Today's slow drag is with the title track from "All This Useless Beauty," released in 1996. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: @slowdragremedy Email: [email protected] Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: "All this Useless Beauty": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrDC4EYmgYs Elvis Costello Wiki Reference: "All This Useless Beauty": http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/All_This_Useless_Beauty_(song)  "All This Useless Beauty" June Tabor version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX1cnBPXT38 Bechdel Test Movie List: https://bechdeltest.com Bechdel Test Original comic strip:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1gAF_bCo_4Y/TexG3UuxAMI/AAAAAAAAAsk/1RnUFtjHXOw/s1600/The+Bechdel+Test.jpg   Bechdel Test for music: https://urge.org/the-bechdel-test-for-music/ Shall vs. Will: https://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/shall_will.htm The Mystery of Mary Magdalene: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016qd9z Quote about being a club member, Groucho Marx: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/groucho_marx_122546 The Hellenistic Period: https://www.ancient.eu/Hellenistic_Period/ Elvis Costello Rock and Roll Hall of Fame speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFObHCqccVk Madonna and Whore Dichotomy: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-04940-001    "All This Useless Beauty" Lyrics: It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit If she wasn't so ladylike She imagines how she might have lived back when legends and history collide So she looks to her prince finding since he's so charmingly slumped at her side Those days are recalled on the gallery wall And she's waiting for passion or humour to strike (Chorus:) What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty? All this useless beauty Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time 'Til he almost began to negotiate She held his head like a baby and said "It's okay if you cry" Now he wants her to dress as if you couldn't guess He desires to impress his associates But he's part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny (Repeat Chorus) She won't practice the looks from the great tragic books That were later disgraced to face celluloid It won't even make sense but you can bet If she isn't a sweetheart or plaything or pet The film turns her into an unveiled threat Nonsense prevails, modesty fails Grace and virtue turn into stupidity While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts They still think they're the gods of antiquity If something you missed didn't even exist It was just an ideal -- is it such a surprise? (Repeat Chorus Twice)

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