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==Alternate | |lyrics = {{Motel Matches}}<br><br> | ||
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===Alternate lyrics=== | |||
''Live at the Palomino, North Hollywood, CA, February 16, 1979: | |||
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{{Motel Matches (alternate lyrics)}} | {{Motel Matches (alternate lyrics)}} | ||
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{{song credits | |||
|title = Motel Matches | |||
|writer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums | |||
|producer = [[Nick Lowe]] | |||
|record_info = October 1979, Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands and/or Eden Studios, London | |||
|release_info = February 1980 | |||
|length = 2:28 | |||
|albums = [[Get Happy!!]], 1980 | |||
|singles = | |||
|collections = [[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989 | |||
|soundtracks = | |||
|various_artists = | |||
|promos = [[Get Happy!! (Promo Album)]], 1980 | |||
|videos = | |||
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{{song notes | |||
|first = [[Concert 1979-02-14 Long Beach|February 14, 1979, Long Beach, CA]] | |||
|last = [[Concert 2023-02-25 Atlantic City|February 25, 2023, Atlantic City, NJ]] | |||
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| quote = Upon my first motel night in Los Angeles I was hoaxed into believing that I had been assigned the very room where Sam Cooke had been murdered. I didn't sleep much until I found out in the morning that it had occurred in an entirely different location. Such innocence was short-lived, but the infamous Tropicana became the site of many less serious crimes, indiscretions and comedies. | |||
| source = [[Girls Girls Girls]] liner notes, 1989. | |||
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==Alternate versions== | |||
{{song credits | |||
|title = Motel Matches (Live 1979) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums<br>[[John McFee]] - guitar | |||
|record_info = [[Concert 1979-02-16 Los Angeles (early)|February 16, 1979, Los Angeles, CA]] | |||
|release_info = July 26, 2004 | |||
|length = 2:21 | |||
|albums = [[Almost Blue#Almost Blue (2004 Rhino/Edsel edition)|Almost Blue (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2004 | |||
}}<br> | |||
{{song credits | |||
|title = Motel Matches (Alternate Take) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] | |||
|producer = [[Nick Lowe]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums | |||
|record_info = October 1979, Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands and/or Eden Studios, London | |||
|release_info = July 28, 2003 | |||
|length = 2:26 | |||
|albums = [[Get Happy!! (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2003 | |||
|promos = [[Punch The Clock, Trust & Get Happy!! Sampler]], 2003 | |||
}}<br> | |||
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|title = Motel Matches (Live 1984) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, keyboard | |||
|record_info = [[Concert 1984-04-28 San Francisco|April 28, 1984, San Francisco, CA]] | |||
|release_info = February 28, 1995 | |||
|length = 2:39 | |||
|albums = [[Goodbye Cruel World (Rykodisc/Demon reissue)]], 1995<br>[[Goodbye Cruel World (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2004 | |||
}}<br> | |||
{{song credits | |||
|title = Motel Matches (iTunes Originals Version) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, organ | |||
|record_info = March 2007, Vancouver | |||
|release_info = June 19, 2007 | |||
|length = 2:23 | |||
|downloads = [[iTunes Originals]], 2007 | |||
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{{thumb: Get Happy!!}} | |||
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{{thumb: Girls Girls Girls}} | |||
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{{thumb: Goodbye Cruel World}} | |||
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{{thumb: Almost Blue}} | |||
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{{thumb: iTunes Originals}} | |||
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{{song covers | |||
|covers = {{:Motel Matches covers}} | |||
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== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[[Template: Motel Matches|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Template: Motel Matches (alternate lyrics)|Alternate lyrics]] {{-}} [[Motel Matches covers|Covers]] | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/gh.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Get Happy!!] | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:44, 5 October 2023
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Somewhere in the distance I can hear "Who Shot Sam?" Alternate lyricsLive at the Palomino, North Hollywood, CA, February 16, 1979:
Somewhere in the distance I can hear "Who Shot Sam?" |
First known performance:  Alternate versions
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Covers
| Dan Bordeaux | performed live, 2016-12-01, The Music Cafe, Damascus, MD | 2016 | YouTube |
| Radio Costello | performed live, 2023-10-01, The Rhodehouse, Sutton Coldfield, England | 2023 |
| Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2014 | YouTube |
