Elvis Costello - Watching the Detectives

from My Aim is True (1977)

[GeoWizard]

The bassist and keyboard player are criminally underrated. The drummer is sick too. Fuck it, they’re just a great band.

[stevieray]

"I was in my flat in the suburbs of London before I was a professional musician, and I'd been up for thirty-six hours. I was actually listening to the Clash's first album. When I first put it on, I thought it was just terrible. Then I played it again and I liked it better. By the end, I stayed up all night listening to it on headphones, and I thought it was great. Then I wrote Watching the Detectives" - Elvis Costello

[sans]

"She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake..."
He is a lyrical genuis.

[aquampool]

My daughter just ran into him in Nashville. Said he was super nice. Sent her this track to show what a legend she just met

[johannedoucet]

Wow Elvis, I'm listening to this 44 years after it came out and it's still as fresh as ever. Still cool, still relevant. A true measure of your artistry!

[doomgloom]

sometimes all you have is the music to keep you sane.

[jennieredd]

My fabulous taste in music brought me here

[patton]

One of my fondest memories is being 13 years old in 1983 and walking to school listening to this album. I saved for months to get my own Sony Walkman and My Aim Is True was the only cassette I owned. Still sounds just as fresh.

[fatovamingus]

You know you don't have to look for some deep cut to find the best of Elvis Costello because damn this will always be one of the greatest songs. This is Elvis Costello

[chookin]

That is probably the best bass line ever, and Im a huge Japan fan.

[ramongalbert]

Casablanca, Morocco 🇲🇦 rockin this on a🌡🏝day at the beach with 💨💨☕🧿

A true classic 💎

[lesjohnson]

THE GREATEST LINE EVER IN POP MUSIC! "FILING HER NAILS WHILE THEY DRAG THE LAKE!"

[MichaelClark-uwex]

Visible shivers running down my spine...

Every time i hear this song.

They don't write em like this any more.

[deepgroovebass]

Such a great groove, bass line is sick

[rgbplumbinghilton]

I was 5 when this came out and my dad bought it and I loved it then and still love it now. This is Elvis at his best!

[betsyduncan]

I love Declan MacManus and have done since the late 70s. This is one of his best of all of his eminently extraordinary songs, which is saying a lot! I'm really excited that I'm going to get to see him and the Imposters when his tour comes to my neck o' the woods in January!

[DadsOnBass]

in quarantine transporting back to when I first heard this ♡♡♡ My Dad brought me here

[bigtexmacgonigle]

"She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake...." always loved that line.

[carlwhitney]

Bringing the reggae sound to the masses .

[viciousdope]

What an album!!!! Damn near every song is/was a classic. Idc what anyone says, Elvis Costello put out a hell of a debut album…hard to compete with all these gems.