Lovin' 'n hatin' Elvis in Palm Beach
The Palm Beach Post has yet another list -
50 best rock intros
23. Mystery Dance, Elvis Costello. The other Elvis
doesn't waste time with an intro, just starts spitting
out the lyrics in this tribute to hot-and-cold
passion: "Romeo was restless, he was ready to kill..."
50 worst songs of great rockers.
How To Be Dumb, Elvis Costello: Elvis really hit the
bitter mother lode with this overbearingly scathing
slap at former bass player Bruce Thomas. Elvis goes
straight past clever sniping into a full-blown tirade
("Trapped in the House of the Perpetual Sucker/ where
bitterness always ends so pitifully/ You always had to
dress up your envy in some half-remembered
philosophy"). Open ugliness usually makes the writer
look worse than his target.