Elvis Costello & The Attractions - New Lace Sleeves

[@Leendertvanleerdam2631]

One of the best songs ever - vintage Costello, in the same league with Joe Jackson and his brilliant song 'It's Different for Girls'

[@regisgoat]

If he wasn't so brilliant I'd resent him. Most of us try to come up with one great song, and for him, it's like three a week.

[@TonyKerridge]

The verse "the salty lips of the socialite sisters..." could just be my favourite of all time.

[@benjaminarmstrong7047]

Nick Lowes production on these albums was just sparkling.

[@dewanevl]

Steve’s organ stings at the end just add that extra je ne sais quoi.

[@oppothumbs1]

Lowe said he really did little as the others knew what to do . Maybe modest?

[@chuckcribbs3398]

Elvis Costello should go down in music history as one the of greatest lyricists of all time. And he has a great voice that gets overlooked.

[@christopherbrougham]

With Morrissey a close second or equal. It's a coin toss. But absolutely, Elvis has a poetic catalogue which is unmatched. Both beyond McCartney and Lennon. It's controversial I know but just read both of their prodigious works. Album upon album of excellence, and both still going.

[@BLenz-114]

100% agree on both counts.

[@craigbeasley1]

In a way he's Bernie 20 or 30 years ago: articulate and determined to conquer all.

[@hughmcaloon6506]

No kidding. And I didn't get it until a friend who's a fan gave me a ticket to a show. Wow. Saw him live several times after that.

[@jamespaolillo2395]

His version of My Funny Valentine is a testament to his vocal talent.

[@jeffreylebowski519]

"But you know you have been captured You feel so civilized And you look so pretty in your new lace sleeves" My girlfriend bought me the "Trust" LP in 1981, but I didn't 100% bond with it except for this song. She later broke up with me and a couple of years after, ended up marrying a guy with a lot of money. Big white wedding, lavish do, etc etc. I watched her leave her parents house for the church in a white Rolls Royce sobbing my heart out. I played this song endlessly for weeks and when I listen to it now it feels like he had a direct portal into my brain. Maybe he did. I now love the entire album and often sink a bottle of red with headphones on, just marvelling at the genius of the man. The marriage lasted about 3 years... Thanks EC 😭

[@kinseymilkbone]

Goddamn if The Attractions weren't one of the greatest bands of the R'N'R history.

[@dougmedina4619]

One of the very best songs he ever wrote!

[@americanAlienBoy]

They really were a kick-ass band, weren't they?

[@poolbear2160]

Bruce is one of my favorite bass players.

[@benmarshall404]

Daniel Foster The Attractions were/are British. You could be thinking of the band Clover? (Backing band on Costello's first album)

[@jamesknight4784]

total total monster. he comes up with some great shit hell the everyone of the attractions are frickin genius! i'd love to sit in with them

[@notworthyourtime9799]

Lol. He was calling the previous commenter by the name American, not saying that the band was American.

[@nancyelliott7717]

They still are. Timeless....

[@robinhawkins335]

The musical transition following the lyric "empire mug and spoon" has given me goose bumps for30plus years.

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

This is one of my very favorite tracks by EC & A’s. I have seen this performed live twice, solo on the 1989 “Spike” tour, and in 1994 “Brutal Youth” tour. (Not with Burt B’, yet that would have been grand, or with Steve an’ -other was at a Tower records in Chicago.) Great lyrics, and the Attractions all groove. When I was in college (‘87-91) i sticky tacked the vinyl album of “Trust” on my dorm wall, so cool 😎🎸

[@natefiske1082]

I saw Brutal Youth for my 30th birthday in Universal City, CA. What a great show. And 30 years later, these are still my go-to songs.

[@sidevans1]

this is such a classy song. and they look cool as fuck 40 years later.

[@georgewaters456]

Trust is such a great record, I got mine when it first came out and I still consider it one of my all time favorite records.

[@ed.z.]

Exhibit #1 why Elvis should have a weekly TV show to do whatever he wants.

[@Declan50]

Cinematically speaking, this vid was way ahead of it’s time. These were still the early days of music videos.

[@sdovas]

One of my favorite film-noirs... /s

[@brettthompson2743]

Directed by the late great Barney Bubbles.

[@voxxclamantis9668]

Wow, Elvis C. is still one of the most amazing lyricist.

[@wpollock1]

"Shes no angel /hes's no saint" at .56 and that look by Elvis is priceless! Bruce and Steve are beasts on this.

[@cristinaklun3665]

Asides the brilliant lyrics😆, the more I listen, the more I sense a symphonic kind of structure in this song. The way tunes and separate instruments merge in a crescendo in some parts gives me this impression. Anyway, astonishingly delightful!!! Every part of this is a masterpiece!!!👏👏👏❤️

[@qwj68boots]

Well, he is Elvis Costello after all...😉

[@hockeymann88]

Jesus this guy can write a lyric.

[@ozzie-sk9dh]

Shout out for The Attractions. Great tight band . Elvis lucked out there!

[@josecuayo607]

I remember in high school being told I was crazy to listen to Elvis C and that he would never amount to much they would be washed up soon.(1985) Glad I went against the grain, thanks for posting. I love his voice always have always will

[@TighelanderII]

You were told this in 1985? Is that the year that retired? I thought it was silly at the time.

[@thiscorrosion900]

I was saying much the same on another EC song on here recently re: King Of America and buying it, bringing it into class and got the piss taken out. Most of those clowns had no taste in anything anyway. Fuck em! They were dead fucking wrong.

[@thekidfromiowa]

@@thiscorrosion900 I guess they didn't care for any acts that didn't use a gallon of hair spray.

[@thiscorrosion900]

@@thekidfromiowa In my high school it was either classic rock heavy metal clowns, or, a clique of more like new wave snobs or I dunno what they were. I was the only kid sitting there listening to college radio and WLIR FM and opening my mind to new music. Mainly if you didn't like Motley Crue, Ozzy, Maiden, Van Halen, et al., you were an outcast.

[@thiscorrosion900]

But he'd been chugging along since 1977!

[@rattyeely]

Probably one of the most stunning Elvis Costello music videos, just on the set and performance alone

[@scotchf]

I am from New Orleans and we are humbled and proud to call Elvis our son.

[@jonferren9503]

Trust is an amazing collection of gems.

[@jennikillmer7594]

Thanks, Vevo or whoever, for posting these videos for those of us reading the book ("Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink") and wanting to go back to see the videos. When I first moved to NYC in 2002, I used to fantasize that if I played Elvis loudly, he was probably living nearby and would hear me. Turns out he does live in that neighborhood now.

[@jennikillmer7594]

"Bad lovers face to face in the morning / Shy apologies and polite regrets" is one of my favorite lyrics of my 20s... makes me cringe.

[@beachkidboy]

So, so, true!

[@kathyheavner3585]

He was a factory of catchy Pop songs in the seventies and eighties.

[@theshivers1967]

Ridiculously fantastic song craft! This with Ray Davies, Pete Townshend, the Fabs, and Andy Partridge.

[@hyeary1]

In addition to being a great songwriter and musician, he had an incredible artistic eye for image. Think of those album covers, the photo with a camera. This video is perfect, too.

[@chookin1]

Good call. Reminds me of an old Bogey movie.

[@mrradioguy1977]

+Hunter Yeary If I'm not mistaken, Barney Bubbles directed this and the Clubland video. EC has mentioned that Barney, who also was largely responsible for the album art of this period, had an encyclopedia of a mind for art periods. Judging from his work, I'd say he was a talented man.

[@DizzzyKipper]

Some of my favorite bass music. Costello's band was brilliant. I only loved bands that sounded same live.

[@russmcnees894]

Apart from the fact that this is an amazing song, the visuals in this video are sublime. The film noir feel is perfectly executed from the lighting to the shot angles to the smoke from the ashtray. Visually stunning.

[@babasovka]

Awww! the whole package. Genius. I'm so lucky, I saw him at 17 at the Jublilee in Calgary, just after This Year's Model came out. Magick.

[@babasovka]

Also: the meister of alliteration and twisting ad slogans into devastating character assassinations

[@robinhawkins335]

Your post was Costelloesque.

[@simonpalling3215]

This feels brand new with the visuals- which i've not seen before. Going looking for the rest of Trust now. Viva El vis...

[@Bring_MeSunshine]

Every day, I look, and there's a new Elvis Costello recommended video on the You Tube home page. Yeah, I've heard them all, but maybe not for a few years. So, I open it up - just to remind myself, you understand - and everytime I do, I hear a classic that sounds sooo recognisable yet soooo fresh. Classy, twisted, poppy, yet sophisticated with none of the over-egged sonic crassness. A lyrical scaple toys with and teases your sensibilities. Bloody joyful

[@Degantown]

This song just fires the imagination

[@deedonnerramone4757]

I read this is one of the deep cut songs on his current tour. Deep cut? I listen to this album all the time - it's just another great one from the King of America.

[@manoutoftime9057]

It's from Trust.

[@rab2304]

A sublime performance of Kid About It.

[@dk7934]

Beautifully shot video. Didn't get much air time at all in 1985 (that I can recall). Always loved this song which I find enjoyable to listen to in every way but is especially memorable for its tasty Bass lines.

[@bryanfleak9560]

1981

[@dk7934]

@@bryanfleak9560 Damn, I'm getting old.

[@jpc443]

Just astounding!

[@runmusicbeer]

Just stunning songwriting, singing , playing & production - little more to say !!

[@ERINYES10]

Never knew what to make of this very original song, but I loved it. Made me go buy this fantastic album.

[@brianbogan9773]

The real deal right there ! no frills , just talent

[@martincarlson4639]

Yes he has fantastic lyrics . Glad I saw him ,5 times

[@karenkaren3189]

I had the good fortune to see him in the early 1980's and the mid 2000's

[@completeMonti]

The synching on this -- to make it look like they are actually singing and playing this live -- is pretty impressive.

[@williamthelast1]

Perfection !!!!! Nothing more !!!

[@Phorquieu]

Witnessing this video amounts to participation in a work of true genius. I am humbled by the experience and wish I could do as much.

[@danielhunt9751]

Absolute classic !!

[@simonpalling3215]

Another great album... Trust.

[@surfsup5757]

Our Elvis!

[@culwin]

I love Nick the Lounge Singer!

[@frederickrose3967]

Peak EC!

[@pierremenard4049]

This film noir era is elvis' best

[@reboot_2.00]

Another masterpiece!

[@cgrant1960]

Genius.

[@davidpoulter3699]

Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954),[6] better known by his stage name Elvis Costello, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as part of London's pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk and new wave movement that emerged in the mid-to-late 1970s.[7][8] His critically acclaimed debut album, My Aim Is True, was released in 1977. Shortly after recording it, he formed the Attractions as his backing band. His second album, This Year's Model, was released in 1978, and was ranked number 11 by Rolling Stone on its list of the best albums from 1967-1987. His third album, Armed Forces, was released in 1979, and features his highest-charting single "Oliver's Army" (#2 in the UK). His first three albums all appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

[@johnnyuppal7878]

June 13th 2022 Bham Symphony Hall. Great Performance and he made his views very clear regarding Boris Johnson who must have been in the audience and subsequently had to pump it up ..out of number 10 with this track playing ..

[@jaschul]

Who knew this song even had a video?

[@cactaceous]

Not me and its my favorite of all of Elvis' songs.

[@ebonykaleidoscope]

I'm seeing many of these videos for the first time because neither MTV or any of the other video channel shows ever played these videos. It's a sin.

[@buy11dan]

All time favorite Attracti[ons video

[@holakitten63]

Mine too, although I also love some of the weird-silly ones like New Amsterdam... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZeuYpJ8d7mAqqM

[@holakitten63]

And Can't Stand Up... kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmirc5ugeLKbmKc

[@holakitten63]

And, of course: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaTHZIiVr86Wd6s

[@sourceify]

shivers.

[@philipmcevoy7206]

Class

[@sallie46]

He's touring now.... how much of his Attractions stuff do you think he will play?

[@peterthatcher5017]

Thanks Elvis 18/02/2022 Peter B90/UK

[@michaelfebbert737]

You never see the lies you believe!

[@TighelanderII]

Great video, this & Clubland. (nice "old man" glasses BTW, ;-) )

[@oo88oo]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5y9iYynmJ18gpY

[@brianphilip7518]

#ElvisCostelloandTheAttractionsReunionTour2023!

[@alanbehrens4231]

Saw him on his first American tour. Short but great show.

[@mrradioguy1977]

Bruce at 1:39. Love it.

[@ChuckHipolitho]

everybody talks about Bruce but I think Pete aways is the deal. they are together, I know it.

[@kevtruth]

Pete can swing

[@dickhead9214]

@@kevtruth They all can swing, the Attractions are probably one of the most underrated groups in music history. They were tight, and their shining album is Trust.

[@TighelanderII]

Nicely lit.

[@goldsmice]

no more facebook......

[@charlessale409]

every fucking time

[@jaderomlucero8940]

2:28 "No more Facebook. When you gonna learn our lesson?"😂😂😂 Social media hater 100 👌

[@jamesfallon9265]

Think it's fast buck ....

[@rattyeely]

I always thought he was saying Facebook too XD

[@synchromystici5m]

Bruce is playing a really nice bass! I recognise it but I can't remember the brand.

[@glennmccready37]

+Mr. Technique looks like an older Ampeg

[@gdub454]

+Mr. Technique Yea..I member this video from a super long time ago..MTV been around only couple years..but anyway..I always thought the camera shots looking down the neck and him playin it was real cool...

[@plectrumizer]

It might be a WAL, but I can't see the headstock clearly. I did play one once, briefly, it had the nicest neck of any bass I've ever tried.

[@andreaprodan5616]

The great tailor of british pop.

[@laurenmiller5814]

❤️

[@bunjy1957]

My favourite track of many. Go ed scouse

[@The_Mimewar]

Is that a claddagh on his left hand?

[@simondice4421]

fucking genius

[@1599maybole]

What a wonderful band! Musically excellent in every way. Bruce's book Rough Notes is better than ECs

[@karenhunter5194]

1:41

[@SoundsofDecay]

Oh I know they've got their problems, I wish I was one of them

[@julianwalch3567]

Great,nasty line.

[@islandbee]

I'd be crying if Elvis slammed his guitar on the floor. 😂🤣😓😎

[@josephmurray730]

Thank you and I'm subscribing.

[@gabishoval6048]

Bad lovers face to face in the morning Shy apologies and polite regrets Slow dances that left no warning of Outraged glances and indiscreet yawning Good manners and bad breath get you nowhere Even presidents have newspaper lovers Ministers go crawling under covers She's no angel He's no saint They're all covered up with white washed grease paint And you say... [Chorus:] The teacher never told you anything but white lies But you never see the lies And you believe Oh you know you have been captured You feel so civilized And you look so pretty in your new lace sleeves The salty lips of the socialite sisters With their continental fingers that have never seen working blisters Oh I know they've got their problems I wish I was one of them They say daddy's coming home soon With his sergeant stripes and his Empire mug and spoon No more fast buck And when are they gonna learn their lesson When are they gonna stop all of these victory processions And you say...

[@mouhamedaminelaksiri7318]

No more facebook

[@BRUTUSPLAC]

MTV September 1982 rotation

[@wen2096]

Reminds me of the Marine corp M.AB.S 12 Iwakuni Japan .. 1982 ..

[@theunwantedcritic]

Every nerdy guy in the 80’s would try to get the girls into Elvis ax’s brand of cool.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Godley Creme must of taken some of this for the Police Every Breath You Take...remarkable...although the video for Hotlegs has this as well so ya never know

[@prodevus]

No joke, the drummer is actually better than Ringo in terms of drumming to fit the song. Absolute classic

[@MicktheMarmaliser]

Genius lyrics but why do all the lyric sheets suggest the line 'white washed grease paint' when it is surely 'whitewash AND greasepaint' --- as in a political whitewash/cover-up? Sorry to be pedantic!

[@redmotherfive]

Love this song. Not sure why he oversells the wink wink nudge nudge looks in the video. Seems to make light of the underlying torture of his lyrics.

[@christopherbrougham]

This is a long ago thread but watching it now - it was pre-sharing. Just small play even on MTV. I think the theatrics are somewhat a measure of the era. But mostly - I think it's him playing to camera. Since this he has produced a volume of work that excuses any self-indulgence. Legend...

[@rattyeely]

He does this in all his music videos... just trying to get the point across in a visual medium I suppose

[@wroot1]

There's a great song in here trying to get out

[@mariamcglynn5700]

Timeless.

[@dougmedina4619]

It's a great song.

[@darrylwiggins1156]

The lyrics are of course clever and brilliant but the Attractions lend so much weight to the song without them costello might as well have been singing alone in a closet.

[@adamkentisaac]

Most of his hits would be totally forgettable without the band. He may be a clever lyricist but it's the beat that drives the majority of them.

[@antoinettejzuniga6296]

The sloppy mailman experimentally crush because secretary disconcertingly shiver despite a penitent cloud. adjoining, unbiased snowflake

[@pseudofox]

Wonderful! :-D