# Top 6@6 Week #33 Headliner Poll: Post Your 6 Favorite Tracks By Elvis Costello **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-33-headliner-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-elvis-costello/140071 "2002-12-02T23:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-33-headliner-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-elvis-costello/140071/41 "2002-12-05T14:27:18Z")
**Oliver’s Army Watching the Detectives (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea I Want You Welcome to the Working Week (All The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes** Owww… special mention to Everyday I Write The Book, which could easily replace Red Shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-33-headliner-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-elvis-costello/140071/42 "2002-12-05T17:32:42Z")
This was difficult because I have been really overexposed to Elvis Costello for my whole life - my dad is a _huge_ fan of his. It’s like picking one childhood memory over another, because these songs are all part of the soundtrack for my life. But heck, here’s my list. 1. God’s Comic 2. Brilliant Mistake 3. Little Atoms 4. I Can’t Stand Up (For Falling Down) 5. Radio, Radio 6. Alison ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-33-headliner-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-elvis-costello/140071/43 "2002-12-07T00:35:11Z")
I knew hardly anything by Elvis Costello prior to this week, so I decided to do some research and got my hands on all the Elvis I could find. Here’s what I decided: 1. Radio, Radio 2. When I Was Cruel No. 2 3. Allison 4. New Amsterdam 5. Watching the Detectives 6. (I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-33-headliner-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-elvis-costello/140071/44 "2002-12-07T12:53:33Z")
1. Watching the Detectives 2. Shipbuilding 3. Pump It Up 4. Alison 5. St. Stephen’s Day Murders (with Chieftains) 6. (What’s So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding ---
**Author:** ![Leechboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Leechboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leechboy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-33-headliner-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-elvis-costello/140071/45 "2002-12-07T13:46:09Z")
1. All this Useless Beauty 2. I Want You 3. Allison 4. Tramp the Dirt Down 5. Veronica 6. For Other Eyes ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-33-headliner-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-elvis-costello/140071/46 "2002-12-07T14:19:59Z")
[list=1] [li]Watch Your Step ( **thermalribbon** , I was sure I was gonna be the only one to include this one)[/li][li]King Horse[/li][li]Waiting for the End of the World[/li][li]Motel Matches[/li][li]The Loved Ones[/li][li]Human Hands[/li][/list=1] ---
**Author:** ![marinwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@marinwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marinwood)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-33-headliner-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-elvis-costello/140071/47 "2002-12-07T17:52:54Z")
1. Veronica 2. Pump It Up 3. God’s Comic 4. God Give Me Strength 5. Watching the Detectives 6. (All The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-33-headliner-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-elvis-costello/140071/48 "2002-12-07T21:49:17Z")
6 - Man Out of Time 5 - Mystery Dance 4 - Alison 3 - What’s So Funny bout… 2 - Watching The Detectives 1 - Good Year For The Roses My favorite lyric, from the last song: _Or the lip-print on a half-filled cup of coffee that you poured and didn’t drink, But at least you thought you wanted it, that’s so much more than I can say for me._ Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-33-headliner-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-elvis-costello/140071/49 "2002-12-07T23:03:36Z")
I dont think its all that odd that everyone would claim it is difficult to pick the best Costello tunes: this could be because he has written many phenomenal songs, which he has, or it could also be a function of the demographics. After all, the people that post here are more likely to be die-hard ravenous music fans, which is precisely the sort of people who are more likely to be huge Elvis fans, (as opposed to bands such as BTO, NTTAWWT ;)) ::::insert obligatory “get to the working overtime part!!!” here::::: ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-33-headliner-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-elvis-costello/140071/50 "2002-12-07T23:52:41Z")
1. King Horse 2. Waiting For The End Of The World 3. For Other Eyes 4. Pump It Up 5. Radio, Radio 6. Veronica [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-6-6-week-33-headliner-poll-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-elvis-costello/140071.md?page=2)