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Listen "23 :: False and Lovely Modesty :: A Slow Drag with "Little Atoms""
Episode Synopsis
Today's slow drag is with "Little Atoms," from "All This Useless Beauty," released in 1996. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello's birth name. . . . 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: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Little_Atoms "Little Atoms" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7OSkO1vG7I Rolling Stone review of "All This Useless Beauty" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/all-this-useless-beauty-204765/ "All This Useless Beauty" review: https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-this-useless-beauty-mw0000173695 A "conceit": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conceit Elvis Costello, "Little Atoms," "Larry Sanders": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unpbrKHtSSE 1 Corinthians 13: http://web.mit.edu/jywang/www/cef/Bible/NIV/NIV_Bible/1COR+13.html "Little Atoms" Lyrics I arose and Marigold lay down with Curious Iris Cherry gave to Victor her prudence and her virus For the sake of purity I can recall the time and place Between Wisdom and Murder she gave up her immaculate face (Chorus:) My poor belated chastity fell foul of grown up games, With false and lovely modesty I can recall the names I'll miss In the particle of me that cares for this I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss Patience has her virtue still but every grace must have its price I through some felicity may spin a tale of constant vice I took my better nature out, drowned it in the babbling stream Took the blossom of my youth and blew it all to smithereens (Repeat Chorus) And if you still don't like my song / then you can just go to hell I don't care if I'm right or wrong / or if my typewriter can spell But I cannot promise you I've said "Goodbye" to childish things There's still some pretty insults left and such sport in threatening (Repeat Chorus) And for the sake of clarity They are "Faith", "Hope", and "Charity" In the particle of me that cares for this I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss
In God we trust