Today's slow drag is with "Mischievous Ghost" from the Rhino reissue of "Mighty Like a Rose," released in 2002. It was originally released as part of the "Bringing It All Back Home" soundtrack, released in 1991. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello's birth name. This episode has been requested by a loyal and astute fan who believes "Mischievous Ghost" was the impetus for Mr. Costello's dalliance with long hair, as he seems to have spent much time "in the blank hillsides" of Ireland himself at the time. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: [email protected]   Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag   References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "Mischievous Ghost" http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Mischievous_Ghost   "Mischievous Ghost" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfbsGZvdNbk   Unmask Us, Elvis Costello on "Mischievous Ghost" https://unmask.us/songwriters-c-e/elvis-costello-p5/ The Vibrato Debate: https://www.newsounds.org/story/43709-the-vibrato-debate/   The Scottish Bagpipes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl9240HWXBU   Purchase "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday"   Listen to the audiobook for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y   "Mischievous Ghost" Lyrics   She came dancing right before my eyes She said she came to warn me Before it dawned on me I went walking on the blank hillside Where the sunset falls Where the sunset dies She gave me love / she told me lies That most mischievous ghost She was in disguise, she was in disguise, she was in disguise   He started to whistle, they bought him a flute He was talking in tongues, they swore he was mute He scoffed and blasphemed, they said it was beautiful Busted a button, they bought him a suitcase full   They colored him cricket and laced him up tight As he drew on their days, resurrected his nights He raved in the dark, he went out in a blaze "There you go," they said, "he's good for nothing and lazy"   With scandal and shame, they slandered his name They told him to freeze, they damned him to roast Disappointed that he passed away peacefully Never dying to be a mischievous ghost   They dug him up quick with a polish and lick They powdered him up till he only looked sick The hinge in his backbone would bend to applause But his dancing was not quite as lively of course   These are the rewards immortality affords Bullied and bribed and beaten to bliss Parroting slack sentimental laments Of going away and not being missed   With scandal and shame, they slandered his name They told him to freeze, they damned him to roast Disappointed that he passed away peacefully Never dying to be a mischievous ghost   With the green beer and the shamrock tattoos Singing his songs of the battles we lose And "Will ye come home again," so we can murder you What would you do if they took his word With forty-eight million to join in the toast Move over my darling mischievous ghost Mischievous ghost

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