Friday, March 21, 2008

Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello - Armed Forces - 1979

The great thing about young Elvis Costello was his understanding of masculinity. He gets it. We're kinda fuck ups, we're disappointments, but his unique approach was to be completely unapologetic about it. Before the Paul McCartney and Burt Bacharach collaborations, before Diana Krall, before VH-1, Elvis was just a pissed off British kid with hipster glasses and a "fuck you" snarl who was tired of being asked to live up to unreasonable expectations. He just wanted to be loved for who he was.

And if he goes home with that girl from the bar, even though he knows it's a stupid thing to do, accidents will happen...

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