With a discography as brutally extensive as Elvis Costello's as Elvis Costello's, it is an arduous task to pick songs and set charts. and set up hit lists. With this in mind, we'd like to take a brief look back at some of our a very brief review of some of our favourite tracks and we open the door wide for you to tell us what wide open for you to tell us which one is yours:
Radio, Radio (Single/ 'This Year's Model')
Single released in 1978, this song with The Attractions combines frenetic music with lyrics full of 'mala leche'. lyrics full of 'mala leche'. At a time when there was still no streaming and you depended on djs to get depended on DJs for airplay, Elvis Costello sings that "the radio is in the hands of a bunch of fools and is in the hands of a bunch of fools" and that "it wants to bite the hand that feeds it". that feeds it". Quite a statement of intent and a criticism of the most conservative and conformist version of radio.
Oliver's Army ('Arms Forced')
From the album 'Arms Forced', it seems incredible that this song is going to be 40 years old soon because it doesn't matter when you listen to it, musically when you listen to it, musically it's still completely relevant. This single holds the honour of being Elvis Costello's most successful single in the UK, where it reached number 2 in the charts and stayed there for three weeks. weeks. The theme, as the musician himself has commented, revolves around the conflict in Northern Ireland and is based on the and is based on the premise: "they always find a working-class kid to take over the working class kid to do the killing".
Indoor Fireworks ('King of America')
This 1986 ballad is one of the most one of the most significant songs for Costello himself, as he acknowledged to Rolling Stone magazine, and is one of our to Rolling Stone magazine, and it's one of our favourites from his extensive repertoire. It is part of 'King of America', the tenth full-length in Costello's discography. discography, with marked rawness in the lyrics and a turn towards American roots in the music. American roots musically.
Man Out of Time ('Imperial Bedroom')
It is one of Elvis Costello's undeniable hits of Elvis Costello and belongs to the album 'Imperial Bedroom', released in 1982 and undoubtedly one of his masterpieces and an essential piece for any self-respecting for any self-respecting rock lover. This album is a step in the musical maturity of the British musical maturity, in which Man Out of Time is the cornerstone.
Watching The Detectives ('My Aim is True')
Behind the iconic cover of this 'My Aim is True' hides gems like Miracle Man or this Watching the Detectives, which we particularly like for its particularly for the addictive bass line and the groove that keeps the song going from beginning to end. keeps the song going from beginning to end. It was released in 1977 and represented the artist's first It was released in 1977 and represented the artist's first hit: it reached number 15 in the UK charts.
Bedlam ('When I Was Cruel'):
Elvis Costello will visit us on June 21. June 21st. That is, the first of the days of the 2018 edition of Noches del Botanical. And he will do it accompanied by his band The Imposters, with whom he recorded this song in 2005 this song, contained in the album 'When I Was cruel'. The passage of time years doesn't matter: the grit, rhythm and intention with which they approach this song are magical.
Veronica ('Spike'):
With this song inspired by his own grandmother, Elvis Costello tackles the complex subject of Alzheimer's with phrases such as "Is this all in that pretty little head of yours? What's going on in that place in the dark" or "She'll talk about who knows what and the next minute I'll be 40 years later". Veronica was also the highest charting song to date in the US, reaching number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.
