Song of the Day 3/26/10
The best 666 songs of alltime countdown continues every day, all the way to #1. Friday’s song is #125:
Elvis Costello – Pills and Soap
Savagely astute commentary on the distinctions that the haves make between themselves and the have-nots, and the logically deadly consequences, over Steve Nieve’s minimalist faux-martial piano. From Punch the Clock, 1983.
Song of the Day 3/27/09
Every day, our top 666 songs of alltime countdown gets one step closer to #1. Friday’s song is # 488:
Elvis Costello – All the Rage
This furiously defiant, soul-inflected 6/8 kiss-off ballad is the centerpiece of Costello’s 1994 “comeback” cd with his old band the Attractions, Brutal Youth. Still a concert favorite, with one of his most revealing lyrics:
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
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