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== | |title = She Handed Me A Mirror | ||
|writer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, Martin OM-45 acoustic guitar<br>[[Dennis Crouch]] - double bass<br>[[Stuart Duncan]] - fiddle<br>[[Jerry Douglas]] - dobro<br>[[Mike Compton]] - mandolin<br>[[Jim Lauderdale]] - harmony vocal | |||
|producer = [[T Bone Burnett]] | |||
|record_info = March 31-April 2, 2008, Sound Emporium Studio, Nashville | |||
|release_info = June 2, 2009 | |||
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|albums = [[Secret, Profane & Sugarcane]], 2009 | |||
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|background = Written for Elvis' unfinished chamber opera [[The Secret Songs]]. | |||
|first = [[Concert 2005-10-08 Copenhagen|October 8, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark]] | |||
|last = [[Concert 2017-03-06 Copenhagen|March 6, 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark]] | |||
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| quote = Andersen fell in love frequently. He was a Romantic fellow of the first water. Although he was besotted with Lind and they were even friends, the tale is told that when he asked why she could not return his love, Lind handed a mirror to the strange and repulsive looking author.<br><br>‘She Handed Me A Mirror’ is [a] song for any misfit in love with an unattainable woman. | |||
| source = [http://elviscostello.com/news/journal.php?uid=60 elviscostello.com], March 23, 2009. | |||
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== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[[Template:She Handed Me A Mirror|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[She Handed Me A Mirror covers|Covers]] | |||
[[Category:2009]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
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[[Category:The Secret Songs]] | [[Category:The Secret Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Secret, Profane & Sugarcane]] |
Latest revision as of 20:38, 27 May 2020
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“Andersen fell in love frequently. He was a Romantic fellow of the first water. Although he was besotted with Lind and they were even friends, the tale is told that when he asked why she could not return his love, Lind handed a mirror to the strange and repulsive looking author. ‘She Handed Me A Mirror’ is [a] song for any misfit in love with an unattainable woman.” — elviscostello.com, March 23, 2009. |
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