mud in your eye idiom: https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/23/messages/344.html "You Tripped at Every Step" Lyrics Take your tiny feet out of your mother's shoes Or there is going to be a terrible scene It's not just the lipstick drawn on crooked When they find how wicked we are How wicked we have been How I've been tempted How you tripped at every step You tripped at every step You tripped at every step How you tripped at every step There's a merry tune that starts in "I" and ends in "You" Like many famous pop songs do And you would sing along with little tell-tale staggers While balancing on daggers Though they were killing you You looked so deadly As you tripped at every step You tripped at every step You tripped at every step As you tripped at every step And I would run to catch you Anytime you call Only you drank that potion And went out of control There's nothing to stop you So how can you fall Let me take your hand Put down that frying pan Darkness would become me Underneath the table As the fury raged around the house Your despairing, treadless, angry, and unstable You never suspected Just as that cartoon mouse Went undetected So you tripped at every step In another world of gin and cigarettes Those cocktail cabinets put mud in your eye Maybe that is why you find it hard to see me And if you don't believe me Before you start to cry "Don't ever leave me" As you start to lose your grip (As you start losing your grip) You will stumble and you slip (And you will stumble and slip) As you tripped at every step You tripped at every step You tripped at every step As you tripped at every step You tripped at every step You tripped at every step As you tripped at every As you tripped at every You tripped at every step You tripped at every step As you tripped at every As you tripped at every step
	01 May 2023	106 :: A Work of Fiction :: A Slow Drag with "There's a Story in Your Voice"	00:14:05
Today’s slow drag is with “There’s a Story in Your Voice” from “The Delivery Man,” released in 2004. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello, with the guest vocal of Lucinda Williams. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.coms Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “There’s a Story in Your Voice” http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/There%27s_A_Story_In_Your_Voice “There’s a Story in Your Voice” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6dXZNT-Sd4 Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” "There's a Story in Your Voice" Lyrics Once upon another time If you had the need I'd step right in the shoes that you've been walking 'Cos someone put the hurt in you For everyone to see And you only have to speak to tell your fortune There's a story in your voice Both by damage and by choice It tells of promises and pleasure And a tale of wine and woe The uneasy time to come And the long way 'round we go to get there Once you told me fairytales Everybody knows But I didn't care for their prediction Now you say you're leaving me And packing up your clothes I finally see you were a work of fiction There's a story in your walk Then you crumble just like chalk And I could say that I was sorry But I wouldn't mean it much There are pages I can't touch And something that's been torn out of this chapter Far away, not far enough 'Cos I can still recall How it felt when I read that last sentence Now I go inside some rooms with Gideon in them all And hide myself from all hope of repentance There's a story in your eyes Cheap sunglasses might disguise But when the bedroom light reveals All that bravado and that fright That you cover up in spite Attempts to strip away this fabrication There's a story in your voice Both by damage and by choice It tells of promises and pleasure And a tale of wine and woe The uneasy time to come And the long way 'round we go to get there
	25 Dec 2020	066 :: A Lifer at Large :: A Slow Drag with "Fish n Chip Papers"	00:10:57
Today’s slow drag is with “Fish ‘N’ Chip Paper,” from “Trust,” released in 1981. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Fish ‘N’ Chip Paper”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IHpJQB8Rew “Fish and Chip Papers”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IHpJQB8Rew The term “screw” for a jailer: https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/12/messages/610.html Other newspapers respond to “The World” shuttering: https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/weekend-herald/20110709/284245231998926 Buy the Book, "The Most Terrible Time in My Life...Ends Thursday" here: https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1G4Y0K7XGITK0&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608872671&sprefix=most+terrible+Tim%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "Fish and Chip Paper" Lyrics: When Sunday morning dandruff turns out to be confetti And the cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul Getty The girl of your dreams would have you up on an under age charge And the man of the moment is the lifer at large Chorus: If you've got something to hide, if you've got something to sell If you've got somebody's pride she might kiss and tell Or wind up with a fight fan in the Hammersmith Hotel You better speak up now if you want your piece You better speak up now It won't mean a thing later Yesterday's news is tomorrow's fish and chip paper The girl says she's leaving and this time she really means it You can just look at the pictures, you don't actually have to read it Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh There's a man in the launderette and he's looking through your underwear for clues And the milkman is working through the News of the Screws He says...
	09 Jun 2024	Slow Drag Lyrics Only :: The Boy Named If	00:08:42
— Dig it Ballyhoo, my friend. The passion project is doing something a little different today. My name is Remedy Robinson. And, for fun, this inaugural lyrics-only slow drag, let’s listen to brilliant lyrics of “The Boy Named If,” from the album of the same name, released in 2022. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. I'm a lucky so and so A fortunate stiff You said you never knew me but I'm the one you want to be with If I tumble from a tightrope or leap from a cliff I won't be dashed to pieces I'm the boy named "IF" If I disappear and I slipper from your view I just step upon a crack and I won't come back Imagine me And I'll imagine you too In a hollow of the bed sheet Or a picture in a frame I'm vivid as a summer's day Then never seen again Who'll pay the taxman? Who'll place the blame? Who'll point into an empty room And whisper my name? If I disappear and I slipper from your view You will step upon a crack and I won't come back Imagine me And I'll imagine you too Take my hand We'll go to "Magic Lantern Land" Take my hand See the pictures they've projected Take my hand We'll fill our pockets up with sand Dance in frantic passes 'Til the grains all turn to glasses Drums begin to navigate, the band strikes up a riff No one will believe you but the Boy Named If Who'll pay your entrance fee? Who'll leave a tip? Who'll say, "Listen here, Sunshine Don't you give me no lip" Who broke your favorite heart? Who stops and never starts? Who kiss you stupid? It must be something you did Who'll keep you satisfied after a lover's tiff? It must be some other guy not… The Boy Named If If I disappear and I slipper from your view You will step upon a crack and I won't come back Imagine me And I'll imagine you too Take my hand We'll go to "Magic Lantern Land" Take my hand See the pictures we've projected Take my hand We'll fill our pockets up with sand Dance in frantic passes 'Til the grains all turn to glasses . . . Again, this has been a slow drag lyrics only reading of “The Boy Named If” from 2022’s album of the same name. Thank you for listening. And, of course, until next time, adieu my little ballyhoo Reference: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: The Boy Named If https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=The_Boy_Named_If_(song)
	05 Apr 2020	38 :: His Tribute of a Rose :: A Slow Drag with "The Greatest Thing"	00:11:06
Today’s slow drag is with “The Greatest Thing,” from “Punch the Clock,” released in 1983. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The Greatest Thing”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Greatest_Thing “The Greatest Thing”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAizlY5yzd8 "The Greatest Thing" Lyrics: Everyone stopped when she walked into the room Isn't this the greatest thing Everyone own up but nobody could touch her Isn't this the greatest thing Punch the clock, keep boxing clever You'll be young enough forever Isn't this the greatest Isn't this the greatest thing Isn't this the greatest thing The greatest thing I heard some new confection Said we can't afford to feel affection 'Cos it's the latest thing In and out of matrimony Never once removed the Sony 'Cos it's a status thing So girls like that above described Are not to be so easily bribed With a white frock and a ring Punch the clock and in time you'll get pulled apart When you're married on paper and not in your heart But I won't be told that life with the one you love is sordid Just because some authority says you can't afford it And it's the greatest thing, and it's the greatest thing And it's the greatest thing, and it's the greatest thing Oh, it's the greatest Isn't this the greatest thing Isn't this the greatest thing The greatest thing Since nights were long and days were olden Woman to man has been beholden But since then times have been changing She sends back his tribute of a rose And says this ring is better suited to the nose you're always fingering I punch the clock and it's OK I know a girl who takes my breath away And it's the greatest Isn't this the greatest thing Isn't this the greatest thing The greatest thing, the greatest thing...
	13 May 2024	126 :: How Wrong Can I Be :: A Slow Drag with "Tears Before Bedtime"	00:15:07
Today’s slow drag is with “Tears before Bedtime,” from “Imperial Bedroom,” released in 1982. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Tears before Bedtime” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Imperial_Bedroom “Tears before Bedtime” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v_inbXiPLQ “Tears before Bedtime” Alternative version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA8uLxyBF9I “Give up The Ghost” meaning https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/to-give-up-the-ghost#:~:text=Definition%20of%20'to%20give%20up%20the%20ghost'&text=If%20someone%20gives%20up%20the,what%20they%20are%20looking%20for. A chorus versus and hook: https://emastered.com/blog/hook-vs-chorus#:~:text=A%20chorus%20is%20usually%20preceded,make%20for%20a%20catchier%20tune. Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook of “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "Tears before Bedtime" Lyrics I know the name on the tip of your tongue And I know that accusing look Everybody knows I've been so wrong That's the problem and here's the hook Chorus: Tears before bedtime There'll be trouble tonight I don't want to talk about it anymore I don't want to have another fight I don't want to talk I don't want to fight How wrong can I be before I am right For the tears that you boo hoo hoo There can be no defense You say you'll forgive and forget But it's only a pretense (Chorus) Either you can leave the past behind Or give me something to disconnect my mind I sleep with my fists clenched tight When I don't lie awake all night I guess time gave up the ghost too late And the balance of our love Very soon turns to hate Darling your suspiciousness Tortures me at night But I can't excuse the cruel words That I use whenever we fight (Chorus) How wrong can I be before I am right Alternate Version Lyrics I see that strange look in your eyes once again And the name on the tip of your tongue is of a woman and not a man There’ll be tears before bedtime, they’ll be trouble tonight I don’t want to talk about it anymore, oh I don’t want to fight How wrong can I be before I am right? The pain that I’ve given you there is no defense You say you’ll forgive and forget but it’s only a pretense There’ll be tears before bedtime, they’ll be trouble tonight I don’t want to talk about it anymore, oh I don’t want to fight How wrong can I be before I am right? Either you can leave the past behind or give me something to discount mind I sleep with my fists clenched tights when I don’t lie awake all night I guess time gave up the ghost too late And the balance of our love Very soon turns to hate Suspicion and silence still torture my night And the cruel words of anger that run through all our fights They’ll be tears before bedtime, I’ll be trouble tonight I don’t want to talk about it anymore, I don’t want to fight How wrong can I be before I am right?
	15 Dec 2019	22 :: And His Castanets :: A Slow Drag with "Waiting for the End of the World"	00:11:26
Today’s slow drag is with “Waiting for the End of The World,” from “My Aim is True,” released on July 22, 1977, exactly 26 days before the death of Elvis Presley on August 16, 1977. These events are unrelated yet forever cosmically tied to one another. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello, a man who, on July 22, 1977 was a mere 35 or so days away from his 23rd birthday. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Waiting_For_The_End_Of_The_World “Waiting for the End of the World”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgIR3GU_5sw To have “agency” https://www.basicknowledge101.com/pdf/Agency%20(philosophy).pdf “The capacity of an entity…to act in any given environment.” “A Bunch of Stiff Records” contractual band name: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/A_Bunch_Of_Stiff_Records "Waiting for the End of the World" lyrics 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've 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've 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 till 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
	07 Sep 2019	04 :: The Hangover This Morning Had a Personality :: A Slow Drag with "Big Light"	00:13:59
Today's Slow Drag is with "The Big Light," from "The King of America," released in 1986. The song is credited to Elvis Costello's birth name. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: “The Big Light”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tU_Nhu0Hf8 Elvis Costello Wiki Reference: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Big_Light Huffington Post article about passion projects: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-you-should-start-a-passion-project_b_9276604 Google Ngram Viewer: https://books.google.com/ngrams Johnny Cash version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWB0lF8Gptk “Alison”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9GlC9GyF4Y The definition of a “ditty” https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/ditty “Ironic Repetition” explained: http://www.robertleonardassociates.com/PDF/ForensicLinguistics_Applying-Scientific-Principles.pdf The extensive, accurate, up to date, useful Elvis Costello Wiki page: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Main_Page EC’s version of “Tonight…” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyxVahBPYts Merle Haggard’s version of “Tonight…”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVq27glkY_A “The Delivery Man” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fnaa-Rf3RY “Are the Good Time Really Over” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS7GGpMkRTo "The Big Light" Lyrics: Well I had a little feeling to have a big night And I woke up feeling small and not so brave and not quite right I had to face the who am I and where is she and what did I do But worst of all I had to face the big light Chorus: The big light came through my window and it opened up my eyelids And it snapped them up like roller blinds and told me things that I did I can't face another day and night of good ideas and complications And I'm thankful that I didn't open another bottle of inspiration When the hangover this morning had a personality And I cast my shattered mind over selected memories I didn't even touch the light switch so I knew I'd never see The Haggard face that would be staring back at me (Chorus) Well I had a little feeling to have a big time And I woke up to alarm bells like a big church chime I had to face the who am I and who is she and what did I do But worst of all I had to face the big light (Chorus) Oh when it’s time to go out and have a big night Sooner or later you’ve got to face the big light
	17 Apr 2023	105 :: The Force of Habit :: A Slow Drag with "Suit of Lights"	00:11:41
Today’s slow drag is with “Suit of Lights” from “King of America,” released in February, 1986. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.coms Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Suit of Lights” http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Suit_Of_Lights “Suit of Lights” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Ke3f6yfI8 “Welcome to the Club” Nat “King” Cole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=todFZrhmMc4 “Welcome to My World” Jim Reeves, 1963: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOCCvN8YDuc “Workin’ Man Blues” Merle Haggard” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EwK0NsKdDY “Everyday I Write the Book” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1d4r9awjKE “It’s a Dog’s Life” Idiom: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/its-a-dogs-life 1987 Lasse Hallstrom Film, “My Life as a Dog” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxzO8Qx96O4 Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” "Suit of Lights" Lyrics: While Nat King Cole sings "Welcome to My World" You request some song you hate, you sentimental fool And it's the force of habit If it moves then you fuck it If it doesn't move you stab it And I thought I heard "The Working Man's Blues" He went to work that night and wasted his breath Outside there was a public execution Inside he died a thousand deaths And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they put him in a suit of lights In the perforated first editions Where they advocate the hangman's noose Then tell the sorry tale of the spent Princess Her uncouth escort looking down her dress Anyway, they say that she wears the trousers And learnt everything that she does And doesn't know if she should tell him yes Or let him go And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they put him in a suit of lights But, it's a dog's life in a rope leash or a diamond collar It's enough to make you think right now But you don't bother For goodness sake as you cry and shake Let's keep your face down in the dirt where you belong And think of all the pleasure that it brings Though you know that it's wrong And there's still life in your body But most of it's leaving Can't you give us all a break Can't you stop breathing And I thought I heard "The Working Man's Blues" I went to work that night and wasted my breath Outside they're painting tar on somebody It's the closest to a work of art that they will ever be And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they put him in a suit of lights And they put him in a suit of lights
	23 Apr 2024	125 :: Velvet Gloves and Country Clubs :: A Slow Drag with "Stella Hurt"	00:16:59
Today’s slow drag is with “Stella Hurt,” from “Momofuku,” released in 2008. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Stella Hurt” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Stella_Hurt “Stella Hurt” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W93e5f6py9U “Chekhov’s Gun” https://screencraft.org/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-chekhovs-gun/ “Arcadia” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arcadia#:~:text=Now%20English%20speakers%20often%20use,%2C%20simple%2C%20or%20untroubled.%22 Blue Birds Songs: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Bluebird/sounds# “The Other End of the Telescope” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grIxnYllZxk Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook of “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "Stella Hurt" Lyrics You should wear your red galoshes Walking o'er the city pride Streets are paved with heaven's pennies Gutters full of suicides Teddy steadily fell from grace Somewhere near Arcadia Once she overheard a voice she didn't hear on the radio Velvet gloves and country clubs Were never going to hold her Ringing the necks of silly Southern belles Who wanted to scold her Don't bring me down I'm trouble bound Blue song Red Alert Who made Stella Hurt? Teddy soon dropped out of sight Turned up in another town Changed her name for the spotlight Singing like a blue bird in a sequin gown She finally fell and married well But I knew it wouldn't last Reversing back into the limelight No one ever saw her even half-plastered Don't bring me down I'm trouble bound Blue song Red Alert Who made Stella Hurt? Then she saw those soldier boys Throw their bonnets in the air Self-made men would pledge their fortunes And dream of her And dream of her... Generals in the commissary opened up a case of wine Checked the perfume of the cork Said "Made in 1929"... They used her up, to raise morale for money And Old Glory Her voice was shot beyond repair But this is not the last act of this story The night is black as cracked shellac Abandoned in an attic Stella is silent as the grave Until the needle drags her through the static Don't bring me down I'm trouble bound Blue song Red Alert Who made Stella Hurt?
	01 Apr 2021	077 :: Raised on Romance :: A Slow Drag with "Pay It Back"	00:11:06
Today’s slow drag is with “Pay It Back,” from “My Aim Is True,” released in 1977. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Pay It Back”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Pay_It_Back “Pay It Back”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SEu2e12x1w Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Pay It Back" Lyrics: Stop thief; you're gonna come to grief If you don't take a little more care You're gonna get more than the family plan From this one shoestring affair I may be crazy but I can't contemplate Being trapped between the doctor and the magistrate Chorus: One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back, one of these days One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back, one of these days And then they told me I could be somebody If I didn't let too much get in my way And I tried so hard just to be myself But I keep on fading away And then the lights went out, I didn't know what to do If I could fool myself, then maybe I'd fool you (chorus) I wouldn't say that I was raised on romance Let's not get stuck in the past I love you more than everything in the world I don't expect that will last They told me everything was guaranteed Somebody somewhere must've lied to me (chorus)
	12 Apr 2021	079 :: Filled with Phrases :: A Slow Drag with "Five Small Words"	00:11:55
Today’s slow drag is with “Five Small Words,” from “National Ransom,” released in 2010. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Five Small Words”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Five_Small_Words “Five Small Words”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3i-0GJv4qA “Poison most genteel” abstract: https://eds.a.ebscohost.com/abstract?site=eds&scope=site&jrnl=23275707&AN=100548026&h=14UchlM9kd2j0szlzDmbVBJRsz%2bofAGP3AdjTlnWUnx7Y%2bmKRxGniCiKe6aoz0yNrAZrPO8n7Ro8wWyXtDPV5A%3d%3d&crl=f&IdpId=&resultLocal=ErrCrlNoResults&resultNs=Ehost&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d23275707%26AN%3d100548026 Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Five Small Words" Lyrics: Maybe you'll recognize in time Maybe one day you will discover All the pain that lies behind You and your unfortunate love Somebody might be more Unsuitable and strange With eyes that offer everything That are capable of danger My mind turns over lies you told Things said to your other lover Sweet as they had been to me You lay there telling them to each other Now I stand outside the door My head is filled with phrases Inside someone's calling out Their voices rise in praises Five Small Words "Don't want you anymore?" Five Small Words Well, who is keep score? Five Small Words Coward that you are, you would faithlessly implore "Baby please don't leave me" "Why don't you believe me?" "Why did you deceive me?" Didn't take some shiny dagger Tattooed fingers grip and hone I walked under some dark ladder I Heard your final loving moan All your indiscretions are so merciful and brief Genteel poison sprinkled on your Spanish handkerchief Five Small Words "Don't you love me anymore?" Five Small Words Well, who is keeping score? The coward that you are, you would so faithlessly implore "Baby please don't leave me" "Why don't you believe me?" "Why did you deceive me?" Maybe in time you'll want me more Accidentally like this ‘45 This ‘44
	29 Feb 2020	34 :: Lost Legs and Fingernails :: A Slow Drag with "Invasion Hit Parade"	00:10:41
Today’s slow drag is with “Invasion Hit Parade,” from “Mighty Like a Rose,” released in 1991. The songwriting is credited Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Invasion Hit Parade”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Invasion_Hit_Parade “Invasion Hit Parade”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Slp9rDxQU Disco Tex and The Sex O Lettes “Get Dancin’”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwUQWamRNiY Disco Tex & the Sex-O-Lettes bio: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/disco-tex-and-the-sex-o-lettes-mn0001202301/biography Pet Shop Boys’ 2013 “Electricity”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIk1qEjI1mA Hit Parade definition: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hit-parade Gil Scott-Heron “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGaoXAwl9kw Background information of Scott-Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/gil-scott-heron/the-revolution-will-not-be-televised Butcher’s Hook Cockney Rhyming Slang: https://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/butcher_s_hook Who is Gil Scott-Heron?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH14L0IlduQ "Invasion Hit Parade" Lyrics: Now that you set everybody free Whatcha gonna do about me? Don't want to be treated like some poor grateful clown I'd rather go back in the sweet underground Where I can tell the time by the color of my skin And I know my neighbor 'cos he's the one, yes he's the one Who always turns me in A woman works the tunnel in the middle of the night Picking up every lost object in sight Handbags, toupees, lost legs and fingernails The black market eats up all your failures Her transistor offers no salvation or regrets No pool, no pets, no cigarettes Just non-stop Disco Tex and the Sex-o-lettes (chorus): There's no name, no name for the place Or pain we'll cause you again and again If you do not cooperate with the Invasion Hit Parade The liberation forces make movies of their own Playing their Doors records and pretending to be stoned Drowning out a broadcast that wasn't authorized Incidentally, the revolution will be televised With one head for business, another for good looks Until they started arriving with their rubber aprons and their butcher's hooks (chorus) They're hunting us down here with Liberty's light A handshaking double-talking procession of the mighty Pursued by a T.V. crew and coming after them A limousine of singing stars and their brotherhood anthem The former dictator was impeccably behaved They're mopping up all the stubborn ones who just refuse to be saved (chorus)
	28 Jan 2020	29 :: Grammy Special	00:04:04
A heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Elvis Costello and the Imposters for winning the 2020 Grammy award for the “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” of the year for their smoldering “Look Now.” What a tremendous talent, so deserving of all his many accolades. Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag
	23 Aug 2020	054 :: You're So Tough :: A Slow Drag with "Watch Your Step"	00:10:37
Today’s slow drag is with “Watch Your Step,” from “Trust,” released in 1981. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Website: http://slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Watch Your Step”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Watch_Your_Step “Watch Your Step” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvgIbU-I7-M References: Episode 18 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “Rowdiest but Slightest,” a slow drag with “Luxembourg”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/12106880 Episode 41 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “Money’s Gone Already,” a slow drag with “Clubland”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/14133332 A Brief History of Kodachrome: http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1906503,00.html 1973 “Kodachrome” Paul Simon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrRRhoS3KFk “Breaker’s Yard” definition: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/breaker-s-yard So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "Watch Your Step" Lyrics Don't say a word / Don't say anything Don't say a word / I'm not even listening I read in the papers about their escape They're just two bitter kids from a bunch of sour grapes (two bits of kids) You better watch your step Watch who's knocking on your front door Now you know that they're watching What are you waiting for? Think you're young and original Get out before They get to watch your step Every day is full of fun And family spies They're making heroes out of fall guys They say it's good for business From Singapore to Widnes You better watch your step Broken noses hung up on the wall Back-slapping drinkers cheer the heavyweight brawl So punch drunk they don't understand at all You better watch your step Every night Go out full of carnival desires End up in the closing time choirs When you're kicking in the car chrome And you're drinking down the Eau de Cologne And you're spitting out the Kodachrome You better watch your step Bye I send you all my regards You're so tough You're so hard Listen to the hammers falling in the breaker's yard You better watch your step You better watch your step Ooh, watch your step
	29 Sep 2019	09 :: Grace and Virtue :: A Slow Drag with "All This Useless Beauty"	00:16:54
Today's slow drag is with the title track from "All This Useless Beauty," released in 1996. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: “All this Useless Beauty”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrDC4EYmgYs Elvis Costello Wiki Reference: "All This Useless Beauty": http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/All_This_Useless_Beauty_(song) “All This Useless Beauty” June Tabor version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX1cnBPXT38 Bechdel Test Movie List: https://bechdeltest.com Bechdel Test Original comic strip:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1gAF_bCo_4Y/TexG3UuxAMI/AAAAAAAAAsk/1RnUFtjHXOw/s1600/The+Bechdel+Test.jpg Bechdel Test for music: https://urge.org/the-bechdel-test-for-music/ Shall vs. Will: https://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/shall_will.htm The Mystery of Mary Magdalene: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016qd9z Quote about being a club member, Groucho Marx: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/groucho_marx_122546 The Hellenistic Period: https://www.ancient.eu/Hellenistic_Period/ Elvis Costello Rock and Roll Hall of Fame speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFObHCqccVk Madonna and Whore Dichotomy: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-04940-001 "All This Useless Beauty" Lyrics: It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit If she wasn't so ladylike She imagines how she might have lived back when legends and history collide So she looks to her prince finding since he's so charmingly slumped at her side Those days are recalled on the gallery wall And she's waiting for passion or humour to strike (Chorus:) What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty? All this useless beauty Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time 'Til he almost began to negotiate She held his head like a baby and said "It's okay if you cry" Now he wants her to dress as if you couldn't guess He desires to impress his associates But he's part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny (Repeat Chorus) She won't practice the looks from the great tragic books That were later disgraced to face celluloid It won't even make sense but you can bet If she isn't a sweetheart or plaything or pet The film turns her into an unveiled threat Nonsense prevails, modesty fails Grace and virtue turn into stupidity While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts They still think they're the gods of antiquity If something you missed didn't even exist It was just an ideal -- is it such a surprise? (Repeat Chorus Twice)
	21 Jul 2024	Slow Drag Lyrics Only :: Stalin Malone	00:08:42
— Dig it Ballyhoo, my friend. The passion project is back again with another lyrics only episode. My name is Remedy Robinson. And, for fun, let’s listen to the brilliant alternate lyrics of “Stalin Malone,” from Spike, released in 1989, off the 2001 Rhino re-issue of Spike. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name, the recitation is credited to Elvis Costello. "Stalin Malone" Lyrics I'm going to make you even fear the dream you dream Don't even think about it, don't make a wish You think that I don't see you as you trawl those young weak fish Hooked on those poor wonders, till they want you alone Though they can't tell a cuckoo-clock from the squeals of saxophones That's when they'll fear my name I'm telling you the day will come when this man gets what he merits Though people still wear animal skins to ward off evil spirits Only wife-swapping and witchcraft woke the dormitory town 'Til horse's heads up in the trees came dripping down Yes, horse's heads hung in the trees after the bird had flown Did you wonder of my whereabouts as the powder room was blown? Did anybody call my name? In a room called creation, where you all obey my laws Where Seconal is gravity and pain is like applause You think that this phenomenon is some coincidence I've got people everywhere, you're under my surveillance, in the pocket of my pants Okay, she left me, but I'll soon get over that Falling out of the "Blood Tub" and rolling on my back Waking up to the one o'clock gun with a Punch and Judy bird Reaching out for a gelignite beer that fills me up with murder To overhear forbidden songs her lover must have known Between the pity and advice... "There's no one here to help you now, but speak after the tone" Leave for me a message of hope Now the church door is a roller-shutter with padlocks and keys Just like all of the other dispensaries The saloon is like a casket, stained wood and human dust Stale with conversation that hangs on your clothes like smoke The wooden clock set time for her to dance dressed only in a flower As the jazz band drowned the hysterical bird that it spits out on the hour I drop out of sight and disappear, turn up in another town But somehow I can't seem to put it down now, put it down You probably wonder why I'm here, I don't trust myself alone But do I have to see her fall into his arms before I can atone? Get my jacket on, get my story straight I'm leaving on my own Again, this has been a slow drag lyrics only reading of “Stalin Malone” from 1989’s Spike. What a joy to read such mastery. Thank you for listening. So, until next time, adieu my little ballyhoo Reference: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: Stalin Malone https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Stalin_Malone
	28 May 2023	107 :: A Thrill Like This :: A Slow Drag with Dishonor the Stars"	00:10:23
Today’s slow drag is with “Dishonor the Stars” from the Grammy Award winning “Look Now,” released in 2018. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.coms Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Dishonor the Stars” http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Dishonor_The_Stars “Dishonor the Stars” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E18wcuJYxRM Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” "Dishonor The Stars" Lyrics If you wake and chance to look above you There's one that I named to show how much I love you Hanging up high Poets long have written and have sung of moonlight and some distant satellite and when we're young we wish upon them Other men may only dream to kiss you But it's not a thrill like this Put your lips a little closer to my cheek then whisper, then speak So, tell me if you know How deep can this thing go? Honey will still desire the flowers And there will be a love like ours Until the sky dishonors the stars What in the world would all this amount to? If I can't tell you how much I want you On such a night the sky might dishonor the stars Disown and dishonor the stars Poets long have written and have sung of moonlight and some distant satellite and when we're young we wish upon them Other men may only dream to kiss you But it's not a thrill like this Put your lips a little closer to my cheek then whisper, then speak So, tell me if you know How deep can this thing go? Honey will still desire the flowers And there will be a love like ours Until the sky dishonors the stars What in the world would all this amount to? If I can't tell you how much I want you On such a night the sky might dishonor the stars Disown and dishonor the stars
	13 Feb 2022	094 :: Faster and Faster :: A Slow Drag with "The Invisible Man"	00:10:38
Today’s slow drag is with “The Invisible Man” from “Punch the Clock,” released in 1983. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The Invisible Man”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Invisible_Man “The Invisible Man”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o-iZ_GfTTs Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “I Turn Around”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/I_Turn_Around “I Turn Around”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg4cesm8obI Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "The Invisible Man" Lyrics I was committed to life and then commuted to the outskirts With all the love in the world Living for thirty minutes at a time with a break in the middle for adverts But it's a wonderful world within these cinema walls Where a shower of affection becomes Niagara Falls And you wish she could step down from the screen to your seat in the stalls ‘Cos if stars are only painted on the ceiling above Then who can you turn to and who do you love I want to get out while I still can I want to be like Harry Houdini Now I'm the invisible man My head is spinning 'round faster and faster Here I stand on the edge of disaster I'm shattered like a piece of crystal, porcelain, or alabaster 'Cos if stars are only painted on the ceiling above Then who can you turn to and who do you love I want to get out while I still can Crowds surround loudspeakers hanging from the lampposts Listening to the murder mystery Meanwhile someone's hiding in the classroom Forging the books of history Never mind there's a good film showing tonight Where they hang everybody who can read or write Oh, that could never happen here, but then again it might 'Cos if stars are only painted on the ceiling above Then who can you turn to and who do you love I want to get out while I still can I want to be like Harry Houdini Now I'm the invisible man And you won't see me
	03 Oct 2021	090 :: This Velvet-Lined Purgatory :: A Slow Drag with "Next Time 'Round"	00:11:27
Today’s slow drag is with “Next Time ‘Round” from “Blood and Chocolate,” released in 1986. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Next Time ‘Round”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Next_Time_%27Round “Next Time ‘Round”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgQbf__uOvE Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Next Time 'Round" Lyrics As I stepped out upon the landing my heart was already down the stairs She's in the bedroom with that boy of hers Though her face is creased and her eyes seem strange There's a second-hand emotion on battered forty-five My tears were never enough to keep that girl alive Now she seems contrite, will she make the change Chorus: The next time 'round The next time 'round You'll be someone else's baby But I'll be underground The next time 'round Then you took two steps forward and then one step on your back Now it's a future for me and you that I lack You'll be the one who stands out in the dark Even when you're all dressed in black (Chorus) You've got something I want now And I've got something I can't hide I've got too much love for you now You’ve got too much pride? Sometimes I name and number all the things you gave to me Your elastic love, this velvet-lined purgatory You used to take the breath out of me Now I think you'll be the death of me (Chorus) The next time 'round The next time 'round You'll be someone else's baby But I'll be underground The next time 'round The next time 'round
	27 Oct 2019	14 :: Silly Beggars Can't Be Choosers :: A Slow Drag with "Pidgin English"	00:16:20
Today’s slow drag is with “Pidgin English,” from “Imperial Bedroom,” released in 1982. The songwriting and is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Pidgin_English YouTube Version w/ Lyrics: https://youtu.be/I-MphF3ARTU “Pidgin English”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTnnDqcsdXw The Great Vowel Shift: https://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/history_early_modern.html Norman Conquest of 1066: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/9606163/In-everything-we-say-there-is-an-echo-of-1066.html Great vowel shift: https://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/history_early_modern.html Examples of Grimm’s Law in English: https://www.jpetrie.net/examples-of-grimms-law-in-english/ 44 English Phonemes: https://www.dyslexia-reading-well.com/44-phonemes-in-english.html Graphemes: http://www.speechlanguage-resources.com/support-files/soundstographemesguide2.pdf Lingua Franca to Pidgin to Creole: http://www.differencebetween.net/language/the-difference-between-pidgin-and-lingua-franca/ Grice’s maxims: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/projects/stylistics/topic12/14cp1.htm Pidgin word etymology: https://www.etymonline.com/word/pidgin Rolling Stone Review of “Imperial Bedroom”: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/imperial-bedroom-117931/ Slanging Match meaning: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/slanging-match “Many Hands Make Light Work,” John Heyward’s idiom: John Heywood Quotes. (n.d.). BrainyQuote.com. Retrieved October 26, 2019, from BrainyQuote.com Web site: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_heywood_158880 “A change is as good as a rest” definition: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/a-change-is-as-good-as-a-rest “Love Letters” “throwaway kiss” mention: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hn0oAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT293&lpg=PT293&dq=%22throwaway+kiss%22&source=bl&ots=72fti9sMam&sig=ACfU3U1IRbQB0dVq0bXNqfBWHJ5C1NnAEQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZmuLB_brlAhWEQxUIHRK8BFwQ6AEwC3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22throwaway%20kiss%22&f=false Hunting down who coined “writing about music is like dancing about architecture”: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/11/08/writing-about-music/ Squeeze, “”Hourglass”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM3PWVDzlfQ “Post Truth” Society OED word of the year, 2016: https://www.hau.gr/?i=culture.en.past_event.5196 Virginia Woolf quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/426030-it-is-a-thousand-pities-never-to-say-what-one Rod Stewart Axes Old Songs: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/10122753/sir-rod-stewart-me-too-movement/ "Pidgin English" Lyrics There's a young girl with her old man who's too sick to mention She'll be turning twenty seven as she draws her widow's pension But he couldn't catch a common cold he couldn't get arrested Too terrified to answer back Too tired to have resisted Many hands make light work Shorthand makes life easy When he's out on night work Make sure no one sees me It all ends up in a slanging match with body talk and bruises A change is better than a rest Silly beggars can't be choosers Chorus: One of a thousand pities you can't categorize There are ten commandments of love When will you realise There are ten commandments of love I believe, I trust, I promise, I wish love's just a throwaway kiss In this Pidgin English If you're so wise, use your lips and your eyes Take it to the bridge she sighs You go cheep cheep cheep between bulleyes and bluster Stiff as your poker face Keener than mustard From your own back yard to the land of exotica From the truth society to neurotic erotica Silence is golden Money talks diamonds and ermine There's a word in Spanish, Italian and German In sign language, morse code, semaphore and gibberish Have you forgotten how to say it In your Pidgin English? (chorus) PS I love you
	11 Jul 2021	086 :: A Fine Fixation :: A Slow Drag with "Drum and Bone"	00:12:34
Today’s slow drag is with “Drum and Bone,” from “Momofuku,” released in 2008. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Drum & Bone”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Drum_%26_Bone “Drum & Bone”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eewL9YmNM1Y “That” definitions and synonyms: https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/that “That” https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/that Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Drum and Bone" Lyrics: Maybe we're nothing but skin and bone Blare and rubber Eyes that blubber Teeth that bite Hands that slight And I'm trying to do the best I can But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man Maybe we're nothing but skin and bone Nerves that shatter Tongues that flatter Lips that mutter Lashes that flutter Mounds of dust and lips of ripe Twice as vicious As the words I type Under a ribbon Of every stripe There's a grip that tightens A dark that frightens A wise that crackles A fear that shackles And I'm trying to do the best I can But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man And then that kinder creation Becomes a fine fixation All of a sudden With the parts we've hidden Because they are forbidden Beneath a hide of pain You'll find a soul of stain While fists still beat At heart's deceit And I'm trying to do the best I can But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man Maybe with nothing but a drum and drone I want to beat it 'til I get unknown Pig some skin Stretch it tight Make myself up overnight Maybe this is nothing but drum and drone Wanna beat it 'til I get unknown Dig my pin Kick up some stink Find myself a brand-new kink Prick that berry And squeeze this ink Scratch out all of the words I think Before your very eyes can blink And I'm trying to do the best I can But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man
	07 Apr 2024	124 :: The Gaze That You Provoke :: A Slow Drag with "The Difference"	00:16:44
Today’s slow drag is with “The Difference,” from “The Boy Named If,” released in 2023. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The Difference” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=The_Difference “The Difference” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tvg-OfP1LA Octameter: https://poemanalysis.com/poetic-meter/#:~:text=Octameter%20Octameter%20refers%20to%20a,patterns%20in%20English%20language%20verse. The difference between undertone and overtone https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/undertone-and-overtone What is an appositive: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appositive Fiddlehead Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDYe6ZMs3K4 Fiddlehead: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiddlehead The Male Gaze: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-male-gaze-5118422 Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook of “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "The Difference" Lyrics I pulled a petal from the flower to tell just where my fortune fell About a boy beyond my caution before I lay beneath his spell And he said, "Do you know, do you know, do you, by chance, know wrong from right?" "Do you know, do you know, do you know what turns pleasure to plight? If you trust me, I know it may seem strange I'll show you the way down into the underworld" I did just what he asked me to Lifted my skirt to show him my shoe Upon a reel of the finest fiddlehead Light as the dance around Milady's bed The steps came faster at his insistence 'Til he showed me all about the difference "It's not about the things I promised, it's not about the vow we broke If I am faithless or dishonest it's just the gaze that you provoke" And he said, "Do you know, do you know, do you, by chance, know wrong from right?" "Do you know, do you know, do you know what turns pleasure to plight? If you kiss me, at first it may seem strange I'll show you the way into another world" My father shamed me just like you Buried my name in a glass or two 'Til he came to me in his darkest house He mistook me, took me for his spouse And my cries for a woman in the distance So, I took this knife to show him the difference 'Til he came to me in his darkest house He mistook me, took me for his spouse And my cries for the woman in the distance So, I used this knife to show him the difference
	25 Jan 2021	069 :: Fashion Fingernails :: A Slow Drag with "13 Steps Lead Down"	00:10:32
Today’s slow drag is with “13 Steps Lead Down,” from “Brutal Youth,” released in 1994. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “13 Steps Lead Down”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/13_Steps_Lead_Down “13 Steps Lead Down”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C31mUTzAmhA “Friends of Mine” By the Guess Who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geLuIb4oic4 “Friends of Mine” lyrics: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/guesswho/friendsofmine.html “The Hanging Judge’s Hangman Discusses Hanging”: https://truewestmagazine.com/hanging-judges-hangmen/ Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "13 Steps Lead Down" Lyrics: When nobody knows she puts on secret clothes And lies in the meadow with her hands tied behind her back I won't refuse If you know how to use it Just stop playing that ugly drug music Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down There's commoners and kings And everyone's a prisoner Of paper and glue and a decent pair of scissors So, tonight I'm drinking to your health Because I just can't stand myself Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down She stands and fails on fashion fingernails Her lovers have her walking 'round On instruments of torture And one of them is poisonous The other is a thief they say So, what one could give to her The other cannot take away When nobody knows she puts on secret clothes And lies in her splendor for a picture opportunity Cover up that bruise, put on patent leather shoes Just stop playing that bad mood music Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down There's commoners and kings And everyone's a prisoner Of paper and glue and a decent pair of scissors So, tonight I'm drinking to your health Because I just can't stand myself Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down
	13 Oct 2020	058 :: All I Ever Do is Bow :: A Slow Drag with "No Dancing"	00:14:36
Today’s slow drag is with “No Dancing,” from “My Aim is True,” released in 1977. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “No Dancing”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/No_Dancing “No Dancing”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d2KdzBf8yI References: Episode 22 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “And His Castanets,” a slow drag with “Waiting for the End of the World”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/12403490 Episode 36 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “It’s the Way that You Are,” a slow drag with “Miracle Man”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/13551431 "No Dancing" Lyrics Oh I know that she Has made a fool of him Like girls have done so many nights before Time and time again Now he’s so strange I don't know why But somebody, somebody has to cry There's gonna be no dancing when they get home There's gonna be no dancing There's gonna be no dancing There's gonna be no dancing when they get home Now he's telling her Every little thing he's done Once he glanced at the jackets of some paperbacks Now he's read every one He's such a drag / He's not insane It's just that everybody / Has to feel his pain There's gonna be no dancing when they get home He's getting down on his knees He finds that the girl is not so easy to please Oh oh, after all, his nights were just a paper striptease She's caught it like some disease If he says no dancing There's gonna be no dancing There's gonna be no dancing on my own She can't even speak to him He can't face her now He says "Even though I wanna shake your hand All I ever do is bow. So now you see How can it be. Why can't you give me anythin' but sympathy?" There's gonna be no dancing There's gonna be no dancing There's gonna be no dancing There's gonna be no dancing There's gonna be no dancing on my own
	21 Feb 2021	073 :: Jingling Spurs :: "Jimmie Standing in the Rain"	00:18:10
Today’s slow drag is with “Jimmie Standing in The Rain,” from “National Ransom,” released in 2010. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Jimmie Standing in The Rain”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Jimmie_Standing_In_The_Rain “Jimmie Standing in The Rain”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1PbA88w9jk “Scrapping first-class train carriages leaves us all in third”: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/17/chris-grayling-scrapping-first-class-trains-leaves-us-all-in-third “First, second third class train travel in 19040s & 1950s Britain”: https://www.1900s.org.uk/1940s-trains-class.htm Third Class rail travel ends in Britain: https://moneyweek.com/394050/3-june-1956-third-class-rail-travel-ends-in-britain Tweed’s history: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-tweed#what-are-the-origins-of-tweed “Where London’s history happened — in the pub”: https://londonspubswherehistoryreallyhappened.wordpress.com/2017/12/19/the-argyll-arms/ “The London Trocadero, Leicester Square, and Piccadilly Circus,” Introduction to the early years: http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/TrocaderoLeicesterSquareLondon.htm Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Jimmie Standing in the Rain" lyrics: Third-Class ticket in his pocket Punching out the shadows underneath the sockets Tweed coat turned up against the fog Slow coaches rolling o'er the moor Between the very memory And approaches of war Stale bread curling on a luncheon counter Loose change lonely, not the right amount Forgotten Man of an indifferent nation Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station Somebody's calling you again The sky is falling Jimmie's standing in the rain Nobody wants to buy a counterfeited prairie lullaby in a colliery town A hip flask and fumbled skein with some stage-door Josephine is all he'll get now Eyes going in and out of focus Mild and bitter from tuberculosis Forgotten Man / Indifferent nation Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station Somebody's calling you again The sky is falling Jimmie's standing in the rain Her soft breath was gentle on his neck If he could choose the time to die Then he would come and go like this Underneath the painted sky She woke up and called him "Charlie" by mistake And then in shame began to cry Tarnished silver band peels off a phrase And then warms their hands around the brazier Forgotten Man / Indifferent nation Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station Somebody's calling you again It's finally dawning Jimmie's standing in the rain Brilliantine glistening Your soft plaintive whistling And your wan wandering smile Died down at The Hippodrome Now you're walking off to jeers, the lonely sound of jingling spurs, the "toodle-oos" and "Oh, my dears" down at "The Argyle" Vile vaudevillians applaud sobriety There's no place for a half-cut cowboy in polite society Forgotten Man / Indifferent nation Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station Somebody's calling you again It's finally dawning Jimmie's standing in the rain
	05 Aug 2020	052 :: The Worthless Bum :: A Slow Drag with "Monkey to Man"	00:12:10
Today’s slow drag is with “Monkey to Man,” from “The Delivery Man,” released in 2004. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Monkey to Man”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Monkey_To_Man “Monkey to Man”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsAe1X1gNzA References: Episode 16 and 17 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “I Might Recite a Small Prayer,” a slow drag with “Bedlam,” and the supplement “The Quickening Art”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/11977772 https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/12057494 Episode 27, “Or Maybe I Really Love You,” a slow drag with “Needle Time”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/12795641 “The Monkey” w/ The Dirty Dozen Brass Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUKLjtqWPuM “The Monkey” Speaks His Mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNjuxtjtuWg “The Monkey” Original 45rpm quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qdMPxImd3E “The Monkey” song lyrics: Dave Bartholomew: http://www.songlyrics.com/dave-bartholomew/the-monkey-lyrics/ Dave Bartholomew Quick bio: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dave-bartholomew-mn0000577590/biography So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "Monkey to Man" Lyrics: A long time ago, our point of view Was broadcast by Mr. Bartholomew And now the world is full of sorrow and pain And it's time for us to speak up again You're slack and sorry / Such an arrogant brood The only purpose you serve is to bring us our food We sit here staring at your pomp and pout Outside the bars we use for keeping you out You've taken everything that you wanted Broke it up and plundered it and hunted Ever since we said it You went and took the credit It's been headed this way since the world began When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man Every time man struggles and fails He makes up some kind of fairytales After all of the misery that he has caused He denies he's descended from the dinosaurs Points up to heaven with cathedral spires All the time indulging in his base desires Ever since we said it He went and took the credit It's been headed this way since the world began When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man Big and useless as he has become With his crying statues and his flying bomb Goes 'round acting like the chosen one Excuse us if we treat him like our idiot cousin He hangs up flowers and bells and rhymes Hoping to hell someone's forgiven his crimes Fills up the air with his pride and praise He's a big disgrace to our beastly ways In a fashionable nightclubs and finer precincts Man uses words to dress up his vile instincts Ever since we said it He went and took the credit It's been headed this way since the world began When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man
	15 Nov 2020	060 :: Sotto Voce :: A Slow Drag with "Charm School"	00:08:45
Today’s slow drag is with “Charm School,” from “Punch the Clock,” released in 1983. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Charm School”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Charm_School “Charm School”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoK19qiftb0 References: “You Can’t Make a Silk Purse out of a Sow’s Ear” origin: https://wordhistories.net/2016/12/28/silk-purse-sows-ear/ “The Mangle” Definition: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Mangle+(machine) Episode 11 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “Blow the Whistle,” a slow drag with “King of Thieves”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/11574305 Episode 38 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “His Tribute of a Rose,” a slow drag with “The Greatest Thing”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/13850447 Episode 53 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “Telling You What’s What,” a slow drag with “Mouth Almighty”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/15663395 So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "Charm School" Lyrics: Men made out of monkeys Men made into mice Happy days are here again And all the drinks half price A girl with a trick and a man with a calling Trying to make a living out of your downfalling Trying to make a living out of anything at all Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel In that charm school You and I as lovers Were nothing but a farce Trying to make a silk purse Out of a sow's arse Saying "Why don't you watch me" Hardly speaking sotto voce Trying to make a living out of your downfalling Trying to make a living out of anything at all Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel In that charm school I've got a notion / I've got an angle Take your dreams and promises And put them through the mangle They say it's hell to finance too And I just want to romance you In this perpetual nightclub I'll be yours eternal Though the hours are long And the noise infernal Just one shameful act or sometimes two We make believe we're making do Trying to make a living out of your downfalling Trying to make a living out of anything at all Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel In that charm school Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel In that charm school, in that charm school
	04 Sep 2019	03 :: Sing "Hallelujah," Sister :: A Slow Drag with "Church Underground"	00:13:20
Today’s slow drag is with “Church Underground” from “National Ransom,” released in 2010. Songwriting credit goes to Mr. Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Church Underground: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFDk4OaSRJg Elvis Costello Wiki Reference page: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Church_Underground “The Tribute to Leonard Cohen Concert, November 2017: https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/11/sting-lana-del-rey-elvis-costello-and-many-more-perform-in-tribute-to-leonard-cohen-in-montreal-11-6/ The first moving picture and the history of its inventor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqfCmQtrTcE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmuo45NR6qE https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eadweard-Muybridge https://www.britannica.com/art/history-of-the-motion-picture/Post-World-War-I-European-cinema Atlas Obscura “Taxi Dancers” article: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-men-in-the-1920s-paid-women-for-spins-around-the-dance-hall The history of Prohibition: https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition The concept of Purgatory: https://www.britannica.com/topic/purgatory-Roman-Catholicism The video of Dorothy and her pals getting ready to see the Wizard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur7GnxTkS-M The blog post with the “New International Version” of Hebrews 11:36-38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur7GnxTkS-M The “English Standard Version” passage of Hebrews 11:36-38 https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Heb%2011.36–38 "Church Underground" Lyrics: She stood spotlit in a plain print dress Came howling out of the wilderness There beat a cunning and murderous heart Beneath that calm exterior "You know my name You don't know my mind Don't doubt my eyes They betray the past And I've already forgotten Much more than you will ever know" And every word that I have spoken is true Except for those that were broken in two I'm trying to make peace after a long night of pretend I need a pawnbroker or moneylender Why do you do me down, Mister? Sing "Hallelujah," Sister Turn up the volume, just to turn it down The trivial secrets buried with profound It's enough to put a Church Underground Deflowered young and then ever since She's tried to wash off his fingerprints So every charlatan and prince Was made to feel inferior She worked for tips in a 10-cent dance Said moving pictures might pay perchance 10,000 one-way tickets to the sparkling coast From the blank interior Everybody's either talking in code Or getting ready to explode Then she was singing with five-piece band But seems that no-one wants this sound Why do you do me down, Mister? Sing "Hallelujah," Sister Turn up the volume, just to turn it down The trivial secrets buried with profound It's enough to put a Church Underground The shaft of fanlight streaked with rain Poured through the glass, punched through the pain A holy picture hidden in the midden of that poisoned stitch Her lonely voice was just a ruin in these riches Must have been dreaming this all along Could she be redeeming herself in song? “I'm no-one's martyred, plaster saint Below the grease, beneath the paint” I'm rolling like barrel Swinging like a gallows I'm rising up fast like all hell and all hallows Why do you do me down, Mister? Sing "Hallelujah," Sister I'll be damned or purgatory bound Before those jokers ever understand It's enough to put a Church Underground
	14 Feb 2021	072 :: Broken Playthings :: A Slow Drag with "The Name of This Thing is Not Love"	00:11:58
Today’s slow drag is with “The Name of This Thing is Not Love,” from “The Delivery Man,” released in 2004. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The Name of This Thing Is Not Love”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Name_Of_This_Thing_Is_Not_Love “The Name of This Thing Is Not Love”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-OQZvFoh_Q Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "The Name of This Thing Is Not Love" Lyrics: There's a part of this feeling that I just cannot kill But the name of this thing is not love And I can't take a potion, and I won't take a pill So, it tortures me still But the name of this thing is not love Then you start entertaining such a terrible thought Life is so very short And the name of this thing is not love There's a bruise on her arm and some blood on the floor But the name of this thing is not love And they're taunting some girl that they claim to adore She can't take anymore But the name of this thing is not love Who in the world do you think that you are? That you pushed me this far The name of this thing is not love He thinks of her still, although you'd never guess He's trying hard to forget her The occasional moments that he'll always bless Watching her dress for worse or better He watched her pick over her broken playthings What played on his mind is not love The cast-aside tokens and discarded rings Over one of his flings But the name of this thing is not love Then he threw something down in the wild rushing river And won't ever recover The name of this thing is not love Then you start out pretending that you're so very tough Life is not short enough But the name of this thing is not love
	11 Jun 2022	096 :: It's Darker Than You Think :: A Slow Drag with "All the Rage"	00:10:51
Today’s slow drag is with “All the Rage” from “Brutal Youth,” released in 1994. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “All the Rage”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/All_The_Rage “All the Rage”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kf-yeojmjY “Tenderness”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XegL32Btzs Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "All the Rage" Lyrics: The twitching impulse is to speak your mind I'll lend you my microscope and maybe you will find it Is it in that ugly place that's just behind your face? Where you keep my picture still Despite the fact that you had me replaced Say "Goodbye" Baby can't you act your age? You know why I'm going to give it to you straight Although I'll never be unhappy as you want me to be Still it's all the rage I'll probably play along left to my own devices Spare me the drone of your advice The sins of garter and gin confession may delay You know the measuring pole, the merry boots of clay I've heard it all before You'll say it anyway Chorus Alone with your tweezers and your handkerchief You murder time and truth, love, laughter and belief So don't try to touch my heart, it's darker than you think And don't try to read my mind because it's full of disappearing ink Chorus Although I'll never be unhappy as you want me to be Still it's all the rage
	05 Mar 2023	103 :: Imitation Lashes :: A Slow Drag with "You Little Fool"	00:12:50
Today’s slow drag is with “You Little Fool” from “Imperial Bedroom,” released in 1982. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.coms Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “You Little Fool” http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/You_Little_Fool “You Little Fool” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYmVfF3WX_Q “You Little Fool” Demo version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEo40X9_HUs Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Daddy's best girl in the world is not supposed to have a boyfriend But she's never wanted at home Other girls are allowed to wear their makeup She sneaks out her lipstick, powder and comb She surrounds his name with hearts and flowers Talks on the telephone for hours and hours But with a bird in his hand And two on a string The words of love have an imitation ring Chorus: You little fool, you little fool I suppose that you're going to stay all night You little fool Don't look at me that way, you know it isn't right You little fool They say no news is good news The little girl wants information Mother just gives her some pills to choose And says go and use your imagination Daddy's best girl in the world says just look what I got As she sits beside him on the high stool With his arm around her neck, snowball in one hand And the other full of imitation jewels She fingers a string of pearls An imitation but he'll never know it Imitation lashes flutter above Looking for an imitation of love (Chorus) Alternative second verse intro lyrics: And you’re so surprised she’s up to hijinks out on the high stools Sitting with a snowball in one hand, the other full of imitation jewels
	27 Mar 2020	37 :: Gallivant in Peg-Leg Pants :: A Slow Drag with "A Voice in the Dark"	00:13:42
Today’s slow drag is with “A Voice in the Dark,” from “National Ransom,” released in 2010. The songwriting is credited to Mr. Elvis Costello. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “A Voice in the Dark”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/A_Voice_In_The_Dark “A Voice in the Dark”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-CJTZMKh7E Live solo performance of “A Voice in the Dark,” with “Pennies from Heaven” Prelude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szu-y3n9ubg Elvis Costello in Isolation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfXyl0fBcTY&feature=youtu.be "A Voice in The Dark" Lyrics: You can read right through a book of matches But that won't make you smart You can laugh in the face of watches But time will only break your heart Kings reign beneath umbrellas Hide pennies down in cellars And money pours down and yet Not everyone gets soaking wet When bores and bullies conspire To stamp out your spark Listen for… A Voice In The Dark Not a moment too soon as we blue the moon And a wolf began to howl in tune I announced for all mankind / A boon Stand aside you big baboon Now I'm the a prize invention You're the image of yourself Forget your cares your disapproving stares I'm not here to try to jump your borders Just ask your nieces and daughters I'm flat as sole, I'm happy as a clam But you don't know the kind of man I am Little fish swimming in a jealous shoal Now my net is overflowing And suddenly I seem to be all seeing and all knowing I got something right there You might want to hear I have no fear Lend a hand / Lend an ear If your rent-money is in arrears We'll be striking up a symphony bandstand Long of hair and loose of tooth There'll be pirouettes and startling handstands And who but acrobats know how to tell the truth When all is said and then redundant They gallivant in peg-leg pants I‘ll be your servant You'll be my pal and I'll be faithful you know I shall There's no fool like an old fool Who blames it all upon his youth When times are tough and you find you're down Without a star to wish upon Listen for… A Voice In The Dark I was striking through a box of matches Hoping that one would spark I heard somebody calling to me A voice in the dark A voice both wild and gentle Daring and confidential I thought there was music playing But it was all and only talk When liars and bullies conspire to stamp out spark Fill up that empty space in your heart Listen up as the herald says, "Hark" Believe in the voice in the dark…
	28 Aug 2022	099 :: Listen to Me :: A Slow Drag with "Hey Clockface"	00:10:08
Today’s slow drag is with “No Flag” from “Hey Clockface,” released in June, 2020. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.coms Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “No Flag”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/No_Flag “No Flag”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7aQtVfB-88 Elvis Costello Drops Second “Helsinki Sound” https://www.977theriver.com/2020/07/10/elvis-costello-drops-second-helsinki-sound-track-hetty-ohara-confidential/ “My Dark Life” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw9boaOLnvI Definition of collocation: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/collocation Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” "No Flag" Lyrics I've got no religion I've got no philosophy I've got a head full of ideas and words that don't seem to belong to me You may be joking but I don't get the gag I sense no future but time seems to drag No time for this kind of love No flag waving high above No sign for the dark place that I live No God for the damn that I don't give I've got no illusions I've had no epiphany Why should anybody listen to me She said I'm tearing up the sheets that your love letters stained All of your magic powers have drained No time for this kind of love No flag waving high above No sign for the dark place that I live No God for the damn that I don't give There's a line in the sand A word or two in the aftermath I'm an arrow that shoots up and down on an advertising graph I could write you verses and recite more than one But they're not worth the paper that they're written on No time for this kind of love No flag waving high above No sign for the dark place that I live No God for the damn that I don't give We want everything and we don't want to share Out-o space for the faces we fear Look in the mirror and see who I used to be Made out of plastic in a factory No flag No flag
	31 Jan 2021	070 :: Gunslinger Swagger :: A Slow Drag with "Go Away"	00:13:04
Today’s slow drag is with “Go Away,” from “Momofuku,” released in 2008. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Go Away”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Go_Away “Go Away”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQUq5AxhXJ4 The structure of a three-act Play: https://blog.reedsy.com/three-act-structure/ Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Go Away" Lyrics: Are we rolling? One, two, one, two, three, four Here in my little spy movie With my garter and dagger And my gag and my cuff And my gunslinger swagger You used to be my hand-painted villain You used to be so thrilling It's a switch that you're flicking A fuse you're always tripping A button that you're pressing A number that you're pushing You're always delaying Denying and betraying Why don't you come back, baby? Why don't you go away? Go away, Go away Why don't you go away? Why don't you come back, baby? Why don't you go away? Budapest intrigue Three hours of black and white Squinting at subtitles Through a telescopic sight Hungarian melody Repeating endlessly Is this the end I see? Approaching in front of me A switch that you're flicking A fuse you're always tripping A button that you're pressing A number that you're pushing You're always delaying Denying or betraying Why don't you come back, baby? Why don't you go away? Go Away, Go Away Why don't you go away? Why don't you come back, baby? Why don't you go away? In this hysterical epic Secret passage of the palace Powder from a hollow ring Into the poisonous chalice Unfrocked fondler In a half moonlit gondola Pampered hog in a ringlet wig Gamboled a merry jig You're always pursuing But she won't need possessing Just undoing and undressing Please don't stop confessing You're always delaying. Denying or betraying Why don't you come back, baby? Why don't you go away? Go Away, Go Away Why don't you go away? Why don't you come back, baby? Why don't you go away? In my mystery caper As I lower my lamp On a fey little gunsel Who dreamed of drilling that vamp I'm walking the shade Of this silent parade With my pepper and mace And my heartbroken face Rainy railway station Drowns out a tearful parting Last canister rolling On our little melodrama Is a one-horse opera A screwball comedy Mistaken identity Well, who do you want to be? A switch that you're flicking A fuse you're always tripping A button that you're pressing A number that you're pushing You're always delaying Denying or betraying Why don't you come back, baby? Why don't you go away? Go Away, Go Away Why don't you go away? Why don't you come back, baby? Why don't you go away? Hey, hey Why don't you Go away Why don't you go away?
	10 Sep 2019	05 :: Well Heaven Knows What Fills the Heart :: A Slow Drag with "Georgie and Her Rival"	00:15:28
Today's slow drag with "Georgie and Her Rival," from "Mighty Like a Rose," released in 1991. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello's birth name. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: “Georgie and Her Rival”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNg2KGRKu8I Elvis Costello Wiki Reference: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Georgie_And_Her_Rival “Mighty Lak’ a Rose”: https://songofamerica.net/song/mighty-lak-a-rose/ Muppet Fan site illustration: https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Mighty_Lak%27_a_Rose A Petula Clark interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA6tZeX5PKo Podcast suggestion: Down in the Hole, a Tom Waits Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/down-in-the-hole/id1040064262 "Georgie and Her Rival" Lyrics Georgie grew to hate her name, it sounded like a tiny man And the one she had said "I can't see you, but I'll call you whenever I can" Sometimes the phone would ring, when she was half-asleep A voice would drag her down with its suggestions Though she often felt cheated, she never felt cheap (chorus): Well heaven knows what fills the heart And makes you feel so alive It's impossible to tear apart Georgie and her rival It was half-past February, and he hadn't called since New Year's Day Maybe he'd found another woman to say those words no chapel girl should say Her mother would phone and always keep her talking She'd try to be polite, making faces But somewhere in the back of her mind, her rival was stalking (chorus) Her rival would always wait till the eighth or ninth bell He'd be desperate anyway and drunk as well She always liked to hurt him to prove he was prepared To love her anyway that she wanted So she could tell which she preferred He sat up with his address book trying to think what mood he's in His finger traced past Georgie's name to someone who needed less persuading She didn't hear through her disguise, he didn't leave her in a rush Just like the promise that he left on her machine that almost made her blush The radio plays a lover's symphony "The number you have dialed has been re-directed" Now she puts him on the speaker-phone whenever she has company (chorus)
	11 Jan 2021	068 :: Nothing But an Afterthought :: A Slow Drag with "A Man Out of Time"	00:14:57
Today’s slow drag is with “Man Out of Time,” from “Imperial Bedroom,” released in 1982. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Man Out of Time”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Man_Out_Of_Time “Man Out of Time”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XDuHPLzsxM Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” “Dead Man Shoes” Idiom: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/dead-mens-shoes The responsibilities of a Minister of State, UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--61 “Traitors’ Gate”: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/traitors-gate “Twopence ha’penny millionaire” https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Twopence%20ha%27penny%20millionaire “Rhyme Schemes” https://www.masterclass.com/articles/poetry-101-what-is-a-rhyme-scheme-learn-about-rhymed-poems-with-examples#the-abab-rhyme-scheme-in-poetry "Man Out of Time" Lyrics So this is where he came to hide When he ran from you In a private detective's overcoat And dirty dead man's shoes The pretty things of Knightsbridge Lying for a minister of state Are a far cry from the nod and wink Here at traitor's gate 'Cause the high heel he used to be has been ground down And he listens for the footsteps that would follow him around To murder my love is crime But will you still love A man out of time? There's a tuppenny ha'penny millionaire Looking for a fourpenny one With a tight grip on the short hairs Of the public imagination But for his private wife and kids somehow Real life becomes a rumor Days of Dutch courage Just three French letters and a German sense of humor He's got a mind like a sewer and a heart like a fridge He stands to be insulted and he pays for the privilege To murder my love is crime But will you still love A man out of time? The biggest wheels of industry Retire sharp and short And the after dinner overtures Are nothing but an afterthought Somebody's creeping in the kitchen There's a reputation to be made Whose nerves are always on a knife's edge Who's up late polishing the blade Love is always scarpering or cowering or fawning You drink yourself insensitive and hate yourself in the morning To murder my love is crime But will you still love A man out of time?
	05 Jul 2020	048 :: Erase Everything Rotten :: A Slow Drag with "Flutter and Wow"	00:11:09
Today’s slow drag is with “Flutter and Wow,” from “Momofuku,” released in 2008. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Flutter and Wow”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Flutter_%26_Wow “Flutter and Wow”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn9HeYxxzuc “Flutter and Wow, Sound Distortion”: https://www.britannica.com/technology/flutter Q: Are wow and flutter key to that analogue tape sound?: https://www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice/q-are-wow-and-flutter-key-analogue-tape-sound “What do wow and flutter sound like?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCwRdrFtJuE “Magnetic Field” example: https://www.britannica.com/science/magnetic-field "Flutter and Wow" lyrics: Last rays of sunlight die Full moon begins to rise Reflected in your eyes I can't believe that this is happening You make the motor in me Flutter and Wow The crowd was gathering The clock struck five, then ten My happy tears were descending I can't believe that this is happening You make the motor in me Flutter and Wow Flutter and Wow / Flutter and Wow You make the motor in me Flutter and Wow / Flutter and how The incident tape across the bed Threading it from the reel to the head I'm planting this thought in a magnetic field And pushing the button And all of a sudden Erase everything rotten Fascinated and uptight Make me shout out loud Make me cry all day and night My voice got stuck in my throat... Pulled my hand up into the sleeve of my coat So you'd never know how it was shaking I can't believe that this is happening You make the motor in me Flutter and Wow Flutter and Wow / Flutter and Wow You make the motor in me Start up and stop again When I am spluttering You make the motor in me Flutter and wow / Flutter and how Flutter and wow / Flutter and how To the bridge The incident tape across the bed Threading it from the reel to the head I'm planting this thought in a magnetic field And pressing the button And all of a sudden Erase everything rotten Fascinated and uptight Make me shout out loud Make me cry all day and night
	05 Oct 2019	10 :: A Terrible Crime :: A Slow Drag with "Let Him Dangle"	00:15:31
Today's slow drag is with "Let Him Dangle," from "Spike," released in 1989. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Let Him Dangle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-vtA-k2QUU Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: "Let Him Dangle": http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Let_Him_Dangle A learning journal that cites Ben Franklin: https://wiki.auckland.ac.nz/display/MGMT300/A+man+convinced+against+his+will%2C+is+of+the+same+opinion+still Benjamin Franklin misquotes from the Franklin institute blog: https://www.fi.edu/benjamin-franklin/7-things-benjamin-franklin-never-said Why it’s a waste of time trying to determine who said “a man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still”: https://quotationcelebration.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/a-man-convinced-against-his-will-is-of-the-same-opinion-still-unknown/ Hunting down who coined “writing about music is like dancing about architecture”: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/11/08/writing-about-music/ Derek Bentley, “A Victim of British Justice?” http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/bentley.html UK Bentley case breakthrough: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/24208.stm Craig’s Relief at Bentley’s Posthumous Pardon: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/142351.stm Newsnight – Derek Bentley #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiy6Dx8DvBw Linguistic ambiguity: http://michealaxelsen.com/blog/?p=347 Syntactic Ambiguity: https://www.thoughtco.com/syntactic-ambiguity-grammar-1692179 Britain’s last executions: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/13/britain-last-executions-hanging-criminals-low-key Derek Bentley’s Headstone: http://veryverybritish.blogspot.com/2014/06/derek-bentley.html “Let Him Have It” Film Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7kjmN2SFGo "Let Him Dangle" Lyrics: Bentley said to Craig, "Let him have it, Chris" They still don't know today just what he meant by this Craig fired the pistol, but was too young to swing So the police took Bentley and the very next thing Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle Bentley had surrendered, he was under arrest When he gave Chris Craig that fatal request Craig shot Sidney Miles, he took Bentley's word The prosecution claimed as they charged them with murder Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle They say Derek Bentley was easily led Well what's that to the woman that Sidney Miles wed? Though guilty was the verdict, and Craig had shot him dead The gallows were for Bentley and still she never said Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle Well, it's hard to imagine it's the times that have changed When there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange If killing anybody is a terrible crime Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time? Let him dangle Not many people thought that Bentley would hang But the word never came, the phone never rang Outside Wandsworth Prison there was horror and hate As the hangman shook Bentley's hand to calculate his weight Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle Well, it's hard to imagine it's the times that have changed When there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange If killing anybody is a terrible crime Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time? Let him dangle From a welfare state to society murder "Bring back the noose" is always heard Whenever those swine are under attack But it won't make you even, it won't bring him back Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle String him up...
	01 Dec 2019	20 :: Now It's Much Too Dangerous :: A Slow Drag with "Living in Paradise"	00:14:52
Today’s slow drag is with “Living in Paradise,” from “This Year’s Model” released in 1978. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Living_In_Paradise “Living in Paradise”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6cA9jniTO8 “Living in Paradise” early version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2uoByQlnK0 Concert Review, “Creative Loafing: Tampa Bay” by Eric Snider https://www.cltampa.com/music/reviews/article/21096905/elvis-costello-gives-hardcore-fans-the-goods-at-st-petes-mahaffey-theater "Living in Paradise" Lyrics I don't like those other guys looking at your curves I don't like you walking 'round with physical jerks Everything they say and do is getting on my nerves Soon they will be lucky to be picking up the perks 'Cause when they pull the shutters down and throw up in the dark They'll find that all the dogs outside bite much worse than they bark Here we are living in paradise, living in luxury Oh, the thrill is here but it won't last long You better have your fun before it moves along And you're already looking for another fool like me I call you Betty Felon 'cause you are a pretty villain And I think that I should tell them that you'd make a pretty killing 'Cause meanwhile up in heaven they are waiting at the gate Saying "We always knew you'd make it, didn't think you'd come this late" And now it's much too dangerous to stop what you've begun When everyone in paradise carries a gun Here we are living in paradise, living in luxury Oh, the thrill is here but it won't last long You better have your fun before it moves along And you're already looking for another fool like me Later in the evening when arrangements are made I'll be at the keyhole outside your bedroom door 'Cause I'm the first to know whenever the plans are laid That never go further than floor to floor You think that I don't know the boy that you're touching But I'll be at the video and I will be watching Here we are living in paradise Here we are living in paradise Here we are living in paradise Here we are living in paradise, living in luxury Oh, the thrill is here but it won't last long You better have your fun before it moves along And you're already looking for another fool like me
	26 Jul 2020	051 :: Blue Becomes You :: A Slow Drag with "Blue Chair"	00:12:38
Today’s slow drag is with “Blue Chair,” from “Blood and Chocolate,” released in 1986. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Blue Chair”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Blue_Chair “Blue Chair”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm9T-cpZIAI References: Episode 1 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “The Take Where They Take Your Spine,” a slow drag with “Poor Napoleon”:https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/12614024 Episode 25, “Tough and Transparent,” a slow drag with “Crimes of Paris”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/11020403 So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "Blue Chair" Lyrics: Now it's just you and me, my blue friend And you say that it's you that she's thinking of And our affair must end But if it's you that she's thinking of I think my broken heart might mend Chorus: Now it's my turn to talk and your turn to think Your turn to buy and my turn to drink Your turn to cry and my turn to sink down in the blue chair Down in the blue chair Now I've made up my mind, I've made my mistake And I know that she cries for you When she's barely awake But she's going to bend your mind Well, I hope it don't break (Chorus) Down in the blue chair We can watch our troubles rise Like smoke into the air And drift up to the ceiling Down in the blue chair You can feel just like a boy or a man And next minute you can find yourself kneeling Down in the blue chair They're boasting of loving the daylights right out of her in the small hours Down in the blue chair You say that your love lasts forever when you know the night is just hours still I want her right now Not any minute, hour or day And wherever she is tonight I want her anyway I suppose she never said to you You were just in the way (Chorus) Down in the blue chair Down in the blue chair Down in the blue chair Down in the blue chair Down in the blue chair Down in the blue Blue becomes you Down in the blue chair
	28 May 2020	44 :: The Black Keys of Her Fine Wine :: A Slow Drag with "Stations of the Cross"	00:15:01
Today’s slow drag is with “Stations of the Cross,” from “National Ransom,” released in 2010. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Stations of the Cross”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Stations_Of_The_Cross “Stations of the Cross”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJBEFmaRmug&pbjreload=10 “Elvis Costello on music, religion and the act of writing songs”: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/elvis-costello-on-music-religion-and-the-act-of-writing-songs/article1215986/ “Elvis Costello” Guardian Interview after the release of “National Ransom”: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/oct/17/elvis-costello-interview-tim-adams The 14 Stations of the Cross: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Stations-of-the-Cross The difference between a tempest and a squall: https://wikidiff.com/squall/tempest “The Long Term Recovery of New Orleans’ Population after Hurricane Katrina”: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4752119/ Slattern, definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slattern "Stations of the Cross" Lyrics The tempest blows up from a squall Past the Cape of Bad Conscience Into the Gulf of the Cauldron Roars over the coastline to batter and flatten Exposing the roots like the dyed hair of slattern Scrapper and mauler in a rope ring this small Outside the wind is punching There's no one to hear it No one hears the bell ring but the one who comes to fear it And they continue to brawl He's buying his way into heaven I suppose He weeps at the blows But down in a location that we cannot disclose He turns the dial slowly Through the Stations of the Cross Crowd done up dandy In diamonds and finery Baying and howling All bloodlusty calling Fists like pistons Faces like meat spoiling Haul, boys, haul, bully-boys haul Later in the evening Molly and her gunman Go down the stairs to a dive like a dungeon Meanwhile in the backroom there's a girl like a sponge Saying, "Bring him along as a constable's truncheon" The gunman wants Molly to kingdom come Then blows them all to the hereafter Who's scuttling away now and hidden from our view? Who tightened the tourniquet, turning her blue? They're hurling themselves into heaven I suppose Before the gates are closed But down in a location that we cannot disclose They'll turn the dial slowly through the Stations of the Cross The gale of hale laughter Scales up the ivory The black keys of her fine wine descend into the minor Die away breathless Diminishing behind her Haul boys haul, bully-boys haul The water came up to the eaves You'd think that someone had opened a valve  It's too soon to stay now and too late to leave So spare your remorse all the way up to Calvary They're hurling themselves into heaven I suppose Before the gates are closed But down in a location that we cannot disclose They turn the dial slowly through the Stations of the Cross
	20 Oct 2019	13 :: Not Quite Against My Will :: A Slow Drag with "Stripping Paper"	00:15:03
Today’s slow drag is with “Stripping Paper,” from “Look Now,” released in 2018. The songwriting and is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Stripping Paper” http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Stripping_Paper “Stripping Paper” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWckSvZC94 “Shatterproof” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt0bXvzwa-M Rococo style: https://allthatsinteresting.com/rococo-art-movement More about the Slow Drag dance origins: https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2018/09/01/a-landscape-of-slow-drag/ Sloe gin: https://sipsmith.com/exploring-the-history-of-sloe-gin/ "Stripping Paper" Lyrics I got time on my hands I'm just stripping paper It's amazing what you will find stripping paper When you get down to the past Back then we didn't have means for fine decorations So we painted while mixing wine With flirtation There in the mess of it all He took me right there in the thrill Not quite against my will With my back to rococo-wall We slipped right down to the floor I can't close the door He complimented my taste I anointed his serious face With wallpaper paste I wish we could laugh like that now But what seemed to follow It ended up hollow us out there Tear a strip or two See what what came not much later Here's a pony and a toy balloon Behind the vine that withered all too soon Here's the pencil of a measuring mark And the monsters you spied in the dark Now I got no place in her heart Let me go back to the start I got time on my hands I'm just stripping paper I got time on my hands I'm just stripping paper I've got time on my hands I'm just stripping paper
	09 May 2021	082 :: In Your Heyday :: A Slow Drag with "Human Hands"	00:11:00
Today’s slow drag is with “Human Hands,” from “Imperial Bedroom,” released in 1981. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Human Hands”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Human_Hands “Human Hands”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6yiii2iWkw “Why Can’t a Person Tickle Himself?”: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-cant-a-person-tickle/ Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Human Hands" Lyrics: I've been talking to the wall and it's been answering me Oh darling, how I miss you I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness I crave the silhouette of your kiss With only the blue light of the TV on Lip-reading threats and false alarms There's a boy somewhere holding hands with himself And a girl in a window on the Reeperbahn Whenever I put my foot in my mouth and you begin to doubt That it's you that I'm dreaming about Do I have to draw you a diagram? All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands With the kings and queens of the dance hall craze Checkmate in three moves in your heyday But the girls don't listen to your line anymore Now you're part of someone else On the factory floor you still say "Where’s the action?" Now you manufacture happiness And get sold on the cheap for someone's satisfaction Whenever I put my foot in my mouth and you begin to doubt That it's you that I'm dreaming about Do I have to draw you a diagram? All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands All you toy soldiers and scaremongers Are you living in this world, sometimes I wonder In between saying you've seen too much And saying you've seen it all before Tighter and tighter, I hold you tightly You know I love you more than slightly Although I've never said it like this before Whenever I put my foot in my mouth and you begin to doubt That it's you that I'm dreaming about Do I have to draw you a diagram? All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands All I ever want is to fall into your human hands "Human Hands" Alternate Lyrics: There’s nobody burning between these sheets Oh, darling how I miss you I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness I crave the silhouette of your kiss With only the blue light of the TV on Lip-reading threats and false alarms There's a boy somewhere holding hands with himself And a girl in a window on the Reeperbahn Whenever the money runs out or the drugs wear off And you start to doubt the household brands All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands With the kings and queens of the dance hall craze Checkmate in three moves in your heyday But the girls don't listen to your line anymore Now you're part of someone else On the factory floor you still say "Where’s the action?" Now you manufacture happiness And get sold on the cheap for someone's satisfaction Whenever the money runs out or the drugs wear off And you start to doubt the household brands All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands All you toy soldiers and scaremongers I can already remember when you were younger in between saying you’ve seen too much and saying you’ve seen it all before Tighter and tighter, I hold you tightly You know I love you more than slightly Although I've never said it like this before Whenever the money runs out or the drugs wear off And you start to doubt the household brands All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands
	07 Mar 2021	075 :: Tears and Candles :: A Slow Drag with "The Birds Will Still Be Singing"	00:10:41
Today’s slow drag is with “The Birds Will Still Be Singing,” from “The Juliet Letters,” released in 1993. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The Birds Will Still Be Singing”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Birds_Will_Still_Be_Singing “The Birds Will Still Be Singing”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0L0FTBIvbg “Quintain Rhyme Scheme”: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/grammar/rhymes/quintain-rhyme-scheme.html Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "The Bird Will Still Be Singing" Lyrics Summertime withers as the sun descends He wants to kiss you, will you condescend? Before you wake and find a chill within your bones Under a fine canopy of lover's dust and humorous bones Banish all dismay, extinguish every sorrow Eternity stinks, my darling, that's no joke Don't waste your precious time pretending you're heartbroken There will be tears and candles, pretty words to say Spare me lily-white lily with the awful perfume of decay Banish all dismay, extinguish every sorrow If I'm lost or I'm forgiven, the birds will still be singing It's so hard to tear myself away Even when you know it's over It's too much to say Banish all dismay, extinguish every sorrow If I'm lost or I'm forgiven, the birds will still be singing
	18 Sep 2019	06 :: Don't Let Them See You Crying That Way :: A Slow Drag with "Joe Porterhouse"	00:11:06
Today's Slow Drag is with "Joe Porterhouse," from "Goodbye Cruel World," released in 1984. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: “Joe Porterhouse”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xTQXzVUyxA Elvis Costello Wiki Reference page, "Joe Porterhouse": http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Joe_Porterhouse “Under Lime”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMKkQtH75R8 Catch a tiger by the tail meaning: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/catch+a+tiger+by+the+tail Universal Grammar: https://www.quora.com/What-does-Noam-Chomsky-mean-by-recursion “Valley of Tears” Buddy Holly Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdBoFm2SihI Music Boxes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Od_5VIiRVg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uHSIkHW860 "Joe Porterhouse" Lyrics The children sit upon the stairs High above a valley of tears Don't let them see you crying that way, oh no Oh no, Joe Porterhouse is not gone forever He'll be back another day Don't let them see you crying that way Chorus: Please don't wake him let him sleep It's a moment she can keep Like an old bus ticket or a photograph Resting on the mantlepiece While for the wicked, there is no peace She says it's not his time to go Why we were nearly lovers years ago Now what is left for me Among the broken branches of the family tree Heart like an anchor, arms like cable He stood all alone on an iron turntable Don't let them see you crying that way, oh no The sun beats down, it's cracking the flags Boys who should know better are stamping out fags Don't let them see you laughing that way (Chorus) Oh no, Joe Porterhouse is not gone forever He'll be back another day Don't let them see you crying that way
	18 Aug 2020	053 :: Telling You What's What :: A Slow Drag with "Mouth Almighty"	00:09:48
Today’s slow drag is with “Mouth Almighty,” from “Punch the Clock,” released in 1983. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Mouth Almighty”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Mouth_Almighty “Mouth Almighty”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIDC1bKNp_Q References: Episode 11 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “Blow the Whistle on the Whole Design,” a slow drag with “King of Thieves”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/13850447 Episode 38 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “His Tribute of a Rose,” a slow drag with “The Greatest Thing”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/13850447 What’s What idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tell+you+what%27s+what So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "Mouth Almighty" Lyrics This town belongs to you and your tricks of confidence All the pavements for miles around are littered with your footprints Now every girl I get close to seems to be wearing your perfume And the clock strikes the letters of your name Both midnight and noon But I used to shoot my mouth off Till you'd had enough of me Once or twice nightly I know I've got my faults And among them I can't control my tongue But if you didn't believe me Why did you have to leave me With my mouth almighty Mouth almighty, that's what I've got Mouth almighty, telling you what's what Mouth almighty I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty Wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty Wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty So I threw away the rose and held on to the thorn Crawling round with my crooner cufflinks and my calling card cologne But the realization of being replaced starts to tell tales across my face Without a soul to talk to or a hair out of place But I used to shoot my mouth off Till you'd had enough of me Once or twice nightly I know I've got my faults And among them I can't control my tongue But if you didn't believe me Why did you have to leave me With my mouth almighty Mouth almighty, that's what I've got Mouth almighty, telling you what's what Mouth almighty I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty Wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty Wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty
	04 Sep 2020	055 :: A Little Amused :: A Slow Drag with "...This Town..."	00:14:09
Today’s slow drag is with “…This Town…,” from “Spike,” released in 1989. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “…This Town…”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Spike “…This Town…”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjFfdp3922k Elvis Costello Wiki Page: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Mouth_Almighty References: Episode 10 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “A Terrible Crime,” a slow drag with “Let Him Dangle”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/11524901 Episode 39 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “The Secret It Arouses,” a slow drag with “Satellite”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/13951256 If Corporations are People: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/02/if-corporations-are-people-they-should-act-like-it/385034/ “The Salt of the Earth” Idiom: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20salt%20of%20the%20earth What is Absinthe and is it Legal?: https://www.distillerytrail.com/blog/what-is-absinthe-and-is-it-legal/ So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "...This Town..." Lyrics That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano like he was pawing a dirty book He bit a hole in his big bottom lip and gave his very best little boy look Well, it was a song with a topical verse which I'm afraid he then proceeded to sing Something about the moody doomed love of the Fish-Finger King (Chorus:) You're nobody in this town / You're nobody in this crowd You're nobody till everybody in this town knows you're poison Got your number, knows it must be avoided You're nobody till everybody in this town thinks you're a bastard Mr. Getgood moved up to Self-Made Man Row Though he swears that he's the salt of the earth He's so proud of the "kick-me-hard" sign that they hung on his back at birth He said "I appreciate beauty, if I have one, then it's my fault" "Beauty is on my pillow, beauty is there in my vault" You're nobody in this town / You're nobody in this crowd You're nobody till everybody in this town knows you're poison Got your number, knows it must be avoided You're nobody till everybody in this town thinks you're a bastard The girl with the eternity rock went down on her bookie to buy some stock Now all the signs in the shopping arcades Say "The corporation thief is the new Jesse James" Her clothes and her attention were scant Her eyes were everywhere, her eyes were like absinthe The little green figures that dance on your screen Say everything you want to hear and nothing they mean They made love while she was changing her dress She wiped him off, she wiped him out and then she made him confess A little amused by the belief in her power You must remember this it was the fetish of the hour You're nobody in this town / You're nobody in this crowd You're nobody till everybody in this town knows you're poison Got your number, knows it must be avoided You're nobody till everybody in this town thinks you're a bastard You're nobody in this town...
	15 Feb 2020	32 :: Pass The Vinegar :: A Slow Drag with "I Almost Had a Weakness"	00:08:56
Today’s slow drag is with “I Almost Had a Weakness,” from “The Juliet Letters,” released in 1993. The songwriting is credited Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, I Almost Had a Weakness: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/I_Almost_Had_A_Weakness “I Almost Had a Weakness”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITvtRUO2qPg “Watch Your Step” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvgIbU-I7-M Sour Grapes: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sour+grapes Aesop’s “The Fox and The Sour Grapes” Parable: https://fablesofaesop.com/the-fox-and-the-grapes.html "I Almost Had a Weakness" Lyrics: Thank you for the flowers I threw them on the fire And I burned the photographs that you had enclosed God, they were ugly children So you're that little bastard of that brother of mine Trying to trick a poor old woman 'Til I almost had a weakness Last week Cousin Florence bit your Uncle Joe Hit him on the forehead with a knife and a fork Said that he looked like the devil Then she said... "pass the vinegar", I'm beginning to think That I'm the only one who hasn't taken to the drinking of it Though I almost had a weakness It pains me to mention These delicate concerns But while I have to tolerate you family jewels I really mustn't grumble 'Cause when I die, the cats and dogs will jump up and down And you little swines will get nothing Though I almost had a weakness
	20 Oct 2023	113 :: Colorful with Your Compliments :: A Slow Drag with "Black and White World"	00:09:01
Today’s slow drag is with “Black and White World” from “Get Happy!”, released in 1980. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com/ Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Black and White World” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Black_And_White_World “Black and White World” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRDl6YvXhiw “Black and White World” Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMLZi9v-RFM Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "Black and White World" Lyrics: I was looking at the black and white world It seemed so exciting If you'd only put me back-to-back with that girl When the night's inviting With just a little lighting There'll never be days like that again When I was just a boy and men were men You never go from moment to moment You're the living double of a single fiction You're very colorful with your compliments As you feel the finger's friction It's a freeze-frame till it’s real life You don't want to look 'Cause you've seen the film and you've read the book I was looking at the black and white world Trying to name some pin-up Those days she was just a beautiful girl Now she's framed and hung up I thought she was young Up until I saw her last night in close detail Though they all fade away when you're so pale It's more than just a physical attraction It starts with a face and ends up a fixation But you're never gonna feel a fraction Of the way it used to work on your imagination When you were looking at the black and white world
	31 Aug 2019	02 :: And You Only Wanted to be Famous :: A Slow Drag with "Alibi"	00:13:11
Today's Slow Drag is with "Alibi," released in 2002. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: “Alibi”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1kqc7V6Vn8&list=RDg1kqc7V6Vn8&start_radio=1 Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "Alibi": http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Alibi The Gwendolyn Letters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQieshbrzpI "Alibi" Lyrics: You did it 'cos you wanted Alibi, alibi And you took it 'Cos you need it Alibi, alibi But if I've done something wrong there's no "ifs and buts" 'Cos I love you just as much as I hate your guts Alibi, alibi, alibi… And you don't need anybody Alibi, alibi But you are the only one who knows this Alibi, alibi You deserve it 'cos you're special Alibi, alibi Maybe Jesus wants you for a sunbeam Alibi, alibi But if I've left something out I apologise But if you look in my eyes Then I'm sure you'll see… Alibis, alibis, alibis… Sometimes I'm so forgiving Everything seems bad to me But I can't go on living With this alibi, alibi, alibi… "Insane," what a mundane Alibi, alibi And you only wanted to be famous Alibi, alibi Sorry, but your mummy doesn't love you Alibi, alibi Stop me if you've heard this… Alibi, alibi But if I've done something right then don't be surprised There are soldiers who will kill but refuse to die But if I've done something wrong there's no "ifs and buts" 'Cos I love you just as much as I hate your guts Alibi, alibi, alibi, alibi… You were weak… You couldn't help it Alibi, alibi But you never had a pony Alibi, alibi (chorus) And you're such a people person Alibi, alibi And I will be true to you forever Alibi, alibi But you're stupid and you're lazy Alibi, alibi Maybe we can make the future better Alibi, alibi (chorus) Sometimes I'm so forgiving Everything seems bad to me But I can't go on living With this alibi, alibi, alibi… You were happy when you were poor And more honest and that's your… Alibi, alibi Sister is a whore, brother isn't sure Alibi, alibi You don't fit the body that you're trapped in Alibi, alibi Papa's got a brand new Alibi, alibi But if I've done something wrong there's no "ifs and buts" 'Cos I love you just as much as I hate your guts But if I've left something out I apologise But if you look in my eyes Then I'm sure you'll see… Alibis, alibis, alibis…
	01 Dec 2023	116 :: Unless You Know Otherwise :: A Slow Drag with "The First To Leave"	00:11:09
Today’s slow drag is with “The First to Leave,” from “The Juliet Letters,” released in 1993. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The First to Leave” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=The_First_To_Leave “The First to Leave” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS0dPEacnTY “The Dark Ensemble: Voice and String Quartet https://interlude.hk/the-dark-ensemble-voice-and-string-quartet-20th-century/ Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "The First to Leave" Lyrics I should open with a kiss For if you're reading this You must have opened up your case And found this letter where I placed it In between the silk and lace There were other clues, like your walking shoes But I still refused to believe That you were meant to be the first to leave Everybody here sends you their love How could I forget you still walk above Or below Perhaps you'll never know this Purgatory We never could agree There's a thought, there's a pause No time to repent Eternally yours in a permanent Lent But if I should give you up If you're right and life just stops And I never see your face again Then from unearthly pleasures, proud and plain I shall abstain 'Til you realize, my loss is your surprise Unless you know otherwise, then don't grieve You see I had to be the first to leave
	21 Nov 2022	101 :: The Twilight of Infamy :: A Slow Drag with "That Bridge I Burned"	00:12:06
Today’s slow drag is with “That Bridge I Burned” from “Extreme Honey: The Very Best of the Warner Bros. Years,” released in 1997, and then again on the “All This Useless Beauty” Rhino re-issue, released in 2001. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.coms Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “That Bridge I Burned” http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Bridge_I_Burned “That Bridge I Burned” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPdCavy9z_s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGhlUBtY8_I Marsilio Ficino: https://iep.utm.edu/ficino/ Prince’s “Pop Life”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56Hvoqgdlfk Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” "That Bridge I Burned" Lyrics: I'm walking in Times Square in the Electric Daylight The sailors on shore leave stand out in their perfect white I'm up here with my spying glass at the window up above For better or for worse - it's a perverse universe, my love Now I know, I should have never walked over the bridge I burned Now I know, somehow I don't feel so alone "And remember to flee far away from the unbridled, and the impudent, the malicious, and the unlucky. For these being full of bad demons or rays are maleficent, and like lepers and people stricken with plague, they harm not only by touch but even by proximity and by sight." (Dig it!) (Quote from Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher [1433-1499]) You mutter underneath your breath - IT ECHOES ROUND THE WORLD Everybody comes from nowhere There is hope, it loops up in the air Now I know, I should have never walked over the bridge I burned Now I know, somehow I don't feel so alone You said I used to be handsome if you screwed up your eyes Professors and vampires drank up all the tears I cried Now there's a bird at my window, he beats upon the pane And sometimes he sings to me - a mocking bird in the twilight of infamy Now I know, I should have never walked over the bridge I burned Now I know, some how I don't feel so alone Now I know, I should have never walked over the bridge I burned Now I know, they've burned one sinner and the others are selling firewood Now I know Now I know Now I know
	27 Aug 2019	01 :: The Place Where They Take Your Spine :: A Slow Drag with "Poor Napoleon"	00:11:09
Today's Slow Drag is with "Poor Napoleon," released in 1986. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Reference: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Poor_Napoleon Poor Napoleon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIh_O7rksgw Reduction to absurdity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikjkCi_DhC8 Magic Fingers: https://www.retrothing.com/2007/06/magic_fingers_v.html Corpse Factory: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/the-corpse-factory.html The "hardest cut": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd3-HakNEGM&vl=en Eggcorns: https://grammarist.com/mondegreens/ Title dispute: https://www.stereogum.com/693/napoleon_dynamite_vs_elvis_costello/news/ Pomeranian reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjN5q9Ixen4 "Poor Napoleon" Lyrics: I can't lie on this bed anymore, it burns my skin You can take the truthful things you've said to me And fit them on the head of a pin Poor Napoleon You always look so disappointed when I take my stockings off Don't you know the facts of life, boy Don't you know what these things cost She was selling stolen kisses to traveling salesmen and minstrel singers You put a penny in the slot She called you her Magic Fingers Poor Napoleon I bet she isn't all that's advertised I bet that isn't all she fakes Just like that place where they take your spine And turn it into soapflakes Bare wires from the socket to the bed where you embrace that girl Did you ever think there's far too many people in the world? One day they'll probably make a movie out of all of this There won't even have to be a murder just a slow dissolving kiss Poor Napoleon So good night, little school boy, you'd better learn some self control Did you mess up your hairstyle, pour scorn in your begging bowl Poor Napoleon
	26 Jan 2020	28 :: The Face of Your Affection :: A Slow Drag with "Man Called Uncle"	00:09:00
Today’s slow drag is with “Men Called Uncle,” from “Get Happy!!,” released in 1980. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Men Called Uncle: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Men_Called_Uncle “Men Called Uncle”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28I74ME2--4 “Girls, Girls, Girls” Liner notes: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Girls_Girls_Girls_(1989)_liner_notes Podchaser review page: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/slow-drag-with-remedy-910893 "Man Called Uncle" Lyrics: Now there's newsprint all over your face Well maybe that's why I can read you like a book Just when I thought I was getting my tasty bite I go and lose my appetite Look at the men that you'd call uncle They'd like to sink their teeth into you For the pride and the pleasure And the privilege of having you If I say you're the one, do you think that I'm serious? You get that kind of talk from older men If I say I love you then I must be delirious So why are you trying to put my temperature up again? Look at the men that you'd call uncle Having a heart attack round your ankles When you wake up with X-rated eyes When you wake up still shaking How can I apologize As you check your effects and check your reflection I'm so affected in the face of your affection Look at the men that you'd call uncle Having a heart attack round your ankles I could swear, I could promise that I'll always be true to you But we may not live to be so old I could even say I'm going to do something new to you Now the girls I see just leave me cold Look at the men that you call uncle...
	04 Jun 2023	108 :: The Mightiest Rose :: A Slow Drag with "The Other Side of Summer"	00:13:22
Today’s slow drag is with “The Other Side of Summer” from “Mighty Like a Rose,” released in 1991. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The Other Side of Summer” http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Other_Side_Of_Summer “The Other Side of Summer” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_9f1xuloo “The Other Side of Summer” Music Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww0hN-puTdA “Stand Like Greyhounds…” https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/191850.html “Give It Away Now” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr_uHJPUlO8 Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Earthbound”:http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Wendy_James:_Now_Ain%27t_The_Time_For_Your_Tears http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Earthbound “Earthbound” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Xs6Mhe9tU Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” "The Other Side of Summer" Lyrics The sun struggles up another beautiful day And I felt glad in my own suspicious way Despite the contradiction and confusion Felt tragic without reason There's malice and there's magic in every season (chorus): From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf The other side of summer To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf The other side of summer The automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace The blowtorch amusements, the voodoo chalice The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows A teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars So help her if you can 'Cos she don't seem to have the attention span (chorus) Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions"? A poor little schoolboy who said "we don't need no lessons"? The rabid rebel dogs ransack the shampoo shop The pop princess is downtown shooting up And if that goddess is fit for burning The sun will struggle up, the world will still keep turning Madman standing by the side of the road saying "Look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes" Now you can't afford to fake all the drugs your parents used to take Because of their mistakes, you'd better be wide awake (chorus) The mightiest rose The absence of perfume The casual killers The military curfew The cardboard city An unwanted birthday The other side of summer The dancing was desperate, the music was worse They bury your dreams and dig up the worthless Goodnight God bless And kiss "goodbye" to the earth The other side of summer
	02 Jun 2024	127 :: There Must Be Something More :: a Slow Drag with "Country Darkness"	00:12:30
Today’s slow drag is with “Country Darkness,” from “The Delivery Man,” released in 2004. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Country Darkness” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Country_Darkness “Country Darkness” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwp42y6I8m8 Blade definition: https://appzaza.com/dictionary/blade Filament: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/filament#google_vignette Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook of “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "Country Darkness" Lyrics This tattered document A mystery you can solve Some burnt out filament Flies buzzing around the bulb Country Darkness He thought of traveling Heard an approaching train Drown out his desperate pulse A song with no refrain Country Darkness She daydreams of forbidden sins There must be something more The prison she lives in The one with the open door A veil is covering A glistening cruel blade Suffer little children Repent, unfaithful maid Country Darkness She daydreams of forbidden sins There must be something more The prison she lives in The one with the open door A veil is covering A glistening cruel blade Suffer little children Repent, unfaithful maid Country Darkness
	20 Nov 2019	18 :: Rowdiest but Slightest :: A Slow Drag with "Luxembourg"	00:12:59
Today’s slow drag is with “Luxembourg,” from “Trust” released in 1981. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: “Luxembourg” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA7XqnHMIwQ “Seven O’clock” demo: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Seven_O%27Clock Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Luxembourg YouTube version w/ lyrics: https://youtu.be/heeY3UzX9GU Serve two masters idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/serve+two+masters Dog’s dinner idiom: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/dog%27s+dinner It’s a dog’s life idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/it%27s+a+dog%27s+life Butter wouldn’t melt idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/butter+wouldn%27t+melt+(in+(one%27s)+mouth) Luxembourg info: https://www.britannica.com/place/Luxembourg/Demographic-trends Look daggers at idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/look+daggers+at Send to Coventry slang: https://www.historyrevealed.com/eras/stuarts/why-do-we-say-send-someone-to-coventry/ Mark Twain Didn’t Say It: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/05/mark-twain-didnt-say-thing-about-obituaries/350238/ EC’s long hair in “The Other Side of Summer”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww0hN-puTdA "Luxembourg" Lyrics Dressed up like a dog's dinner Butter wouldn't melt on your paws If this is a dog's life Then you're the cat's clothes They hire out your sons And hire out your daughters The man from abroad says he's already bought her And now you look like a lover but you're only a tourist Chorus: You're either talking or yawning You didn't listen to a thing you heard Don't start your morning moaning or you might wake up in Luxembourg You get up, you get over You're worried about her body She's worryin' about her bodily odour You pull off The pull over You say that you love her when you really loathe her Serves you right, now she wants you to feed her and clothe her (Chorus) They're smiling sweetly while they're looking daggers Kick you where it really matters Send all your friends to Coventry And look for your name in last night's obituaries If you've got the Deutschmarks If you've got the Yen, then You get the shirt off her back and the clock off Big Ben Somebody's soft touch Struck all these bargains In the drinking clubs with the council men Making plans to put lead back in their pencils again
	14 Mar 2024	122 :: Come Back Baby :: A Slow Drag with "The Spell That You Cast"	00:11:43
Today’s slow drag is with “The Spell That You Cast,” from “National Ransom,” released in 2010. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The Spell That You Cast” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=The_Spell_That_You_Cast “The Spell That You Cast” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEYZTE8BDuE The Difference between You Got and You Have: https://preply.com/en/question/you-got-youve-got-43032#:~:text=“You%20have%20got”%20fully%20correct,missed%20too%20many%20days%20already.”&text=“You%27ve”%20(short,”%20(have%20is%20missing). Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook of “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "The Spell That You Cast" Lyrics The spell that you cast Well, it seems to be wearing off fast (The spell that you cast) Come back baby, cos I don't think that I can last (The spell that you cast) And I wonder whether You got some other kind of lover < grammar That you like to please Better than me Don't think I can take it How am I gonna break it? The spell that you cast The spell that you cast The spell that you've woven Well, it seems to be coming undone (The spell that you cast) Come back, Baby or at least tell me where you are going (The spell that you cast) And you know quite well That I'm not the jealous kinda fella But they look in your eyes And they're all hypnotized I'm gonna miss you madly 'Cos I love you sadly The spell that you cast The spell that you cast Jimmy, come quickly ‘cos I feel quite sickly (Oh, the spell that you cast) You're like a gangster's Molly with a cannonade volley (Oh, the spell that you cast) (Oh, the spell that you cast) Here we go… Don't think I can take it How am I gonna break it? The spell that you cast .
	20 Aug 2023	110 :: It's Mister To You :: A Slow Drag with "They're Not Laughing at Me Now"	00:10:35
Today’s slow drag is with “They’re Not Laughing at Me Now” from “Hey Clockface,” released in 2020. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: slow_drag_remedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “They’re Not Laughing at Me Now” http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/They%27re_Not_Laughing_At_Me_Now “They’re Not Laughing at Me Now” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_uR6jvQKAI Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "They're Not Laughing at Me Now" Lyrics: Tell me, how does it feel? In the hour of deception and the moment of pretend To be scorned by those rank and those unkind strangers You were fool enough to call your friends Will you say as the curtain descends? "They're not laughing at me now" When the last of the garlands and laurel crowns and fine bouquets have all been swept away You were lost in the smokescreens and cavalcades and accolades instead of traitor's pay Where will you find the courage to say? "They're not laughing at me now" You could shake my hand If I could unfold my fist If I were a gentleman If I were a Christian But I wouldn't risk it Why would you? You know my name now And it's "Mister" to you. Now we're back at the start, no forgiveness in your heart, you turned your coat and asked me to turn my cheek And it's all in a language that I can understand but never bring myself to speak I'll leave it to you, if you dare It's a peal too appalling to bear I wonder if you're here or you're there They're not laughing at me now
	10 Oct 2021	091 :: If You Catch My Drift :: A Slow Drag with "The River in Reverse"	00:12:07
Today’s slow drag is with “The River in Reverse,” the only song with a solo writing credit from the collaboration with Allen Toussaint on the album of the same name, “The River in Reverse,” released in 2006. The songwriting, as mentioned, is credited solely to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The River in Reserve”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_River_In_Reverse_(song) “The River in Reverse”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71YLX4pUMW0 “The River in Reverse” acoustic solo performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZLZ5H-fjao for the Preservation Hall Foundation in 2020 https://www.preshallfoundation.org “What Does it Mean to Have Grit”: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/what_does_it_mean_to_have_grit A list of a few Imponderables: http://www.unm.edu/~jerome/imponder.htm “Beware of Nominalization” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNlkHtMgcPQ Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "The River in Reverse" Lyrics How long does a promise last? How long can a lie be told? What would I take in exchange for my soul? Would I notice when it was sold? Wake me up Wake me up Wake me up with a slap or a kiss There must be something better than this 'Cos I don't see how it can get much worse What do we have to do to send The river in reverse Every man a crawling kingsnake Every girl a half a heartbreak Every woman sold into shame To any son without a name Are your arms too weak to lift? Another shovel on the graveyard shift Here comes the flood if you catch my drift Where the things that they promised are not a gift If man falls through the mirror of a lake They fish him out quick and they call him a fake Give him all the temptations he can take Tie him up high 'til his bones break Wake me up Wake me up Wake me up with a slap or a kiss There must be something better than this 'Cos I don't see how it can get much worse What do we have to do to send The river in reverse I thought I heard somebody laugh Look out your window They're chasing shadows in the dark They're counting widows I felt a sliver of glass Saw a cross in splinters I felt the truce of spring Dig me out of the trench of winter So count your blessings when they ask permission To govern with money and superstition They tell you it's all for your own protection 'Til you fear your own reflection But the times are passing from illumination Like bodies falling from a constellation An uncivil war divides the nation So erase the tape on that final ape running down creation Running down creation Wake me up Wake me up Wake me up with a slap or a kiss There must be something better than this Wake me up Wake me up with a slap or a kiss There must be something better than this
	20 Mar 2023	104 :: With Glitter and With Dirt :: A Slow Drag with "Spooky Girlfriend"	00:12:37
Today’s slow drag is with “Spooky Girlfriend” from “When I Was Cruel,” released in 2002. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.coms Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Spooky Girlfriend” http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Spooky_Girlfriend “Spooky Girlfriend” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMBmd6m7h-c “Spooky Girlfriend” Cruel Smile, Live on KFOG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJsRa4XojFs “London’s Brilliant Parade” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZmNE964rmk Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” "Spooky Girlfriend" Lyrics: I want a girl to make a mess To do no wrong she must confess And then perhaps hitch up her dress 'Cos when the flashbulbs explode She's such a sensitive soul I want a girl who is helpless and frail Who won't pull on my ponytail I want a girl who has no past She's made up now But that won't last 'Cos when she sits on my knee And then she whispers to me "Can't you see could be could be Your spooky girlfriend… I could be, I could be your spooky girlfriend” And the broken toys are scattered in the attic And the Newspapers play in the words of the fanatic And the greeting cards are your most poetic lyric And the flat champagne is sweet sugar syrup I want to paint you with glitter and with dirt Picture you with innocence and hurt The shutter closes Exposes the shot She says, "Are you looking up my skirt?" When you say "No" She says "Why not?" I want a girl to turn my screw To wind my watch, to buckle my shoe And if she won't, her mother will do 'Cos when she does as she's told We'll all turn platinum and gold But when she sits on my knee I hear her whispers to me "Can't you see?" "I could be your spooky girlfriend"
	19 Jan 2024	119 :: But if You Change Your Mind :: A Slow Drag with "Lip Service	00:14:30
Today’s slow drag is with “Lip Service,” from “This Year’s Model,” released in 1978. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Podcasts References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Lip Service” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Lip_Service “Lip Service” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE6oRbX4CLc “Grice’s Maxims” https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/dravling/grice.html “Sharp Practice” meaning: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/sharp-practice Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "Lip Service" Lyrics You left the motor running But I know you're so attractive Getting in some sharp practice You better not do anything reckless But if everybody is going through the motions Everybody is going through the motions Are you really only going through the motions? Lip service is all you'll ever get from me Lip service is all you'll ever get from me Lip service is all you'll ever get from me But if you change your mind You can send it in a letter to me Don't make any sudden movements These are dangerous amusements When did you become so choosy Don't act like you're above me, just look at your shoes But if everybody is going through the motions Everybody is going through the motions Are you really only going through the motions? Lip service is all you'll ever get from me Lip service is all you'll ever get from me Lip service is all you'll ever get from me But if you change your mind You can send it in a letter to me But if you change your mind You can send it in a letter to me But if you change your mind You can send it in a letter to me
	01 May 2021	081 :: Gentle Airs :: A Slow Drag with "Radio Silence"	00:14:51
Today’s slow drag is with “Radio Silence,” from “When I was Cruel,” released in 2002. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Radio Silence”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Radio_Silence “Radio Silence”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CcSwea80dc (can’t find an official EC upload) “Radio Silence” Definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/radio-silent-silence-meaning “Pearl Harbor” Strike Force radio silence”: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01611190701313940?journalCode=ucry20 “The Secret History of messages etched into records”: https://thevinylfactory.com/features/secret-history-messages-etched-runout-groove/ “The World and His Wife” Origin: https://wordhistories.net/2020/04/22/world-and-his-wife/ Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Radio Silence" Lyrics: Signal fading, listen to what I'm saying Testing, testing This better be worth all of the breath I'm wasting Maintaining radio silence from now on Barricaded in the talk radio station Hostage taken The red "On-Air" light shines on Something cheaper that passes for free speech will have to do Hear him coming through loud and clear He's trickling in your ear He'll tell you anything you want to hear Tape starts running He's going to tell you something String starts strumming Another humdrum conundrum Signing off now Maintaining radio silence from now on But there's one thing I should have said "The hostage will end up dead" It's just a comedy The hostage is me So, pay the ransom Beyond the run-out groove And get my wife down here A helicopter on the roof No police marksman Maintaining radio silence from now on Mystery voices Drowned out by too much choice That's not to mention The sad waste of this wonderful invention Maintaining radio silence from now on Libraries filled up with failed ideas There's nothing more for me there I trust in tender ink and gentle airs Do those drug dealers still polish women made of wax? Gangsters and world leaders Require the same protection from attack From a distance it's hard to tell the difference Between a king and jack then a poet and hack Maintaining radio silence from now on
	17 Dec 2023	117 :: Somebody's Gonna Get it :: A Slow Drag with "Green Shirt"	00:12:07
Today’s slow drag is with “Green Shirt,” from “Armed Forces,” released in 1979. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Green Shirt” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Green_Shirt “Green Shirt” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilN9SpD6Y_Q The Somerton Man Mystery: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/have-scholars-finally-identified-the-mysterious-somerton-man-180980540/ Quisling Clinic Photo https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM51270 Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "Green Shirt" Lyrics There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen Who comes into my house every night And she takes all the red, yellow, orange and green And she turns them into black and white But you tease, and you flirt And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it Better cut off all identifying labels Before they put you on the torture table 'Cause somewhere in the "Quisling Clinic" There's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes She's listening in to the Venus line She's picking out names I hope none of them are mine But you tease, and you flirt And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it Never said I was a stool pigeon I never said I was a diplomat Everybody is under suspicion But you don't wanna hear about that 'Cause you tease, and you flirt And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it Better send a begging letter to the big investigation Who put these fingerprints on my imagination? You tease, and you flirt And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it
	19 Dec 2020	065 :: Chop up the Chairs :: A Slow Drag with "Coal Train Robberies"	00:11:29
Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Coal Train Robberies”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Coal-Train_Robberies “Coal Train Robberies”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTw8kM9DFiQ “Unmask Us” Elvis Costello page: https://www.unmask.us/songwriters-c-e/elvis-costello-p3/ So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "Coal Train Robberies" Lyrics Yesterday's coal train came to rest in the bitter cutting And while the signals took an age to change, it was easy pickings So you go to the movies where they smash it up You want to feel your heart pumping, it makes you feel good All through the karaoke, girls were squealing the hits While another Mercedes-Benz gets blown to bits While all the time in the camptown theatres of Piccadilly They're going to throw a black-face minstrel show For the barefoot children that they're always selling They'll say "It's quaint" as the guilty ones faint And claim they ain't underneath this paint We interrupt these liberal saints with their whips and watermelon Reports are coming in of a coal-train robbery It's like another world, or it had better be So we return to whitewash pout of his committed lips Since he was declared the long lost fountain of youth that drips and drips and drips They'll be sending him round from door to door to sell you back what's already yours "So many good deeds, so little time," say the advertising agency swine When man has destroyed what he thinks he owns I hope no living thing cries over his bones If you don't believe that I'm going for good You can count the days I'm gone and chop up the chairs for firewood Reports are coming in of a coal-train robbery It's like another world, or it had better be Reports are coming in of a coal-train robbery It's like another world, or it had better be Reports, reports, reports, reports... Alternative lyrics: Yesterday's coal train came to rest in the bitter cutting And while the signals took an age to change, it was easy pickings So you go to the movies where they smash it up You want to feel your heart pumping, it makes me feel good All through the karaoke, they were screaming the hits While another Mercedes-Benz gets blown to bits Outside a khaki-covered river oozes by And still they say that there’s a big important world out there to try "What’s yours is yours, what’s yours is mine," so say those City of London swine "So let’s steal something that’s really worth it" Reports are coming in of a coal train robbery It’s like another world, or it had better be Come down the banks where you used to court, your heart pumping You know where she kissed you as the sweating trains pulled in A scrap of grime for a glimmer of heat beneath the rails between your feet You used to pick rags from the workhouse floor You don’t want much, you just want more You waited fifteen years for the whistle to blow When they say "work," when they say "no" If you don’t believe that I’m going for good You can count the days I’m gone and chop up the chairs for firewood Reports are coming in of a coal train robbery It’s like another world, or it had better be Reports are coming in of a coal train robbery Reports are coming in of a coal train robbery
	29 Dec 2019	24 :: A Simple Game of Self Respect :: A Slow Drag with "Two Little Hitlers"	00:14:25
Today’s slow drag is with “Two Little Hitlers,” from “Armed Forces,” released in 1979. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Little_Atoms “Two Little Hitlers” http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Two_Little_Hitlers “Two Little Hitlers” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkyMYl_u2H0 https://singledatingdiva.com/2015/09/02/finding-the-ideal-partner-requires-selective-dating/ Grammy nomination surprise: https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8546756/elvis-costello-grammy-rule-change-nomination Todd Rundgren cover of “Two Little Hitlers” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc6cI_BNlBg “Taste of Honey” “Boogie Oogie Oogie”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYWkG_DI5OE "Two Little Hitlers" Lyrics Why are we racing to be so old? I'm up late pacing the floor I won't be told You have your reservations I'm bought and sold I'll face the music I'll face the facts Even when we walk in polka dots and chequer slacks Bowing and squawking Running after titbits Bobbing and squinting Just like a nitwit Two little Hitlers will fight it out until One little Hitler does the other one's will I will return I will not burn Down in the basement I need my head examined I need my eyes excited I'd like to join the party But I was not invited You make a member of me I'll be delighted I wouldn't cry for lost souls, you might drown Dirty words for dirty minds Written in a toilet town Dial me a Valentine She's a smooth operator It's all so calculated She's got a calculator She's my soft touch typewriter And I'm the great dictator Two little Hitlers will fight it out until One little Hitler does the other one's will I will return I will not burn A simple game of self-respect You flick a switch and the world goes off Nobody jumps as you expect I would have thought you would have had enough by now You call selective dating For some effective mating I thought I'd let you down, dear But you were just deflating I knew right from the start We'd end up hating Pictures of the merchandise Plastered on the wall We can look so long as we don't have to talk at all You say you'll never know him He's an unnatural man He doesn't want your pleasure He wants as no one can He wants to know the names of All those he's better than Two little Hitlers will fight it out until One little Hitler does the other one's will I will return I will not burn I will return I will not burn (repeats)
	02 Feb 2020	30 :: The Bells Take Their Toll :: A Slow Drag with "Peace in Our Time"	00:12:59
Today’s slow drag is with “Peace in Our Time,” from “Goodbye Cruel World,” released in 1984. The songwriting is credited to a 30-year-old Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Peace in Our Time: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Peace_In_Our_Time “Peace in Our Time”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xwgm_O1jh0 “Peace in Our Time” Solo live Performance w/ slightly different lyrics: https://youtu.be/AY_Lw53udq8 (extended version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dJH5IqUxrw ) Heston Aerodrome arrival of Neville Chamberlain: https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675035713_Neville-Chamberlain_reads-the-paper_plane-lands-and-taxis_greeted-by-friends Britain’s Gesture of Peace (1938) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGG9YT4YXuE Britain’s Appeasement: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/ztydcwx/revision/1 Munich Agreement: https://www.britannica.com/event/Munich-Agreement "Peace in Our Time" Lyrics: Out of the airplane stepped Chamberlain with a condemned man's stare But we all cheered wildly, a photograph was taken, As he waved a piece of paper in the air Now the Disco Machine lives in Munich and we are all friends And I slip on my Italian dancing shoes as the evening descends And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime And we can thank God that we've finally got peace in our time There's a man going round taking names no matter who you claim to be As innocent as babies, a mad dog with rabies, you're still a part of some conspiracy Meanwhile there's a light over the ocean burning brighter than the sun And a man sits alone in a bar and says "Oh God, what have we done?" And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime And we can thank God that we've finally got peace in our time They're lighting a bonfire upon every hilltop in the land (In England) Just another tiny island invaded when he's got the whole world in his hands And the Heavyweight Champion fights in the International Propaganda Star Wars There's already one spaceman in the White House what do you want (the same one again) another one for? And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime And we can thank God that we've finally got peace in our time
	19 Dec 2021	093 :: The Humble and the Mighty :: A Slow Drag with "Clown Strike"	00:12:25
Today’s slow drag is with “Clown Strike” from “Brutal Youth,” released in 1994. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Clown Strike”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Clown_Strike “Clown Strike”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0zbZDn7juc “Elvis Costello The Gwendolyn Letters (demos): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQieshbrzpI Erik Jorgensen background: https://www.fredericia.com/stories/erik-joergensen.aspx Flamingo Chair: https://www.danishdesignstore.com/products/ej205-flamingo-chair-by-erik-jorgensen https://www.danishdesignstore.com/products/ej205-flamingo-chair-by-erik-jorgensen Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Clown Strike" Lyrics She'll fix you with an iron cross And cover you up with petals And hang you up with some amber beads And four or five precious metals And in that black flamingo chair you'll sit among her trophies And pray to be abandoned 'til you don't know what hope is (Chorus:) But there's one thing That I had to keep inside because I was shaking Why don't you get some pride? There was a clown strike And the clowns threw down their tools But you don't have to play so hard And I'm nobody's fool You don't have to go so far ‘Cos I love you as you are The big top is deserted now and the circus girl rehearses She knows how to turn their heads and not fall between two horses But all that seems a simple step, if only I were able To love you like I want to do And not by some times-table (Repeat Chorus) And it's pandemonium For the humble and the mighty You don't have to tumble for me Even a clown knows when to strike Tell me what you want of me Or are you terrified of failure Put on a superstitious face behind all this paraphernalia We're not living in a masquerade where you only have three wishes It isn't easy to see in a lifetime of mistaken kisses (Repeat Chorus) And it's pandemonium For the humble and the mighty You don't have to tumble for me Even a clown knows when to strike
	17 Jul 2022	097 :: No Amount of Darkness :: A Slow Drag with "The Town Where Time Stood Still"	00:16:38
Today’s slow drag is with “The Town Where Time Stood Still” from, well, a few places: “Imperial Bedroom,” “Goodbye Cruel World,” sans a verse or two, and ultimately released in 1995 on the Rykodisc reissue of “Punch the Clock.” The songwriting, and everything else except for drum loop, is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The Town Where Time Stood Still”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Town_Where_Time_Stood_Still “The Town Where Time Stood Still”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI69GMlMNVU (demo version) “Almost Persuaded” by David Houston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbN4r4y3AIY Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "The Town Where Time Stood Still" Lyrics: I made my selection from the lonely hit parade In the town where time stood still I was feeling very little pain Until some joker played "Almost Persuaded" Now every girl I see Looks so much prettier to me My faithfulness has faded And their looks are sharp as daggers And the conversation heated Since the boys have all been laid off And are walking round defeated In the town where time stood still Somebody in charge must have pretended That the future's been suspended And I say I don't want trouble But I find myself back in it In the town where time stood still I am the man of the minute Teach me to say "I love you" They’ll teach you to say "You will do" In the town where time stood still Or maybe I can find a little girl To wind me up with all the usual skills There's nothing else to do but rearrange somebody's features (futures) And trap your figures in the till The bar is full of girls just like the creature with the curse And the food is just like cabaret or vice versa In the town where time stood still Just as my heart went down sinking I found the town was shrinking And suddenly I saw her through the smoke and empty beers In the town where time stood still She might have well have waited years Now I suppose we did some things we used to do But no amount of darkness could ever turn her into you And so I woke up in the town where time stood still With a headache and a heartache And a handful of pills A welcome mat, a scandal rag, and unpaid bills With her head inside her handbag The sign says "please wait to be seated" I only want a cup of coffee I know you can't have your cake and eat it In the town where time stood still Did you hear the news today? It's all bad, did I tell you how I left her so sad? With a headache and a heartache And an hour or two to kill I only wish we were together In the town where time stood still In the town where time stood still In the town where time stood still In the town where time stood still In the town where time stood still
	27 Feb 2022	095 :: His Magnum Opus :: A Slow Drag with "My Most Beautiful Mistake"	00:19:15
Today’s slow drag is with “My Most Beautiful Mistake” from “The Boy Named If,” released in 2022. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “My Most Beautiful Mistake”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/My_Most_Beautiful_Mistake “My Most Beautiful Mistake”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn0IWgpzanY Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "My Most Beautiful Mistake" Lyrics: She was a part-time waitress with a dream of greatness That nobody knew of or even suspected Though it was sometimes reflected in the slant of a mirror It was buried so deep and so dear She caught the eye of a guy passing by who said, "My, if I prove to be faithless, you'll surely know why Oh, why? You'll probably know why" Then again you may say "Mister, you've got a nerve Most of us never get just what we deserve" I'll smile sweetly, "I'm here at your service" And the camera walks us through into a sunlit room Where a one-hit wonder lives And he says, "Action" and "That's a take" You are my most beautiful mistake "It's not your reputation I'm trying to besmirch" "I'm here undercover, I'm writing this screenplay" "You might be my inspiration, it's beyond my control" "So it's my soulful and wounded expression, that you'd like to console?" There's a hand that lingers a little too long There are lies you will hear, that they're singing right now, right here, right here in this song And the lens pulls the focus on his magnum opus He's a one-hit wonder kid And he says, "Action" and "That's a take" You are my most beautiful mistake He made a portrait of her face out of burnt out matches She said "The trouble is, Sunshine, I know what the catch is… You'll offer me nothing, you'll offer me riches I've seen your kind before in courtroom sketches" From the booth in the corner From a different perspective Where a man plays the fool or a private detective He wrote her name out in sugar on a Formica counter "You could be the game that captures the hunter" Then he went out for cigarettes As the soundtrack played The Marvelettes Let me check the script Check the continuity You'll be up on that screen for eternity The billboard will spit: "That look! That's it!" Take a little pill and you will get over it The light will hit you If you drop that hint Now "Cut" and "Print" And the camera walks us through into a low-lit room Where a one-hit wonder lives
	25 Nov 2019	19 :: The Breath That I Waste :: A Slow Drag with "Chemistry Class"	00:09:33
Today’s slow drag is with “Chemistry Class,” from “Armed Forces” released in 1979. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Chemistry_Class “Chemistry Class”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6QABOVXkFk “I’d Rather Be Thin than Famous”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKhqBejt0NA "Chemistry Class" Lyrics She throws back her hair and she shows you her mouth The breath that I waste trying to ruin your life Beauty's on a budget but you take it on the chin 'Cause you have to do your duty taking orders from the kingpin Chorus: You've got a chemistry class, I want a piece of your mind You don't know what you started when you mixed it up with mine Are you ready for the final solution? Oh Oh They chopped you up in butcher's school Threw you out of the academy of garbage You'll be a joker all your life A student at the comedy college People pleasing people pleasing people like you You've been around so long but you still don't know what to do (Chorus) Sparks are flying from electrical pylons Snakes and ladders running up and down her nylons Ready to experiment, you're ready to be burned If it wasn't for some accidents then some would never ever learn
	10 Jun 2021	085 :: Fumbling with the Catches :: A Slow Drag with "Motel Matches"	00:13:59
Today’s slow drag is with “Motel Matches,” from “Get Happy!!,” released in 1980. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Motel Matches”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Motel_Matches “Motel Matches”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLh-5onrgfQ “Who Shot Sam” (1959) George Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItJp3mJSoKE “Who Shot Sam” lyrics: https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/8152751/George+Jones “Another Saturday Night,” Sam Cooke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O8m0mMDpHw “Sam Cooke dies under suspicious circumstances in LA”: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sam-cooke-dies-under-suspicious-circumstances-in-la “Why Mystery Still Shrouds Singer Sam Cooke’s Shooting Death 60 Years Later”: https://people.com/movies/why-mystery-still-shrouds-singer-sam-cookes-shooting-death-nearly-60-years-later/ Urban Dictionary entry for Motel Matches: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Motel%20Matches Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Motel Matches" Lyrics (Final and Alternative) Somewhere in the distance I can hear "Who Shot Sam?" This is my conviction, that I am an innocent man Though you say I'm unkind I'm being as nice as I can Boys everywhere, fumbling with the catches I struck a lucky with motel matches Falling for you without a second look Falling out of your open pocketbook Giving you away like motel matches I wake with the siren in an emergency Though your mind is full of love In your eyes there is a vacancy And you know what I'll do When the light outside changes from red to blue Boys everywhere, fumbling with the catches I struck a lucky with motel matches Falling for you without a second look Falling out of your open pocketbook Giving you away like motel matches Alternate lyrics Live at the Palomino, North Hollywood, CA, February 16, 1979: Somewhere in the distance I can hear "Who Shot Sam?" Someone's crawling 'round your door I suspect it is the insect man Though you say I'm unkind You'll find I'm being as nice as I can Boys everywhere, fumbling with the catches I struck lucky with motel matches Falling for you without a second look Falling out of your open pocketbook Giving you away like motel matches Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh I remember thinking as I was crawling to the door That I will make my move if I can only jump this chequered floor And I know that quite soon You'll see more of me than just a cartoon Boys everywhere, fumbling with the catches I struck lucky with motel matches Falling for you without a second look Falling out of your open pocketbook Giving you away like motel matches Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Boys everywhere, fumbling with the catches I struck lucky with motel matches Falling for you without a second look Falling out of your open pocketbook Giving you away like motel matches Giving you away like motel matches Giving you away like motel matches Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
	22 Sep 2024	130 :: Pressed Between The White Sheets :: A Slow Drag with "Poisoned Rose"	00:14:25
Today’s slow drag is with “Poisoned Rose,” from “King of America,” released in 1986. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA,MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Poisoned Rose” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Poisoned_Rose “Poisoned Rose” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ycLSDu7jc “La Vie Bohéme” trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYYE_1Br-kE “A Drunken Man’s Praise of Sobriety” Elvis Costello Wiki https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=A_Drunken_Man%27s_Praise_Of_Sobriety “A Drunken Man’s Praise of Sobriety” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFf-iHQjLNI Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook of “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "Poisoned Rose" Lyrics The poisoned rose That you gave to me It left me half alive And half in ecstasy But if half of your love Is all I can win Give me just a fraction But no more medicine The poisoned rose On a Valentine card That you take straight to the heart That you call my junkyard But if all I can do Is save pieces of you The piece of your mind The piece of your heart Didn't tear me apart Like the poisoned rose I received from you I don't know How we came to grow Into this very sad affair Every time we do the decent thing Somebody spikes the drink And a single becomes a pair The poisoned rose That you wear at your best That I keep pressed between the white sheets Where you lie half undressed I threw away my shirt and shoes You looked and I dived in It's just you and me now 'Cause I threw away the gin I threw away your alibis And all your worn-out clothes I threw myself upon the floor But I couldn't throw away This poisoned rose This poisoned rose This poisoned rose
	13 Jul 2024	128 :: It's Starts as a Flirtation :: A Slow Drag with "Heathen Town"	00:11:46
Today’s slow drag is with “Heathen Town,” from “Out of Our Idiot,” released in 1987. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Heathen Town” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Heathen_Town “Heathen Town” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udnz2s_k8js “The Fall of Rome” https://www.dictionary.com/browse/fall-of-rome#:~:text=The%20collapse%20of%20the%20Roman,%2C%20Romulus%20Augustulus%2C%20in%20476. “Old hat” idiom: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/old-hat#:~:text=old%20hat%20in%20American%20English,of%20being%20trite%20or%20commonplace John Howard Payne’s, “Home Sweet Home,” written in 1822 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqjjfF1Wn-s “Ave Maria” (Ellen’s Third Song,” composed in 1825 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqjjfF1Wn-s “Ave Maria” words: https://www.classicfm.com/composers/schubert/ave-maria-schubert-lyrics/ Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook of “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "Heathen Town" Lyrics They used to call it Sin City Now it's gone way past that Painting the town and then burning it down Now even that's old hat Now there's a choir of angels at the fall of Rome Singing "Ave Maria" or "Home Sweet Home" It's just a heathen town I hear only evil as my tongue is tightened I used to be god-fearing, now I'm so frightened Cos the devil will drag you under By the shark tail fin of your checkered cab And I can't sit down, I'm going overboard in this heathen town It starts as a flirtation And ends up as an expensive habit With one eye on her place in debtor's prison And the other on a girl dressed as a rabbit Now you can live forever Endure fits and starts But the only stake you cannot raise Is the one driven through your heart It's just a heathen town I hear only evil as my tongue is tightened I used to be god-fearing, now I'm so frightened Cos the devil will drag you under By the shark tail fin of your checkered cab And I can't sit down, I'm going overboard In this heathen town And I can't sit down, I'm going overboard In this heathen town In this heathen town In this heathen town In this heathen town In this heathen town
	27 Sep 2020	057 :: Your Affectionate Fingerprints :: A Slow Drag with "Worthless Thing"	00:10:50
Today’s slow drag is with “Worthless Thing,” from “Goodbye Cruel World,” released in 1984. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Worthless Thing”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Worthless_Thing “Worthless Thing”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHvRCRP4MKo References: Episode 6 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “Don’t Let Them See You Crying that Way,” a slow drag with “Joe Porterhouse”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/11297243 Episode 30 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “The Bells Take Their Toll,” a slow drag with “Peace in Our Time”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/12489932 “Have a skeleton in someone’s cupboard” idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cupboard “Blue/Bloody Murder” idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/scream+blue+murder “King’s Ransom” idiom: https://grammarist.com/idiom/kings-ransom/ Union Avenue history: http://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/sun-records-706-union-avenue-memphis-tennessee/ The Legendary Sun Studio: https://www.sunstudio.com So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "Worthless Thing" lyrics: How many times can you jump out of the cupboard Before someone gets suspicious or someone gets discovered You can live forever in a split second of fame Come on down, the price is right, what's your name While a crocodile makes good shoes and a dog may change his coat I can't change what's written on your face tonight and I quote Chorus: Oh I wish you could see Quite how much you could mean to me You worthless thing If you were ten feet taller and almost handsome I might pay this king's ransom You worthless thing They commit blue murder along Union Avenue Then they sell you souvenir matches Nightclubs full of grave robbers from Memphis, Tennessee And Las Vegas body snatchers And he's carrying a warning, can't you see how his eyes glint? Keep your bloody hands off my life, your affectionate fingerprints (Chorus) All the cars and pills and girls who tore his shirt to tatters Do you know how tall he was 'cos that is all that really matters? Do you know his mother's last name, do you think that he's divine? You've seen the film, you've read the book You're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine Bored out of your tiny mind while life is twice as large They'll cut her down to size on television She's available and beautiful, but with more time to devote They're going to take this cable now and stick it down your throat So this is an obituary which should be right and fitting For every clockwork cat and conceivable kitten (Chorus)
	05 Sep 2023	111 :: Après All This Fancy Footwork :: A Slow Drag with "White Knuckles"	00:13:01
Today’s slow drag is with “White Knuckles” from “Trust,” released in 1981. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “White Knuckles” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=White_Knuckles “White Knuckles” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbZ6TkpflKc Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Wave a White Flag” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Wave_A_White_Flag “Wave a White Flag” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJwALX5riiU “I need him like the axe needs the turkey” saying from “The Lady Eve.” https://melanienovak.com/2020/09/02/the-lady-eve-i-need-him-like-the-axe-needs-the-turkey/ Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "White Knuckles" Lyrics: White knuckles came down to put the frighteners on I believe she's the one that he's got his heart set on It doesn't matter if your face doesn't fit There's no charge for changing it Oooh ooh What are you doing You see right through him You don't have to take it when he gets cruel White knuckles on black and blue skin You don't have to take it so you just give in White knuckles sweatin' on the headboard Never found out what the kisser was for Losing face with the boys while she's whispering in his ear They never found out why they called it laughing gear Maybe they weren't loved when they were young Maybe they should be hung by their tongues Oooh ooh Under the blankets with the body jerk He needs her like the axe needs the turkey Thinking of après of this fancy footwork White knuckles on black and blue skin Didn't mean to hit her but she kept laughing White knuckles sweatin' on the headboard Never found out what the kisser was for There's always someone new to toy with when the penny drops in the slot Now it's a petty crime on the news at nine But it's all she's got Love on the never never dreams don't come cheap I don't close my eyes when I go to sleep Oooh ooh It gets right under your skin It makes you as miserable as sin You don't have to take it so you just give in White knuckles on black and blue skin Didn't mean to hit her but she kept laughing White knuckles sweatin' on the headboard Never found out what the kisser was for White knuckles on black and blue skin You don't have to take it so you just give in White knuckles sweatin' on the headboard Never found out what the kisser was for Why you don't come round anymore Mother said He's using you Sister said I told you so too When he goes to your head You took it to be true
	06 Dec 2020	063 :: I'm Counting on You :: A Slow Drag with "My Little Blue Window"	00:10:13
Today’s slow drag is with “My Little Blue Window,” from “When I was Cruel,” released in 2002. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “My Little Blue Window”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/My_Little_Blue_Window “My Little Blue Window”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXgWe6yGw5g “9 Shakespeare Innuendos”: https://www.vox.com/2015/4/23/8479871/shakespeare-dirty-jokes “Hooligan” as an Ethnic Slur: https://qz.com/1306921/world-cup-2018-hooligans-is-an-ethnic-slur-in-history/ Episode 2 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “And You Only Want to be Famous,” a slow drag with “Alibi”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/11068049 Episode 42 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “A Creature of Habit,” a slow drag with “Tart”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/14276159 Episode 49 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “Every Twisted Grudge,” a slow drag with “Soul for Hire”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/15206756 So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "My Little Blue Window" Lyrics This is a calling card Maybe it will be a farewell note The poison fountain pen now requires the antidote But if I avert your gaze And I should become a shrinking flower Just punch me on the arm This could be our finest hour Till now this was my view But I'm counting on you How am I ever going to make you see? Nothing in this ugly world comes easily I want you to be... My lovely hooligan Come by and smash my pane Till I can see right through My little blue window This is a fingerprint Maybe you will feel a fond caress But when you start to speak Are you tempted to confess? Well, I was a gloomy soul Never thought I see a brighter day The dark interior Blows those silver clouds away Till now this was my view But I'm counting on you How am I ever going to make you see? Nothing in this ugly world comes easily I want you to be... My lovely hooligan Come by and smash my pane Till I can see right through My little blue window
	26 Sep 2019	08 :: The Word That She Wanted Was "Destination" :: A Slow Drag with "20% Amnesia"	00:17:06
Today's slow drag is with 20% Amnesia. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello's birth name. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: “20% Amnesia”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ljVEbHw2mg Elvis Costello Wiki Resource Page: "20% Amnesia": http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/20%25_Amnesia Strip Jack Naked: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/22/rules-card-games-beggar-neighbour “Beggar My Neighbour” Marc. M. Paulhus. Source: The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 106, No. 2 (Feb., 1999), pp. 162-165 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of the Mathematical Association of America https://www.jstor.org/stable/2589054 Boot Boy definition and examples from the Cambridge dictionary: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/boot-boy A Hundred Years of Windsors but Still the Queen is partly German: https://www.ft.com/content/b80a9dde-f1f0-11e6-95ee-f14e55513608 Tramp the Dirt Down: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Tramp_The_Dirt_Down How to Be Dumb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q7sFEe_H-o Rich Hall QI quote: https://www.quotes.net/mquote/833502 The difference between destiny and destination: https://wikidiff.com/destination/destiny Elvis Costello continues to sing “Tramp the Dirt Down” https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/tramp-the-dirt-down-elvis-costello-defends-decision-to-continue-singing-anti-thatcher-songs-8706270.html Glastonbury Festival 2013 “Tramp the Dirt Down” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaZ8PormR1w Gorbachev and Cinderella and Major: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-07-17-1991198031-story.html Pick up the phone! (90s adult sex chat line ad): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKdlb5yv5xo So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "20% Amnesia" Lyrics "What is your destiny?" the policewoman said 20% amnesia The word that she wanted was "destination," I'm afraid 20% amnesia This is your future boy, this is your fate 20% amnesia And you're obsolete and they can't afford to educate you 20% amnesia In his bed-time boot-boy jersey Ringing up some fantasy tart Give me strength or give me mercy Life intimidates art Give me strength or give me mercy Don't let me lose heart From rage to anaesthesia 20% amnesia Were you passed out on the sofa? 20% amnesia While justice was bartered by a drunken oaf? 20% amnesia This is all your glorious country thinks of your life 20% amnesia Strip-jack-naked with a Stanley knife 20% amnesia So the German Queen went home again But she couldn't find forgiveness They made a fist of the hand of friendship But it's only business Give me strength or give me mercy Don't let me lose heart From rage to anaesthesia 20% amnesia The wine you drink has never seen a grape And now your sci-fi suit has lost its shape But its a dangerous game that comedy plays Sometimes it tells you the truth Sometimes it delays it Think back, think back if you still can When the trumpet sounded and the world began Somebody said "We must have won" So they started burying the bogeyman Mister Gorbachev came cap in hand 20% amnesia From a bankrupt land to a bankrupt land 20% amnesia Mister Gorbachev and some other fella 20% amnesia Were taken to a show called "Cinderella" 20% amnesia It wasn't an accident, it wasn't a mystery 20% amnesia It was calculated and the rest is history 20% amnesia You don't have to listen to me That's the triumph of free will When there are promises to break And dreams to kill Give me strength or give me mercy Don't let me lose heart From rage to anaesthesia 20% amnesia
	03 Nov 2019	15 :: A Villain in a Million :: A Slow Drag with "Riot Act"	00:11:39
Today’s slow drag is with “Riot Act,” from “Get Happy!” released in 1980. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: “Riot Act” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO3-ci_1ERI Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Riot_Act YouTube version w/ lyrics: https://youtu.be/1AvTjrEUt5w Riot Act: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8142/8142-h/8142-h.htm Revenge and guilt: https://www.treblezine.com/35781-revenge-and-guilt-elvis-costellos-my-aim-is-true-at-40/ Rod Stewart Axes Old Songs: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/10122753/sir-rod-stewart-me-too-movement/ "Riot Act" Lyrics Today’s slow drag is with “Riot Act,” from “Get Happy!” released in 1980. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello.
	04 May 2020	42 :: A Creature of Habit :: A Slow Drag with "Tart"	00:11:49
Today’s slow drag is with “Tart,” from “When I was Cruel,” released in 2002. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA, MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Tart”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Tart “Tart”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FnYK0Icf8E “Do You Always Use a Lip Trill on a Trumpet?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO6ed7GuQT4 Lip Trill on a Trumpet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyd5XyFz--k Trumpet in C – Trills, Vienna Symphonic Library: https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Playing_Techniques/Trumpet_in_C-Trills “The Arab Seville”: https://www.visitasevilla.es/en/route/arab-seville “Orange Types: Sweet, Bitter, Mandarin”: https://harvesttotable.com/oranges_the_basics_there_are/ “Moro Blood Oranges”: https://www.froghollow.com/products/organic-moro-blood-oranges “Ashfield” meaning: https://www.houseofnames.com/ashfield-family-crest "Tart" Lyrics: Hear silver trumpets will trill In the Arabic streets of Seville Oranges roll in the gutter And you pick them up And pull back the skin To the red fruit within But the flavor is... Tart And the flavor is...Tart Is it something you crave? And you say that you only feel bitterness When you know it's a lie, lie, lie... Wild with a blackberry bush There were blossoms of cherries to crush There, at the edge of the ashfield tempting fingertips You stain your hands, press too hard They'll color your lips… Chorus: But the flavour is... Tart And the flavour is... Tart Is it something you crave? 'Cos you say that you only feel bitterness Would it kill you to show us a little sweetness? Odd, where nothing else grows It was something like love that she chose Always a creature of habit When pity would do She wore down that heel with no feeling She kept on her shoes (Repeat Chorus) Tart And the flavour is... Tart And the flavour is... Tart And the flavour is... Tart Nylon was hung from a peg And a kohl black seam ran down her leg Fishermen look for their nets And send their regrets The bug lay there broken She spoke, "Is this some kind of joke?" (Repeat Chorus) Tart And the flavour is... / Tart And the flavour is... /Tart And the flavour is... /Tart
	23 Oct 2022	100 :: Hip, Hip Hooray :: A Slow Drag with "A Slow Drag with Josephine"	00:15:04
Today’s slow drag is with “A Slow Drag with Josephine” from “National Ransom,” released in 2010. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Linguist Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.coms Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “A Slow Drag with Josephine” http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/A_Slow_Drag_With_Josephine “A Slow Drag with Josephine” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1II-SELD9k Gavotte, Baroque Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0tB2rGh1kM Gavotte definition: https://www.britannica.com/art/gavotte Garrotes Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C32zAHaIJt4 Garrote (method of torture by strangulation) definition: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/garrote Cotillions, definition and difference: https://www.astoriabanquets.com/difference-between-a-cotillion-and-a-debutante-ball.htm Cotillion Dance example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvItgHeD2EU Arabesque: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmRrfm1ihGg Arabesque in Dance, definition: https://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3farndo.htm Farandole dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzUeMwM9CCQ Farandole dance definition: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/farandole Slow Drag Dance Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lFWWheBVuA A bit of The Slow Drag Dance history: https://atomicballroom.com/blog/2011/05/17/slow-it-down-with-slow-drag/ “Tango Till You’re Sore, Tom Waits from the seminal “Rain Dogs”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjLBWJutzEI “Flirtation – Dominica’s Traditional Dance”: https://dominicaexplorer.com/dominica/dominica-traditional-dances/flirtation-dance/ “Flirtation Two Step: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtj-SFouB6o Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” "A Slow Drag with Josephine" Lyrics: The snitch, the snoop, the tattletale Lead a threadbare up the stairs Adieu, my little ballyhoo You broke my heart in two And now I haunt the bars and scent those trite affairs She went home to gather her comb And caught him unawares And there was a man enjoying the lay of the land He took a walk in the dark with a dish from the stand Girls and their creations Tied in the brightest grenadine But I'd take all that I've seen For a Slow Drag with Josephine Josephine, Josephine But I'd trade all that I've seen for a Slow Drag with Josephine Gavottes, garrotes, Cotillions and slow Arabesques Drum-rolls and Farandoles were all made in jest But when you make that move I can't resist When will you declare your armistice? Josephine, Josephine But I'd trade all that I've seen for a Slow Drag with Josephine In another time and place a different fate was cast He tried to skeddle-daddle-do She might have slapped him Just for saying "Grant one more chance before you pass" "Then curse the nurse that named me the first or bury me at last" And in three-quarter time The true and the false Dancing the "Hesitation Waltz" Then comes the "Flirtation" And temptation Hip, hip hooray Listen to what I say Then you can take it away…
	03 Nov 2023	114 :: The Lure of Vitriol :: A Slow Drag with "The World and His Wife"	00:12:58
Today’s slow drag is with “The World and His Wife,” from “Punch the Clock,” released in 1983. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The World and His Wife” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=The_World_And_His_Wife “The World and His Wife” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4wgrLmdVaI “The World and His Wife” Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KJTTmA_vvs “The World and His Wife” idiom: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/world-and-his-wife#:~:text=a%20great%20many%20people%2C%20especially,his%20wife%20will%20be%20there. “It’s a Living” idiom https://www.englishforums.com/English/ItsALiving/mkphd/post.htm “This is the life” idiom https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/this-is-the-life “Score Draw” https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/score-draw#:~:text=Word%20forms%3A%20plural%20score%20draws,the%20same%20number%20of%20goals. Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "The World and His Wife" Lyrics The family circle gathers 'round from very far and near To pass around the same remarks they passed away last year The little girl you dangled on your knee without mishap Stirs something in your memory and something in your lap Chorus: But it's a living This is the life For the world and his wife The world and his wife The kissing cousins slip outside to cuddle and confess She says sweet nothing at all, it's much more of a mess The conversation melts like chocolate down their open jaws As the juniper berry slips down just like last night's drawers (Chorus) To tell the truth our Mum ran off with someone else's father Went for two weeks' holiday in Taramasalata Daddy went out with the rubbish and he kept on walking Between Mum and the walls God only knows who does the talking (Chorus) But late time in the evening through the tears and fol-de-rol Come the sentimental feelings for the lure of vitriol Longing thoughts go hankering for the old home overseas With a blindfold and a national anthem sung in different keys
	19 Sep 2021	088 :: I Had My Fingers Crossed :: A Slow Drag with "Nothing Clings Like Ivy"	00:10:57
Today’s slow drag is with “Nothing Clings Like Ivy,” from “The Delivery Man,” released in 2004. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Nothing Clings Like Ivy”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Nothing_Clings_Like_Ivy “Nothing Clings Like Ivy”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bs4Sjma6PI “The Pros and Cons of planting English Ivy in the Landscape”: https://blog.gardeningknowhow.com/gardening-pros-cons/pros-and-cons-of-planting-english-ivy/ Hollow: https://artsandsciences.sc.edu/appalachianenglish/node/492 “Southern Gothic Literature”: https://oxfordre.com/literature/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.001.0001/acrefore-9780190201098-e-304 Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Nothing Clings Like Ivy" lyrics Nothing clings like Ivy Frightened by the dark Though she cuts deep It never leaves a mark No one quite like Ivy Everyone gets it straight What she believes She won't negotiate All the words of tenderness That never quite got through She says, "You know how young girls are From my contempt for you" Outside in the hollow She may dare herself For there may be A serpent in the grass Nothing clings like Ivy Trying to scare herself And it may strike or Wait for her to pass All the words of tenderness That she never possessed "So, what's the use of promises?" "I had my fingers crossed" All the words of tenderness that never quite got through She said, "I laughed behind your back When I told them to you” Nothing clings like Ivy Frightened by the dark Though she cuts deep It never leaves a mark
	07 Feb 2021	071 :: Across a Crowded Room :: A Slow Drag with Sweet Pear"	00:10:28
Today’s slow drag is with “Sweet Pear,” from “Mighty Like a Rose,” released in 1991. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Sweet Pear”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Sweet_Pear “Sweet Pear”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY-FGXC5qGE “Why Do We Use Pet Names in Relationships?” https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/why-do-we-use-pet-names-in-relationships/ Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Sweet Pear" Lyrics: Sweet pear, sweet pear Those who say they love you would never dare I'll watch out for you / I'll always be there In the hour of your distress, you need not fear In all the world there's only one true love And finding it's hard enough I bless whatever's in the sky above For bringing you to me But there's a void without your kiss I wake on the precipice above the abyss And though the touch of your lips these fears dismiss Make no mistake there is an ache I have to live with Was my grip too loose, my grip too strong That made you want to run away And now you're back where I pretend you belong I wonder every night and day / How long I swear this is my prayer Till we're burned and scattered in the atmosphere Or lost in the world across a crowded room I am your stupid lover, your wretched groom
	20 Jul 2020	050 :: Sharp and Ideal :: A Slow Drag with "After the Fall"	00:13:33
Today’s slow drag is with “After the Fall,” from “Mighty Like a Rose,” released in 1991. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “After the Fall”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/After_The_Fall “After the Fall”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2wS1Y2rw4s References: Episode 5 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “Well, Heaven Knows what Fills the Heart,” a slow drag with “Georgie and her Rival”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/11192174 Episode 34, “Lost Legs and Fingernails,” a slow drag with “Invasion Hit Parade”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/13352381 Readability Formulas: https://readabilityformulas.com That Obscure Object of Desire, user reviews: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075824/reviews That Obscure Object of Desire Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gba_tu2-EMY The Arthur Miller Society, Guide to “After the Fall”: https://arthurmillersociety.net/guide-after-the-fall/ “After the Fall,” a play by Miller: https://www.britannica.com/topic/After-the-Fall Types of Rhyme: https://www.dailywritingtips.com/types-of-rhyme/ So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "After the Fall" lyrics: In an anonymous rendezvous Where the forbidden lovers repair They're burning down another damn candle They're melting the tables and chairs Beneath them applause from the balcony Whenever they accomplished making love Other times they thought they heard laughter Coming from the balcony above (chorus): She lies to his right and she carelessly recites All of her brand new appetites She seems brittle and small, it don't sound like her at all Since she came back to him after the fall She said "You never visit the countryside So I've made you a country to order" She put up a little tent in the bedroom Crickets played on a tape-recorder The ceiling was festooned with phosphorous stars She noticed his skin turning cold Burning all his clothes on the bonfire "Relax" she whispered and tightened the blindfold (chorus) You've changed but not for the better babe I'd tell you why but what's the use 'Cos it's the same kind of pity A drunkard gives as his excuse You were sharp and ideal as a bobby pin Now your eyes are deserted and quiet We both look like those poor shattered mannequins Thrown through the window in the riot She lies in his arms and without any qualms Revels in shallow delights She seems brittle and small, it don't sound like her at all Since she came back to him after the fall
	14 Jul 2020	049 :: Every Twisted Grudge :: A Slow Drag with "Soul For Hire"	00:11:47
Today’s slow drag is with “Soul for Hire,” from “When I was Cruel,” released in 2002. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Soul for Hire”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Soul_For_Hire “Soul for Hire”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuXtvYtVsnQ&list=RDcuXtvYtVsnQ&start_radio=1 "Soul for Hire" Lyrics Hang my head and shut my eyes What kind of justice is this? Fool I was, I thought that you fought fire with fire Got to be more than just a soul for hire Speaking for myself I wouldn't take the fame, the fees, the glory For whoring in the practice of the law I make my case stop and stutter Soul comes unglued from the uppers Blood is seeping in the hole A mother's eye is weeping I see every human kind And still the truth is distant I hear every evil men do and desire Got to be more than just a soul for hire When it's time to give protection To the ones who need it most, who are desperate I get distracted from my job Streams of ink and piles of paper What are the breaks? Jump out the window? Parole? Escape? Blood is seeping in the hole A mother's eye is weeping Hang my head and shut my eyes I can't see justice twisted I hear every evil men do and desire Got to be more than just a soul for hire When it's time to give protection To the ones who need it most, who are desperate I get distracted from my job Streams of ink and piles of paper To hand them over to dopers and kiddie-rapers Corrupt in every twisted grudge And that is just the judge Hang my head and shut my eyes What kind of justice it this?
	04 Jan 2020	25 :: Tough and Transparent :: A Slow Drag with "Crimes of Paris"	00:14:11
Today’s slow drag is with “Crimes of Paris,” from “Blood and Chocolate,” released in 1986. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Crimes_Of_Paris “Crimes of Paris” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97L6Ukrmrk4 Kurt Vonnegut quote regarding love: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/91604-if-somebody-says-i-love-you-to-me-i-feel Hunter S. Thompson, the bats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC4nP9LA3T4 Duplicate lyrics, “Suffering Face” Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Suffering_Face “Suffering Face”: https://www.megalyrics.net/elvis-costello/suffering-face “Freytag’s Pyramid”: https://blog.reedsy.com/narrative-arc/ “Leave My Kitten Alone” liner notes: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Leave_My_Kitten_Alone “Leave My Kitten Alone” EC cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVf0HMWmDvE “Q” Magazine interview, “Kojak Variety” http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/File:1995-06-00_Q_page_28.jpg "Crimes in Paris" Lyrics: I thought it was you with your optimist's view of the clock And how it's always another day Just after twelve o'clock's struck Said "Now I only want you so I don't have to promise" But tiny children in grown-up clothes whispered all the Crimes of Paris Chorus: You're not the girl next door or a girl from France Or the cigarette-girl in the sizzle hot-pants All the words of love seem cruel and crass When you're tough and transparent as armored glass You're an everywhere girl in an everyday mess Who'll pay for the Crimes of Paris I heard that you fell for the "Hell or to Hammersmith Blues" In the tiny torn up pieces of his mind, he's irresistible too It's hard to say now if he's only stupid or is smart As he crawled through the door And poured out more of his (weeping) creeping-Jesus heart (Chorus) And it's all here and now She hits him with that paper-weight Eiffel Tower And I tried to hold on to you, but I don't know how And I find it hard to swallow good advice Like going down three times to only come up twice Come up twice She's so convenient, he's always stiff as hair-lacquer It's hard to discover now he's in love with her It was her way of getting her own back He never did anything she couldn't do on her own You're as good as your word and that's no good to her You'd better leave that kitten alone (Chorus)
	12 Aug 2024	129 :: Only You Do :: A Slow Drag with "Tear off Your Own Head"	00:11:14
Today’s slow drag is with “Tear off Your Own Head,” from “When I Was Cruel,” released in 2002. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA,MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Tear off Your Own Head” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Tear_Off_Your_Own_Head_(It%27s_A_Doll_Revolution) “Tear off Your Own Head” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY6iBsjZQhQ “Tear off Your Own Head” The Bangles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwVvf_8oWFk “Shabby Doll” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgKhxZTYtq4 “Puppet Girl” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSmTP4sqGRA Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook of “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "Tear off Your Own Head" Lyrics Who dries your eyes when you cry real tears? Who know or cares what an imitation is? Only you do You can paint his nails Make him wear high heels Why waste time altering the hemline? Or do you? Tear off your own head Tear off your own head It's a doll revolution You can bat your lashes You can cut your strings You can pull his hair with your moveable fingers It looks so real If one won't do it, so collect the set Dress him in pink ribbons Put him in a kitchenette How does this feel? Tear off your own head Tear off your own head It's a doll revolution What’s that sound? It will turn you around It's a doll revolution They're taking over And they're tearing it down It's a doll revolution You can pull and pinch him 'Til he cries and squeals You can twist his body 'til it faces backwards Plastic features You could make somebody a pretty little wife But don't let anybody tell you how to live your life Broken pieces Tear off your own head Tear off your own head It's a doll revolution Tear off your own head Tear off your own head Revolution
	22 Feb 2020	33 :: Friends Think of Her Fondly :: A Slow Drag with "Our Little Angel"	00:12:06
Today’s slow drag is with “Our Little Angel,” from “King of America,” released in 1986. The songwriting is credited Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Our Little Angel: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Our_Little_Angel “Our Little Angel”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdBXReI9TeI Which hand does the world wear their engagement rings: https://www.mytriorings.com/cultural-differences-wearing-bridal-rings-on-the-left-or-the-right-hand “Vena Amoris,” or the vein of love: https://www.brides.com/story/why-are-wedding-rings-worn-on-left-hand "Our Little Angel" Lyrics: This is the place where I made my best mistakes This is the place even angels don't understand I've seen the disappointment in her face And the collection of engagement rings on her right hand She sits alone apart from the crowd In a white dress she wears like a question mark Friends speak of her fondly Enemies just think out loud You think you're man enough to please her And you're fool enough to start But you're not going to do a thing to our little angel There's nothing you're thinking tonight that tomorrow won't change Now the cabaret is frozen and the laughter comes in cans And the lonely hearts club clientele don't know what to do with their hands You think that you'll be sweet to her but everybody knows That you're the marshmallow valentine that got stuck on her clothes But you're not going to do a thing to our little angel There's nothing you're thinking tonight that tomorrow won't change So you mix your drinks and words You make bad jokes you make bad time The floors are there to walk over The walls are there to climb You swear that you'll never go back again once you're inside But you're never the bridegroom she's always the bride And you're not going to do a thing to our little angel There's nothing you're thinking tonight that tomorrow won't change You'll come in a sweetheart and you'll go out a stranger Well you try to love her but she's so contrary Like a chainsaw running through a dictionary So get your mind off the sweet behind of our little angel You're not going to do a thing You're not going to do a thing You're not going to do a thing to our little angel
	10 Nov 2019	16 :: I Might Recite a Small Prayer :: A Slow Drag with "Bedlam"	00:17:55
Today’s slow drag is with “Bedlam,” from “The Delivery Man” released in 2004. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: “Bedlam” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DipIDbymOj8 Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Bedlam YouTube Visual Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDJm-6rDJ2k “Bedlam” etymology: https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/disability-history/1050-1485/from-bethlehem-to-bedlam/ How Bedlam became “a palace for lunatics” http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161213-how-bedlam-became-a-palace-for-lunatics St. Francis of Assisi: https://www.earthday.org/2016/10/06/patron-saint-animals-ecology/ 1977 “Life Goes On” The Kinks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7eg30GvV9E Elvis Costello 1991 version of The Kink’s 1969 “Days” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmivtDdL-Fo Britain’s favorite song, “Jerusalem” https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5980126/jerusalem-lyrics-national-anthem-england-hymn-meaning/ “Jerusalem” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoJqhoBUT14 “Jerusalem” version w/ William Blake’s lyrics subtitled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKRHWT6xdEU Thirty pieces of silver: http://www.theology-centre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Thirty_pieces_of_silver.pdf Jake in Notts twitter: @jake_in_notts "Bedlam" Lyrics I've got this phosphorescent portrait of gentle Jesus meek and mild I've got this harlot that I'm stuck with carrying another man's child The solitary star announcing vacancy burned out as we arrived They'd throw us back across the border if they knew that we survived And they were surprised to see us So they greeted us with palms They asked for ammunition, acts of contrition and small alms And I might recite a small prayer If I ever said them I lay down on an iron frame And found myself in bedlam I wish that I could take something for drowning out the noise Wailing echoes down the corridors I've got this imaginary radio, and I'm punching up the dial I've got the A.C. trained on the T.V. so it won't blow up in my eye And everything I thought fanciful and mocked as too extreme Must be family entertainment here in the strange land of my dreams And I'm practicing my likeness of St. Francis of Assisi And if I hold my hand outstretched A little bird comes to me And I might recite a small prayer If I ever said them I lay down on an iron frame And found myself in bedlam Escaping from the fingers that were stretching through the bars Wailing echoes down the corridors The player piano picks out "Life Goes On" The ring tone rang out "Jerusalem" Into the pit of sadness Where the wretched plunge We've buried all the innocents Now we must bury revenge They've got this scared and decorated girl strapped to the steel trunk of a Mustang They drove her down a cypress grove where traitors hang and stars still spangle They dangled flags and other rags along a coloured thread of twine They dragged that bruised and purple heart along the road to Palestine Someone went off muttering, he mentioned thirty pieces Easter saw a slaughtering, each wrapped in bloodstained fleeces Then my thoughts returned to vengeance, but I put up no resistance Though I seemed a long way from my home It really was no distance And I might recite a small prayer If I ever said them I lay down on an iron frame And found myself in bedlam Bowing like an actor acknowledging applause Playing the Crusader who was conquering the Moors When he knew the consequences, but he won't admit the cause Wailing echoes down the corridors
	07 Aug 2022	098 :: It's A Legitimate Expense :: A Slow Drag with "Episode of Blonde"	00:18:11
Today’s slow drag is with “Episode of Blonde” from “When I Was Cruel,” released in April, 2002. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.coms Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Episode of Blonde”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Episode_Of_Blonde “Episode of Blonde”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoGCWtp4UIY Main Wiki Resource, “Peroxide Side” Blunt Cut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruel_Smile “Peroxide Side” (Blunt Cut): http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Episode_Of_Blonde “Un Chien Andalou,” (The Andalusian Dog) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB7gd_t6WMQ “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorless_green_ideas_sleep_furiously “Governing English: Prescriptivism, Descriptivism, and Change” https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/show/english-language/governing-english “Skittles – History and Useful Information” https://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Skittles.htm Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Episode of Blonde" Lyrics: I spy for the "Spirit of Curiosity" All the scandals of each vain monstrosity I gossip and I pry and I insinuate If the failure is great Then it tends to fascinate A tornado dropped a funnel cloud with twenty tons of rain Though she had the attention span of warm cellophane Her lovers fell like Skittles in a 10-pin bowling lane But nothing could compare with that explosion of fame So you jumped back with alarm Every Elvis has his army Every rattlesnake its charm Can you still hear me? Am I coming through just fine? Your memory was buried in simple box of pine (chorus): Did her green eyes seduce you and make you get so weak? Was there fire engine red that she left upon your cheek? It's such a shame you had to break the heart you could have counted on But the last thing you need is another episode of blonde Revolving like a jeweller's figure on a music box The spangled curtain parted and night-club scene unlocks Pinned and fixed and fastened in a fallow spot Arms thrown out to everyone, she's giving all she's got To the last gasp of a wounded bandoneon A tiny man imploring to the ceiling fan this stolen feeling Amplified up through a busted speaker Blaring, blasting, advertising, distorted beyond reason Into the street where petty crime-coats shadow panic drunkards Half out of the taxi-cab the barker seized my elbow He thought I was another lonely, likely pilgrim looking for St. Telmo (chorus) I tried to keep a straight face but you know it never pays He would stare into those eyes and then vacation in her gaze She was a cute little ruin that he pulled out of the rubble Now they're both living in a soft soap bubble The film producer's contemplating, entertaining suicide The picture crumpled in his fist, his runaway child bride The timepiece stretched across his wrist She couldn't care less cast aside The scent that so repelled him that he swore: "insecticide" And there's farewell note to mother That will conclude "Your loving Son" "Oh, tell your other children not to do as I have done" Did her green eyes seduce you and make you get so weak? Or was there fire engine red that she left upon your cheek? It's such a shame It's such a shame, shame, shame A shame you had to break the heart you could have counted on But the last thing you need Is the last thing you want Is another episode of blonde It's another episode of blonde, oh oh oh It's another episode of blonde So an artist drags a toothbrush across the first thing that he sees And names the painting "Christ's Last Exit into Purgatory" Receiving secret messages from an alien intelligence And Paying off his stalker it's a legitimate expense So paste up pictures of those shrill and hollow girls with puckered lips She's a trophy on your arm, a magnet for your money clip The moral of this story is a sorry tale to say They're pieced with links of chains so they can never run away
	16 Nov 2019	17 :: The Quickening Art :: A Supplemental Slow Drag to "Bedlam"	00:12:30
---------------------- Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com References: “Bedlam” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DipIDbymOj8 Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Bedlam Companion Blog: https://slowdragwithremedy.home.blog/2019/11/16/episode-17-the-quickening-art/ “Bedlam” etymology: https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/disability-history/1050-1485/from-bethlehem-to-bedlam/ How Bedlam became “a palace for lunatics” http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161213-how-bedlam-became-a-palace-for-lunatics 1601 Relief of the Poor Act: http://www.victorianweb.org/history/poorlaw/elizpl.html 1989 “Veronica” with intro and outro from E.C. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zifeVbK8b-g Mr. Costello’s Personal Reasons for Alzheimer’s PSA: Music and Memory https://musicandmemory.org “Alive Inside” Trailer: http://www.aliveinside.us/#land “Alive Inside” full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7GF7_xyeH8 The quickening art VPR piece: https://www.vpr.org/post/timeline-music-and-memory-quickening-art#stream/0 Oliver Sacks’ description of Kant’s “quickening art”: https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/53/1/175/618359 Malcolm Gladwell’s “Revisionist History” Season 1, episode 7, “Hallelujah”: http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/07-hallelujah “The Deportees Club” (original) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf2RKMXjrMI “The Deportees Club (re-release) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIzTXbixEaQ
	16 May 2021	083 :: Catchy Little Melody :: A Slow Drag with "Night Rally"	00:10:04
Today’s slow drag is with “Night Rally,” from the original UK release of “This Year’s Model,” released in 1978, and then from the compilation cassette “Taking Liberties,” released in the US in 1980. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Night Rally”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Night_Rally “Night Rally”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BanwTz8_Fk The evolution of the song meaning comment thread: https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858655549/ Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Night Rally" Lyrics: I would send out for assistance but there's someone on the signal wire And the corporation logo is flashing on and off in the sky They're putting all your names in the forbidden book I know what they're doing but I don't want to look You think they're so dumb, you think they're so funny Wait until they've got you running to the Night rally, night rally, night rally Everybody's singing with their hand on their heart About deeds done in the darkest hours That's just the sort of catchy little melody To get you singing in the showers Oh, I know that I'm ungrateful I've got it lying on a plate And I'm not buying my share of souvenirs You can stand to attention You can pray to your uncle Only get that chicken out of here Everyone gets armbands and 3-D glasses Some are in the back room And they're taking those night classes You think they're so dumb, you think they're so funny Wait until they've got you running to the Night rally, night rally, night rally
	07 Dec 2019	21 :: Marshmallow :: A Slow Drag with "My Mood Swings"	00:14:30
Today’s slow drag is with “My Mood Swings,” found on 2012’s “In Motion Pictures,” but was first heard briefly at the 1:04:00 mark of “The Big Lebowski,” released in 1998. . . . Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/My_Mood_Swings “My Mood Swings”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzJo3rS9sOE “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again” Austin Powers 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sbNQoGwXGg Elvis Costello Grammy nominations and wins: https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/elvis-costello “God Give Me Strength” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrcNnIV6FV8 “God Give Me Strength” Kristen Vigard version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJvKN7MS_9w Burt Bacharach in rehearsal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON0moJR_JnE Cultural Icon Definition, a radical view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VUZUGIWV5Q Marshmallow pronunciation: American and English: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/marshmallow “Imperial Bedroom” lyrics: http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ib/ib_mini_inner_2.jpg “Barney Bubbles” https://nostalgiacentral.com/pop-culture/people/barney-bubbles/ https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/03/barney-bubbles-feature “In Search of Barney Bubbles” (available on BBC Sounds) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b018wh7h http://www.eyemagazine.com/review/article/what-a-genius “The Big Lebowski” Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/7Hz6IKNVi0Rlqpa2PLdAG2 Letterkenny, “To be fair” compliation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv7jcciKB_s How Are Ya Now? Podcast https://howareyanowpod.com "My Mood Swings" Lyrics She was smitten from the first By a curious fellow She said I love the way you talk And with a flounce she announced it I love the way that you pronounced it Marshmallow Well she liked to sing along To her favourite song From the year that she was born See how mysterious her fate is She had to get born in the eighties So speak to me, just like you should Then we can do those wicked things And if you want, we'll make it good Before my mood swings Well he looked like one of those Who would take off his clothes Like you would peel a tangerine No one's been known to decline this Once he has found out what your sign is So speak to me, just like you should Then we can do those wicked things And it you want, we'll make it good Before my mood swings So speak to me, just like you should Then we can do those wicked things And it you want, we'll make it good Before my mood swings So speak to me, just like you should Then we can do those wicked things And it you want, we'll make it good Before my mood swings
	27 Jun 2020	47 :: Smug Predictions :: A Slow Drag with "This Sad Burlesque"	00:09:21
Today’s slow drag is with “This Sad Burlesque,” from “The Juliet Letters,” released in 1993. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “This Sad Burlesque”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/This_Sad_Burlesque “This Sad Burlesque”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7erFv3Z0SI Letters of Heartbreak Find Some Love in Verona, Italy: https://www.npr.org/2013/04/16/177027206/letters-of-heartbreak-find-some-love-in-verona-italy?t=1593189184122 From “Comedy Writing,” The K sound is just funnier: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=giFjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT75&lpg=PT75&dq=k+sound+is+a+funnier+sound+mel+brooks&source=bl&ots=b6Ot6lAJfA&sig=ACfU3U1VwErAvAuGgOJ9np-8b-njMCJdmg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5uK6n95_qAhWQVRUIHU5NDVAQ6AEwBHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=k%20sound%20is%20a%20funnier%20sound%20mel%20brooks&f=false Victorian Burlesque Dancers, musical theater of the exotic: https://mashable.com/2014/11/11/victorian-burlesque-dancers/ Burlesque Timeline: https://alibi.com/feature/18609/Burlesque-Timeline.html The History of Burlesque Dancing: https://burlexe.com/burlesque/burlesque-history/the-history-of-burlesque-dancing/ "This Sad Burlesque" Lyrics I write in hope by the time you get this letter We may live to see a change for the better Or are we so devoted to these wretched selfish motives? When the cold facts and figures all add up They cannot contradict this sad burlesque This sad burlesque With miserable failures making entertainment of our fate Laughter cannot dignify or elevate this sad burlesque Now can they recall being young and idealistic Before wading knee-deep in hogwash and arithmetic? The pitying smirk The argument that runs like clockwork Will run down eventually and splutter to a stop P.S. Well, by now you know the worst of it And we've heard all the alibis that they've rehearsed The smug predictions If it's not a contradiction Please have faith in human nature And have mercy on the creatures in this sad burlesque This sad burlesque With miserable failures making entertainment of our fate Laughter cannot dignify or elevate this sad burlesque
	28 Feb 2021	074 :: Talking Shop :: A Slow Drag with "Deportees Club"	00:13:19
Today’s slow drag is with “Deportees Club,” from “Goodbye Cruel World,” released in 1984. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The Deportees Club”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Deportees_Club “The Deportees Club”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf2RKMXjrMI “Deportee” (slow version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIzTXbixEaQ “Did Nero Really Fiddle While Rome Burned?”: https://www.history.com/news/did-nero-really-fiddle-while-rome-burned “The bouba/kiki effect: how do we link shapes to sounds?”: https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2016/oct/17/the-boubakiki-effect-how-do-we-link-shapes-to-sounds “On the Fiddle” expression: https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/on-the-fiddle.html Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Deportees Club" Lyrics: In the Arrivederci Roma nightclub, bar and grill Standing in the fiberglass ruins watching time stand still All your troubles you confess to another faceless backless dress Schnapps chianti Porto and ouzo Pernod vodka sambuca, I love you so Deportee Tatty beauty talking in riddles Rome burns down everybody's on the fiddle Two thousand dollars for a wife and some class A thousand years drowned in a chaser glass How I wish that she was mine I could have been a king in six/eight time Schnapps chianti Porto and ouzo Pernod vodka sambuca, I love you so Deportee It's a brittle charm but she's had enough Still she wrote her number on his paper cuff You don't know where to start or where to stop All this pillow talk is nothing more than talking shop When I came here tonight my pockets were overflowing They took my return ticket without me even knowing I pray to the saints and all the martyrs For the secret life of Frank Sinatra But none of these things have come to pass In America the law is a piece of ass I'm a deportee Schnapps chianti porter and ouzo Pernod vodka sambuca, I love you so Alternate lyrics to “Deportee” In the Arrivederci Roma nightclub, bar and grill Standing in the fiberglass ruins watching time stand still All your troubles you confess to another faceless, backless dress Schnapps, chianti, Porto and ouzo Pernod, vodka, sambuca--I love you so Deportee There's a tattered beauty talking in riddles Rome burns down and everybody fiddles Deportee But a thousand dollars won't buy you a Yankee wife, alas There's a thousand years of history ground in this chaser glass And how I wish that she was mine I could have been the King in Six Eight Time Deportee Oh, it's a brittle charm, but she's had enough Still she wrote her name upon his paper cuff And you don't where to start or where to stop All this pillow talk is nothing more than finally talking shop When I came here tonight my pockets were overflowing They took my return ticket without me even knowing Well, I pray to the saints and all the martyrs For the secret life of Frank Sinatra But none of these things have come to pass In America the law is a piece of ass Deportee So it's Schnapps, chianti, porter and ouzo Pernod, vodka, sambuca--I love you so Deportee Deportee Poor Deportee
	31 Dec 2023	118 :: A Masquerade of Dignity :: A Slow Drag with "The Man You Love to Hate"	00:15:26
Today’s slow drag is with “The Man You Love to Hate,” from “The Boy Named If,” released in 2022. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The Man You Love to Hate” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=The_Man_You_Love_To_Hate “The Man You Love to Hate” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZU9b4NOQBQ Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "The Man You Love to Hate" Lyrics I went to a theatre on Silhouette Street It had a taste of decay, and a scent of defeat All of the patrons in the pews were people that I'd killed or used The actors on the stage were equally skilled The players took turns in lighting the fuse One of them said "Now you must choose" A man of infamy or ill-repute And that's the one that we will execute None of that mob had turned up late They said, "You'd better concentrate” So, start the show, 'cos we can't wait for The Man You Love to Hate All of the patrons sitting on pews Were the shades of the ghosts of the once accused There was music that dragged in line and word Not a penny was spent, or a conscience was spared The hero's motives were never in doubt We laughed at the speeches that he would spout Suddenly there arose a shout Confessions simply tumbled out And marriage vows, that someone mumbled about None of that mob had turned up late They said, "You'd better concentrate” So, start the show, 'cos we can't wait for The Man You Love to Hate The closing act The first one billed Into the limelight thrilled The tale of a ship lured onto the rocks under The cover of darkness, the hold was plundered My mouth was parched my eyes red-rimmed My false light shone And my ghost light dimmed I went to a house on Silhouette Street Where I lived once and died once more Awoke a woman I once adored Her husband came to the door In a masquerade of dignity He said, "I'm pleased to meet you but you don't know me" She took my money and handed me the key The number on the fob was "999" She whispered that's your room and this is mine But that's a chamber that you can't afford It's one door down, next to the Emergency Ward None of that mob had turned up late They said, "You'd better concentrate” So, start the show, 'cos we can't wait for The Man You Love to Hate The Man You Love to Hate I'm a one party state The Man You Love to Hate The girl you used to care for Without a why or wherefore The country that I loved Is just a problem to solve Until we all disintegrate before The Man You Love to Hate
	12 Sep 2020	056 :: Pure Illuminated Sweetness :: A Slow Drag with "Distorted Angel"	00:11:09
Today’s slow drag is with “Distorted Angel,” from “All This Useless Beauty,” released in 1996. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Distorted Angel”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Distorted_Angel “Distorted Angel”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aenmB8vjZdI “Distorted Angel” Tricky Remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICJDe5yAJwM References: Episode 9 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “Grace and Virtue,” a slow drag with “All This Useless Beauty”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/11434418 Episode 23 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “False and Lovely Modesty,” a slow drag with “Little Atoms”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/12489932 Bruegel: a fall with the Rebel Angels [Virtual Reality]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXR9EEmb-JU Need2know Music Show – Part 2 Elvis Costello: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcNJ9cNBCLU So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "Distorted Angel" Lyrics: Strange things seem to occur, somewhere behind the nursery door Though I was just a bit of a kid, it was the bit that she was looking for Now I don't know where to begin confessing The way she's making me feel it can't be a sin I was taught to believe you were looking down on everyone And your benevolent face is beautiful to gaze upon Now I just don't know who to tell to go to hell Who put the old devil in the distorted angel? Distorted Angel Pure illuminated sweetness Frightening small children is just about your only weakness I thought that you would tell me what I'm living for But I can't see you anymore I don't know what they did but I'm sorry if it made you cry And if there's any justice at all I'd be punished for it I'd surmise It will mark the spot very well where I fell Under the shadow of the distorted angel Beneath the shadow of the distorted angel Below the shadow of the distorted angel Angel Beneath the shadow of the distorted angel Below the shadow of the distorted angel Angel
	10 Dec 2020	064 :: Just Laughing Inside :: A Slow Drag with "Suspect My Tears"	00:10:47
Today’s slow drag is with “Suspect My Tears,” from the Grammy award winning, “Look Now,” released in 2018. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/ Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Suspect My Tears”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Suspect_My_Tears “Suspect My Tears”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK8wHkucVBk Episode 13 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “Not Quite against My Will,” a slow drag with “Stripping Paper” and “Shatterproof”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/11708024 So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "Suspect My Tears" lyrics: Do you remember how to say "Please"? You've had your own way for such a long time Your lashes sweep down, I dry your cheek You think I'm powerless when you speak You may have something, I don't deny You look so beautiful when you cry If I seem unconcerned Perhaps it's time you learned I'll cry until you suspect my tears I'll cry until you suspect my tears You're not the only one who can turn it on When and where you need it Do you remember how bad it felt? Big eyes would fill up Your lip would tremble You want to hurt me but then you melt You always promise to lose control I learned a trick that you used to play I'm tired of you having it your own way With the power to persuade Beginning to cascade I'll cry until you suspect my tears I'll cry until you suspect my tears You're not the only one who can turn it on When and where you need it If you hear me weeping I may be cheating or just laughing inside If you're suspicious that I'm sly and vicious Here's your chance to decide Two hypocrites collide I'll cry until you suspect my tears I'll cry until you suspect my tears You're not the only one who can turn it on Where and when you need it When you need it I'll cry until you suspect my tears I'll cry until you suspect my tears You're not the only one who can turn it on Where and when you need it When you need it I'll cry until you suspect my tears I'll cry until you suspect my tears I'll cry until you suspect my tears I'll cry until you suspect my tears

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