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|collections = [[Stiff Box Set No. 2]], 1981<br>[[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989 (CD only)<br>[[2½ Years]], 1993<br>[[Singles, Volume 1]], 2003 | |collections = [[Stiff Box Set No. 2]], 1981<br>[[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989 (CD only)<br>[[2½ Years]], 1993<br>[[Singles, Volume 1]], 2003 | ||
|soundtracks = | |soundtracks = | ||
|various_artists = [[A Bunch Of Stiff Records]], 1977<br>[[Heroes & Cowards]], 1978<br>[[The Stiff Records Box Set]], 1992<br>[[Unusual Sounds For Levi's® Selected By Tahiti 80]], 2005<br>[[The Big Stiff Box Set]], 2007 [ | |various_artists = [[A Bunch Of Stiff Records]], 1977<br>[[Heroes & Cowards]], 1978<br>[[The Stiff Records Box Set]], 1992<br>[[Unusual Sounds For Levi's® Selected By Tahiti 80]], 2005<br>[[The Big Stiff Box Set]], 2007<br>[[Born Stiff]], 2010 | ||
|promos = [[4 Track Sampler From My Aim Is True]], 1977<br>[[Our Aim Is True]], 1978 | |promos = [[4 Track Sampler From My Aim Is True]], 1977<br>[[Our Aim Is True]], 1978 | ||
|videos = | |videos = | ||
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{{song notes | {{song notes | ||
|first = [[Concert 1977-07-21 Manchester|July 21, 1977, Manchester, England]] | |first = [[Concert 1977-07-21 Manchester|July 21, 1977, Manchester, England]] | ||
|last = | |last = {{2024}} | ||
}}{{song quote | }}{{song quote | ||
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|release_info = September 21, 1999 | |release_info = September 21, 1999 | ||
|various_artists = [[Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Volume 1]], 1999 | |various_artists = [[Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Volume 1]], 1999 | ||
|videos = [[Saturday Night Live: The Complete Third Season]], 2008 | |videos = [[Saturday Night Live: 25 Years Of Music]], 2003<br>[[Saturday Night Live: The Complete Third Season]], 2008 | ||
|length = 3:05 | |length = 3:05 | ||
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{{song covers | {{song covers | ||
|covers = {{ | |covers = {{:Less Than Zero covers}} | ||
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==Chords== | ==Chords== | ||
Tabbed by Phillip Charles Saunders | |||
|F Bb C| F C|F Bb C| F C| | |F Bb C| F C|F Bb C| F C| | ||
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C F Bb F C | C F Bb F C | ||
Hey, ooh hey. | Hey, ooh hey. | ||
==Internal links== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: My Aim Is True] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/mait.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/mait.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a01.htm MAIT info page] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a02.htm Viva England] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a03.htm Rykodisc/Demon MAIT reissue] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a04.htm Rhino/Edsel MAIT reissue] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: My Aim Is True] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/mait.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/mait.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a01.htm MAIT info page] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a02.htm Viva England] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a03.htm Rykodisc/Demon MAIT reissue] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a04.htm Rhino/Edsel MAIT reissue] | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_s01.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Less Than Zero single] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_s14.htm Alison German single] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_s01.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Less Than Zero single] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_s14.htm Alison German single] | ||
*[[Template: Less Than Zero|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[ | *[[Template: Less Than Zero|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Less Than Zero (français)|Lyrics (français)]] {{-}} [[Less Than Zero covers|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/mait. | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Less_Than_Zero_(song) Wikipedia] | ||
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/mait.php Elvis Costello Reissues: My Aim Is True] | |||
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'''Song inspiration | |||
[http://www.clivejames.com/node/428 David Pryce-Jones,Tonight (BBCtv1), face-to-face with Sir Oswald Mosley, Nov. 1976] --> | |||
[[Category:1977]] | [[Category:1977]] |
Latest revision as of 03:10, 13 January 2024
Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo, |
First known performance: Alternate versions
see also: Less Than Zero (Dallas Version) |
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Covers
Sam Baylor, with the Long Players | performed live, 2006-01-13, My Aim Is True tribute show, Nashville | 2006 | Long Players • My Aim Is True tribute show |
Skip Castro Band | performed live, 1980, Charlottesville, Virginia | 1980 | digdc.dclibrary.org |
Cool Frog | Si No Es Stiff... No Merece Un Tributo | 2009 | info |
Sam Gleason | Sam Gleason (EP) | 2013 | iTunes • YouTube |
Charles Jenkins | performed live, 2013-02-02, Pure Pop Records, Melbourne, Australia | 2013 | YouTube • Charlesjenkins.com.au |
Milton & The Devils Party | Best World Going | 2002 | Amazon • info |
Oliver's Army (Dallas) | performed live, Dallas-area Costello tribute band | 2003 | OliversArmyBand |
Radio Costello | performed live, 2024-04-05, The Forum, Tunbridge Wells, England | 2024 |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2013 | YouTube |
Tet Offensive | performed live, 2003-06-, CBGB's Gallery, New York | 2003 | YouTube |
Tet Offensive | performed live, 2009-09-11, Sidewalk Cafe, New York | 2009 | YouTube |
Tet Offensive | performed live, 2010-11-10, Cafe Nine, New Haven, Connecticut | 2010 | YouTube |
Bob Walkenhorst | performed live, 2012-02-29, Kansas City, Missouri | 2012 | archive.org |
Chords
Tabbed by Phillip Charles Saunders |F Bb C| F C|F Bb C| F C| F Bb C F Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo, C F Bb C F There is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo, C Bb Gm Carving "V" for vandal on the guilty boy's head. Bb Gm When he's had enough of that, maybe you'll take him to bed C Dm/F C Dm/F C To teach him he's alive before he wishes he was dead. |C FC| - | Bb F Turn up the T.V. No one list'ning will suspect. Bb F Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know. Bb F They think that I've got no respect, Ebm F But ev'rything means less than zero. Bb F C F Hey, ooh hey, C F Bb F C Hey, ooh hey.
Internal links
- Elvis Costello Home Page: My Aim Is True • lyrics • chords • MAIT info page • Viva England • Rykodisc/Demon MAIT reissue • Rhino/Edsel MAIT reissue
- Elvis Costello Home Page: Less Than Zero single • Alison German single
- Lyrics • Lyrics (français) • Covers