056 :: Pure Illuminated Sweetness :: A Slow Drag with "Distorted Angel"

12/09/2020 11 min
056 :: Pure Illuminated Sweetness :: A Slow Drag with "Distorted Angel"

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Today's slow drag is with "Distorted Angel," from "All This Useless Beauty," released in 1996. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello's birth name. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/   Email: [email protected] Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ----------------------   Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "Distorted Angel": http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Distorted_Angel   "Distorted Angel": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aenmB8vjZdI   "Distorted Angel" Tricky Remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICJDe5yAJwM   References: Episode 9 of "Slow Drag with Remedy," "Grace and Virtue," a slow drag with "All This Useless Beauty": https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/11434418 Episode 23 of "Slow Drag with Remedy," "False and Lovely Modesty," a slow drag with "Little Atoms": https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/12489932 Bruegel: a fall with the Rebel Angels [Virtual Reality]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXR9EEmb-JU Need2know Music Show – Part 2 Elvis Costello: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcNJ9cNBCLU So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "Distorted Angel" Lyrics: Strange things seem to occur, somewhere behind the nursery door Though I was just a bit of a kid, it was the bit that she was looking for Now I don't know where to begin confessing The way she's making me feel it can't be a sin I was taught to believe you were looking down on everyone And your benevolent face is beautiful to gaze upon Now I just don't know who to tell to go to hell Who put the old devil in the distorted angel? Distorted Angel Pure illuminated sweetness Frightening small children is just about your only weakness I thought that you would tell me what I'm living for But I can't see you anymore I don't know what they did but I'm sorry if it made you cry And if there's any justice at all I'd be punished for it I'd surmise It will mark the spot very well where I fell Under the shadow of the distorted angel Beneath the shadow of the distorted angel Below the shadow of the distorted angel Angel Beneath the shadow of the distorted angel Below the shadow of the distorted angel Angel  

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