Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Kid About It/Interview/Man Out Of Time (Live On Letterman 1982)

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  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions perform 'Kid About It' and 'Man Out Of Time' on Late Night with David Letterman. Dave interviews Elvis between songs. (23/08/1982)
    Taken from a longer compilation video on UA-cam which was badly out of sync. Syncing has been fixed.
    Source: • Elvis Costello Live / ...

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  • @mieux2002
    @mieux2002 8 років тому +28

    Good God damn, this man, this man, this man. Such an impeccable performance...

  • @SoulStylistJukeBox
    @SoulStylistJukeBox 10 років тому +50

    Imperial Bedroom is a superb album. In fact all of his '77 - '86 output was great.

    • @miabarry
      @miabarry 9 років тому +16

      Listened to Imperial Bedroom non-stop for a year.

    • @cactaceous
      @cactaceous 7 років тому +8

      His first 5-6 albums are masterpieces.

    • @fredfat1606
      @fredfat1606 6 років тому

      obviously not almost blue and goodbye cruel world

    • @vernpascal1531
      @vernpascal1531 6 років тому +1

      Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @frankmiles1709
      @frankmiles1709 6 років тому +2

      Whey would you not love Goodbye and Almost Blue.

  • @stringvest100
    @stringvest100 9 років тому +45

    The Attractions were an absolutely fantastic band.

    • @johngilmore4416
      @johngilmore4416 7 років тому +2

      The best ever!

    • @theyrecousins
      @theyrecousins 2 роки тому

      Oh yeah, anyone backed up by them couldn’t go wrong. Then, give em scads of the best pop songs ever to play? Pssh, can’t beat it.

  • @cactaceous
    @cactaceous 7 років тому +20

    I sneaked Man Out Of Time into my wedding's playlist.

  • @Stiglr
    @Stiglr 6 років тому +5

    This was actually the first I ever saw of Elvis; this tune blew me away!!!!! I went back catalogue shopping the very next day, and got "Get Happy!" The rest, as they say, is history.

    • @harveycan5820
      @harveycan5820 5 років тому +2

      Get Happy.... Possibly his greatest record, along wirh This Year's Model.

    • @koltonk2713
      @koltonk2713 2 роки тому

      @@harveycan5820 I agree, those are the two for me

  • @mikenayl
    @mikenayl 2 роки тому +2

    I stayed up for this

    • @drssexy2142
      @drssexy2142 21 день тому

      i stay up for UA-cam every night

  • @patriciasalopek7614
    @patriciasalopek7614 10 років тому +14

    "Kid About It" here is so excellently done! Luxurious!

  • @dougslawin376
    @dougslawin376 9 років тому +24

    Amazing performance. So different than all the other music going on at that time. I love how much ground Bruce Thomas covers.

  • @1largelaw
    @1largelaw 5 днів тому

    Saw him live 3 times. 80, 85 and sometime around 2005 I think. One of the best songwriters ever.

  • @Iskowitz
    @Iskowitz 9 років тому +9

    First time seeing this delightful video in many, many years, and I've now added it to my collection. EC just last week made his 27th and final appearance on Letterman's show, and here's his very first back in 1982.

  • @andybennett1026
    @andybennett1026 6 років тому +6

    True genius also this is my favourite of his albums with the attractions , ‘pigeon English’ , ‘town Cryer’ and ‘A boy with a problem’ are phenomenal tunes to name but a few on this LP , in fact in my opinion every track is a gem ! Long live Elvis Costello !

    • @oppothumbs1
      @oppothumbs1 10 місяців тому

      The best stuff was the pop and rock .. before the Crooner inconsistency Years. Boo, variation when your best stuff is great. This Year's Model was his best.

  • @darrellee8194
    @darrellee8194 Рік тому +1

    Thanks, man. Imperial Bedroom might be my favorite album of all time.

  • @dbentleyto95
    @dbentleyto95 5 років тому +3

    Great then, and still great.

  • @patriciofernandez2711
    @patriciofernandez2711 6 років тому +5

    Wow man out of time is fantastic

  • @paulmichaelsmith3207
    @paulmichaelsmith3207 Місяць тому

    Great tune, great band. Top players plus they give the tune room to breathe.

  • @wicklinematson
    @wicklinematson 6 років тому +6

    I remember watching this episode when it first aired.. I was such a HUUUUUUGE EC fan and loved the Imperial Bedroom album. LOVED it. Knew it was a masterpiece in 1982 as a high school junior. But I was slightly disappointed that these two songs were selected. I LOVED Shabby Doll and Beyond Belief and had hoped he would play at least one of these. Seeing EC on the TV (he had been banned on SNL for playing Radio Radio) was RARE and hearing EC on the radio was almost unheard of... (little has changed)...

    • @justme_66
      @justme_66 6 років тому +1

      Paul Wickline I was a HS Junior too! And always stayed up to watch Letterman, remember this one and many more too.

  • @glennheim1023
    @glennheim1023 9 років тому +2

    I saw this tour in Tempe AZ. Great night. First time I ever saw EC.

  • @thintwin48
    @thintwin48 8 років тому +5

    goosebumps on 'Man Out of Time'

  • @tomwilliams3012
    @tomwilliams3012 7 років тому +4

    Gosh so long ago since anyone has been here. D Slawin is so correct. Bruce is truly one of the best bassists ever. Well, Hell, that entire band was/is marvelous. Just dandy. My goodness.

  • @musicmakesmysoulfly
    @musicmakesmysoulfly 9 років тому +5

    divine

  • @goldsmice
    @goldsmice 9 років тому +25

    Beautiful harmonic choice on the line "There's" at 16:46. He's singing a D# (Eb) - the major-seventh of the E chord. Great sound, and different from the vocal on the album version.

    • @tommyhaynes521
      @tommyhaynes521 9 років тому

      goldsmice On the "Who's up Polishing the Blade ' line ?

    • @adamkentisaac
      @adamkentisaac 9 років тому +3

      Tommy Haynes No - on the sustained line "Theeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrre's" in "There's a reputation to be made", which begins precisely at 16:46 and sustains until 16:48 at which point he says "a reputation to be made." That "theeeeerrrrrre's" turns the band's harmony into an exaggerated major-seventh chord.

    • @tommyhaynes521
      @tommyhaynes521 9 років тому

      OK thanks. I hear it now

    • @catherinefitzpatrick9144
      @catherinefitzpatrick9144 7 років тому

      Adam Kent-Isaac wow! Impressive; me, I just love his style of music.

    • @sincity3462
      @sincity3462 7 років тому

      Well, en harmonically it would be D# (in the voice of my piano teacher)

  • @AdrianBellVoiceovers
    @AdrianBellVoiceovers 9 років тому +3

    Hard to believe they became friends based on this clip.

  • @jstohler
    @jstohler 9 років тому +3

    I got attractions like I was Elvis Costello.

  • @yosefadam1
    @yosefadam1 8 років тому +4

    Extraordinary. That's all I can say.

  • @selysse
    @selysse 8 років тому +4

    He's such a baby!

    • @justme_66
      @justme_66 6 років тому +1

      selysse Elvis and Letterman, both!

  • @sanddab
    @sanddab 7 років тому +4

    Bruce Thomas!!

  • @johannbogason1662
    @johannbogason1662 8 років тому +6

    could have been written by Bacharach.

  • @SteveSmith-kc8rn
    @SteveSmith-kc8rn 2 роки тому

    Borrowed a page from the Dylan playbook.

  • @iconicshrubbery
    @iconicshrubbery 9 років тому +1

    Elvis and the Attractions-as good as McCartney and the Beatles- and produced by the Beatles' engineer

    • @iconicshrubbery
      @iconicshrubbery 9 років тому +4

      Say you wouldn't kid about it
      Declan is the music music King of Liverpool and London, (and America)
      Will you still love a man out of time
      And his attractions ?
      ...

    • @tommyhaynes521
      @tommyhaynes521 9 років тому +3

      iconicshrubbery Exactly .One of the top artist of all time. Up there with the Beatles and Dylan

    • @harveycan5820
      @harveycan5820 5 років тому +1

      @@tommyhaynes521 Maybe add Bowie... The Kinks... Stones... Who...

  • @mrbee4life182
    @mrbee4life182 2 роки тому

    Elvis Costello looked uncannily like Buddy Holly total spit of him 🤔😳

  • @StevenCarinci
    @StevenCarinci 8 років тому +1

    A bit fooked up.

  • @Nazzz65
    @Nazzz65 10 років тому +6

    That's right Elvis, guns are 'just a part of life here'.
    Strangely there is a paucity of home invasions 'here' too.

    • @nc_oakland
      @nc_oakland 8 років тому +6

      Oh great, a gun nut.

    • @sfshinz
      @sfshinz 7 років тому +6

      And a veritable plethora of children being shot dead in their schools! YEE-HAW!