Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Accidents Will Happen ('A Case For Song' VHS)
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Elvis Costello perform 'Accidents Will Happen' as part of a Later With Jools Holland special on 18-06-1996. This song appeared on the original 'A Case For Song' VHS of the show, though was ommited from the DVD reissue.
He had a strong basis in
Jazz R n B and country No
One could touch his lyrics
Those first five or six albums were enough to get him in
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Steve Nieve is a great keyboard player - his piano is a distinctive sound of The Attractions. It must be fun writing music with him !
He makes it look SO effortless! Very inspiring.
One of the UK's best singer/songwriters of a generation
Got to see these guys in 1978 and believe me when I tell you...Elvis got even more bad press than critical acclaim.
He was a real anarchist not a poser.
This was the best "new wave" band of all time. Bruce Thomas is incredible.
Hey George..... I was there as well. What an experience. He's still my hero to this day.
sure we sing every day at the nuclear plant
I adore Bruce Thomas - frigging brilliant
@@hatchetinhead Hey Rob you're so right....Bruce is the best ...time to bury the Hatchet Elvis
cant disagree
My favorite Elvis Costello song !
this song really got me back in the 70s bought it at the time
very late 70s! The 80s actually started in 1979 when New Wave arrived, and Armed Forces blew me away when I heard my neighbour playing it.
Perfection in song.
One of the very best examples of Costello/Attractions skill, musicality and appeal available on youtube. Surely sufficient to convert the most intransigent of skeptics. Wonderful.
He is one of the gods of music
Simply beautiful.
Beautiful song, thanks Elvis!!
A beautiful rendition.
I agree completely. More depth, raw emotion and complexity. Plus, the best voice ever.
Great...but clearly not the "best voice ever"!
Jebus what a fantasic performance - Elvis rules!
Perfection.
Great song. Watching the Detectives is amazing. Great live version on here from German tv.
Great break up song
Que bella forma de iniciar una presentación. What a big oppening
So true!
This man is my GOD
That guitar sounded great!
Great vocal and amazing keyboards :)
Brilliant, as usual!
cant thank you enough boogie, i found the version i was looking for thanx to you, so many years searchin - almost gave up.
It's a great performance, tears4fears1000, TheOuterBoogie. I got it on a Rykodisc CD in the early 90's but I'd been looking for it since hearing the free 7 inch promotion in around '79. It's always meant a lot to me.
Masterpiece
かっこいいなあ。
Talent!
Was at his show at Hollywood High School !
Sublime
Beauty
I first heard this song on E.T.
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Sometimes only a baby grand will do, no matter how many keyboards you have
Awesome song would love to play it on my drum kit
I wish Elvis and Bruce Thomas would make up.
I saw him twice but in the 2000s
Let's talk about his shirt because his music is brilliant and there's nothing left to say.
how could no one love this comment!? Made my day.
And it's the damage that we do and never know...
WOW SUPREMO
It was on a free 7" that came with the first pressings of the "Armed Forces".
Please, upload the full concert. please!!!
Bruce on fire
Tucson AZ.
Get happy!
You only think of one other musician with the Gibson J160E.
He was quite good too.
rte's favorite song
fantastic - sorry
He's so late but it works because of the band. Maybe it was even purposeful
He's often late, I used to think he couldn't inhale fast enough :)
your mouth is made up, but your mind is undone!
Oh I just don't know where to begin
Though he says he'll wait forever
It's now or never
But she keeps him hanging on
The silly champion
She says she can't go home
Without a chaperone
Accidents will happen
We only hit and run
He used to be your victim
Now you're not the only one
Accidents will happen
We only hit and run
I don't want to hear it
'Cause I know what I've done
There's so many fish in the sea
That only rise up in the sweat and smoke like mercury
But they keep you hanging on
They say you're so young
Your mind is made up but your mouth is undone
Accidents will happen
We only hit and run
He used to be your victim
Now you're not the only one
Accidents will happen
We only hit and run
I don't want to hear it
'Cause I know what I've done
And it's…
Where can I get this full show? It's awesome
Search this here on you tube:Elvis Costello Accidents will Happen Hollywood high 4 june 1978. It's here, I just listened to it, but I can't figure out how to post a link for you.
Brilliant . . . Chestnut Mare chord sequence though?
i have searched everywhere for the slow version of this song (which im sure i didnt dream) for so long, i think it featured in a tv show called the wonder years some time ago now, if anyone can direct me toward this version i would be sooo happy.
try tunefind.com?
He's singing late as f, but Pete Thomas, drummer, will have none of it, and neither will the other band members. Good band.
Todd Leeuwenburgh Yes, I'm sure the band is in charge. The band is rushing, and he is laying back. To be on the back side of the beat is not "singing late as f."
Sorry for words I used, But listen and it doesn't sound good, and it's a pet peeve of mine, especially when my favorite artists do it. Think: Would it be okay for a guitarist, bassist, and above all, a drummer ? to be that late on so many entrances?
+Todd Leeuwenburgh agreed, Pete Thomas is pure clockwork, have a look @ the BBC video of "TKO", brilliant drumming! As per Mr McManus, I'd guess after playing these songs millions of times he has to find the way to stay amused and amusing :-)
Of course a valid and effective technique, singing across the bar lines... very expressive. Check Billie Holiday and many of the all time greats. The original version is still out there if you prefer. I like hearing a great artist interpret his material as he sees fit.
+Ivano Bonfanti Ah yes, "The Tube" performance of that and Shipbuilding and Everyday I Write the Book etc. are wonderful.
lol that degrassi title brought me here
Good song. It's about how he fucked up his first marriage thanks to the trappings of celebrity.
@nick1137 Really?
@Mr607080100 really
Who's listening to this because of the Iranian president's helicopter crash?
He's a better songwriter than McCartney... (an eerie hush falls across UA-cam land...)
Frog Prince
To you
This is what so many people can't understand.
The only way to truly measure it objectively is in success of sales
I love both hugely
Educate yourself, VT.
V T I think he’s better at writing outside of his own box writing diverse material thsn Paul McCartney. no matter how perfectly made some of PM songs are, they all sound about the same to me, IMO. I love both dudes but I give the edge to Elvis.
TheManorBeast Sales are the metric by which you compare two artists, yeah right man. That’s absurd.
Chip Gaasche I think he’s good on his education.
Hehe. Just to add to the 'late as f' fun, check out this unseemly mess wherein our hero redefines the technique. ua-cam.com/video/679CSKOX4NI/v-deo.html
Too bad Elvis can't remember how to sing the song with the right timing. The other guys in the band covered up nicely.
i think it's called improvisation. and every artist has a right to embellish their own.
It’s called phrasing...
Bollocks. It's his song, he can do whatever he likes with it. If you want to hear the record, listen to the record. If you want to hear a fresh interpretation, listen to live stuff
this makes me so mad...