Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding

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    Official Music Video for (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions.
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  • @bryonmollica
    @bryonmollica 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

    We need this more than ever today

    • @McCracken216
      @McCracken216 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Even more so we need an informed populace, but yeah I guess a song is a good start.

    • @jim2376
      @jim2376 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Truly!

  • @jeffthompson6431
    @jeffthompson6431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1383

    I'm playing this song over and over again during these horrible times. Thank you Elvis and Nick for your beautiful work.

    • @doughusen1806
      @doughusen1806 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      This AM it was on my mind too!

    • @ExPatinUK
      @ExPatinUK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Better times are coming. Especially if we are still watching this

    • @mariec.9102
      @mariec.9102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      ☮️❤️"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.

    • @earthdakini
      @earthdakini 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Me too this song was on my mind today, just had to have a listen this evening.

    • @jeffthompson6431
      @jeffthompson6431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@mariec.9102 I bought it when I was 18. I still have it and the single it came with. Super Great Record.

  • @rivaldybrian5257
    @rivaldybrian5257 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    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 wanna know
    What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Oh-oh
    What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?
    And as I walk 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 wanna cry
    What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Oh-oh
    What's so funny 'bout peace, love and 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 wanna cry
    What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Oh-oh
    What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Oh-oh
    What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?

  • @ronaldzent6321
    @ronaldzent6321 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

    This song should be BLASTED everyday during every meeting at the UN General Assembly and at the White House and both halls of legislation!!!

  • @lurx2024
    @lurx2024 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Thank you Nick, thank you Declan for for giving us an anthem to shine a light into the darkness.

  • @gillygil8747
    @gillygil8747 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    "Where are the strong? Who are the trusted?" -- Elvis Costello

    • @kinksfan9781
      @kinksfan9781 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Not to be a stickler, but Nick Lowe wrote the song.

    • @gillygil8747
      @gillygil8747 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@kinksfan9781 Be a stickler. I just learned something. Thanks.

    • @patgalvez4563
      @patgalvez4563 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You will know them when you see them

    • @donaldjoy4023
      @donaldjoy4023 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Actually, Nick Lowe wrote it.

  • @eleanorgiblin5800
    @eleanorgiblin5800 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    Could any song be more timely, or timeless?

    • @Leivacanalofficial
      @Leivacanalofficial 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hello, how are you doing it's nice meeting you here .

    • @arickmccance3972
      @arickmccance3972 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Tamales 🌮🤔

    • @chriscoughlin9289
      @chriscoughlin9289 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @curtisd2842
    @curtisd2842 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    My favorite Elvis.
    And it’s not even close.

  • @michaelcole2845
    @michaelcole2845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    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.

    • @yosoyalbertico
      @yosoyalbertico 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes im searching for this moment

  • @debrosman
    @debrosman 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

    We need this song as our new anthem ❤

  • @charlesbrown6866
    @charlesbrown6866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The anthem of the entire new wave era.
    Written by a boomer.

  • @leeaycock8602
    @leeaycock8602 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Ive played this song for the last 40 years and it NEVER gets old. Thanks El

  • @michaelhussein870
    @michaelhussein870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    "...so where are the strong and who are the trusted, and where is the harmony?"

  • @1groovygreg
    @1groovygreg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +544

    Nick Lowe wrote the song and Mr. Costello immortalized it. Both are talented artists of a sadly bygone generation of music.

    • @clintonfeverjean3101
      @clintonfeverjean3101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      1groovygreg I agree!!!!!!!

    • @33Luger
      @33Luger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thanks for the information. Always thought Elvis wrote it.

    • @freakyfadge
      @freakyfadge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      pub rock legends

    • @chipgaasche4933
      @chipgaasche4933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Doesn't everybody already know that?

    • @StinkFinger2023
      @StinkFinger2023 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      WRONG !! Bruce Springsteen wrote the song

  • @lisakiser3113
    @lisakiser3113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    I had this album in 1979 when I was a senior in high school. He carried me through the bullshit in my life.

    • @samenoname4927
      @samenoname4927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ...Yes, truly transcendent!!!

    • @tomodonovan5931
      @tomodonovan5931 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

    • @evenbet9603
      @evenbet9603 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @giovannaparente917 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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 ....

    • @tomodonovan5931
      @tomodonovan5931 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @pb12661
    @pb12661 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    this song is just as relevant in 2023, if not more, than it was in 1980. I know because I lived through those times.

    • @gzuzsavz
      @gzuzsavz หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @iadcrjca
    @iadcrjca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    Never more poignant than it is today. Indeed, we need a little Peace, Love and Understanding.

    • @iansmith8263
      @iansmith8263 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      whut the fick r u talkin about

    • @nugagim
      @nugagim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@iansmith8263 what are you talking about more like.

    • @michelerenea6477
      @michelerenea6477 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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.

    • @michelerenea6477
      @michelerenea6477 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!
      👍👍💖🌷😊🤗🤗

    • @waynenorthspacebuoy3529
      @waynenorthspacebuoy3529 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What an ICON .... so much talent ... I can only hope that my song by Space Boy ... hang on ... someone's at the door ......

  • @NowPleaseReadThis
    @NowPleaseReadThis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Bruce Thomas' bass lines are downright architectural and majestic.

    • @watts111
      @watts111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Always.

    • @Timpriestley
      @Timpriestley ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I miss him

    • @rp7356
      @rp7356 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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

  • @tommyboyindy1157
    @tommyboyindy1157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I’ve never heard a happier song played with such anger. This was Elvis’ greatest period. What’s so funny bout that?

  • @dspf68
    @dspf68 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Elvis being Elvis, love it! Nick Lowe is one of the most ignored artists of his time. Straight up genius!

  • @FandomDSaint
    @FandomDSaint 5 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    LEGION SEND ME HERE!!!!!!
    That was a crazy episode 5 of Season 3 😔

    • @darshanparab8480
      @darshanparab8480 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      waiting for episode 6

    • @pizzaisminenoucanthaveit.2149
      @pizzaisminenoucanthaveit.2149 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Same

    • @puneet5396
      @puneet5396 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wanted to sing with them, only if i knew the song before...

    • @nothajzl
      @nothajzl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      FACTS: Legion's covers are better than the originals.

    • @Mat0m
      @Mat0m 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I cried, the laugh of Leny... So sad

  • @rainstein3680
    @rainstein3680 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    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!!

    • @PhilippoDan
      @PhilippoDan ปีที่แล้ว +2

      look up I Want You, live @ the Tim Festival. Always gets me, that one.

    • @Smedley1947
      @Smedley1947 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I love the way the rhythm guitar just never lets up.

    • @MD-lf3gt
      @MD-lf3gt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ABSOLUTELY AGREE, still mesmerized by it, more than 40 years!!

    • @HoldenNY22
      @HoldenNY22 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Except that Nick Lowe actually wrote the Song, but Elvis Costello's Cover made the Song Famous.

    • @bunkie2100
      @bunkie2100 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@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.

  • @matthewveal5504
    @matthewveal5504 8 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    this song needs to be played a lot more, as meaningful of a song as i have ever heard

    • @wobblybobengland
      @wobblybobengland 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is it about?

    • @oppothumbs1
      @oppothumbs1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wobblybobengland He really doesn't know lol.

    • @iansmith8263
      @iansmith8263 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      as meaningful as song.... not 'as meaningful of a song...'

    • @matthewveal5504
      @matthewveal5504 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @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

    • @georgebarry8640
      @georgebarry8640 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@matthewveal5504 Nick Lowe writes some Great songs. this is one of em.

  • @Abegoldhatch
    @Abegoldhatch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    For us indie rockers, the original Elvis is the Costello one, The Godfather of Alternative rock music. He got the style.

  • @boi7316
    @boi7316 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Good song to listen to while extracting bone marrow from an unwilling donor.

  • @hippieluv
    @hippieluv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    This man was ahead of his time. A phenomenal talent.🎶👍

    • @NowPleaseReadThis
      @NowPleaseReadThis ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Actually now we are behind the times.

    • @vinista256
      @vinista256 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      This song was very much *OF* that time, actually 🤔

    • @user-hg2ws5dt1p
      @user-hg2ws5dt1p 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      a friend said that he was the hottest act she ever saw....& @ The Shaboo Inn in the late 70s

    • @alwaysbeclosing66
      @alwaysbeclosing66 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Although they could have written this song during the Iliad

    • @billspencer9430
      @billspencer9430 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It was a cover version four years after the original.

  • @soundseeker63
    @soundseeker63 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This song has aged like a fine wine - The older it is, the better (and more relevant) it gets!

  • @marknailis
    @marknailis 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    What a song for a crazy world

  • @ThePlaymayker
    @ThePlaymayker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    A song that’s so relevant in today’s f***** up world. Beautiful.

  • @davidcelona8167
    @davidcelona8167 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Perfect song for these times

    • @mikepatrick5909
      @mikepatrick5909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not much Peace in these times...

  • @cecilewhite1897
    @cecilewhite1897 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    One of the best songs from the New Wave era IMO. Sounds as good today as it did in the late 70s.

  • @shannonnonnahs6943
    @shannonnonnahs6943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    These lyrics only get more powerful with age. Thank you for that.

  • @Ireland831
    @Ireland831 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    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.

    • @bjdouma
      @bjdouma ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try to get the book "England's Dreaming"!

    • @CookieTheCat99
      @CookieTheCat99 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

    • @TonyHookedonVanlife
      @TonyHookedonVanlife 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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. 👍

    • @paultreadaway102
      @paultreadaway102 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Video 137 MTV August

    • @PlainObserver
      @PlainObserver 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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!

  • @jasonloader8149
    @jasonloader8149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Peace song for punks. Loved in the 70s - still love it now. Great cover by Elvis - better than the original.

  • @weeklyfascination
    @weeklyfascination 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    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.

  • @impalaman9707
    @impalaman9707 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    David Lee Roth once said that the reason why rock critics love Elvis Costello so much is because most of them look like him!🤣🤣🤣

    • @rp7356
      @rp7356 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      while most fake wrestlers look look dlr

    • @impalaman9707
      @impalaman9707 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rp7356 Because they want to look like REAL rock stars!

    • @rp7356
      @rp7356 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@impalaman9707 exactly what buried credible metal n brought us the cartoon 80's. need any mandrax?

    • @gzuzsavz
      @gzuzsavz หลายเดือนก่อน

      DLR had a sense of humor. he also write some fine music. check: Damn Good Times. Push Comes To Shove.

  • @wendylau
    @wendylau 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Amazing lyrics.

  • @philpowell8923
    @philpowell8923 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Brings a tear to my eyes.

  • @tommyhaynes9157
    @tommyhaynes9157 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Bass part is certifiably insane

  • @Quietus5
    @Quietus5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    This song hit me a week ago to the point I had tears. This song is needed so much today.

    • @davidhoogendyke2774
      @davidhoogendyke2774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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.

    • @workingprogress2951
      @workingprogress2951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Republicans will
      Always be part of the problem

    • @johncallsen7019
      @johncallsen7019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ME TOO TWO FIVE DAYS AGO

    • @HanMono
      @HanMono 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel you brother.

    • @iansmith8263
      @iansmith8263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      grow a pair

  • @markwaldron8954
    @markwaldron8954 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I feel like playing this about fifty times a day, given what the world is going through at the moment.

    • @waytoobiased
      @waytoobiased 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      you and me both

    • @paulamason
      @paulamason 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Ditto

    • @davidbowman4259
      @davidbowman4259 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes. We must fend off the dark forces of Drumpism.

  • @SimonTimoney-74
    @SimonTimoney-74 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliant singer songwriter ❤

  • @PaulUhlir22
    @PaulUhlir22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That bass line

  • @robjames3864
    @robjames3864 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Great tune. Still sounds as good today as it did 35 years ago.

  • @sammencia7945
    @sammencia7945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    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.

    • @waynenorthspacebuoy3529
      @waynenorthspacebuoy3529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What an ICON .... so much talent ... I can only hope that my song by Space Boy ... hang on ... someone's at the door ......

    • @sratus
      @sratus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don't know why you're stopping at mid 79 before Get Happy and Trust. Talk about tight, powerful and tuneful.

    • @cactaceous
      @cactaceous 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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.

    • @rattyeely
      @rattyeely ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No love for Get Happy!! ?

  • @davidisabelle7666
    @davidisabelle7666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    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.

    • @jeffreybarkin3177
      @jeffreybarkin3177 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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

  • @harrycoleii7659
    @harrycoleii7659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    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!

    • @wonder929
      @wonder929 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I really appreciate the bass line too! The chord changes in this song are SO beautiful, too!

    • @SARCASTICLES
      @SARCASTICLES 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was called "The boy most likely to" back when EC was "Looking Italian".

    • @stephenstone8480
      @stephenstone8480 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One of the best rhythm sections ever...

    • @rp7356
      @rp7356 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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

  • @omfug7148
    @omfug7148 8 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    I needed this tonight..

    • @schleifMets41
      @schleifMets41 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      +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!

    • @kandylangford5886
      @kandylangford5886 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Scott Schleifer honey...that is my real name...

  • @paulshamblin6260
    @paulshamblin6260 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Still better than anything on the radio today!

  • @sharonbalas9854
    @sharonbalas9854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Nick gave it soul, Elvis gave it swagger. Perfection.

  • @richardvalencia5034
    @richardvalencia5034 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Absolutely one of my favorite songs

  • @musicisbrilliant
    @musicisbrilliant 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Such a truly brilliant song. This gem won my heart for Elvis Costello.

  • @marialiyubman
    @marialiyubman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    This song spoke to me today… thank you Elvis. ❤️

    • @steveclinton4084
      @steveclinton4084 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello Maria how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

    • @georgeburns8447
      @georgeburns8447 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome.

    • @iwillsurvivethehighfivecau7504
      @iwillsurvivethehighfivecau7504 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What did it say? Is it that toilet paper under the shoe again?

  • @johntall9531
    @johntall9531 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Elvis,why can’t we as a world except Peace Love And understanding.Keep rockin in the free world.Erin go Bragg. 3:23

  • @flamencoprof
    @flamencoprof 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

    • @unenombre5840
      @unenombre5840 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Elvis has long had a thing for that part of the world. He lives part time in Vancouver, or used to anyway.

  • @tbeau5748
    @tbeau5748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Still one of my favourites from Elvis's early years

  • @jetjiles49
    @jetjiles49 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Elvis Costello is so underrated. Him and Van Morrison deserve more credit and airplay in my area.

    • @hooskerdu1
      @hooskerdu1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

  • @mgraves9484
    @mgraves9484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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.

  • @Painless50
    @Painless50 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great song. The bass carries the song. Thank you Nick Lowe.

  • @TheKennyThomasBand
    @TheKennyThomasBand 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Joe Jackson, XTC, Madness, gary Numan...that was all bad ass shit. :)

  • @batgurrl
    @batgurrl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    I’m here in April 2020
    Everyone stay healthy and safe☮️

    • @bigc7326
      @bigc7326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You too👍👍

    • @jdeloret
      @jdeloret 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You too. This should be our rallying cry.

    • @Carlosaguilar2412
      @Carlosaguilar2412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      July 2020

    • @keizerlicuanan8642
      @keizerlicuanan8642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hopefully yall safe 2020 is comin to an end

    • @batgurrl
      @batgurrl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keizerlicuanan8642 ☮️👏

  • @rickinblack4392
    @rickinblack4392 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Bass line is amazing

    • @rp7356
      @rp7356 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      bruce thomas, but so is the original by nick lowe in 74

    • @davidg.9932
      @davidg.9932 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​Elvis loathes Bruce . R & R HOF they played without Bruce..@@rp7356

  • @annaelizabethwade1660
    @annaelizabethwade1660 8 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    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... :)

    • @joevv
      @joevv 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +lets hope that is not for a while yet

    • @nldstone
      @nldstone 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Anna Elizabeth Wade Exactly!!!

    • @strippschoe
      @strippschoe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The highest of praise Anna!

    • @carlossantamariapico1571
      @carlossantamariapico1571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Anna Elizabeth Wade there’s so much greatness in those words

    • @josephpitts5897
      @josephpitts5897 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Strangely, I find this today. I wonder if my comment will add to the 666 it's at now for this video.

  • @kandylangford5886
    @kandylangford5886 8 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Sorry, but this is my absolute favorite Elvis Costello rendition...

    • @jcdc1824
      @jcdc1824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Why apologize? I wish you peace, love and understanding. Nothing funny about it.

    • @iansmith8263
      @iansmith8263 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i do believe you meant to say that this was your favourite rendition of this song, not your favorite Elvis rendition.

  • @davidhoogendyke2774
    @davidhoogendyke2774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    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.

    • @catterinax
      @catterinax 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @mikemattioli7440
      @mikemattioli7440 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Such a positive message delivered so aggressively. It's awesome

    • @balladofathinman
      @balladofathinman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stanley Park. I was there on vacation with my family when I was 14, while this was being recorded.

  • @TighelanderII
    @TighelanderII 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    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.

    • @stormfield9431
      @stormfield9431 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      that is freakin' awesome!!!! Poets deserve to get paid!!

    • @vernpascal1531
      @vernpascal1531 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @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.

  • @kellywiggle1
    @kellywiggle1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Taylor Momsen brought me here. Her cover is amazing. And so is this song 🤟

  • @kimgallagher6254
    @kimgallagher6254 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This song is a just a gem, pure rock n roll, love it, should be more of it. Bring this music back !!!!

  • @MrBillcale
    @MrBillcale 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    classic still makes me tear up

  • @flamencoprof
    @flamencoprof 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have a playlist for my funeral and this song is on it.

  • @1-shotslinger108
    @1-shotslinger108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Nick Lowe , you wrote a beautiful song here ! Elvis did it justice !

    • @runrig97
      @runrig97 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Check his recent version with the Southsea Alternative Choir

    • @1-shotslinger108
      @1-shotslinger108 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@runrig97 I will Thanks

    • @matthewcovington2997
      @matthewcovington2997 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty sure Nick produced this as well.

    • @Timpriestley
      @Timpriestley ปีที่แล้ว

      You wrote a hymn, here, Nick x

  • @stage51manager
    @stage51manager 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Lost In Translation 🇺🇸🇯🇵
    Happy 20th Anniversary

  • @guyranting
    @guyranting 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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. ❤❤❤

  • @clarkewi
    @clarkewi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    One of the greatest songs of all time.

    • @kristinaniemeyer5256
      @kristinaniemeyer5256 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      clarkewi please tell people to listen to this song during this coronavirus SH*T 🙏🏻

  • @vetb882
    @vetb882 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I am 499 :-) loved this since it came out. More appropriate today then even then.

    • @Beatnikzombie
      @Beatnikzombie 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wow. You are really old.

    • @blotfd
      @blotfd 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Beatnikzombie
      lol! your funny! im old, too. such great lyrics

    • @Beatnikzombie
      @Beatnikzombie 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In 499 years, you'd think you would have learned to use you're.

    • @suf822
      @suf822 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      S

    • @Beatnikzombie
      @Beatnikzombie 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      T

  • @hegemony57
    @hegemony57 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    And thanks also to Nick Lowe. Beautiful.

  • @buckseedamerica2743
    @buckseedamerica2743 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pete on the bass is bad azz... The reason I listen and talk about Elvis is because of Pete! Yeah!

    • @brucethomas6886
      @brucethomas6886 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pete is the drummer.

  • @peterchandler9014
    @peterchandler9014 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love love love elvis costello and even did the security in tower records in London what a life memory ❤

  • @johnarmitage4872
    @johnarmitage4872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Elvis Costello's Peace, Love and Understanding, more relevant NOW than then and the guitar work is ethereal. Listen and feel better.

  • @jmm1000
    @jmm1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Machine-Gun Bruce Thomas's bassline is the absolute driving force in this epic anthem

    • @kundendienst171
      @kundendienst171 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stimme 100% zu jmm1000. Der Song groovt dahin das ist ein wunderschönes Stück Musik.

    • @rp7356
      @rp7356 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      as was nick lowe's on the original [brinsley schwartz] and credit tom engle of kubla khan on revoluttion II 5 years before lowe

  • @movienerd202
    @movienerd202 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We need to come back to this in America.

  • @jamesyates4319
    @jamesyates4319 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Shakespeare stands in awe.

  • @completeMonti
    @completeMonti ปีที่แล้ว +6

    These early Elvis Costello videos are inspired and delightful. Even when they are not really playing, it's a joy to watch them.

  • @predragradonjic5275
    @predragradonjic5275 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Welcome Home! Billions

  • @patrickbrent642
    @patrickbrent642 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was my first taste of Elvis Costello thru a show called the Kenny Everett Video Show back in 1980 at age 10. Can't really say I was what you'd call a fan, per se. Never owned anything. But I'd recently seen the videos for Radio Radio and Oliver's Army, both of which I'd heard before, back before MTV turned to shit. I realized that everything I'd ever heard from Elvis Costello is fucking brilliant! Man, have I been missing out! Time to start digging in...

  • @johnmchenry8293
    @johnmchenry8293 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It could be re-written today. What ever happened to empathy, compassion and sympathy?

  • @glennsepelak5113
    @glennsepelak5113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Still one of the greatest songs ever... i remember when it came out

  • @NickHarman
    @NickHarman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The bass is everything on this.

  • @DannyOccoquan
    @DannyOccoquan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was impressed not too long ago when a young artist was accused of stealing from you and instead of "call my lawyer" you were like "hey give her a break." Nice example of living the lyrics of this heart-healing song.

  • @jfk2214
    @jfk2214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    🎶" I ask myself... Is all hope lost?" 🎶

  • @thewarhenk
    @thewarhenk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    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!

    • @kevinobrien2735
      @kevinobrien2735 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

    • @thewarhenk
      @thewarhenk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kevin O’Brien, indeed. Floor Toms are the Tom Tom drums on the floor at the side of a kit drummer.

    • @zawarski
      @zawarski ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Had a chance to catch them this summer. Awesome show.

    • @jackgriffin8511
      @jackgriffin8511 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @peterowen9183
      @peterowen9183 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fantastic story, what a great connection! And Los Straitjackets (with Nick) are supporting Elvis on his summer tour.

  • @bradmcgovern954
    @bradmcgovern954 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ever since "A Colbert Christmas", which I still watch at least once every year, this has been a kind-of-Christmas song for me. The message of the song certainly fits the season! Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays!

  • @jeremiahblum7833
    @jeremiahblum7833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The underlying truth of this song is the greatest tragedy of our times

  • @superQforu
    @superQforu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great memories from the early days of MTV

  • @89strangelove
    @89strangelove 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I cry, great lyrics. What the fuck is so funny about peace, love and understanding.

  • @chazk7530
    @chazk7530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The depressed optimist. A curious creature that tends to gravitate to this kind of expression. Yes I know life is awful, but do we really have to make it worse?

  • @pathandy8188
    @pathandy8188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just make me wanna cry, Whats so funny about peice love and understanding. Where are the strong. who are the trusted.

    • @pathandy8188
      @pathandy8188 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is there only pain and hatred and insanity, in Temple.

  • @The_Primary_Axiom
    @The_Primary_Axiom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This song would’ve never been made if peace, love and understanding weren’t funny but a reality.

  • @vzq5175
    @vzq5175 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This song is still super relevant today.
    Unfortunately. Still boppin' tho

    • @iansmith8263
      @iansmith8263 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @barrygreenstein8383
    @barrygreenstein8383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I remember seeing Elvis Costello's first TV appearance on Saturday Night Live in 1977. He performed Watching The Detectives from his debut album My Aim Is True and thinking "Who is this weirdo". Two weeks later I heard the album at my friends house and I thought to myself "This guy is one of the greatest pop/Rock stars of all-time". When I bought his second album This Years Model I was convinced that he would have a long illustrious career!

    • @paulburns1333
      @paulburns1333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Spot on Barry, you should always be prepared to give things a second listen.

    • @iansmith8263
      @iansmith8263 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paulburns1333 if its coldpl*y or r*d h*t chill* pe*pers then i wouldnt even give it a first listen