Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Serious Contenders: Richard Thompson, "Shoot Out The Lights"



While we're talking about RT, here's one of my comfort videos. I do love the original recording (which I can't find as easily on YouTube as I can a dozen live ones,) but I dig this dark, intense reading with Elvis Costello from his appearance on Elvis' "Spectacle" show. The riffs don't rumble as pointedly as the record, but the solos are absolutely untouchable, intense stuff.

Anyway, this dark fantasy of loneliness and personal violence will always be one of my very favourite songs, and based on any criteria, a serious contender.

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