Today’s slow drag is with “Brilliant Mistake,” from “King of America,” released in 1986. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name.
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Show Notes:
Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA
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References:
Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Brilliant Mistake”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Brilliant_Mistake
“Brilliant Mistake”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfICbSL6Vm0
“The Marshmallow Test”, why rich kids are so good at it: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/06/marshmallow-test/561779/
The Marshmallow Test on Patience: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/6/6/17413000/marshmallow-test-replication-mischel-psychology
Episode 4 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “The Hangover This Morning,” a slow drag with “The Big Light”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/11158313
Episode 33 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “Friends Think of Her Fondly,” a slow drag with “Our Little Angel”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/13256063
Episode 43 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “It’s Better to Confess,” a slow drag with “Glitter Gulch”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/14551127
So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo
"Brilliant Mistake" lyrics:
He thought he was the King of America
Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine
Now I try hard not to become hysterical
But I'm not sure if I am laughing or crying
I wish that I could push a button
And talk in the past and not the present tense
And watch this hurtin' feeling disappear
Like it was common sense
It was a fine idea at the time
Now it's a brilliant mistake
She said that she was working for the ABC News
It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use
Her perfume was unspeakable
It lingered in the air
Like her artificial laughter
and mementos of affairs
"Oh" I said "I see you know him"
"Isn't that very fortunate for you"
And she showed me his calling card
He came third or fourth and there were more than one or two
He was a fine idea at the time
Now he's a brilliant mistake
He thought he was the King of America
But it was just a boulevard of broken dreams
A trick they do with mirrors and with chemicals
The words of love in whispers
And the acts of love in screams
I wish that I could push a button
And talk in the past and not the present tense
And watch this lovin' feeling disappear
Like it was common sense
I was a fine idea at the time
Now I'm a brilliant mistake