18 :: Rowdiest but Slightest :: A Slow Drag with "Luxembourg"
Release Date: 11/20/2019
133 :: It's Only a Dream :: A Slow Drag with "Mr. & Mrs. Hush"
Slow Drag with Remedy
Today’s slow drag is with “Mr. & Mrs. Hush” from the Grammy award-winning “Look Now,” released in 2018. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA,MFA Instagram: Bluesky Social: Email: “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” Transcription: Podcast music by Rate this Podcast: Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Mr. and Mrs. Hush” “Mr. and Mrs. Hush” “Blindman’s Bluff” The Sapir Whorf...
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132 :: Let There Be No Doubt :: A Slow Drag with "TKO (Boxing Day)"
Slow Drag with Remedy
Today’s slow drag is with “TKO (Boxing Day)” from “Punch the Clock,” released in 1983. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA,MFA Instagram: Bluesky Social: Email: “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” Transcription: Podcast music by Rate this Podcast: Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “TKO (Boxing Day)” “TKO (Boxing Day)” Why is it called Boxing Day? The Origins of Boxing Day ...
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Slow Drag Special :: Photographs Can't Lie :: a Slow Drag with Tony Sacchetti
Slow Drag with Remedy
Today’s slow drag gives voice to an intrepid visual documentarian who puts the face to the name, splashes color in the corners of the nuance, and provides the proof that unicorns like our beloved entertainer truly do walk amongst us. It’s more than joy to pour over Tony Sacchetti’s evocative images of Mr. Costello in so many different settings. It’s an honor to scatter flowers at his feet as he dances us through a glimpse into how he does what he does so well. Cover Art Credit: Anthony Sacchetti Follow Tony Sacchetti on Instagram @Anthony.sacchetti . . . Show Notes: Appreciation...
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131 :: Now Here's the Moral :: A Slow Drag with "The Only Flame in Town"
Slow Drag with Remedy
Today’s slow drag is with “The Only Flame in Town,” from “Goodbye Cruel World,” released in 1984. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA,MFA Instagram: Bluesky Social: Email: “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” Transcription: Podcast music by Rate this Podcast: Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The Only Flame in Town” “The Only Flame in Town” “The Only Flame in Town” Alternate version: Purchase...
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130 :: Pressed Between The White Sheets :: A Slow Drag with "Poisoned Rose"
Slow Drag with Remedy
Today’s slow drag is with “Poisoned Rose,” from “King of America,” released in 1986. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA,MFA Instagram: Bluesky Social: Email: “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” Transcription: Podcast music by Rate this Podcast: Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Poisoned Rose” “Poisoned Rose” “La Vie Bohéme” trailer: “A Drunken Man’s Praise of...
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129 :: Only You Do :: A Slow Drag with "Tear off Your Own Head"
Slow Drag with Remedy
Today’s slow drag is with “Tear off Your Own Head,” from “When I Was Cruel,” released in 2002. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA,MFA Instagram: Bluesky Social: Email: “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” Transcription: Podcast music by Rate this Podcast: Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Tear off Your Own Head” “Tear off Your Own Head” “Tear off Your Own Head” The Bangles “Shabby...
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Slow Drag Lyrics Only :: Stalin Malone
Slow Drag with Remedy
— Dig it Ballyhoo, my friend. The passion project is back again with another lyrics only episode. My name is Remedy Robinson. And, for fun, let’s listen to the brilliant alternate lyrics of “Stalin Malone,” from Spike, released in 1989, off the 2001 Rhino re-issue of Spike. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name, the recitation is credited to Elvis Costello. "Stalin Malone" Lyrics I'm going to make you even fear the dream you dream Don't even think about it, don't make a wish You think that I don't see you as you trawl those young weak fish Hooked on...
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128 :: It's Starts as a Flirtation :: A Slow Drag with "Heathen Town"
Slow Drag with Remedy
Today’s slow drag is with “Heathen Town,” from “Out of Our Idiot,” released in 1987. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: Bluesky Social: Email: “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” Transcription: Podcast music by Rate this Podcast: Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Heathen Town” “Heathen Town” “The Fall of Rome” . “Old hat” idiom: John Howard Payne’s, “Home Sweet Home,”...
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Slow Drag Lyrics Only :: The Boy Named If
Slow Drag with Remedy
— Dig it Ballyhoo, my friend. The passion project is doing something a little different today. My name is Remedy Robinson. And, for fun, this inaugural lyrics-only slow drag, let’s listen to brilliant lyrics of “The Boy Named If,” from the album of the same name, released in 2022. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. I'm a lucky so and so A fortunate stiff You said you never knew me but I'm the one you want to be with If I tumble from a tightrope or leap from a cliff I won't be dashed to pieces I'm the boy named "IF" If I disappear and I...
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127 :: There Must Be Something More :: a Slow Drag with "Country Darkness"
Slow Drag with Remedy
Today’s slow drag is with “Country Darkness,” from “The Delivery Man,” released in 2004. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: Bluesky Social: Email: “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” Transcription: Podcast music by Rate this Podcast: Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Country Darkness” “Country Darkness” Blade definition: Filament: Purchase “” Listen to the audiobook of “The Most...
info_outlineToday’s slow drag is with “Luxembourg,” from “Trust” released in 1981. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello.
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Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA
Twitter: @slowdragremedy
Email: [email protected]
Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com
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References:
“Luxembourg” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA7XqnHMIwQ
“Seven O’clock” demo: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Seven_O%27Clock
Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Luxembourg
YouTube version w/ lyrics: https://youtu.be/heeY3UzX9GU
Serve two masters idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/serve+two+masters
Dog’s dinner idiom: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/dog%27s+dinner
It’s a dog’s life idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/it%27s+a+dog%27s+life
Butter wouldn’t melt idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/butter+wouldn%27t+melt+(in+(one%27s)+mouth)
Luxembourg info: https://www.britannica.com/place/Luxembourg/Demographic-trends
Look daggers at idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/look+daggers+at
Send to Coventry slang: https://www.historyrevealed.com/eras/stuarts/why-do-we-say-send-someone-to-coventry/
Mark Twain Didn’t Say It: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/05/mark-twain-didnt-say-thing-about-obituaries/350238/
EC’s long hair in “The Other Side of Summer”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww0hN-puTdA
"Luxembourg" Lyrics
Dressed up like a dog's dinner
Butter wouldn't melt on your paws
If this is a dog's life
Then you're the cat's clothes
They hire out your sons
And hire out your daughters
The man from abroad says he's already bought her
And now you look like a lover but you're only a tourist
Chorus:
You're either talking or yawning
You didn't listen to a thing you heard
Don't start your morning moaning or you might wake up in Luxembourg
You get up, you get over
You're worried about her body
She's worryin' about her bodily odour
You pull off
The pull over
You say that you love her when you really loathe her
Serves you right, now she wants you to feed her and clothe her
(Chorus)
They're smiling sweetly while they're looking daggers
Kick you where it really matters
Send all your friends to Coventry
And look for your name in last night's obituaries
If you've got the Deutschmarks
If you've got the Yen, then
You get the shirt off her back and the clock off Big Ben
Somebody's soft touch
Struck all these bargains
In the drinking clubs with the council men
Making plans to put lead back in their pencils again