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|title = Indoor Fireworks | |||
|writer = [[Declan MacManus]] | |||
|performer = [[The Costello Show]] | |||
|producer = [[T Bone Burnett|J. Henry (T-Bone) Burnett]] & [[Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus]] with [[Larry Kalman Hirsch]] | |||
|musicians = [[The Little Hands Of Concrete]] - vocals, acoustic guitar<br>[[James Burton]] - acoustic guitar<br>[[Jerry Scheff]] - string bass<br>[[Mitchell Froom]] - Hammond organ | |||
|record_info = July-August 1985, Ocean Way and/or Sunset Sound and/or Sound Factory, Los Angeles | |||
|release_info = February 21, 1986 | |||
|albums = [[King Of America]], 1986 | |||
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|collections = [[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989 (CD/vinyl)<br>[[The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions]], 1994<br>[[The Very Best Of Elvis Costello]], 1999<br>[[The Best Of Elvis Costello The First 10 Years]], 2007<br>[[Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album]], 2015 | |||
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|promos = [[Selections From King Of America]], 1995 | |||
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|length = 4:06 | |||
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|first = [[Concert 1985-04-25 London|April 25, 1985, London, England]] | |||
|last = [[Concert 2023-09-15 Randers|September 15, 2023, Randers, Denmark]] | |||
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==Alternate versions== | |||
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|title = Indoor Fireworks (Solo Demo) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar | |||
|record_info = February 14, 1985, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles | |||
|release_info = April 25, 2005 | |||
|albums = [[King Of America (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2005 | |||
|length = 3:46 | |||
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==Internal links== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: King Of America] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: King Of America] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/koa.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/koa.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa_info_a01.htm Info page] | ||
*[[Template:Indoor Fireworks]] | *[[Template: Indoor Fireworks|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Indoor Fireworks covers|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.inanotherroom.com/koa.html Elvis Costello Reissues: King Of America] | ||
[[Category:1986]] | [[Category:1986]] | ||
[[Category:King Of America]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics]] | [[Category:Lyrics]] | ||
[[Category:Chords]] | [[Category:Chords]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Alternate versions]] | ||
Revision as of 04:55, 5 October 2023
We play these parlour games |
First known performance: Alternate versions
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Covers
The Big Delicious | performed live, 2003 | 2003 | info needed |
Dan Bourdeaux | performed live, 2016-09-29, Music Cafe, Damascus, Maryland | 2016 | YouTube |
Borderline Angelic | For The Folks Back Home | 2005 | info |
Laura Cantrell | performed live, 2003, World Café, Sirius Studios, New York. | 2003 | website • download |
Laura Cantrell | performed live, 2003-05-08, John Peel radio program, BBC | 2003 | BBC |
Laura Cantrell | Live At Schubas | 2004 | AllMusic • Amazon • YouTube |
Cold War Kids | Benefit At The District [EP] | 2007 | link |
Lou Dalgleish | Calmer | 1999 | AllMusic • Amazon |
Mitch Elrod | performed live, 2002-08-10, Brilliant Mistakes tribute, Albany, NY | 2002 | review |
Everything But The Girl | performed live | info needed |
Murray Foster (Moxy Früvous) | performed live | 1998 | info |
J Goodin | Live Eleven Five | 2008 | website • cdbaby |
Grand Archives | performed live, 2009, Stockholm and Seattle | 2009 | info • YouTube |
Jørn Hoel | Pictures In A Locket | 1994 | website |
Nick Lowe | The Rose Of England | 1985 | AllMusic • Amazon |
Nick Lowe | Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Rendezvous Various artists | 1998 | Allmusic • Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Misen | Walk Up Wind | 1999 | AllMusic • emusic |
Katy Moffatt | Indoor Fireworks | 1992 | AllMusic • website |
My Darling Clementine | performed live, 2020-03-06, Acapela Studios, Cardiff, Wales | 2020 | YouTube • AllMusic |
My Darling Clementine & Steve Nieve | My Darling Clementine: Country Darkness Vol. 3 | 2020 | Website |
Steve Nieve | performed live, 2020-03-19, The Daily Improvisation, France | 2020 | FaceBook 12:15 |
Kev Russell's Junker | Almost You: The Songs Of Elvis Costello Various artists | 2003 | Allmusic • Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2019 | YouTube |
Shinyribs (Kev Russell) | performed live, 2008-02-16, Eugene, OR | 2003 | archive.org |
Syd Straw | performed live | info needed |
Kelly Willis | performed live, 1997-06-10 | 1997 | info needed |
Chords
Chords: E A D G B e E7: 0 2 0 1 3 0 Esus: 0 2 2 2 0 0 B7: 0 2 1 2 0 2 C#m: 4 4 6 6 5 4 F#m: 2 4 4 2 2 2 E We play these parlour games We play at make believe E7 A When we get to the part where I say that I'm going to leave A/G# A/F# A/E B7 E Everybody loves a happy ending but we don't even try A A/G# A/F# A/E We go straight past pretending B7 C#m To the part where everybody loves to cry C#m // B7 Chorus E Esus E Indoor fireworks Can still burn your fingers B7 Indoor fireworks E We swore we were safe as houses They're not so spectacular E7 A They don't burn up in the sky A A/G# A/F# A/E B7 But they can daz - zle or delight F#m B7 Or bring a tear E When the smoke gets in your eyes You were the spice of life The gin in my vermouth And though the sparks would fly I thought our love was fireproof Sometimes we'd fight in public darling With very little cause But different kinds of sparks would fly When we got on our own behind closed doors Chorus It's time to tell the truth These things have to be faced My fuse is burning out And all that powder's gone to waste Don't think for a moment dear that we'll ever be through I'll build a bonfire of my dreams And burn a broken effigy of me and you Chorus