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|lyrics = {{King Horse}} | |||
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{{song credits | |||
|title = King Horse | |||
|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 = 2:59 | |||
|albums = [[Get Happy!!]], 1980 | |||
|singles = [[Single: I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down|I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down]], 1980 | |||
|collections = [[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989<br>[[Rock And Roll Music]], 2007 | |||
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|promos = [[Get Happy!! (Promo Album)]], 1980<br>[[Humo presents Torhout / Werchter 1977-1981]], 1981<br>[[Punch The Clock, Trust & Get Happy!! Sampler]], 2003 | |||
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|first = [[Concert 1980-02-06 Liverpool|February 6, 1980, Liverpool, England]] | |||
|last = [[Concert 2019-11-02 Greensboro|November 2, 2019, Greensboro, NC]] | |||
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| quote = The armed forces are the only other line of work that encourages such unsuitable people to travel the world. Chaos reigns at 35,000 feet over the Pacific. In my notebook I'd stumbled on some lyrics about tawdry compromise and desperate fun, mostly the work of a very naive nineteen-year-old. Now I'm looking to hang it all on the best insult to the strutting male that I can find. The cult of the stallion with medallion is in full flower. I look at the silly schoolboys making the stewardess' life a misery. I look at myself in the toilet mirror... ‘King Horse’. | |||
| source = [[Girls Girls Girls]] liner notes, 1989. | |||
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==Alternate versions== | |||
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|title = King Horse (Demo) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, all instruments | |||
|producer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|record_info = 1979, Archipelago Studios, London | |||
|release_info = July 28, 2003 | |||
|length = 2:43 | |||
|albums = [[Get Happy!! (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2003 | |||
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|title = [[Back Stabbers]] / King Horse (Live 1983) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] (with [[The TKO Horns]]) | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums<br>[[Jim Paterson]] - trombone<br>[[Jeff Blythe]] - saxophone<br>[[Paul Speare]] - saxophone<br>[[Dave Plews]] - trumpet | |||
|record_info = [[Concert 1983-09-07 Austin|September 7, 1983, Austin, TX]] | |||
|release_info = July 28, 2003 | |||
|length = 4:47 | |||
|albums = [[Punch The Clock (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2003 | |||
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{{thumb: Get Happy!!}} | |||
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{{thumb: Single: I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (4-track EP)}} | |||
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{{thumb: Girls Girls Girls}} | |||
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{{thumb: Punch The Clock}} | |||
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{{thumb: Rock And Roll Music}} | |||
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|covers = {{:King Horse covers}} | |||
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== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[[Template: King Horse|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[King Horse covers|Covers]] | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/gh.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Get Happy!!] | |||
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Latest revision as of 03:09, 28 November 2019
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First known performance:
“The armed forces are the only other line of work that encourages such unsuitable people to travel the world. Chaos reigns at 35,000 feet over the Pacific. In my notebook I'd stumbled on some lyrics about tawdry compromise and desperate fun, mostly the work of a very naive nineteen-year-old. Now I'm looking to hang it all on the best insult to the strutting male that I can find. The cult of the stallion with medallion is in full flower. I look at the silly schoolboys making the stewardess' life a misery. I look at myself in the toilet mirror... ‘King Horse’.” — Girls Girls Girls liner notes, 1989.
Alternate versions
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Covers
Robbie Fulks | performed live, 2015-03-30, The Hideout, Chicago | 2015 | AllMusic • YouTube |
Jason Martin | performed live, 2002-08-10, Brilliant Mistakes tribute, Albany, NY | 2002 | review |
Steve Nieve | performed live, 2020-04-24, The Daily Improvisation, France | 2020 | FaceBook • EC Fan Forum |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2014 | YouTube |
Thee Skiffle Kings | home studio production | 2011 | YouTube |