AstroCreep Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Always kind of bums me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameraka Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 veronica is the one that always gets me. basically about a once vibrant young woman crippled by age and alzheimers. elvis costello is just kind of a downer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCreep Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 15 minutes ago, nameraka said: veronica is the one that always gets me. basically about a once vibrant young woman crippled by age and alzheimers. elvis costello is just kind of a downer... But, I still love that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 24 minutes ago, AstroCreep said: But, I still love that song. Me too. Co-written with Paul McCartney. There was a story years ago that I read in some music mag where Costello was at a function with a bunch of other musical celebs. He was talking with or near Bonnie Bramlett (Delaney & Bonnie) and said something derogatory about Ray Charles, using the "N" word. Bonnie hauled off and decked him. A friend later told me that he'd heard that Costello said it because he didn't like Bramlett and was trying to piss her off. Either way, I stopped listening to his music for a long time after I heard it. Apparently it was true, but I didn't hear the bit about James Brown... http://ultimateclassicrock.com/elvis-costello-racist-remarks/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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