Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives

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  • @johncassidy3071
    @johncassidy3071 4 года назад +507

    "She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake" is one of the most evocative lines in pop.

    • @VolksdeutscheSS
      @VolksdeutscheSS 4 года назад +34

      You're right, John. But don't forget about when Elvis said, "overwhelmed by indifference and the promise of an early bed." That was amusing as well.

    • @kennyopinmind7558
      @kennyopinmind7558 3 года назад +23

      his lyrics with the compositions in most of his songs are genius

    • @thegreenbird795
      @thegreenbird795 3 года назад +10

      reminds me of my mother when she was watching murder mysteries on TV lol

    • @kikiobie
      @kikiobie 3 года назад +8

      Dark lyrics like, from Ozzy's "No More Tears" - "Maybe a kiss before I leave you this way. Your lips are so cold, I don't know what else to say"... serial killer thoughts.

    • @chronictown5802
      @chronictown5802 3 года назад +15

      this may be hyperbole but just on the strength of this song (and that sublime line about filing her nails) Elvis costello's place in the annals of rock history was cemented...he never had to write another song.

  • @Jeff-zi6tg
    @Jeff-zi6tg 9 месяцев назад +34

    It’s amazing how an incredible song remains timeless.

  • @rogerpalmer3522
    @rogerpalmer3522 Год назад +39

    "She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake." It kills me every time.

  • @cynthiarobertson5523
    @cynthiarobertson5523 Год назад +46

    Was 12 yrs old when my big brother played this 4 me! ❤❤❤ Now he's 63 and I'm 58! Love you, big brother. ❤❤❤

    • @Melynnest
      @Melynnest 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yep my big sis is 8 years old than me and would play this when I was a kid too lol 😊

    • @carlr0gers417
      @carlr0gers417 9 месяцев назад +3

      I'm his age you gotta' cool as shit big brother.😁

    • @cynthiarobertson5523
      @cynthiarobertson5523 9 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks Carl! I do have a cool as shit big brother! Two of them actually!!! 😊❤

    • @ingoweinard2517
      @ingoweinard2517 8 месяцев назад +1

      he is 70

  • @Dr.Adamastor
    @Dr.Adamastor 7 месяцев назад +23

    He's one of the most gifted lyricists in pop music history. Bloody brilliant.

  • @debs656
    @debs656 Год назад +31

    In 1978, I borrowed this album along with Talking Heads '77 and Patty Smith Radio Ethiopia from someone who was later arrested for armed bank robbery (with a fake gun). I ended up never having the opportunity to give these albums back. They are still in my vinyl collection.

    • @violoncelo1000
      @violoncelo1000 8 месяцев назад +2

      Now you have to find him, and buy him a ticket for a concert.
      2 tickets, 1 for him and 1 for you!!!

    • @420yuGtahT
      @420yuGtahT Месяц назад

      What was the bank robbery? 😭

  • @ChickyKat88
    @ChickyKat88 Год назад +54

    This album came out my freshman year in high school. The sound was so different compared to stadium rock. The songwriting, his vocals, his look, the musicianship. Brilliant.

  • @GeneTrujillo
    @GeneTrujillo Год назад +83

    That bassline is amazing.

    • @rippi37
      @rippi37 Год назад +1

      BT's basslines are always fecking awesome

    • @vincentkilpatrick3808
      @vincentkilpatrick3808 Год назад +2

      Love BT, but the original version was:
      Personnel -
      Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar
      Andrew Bodnar - bass
      Steve Goulding - drums
      Steve Nieve - piano, organ
      The rhythm section for The Rumour played on the studio version. One of my favorite backing pieces of music ever. And I LOVE The Attractions too.

    • @Daniel-pr4uk
      @Daniel-pr4uk Год назад +1

      Check out his song 'mood for moderns', also has amazing bassline

  • @pstandley1able
    @pstandley1able 8 месяцев назад +39

    Heard this on the radio yesterday in sunny ol Perth, Western Australia for the first time in donkey years. I had to listen to it again, so here I am. Just perfect ,Mr.Costello

    • @rippi37
      @rippi37 7 месяцев назад +2

      Hello there fellow Aussie , from Sydney . This certainly is perfect ! xxx

  • @philipatoz
    @philipatoz 4 месяца назад +19

    This is unquestionably one of the tightest, best written and executed pop songs of all time! Elvis had a top-notch band and his vocals are absolutely amazing. So cool the way the whole band keeps ratcheting up the tension of the lyrics, from the angst in Elvis' voice to the overdriven and tremolo guitar parts and sensational drumming, all anchored by a really groovy reggae riff. Funny, as he was marketed as a nerdy, new-wave oddball - but E and the Attractions FAR superseded their pitched genre and time!

    • @jeffsparey9585
      @jeffsparey9585 4 месяца назад +2

      I don't want to go,to,Chelsea is so,damned tight

    • @johnmcdonnell7268
      @johnmcdonnell7268 3 месяца назад +2

      I think it's fair to say Elvis Costello was essentially a nerdy new wave oddball. Reggae was an influence on English new wave. But it's true he transcended genres, as did many of the leading artists of that punk/post-punk era. Not just EC, but Joe Jackson, Paul Weller, The Stranglers, Ed Kuepper, a bit later Icehouse. Even to an extent Mick Jones of The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite and John Lydon.

  • @fredrayworth4798
    @fredrayworth4798 Год назад +44

    My favorite EC song. That chord progression is killer.

    • @surfinwax58
      @surfinwax58 11 месяцев назад +3

      MONSTER BASS too!

  • @mikeluke9404
    @mikeluke9404 4 года назад +102

    One of the greatest songwriters of all time. This is pulp fiction folks.

    • @JKTube
      @JKTube 2 года назад

      +Mike Luke: "The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents/Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance." Dick Wolf made a FORTUNE off of that.

    • @somedumbozzie1539
      @somedumbozzie1539 2 года назад +1

      Its a dead heat with Oliver's Army.

    • @somedumbozzie1539
      @somedumbozzie1539 2 года назад +1

      @@JKTube I like the way you think.

  • @amogasidi
    @amogasidi 2 года назад +60

    This has some of the best percussion riffs in any Costello tune.

  • @glennsepelak5113
    @glennsepelak5113 3 года назад +127

    I was 16 when this came out... still one of the greatest songs ever

    • @Twiggy01
      @Twiggy01 2 года назад +1

      I was roughly the same age, and I still laugh when I listen to it. 💜

    • @paulfrost8895
      @paulfrost8895 2 года назад +1

      I think his first hit ' love the old footage used for the video ' Sherlock Holmes eg.

    • @bobklee2397
      @bobklee2397 2 года назад

      Me too , unfortunately I never got to see him

    • @dunbustin
      @dunbustin Год назад +1

      I am afraid that this contribution "may have involved some non-sequitur."

  • @Jlelich1
    @Jlelich1 Месяц назад +7

    This is the song I love

  • @matheussamotta
    @matheussamotta 6 месяцев назад +13

    it never gets old. weed, coffee and this song.

  • @hmackie6823
    @hmackie6823 Год назад +3

    He's a wordsmith,a troubador...is what I wanted to be.

  • @infinitytoinfinitysquaredb7836
    @infinitytoinfinitysquaredb7836 2 года назад +7

    Film noir and punk.
    You can't get cooler than that. 🐻‍❄️

  • @peterjodlowski4173
    @peterjodlowski4173 Год назад +9

    His best work

    • @aclark903
      @aclark903 8 месяцев назад

      #agoodyearfortheroses

  • @Radagast-
    @Radagast- 11 дней назад

    "Closeup of the sign that says "We never close"". "She pulls their eyes out with a face like a magnet"...
    So many great lines.

  • @martindutton1645
    @martindutton1645 3 года назад +48

    Gotta be one of the best lyricists EVER

    • @paulfrost8895
      @paulfrost8895 2 года назад +1

      He sure did some great music ' this ' Olivers army ' I don 't wan go to Chelsea ' and Every day I write the book are my favs of his.

  • @stevenjones8551
    @stevenjones8551 8 лет назад +373

    loved it when reggae met punk in 70s and 80s

    • @NLOsiris
      @NLOsiris 8 лет назад +3

      Right! You got some more examples? :)

    • @Malady
      @Malady 7 лет назад +49

      Try listening to The Clash, The Police and The Ruts.

    • @racketman2u
      @racketman2u 7 лет назад +25

      or the Beat, Selecter, Specials; hell, just goog "New Wave"!

    • @evad520
      @evad520 6 лет назад +5

      You're kidding right?

    • @marleyite
      @marleyite 6 лет назад +6

      Bob Marley’s Punky Reggae Party.

  • @vladimirmarquez2123
    @vladimirmarquez2123 Год назад +4

    The third verse packs so much rhyme. It almost feels like he's rapping.

  • @AshleyWalls-q2t
    @AshleyWalls-q2t Год назад +12

    I agree, this song is a freaking classic! I love Elvis Costeo!!

  • @JKTube
    @JKTube 5 лет назад +68

    "My Aim Is True" is one of my Top 5 albums of all time.

    • @humandroid53
      @humandroid53 2 года назад

      But this is off 'This years model'.

    • @JKTube
      @JKTube 2 года назад +2

      @@humandroid53: No, it was always on "My Aim Is True."

    • @misternono92
      @misternono92 Год назад

      My aim is true. Of course.

  • @SweetUniverse
    @SweetUniverse Год назад +19

    Can't believe I forgot about this one - my favorite when I was in high school, 1978

  • @kallek919
    @kallek919 2 года назад +4

    ”… she’s filing her nails while they’re dragging in the lake …”
    I really don't know why but I have always liked that illusory wording.

  • @jadarobinson640
    @jadarobinson640 Год назад +11

    The way he raps the third verse is just masterful songwriting; you can feel the tension building all the way until it climaxes with "blow you away."

  • @luannabbate2624
    @luannabbate2624 2 года назад +29

    The first "New Wave" album I bought. I was totally into this. Wore it out. To this day, it's still one of the best songs and album ever made.

  • @infoscholar5221
    @infoscholar5221 Год назад +8

    Best bassline. Ever.

  • @threadbear
    @threadbear 7 лет назад +314

    The reason I liked Elvis Costello was because he didn't really sound like anybody else. And no-one since really sounds like him.

    • @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017
      @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 7 лет назад +8

      I have a hard time thinking of anyone from which he drew influence. Perhaps Sinatra, but only just barely. Early Bruce Springsteen? A hint of Dylan in his wry lyrics.

    • @timacrow
      @timacrow 6 лет назад +4

      Ears Of Velvet: I have no idea what that means, but it made me laugh.

    • @user-vd7io9jc8f
      @user-vd7io9jc8f 6 лет назад +5

      I just found out about him and his stuff sounds so ahead of his time, this sounds like it could’ve been released today.

    • @sherri419
      @sherri419 6 лет назад +4

      Graham Parker is good too, I like his Squeezing out Sparks album the best.

    • @kympridham8267
      @kympridham8267 6 лет назад +6

      like most it was buddy holly

  • @AlexMielnik
    @AlexMielnik Месяц назад +1

    Brilliant story teller, singer, songwriter, performing artist, and producer. Saw recently Elvis Costello is credited for producing The Specials debut album...did not know that...amazing talent for sure!

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 4 года назад +13

    “Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.............

  • @lynseygordon2605
    @lynseygordon2605 Год назад +7

    I'm 34 now, elvis costello has been my favourite artist since I was 14. I've seen him 4 times each time amazing. This song is one of his best ❤

  • @vincentcarrot
    @vincentcarrot 6 лет назад +72

    This was my motivation to learn to play the bass guitar, back in 1977.

    • @MrChannel2010
      @MrChannel2010 4 года назад +1

      Strange, same with me, but in 79/80.

    • @szqsk8
      @szqsk8 4 года назад

      MrChannel2013 Did you stay with it?

    • @alkholos
      @alkholos 4 года назад +2

      Andy Bodnar is one great bassist.

    • @hottestbabe1000
      @hottestbabe1000 4 года назад

      Still going strong ?????!

    • @vincentcarrot
      @vincentcarrot 4 года назад +1

      @@hottestbabe1000 the said bass is in pieces in the cellar :-(

  • @thehellsurfers
    @thehellsurfers Месяц назад +1

    Covered this song in Dual, it’s another all time favorite!! ♥️♥️♥️

  • @paulapodaca7090
    @paulapodaca7090 2 года назад +38

    The 1st 23 seconds of this song personifies what highly skilled musicians can do.. Bass player/drummer and guitarist just nailed this intro..

    • @somedumbozzie1539
      @somedumbozzie1539 2 года назад +7

      As my guitar teacher said "You have four beats in four bars to hook them before they swim away".

    • @paulfrost8895
      @paulfrost8895 Год назад +2

      Always love the punchy sounding intro to this ' he is a musical genius ' his own punk style just rocks.

    • @vincentkilpatrick3808
      @vincentkilpatrick3808 Год назад +4

      Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar
      Andrew Bodnar - bass
      Steve Goulding - drums
      Steve Nieve - piano, organ
      Absolutely amazing.

  • @HarryFlowerrs
    @HarryFlowerrs 2 месяца назад +1

    Class IS Permanent!🌹❤️👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👊🏽

  • @basketburger
    @basketburger Год назад +9

    Awesome song 👍

  • @stevemcqueen1904
    @stevemcqueen1904 8 месяцев назад +5

    Song was so ahead of its time

  • @shannonstraughan4383
    @shannonstraughan4383 2 месяца назад +1

    Elvis Costello is 10 years older than I am. I was 13 when this whole album, my aim is true came out, I got the album then the cassette later when I started driving so I could listen to it in the car. Now I have a copy of the CD still.
    You always wondered what this song was really about, we didn't have Google back in the day so we had to use our imaginations. Imaginations are powerful and I honestly believe that access to easy quick information without using your critical thinking is doing us all in Injustice, especially the youth who will never how to use their imaginations like we did.. I am a last year baby boomer first year Gen X hybrid, really time to be a kid and a young adult....
    So all these years we've had ideas of what this song is about and many different interpretations. We've read and heard the idea that this is about a young girl hanging out with an older guy and that when the police come looking for her at his home, he ends up doing away with her. Nice and dark, right?
    Then there is the other interpretation which makes more sense and they are Elvis Costello's own words albeit vague. It's about Noir detective TV shows back in the 50s, the lyrics are nail biters in suspenseful, such as Longshots at that jumping sign, above a hotel the blinking lights, invisible Shivers run down my spine cut to baby taking off her clothes, under the sign that says we never close
    And then of course one of the greatest song lines ever created, she's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake. Per the interpretation of wow vinyl which is about the first interpretation of the young girl with the older man, she is filing her nails watching the detectives looking for her. In the second interpretation where the point of view of a man whose lover just wants to watch detectives on tv, oh he's so cute, rather than be with the man you can imagine her filing her nails while watching the TV detectives saying how cute he is
    The last couple of lines of the song goes from she's watching The Detectives then it just goes to it's just like watching The Detectives, almost in a first person since I hope this makes sense because I'm blind as hell and voice texting, there are lots of missing punctuation.
    Anyway, I just found this video I'd never seen it before and you couldn't find a more perfect way to put a visual to this song, one of the greatest songs of all time I don't care who you are,lol.. it's freaking brilliant.
    I love how they use that clip from The Little Rascals also known as our gang, three of The Little Rascals going through the Funhouse ride with the moving saw coming at them, they put their hands over their throats like it's going to protect them😂😂😂😂. I totally remember that episode watching it when I was a kid. Those were from the fifties as well and still very popular when I was a kid in the 6 mid 60s early 70s
    Great comments on here, thanks to everyone. Elvis Costello is just one of the greatest

  • @tjschakow
    @tjschakow 10 месяцев назад +1

    Driving my kids to grade school they made me play this every morning. The little rascals

  • @HATEgoo-gle
    @HATEgoo-gle Год назад +1

    Finally, an EC video that doesn't suck.

  • @tanias4877
    @tanias4877 3 года назад +19

    he's such a great songwriter - this is a classic.

  • @melissawellman2112
    @melissawellman2112 4 года назад +27

    I could just listen to this song everyday I live please.... nobody sounds like him ❤️❤️❤️💋

    • @VolksdeutscheSS
      @VolksdeutscheSS 4 года назад +2

      Melissa: listen away! You're right: great song.

  • @brianelliott577
    @brianelliott577 Месяц назад

    Dunno why, but this song just makes me HAPPY !!! BRIAN from Western Sydney.

  • @jamiefoyers2800
    @jamiefoyers2800 12 дней назад

    Saw this the other day on one of these compilation shows...like the old black and white clips from the movies...

  • @Raymund-Swales
    @Raymund-Swales 6 месяцев назад +4

    Music of a week spent youth.

  • @chantalmassicotte3934
    @chantalmassicotte3934 4 года назад +11

    My favourite Elvis Costello song by far.

    • @elviscostellocostello768
      @elviscostellocostello768 3 года назад

      ❤️❤️❤️I want to Specially appreciate you for being a big fan. Thanks for your nice comment on my post, it means a lot to me. I want you to send me a direct message via hangouts using my personal email or you can as well add me up on WhatsApp through my mobile number that will be indicated below. Also endeavor to add your name to the text so I can know you are the one texting because I don’t reply unnecessary messages.
      Hangouts mail: elviscostelloconnected@gmail.com
      WhatsApp number: +1 (541)3065068

  • @ayushtaylorsversion1253
    @ayushtaylorsversion1253 3 года назад +54

    💓 Lyrics :
    Nice girls, not one with a defect
    Cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct
    Red dogs under illegal legs
    She looks so good that he gets down and begs
    She is watching the detectives
    "Ooh, it's so cute"
    She's watching the detectives
    When they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
    They beat him up until the teardrops start
    But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
    Long shot of that jumping sign
    Invisible shivers running down my spine
    Cut to baby taking off her clothes
    Close-up of the sign that says: "We never close"
    You snatch a chill and you match a cigarette
    She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet
    I don't know how much more of this I can take
    She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake
    She is watching the detectives
    "Oh, he's so cute"
    She is watching the detectives
    Oh, and they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
    They beat him up until the teardrops start
    But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
    You think you're alone until you realize you're in it
    Now baby's here to stay, love is here for a visit
    They call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit
    Someone's scratching at the window, I wonder, who is it?
    The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents
    Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance
    Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay
    It only took my little fingers to blow you away
    Just like watching the detectives
    Don't get cute
    Just like watching the detectives
    I get so angry when the teardrops start
    But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
    Watching the detectives
    It's just like watching the detectives
    Watching the detectives
    Watching the detectives
    Watching the detectives
    We're watching the detectives
    They're watching the detectives
    Watching the detectives
    Watching the detectives

  • @MD-kg1kq
    @MD-kg1kq 3 года назад +53

    This man is simply a musical genius! All of his songs are top notch, so sophisticated, so much saying and meaningful, touching every person to their soul. Thank you!

    • @aladdinsane7882
      @aladdinsane7882 3 года назад +2

      He is peerless.

    • @somedumbozzie1539
      @somedumbozzie1539 2 года назад +1

      I have heard numerous big names of the time say the same.

    • @cultvult
      @cultvult 2 года назад +2

      Still putting out some of his best work. Like it or love it, and I love all of it, every 😊period of his is brilliant.

  • @stoneyll
    @stoneyll 4 года назад +7

    Elvis is still King~!

  • @ClueSign
    @ClueSign 8 лет назад +36

    Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay
    It only took my little fingers to blow you away

  • @DeaDGoD_XIV
    @DeaDGoD_XIV 2 года назад +6

    I remember having an official VHS tape of Elvis Costello music videos and this was my favourite

  • @ramabhardwaj2363
    @ramabhardwaj2363 6 лет назад +15

    I was 13 when this song came out it sounds just as good now x

  • @hang-the-elite2940
    @hang-the-elite2940 Год назад +1

    I found this song on benidorm TV show and it's been stuck in my head ever since 😂

  • @alexpastor8582
    @alexpastor8582 11 месяцев назад +1

    loveeeeeeee. Mr. Costello!!!!

    • @wenesdae
      @wenesdae 11 месяцев назад +1

      his real name is Declan MacManus

    • @alexpastor8582
      @alexpastor8582 9 месяцев назад

      Thank you for the info, sounds like magnanimous!

  • @wandydeoli5780
    @wandydeoli5780 4 месяца назад +1

    What a cool song

  • @tomstone7647
    @tomstone7647 Год назад +1

    Awesome 🎉

  • @jdjay6826
    @jdjay6826 2 года назад +5

    One of the best bass riffs I've ever heard.

  • @jamesmccann8780
    @jamesmccann8780 4 года назад +13

    Saw him at Montreal jazz festival at newly renovated theatre shortly before joining his wife who was headlining outside. Played an acoustic show, what a guitar player, sang off mike for “Shipbuilding”, his voice filled this huge space. Still shiver when I remember.

    • @hipchicagal2111
      @hipchicagal2111 2 года назад

      What an amazing experience that had to be! Good for you!

  • @martindowney8737
    @martindowney8737 Год назад +1

    Yes. He can never die.

  • @richardkell4888
    @richardkell4888 3 года назад +7

    I remember reading the centre pages story in my copy of 'Sounds' music newspaper travelling north on the train August 1977 and without even hearing him, being enthralled and yes his first album 'My Aim is True' was phenomenal, all early Costello/ Attractions output is original and timeless.

    • @JKTube
      @JKTube 2 года назад

      +richard kell: Makes me think of how I got into Living Colour by reading the review in the June 1988 issue of "SPIN". (Morrissey was on the cover. It was the first issue I ever read, since I only found out about it by seeing a commercial on MTV. That was the year we got cable.)

  • @chriscrawford2401
    @chriscrawford2401 5 лет назад +14

    Going to my 3rd Elvis concert this weekend - 1st was early 90's in LA, 2nd was early 00's in Miami Beach, 3rd will be St Petersburg 2019. Elvis rocks!

    • @33Luger
      @33Luger 4 года назад

      Glad you got to see him before they closed the planet.

  • @adyg5402
    @adyg5402 Год назад

    Cant beat this.

  • @Bea-wb9uk
    @Bea-wb9uk 2 года назад

    "Condemned by Pravda" is a selling point. Those were the days.

  • @martindowney8737
    @martindowney8737 Год назад

    I like it when somebody thinks I have lost. They forget I love everybody.

  • @vicredshaw1155
    @vicredshaw1155 9 лет назад +14

    finest singer/songwriter of his generation , saw him at RCH Nottingham last year , still a great gig !

  • @timlowery4178
    @timlowery4178 5 лет назад +7

    I'll admit it, PBS' History Detectives got me here. :)

  • @jamieodell8719
    @jamieodell8719 2 года назад +4

    The best of the best! Thank you Elvis Costello

  • @sueznann8927
    @sueznann8927 2 года назад +6

    I love this song, what a classic 🙌❤️

  • @TubeOwly
    @TubeOwly 3 года назад +2

    EC is a genius lyricist, poet and musician (vocalist/guitarist) who is able to meld other music genres so effortlessly while minting his unique style. This track (1977) utilises the Ska/Reggae sound syncopation and predates many artists including those of the huge wave of 2 Tone Records tracks that were to come ('79 & '80s). 'Watching The Detectives': I could easily imagine Ranking Roger's "Brrrruuuuuaaaah!" timely exuberance in the background. Also, compare the distinctive drumroll of 'Ranking Full Stop', The Beat (1979). Our Elvis still rocks!

  • @igorchives24
    @igorchives24 2 года назад +1

    so flippin saucy

  • @ezidioalvesde362
    @ezidioalvesde362 Год назад +2

    Um ótimo disco essa estréia dele!

  • @joelouis-arena4061
    @joelouis-arena4061 3 года назад +3

    Saw him/them twice in concert in Malmö, Sweden. Just after the release of This year’s model, and then a year or two later. Great memories

  • @jodycasey6936
    @jodycasey6936 4 месяца назад

    The stuff I have stored inside my head amazes me.
    Great song.
    Classic.

  • @JustaJuboi
    @JustaJuboi 2 года назад +2

    One of the greatest crossover songs of all time 🙏🎧🙏

  • @robertcookman3517
    @robertcookman3517 2 года назад +1

    Gets better as the years pass

  • @martindowney8737
    @martindowney8737 Год назад +2

    One of the miracles of popular music.

  • @JMarieCAlove
    @JMarieCAlove 2 года назад +5

    Still a fan of his since I was a teen in the mid 80s 😁 ❤

  • @podray1687
    @podray1687 Год назад

    This song/album put Elvis in the hall of fame of song writers ..great tune

  • @valoreeday4344
    @valoreeday4344 7 лет назад +5

    Elvis Costello, you have the most beautiful voice!!! I listened to your tapes when I lived in S.F years ago, while walking to work. You are an amazing artist! I am listening to you right now in 2017 as I am having a mom break which I never have so I am rocking out right now to all my fav, artists of the 80's at my computer !!!! Thank-you for all your great music through the years, it means alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @handlethis009
    @handlethis009 Год назад

    Why I LOVE the DRUMS 🥊🥊

  • @rainstein3680
    @rainstein3680 2 года назад +2

    Another sizzling great Elvis Costello tune!!!

  • @picark
    @picark 7 лет назад +3

    Elvis Costello the best musician in the world , that much so a great majority of the world has never even heard of him.

  • @cultvult
    @cultvult 2 года назад +1

    Just one of the coolest things ever.

  • @JHollowayNetwork
    @JHollowayNetwork Год назад

    It was also used as the theme for the PBS series "History Detectives".

  • @ladyhonor822
    @ladyhonor822 Год назад

    ❤🎉🎉🎉 ICONS FOREVER AND EVER 🇺🇲 NOSTROVIA ☦️ TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @Daniel-pr4uk
    @Daniel-pr4uk Год назад

    You think you're alone till you realize you're in it...

  • @smittylikesto
    @smittylikesto 6 лет назад +19

    it seems like this is what sublime wanted to sound like in alot of their songs, only this sounds way better and less corny.

  • @otismurphy4428
    @otismurphy4428 4 года назад +4

    Digging that Reggae beat..!

  • @hipchicagal2111
    @hipchicagal2111 3 года назад +6

    LOVE this song to this day 💕

  • @jamesrmore
    @jamesrmore 2 месяца назад

    Got here rewatching Elementary” the Sherlock Holmes show. Episode 1 ends with this tune. It suddenly stops when Mr. Miller turns off the light switch. Very cool!

  • @cliveclerkenville2637
    @cliveclerkenville2637 9 месяцев назад

    Elvis was / is some unique musician

  • @akikog3629
    @akikog3629 4 года назад +5

    What an artist!

  • @chrisdaviesguitar
    @chrisdaviesguitar 3 года назад +1

    For me personally, your finest work :) Not to forget Oliver.

  • @stellahaddon6078
    @stellahaddon6078 Год назад +2

    Great song, of course - had never seen the video before - love it😊

  • @wadefletcher4048
    @wadefletcher4048 3 года назад +1

    Sublime NERD ROCK !!!

  • @cocoygranada9403
    @cocoygranada9403 4 года назад +1

    Detectives with me always, multicolored, multilingual, multifont, YEEHBAH!

  • @bluemac1199
    @bluemac1199 6 лет назад +5

    Brilliant! Beyond belief ! A musical genius . A, Miracle Man with human hands , you might say? And I'm, Almost Blue, Waiting for the end of the world.