I'D be interested to know how the one who impersonated Princess Diana looks today; she undoubtedly would look very similar to the REAL Diana now, (had she lived).
This is a fragment of why he was inducted in to The Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame in 2004. Always admired his song writing, his voice his intellect & his humility. One of my all time favourites this bloke. 💜
Oh, so you must have seen him at the Grand Rex, many years ago, when Steve Nieve did his own separate show. Loved it. Million times better than at the Olympia, years before - I got so bored then .
I'm also 60 and had the pleasure of seeing Elvis Costello in Raleigh/Durham, NC, USA waaay back in the mid 90's. One of the best concerts I'd ever seen. The other group was America. I caught their tour at a tiny venue in Asheville, NC USA in roughly the time period. Both amazing!!
All these years of listening to this song and I just realized the piano piece is probably supposed to be the sound of the typewriter he is writing the book with. Neat.
Apparently Elvis wrote this song in 10 minutes..........pure GENIUS. It's almost criminal that this song only made it to 26 in the UK Charts & Top 40 in the US. Should've been a No.1 HIT.
It is in my book! #1 Every day, I can never get tired of hearing this tune! And love introducing it to anyone who doesn't know it, and they thank me for doing so! Love ya Elvis C! And also just really learning the lyrics! After all these years!
He wrote and sang a lot of brilliant songs; I think his vocal style limited his mass appeal to some extent. His records should have gotten more appreciation, but his songs should also have been covered the way Dylan's were.
@@pcno2832 EC was very commercially successful earlier on (77' - 81') and sold consistently well throughout his career. In that era there was a transition of sorts happening from the old guard and style to the new, and you also still had the old commercial dinosaurs to compete with who were taking a HUGE slice of the pie (BOSTON, CHICAGO, THE EAGLES, REO SPEEDWAGON, DOOBIE BROS, KANSAS etc....etc....) so it was pretty hard for some of the new wave artists to get a foot in. Then MTV took over in the early to mid 80's and if you weren't a pretty boy or girl you had no chance LOL.
love this song and have to shout out to the backup singers Claudia Fontaine and Caron Wheeler.. much respect for the skill and beauty of their singing.
On the contrary, it was well known by this time that they hated each other. Not only had it been all round the underground rumour mill, it had even been in newspaper gossip columns.
@@misterteaificationHate? She was chosen to have babies he’s married to the women he has always loved and Diana didn’t know because she wasn’t the brightest bulb on the tree.
Even the Beatles "borrowed" lyrics and riffs Lyrically this song is inspired by two 1950s songs, namely Book Of Love by the Monotones and "I Could Write A Book" by Frank Sinatra and others. Costello's music is borrowed from 1970s Philadelphia soul music but is distinctive enough in its own write (sic) .
That line "when your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote", never made me think what it actually means. After being dumped I definitely now know what he is talking about. Such a clever song.
I want to say I was just out of high school when I first heard this song... I am 65 years old now and it's still relevant AND one my very favorite songs! I love Elvis Costello and everything he does is brilliant!
@atomic-fox Damn right-Most of today’s “music” is nothing but overproccesed electronic shit with *ZERO* hard work or talent… …Anyone who likes that electronic shit is a fool. Am I right?
"all your compliments and cutting remarks... are captured here in quotation marks" .This (and many other insightful, witty, and touching lyrics) is why he was a first ballot Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee. His aim is true
God I love love love love this song. "Up to your old tricks in chapters 4,5 and 6" they really dont write em like this anymore. Damn I miss the 80s. Dammit. Peace.
You said it girlfriend! :D I remember watching this video when MTV was just a toddler. And obviously none of us knew poor Diana was in an awful, loveless marriage, with an ugly cheater. This is my 2nd fav song of his, my top fav is still Veronica. Wish we could hop in Mr. Peabody's Time Machine and go back there, when musicians actually created their own interesting music, look and style. Cheers :D
Loved this song when I heard it in 1983 and it still sounds fresh nearly 40 years later. Great bass, clever lyrics, melody and the video makes me feel melancholy. Back in the day when Charles and Di were newly married and the world was simpler and brighter.
I wonder what the Princess Di lookalike looks today. It would give perhaps a clue to what the REAL Princess Diana would've looked like today had she lived.
Whenever this song comes on, I find myself sobbing. Not even sure if they're happy tears or sad, but it's a wonderful release of emotion. There's something very special about this song.
Costello invaded my musical awareness with "Watching the Detectives." In the States we had yet to hear anything quite like that. I sat down with my radio and just listened. I suppose at age 15 I was just wondering what the heck I was hearing. I loved it....and everything that came after.
When I was 20 I had the biggest crush on Elvis Costello and all my friends teased me unmercifully . I didnt care,I loved him. Im 58 now and I still do . This is my favorite by him,though its hard to choose.
Johnny This guy is a pure genius , ive adoed him since his beginning , what a fantastic voice , hes so versatile in every aspect ,, i still have a towel he threw out into the audience xx Jane xx
My oldest was born in '95 & my fully melanated family was lost about where his name came from🤭I still regret not making it his first name but his middle name is Declan & that's what I call him.I've been in love with Elvis Costello since I was 7 years old❤️
Reminds me of the Martha Plimpton character from 200 Cigarettes… then she wakes up and realizes Elvis Costello came to her party but then she cries bc she doesn’t remember him being there bc she got wasted bc she thought no one was coming to her party 😂
Bruce Thomas is one of the great unsung bass players. He laid down all kinds of amazing work on Elvis Costello's stuff. Just about any of their albums is a perfect example, but I prefer Blood and Chocolate for probably his most fiery, balls-to-the wall fretwork.
One of my faves from the best years of my life. 16 in 1983 when this came out. The bass line and keyboard bouncing off each other still sounds fantastic. And Elvis melodys and lyrics are as brilliant as ever. ANYBODY GOT A TIME MACHINE? Take me back to 1983 and leave me there. PERIOD!
Saw Elvis live for free at El rey theater in Los Angeles. He announced a free concert while opening for the police at Hollywood bowl. No one believed him, they thought he was joking. Great show... He played the other Elvis too.
Mustang, dicect the lyrics and introduce the video with boxing gloves on a typewriter....genius. but Oliver's army is an historic walk back in time.....shipbuilding kills me and She is a wedding song. You could do a PHD on this Elvis.
I said to my wife,"everyday I write the book" ,it stuck in my head so I decided to load up the song on RUclips and proceeded to repeat about 10 times! I LOVED it in 1983 and even more now! Truly Great!
"I love how the Diana look alike pays no mind to dorky Charles. She's had enough of him. Shows no romance to her. Love how she sighs, nods, turns away from him. I like Elvis Costello's blue tie with his suit. Love this song. 💙 *"Everyday I write the Book"*
Saw him do this song with Allen Toussaint live, it was a really cool version. Actually accosted Elvis Costello after the show on his way back to his hotel. He was surprisingly nice to me even though I was a sweaty teenager and all I wanted to do was tell him how much all the extra material on his Rhino reissues inspired me to become a wildly versatile musician that could play anything in any style. ...in the middle another sweaty teenager ran up, asked him to sign a This Year's Model LP, and then ran away screaming about it once it was signed. After that Elvis offered to sign something for me, I said I didn't have anything and he said "How about the ticket to the show?" I still have that ticket, and I actually got it signed by Steve Nieve and Pete Thomas not long after that night.
Which is funny, considering Elvis Costello always dismisses this as a "lightweight" song he dashed off as an experiment in trying to sound like Smokey Robinson. I think most listeners hear it differently though.
how in the world can a song like this only have 2 million views.??? it's ridiculous. a lyrical masterpiece like this deserves like 10s of millions of views. are you kidding me?
My dad had his greatest songs on cassette while I was growing up. I can't tell you how many times I've heard this song as a child. The one thing that I can say is that it is one of the songs of my youth and I love it! The only thing that I love more than this is my memory of hearing him perform this live with my father in attendance back in 2017!!!
To keep my sanity (especially in today's times), I must come here to listen to one of the great songs in my lifetime. Comforts the soul. Shout out to Ms. Wheeler! ❤❤❤❤❤
I fell in love with this song the very first moment I heard it over 26 years ago. One of the very best love songs of all time. This song is really something special.
can't help but notice that the style of piano playing somewhat mimics the typing on a typewriter. They even use the one-finger method. I mean how brilliant is that.
“Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal, I’d still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.” So many great lines including the others mentioned here. This song is heaven as evidenced by the frequent chills up the back of my neck and tears out of nowhere. One of the best bass lines ever, great melody and harmony interplay, and highly emotional. “Man Out of Time” is another fave - both I want to cover in my next band. Cheers EC!
The song is already awesome, but there's something magical about the background singers at the end. I always wait for it and it just takes me to heaven.
Love this song! And using Charles and Diana are hilarious! A perfect way to illustrate this song. Look at Charles typing with boxing gloves - he has no intention of writing a sequel or working things out.
I agree with Dave Elvis Costello would have been a bigger star with a better image. At the time rock critics were praising NRBQ they couldn't get it together. Elvis Costello also made the mistake of calling Ray Charles a nigger, Bonnie Bramlett punched. At the time music fans were giving Elvis Costello a long look.
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One of the most underrated songs of all time! 😊
its honestly arranged like a miracle, quite perfect.
Sorry... 4.3 Million views does not qualify as "underrated" just sayin.
Elvis Costello is one of the most under rated artist
"underrated" is the single most overrated word on RUclips. Its a fantastic song, and band, and over 4 million people have viewed it.
How is one of his most popular songs considered underrated? Lol
Let's take a minute to salute the quality of the Charles and Diana impersonators.
I'D be interested to know how the one who impersonated Princess Diana looks today; she undoubtedly would look very similar to the REAL Diana now, (had she lived).
Quite so. They are perfect!
100%
They make you nostalgic for simpler times. If only the real Diana and Charles had a happy ending.
@@lisairis4842 Both were alive when this video was made.
He's so young. I WAS SO YOUNG.
His teeth are atrocious, poor man.
I feel the same . Greetings from OZ 🦘
Same here❤
We were all young . Greetings from where people have amazing taste in music. 😊
Now you’re old, yes?
Thanks a million!
Anyone here in 2024?
Cheers!
👍
Every day mate ;-)
Without doubt sir!! The man's a genius 😊
I am.
So fine
I genuinely think this is one of the most clever pop songs ever written
I agree! It truly is the perfect pop song, delivered perfectly.
My parents had their Elvis... and I had mine. 😎
Isn't that present tense?
Do your children have one as well?
He's NOT ELVIS. His NAME is DECLAN MAC MANUS - he'll NEVER BE ELVIS
whydha think he doesn't call himself by his REAL name?
..I had both thank God!☺
The yank one was an over eating in uninspiring tosser!
This is a fragment of why he was inducted in to The Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame in 2004. Always admired his song writing, his voice his intellect & his humility. One of my all time favourites this bloke. 💜
So many great songs. Hit after hit. And then some more for the fans that listen.
😍🥰
Humility isn't a word I would use to describe him
He's a bloody lib....but I love his voice...I'll never purchase...Shut up and sing...as they say.
@@rattyeely
Thank you, exactly...he's a lib.
Elvis Costello defines cool. A writer, a performer of pure genius.
I'm French, 60. Saw him twenty times in Paris. He's the best musician, composer, lyricist I've ever heard. Love from Paris.
Oh, so you must have seen him at the Grand Rex, many years ago, when Steve Nieve did his own separate show. Loved it. Million times better than at the Olympia, years before - I got so bored then
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Wonderful 80's years!
I'm also 60 and had the pleasure of seeing Elvis Costello in Raleigh/Durham, NC, USA waaay back in the mid 90's. One of the best concerts I'd ever seen. The other group was America. I caught their tour at a tiny venue in Asheville, NC USA in roughly the time period. Both amazing!!
I'm going to go see him with the Imposters, Daryl Hall and Charlie Sexton in Bend, Oregon on June 8; CAN'T WAIT!
@williamthelast1
Now that's a true fan! 👍 Good for you. 😊
80’s pure gold, nothing else comes close❤️
All these years of listening to this song and I just realized the piano piece is probably supposed to be the sound of the typewriter he is writing the book with. Neat.
Ooooh, great auditory catch! I do little things like that in some of my songs too.
Yes Sir. I concur...What a great observation..!!!
The one finger typing on the keyboard is what I'm just now noticing.
'Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal
I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel'
Brilliant
+MegaDonGallo RIGHT!!?? just amazing
I'm wondering if this line was inspired by Kurt Vonnegut
Nobody writes that good anymore!
@@superbassomatic *I* do. You just don't see it because art is often private and never becomes otherwise.
@@amandajstar if a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Apparently Elvis wrote this song in 10 minutes..........pure GENIUS. It's almost criminal that this song only made it to 26 in the UK Charts & Top 40 in the US. Should've been a No.1 HIT.
It is in my book! #1 Every day, I can never get tired of hearing this tune! And love introducing it to anyone who doesn't know it, and they thank me for doing so! Love ya Elvis C! And also just really learning the lyrics! After all these years!
He wrote and sang a lot of brilliant songs; I think his vocal style limited his mass appeal to some extent. His records should have gotten more appreciation, but his songs should also have been covered the way Dylan's were.
@@pcno2832 EC was very commercially successful earlier on (77' - 81') and sold consistently well throughout his career. In that era there was a transition of sorts happening from the old guard and style to the new, and you also still had the old commercial dinosaurs to compete with who were taking a HUGE slice of the pie (BOSTON, CHICAGO, THE EAGLES, REO SPEEDWAGON, DOOBIE BROS, KANSAS etc....etc....) so it was pretty hard for some of the new wave artists to get a foot in. Then MTV took over in the early to mid 80's and if you weren't a pretty boy or girl you had no chance LOL.
I totally agree
@@ramonedwards3458 "It is in my book!"---uh, no pun intended?
Love that unique voice. Pulls me right back to the 80's...in a grand way.😊
What a BEAUTIFUL blend of voices ❤❤❤❤
love this song and have to shout out to the backup singers Claudia Fontaine and Caron Wheeler.. much respect for the skill and beauty of their singing.
Afrodisiac!!! 😍😍
🙋🏾♂️ Yep in 1989 they became members of Soul ll Soul, with Caron as lead singer.
@@I_Love_my_adblock4408 - Wow I didn't know that! I love Back to Life!
Claudia Fontaine died in 2018
Caron Wheeler from Soul II Soul? Whoa!
At 65 I'm writing my book.
Really? I'm 63 and keep being told that I should write mine
But will you be up to your old tricks by chapters 4,5 & 6🤔
YAAY
A+
Me too. It's sad isn't? I'm on the flip side of this video
Before there was even a hint of marriage trouble between Charles and Diana, there was this video. Way ahead of its time
On the contrary, it was well known by this time that they hated each other. Not only had it been all round the underground rumour mill, it had even been in newspaper gossip columns.
@@misterteaificationHate? She was chosen to have babies he’s married to the women he has always loved and Diana didn’t know because she wasn’t the brightest bulb on the tree.
@@dinahbrown902 yes, she hated him. You don't need to make her a helpless victim in all this. She had agency.
@@misterteaification I’m not making her a victim at all , I could never understand the attraction so many had towards her. Media hype I suppose.
NO KIDDING!!! She is the closest look alike to Diana I have ever seen
Elvis Costello is pure lyrical genius.......no filler
Definitely!
we need more like this...
"Even in a perfect world, where everyone was equal, I'd still have the film rights and would be working on the sequel......"
Pure genius!!!
Even the Beatles "borrowed" lyrics and riffs Lyrically this song is inspired by two 1950s songs, namely Book Of Love by the Monotones and "I Could Write A Book" by Frank Sinatra and others. Costello's music is borrowed from 1970s Philadelphia soul music but is distinctive enough in its own write (sic) .
EVERYDAY...
Elvis Costello is a great musician of the ages .
Such a cleverly written tune. And damn that bass is super underrated.
Bruce Thomas, bass maestro
That line "when your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote", never made me think what it actually means. After being dumped I definitely now know what he is talking about. Such a clever song.
I want to say I was just out of high school when I first heard this song... I am 65 years old now and it's still relevant AND one my very favorite songs! I love Elvis Costello and everything he does is brilliant!
if our pop charts were only still filled with this awesome songwriting.
Exactly! So many now are just repetitive lines, again and again.
@@karlherrmann4643 Songs these days are all hook and nothing to hang on it.
@atomic-fox Damn right-Most of today’s “music” is nothing but overproccesed electronic shit with *ZERO* hard work or talent…
…Anyone who likes that electronic shit is a fool. Am I right?
コステロの曲のなかでは一番好き！
Princess Di was so pretty, Elvis Costello delivers another good song
"all your compliments and cutting remarks... are captured here in quotation marks" .This (and many other insightful, witty, and touching lyrics) is why he was a first ballot Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee. His aim is true
God I love love love love this song. "Up to your old tricks in chapters 4,5 and 6" they really dont write em like this anymore. Damn I miss the 80s. Dammit. Peace.
You said it girlfriend! :D I remember watching this video when MTV was just a toddler. And obviously none of us knew poor Diana was in an awful, loveless marriage, with an ugly cheater. This is my 2nd fav song of his, my top fav is still Veronica. Wish we could hop in Mr. Peabody's Time Machine and go back there, when musicians actually created their own interesting music, look and style. Cheers :D
Now isn't there a gofundme for a time machine I think I would give big time.
LOL! ;D Me too girl!
Nobody writes 'em like Costello. ..
Doug Bale You got that right! Everyday he writes the book. LOL Cheers :D
RIP Claudia Fontaine (the tall
backing singer in this video).
She was a backing singer for a lot of artists
Damn Mami, What's Your Instagram?
how many great songs has she sang on
@@brijones the list reads like a who's who of big name acts
Wow That's SAD. Loved her backup vocals, too. She reminds me of June Pointer of the The Pointer Sisters.
Masterpiece.
A master songwriter making it look effortless.
Ilovethismusic
Loved this song when I heard it in 1983 and it still sounds fresh nearly 40 years later. Great bass, clever lyrics, melody and the video makes me feel melancholy. Back in the day when Charles and Di were newly married and the world was simpler and brighter.
I wonder what the Princess Di lookalike looks today.
It would give perhaps a clue to what the REAL Princess Diana would've looked like today had she lived.
👍👍
@@davidharrison7014 I agree because that look alike looked so much like princess Diane I couldn’t believe it!
When your Dream Boat turns out to be a Foot Note, classic Elvis line...
Yes! I always liked, "When you find strange hands in your sweater" too...
Its a great song with lots to love about it.. Elvis Costello is genius of his time , still listening in 2022
Everyday.
@Daxx Brother. Mentally, emotionally, and spiritually we're all writing our personal autobiographies. Everyday.
Everyday! Jeanette.Tuhi.
And 2023
Proud to say, as a 20-yr-old I bought this classic & shared it every day with my neighbours :)
wish you were my neighbor.
You have great taste!🙂
Stil friends with the neighbours ?
nice
same
Whenever this song comes on, I find myself sobbing. Not even sure if they're happy tears or sad, but it's a wonderful release of emotion. There's something very special about this song.
One of my favorite Elvis Costello songs.
Costello invaded my musical awareness with "Watching the Detectives." In the States we had yet to hear anything quite like that. I sat down with my radio and just listened. I suppose at age 15
I was just wondering what the heck I was hearing. I loved it....and everything that came after.
When I was 20 I had the biggest crush on Elvis Costello and all my friends teased me unmercifully . I didnt care,I loved him. Im 58 now and I still do . This is my favorite by him,though its hard to choose.
Johnny This guy is a pure genius , ive adoed him since his beginning , what a fantastic voice , hes so versatile in every aspect ,, i still have a towel he threw out into the audience xx Jane xx
Love that
I was like 8 when mine started… I was an odd one tho 🤣 still luv him
My oldest was born in '95 & my fully melanated family was lost about where his name came from🤭I still regret not making it his first name but his middle name is Declan & that's what I call him.I've been in love with Elvis Costello since I was 7 years old❤️
Reminds me of the Martha Plimpton character from 200 Cigarettes… then she wakes up and realizes Elvis Costello came to her party but then she cries bc she doesn’t remember him being there bc she got wasted bc she thought no one was coming to her party 😂
A timeless classic!
Such killer bass work in this song.
Bruce Thomas is one of the great unsung bass players. He laid down all kinds of amazing work on Elvis Costello's stuff. Just about any of their albums is a perfect example, but I prefer Blood and Chocolate for probably his most fiery, balls-to-the wall fretwork.
@@crescentfreshbret If you think "Blood & Chocolate" had killer bass, try either "This Year's Model" or "Get Happy!" Prepare to be blown away!!!
The 2 replies above are why I love RUclips
@@Stiglr 5ive Gears in Reverse
Two words.... SHABBY DOLL !!!
One of my faves from the best years of my life. 16 in 1983 when this came out. The bass line and keyboard bouncing off each other still sounds fantastic. And Elvis melodys and lyrics are as brilliant as ever. ANYBODY GOT A TIME MACHINE? Take me back to 1983 and leave me there. PERIOD!
I enjoyed a fantastic year
can you drop me off in '81
1983, the best year in modern music. There’s not a close second.
Take me with you!
...hearing you right now...☺
Saw Elvis live for free at El rey theater in Los Angeles. He announced a free concert while opening for the police at Hollywood bowl. No one believed him, they thought he was joking. Great show... He played the other Elvis too.
Great Song loved it then loving it now and always 💕👍
I genuinely believe this is one of the best songs of my near 47 years here
Me too and I'm 66!
Every day. Elvis Costello is cool af.
The craftsmanship in composing this piece is admirable. The bass, the chorists, the flowing bridge, the guitar riffs, the singing, the melody ❤
Agreed. Wow.😊
He wrote it in 10 minutes!
Mustang, dicect the lyrics and introduce the video with boxing gloves on a typewriter....genius. but Oliver's army is an historic walk back in time.....shipbuilding kills me and She is a wedding song.
You could do a PHD on this Elvis.
the harmony on this song is angelic. also, the two background singers are amazing. great video.
The two background singers went on to Soul II Soul...I just want to know why are the not on shoes.
@@1234attheconcert Yes. The woman on the right is Caron Wheeler.
You are right the song sticks in your mind. Now and then I have to hear it again.
@@ISVVVc628 Livin' in in the Light.
@@1234attheconcert Not to mention that their feet must've been freezing.
WHAT A CHARMING SONG!
I love this song. Thanks for posting.
The background singers went on to form Soul II Soul.
Love that too.
Coolest backup singers. One of my favorite songs.
This guy never gets old.
I agree with you.
I agree with you.
Totally Agree
I said to my wife,"everyday I write the book" ,it stuck in my head so I decided to load up the song on RUclips and proceeded to repeat about 10 times! I LOVED it in 1983 and even more now! Truly Great!
"I love how the Diana look alike pays no mind to dorky Charles. She's had enough of him. Shows no romance to her. Love how she sighs, nods, turns away from him.
I like Elvis Costello's blue tie with his suit.
Love this song. 💙
*"Everyday I write the Book"*
He is great what a song
My favorite Elvis Costello song.
The lyrics of this song are OUTSTANDING.
absolutely so
Some would call this... "PERFECT"
Or rather,
"Absolutely Perfect"!
I like the synthesizer too.
You said you’d stand by me in the middle of chapter 3, but you were up to your old tricks in chapters 4,5, and 6
This song is a master piece
What a well written song
It is, Very well constructed. Great harmony vocals and you cannot beat Steve Naïve on the keyboards.
Bingo. He could write a helluva song.
What a clever song.....”equal” and “sequel “... brilliant rhymes
Much better than:
"Are you chicken, Donald Trump?
I ain't gonna eat the rump!"
Saw him do this song with Allen Toussaint live, it was a really cool version.
Actually accosted Elvis Costello after the show on his way back to his hotel.
He was surprisingly nice to me even though I was a sweaty teenager and all I wanted to do was tell him how much all the extra material on his Rhino reissues inspired me to become a wildly versatile musician that could play anything in any style.
...in the middle another sweaty teenager ran up, asked him to sign a This Year's Model LP, and then ran away screaming about it once it was signed.
After that Elvis offered to sign something for me, I said I didn't have anything and he said "How about the ticket to the show?"
I still have that ticket, and I actually got it signed by Steve Nieve and Pete Thomas not long after that night.
The beat, melody, bass such an underrated song. Love elvis❤🎶🎸
Anyone who gives this thumbs down has no idea what good music is.
A very underrated song, artist, and video..........
I love it!!!
brilliant video
Hey you should look up a band called The Doublejumps if you like Elvis Costello
Bob Dylan said this is one of his favorite songs
Which is funny, considering Elvis Costello always dismisses this as a "lightweight" song he dashed off as an experiment in trying to sound like Smokey Robinson. I think most listeners hear it differently though.
Dylan also took a shitload of drugs though. Just sayin!
I'm with Dylan on this one
Got a Tom Tom club vibe, don't know who was first
@@KIERNAN100 Tom Tom club ( we called them half a talking head back then) by about 2 years.
My Favourite. Like Leonardo Dicaprio is my favourite actor.
Elvis Costello is my favourite musician.
Elvis is my all time favorite musician. He has cancer and I pray he is okay. Love you so much, buddy!
how in the world can a song like this only have 2 million views.??? it's ridiculous. a lyrical masterpiece like this deserves like 10s of millions of views. are you kidding me?
Almost 4 million views as I type this on 9 November 2023.
masterpiece - especially when you know the lyrics!
Jill S I made a point to memorize them many years ago, and I still know every word!
Elvis Costello is a genius writer. So many well composed songs. The man can teach these clown artists today how to get it done.
My dad had his greatest songs on cassette while I was growing up. I can't tell you how many times I've heard this song as a child. The one thing that I can say is that it is one of the songs of my youth and I love it!
The only thing that I love more than this is my memory of hearing him perform this live with my father in attendance back in 2017!!!
Thanks for telling this memory.
It's great.
I have a soft spot for corny/intelligent lyrics. And when combined with catchy actually good music, it's just
*chef's kiss*
He wrote the cleverest lyrics - love this.
Hello Lisa
How are you doing today?
Nice meeting you here
An absolute masterpiece. My favourite Elvis Costello track. The closest he came to Synth-Pop.
SO TRUE!!!
One of the best vocalists ever, EC sings with such control and soul, and such an amazing song writer.
To keep my sanity (especially in today's times), I must come here to listen to one of the great songs in my lifetime. Comforts the soul. Shout out to Ms. Wheeler! ❤❤❤❤❤
And Ms. Fontaine.
Who are Wheeler and Fontaine?
I fell in love with this song the very first moment I heard it over 26 years ago. One of the very best love songs of all time. This song is really something special.
Oh I just am getting Goosebumps
can't help but notice that the style of piano playing somewhat mimics the typing on a typewriter. They even use the one-finger method. I mean how brilliant is that.
I have always loved this song, the backup singers are superb and always make my spine tingle.
Those backing singers are amazing.
Afro dziak
Yes I agree. I think the background singers tie the whole song together.
They went on to form Soul II Soul. Check out "Back to Life"
@@virginiamiranda7554 Really ? I'll check them out . I've heard of Soul ll Soul way back in the dsy but had no idea .
Brilliant lyrics. Each verse is a poem.
How does he do it ....he's head and shoulders above most other song writers
Simply wonderful! I remember when this song first came out.. and it’s just as fantastic now!
“Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal, I’d still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.” So many great lines including the others mentioned here. This song is heaven as evidenced by the frequent chills up the back of my neck and tears out of nowhere. One of the best bass lines ever, great melody and harmony interplay, and highly emotional. “Man Out of Time” is another fave - both I want to cover in my next band. Cheers EC!
The background singers are great!!
she's got eyes like saucers, you think she's a dish :-) He does know how to turn a phrase.
This is a very underrated song. Well written, well produced and well performed. It doesn't get the credit it deserves.
S C This song sounds fresh even in 2020. Nobody better than Elvis for lyrics.
Who's listening to this masterpiece in 2022?
Not me. What year is this?
@@l.siestador7248 Right now, it's 2024.
And I STILL think it's a masterpiece!
Count me in 2024😊
2024. I'll be listening to it every year till I croak
2024 and still listening
Simply fantastic .My real Elvis is Costello . No doubt.
Autumn 1983 it was a good time better than now
Killer Song EC is so talented & his band & backing vocals on this song is so clean
The song is already awesome, but there's something magical about the background singers at the end. I always wait for it and it just takes me to heaven.
*Happy 40th Anniversary to Elvis Costello & the Attractions' Punch the Clock released Aug. 5, 1983.*
he`s a very humble man, no bs/ he`s a wonderful songwriter
Considered by many to be his best song;really a very,very truely great song.
He has about a hundred best songs lyrically . Its so hard to even put together a top 100 elvis song list
5 words : Elvis Costello is an icon
Love this song! And using Charles and Diana are hilarious! A perfect way to illustrate this song. Look at Charles typing with boxing gloves - he has no intention of writing a sequel or working things out.
Ha ha. I had several ideas but yeah that fits perfectly. Thank you
What a genious was Elvis Costello melting the couple Diana/Charles with the silent movies with the great Rudolf Valentino❤
Yes, we do. ❤❤❤
"Critics love Elvis Costello because they all look like him" - David Lee Roth
David Lee .. who ?
I agree with Dave
Elvis Costello would have been a bigger star with a better image. At the time rock critics were praising NRBQ they couldn't get it together. Elvis Costello also made the mistake of calling Ray Charles a nigger, Bonnie Bramlett punched. At the time music fans were giving Elvis Costello a long look.