"bunch of crazy white people... "
Every Billboard Modern Rock Chart #1 through 2005, listed in order of preference.226. Elvis Costello, "The Other Side Of Summer"
May 25 - June 21, 1991
I'm always surprised when people get excited about this choad. When I hear songs like this - shrill, bitter, bedraggled with grandiose fillips - I can't believe that the pleasures of This Years Model haven't been stained by association, let alone that others bother to find the six tracks they can stand on When I Was Cruel. Some people are just able to ignore his assholery, or believe that his excessive "wordplay" and "songcraft" justifies it. Not that I've heard anyone defend Mighty Like A Rose, the source of this sour marzipan.
The automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace
The blowtorch amusements, the voodoo chalice
The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows
A teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars
So help her if you can
'Cos she don't seem to have the attention span
I'm always surprised when people get excited about this choad. When I hear songs like this - shrill, bitter, bedraggled with grandiose fillips - I can't believe that the pleasures of This Years Model haven't been stained by association, let alone that others bother to find the six tracks they can stand on When I Was Cruel. Some people are just able to ignore his assholery, or believe that his excessive "wordplay" and "songcraft" justifies it. Not that I've heard anyone defend Mighty Like A Rose, the source of this sour marzipan.
The automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace
The blowtorch amusements, the voodoo chalice
The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows
A teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars
So help her if you can
'Cos she don't seem to have the attention span
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