Elvis Costello - The Other Side of Summer (Extreme Honey-Very Best Of The Warner Brothers Years)
The sun struggles up another beautiful day
And I felt glad in my own suspicious way
Despite the contradiction and confusion
Felt tragic without reason
There's malice and there's magic in every season
CHORUS
From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf
The other side of Summer
To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf
The other side of Summer
The automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace
The blowtorch amusements, the voodoo chalice
The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows
A teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars
So help her if you can
'Cos she don't seem to have the attention span
CHORUS
Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions"?
A poor little schoolboy who said "we don't need no lessons"?
The rabid rebel dogs ransack the shampoo shop
The pop princess is downtown shooting up
And if that goddess if fit for burning
The sun will struggle up the world will still keep turning
Madman standing by the side of the road saying
"Look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes"
Now you can't afford to fake all the drugs your parents used to take
Because of their mistakes you'd better be wide awake
CHORUS
The mightiest rose
The absence of perfume
The casual killers
The military curfew
The cardboard city
And the unwanted birthday
The other side of summer
The dancing was desperate, the music was worse
They bury your dreams and dig up the worthless
Goodnight
God bless
And kiss "goodbye" to the earth
The other side of summer
Elvis Costello cover acoustic, Other Side of Summer (03:25)
The Other Side of Summer, opening track of MLAR
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Good cover. But isn't a video of Elvis himself singing the song?. I guess the record label didn't allow a video to be posted on youtube
Autor: andres6868 - 1 year, 2 months ago
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great guitar playing, and your voice sounded great, if you put out a cd, i'll definety buy one. yes ec would be proud mreakins
Autor: MrReakins - 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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such a difficult song but great cover
Autor: dlp2006 - 1 year ago
4
great cover dude
where i can find the chords of this song?
Autor: yakim1 - 2 years, 6 months ago
5
Great cover of a great song. E.C. is the best ever--Chris White, Editor-in-Chief, Rager Media
Autor: cdwhiteakronpoet - 2 years, 6 months ago
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that's a shame cause incredible song and video of course
Autor: erinn144 - 10 months, 2 weeks ago
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great job
Autor: philobavoire - 11 months ago
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Props
Autor: kutstudent - 2 years, 8 months ago
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Yes, a very tough chord progression. Great job with the bridge. And hitting all the lyrics perfectly. Not an easy task on any EC song, but particularly tough on this one.
All in all, great job. EC would be proud.
Autor: harringtok - 1 year, 4 months ago
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I love this cover. This is one of my favorite EC songs.
Great work!
Autor: kilaak - 2 years, 7 months ago
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That is very a decent cover. The acoustics in the room could be softer but hey, that is minute. It is very difficult to keep the chord progressions and lyrics in sync. EC is deceptive, his songs sound simple but the chords can be complicated and diverse and then throw in the odd delivery, so yeah great job!!!
Autor: elpercho - 2 years, 8 months ago
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Tremendous version,great interpretation. I like how you sneak in the G7 in place of the F chord in the one spot...tricky. The D7/D7sus really came off well. You're really talented. I was glued to the video & now have it down. You stayed in your range really well although I would have loved to hear you snap on the end ad lib vocs. Nonetheless, I've seen a phenomenal vers. It can be tough to get psyched up to play any cover jamming in your room. I truly thank you for the joy u provided me!