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onehandle

(51,122 posts) Wed Jul 15, 2015, 12:29 PM Jul 2015

'But later on in the evening through the tears and fol de rol' [View all]

'Come the sentimental feelings for the lure of vitriol'

Elvis Costello would be the greatest pop/rock lyricist of all time, if not for Paul McCartney.

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'But later on in the evening through the tears and fol de rol' [View all] onehandle Jul 2015 OP

Elvis outstrips that Paul by a mile Proud Public Servant Jul 2015 #1

Simon is up at the top with them for sure. onehandle Jul 2015 #2

Saw him on the Punch the Clock tour in '83 Proud Public Servant Jul 2015 #3

i'm a real beatles fan but i'd have sir paul as best melodicist rather than lyricist. unblock Jul 2015 #4

Good spot to post Elvis doing Penny Lane at the White House last month Bluenorthwest Jul 2015 #6

Elvis Costello is a great songwriter and a man of musical challenges. An artist capable of surprise. Bluenorthwest Jul 2015 #5