{"id":1235,"date":"2021-07-07T20:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T03:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/?p=1235"},"modified":"2021-07-16T20:35:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T03:35:59","slug":"music-20-great-elvis-costello-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/music-20-great-elvis-costello-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"music: 20 great Elvis Costello songs are the tip of the iceberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>American Songwriter<\/em> has a long click-through article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/the-top-20-elvis-costello-songs\/\">The Top 50 Elvis Costello Songs of All Time<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/music\/costello_guitar.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>(promotional image? I can&#8217;t find a photographer or copyright)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a hell of a list (actually only 20, they updated the <code>h1<\/code> heading but not the <code>title<\/code>) by one if the greats. We own original releases of almost everything Elvis Costello has recorded, but the rarities in the list make a good case for buying all the bonus disc deluxe Rhino blahblah reissues as well. I agree with every inclusion author Jim Beviglia makes, and he picks the best songs from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trust_(Elvis_Costello_album)#Critical_reception\">Trust<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\u2665\ufe0f\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tac\/1\/16\/2665.png\"> (that album was my gateway into major fandom after loving &#8220;Alison&#8221; and liking the early singles), but leaving out &#8220;Couldn&#8217;t Call it Unexpected No. 4&#8221;?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Couldn&#039;t Call It Unexpected No. 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rKon0VHmwPQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elvis is an elite member of the &#8220;run of five great albums&#8221; club, along with <a href=\"\/blog\/2020\/08\/music-wondering-at-stevie-wonder\/\">Stevie Wonder<\/a>, Joni Mitchell, the Beatles, &#8230; I don&#8217;t mind <a href=\"\/blog\/2005\/04\/music-scritti-politti-b-sides-and.html\">obscurity<\/a> and one-hit wonders, but this level of quality will (often) out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Songwriter has a long click-through article &#8220;The Top 50 Elvis Costello Songs of All Time.&#8221; It&#8217;s a hell of a list (actually only 20, they updated the h1 heading but not the title) by one if the greats. We &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/music-20-great-elvis-costello-songs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1235"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1242,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235\/revisions\/1242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}