#AlternateFridayMusic for October 9 2026 the theme is "Vitriol"
Artist: Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Album: All This Useless Beauty (1996)
Song: Complicated Shadows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5A8ZUB6b1I
But the jury was dismissed
Took his neck and they give it a twist
So you see you won't be missed in those Complicated Shadows
I find Elvis Costello extremely uneven, but this album is a high point. This song was originally written for Johnny Cash (and a later album contains the more country-style version) but they electrified it for this version and it's Costello at his most biting. Lyrically its about misguided vigilantism, but I love the vicious tone of the words.
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