It does not move me, even though I've seen the movie

On Fridays this year, we ask...

( What's in the Box? )

Whew. Today has been busy. I've finished my list of 'urgent things to do before going to York' (mostly by deciding that some of them weren't that urgent after all). If anyone's in the York area this weekend, they have an International Sword Spectacular on their doorstep.

So, we just have time to look in The Box and find...

Elvis Costello - The Man: The Best of Elvis Costello

I'm always confused about how well-known Elvis Costello is. I'm sure you've heard of him... but how many songs can you name offhand ? I'd have said about two (Oliver's Army and I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea), but then listening to a best-of invokes lots of those "Oh, is that Elvis Costello?" moments.

There's quite a lot of variety on this compilation. There's nice big fat guitar riffs, there's quiet introspection, there's clever and slightly cringeworthy rhymes.

Obviously, I'm mostly in it for the surprising rhymes. I really like the words to New Amsterdam, just because someone has spent time carefully crafting the lyrics so that they sound natural but all scan neatly and rhyme.

I have this vague suspicion that Elvis Costello is a bit too worthy for me ever to be a huge fan. I'm happy to be on best-of nodding terms, though.

Elvis Costello - New Amsterdam [link expired]

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So you go out to put up camp beds in the dark for Czech visitors, and when you get back a brass band's appeared. Isn't it always the way?

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And the incompetently tapped barrel of bitter exploded in such a way that it only hit one of the fiddle players.