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Today's slow drag is with "Just About Glad" from "Brutal Youth," released in 1993. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello's birth name. . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Riot, MA,MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: [email protected]   "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, "Just About Glad" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Just_About_Glad "Just About Glad" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgRHdpTkX7c   "Just About Glad" Lyrics I'm just about glad that I knew you once And it was more than just a passing acquaintance I'm just about glad that it was a memory That doesn't need constant maintenance There are a few things that I regret But nothing that I need to forget For all of the courage that we never had I'm just about glad   (Chorus:) Just about glad we didn't do that thing Just about glad we didn't have that fling Just about glad we didn't give it a try Just about glad, is that a tear in your eye?   And on the few times I rang to propose There was a man there or so I'd suppose The greatest lover that you never had I'm just about glad   They called time and vodka and lime In some far flung Canadian club Just about glad And there I was just waiting to fall Like a toe just aching to stub   Just about glad Later on I could never accept it When you finally gave it all to him Just about glad And you said that my nurse was sweet But her lamp was just beginning to dim   I'm just about glad That we never did that thing that we were going to do I'm just about glad I can look you in the eye But I can't say the same for you And though the passion still flutters and flickers It never got into our knickers For all of the courage that we never had I'm just about, I'm just about I'm just about, I'm just about (flutter and wow from the song of the same name, to flutter or flatter from Like Licorice) (Repeat Chorus)   And it's all just a stupid creation Of my feverish imagination If I'm the greatest lover that you never had I'm just about, I'm just about I'm just about, I'm just about   (Repeat Chorus)   Is that a tear in your eye? Is that a tear in your eye? Is that a tear in your eye?  

Today's slow drag is with "Like Licorice" from "The Coward Brothers," released in 2024. The songwriting is credited to Howard Coward. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Riot, MA,MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: [email protected]   "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, "Like Licorice" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Like_Licorice   "Like Licorice" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ-rtPoEQcg&list=RDjQ-rtPoEQcg&start_radio=1   "Humans from Earth" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK5dNeM4Zls   "Days" Elvis Costello version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmivtDdL-Fo   "People Limousine" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1zhyFvcv9o  "Like Licorice" Lyrics Gets down to the matter Gets down to the root To flutter or flatter In hot pursuit Like Licorice Like Licorice On your tongue It might get a little ticklish But it won't take long   Some say they only found one little piece A relation of Anna and anise The sweetness of candy The thrill of your fears The tart of your tongue And the salt of your tears   Like Licorice Like Licorice On your tongue It might get a little ticklish But it won't take long   Give 'em what they want, a promise of a dream A ticket on a time machine A voyage to nowhere on a magic stick Maybe you can give it a lick   Like Licorice Like Licorice On your tongue Like Licorice Like Licorice On your tongue It might get a little ticklish But it won't take long It won't take long It won't take long

Today's slow drag is with "Lover's Walk" 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: [email protected]   "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, "Lover's Walk" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Lovers_Walk   "Lover's Walk" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNCIzaBliTY   "Lover's Walk" Lyrics I won't walk with my head bowed Beyond caution where lovers walk Your love walks where three's a crowd Beyond caution where lovers walk   Lovers walk, lovers scramble Beyond caution where lovers walk Lovers step, shuffle and gamble Beyond caution where lovers walk   Lovers trip, lovers stumble Lovers dip, lovers fumble (is that the word?) Lovers lip where love has crumbled Beyond caution where lovers walk   Lovers strut, lovers stroll, lovers leap Lovers late, lovers wait Making promises that they can't keep Lovers link up arm in arm Lovers slink up, lovers charm Lovers drink up and come to harm Beyond caution where lovers walk   Love is gone and it's no one's fault Love has stopped here, lovers halt Lovers don't walk, lovers run Will you look what love has done Will you look what love has done Will you look what love has done Beyond caution where lovers walk   Now love's limping on a lover's crutch Looking for a hand with a personal touch Beyond caution where lovers walk

Today's slow drag is with "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" from "My Aim is True," released in 1977. 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: [email protected]   "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 Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=(The_Angels_Wanna_Wear_My)_Red_Shoes     "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS8oaMFsBEk   Got vs. Gotten https://ellii.com/blog/got-vs-gotten   (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes lyrics: Oh, I used to be disgusted and now I try to be amused. But since their wings have got rusted, you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes. But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain, that's when I knew that I could not refuse And I won't get any older, now the angels wanna wear my red shoes   I was watching while you're dancing away Our love got fractured in the echo and sway How come everybody wants to be your friend? You know that it still hurts me just to say it   Oh, I know that she's disgusted (oh why's that) Cause she's feeling so abused. (oh that's too bad) She gets tired of the lust, (oh I'm so sad) but it's so hard to refuse How can you say that I'm too old, when the angels have stolen my red shoes.   Oh, I said "I'm so happy, I could die" She said "Drop dead," then left with another guy That's what you get if you go chasing after vengeance. Ever since you got me punctured this has been my sentence. Oh, I used to be disgusted and now I try to be amused. But since their wings have got rusted, you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes. Red shoes, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.

Today's slow drag is with "We Are All Cowards 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: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: [email protected]   "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, "We Are All Cowards Now" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=We_Are_All_Cowards_Now "We Are All Cowards Now" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8r_F_4AjVE   "We Are All Cowards Now" lyrics Time has taught us That they're sending out their sons To take away our guns and our daughters We are all cowards now Rivers rising Darkness fell upon People blotting out the sun Disguising how We are all cowards now   At least the Emperor Nero had an ear for music But that's history Caligula said "God's speed, my steed" But that's his story They're coming for our Peacemakers Our Winchesters and Colts The rattle of our Gatling Guns Our best cowboy revolts and threats and insults We are all cowards now   The emptiness of arms The openness of thighs The pornography of bullets The promises and prizes can't disguise We are all cowards now   They're draping stones with colours And a roll of stolen names Except those we never cared about And those we need to blame We'll extinguish that flame, just the same We are all cowards now   Arms are empty The pornography of plenty Count commands from one to ten Number sins from ten to twenty There's an illusion we believe in There is honour in their need Pretty confetti, chemical debt And a necessity to bleed   My fears too fleet to scupper My prayers too thin to scream On my lover's back a zipper On her limb a straightened seam So, close the windows tightly Lower lamps and shades On the screen, silent rehearsals For tomorrow's parades For tomorrow's parades For tomorrow's parades We are all cowards now   Additional lyrics from live performances: In a box of lies In a shimmering air There's a whispered curse There's a mumbled prayer No choice but to scan the sky up above At least pretend we can surrender to love At least pretend we can surrender to love Put up your hands Put up your hands Put up your hands Speak up for beauty Throw down your arms Undo your duty For the wounds of the past Some fool will say Pardon these crimes committed today We are all cowards now

Today's slow drag is with "Uncomplicated" from "Blood & 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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: [email protected]   "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, "Uncomplicated" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Uncomplicated   "Uncomplicated" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a91_uGPR9_o A bit more about prosody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DUCCSepMbs Heart Murmur: https://www.vulture.com/article/elvis-costello-profile.html Clever Hans: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Clever-Hans The difference between opposition and contradiction: https://jordantimes.com/opinion/ahmad-y-majdoubeh/opposition-vs-contradiction#:~:text=Opposition%20is%20both%20natural%20and,to%20countless%20damages%20and%20crises. 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

Today's slow drag is with "Mr. & Mrs. Hush" 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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: [email protected]   "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, "Mr. and Mrs. Hush" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Mr._%26_Mrs._Hush   "Mr. and Mrs. Hush" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdHjigna3gI   "Blindman's Bluff" https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095512112   The Sapir Whorf hypothesis https://www.simplypsychology.org/sapir-whorf-hypothesis.html 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

Today's slow drag is with "TKO (Boxing Day)" 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: [email protected]   "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, "TKO (Boxing Day)" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=TKO_(Boxing_Day)   "TKO (Boxing Day)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5yoFjJSlwo Why is it called Boxing Day? https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/46454700 The Origins of Boxing Day https://www.carnivalarts.org.uk/post/the-origins-of-boxing-day   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   "TKO (Boxing Day)" Lyrics  You can run all you like from the classroom or the cot From a great big man or tiny tot But from this day, every day will be Boxing Day Don't need your indecision, let there be no doubt Don't need your permission, I can count you out I can count you out TKO They put the numb into number, put the cut into cutie They put the slum into slumber and the boot into beauty But from this day, every day will be Boxing Day It's a fight to the finish, let there be no doubt As the seconds turn into minutes, I can count you out I can count you out TKO You need a back to break or a back to stab Now your birthday suit looks dull and drab Every day will be Boxing Day Now you don't look so glamorous Whenever I feel so amorous I can count you out TKO

Today's slow drag gives voice to an intrepid visual documentarian who puts the face to the name, splashes color in the corners of the nuance, and provides the proof that unicorns like our beloved entertainer truly do walk amongst us. It's more than joy to pour over Tony Sacchetti's evocative images of Mr. Costello in so many different settings. It's an honor to scatter flowers at his feet as he dances us through a glimpse into how he does what he does so well. Cover Art Credit: Anthony Sacchetti Follow Tony Sacchetti on Instagram @Anthony.sacchetti . . . 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: [email protected]   "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

Today's slow drag is with "The Only Flame in Town," 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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: [email protected]   "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 Only Flame in Town" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=The_Only_Flame_In_Town "The Only Flame in Town" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugcURF7B_gw "The Only Flame in Town" Alternate version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geApcpKSk-4 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 Only Flam in Town" Lyrics  I know a girl got my mind in a mess I never heard her say goodnight and God bless She's not the only flame in town   And when we're alone, we never quarrel I'm miles away, now here's the moral She's not the only flame in town   She's not the only flame in town She's got to stop thinking that I'm carrying this torch around   He struck a match and it lit up her face We should have struck a match, girl To burn down the whole place Now you're not the only flame in town   But you blew hot and cold Turned my heart to a cinder And with each passing day You're less tender and more tinder Now you're not the only flame in town   She's not the only flame in town She's got to stop thinking that I'm carrying this torch around You're not the only flame You're not the only flame   Thought I saw your face in the fire But it's so hard to remember Even an inferno can cool down to an ember Now you're not the only flame You're not the only flame You're not the only flame in town

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: [email protected]   "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

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: [email protected]   "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

 — 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

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: [email protected]   "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

 — 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)