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Wrenching sadness of that sort permeates the album. "Poisoned Rose" teeters in style between Ray Charles' blues and Costello idol George Jones' country twang. (The two elements are represented by jazzman Ray Brown on bass and the pianist Tom Canning, who plays with the spare efficiency of Nashville's Floyd Cramer.) The song is full of bleak eroticism The "poisoned rose" was a gift that ''"left me half-alive, and half in ecstasy."'' | Wrenching sadness of that sort permeates the album. "Poisoned Rose" teeters in style between Ray Charles' blues and Costello idol George Jones' country twang. (The two elements are represented by jazzman Ray Brown on bass and the pianist Tom Canning, who plays with the spare efficiency of Nashville's Floyd Cramer.) The song is full of bleak eroticism The "poisoned rose" was a gift that ''"left me half-alive, and half in ecstasy."'' | ||
"Indoor Fireworks," recorded recently by Nick Lowe, and "Little Palaces" both focus on relationships that either are or ought to be disintegrating; the latter is especially effective at communicating claustrophobic rage. With no more accompaniment than | "Indoor Fireworks," recorded recently by Nick Lowe, and "Little Palaces" both focus on relationships that either are or ought to be disintegrating; the latter is especially effective at communicating claustrophobic rage. With no more accompaniment than Scheff's string bass and Costello's mandolin, Costello takes us deep into ''"the kingdom of the invisible,"'' where ''"you knock the kids about a bit because they've got your name / and you knock the kids about a bit / until they feel the same."'' | ||
Not all of the album is so downbeat. Burton, Scheff and Tutt make one wish that Elvis the First had stuck around long enough to sing songs by Elvis the Second such as the irrepressible "Glitter Gulch" or the besotted, defiant "The Big Light." | Not all of the album is so downbeat. Burton, Scheff and Tutt make one wish that Elvis the First had stuck around long enough to sing songs by Elvis the Second such as the irrepressible "Glitter Gulch" or the besotted, defiant "The Big Light." | ||
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