Yes, Mr Lowe himself has often remarked on the curse of its enduring relevance. I 'll never forget sitting in stunned silence with my wife and listening to Nick reprise an acoustic take on this just days after 9/11 on NPR's 'Fresh Air.' Just gutted us.
As I walk through This wicked world Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity. I ask myself Is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred, and misery? And each time I feel like this inside, There's one thing I want to know: What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? And as I walked on Through troubled times My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes So where are the strong And who are the trusted? And where is the harmony? Sweet harmony. 'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me want to cry. What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? So where are the strong? And who are the trusted? And where is the harmony? Sweet harmony. 'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me want to cry. What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?
Really? This song made me realize that having anything to do with politics completely negated all of my peace , love, and understanding,, Think about it, dip shit.
Right on. Same. America was a lil tougher & united then..on more solid ground 40 yrs ago. now..we have leaders actively dismantling it..erasing the nat'l memory from the current & next gen of ppl..like a tall ship..but no star to steer her by. plus ppl taking swings at the corks to scuttle the whole thing. crazy.
@@mattskustomkreationsShit! You beat me to it! What's funny is the British control over the Western indigenous population, and Elvis C. being English, singing about peace and shit!
The fact that you are typing this today says that you have pulled through all of that BS. To me, that is a great achievement on your part. Costello only did a small part in helping you deal with reality. In 1979, you found out that you were grown up. No more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in your school lunch box. Life was starting to get a little more complicated. We both graduated the same year. So we and others the same age were dealing with the same issues that life throws in your direction. And that was an uncertain future! Nobody without a crystal ball has any idea what it holds. And that is something a young person has to worry about. But first you have to prove to the adults around you that you can handle it. Parents, Teachers, and Bosses, or Managers. It would have been much easier to just put this album on a turntable and let it spin forever, but something tells me you were not cut out to sit and watch a spinning turntable forever. You had to take off the headphones and make a decent living somehow. Now it's time to really enjoy Costello. You've dealt with the BS , and now have the time to watch that turntable spin for a little while.
He has a way with words. I can only imagine you find his lyrics about women mostly hilarious though sometimes sad if not tragic. I discovered Mr. Costello the same year I graduated highschool, 1979.
@@giovannaparente917 We all know those years are gone forever. But music? No. There may not be the wave of great music from those decades, but sometimes if you listen closely, you may hear the ripple of a good song here, and there. Listen to what the kids are listening to. Sometimes you find yourself asking who is that? They do the same thing when they hear a song that you listened to years before they came into this world. I had a few co-workers who were into Rap music. They formed a band and invited me to their first concert. I knew it was their passion in life, and once I got over the shock of being frisked before I got into the venue, I actually enjoyed the experience. They opened for The Notorious B.I.G. I got to go to the greenroom after two or three security checks, and it was all Los Angeles back there. Diamond rings and Diamond things all over the place. Rich, and stylish cultured males, and very beautiful females. Friendly, yet very curious about me being there. The point is, I am always fascinated by culture. If it is music, art, tradition, I always remember to be respectful when discovering it. Maybe my co-workers did not succeed in their musical dreams, but they succeeded in opening my eyes to a new and positive experience. You don't have to travel to another country to see, or hear new things. They can be closer then you think.
After more than 40 years listening to this, I have to think this is one of the most important songs I've ever heard. Right up there with Blowin' in the Wind.
I tremble with both love for, and frustration with our world when I play this iconic and timeless song. It helps me, even at 58, to release some positive anger.
This, in my humble opinion, is by far EC's most ripping, melodic as all hell, straight from the gut kick ass classic!!!! I have long been mesmerized by it!!
@@nugagim EXACTLY!! You're SO right! I, too, would like to know what that person, ian, is talking about. What is he - completely blind? Is he just incredibly happy as, each day, he sees another, and another and, yet, another victory for fascism, racism, cruelty and oppression, ignorance, divisiveness, and, on top of those, destruction... of nature, beauty, art, kindness, humanity, knowledge, learning, tolerance, friendship, caring, Democracy, reality, scholarship, and, basically, all around decency, or does he see it without actually "seeing it"? Is he, simply, a moron or, rather, is he just a douch bag...a total jerk? I have a few sneaking suspicions... but, hey, what do I know?🤷♀️ Well, Number36, I think that, as far as this 'ian' is concerned, we both may be on to something. Fortunately, however - and, for some reason, I think you may agree with me on this one - he just, well, aside from each of us taking a moment to stop to comment on his inanity and what is, clearly, his obvious lack of education and utter absence of even a fraction of intellect, isn't worthy of another second's worth of time..🤷♀️ Have a beautiful day, a wonderful wkend and - and I do hope this for ALL of us - a safe, friendly and healthy one, too!! OH!!! BY THE WAY, I FORGOT TO SAY THIS EARLIER, BUT, IN MY OH-SO- HUMBLE OPINION, Nothing... ABSOLUTELY F - ING NOTHING IS FUNNY, AT ALL; NOTHING IS, IN ANY WAY, FUNNY ABOUT PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING, OH, NOTHING IS FUNNY ABOUT PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING. I WISH, MORE THAN ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING AT ALL, MORE THAN ANYTHING FOR WHICH IT IS POSSIBLE TO WISH, FOR MORE - THAT WE ALL COULD JUST, PLEASE, OH PLEASE, HAVE MORE PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING!!! OH! CERTAINLY, THAT IS - ESPECIALLY, RIGHT NOW I WISH OH SO MUCH THAT WE ALL COULD HAVE AND THAT WE ALL COULD GIVE MORE PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING. OH. YEAH. PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.
Iadcrijca, you are not alone, sweetheart! You are not alone. You have friends, we'd seen if you don't feel it! 🙏💖 Anyway, just ignore that moronic, racist - oops! Lol! I guess that (moronic AND racist, was a bit - well, QUITE a bit - REDUNDANT, wasn't it? My bad! But, hey, those two words always just seem as if they were MADE for each other... don't they? 😆🤣🤣🤣) Anyway, that vile, racist (damn! Another redundancy!! Lol! Oh well, some things just cant be helped right?), ian smith is not only a NAZI loser, but, because he uses what really appears to be a pseudonym, he's also a jerk who likes to behave like what appears, TO HIM, to be a real tough guy, macho, wanna be Nazi - and, yet, isn't even a big enough boy to use his real name!!!! You are lovey, iadcrjca! Don't ever allow bullies, or jerks, like little (meant in more ways than one...ex. height, brain size, i.q., e.t.c., 😉)"ian smith" get you down. ONLY REAL BAD ASSES CAN ALLOW THEMSELVES TOP LOOK AT THE PAIN OF LIVING AND OFF LIFE RIGHT NOW, IN PARTICULAR. PEOPLE WHO TRY TO INSINUATE THAT THOSE WHO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THERE IS PAIN, FEAR AND, OFTEN, WORRY OVER WHERE HUMANITY, AND THIS WORLD, IS HEADED ARE STRONG. THOSE WHO LAUGH AT US FOR DOING IT, AND SAY WE'RE WEAK, ARE THE TRUE WEAKLINGS, VEER ASIDE IT TAKES FAR, FAR MORE COURAGE TO FACE OUR EMOTIONS THAN IT DOES TO SUPPRESS THEM! 👍👍💖🌷😊🤗🤗
@Dominic O'reilly thanks! somehow i forget it was nick lowe, and maybe never sank into detail - it just captured my feeling about the steady stream of you know what coming at me so much in my adult life. unfortunately, humans really are a pretty angry species, some more than others, so i shouldnt get as annoyed with them as i do
Obviously filmed in and around Vancouver Canada!!! SUCH A POWERFUL ANTHEM!!!! I get choked up every time I try to sing along, I'm so frustrated with the world....this song says iy all for me.
What about Get Happy, Trust and Imperial Bedroom? His first six albums of original material are all masterpieces. Very very seldom, like very seldom does an artist come out the gate and drop such continuously amazing material. Elvis is king.
I forgot how much I liked this song. I was an MTV kid and this video/song always stuck with me. 53 now and this sounds as fresh as when I was ~12. Thank you Elvis.
52 here and I was about to write the same thing. MTV introduced me to a lot of bands I would have never given the time of day to back then. Now I'm turning my 10 year old son onto Elvis C.
56 here & totally agree! So many great songs from back then... look up "I Know There's Something Going On" by Freda for a great flashback musical memory from the early 80s. 👍
I don't think either are overrated. The critics love both of them. People with good musical taste listen to both of them. People that listen to Maria Carey and Celine Dion, however, are clueless, and have no idea who Van Morrison and Elvis Costello are. That's a good thing. We don't want either sullied by the likes of those people.
Elvis owned this cover from the first note! His vocals, presence and energy took a fine song and made it legendary. Thanks for all the great music Mr Costello. It's been a wonderful journey.
His lyrics, with sarcasm and subtle indirect focus on many core issues has become #Legendary and I do Not use this Term lightly... Agree... He's carried me through the Ages Too! Thank You ELVIS COSTELLO for Such MEMORABLE Tuneage! ABSOLUTELY
Best song ever and should be played out across the hilltops and cities at any time of crisis. Want it to be the one they play at my funeral when they put me in the ground... :)
Bruce Thomas's bass line in this song is fuckin' amazing! Complex enough to remain potent while retaining a solid skeleton with the Pete's drums, for the band to explore. Love it!
Saw Elvis Several times, first time was at the Academy of Music, first band was Mink DeVille then Nick Lowe with Rockpile... Elvis came out and sang Allison achapelo, awesome.
My son, 17, is a possible upcoming music major.. is a huge fan of the Beatles. I just bought him this vinyl and cant wait to give it to him. He embodies the next generation and my hope is high that culture will move us all towards peace, love and understanding. ❤❤❤
In the early Nineties, Lowe was feeling low. I think he said part of it was money. One day in the mail a check surprised him. It was a big check. He forgot or was unaware that the soundtrack to the hit movie, "The Bodyguard" used this song. The soundtrack was also a big hit. It was a big check. He was happy.
@Dominic O'reilly is that right? Nick says" yeah I love this song now,best one I ever wrote". Kinda funny with the Greats Paul Mccartney has written 75 or so songs better than Yesterday. Elvis Costello has probably written at least 75 songs better than Alison, and Dylan has at least 75 songs as good or better than Blowin' In The Wind, which they are most known for.
North American Pacific North-West is the last place I would expect to be a location for an Elvis Costello & The Attractions video. But here it is. IDK what they were doing there, but they did well. Peace & Love.
Sometimes anger will motivate us to fix a wrong, and find a better way. It definitely has it's time and place. Anger without control, is rarely a good thing, though.
+omfug I'm w/you. Had to turn off the news, and dive into music to clear my head from my spirit getting downhearted sometimes...... The world needs more peace, love and understand. Like your username, cbgb!
Phenomenal tune. Used to love to sing lead on it with the old band. My buddy Eddie Angel and Los Straitjackets now tours with Nick Lowe! You know what makes this record? Oh, the melody, the lyrics, Elvis, but really, it's those kickin' floor toms!
He has some other good music, but nothing that compares to this song. Those drums, the bass line, the rhythm guitar, and the heartfelt lyrics. That beautifully heavy drum intro just starts it off so well. An absolutely complete song.
Man, me and my friends hated this dude as a teen in the later part in the 70's. We considered him punk rock, which he wasn't, really. but we hated him. But there was this one song, and I kept this to myself, but there was this one song that was just plain FIRE. Years go by, I grow up, and I realize Elvis was pretty good, and this song is an all time classic
I'm 62 and remember this as one of the very first ever vids when MTV was launched in 1980. Was in college. All of my friends and I knew from this song that rock n' roll had changed. Nothing replaces this, ever. EVER.
@@Drewzer154 Elvis took it and turned it into a protest song where Nick Lowe's original with Brinsley Schwartz was a bit more of a lament (as are his brilliant acoustic versions). Still never sure which I prefer!
In many of their videos, the drummer, Pete Thomas, is playing something different - rarely drums. Just love the subtle sense of humor of Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Bruce Thomas stands out in a long history of exceptional British bassists.
i do believe the message in the song is relevant every day, equally. Furthermore, i believe that putting the word super before an adjective is unnecessary.
Man, I gotta say there’s a line in here that hit me real hard when I was a teenager 40 years ago, and it hits even harder now… So, where are the strong? And who are the trusted? And where is the harmony?
We need this more than ever today
Even more so we need an informed populace, but yeah I guess a song is a good start.
Truly!
@@McCracken216 You can't fix stupid people.
Power of prayer ya'll
I'm playing this song over and over again during these horrible times. Thank you Elvis and Nick for your beautiful work.
This AM it was on my mind too!
Better times are coming. Especially if we are still watching this
☮️❤️"So where are the strong and who are the trusted?" That line means so much 40 years later. I'm 55 and happy I bought this album when I was 14.
Me too this song was on my mind today, just had to have a listen this evening.
@@mariec.9102 I bought it when I was 18. I still have it and the single it came with. Super Great Record.
"Where are the strong? Who are the trusted?" -- Elvis Costello
Not to be a stickler, but Nick Lowe wrote the song.
@@kinksfan9781 Be a stickler. I just learned something. Thanks.
You will know them when you see them
Actually, Nick Lowe wrote it.
Nick Lowe wrote the lyrics for this song, and he never gets any credit. such greatness!
It could be re-written today. What ever happened to empathy, compassion and sympathy?
it died with the bro culture..
true
This song doesn't get the love that it deserves. One of the best songs of the New Wave era.
One of the best songs ever written.
Gets all the love
Seriously go sing and play it........doesn't matter how much you suck. He sucked too and sang in a way that we all just go.......yeah. lol
@@williamsullivan1474 By Nick Lowe when he was in Brinsley Schwarz !
WORD
This song should be BLASTED everyday during every meeting at the UN General Assembly and at the White House and both halls of legislation!!!
Great idea!!!!
get over yourself
not likely
@@javierlopez7527 Well said. It's a very poor rendition of the Brinsley Scwharz original.
YEEEEEESSSSS
Could any song be more timely, or timeless?
Tamales 🌮🤔
Yes, Mr Lowe himself has often remarked on the curse of its enduring relevance.
I 'll never forget sitting in stunned silence with my wife and listening to Nick reprise an acoustic take on this just days after 9/11 on NPR's 'Fresh Air.' Just gutted us.
Yes, ANY song could be. Depends on what you think timely, or timeless means.
We need this song as our new anthem ❤
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We need to come back to this in America.
Nick Lowe wrote the song and Mr. Costello immortalized it. Both are talented artists of a sadly bygone generation of music.
1groovygreg I agree!!!!!!!
Thanks for the information. Always thought Elvis wrote it.
pub rock legends
Doesn't everybody already know that?
WRONG !! Bruce Springsteen wrote the song
As I walk through
This wicked world
Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity.
I ask myself
Is all hope lost?
Is there only pain and hatred, and misery?
And each time I feel like this inside,
There's one thing I want to know:
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?
And as I walked on
Through troubled times
My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes
So where are the strong
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony.
'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me want to cry.
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?
So where are the strong?
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony.
'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me want to cry.
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?
Yeah, where IS that sweet sweet harmony? I could use some of that.
@@wmjlewis It's something that's desperately needed right now.
thanks for writing out the lyrics
Thank you friend,,
@@wmjlewis YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!! INCREDIBLE MUSIC! MORE PEOPLE SHOULD THINK LIKE HIM. FAR OUT!!!
My Election Day meditation in 2024
❤😊
Good choice 🎶
67
And I want things to be good for everyone
Amen
Really? This song made me realize that having anything to do with politics completely negated all of my peace , love, and understanding,,
Think about it, dip shit.
this song is just as relevant in 2023, if not more, than it was in 1980. I know because I lived through those times.
Right on. Same. America was a lil tougher & united then..on more solid ground 40 yrs ago.
now..we have leaders actively dismantling it..erasing the nat'l memory from the current &
next gen of ppl..like a tall ship..but no star to steer her by. plus ppl taking swings at the
corks to scuttle the whole thing. crazy.
My favorite Elvis.
And it’s not even close.
Nick Lowe
50's Elvis was the best
Bill Murray singing this song in karaoke in the 2004 Sofia Coppola film "Lost In Translation" is one of the best things you will ever see/hear.
Yes im searching for this moment
Filmed in my hometown of Vancouver Canada! Great artist great song! ❤
I thought I recognized those totems!
@@mattskustomkreationsShit! You beat me to it! What's funny is the British control over the Western indigenous population, and Elvis C. being English, singing about peace and shit!
I had this album in 1979 when I was a senior in high school. He carried me through the bullshit in my life.
...Yes, truly transcendent!!!
The fact that you are typing this today says that you have pulled through
all of that BS. To me, that is a great achievement on your part. Costello
only did a small part in helping you deal with reality. In 1979, you found
out that you were grown up. No more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
in your school lunch box. Life was starting to get a little more complicated.
We both graduated the same year. So we and others the same age were
dealing with the same issues that life throws in your direction. And that
was an uncertain future! Nobody without a crystal ball has any idea what
it holds. And that is something a young person has to worry about. But first
you have to prove to the adults around you that you can handle it. Parents,
Teachers, and Bosses, or Managers. It would have been much easier to just
put this album on a turntable and let it spin forever, but something tells me
you were not cut out to sit and watch a spinning turntable forever. You had
to take off the headphones and make a decent living somehow. Now it's
time to really enjoy Costello. You've dealt with the BS , and now have the time
to watch that turntable spin for a little while.
He has a way with words. I can only imagine you find his lyrics about women mostly hilarious though sometimes sad if not tragic. I discovered Mr. Costello the same year I graduated highschool, 1979.
Love the 70's and 80's and even 90's but forget the millenium.. It all went down hill from there. THis song is so relevant in these times ....
@@giovannaparente917 We all know those years are gone forever. But music?
No. There may not be the wave of great music from those decades, but
sometimes if you listen closely, you may hear the ripple of a good song here,
and there. Listen to what the kids are listening to. Sometimes you find
yourself asking who is that? They do the same thing when they hear a
song that you listened to years before they came into this world. I had a few
co-workers who were into Rap music. They formed a band and invited me to
their first concert. I knew it was their passion in life, and once I got over the
shock of being frisked before I got into the venue, I actually enjoyed the
experience. They opened for The Notorious B.I.G. I got to go to the greenroom
after two or three security checks, and it was all Los Angeles back there.
Diamond rings and Diamond things all over the place. Rich, and stylish cultured
males, and very beautiful females. Friendly, yet very curious about me being there.
The point is, I am always fascinated by culture. If it is music, art, tradition, I always
remember to be respectful when discovering it. Maybe my co-workers did not succeed
in their musical dreams, but they succeeded in opening my eyes to a new and positive
experience. You don't have to travel to another country to see, or hear new things. They
can be closer then you think.
Contender for the greatest cover version ever recorded.
"...so where are the strong and who are the trusted, and where is the harmony?"
Bruce Thomas' bass lines are downright architectural and majestic.
Always.
I miss him
fyi there's a pebbles-era bassplayer for kubla khan who deserves credit for the same pumping style, tom engle th-cam.com/video/uDv7sCZGrb4/w-d-xo.html
I’ve never heard a happier song played with such anger. This was Elvis’ greatest period. What’s so funny bout that?
Thank you Nick, thank you Declan for for giving us an anthem to shine a light into the darkness.
You mean thank you, Nick Lowe.
This song has aged like a fine wine - The older it is, the better (and more relevant) it gets!
After more than 40 years listening to this, I have to think this is one of the most important songs I've ever heard. Right up there with Blowin' in the Wind.
Yes, ✌️💞✨️
You mean to tell me that after forty years of listening to Skynard, I could a just be happy and loving everybody??
int no wAy!!
The power of Nick Lowe songwriting is a blast
America, July 2024, where you at? Where are the strong and who are the trusted?
No doubt, my man. Vote for freedom or vote for chains. You all decide. Kamala Harris 2024.
@@herbertrichard614Yes yes yes!!
Vice president Harris 2024
Chains she will put you in@@RoyPage1970
Right here...
I'm strong and can be
trusted... 👍🤟
Michigan... Aug 2024
This song hit me a week ago to the point I had tears. This song is needed so much today.
I tremble with both love for, and frustration with our world when I play this iconic and timeless song. It helps me, even at 58, to release some positive anger.
Republicans will
Always be part of the problem
ME TOO TWO FIVE DAYS AGO
I feel you brother.
grow a pair
This, in my humble opinion, is by far EC's most ripping, melodic as all hell, straight from the gut kick ass classic!!!! I have long been mesmerized by it!!
look up I Want You, live @ the Tim Festival. Always gets me, that one.
I love the way the rhythm guitar just never lets up.
ABSOLUTELY AGREE, still mesmerized by it, more than 40 years!!
Except that Nick Lowe actually wrote the Song, but Elvis Costello's Cover made the Song Famous.
@@HoldenNY22 - The story I heard that Nick Lowe wrote it with tongue firmly in cheek and Elvis picked it up and found its true spirit.
Never more poignant than it is today. Indeed, we need a little Peace, Love and Understanding.
whut the fick r u talkin about
@@iansmith8263 what are you talking about more like.
@@nugagim EXACTLY!!
You're SO right! I, too, would like to know what that person, ian, is talking about.
What is he - completely blind? Is he just incredibly happy as, each day, he sees another, and another and, yet, another victory for fascism, racism, cruelty and oppression, ignorance, divisiveness, and, on top of those, destruction... of nature, beauty, art, kindness, humanity, knowledge, learning, tolerance, friendship, caring,
Democracy, reality, scholarship, and, basically, all around decency, or does he see it without actually "seeing it"? Is he, simply, a moron or, rather, is he just a douch bag...a total jerk? I have a few sneaking suspicions... but, hey, what do I know?🤷♀️
Well, Number36, I think that, as far as this 'ian' is concerned, we both may be on to something. Fortunately, however - and, for some reason, I think you may agree with me on this one - he just, well, aside from each of us taking a moment to stop to comment on his inanity and what is, clearly, his obvious lack of education and utter absence of even a fraction of intellect, isn't worthy of another second's worth of time..🤷♀️
Have a beautiful day, a wonderful wkend and - and I do hope this for ALL of us - a safe, friendly and healthy one, too!!
OH!!! BY THE WAY, I FORGOT TO SAY THIS EARLIER, BUT, IN MY OH-SO- HUMBLE OPINION, Nothing... ABSOLUTELY F - ING NOTHING IS FUNNY, AT ALL; NOTHING IS, IN ANY WAY, FUNNY ABOUT PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING, OH, NOTHING IS FUNNY ABOUT PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING. I WISH, MORE THAN ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING AT ALL, MORE THAN ANYTHING FOR WHICH IT IS POSSIBLE TO WISH, FOR MORE - THAT WE ALL COULD JUST, PLEASE, OH PLEASE, HAVE MORE PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING!!! OH! CERTAINLY, THAT IS - ESPECIALLY, RIGHT NOW I WISH OH SO MUCH THAT WE ALL COULD HAVE AND THAT WE ALL COULD GIVE MORE PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING. OH. YEAH. PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.
Iadcrijca, you are not alone, sweetheart! You are not alone. You have friends, we'd seen if you don't feel it! 🙏💖
Anyway, just ignore that moronic, racist - oops! Lol! I guess that (moronic AND racist, was a bit - well, QUITE a bit -
REDUNDANT, wasn't it? My bad! But, hey, those two words always just seem as if they were MADE for each other... don't they? 😆🤣🤣🤣) Anyway, that vile, racist (damn! Another redundancy!! Lol! Oh well, some things just cant be helped right?), ian smith is not only a NAZI loser, but, because he uses what really appears to be a pseudonym, he's also a jerk who likes to behave like what appears, TO HIM, to be a real tough guy, macho, wanna be Nazi - and, yet, isn't even a big enough boy to use his real name!!!!
You are lovey, iadcrjca! Don't ever allow bullies, or jerks, like little (meant in more ways than one...ex. height, brain size, i.q., e.t.c., 😉)"ian smith" get you down. ONLY REAL BAD ASSES CAN ALLOW THEMSELVES TOP LOOK AT THE PAIN OF LIVING AND OFF LIFE RIGHT NOW, IN PARTICULAR. PEOPLE WHO TRY TO INSINUATE THAT THOSE WHO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THERE IS PAIN, FEAR AND, OFTEN, WORRY OVER WHERE HUMANITY, AND THIS WORLD, IS HEADED ARE STRONG. THOSE WHO LAUGH AT US FOR DOING IT, AND SAY WE'RE WEAK, ARE THE TRUE WEAKLINGS, VEER ASIDE IT TAKES FAR, FAR MORE COURAGE TO FACE OUR EMOTIONS THAN IT DOES TO SUPPRESS THEM!
👍👍💖🌷😊🤗🤗
What an ICON .... so much talent ... I can only hope that my song by Space Boy ... hang on ... someone's at the door ......
this song needs to be played a lot more, as meaningful of a song as i have ever heard
What is it about?
@@wobblybobengland He really doesn't know lol.
as meaningful as song.... not 'as meaningful of a song...'
@Dominic O'reilly thanks! somehow i forget it was nick lowe, and maybe never sank into detail - it just captured my feeling about the steady stream of you know what coming at me so much in my adult life. unfortunately, humans really are a pretty angry species, some more than others, so i shouldnt get as annoyed with them as i do
@@matthewveal5504 Nick Lowe writes some Great songs. this is one of em.
LEGION SEND ME HERE!!!!!!
That was a crazy episode 5 of Season 3 😔
waiting for episode 6
Same
Wanted to sing with them, only if i knew the song before...
FACTS: Legion's covers are better than the originals.
I cried, the laugh of Leny... So sad
A song that’s so relevant in today’s f***** up world. Beautiful.
Absolutely one of my favorite songs
Same here if you don't love this song there's something wrong with you
Elvis being Elvis, love it! Nick Lowe is one of the most ignored artists of his time. Straight up genius!
Ive played this song for the last 40 years and it NEVER gets old. Thanks El
me too ✌️💞✨️
Obviously filmed in and around Vancouver Canada!!! SUCH A POWERFUL ANTHEM!!!! I get choked up every time I try to sing along, I'm so frustrated with the world....this song says iy all for me.
I just stumbled upon this video and had totally forgotten that it was made in Vancouver back when it was just a bump on the map.
Such a positive message delivered so aggressively. It's awesome
Stanley Park. I was there on vacation with my family when I was 14, while this was being recorded.
The Attractions were, from late 1977 to mid 1979, one of the best Rock bands of the 20th C.
Tight, powerful, and tuneful.
Few reached their power.
What an ICON .... so much talent ... I can only hope that my song by Space Boy ... hang on ... someone's at the door ......
Don't know why you're stopping at mid 79 before Get Happy and Trust. Talk about tight, powerful and tuneful.
What about Get Happy, Trust and Imperial Bedroom? His first six albums of original material are all masterpieces. Very very seldom, like very seldom does an artist come out the gate and drop such continuously amazing material. Elvis is king.
No love for Get Happy!! ?
Bass part is certifiably insane
I forgot how much I liked this song. I was an MTV kid and this video/song always stuck with me. 53 now and this sounds as fresh as when I was ~12. Thank you Elvis.
Try to get the book "England's Dreaming"!
52 here and I was about to write the same thing. MTV introduced me to a lot of bands I would have never given the time of day to back then. Now I'm turning my 10 year old son onto Elvis C.
56 here & totally agree! So many great songs from back then... look up "I Know There's Something Going On" by Freda for a great flashback musical memory from the early 80s. 👍
Video 137 MTV August
Gotta agree. I was 16 at the time now just turned 59 and I thought of it, played it and it kicks ass better than ever!
Elvis Costello is so underrated. Him and Van Morrison deserve more credit and airplay in my area.
I don't think either are overrated. The critics love both of them. People with good musical taste listen to both of them. People that listen to Maria Carey and Celine Dion, however, are clueless, and have no idea who Van Morrison and Elvis Costello are. That's a good thing. We don't want either sullied by the likes of those people.
Elvis owned this cover from the first note! His vocals, presence and energy took a fine song and made it legendary.
Thanks for all the great music Mr Costello. It's been a wonderful journey.
His lyrics, with sarcasm and subtle indirect focus on many core issues has become #Legendary and I do Not use this Term lightly...
Agree... He's carried me through the Ages Too!
Thank You ELVIS COSTELLO for Such MEMORABLE Tuneage!
ABSOLUTELY
For us indie rockers, the original Elvis is the Costello one, The Godfather of Alternative rock music. He got the style.
Saw him do this live in 1982 in Manhattan on the waterfront. It was terrific. Great fun.
This man was ahead of his time. A phenomenal talent.🎶👍
Actually now we are behind the times.
This song was very much *OF* that time, actually 🤔
a friend said that he was the hottest act she ever saw....& @ The Shaboo Inn in the late 70s
Although they could have written this song during the Iliad
It was a cover version four years after the original.
Best song ever and should be played out across the hilltops and cities at any time of crisis. Want it to be the one they play at my funeral when they put me in the ground... :)
+lets hope that is not for a while yet
+Anna Elizabeth Wade Exactly!!!
The highest of praise Anna!
Anna Elizabeth Wade there’s so much greatness in those words
Strangely, I find this today. I wonder if my comment will add to the 666 it's at now for this video.
Filmed in Vancouver, BC, in 1978, at the end of their tour.
I was thinking it had to be BC. I have stood before those totem poles myself. Around the same era.
Jericho Beach in the opening scene I think.
Stanley Park Totem Poles is a popular tourist attraction
I was there in August. BC is an amazing place.
@@GregoryFeck as a resident, it's a great place to visit 🤣
Bruce Thomas's bass line in this song is fuckin' amazing! Complex enough to remain potent while retaining a solid skeleton with the Pete's drums, for the band to explore. Love it!
I really appreciate the bass line too! The chord changes in this song are SO beautiful, too!
He was called "The boy most likely to" back when EC was "Looking Italian".
One of the best rhythm sections ever...
it's a faster, punker version of nick lowe's '74 powerpop original with brinsley schwartz. both brilliant, full points to lowe for coming up with it
Nick gave it soul, Elvis gave it swagger. Perfection.
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These lyrics only get more powerful with age. Thank you for that.
I bought this album at 12.
Nick Lowe , you wrote a beautiful song here ! Elvis did it justice !
Check his recent version with the Southsea Alternative Choir
@@runrig97 I will Thanks
Pretty sure Nick produced this as well.
You wrote a hymn, here, Nick x
The anthem of the entire new wave era.
Written by a boomer.
It's almost like "boomer" doesn't really mean much
This Song Still Rocks!
Saw Elvis Several times, first time was at the Academy of Music, first band was Mink DeVille then Nick Lowe with Rockpile... Elvis came out and sang Allison achapelo, awesome.
I feel like playing this about fifty times a day, given what the world is going through at the moment.
you and me both
Ditto
Yes. We must fend off the dark forces of Drumpism.
That bass line
Brings a tear to my eyes.
One of the best songs from the New Wave era IMO. Sounds as good today as it did in the late 70s.
That’s a great question, Elvis.
Still better than anything on the radio today!
Perfect song for these times
Not much Peace in these times...
Great tune. Still sounds as good today as it did 35 years ago.
DEFINITIVE…A CRYING ROCK N ROLL…SCREAM!!!!!!!!!
PEACE and LOVE will ALWAYS WIN!! I have aniridia and asd and adhd. Music is my fuel. Good vibes if you are reading!
This song spoke to me today… thank you Elvis. ❤️
Hello Maria how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family
You're welcome.
My son, 17, is a possible upcoming music major.. is a huge fan of the Beatles. I just bought him this vinyl and cant wait to give it to him. He embodies the next generation and my hope is high that culture will move us all towards peace, love and understanding. ❤❤❤
In the early Nineties, Lowe was feeling low. I think he said part of it was money. One day in the mail a check surprised him.
It was a big check.
He forgot or was unaware that the soundtrack to the hit movie, "The Bodyguard" used this song. The soundtrack was also a big hit.
It was a big check. He was happy.
that is freakin' awesome!!!! Poets deserve to get paid!!
@Dominic O'reilly is that right? Nick says" yeah I love this song now,best one I ever wrote". Kinda funny with the Greats Paul Mccartney has written 75 or so songs better than Yesterday. Elvis Costello has probably written at least 75 songs better than Alison, and Dylan has at least 75 songs as good or better than Blowin' In The Wind, which they are most known for.
North American Pacific North-West is the last place I would expect to be a location for an Elvis Costello & The Attractions video. But here it is. IDK what they were doing there, but they did well.
Peace & Love.
Elvis has long had a thing for that part of the world. He lives part time in Vancouver, or used to anyway.
Could have been when the group was on tour.
What a great jam, this is just as fresh since released. Elvis Costello and the Attractions killer band. 🤘🤘❤
Demonstrating once and for all time that anger is a valid emotion.
Wrong, gord..anger is a wasted emotion
Sometimes anger will motivate us to fix a wrong, and find a better way. It definitely has it's time and place. Anger without control, is rarely a good thing, though.
anger is a energy
@@chipgaasche4933 anger is a sin...
the song is more about desperation than anger
This song is a just a gem, pure rock n roll, love it, should be more of it. Bring this music back !!!!
Hello Kim
How are you doing today?
Nice meeting you here
Machine-Gun Bruce Thomas's bassline is the absolute driving force in this epic anthem
Stimme 100% zu jmm1000. Der Song groovt dahin das ist ein wunderschönes Stück Musik.
as was nick lowe's on the original [brinsley schwartz] and credit tom engle of kubla khan on revoluttion II 5 years before lowe
Your song from 1978 is so salient to what's going on in the world! Thank you for the music! Better days ahead!
Wise words that still hit 40+ years later!
I needed this tonight..
+omfug I'm w/you. Had to turn off the news, and dive into music to clear my head from my spirit getting downhearted sometimes...... The world needs more peace, love and understand. Like your username, cbgb!
+Scott Schleifer honey...that is my real name...
Still one of my favourites from Elvis's early years
Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Joe Jackson, XTC, Madness, gary Numan...that was all bad ass shit. :)
Peace song for punks. Loved in the 70s - still love it now. Great cover by Elvis - better than the original.
Saw him play this last night in Melbourne. Loved it. Still a song for our times.
Such a truly brilliant song. This gem won my heart for Elvis Costello.
Phenomenal tune. Used to love to sing lead on it with the old band. My buddy Eddie Angel and Los Straitjackets now tours with Nick Lowe! You know what makes this record? Oh, the melody, the lyrics, Elvis, but really, it's those kickin' floor toms!
I'm not a musician but I assume you mean those awesome drums. That does define the song. Rolled to that back in the day.
Kevin O’Brien, indeed. Floor Toms are the Tom Tom drums on the floor at the side of a kit drummer.
Had a chance to catch them this summer. Awesome show.
He has some other good music, but nothing that compares to this song. Those drums, the bass line, the rhythm guitar, and the heartfelt lyrics. That beautifully heavy drum intro just starts it off so well. An absolutely complete song.
Fantastic story, what a great connection! And Los Straitjackets (with Nick) are supporting Elvis on his summer tour.
Elvis Costello's Peace, Love and Understanding, more relevant NOW than then and the guitar work is ethereal. Listen and feel better.
Elvis,why can’t we as a world except Peace Love And understanding.Keep rockin in the free world.Erin go Bragg. 3:23
Man, me and my friends hated this dude as a teen in the later part in the 70's. We considered him punk rock, which he wasn't, really. but we hated him. But there was this one song, and I kept this to myself, but there was this one song that was just plain FIRE. Years go by, I grow up, and I realize Elvis was pretty good, and this song is an all time classic
Sorry, but this is my absolute favorite Elvis Costello rendition...
Why apologize? I wish you peace, love and understanding. Nothing funny about it.
i do believe you meant to say that this was your favourite rendition of this song, not your favorite Elvis rendition.
classic still makes me tear up
I'm 62 and remember this as one of the very first ever vids when MTV was launched in 1980. Was in college. All of my friends and I knew from this song that rock n' roll had changed. Nothing replaces this, ever. EVER.
Simply SO RELEVANT to today's times..... Elvis song writing was way ahead....AWESOME !!!!
Nick Lowe wrote it.
@@Drewzer154 Elvis took it and turned it into a protest song where Nick Lowe's original with Brinsley Schwartz was a bit more of a lament (as are his brilliant acoustic versions). Still never sure which I prefer!
This song would’ve never been made if peace, love and understanding weren’t funny but a reality.
I am 499 :-) loved this since it came out. More appropriate today then even then.
Wow. You are really old.
+Beatnikzombie
lol! your funny! im old, too. such great lyrics
In 499 years, you'd think you would have learned to use you're.
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죄송합니다. Uncle 엘비스. ㅜㅜ. 늦었습니다. 그래도 생신 축하드립니다. 사랑합니다! ❤
David Lee Roth once said that the reason why rock critics love Elvis Costello so much is because most of them look like him!🤣🤣🤣
while most fake wrestlers look look dlr
@@rp7356 Because they want to look like REAL rock stars!
@@impalaman9707 exactly what buried credible metal n brought us the cartoon 80's. need any mandrax?
DLR had a sense of humor. he also write some fine music. check: Damn Good Times. Push Comes To Shove.
今こそ、この歌を世界に広めるべき
LEGION sent me here. What a masterpiece!
My favourite episode so far.
These early Elvis Costello videos are inspired and delightful. Even when they are not really playing, it's a joy to watch them.
Great song. The bass carries the song. Thank you Nick Lowe.
In many of their videos, the drummer, Pete Thomas, is playing something different - rarely drums.
Just love the subtle sense of humor of Elvis Costello and the Attractions.
Bruce Thomas stands out in a long history of exceptional British bassists.
This song is still super relevant today.
Unfortunately. Still boppin' tho
i do believe the message in the song is relevant every day, equally. Furthermore, i believe that putting the word super before an adjective is unnecessary.
Man, I gotta say there’s a line in here that hit me real hard when I was a teenager 40 years ago, and it hits even harder now…
So, where are the strong?
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Still one of the greatest songs ever... i remember when it came out