Comments for "Elvis Costello - "Everyday I Write the Book"" Video at VideoSift.com

By Issykitty

Issykitty (http://issykitty.videosift.com) — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:46:52 -0700

So... it looks to me in the video that the couple are supposed to Princess Diana and the Prince of Wales. Is the song about them too? Anyone know?

By winkler1

winkler1 (http://british.videosift.com/member/winkler1) — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:34:48 -0700

found in http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=50986--

This is what Elvis had to say about the song:

"Every Day I Write The Book" is kind of a hack pop song. It doesn't have any feeling behind it. It's just an exercise in writing that sort of bad Smokey Robinson song with all the tricks of the trade...To balance [the album], we had a thing like "Everyday I Write The Book," that anybody could whistle, and that was written in 10 minutes, as a spoof. Originally I tried to do it as a lovers' rock song, and then we grafted on this kind of modern rhythmic treatment. It always begged to be done in some kind of pop style."

By notarobot

notarobot (http://british.videosift.com/member/notarobot) — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:46:26 -0700

2:24... STRONGBAD??

By AceOfKidneys

AceOfKidneys (http://british.videosift.com/member/AceOfKidneys) — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:09:29 -0700

HE sucks, why is he sucssesful?

And yes I can bash him because i write music sometimes and it IS better. I am not saying my tunes are great, but he is shit balls.

By Issykitty

Issykitty (http://issykitty.videosift.com) — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:33:06 -0700

Seriously? No offense, but WHAT THE FUCK are you doing in a comment thread of an artist you you think is "shit balls" and leaving a worthless troll comment??? What are you, 10 years old? Kindly go back to Youtube or Break please. KTHANKXBYE.

>> ^AceOfKidneys:
HE sucks, why is he sucssesful?

And yes I can bash him because i write music sometimes and it IS better. I am not saying my tunes are great, but he is shit balls.