Slow Drag with Remedy :: An Elvis Costello Appreciation

Today's slow drag is with "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" from "Spike," released in 1989. 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, https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Deep_Dark_Truthful_Mirror "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tujLEFMtaVA What is Gestalt? https://www.gestaltcleveland.org/what-is-gestalt "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" Lyrics One day you're going to have to face a deep dark truthful mirror And it's going to tell you things that I still love you too much to say The sky was just a purple bruise, the ground was iron And you fell all around the town until you looked the same (Chorus:) The same eyes, the same lips The same lie from your tongue trips Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror Now the flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts Ring to the boots of roustabouts And you're never in any doubt, there's something happening somewhere Well, you chase down the road 'til your fingers bleed on a fiberglass tumbleweed You can blow around the town, but it all shuts down the same (Repeat Chorus) So, you bay for the boy in the tiger-skin trunks They set him up, set him up on the stool He falls down, he falls down like a drunk And you drink till you drool Well, it's his story you'll flatter You'll stretch him out like a saint But the canvas that he splattered Will be the picture that you never paint Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror A stripping puppet on a liquid stick gets into it pretty thick A butterfly drinks a turtle's tears, but how do you know he really needs it? 'Cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand Jesus wept, he felt abandoned (shortest verse) You're spellbound baby, there's no doubting that Did you ever see a stare like a Persian cat? (Repeat Chorus) Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror

Today's slow drag is with "I Want to Vanish," from "All This Useless Beauty," released in 1996. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello.  . . . 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, "I Want to Vanish" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=I_Want_To_Vanish   "I Want to Vanish" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZIzhXMNzBo   The meaning of "paste" as it pertains to jewels: https://www.josephjewelry.com/guide/glossary/paste   "I Want to Vanish" Lyrics I want to vanish This is my fondest wish To go where I cannot be captured Laid on a decorated dish Even in splendor this curious fate Is more than I care to surrender Now it's too late   (Chorus:) Whether in wonder or indecent haste You arrange the mirrors and the spools To snare the rare and precious jewels That were only made of paste   If you should stumble upon my last remark I'm crying in the wilderness I'm trying my best to make it dark How can I tell you I'm rarer than most I'm certain as a lost dog Pondering a sign post (Repeat Chorus) I want to vanish This is my last request I've given you the awful truth Now give me my rest

Today's slow drag is with "Almost Beaten to the Punch," from "Get Happy!!," released in 1980. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . 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, "Almost Beaten to the Punch" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Beaten_To_The_Punch "Almost Beaten to the Punch" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoDQS0Zd110 Semantic Satiation: https://www.verywellmind.com/semantic-satiation-why-words-become-meaningless-8650932 "Almost Beaten to the Punch" Lyrics You say that you can and then you run and get your mummy And you're almost beaten to the punch Looking for the man who sold you the dummy And you're almost beaten to the punch Laughing at the older guys who say it's just as well Saved by the wedding bell Almost beaten to the punch   You're looking for somebody new that you can knock about You are almost beaten to the punch If you've got a head for figures then you'd better count me out You were almost beaten to the punch You pulled the piece but you soon called it love You go hand in glove Almost beaten to the punch   Your body speaks much louder than your voice You let it do the talking so I don't have any choice   Now you find the younger guys are putting up resistance And you're almost beaten to the punch You better get out now because you'll never go the distance And you're almost beaten to the punch You'll find a girl and you'll promise her anything Even a wedding ring Almost beaten to the punch

Today's slow drag is with "Forgive Her Anything," from "Blood & Chocolate," Rykodisc/Demon Edition, released in 1995, with a slightly longer version, a "home demo," with opposing pronouns that profoundly shift the perspective of each iteration, found on the Rhino/Edsel version of "Mighty Like a Rose," released in 2002. 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, "Forgive Her Anything" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Forgive_Her_Anything   "Forgive Her Anything" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65OoQsZ8DjI "Forgive Her Anything" Home Demo Rhino Bonus Discs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuVP-gO4giI   "Forgive Her Anything" Lyrics Oh, the TV went off like three day old milk They shut this town down better than most And it always was less of an idea and more of a boast   Oh, you're burning in the bloom of life 'Til you're powder in the grave Or you're pounding on the counter begging for more 'Til you evaporate You'd forgive her anything When you look like you, my pretty miss I wonder where you are tonight When this place becomes pitiless   Oh, she offered it all but she forgot to say when Oh, this won't hurt a bit, oh, this won't hurt again When the roof comes down and the walls move in   Oh, I didn't know it could feel like that When your face turned away and the day turned black And the rain fell like a curtain Oh, it's my turn to begin To forgive her anything   You'd forgive her anything If you knew what I know You'd forgive her anything Say, where did all my pride go?   You'd forgive her anything If you knew what I have known I've been given and forgotten More than you will ever know   Alternative Lyrics:   Why is the radio so brutally cheerful This endless happiness overdose That it always was less of an idea and more of a boast Now you're burning in the bloom of life Until you're powder in the grave Or you're pounding on the counter begging for more Till you evaporate   Chorus: You'd forgive her anything If you could win back her tender kiss You wonder where she is tonight As this town becomes pitiless   Well, you couldn't sleep, you don't want to think anymore You listen for a footfall, a key in the door As the roof comes down and the walls move in So you didn't know it could feel like that Till the face turned away and the day turned black And the rain fell like a curtain Now it's your turn to begin To forgive her anything   (Repeat Chorus)   You'd forgive her anything If you knew what I know You'd forgive her anything Say, where did all your pride go?

Today's slow drag is with "Talking in the Dark," ostensibly from "Armed Forces," and then again in many other places, culminating with a Rhino/Edsel reissue in 2002. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . 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, "Talking in The Dark" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Talking_In_The_Dark   "Talking in The Dark" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JnSChQtbiQ   "Talking in The Dark" Lyrics I tried in vain to drive myself insane I talk to myself but I don't listen I found out what I was missing   I miss talking in the dark Without you, I'm not conversational Without the sense of the occasional Without you, I miss talking in the dark   When the barking and the biting is through We can talk like we're in love or talk like we're above it We can talk and talk until we talk ourselves out of it   I look for the news, somebody to abuse I look at myself but it's so chancy I see things that I don't fancy   I miss talking in the dark Without you, I'm not conversational Without the sense of the occasional Without you, I miss talking in the dark Without you, I miss talking in the dark

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