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"Oliver's Army" is the best cut on the album, driven with an irresistibly catchy melody that breathes life into the piano-dominated music of the 1960s. The tune is lilting and sing-along but the, lyrics, incongruously, are desperate. Costello sounds like the life of the sockhop, even when he's singing ''"And I would be anywhere else than here today."'' | "Oliver's Army" is the best cut on the album, driven with an irresistibly catchy melody that breathes life into the piano-dominated music of the 1960s. The tune is lilting and sing-along but the, lyrics, incongruously, are desperate. Costello sounds like the life of the sockhop, even when he's singing ''"And I would be anywhere else than here today."'' | ||
On "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding," he sings through the delightful din | On "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding," he sings through the delightful din of guitar chords and the lyrics so obscured it's frustrating not being able to catch them all. | ||
"Green Shirt" is a love song in tone only, in his restrained singing. The lyrics are definitely not lovestruck, however, but rather clever puns, put-downs, phrases and punctuated pauses. The words are obscure (the chorus repeats ''"You tease, you flirt / And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt,"'' but, on surface, the song seems tender. | "Green Shirt" is a love song in tone only, in his restrained singing. The lyrics are definitely not lovestruck, however, but rather clever puns, put-downs, phrases and punctuated pauses. The words are obscure (the chorus repeats ''"You tease, you flirt / And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt,"'' but, on surface, the song seems tender. |
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