tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post6156355095531421793..comments2024-03-25T10:47:42.656-07:00Comments on Can't Explain: Elvis Costello & the Attractions, "Man Out of Time" (1982)Jeff Pikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17148737647138431543noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post-70875263673930630472013-10-18T21:14:35.430-07:002013-10-18T21:14:35.430-07:00Great line. I always thought "Imperial Bedro...Great line. I always thought "Imperial Bedroom" was a great great CD.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post-66913285025002408802013-10-11T08:52:23.605-07:002013-10-11T08:52:23.605-07:00That's a great comparison especially to "...That's a great comparison especially to "Queen Jane Approximately." To many Costello was only one more in a long line of new Dylans (and obviously he absorbed many more influences) but I get the sense with Imperial Bedroom that he was "in the zone" the same way Dylan was in 1965, just reeling it off effortlessly. Love that anecdote about your roommate!Jeff Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148737647138431543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post-16422329114929387222013-10-11T05:55:39.299-07:002013-10-11T05:55:39.299-07:00There's such a wonderful majesty to the produc...There's such a wonderful majesty to the production and performance here. It seems very blatantly Dylanesque to me ("Queen Jane Approximately"- or "Tangled Up in Blue"-ish), but that's a good thing in this case and it's inscrutability might even be part of its charm. A rommate I had at the time this album was big used to always quote the line, "who's up late polishing the blade," reciting it with a demonic leer, suggesting an inherent psychosis -- and I've never forgotten that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com