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083 :: Catchy Little Melody
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Remedy Robinson
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audio
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Publication Date |
May 16, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:10:04

Today’s slow drag is with “Night Rally,” from the original UK release of “This Year’s Model,” released in 1978, and then from the compilation cassette “Taking Liberties,” released in the US in 1980. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello.

Show Notes:

Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA

Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy

Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com

Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com

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References:

Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Night Rally”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Night_Rally

“Night Rally”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BanwTz8_Fk

The evolution of the song meaning comment thread: https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858655549/

Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1

 

"Night Rally" Lyrics:

I would send out for assistance

but there's someone on the signal wire

And the corporation logo is flashing on and off in the sky

They're putting all your names in the forbidden book

I know what they're doing but I don't want to look

 

You think they're so dumb, you think they're so funny

Wait until they've got you running to the

Night rally, night rally, night rally

 

Everybody's singing with their hand on their heart

About deeds done in the darkest hours

That's just the sort of catchy little melody

To get you singing in the showers

 

Oh, I know that I'm ungrateful

I've got it lying on a plate

And I'm not buying my share of souvenirs

You can stand to attention

You can pray to your uncle

Only get that chicken out of here

Everyone gets armbands and 3-D glasses

Some are in the back room

And they're taking those night classes

 

You think they're so dumb, you think they're so funny

Wait until they've got you running to the

Night rally, night rally, night rally

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