nasquasha

quotes-between-the-notes:

There is a song on Imperial Bedroom, “The Loved Ones,” that is the hardest song to get over. Considering it’s got such a light pop tune, it’s like saying, “Fuck posterity; it’s better to live.” It’s the opposite of Rust Never Sleeps. It’s about, Fuck being a junkie and dying in some phony romantic way like Brendan Behan or Dylan Thomas. Somebody in your family’s got to bury you, you know?

That’s a complicated idea to put in a pop song. I didn’t want to write a story around it - I wanted to just throw all of those ideas into a song. Around a good pop hook.

- Elvis Costello, 1982