Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Everyday I Write The Book
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Official Music Video for Everyday I Write The Book performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions performing.
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(C) 1983 Elvis Costello
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Thanks a million!
Anyone here in 2024?
Cheers!
👍
Every day mate ;-)
Without doubt sir!! The man's a genius 😊
One of the most underrated songs of all time! 😊
its honestly arranged like a miracle, quite perfect.
Such a cleverly written tune. And damn that bass is super underrated.
Let's take a minute to salute the quality of the Charles and Diana impersonators.
I'D be interested to know how the one who impersonated Princess Diana looks today; she undoubtedly would look very similar to the REAL Diana now, (had she lived).
Quite so. They are perfect!
100%
They make you nostalgic for simpler times. If only the real Diana and Charles had a happy ending.
@@lisairis4842 Both were alive when this video was made.
I'm French, 60. Saw him twenty times in Paris. He's the best musician, composer, lyricist I've ever heard. Love from Paris.
Oh, so you must have seen him at the Grand Rex, many years ago, when Steve Nieve did his own separate show. Loved it. Million times better than at the Olympia, years before - I got so bored then
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Wonderful 80's years!
I'm also 60 and had the pleasure of seeing Elvis Costello in Raleigh/Durham, NC, USA waaay back in the mid 90's. One of the best concerts I'd ever seen. The other group was America. I caught their tour at a tiny venue in Asheville, NC USA in roughly the time period. Both amazing!!
I'm going to go see him with the Imposters, Daryl Hall and Charlie Sexton in Bend, Oregon on June 8; CAN'T WAIT!
I genuinely think this is one of the most clever pop songs ever written
Saw Elvis live for free at El rey theater in Los Angeles. He announced a free concert while opening for the police at Hollywood bowl. No one believed him, they thought he was joking. Great show... He played the other Elvis too.
Every day. Elvis Costello is cool af.
This is a fragment of why he was inducted in to The Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame in 2004. Always admired his song writing, his voice his intellect & his humility. One of my all time favourites this bloke. 💜
So many great songs. Hit after hit. And then some more for the fans that listen.
😍🥰
Humility isn't a word I would use to describe him
He's a bloody lib....but I love his voice...I'll never purchase...Shut up and sing...as they say.
@@rattyeely
Thank you, exactly...he's a lib.
Elvis Costello defines cool. A writer, a performer of pure genius.
That line "when your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote", never made me think what it actually means. After being dumped I definitely now know what he is talking about. Such a clever song.
I genuinely believe this is one of the best songs of my near 47 years here
Me too and I'm 66!
i remember this Vid on MTV...seeing the Princess Diana & Prince Charles likenesses after all's been said and done are Haunting.
love this song and have to shout out to the backup singers Claudia Fontaine and Caron Wheeler.. much respect for the skill and beauty of their singing.
Afrodisiac!!! 😍😍
🙋🏾♂️ Yep in 1989 they became members of Soul ll Soul, with Caron as lead singer.
@@I_Love_my_adblock4408 - Wow I didn't know that! I love Back to Life!
Claudia Fontaine died in 2018
Caron Wheeler from Soul II Soul? Whoa!
Every day, every day, every day I write the book.
Caron Wheeler as a background singer. Soul To Soul lead singer. Awesome!!!
Apparently Elvis wrote this song in 10 minutes..........pure GENIUS. It's almost criminal that this song only made it to 26 in the UK Charts & Top 40 in the US. Should've been a No.1 HIT.
It is in my book! #1 Every day, I can never get tired of hearing this tune! And love introducing it to anyone who doesn't know it, and they thank me for doing so! Love ya Elvis C! And also just really learning the lyrics! After all these years!
He wrote and sang a lot of brilliant songs; I think his vocal style limited his mass appeal to some extent. His records should have gotten more appreciation, but his songs should also have been covered the way Dylan's were.
@@pcno2832 EC was very commercially successful earlier on (77' - 81') and sold consistently well throughout his career. In that era there was a transition of sorts happening from the old guard and style to the new, and you also still had the old commercial dinosaurs to compete with who were taking a HUGE slice of the pie (BOSTON, CHICAGO, THE EAGLES, REO SPEEDWAGON, DOOBIE BROS, KANSAS etc....etc....) so it was pretty hard for some of the new wave artists to get a foot in. Then MTV took over in the early to mid 80's and if you weren't a pretty boy or girl you had no chance LOL.
I totally agree
@@ramonedwards3458 "It is in my book!"---uh, no pun intended?
All these years of listening to this song and I just realized the piano piece is probably supposed to be the sound of the typewriter he is writing the book with. Neat.
Ooooh, great auditory catch! I do little things like that in some of my songs too.
Yes Sir. I concur...What a great observation..!!!
The one finger typing on the keyboard is what I'm just now noticing.
80’s pure gold, nothing else comes close❤️
Before there was even a hint of marriage trouble between Charles and Diana, there was this video. Way ahead of its time
On the contrary, it was well known by this time that they hated each other. Not only had it been all round the underground rumour mill, it had even been in newspaper gossip columns.
@@misterteaificationHate? She was chosen to have babies he’s married to the women he has always loved and Diana didn’t know because she wasn’t the brightest bulb on the tree.
@@dinahbrown902 yes, she hated him. You don't need to make her a helpless victim in all this. She had agency.
My parents had their Elvis... and I had mine. 😎
Isn't that present tense?
Do your children have one as well?
He's NOT ELVIS. His NAME is DECLAN MAC MANUS - he'll NEVER BE ELVIS
whydha think he doesn't call himself by his REAL name?
..I had both thank God!☺
The yank one was an over eating in uninspiring tosser!
Princess Di was so pretty, Elvis Costello delivers another good song
I saw him live in Los Angeles when I was 10 or 11 years old! 1980 or ‘81 my older cousin took me
if our pop charts were only still filled with this awesome songwriting.
Exactly! So many now are just repetitive lines, again and again.
@@karlherrmann4643 Songs these days are all hook and nothing to hang on it.
@atomic-fox Damn right-Most of today’s “music” is nothing but overproccesed electronic shit with *ZERO* hard work or talent…
…Anyone who likes that electronic shit is a fool. Am I right?
'Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal
I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel'
Brilliant
+MegaDonGallo RIGHT!!?? just amazing
I'm wondering if this line was inspired by Kurt Vonnegut
Nobody writes that good anymore!
@@superbassomatic *I* do. You just don't see it because art is often private and never becomes otherwise.
@@amandajstar if a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
A master songwriter making it look effortless.
Ilovethismusic
Elvis Costello is pure lyrical genius.......no filler
Definitely!
we need more like this...
"Even in a perfect world, where everyone was equal, I'd still have the film rights and would be working on the sequel......"
Pure genius!!!
Even the Beatles "borrowed" lyrics and riffs Lyrically this song is inspired by two 1950s songs, namely Book Of Love by the Monotones and "I Could Write A Book" by Frank Sinatra and others. Costello's music is borrowed from 1970s Philadelphia soul music but is distinctive enough in its own write (sic) .
EVERYDAY...
When I was 20 I had the biggest crush on Elvis Costello and all my friends teased me unmercifully . I didnt care,I loved him. Im 58 now and I still do . This is my favorite by him,though its hard to choose.
Johnny This guy is a pure genius , ive adoed him since his beginning , what a fantastic voice , hes so versatile in every aspect ,, i still have a towel he threw out into the audience xx Jane xx
Love that
I was like 8 when mine started… I was an odd one tho 🤣 still luv him
My oldest was born in '95 & my fully melanated family was lost about where his name came from🤭I still regret not making it his first name but his middle name is Declan & that's what I call him.I've been in love with Elvis Costello since I was 7 years old❤️
Reminds me of the Martha Plimpton character from 200 Cigarettes… then she wakes up and realizes Elvis Costello came to her party but then she cries bc she doesn’t remember him being there bc she got wasted bc she thought no one was coming to her party 😂
At 65 I'm writing my book.
Really? I'm 63 and keep being told that I should write mine
Loved this song when I heard it in 1983 and it still sounds fresh nearly 40 years later. Great bass, clever lyrics, melody and the video makes me feel melancholy. Back in the day when Charles and Di were newly married and the world was simpler and brighter.
I wonder what the Princess Di lookalike looks today.
It would give perhaps a clue to what the REAL Princess Diana would've looked like today had she lived.
👍👍
@@davidharrison7014 I agree because that look alike looked so much like princess Diane I couldn’t believe it!
The craftsmanship in composing this piece is admirable. The bass, the chorists, the flowing bridge, the guitar riffs, the singing, the melody ❤
Agreed. Wow.😊
He wrote it in 10 minutes!
Mustang, dicect the lyrics and introduce the video with boxing gloves on a typewriter....genius. but Oliver's army is an historic walk back in time.....shipbuilding kills me and She is a wedding song.
You could do a PHD on this Elvis.
The lyrics of this song are OUTSTANDING.
absolutely so
Some would call this... "PERFECT"
Or rather,
"Absolutely Perfect"!
I like the synthesizer too.
You said you’d stand by me in the middle of chapter 3, but you were up to your old tricks in chapters 4,5, and 6
"all your compliments and cutting remarks... are captured here in quotation marks" .This (and many other insightful, witty, and touching lyrics) is why he was a first ballot Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee. His aim is true
This guy never gets old.
I agree with you.
I agree with you.
Totally Agree
Proud to say, as a 20-yr-old I bought this classic & shared it every day with my neighbours :)
wish you were my neighbor.
You have great taste!🙂
Stil friends with the neighbours ?
nice
same
I adored this song!!!!
When your Dream Boat turns out to be a Foot Note, classic Elvis line...
Yes! I always liked, "When you find strange hands in your sweater" too...
Its a great song with lots to love about it.. Elvis Costello is genius of his time , still listening in 2022
Everyday.
@Daxx Brother. Mentally, emotionally, and spiritually we're all writing our personal autobiographies. Everyday.
Everyday! Jeanette.Tuhi.
And 2023
I said to my wife,"everyday I write the book" ,it stuck in my head so I decided to load up the song on CZcams and proceeded to repeat about 10 times! I LOVED it in 1983 and even more now! Truly Great!
God I love love love love this song. "Up to your old tricks in chapters 4,5 and 6" they really dont write em like this anymore. Damn I miss the 80s. Dammit. Peace.
You said it girlfriend! :D I remember watching this video when MTV was just a toddler. And obviously none of us knew poor Diana was in an awful, loveless marriage, with an ugly cheater. This is my 2nd fav song of his, my top fav is still Veronica. Wish we could hop in Mr. Peabody's Time Machine and go back there, when musicians actually created their own interesting music, look and style. Cheers :D
Now isn't there a gofundme for a time machine I think I would give big time.
LOL! ;D Me too girl!
Nobody writes 'em like Costello. ..
Doug Bale You got that right! Everyday he writes the book. LOL Cheers :D
Anybody else think of this song today? RIP Queen Elizabeth and Diana Of course, maybe you just like this song "Everyday".
I love this song. Thanks for posting.
The background singers went on to form Soul II Soul.
Love that too.
Awesome song ❤
Coolest backup singers. One of my favorite songs.
RIP Claudia Fontaine (the tall
backing singer in this video).
She was a backing singer for a lot of artists
Damn Mami, What's Your Instagram?
how many great songs has she sang on
@@brijones the list reads like a who's who of big name acts
Wow That's SAD. Loved her backup vocals, too. She reminds me of June Pointer of the The Pointer Sisters.
AMAZING bass line by Mr. Bruce Thomas himself. One of my very favorites out of thousands of favorites!
Who's listening to this masterpiece in 2022?
Not me. What year is this?
@@l.siestador7248 Right now, it's 2024.
And I STILL think it's a masterpiece!
Count me in 2024😊
2024. I'll be listening to it every year till I croak
2024 and still listening
One of my faves from the best years of my life. 16 in 1983 when this came out. The bass line and keyboard bouncing off each other still sounds fantastic. And Elvis melodys and lyrics are as brilliant as ever. ANYBODY GOT A TIME MACHINE? Take me back to 1983 and leave me there. PERIOD!
I enjoyed a fantastic year
can you drop me off in '81
1983, the best year in modern music. There’s not a close second.
Take me with you!
...hearing you right now...☺
Such killer bass work in this song.
Bruce Thomas is one of the great unsung bass players. He laid down all kinds of amazing work on Elvis Costello's stuff. Just about any of their albums is a perfect example, but I prefer Blood and Chocolate for probably his most fiery, balls-to-the wall fretwork.
@@crescentfreshbret If you think "Blood & Chocolate" had killer bass, try either "This Year's Model" or "Get Happy!" Prepare to be blown away!!!
The 2 replies above are why I love CZcams
@@Stiglr 5ive Gears in Reverse
Two words.... SHABBY DOLL !!!
What a clever song.....”equal” and “sequel “... brilliant rhymes
Much better than:
"Are you chicken, Donald Trump?
I ain't gonna eat the rump!"
Saw him do this song with Allen Toussaint live, it was a really cool version.
Actually accosted Elvis Costello after the show on his way back to his hotel.
He was surprisingly nice to me even though I was a sweaty teenager and all I wanted to do was tell him how much all the extra material on his Rhino reissues inspired me to become a wildly versatile musician that could play anything in any style.
...in the middle another sweaty teenager ran up, asked him to sign a This Year's Model LP, and then ran away screaming about it once it was signed.
After that Elvis offered to sign something for me, I said I didn't have anything and he said "How about the ticket to the show?"
I still have that ticket, and I actually got it signed by Steve Nieve and Pete Thomas not long after that night.
One of my favorite Elvis Costello songs.
the harmony on this song is angelic. also, the two background singers are amazing. great video.
The two background singers went on to Soul II Soul...I just want to know why are the not on shoes.
@@1234attheconcert Yes. The woman on the right is Caron Wheeler.
You are right the song sticks in your mind. Now and then I have to hear it again.
@@ISVVVc628 Livin' in in the Light.
@@1234attheconcert Not to mention that their feet must've been freezing.
So strange I never knew any Elvis Costello music until I heard, him cover some George Jones songs. Now he’s always on my playlist.
Costello one of my all-time favorites but can anyone name a singer or band from England in the 80's that didn't shake the music chart pillars.
What a well written song
It is, Very well constructed. Great harmony vocals and you cannot beat Steve Naïve on the keyboards.
Bingo. He could write a helluva song.
"I love how the Diana look alike pays no mind to dorky Charles. She's had enough of him. Shows no romance to her. Love how she sighs, nods, turns away from him.
I like Elvis Costello's blue tie with his suit.
Love this song. 💙
*"Everyday I write the Book"*
A very underrated song, artist, and video..........
I love it!!!
What a genious was Elvis Costello melting the couple Diana/Charles with the silent movies with the great Rudolf Valentino❤
how in the world can a song like this only have 2 million views.??? it's ridiculous. a lyrical masterpiece like this deserves like 10s of millions of views. are you kidding me?
Almost 4 million views as I type this on 9 November 2023.
"Even in a perfect world, where everyone was equal, I'd still own the film rights and be working on a sequel."
Golden!!
Love all Costello's song's brilliant ❤🎉
5 words : Elvis Costello is an icon
*Happy 40th Anniversary to Elvis Costello & the Attractions' Punch the Clock released Aug. 5, 1983.*
Bob Dylan said this is one of his favorite songs
Which is funny, considering Elvis Costello always dismisses this as a "lightweight" song he dashed off as an experiment in trying to sound like Smokey Robinson. I think most listeners hear it differently though.
Dylan also took a shitload of drugs though. Just sayin!
I'm with Dylan on this one
Got a Tom Tom club vibe, don't know who was first
@@KIERNAN100 Tom Tom club ( we called them half a talking head back then) by about 2 years.
I have a soft spot for corny/intelligent lyrics. And when combined with catchy actually good music, it's just
*chef's kiss*
This never gets old unlike me lol
Autumn 1983 it was a good time better than now
Elvis is my all time favorite musician. He has cancer and I pray he is okay. Love you so much, buddy!
I heard this song on the Wedding Singer, when Sammy was driving in his limo, I IMMEDIATELY looked it up! Great jam!
I was in high school when this song came out. I liked it then and I like it now. I'm now 58 years young.
An absolute masterpiece. My favourite Elvis Costello track. The closest he came to Synth-Pop.
SO TRUE!!!
Its April 2023 and still loving this guy❤
Hello Helen
How are you doing today?
Nice meeting you here
He wrote the cleverest lyrics - love this.
Hello Lisa
How are you doing today?
Nice meeting you here
masterpiece - especially when you know the lyrics!
Jill S I made a point to memorize them many years ago, and I still know every word!
This song should get radio play, but sadly, these days it doesn't.
In Italy we have on radio almost always
listen to softrockradio, it's there and plenty of other stuff!
@@rsturbolad26 can i listen on streaming?
I don’t listen to radio anymore….
Not even on 80s weekends. Costello get underplayed in general.
My dad had his greatest songs on cassette while I was growing up. I can't tell you how many times I've heard this song as a child. The one thing that I can say is that it is one of the songs of my youth and I love it!
The only thing that I love more than this is my memory of hearing him perform this live with my father in attendance back in 2017!!!
Thanks for telling this memory.
It's great.
Best intro ever!
The way you walk, the way you talk and try to kiss me
And laugh in four or five paragraphs
All your compliments and your cutting remarks
Are captured here in my quotation marks (ooh-hoo)
[Chorus]
I'm giving you a longing look
Everyday (everyday), everyday (everyday), everyday
Everyday I write the book
Everyday I write the book
My wife and I made this song our first dance at our wedding.
A timeless classic!
Anyone else hear this and think “damn he could have matched Roy Orbison note for note” ? Amazing…and his voice was only a fraction of all his talent…
Still sounds good in 2024❤
"Critics love Elvis Costello because they all look like him" - David Lee Roth
David Lee .. who ?
This is a very underrated song. Well written, well produced and well performed. It doesn't get the credit it deserves.
S C This song sounds fresh even in 2020. Nobody better than Elvis for lyrics.
I am so in the Elvis mood tonight… chapter 2
he`s a very humble man, no bs/ he`s a wonderful songwriter
This song is a master piece
To keep my sanity (especially in today's times), I must come here to listen to one of the great songs in my lifetime. Comforts the soul. Shout out to Ms. Wheeler! ❤❤❤❤❤
And Ms. Fontaine.
Who are Wheeler and Fontaine?
How does he do it ....he's head and shoulders above most other song writers
Claudia is one of our own, one of South London's finest. She was cool and kind. Karen, of course, has been a star practically her whole life, from teenage sensation in Brown Sugar, to becoming the voice of Soul II Soul. I have always loved this song and Elvis' lyricism.
Love this song! And using Charles and Diana are hilarious! A perfect way to illustrate this song. Look at Charles typing with boxing gloves - he has no intention of writing a sequel or working things out.
Ha ha. I had several ideas but yeah that fits perfectly. Thank you
A song about life...nothing complicated about it..
"It’s just a bunch of words on paper if you don’t get it published." 😉☺️😎
Love this song ,very intelligent lyrics, lovely voice. Superb.
“Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal, I’d still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.” So many great lines including the others mentioned here. This song is heaven as evidenced by the frequent chills up the back of my neck and tears out of nowhere. One of the best bass lines ever, great melody and harmony interplay, and highly emotional. “Man Out of Time” is another fave - both I want to cover in my next band. Cheers EC!
The background singers are great!!
she's got eyes like saucers, you think she's a dish :-) He does know how to turn a phrase.
brilliant video
Hey you should look up a band called The Doublejumps if you like Elvis Costello
lyrical genius in pop
I always thought he was saying, “everyday I ride the bull” like you’re giving me a hard time.
That could also work! Sounds like a typical Elvis Costello song title.
My favorite Elvis Costello song.