This song absolutely breaks my heart. I don't know how many times I heard it before it really sank in how sad it is, in the way it contrasts a grim present circa 1994 with something long vanished, maybe always a lie. There's a lightness of touch to the way it's played and sung, and some irony in the wordplay, but I think you have to have deep feeling for something to come up with something so good.
It's the kind of song you wish everyone knew, and you just have to consign yourself to the cult mentality. There are people who hear it and get it, and it may outlive us all, because it's part of an important body of work. And he hits this level often. Grade-A Costello.
This song absolutely breaks my heart. I don't know how many times I heard it before it really sank in how sad it is, in the way it contrasts a grim present circa 1994 with something long vanished, maybe always a lie. There's a lightness of touch to the way it's played and sung, and some irony in the wordplay, but I think you have to have deep feeling for something to come up with something so good.
It's the kind of song you wish everyone knew, and you just have to consign yourself to the cult mentality. There are people who hear it and get it, and it may outlive us all, because it's part of an important body of work. And he hits this level often. Grade-A Costello.