Graham Parker and the Rumour - Stupefaction

[pjmuck]

In a perfect world, Graham Parker would be as successful as Elvis Costello or Joe Jackson today. Severely underrated artist.

[BennyZGarrett]

I still have my vinyl copy of this and still pull it out from time to time. What a great song!

[Ultrabrut1]

STUPID,STUPID,STUPID! Sounds like all my bosses, each and every one!

[RManFlint]

Nobody remembers the greatness of Graham Parker and the Rumour, especially with Brinsley Swartz on lead.

[foxbat25]

Can't get enough GP. Somebody load a video of 'Just Something You're Going Through'!

[madkono]

great song, but a bad recording, and its the only one.

[15Y15F]

WOW. The last time I heard this song was in 1982.

[KennyThomas47]

i watched this live when i was a 12 year old, an already avid GP fan. However, where is the "Promo" vid for this tune and why won't someone put it up? I totally remember seeing "Stupefaction" on some pre-MTV video show, where Graham is singing the tune in the back seat of a convertabile driving down the Sunset Strip. Please, someone, blow some sunshine up my skirt and POST THAT VIDEO! Love ya. Good Times. Kenny Thomas

[snappycruise]

he's better to Bob Dylan to me, sorry but my say!

[dplault01234]

play back

[bagofsoup]

My other favorite Graham Parker song! (The other being Endless Night...thanks!!!!!!!!!!!)

[tommyluvstraci]

Great tune. Sounds like something Nick Lowe would have written back in the day.

[andreaprodan]

OOOps... of course it's not! Just that his band sound so good that it could have been the record. The download is out-of-synch... that's all.

[andreaprodan]

Or is this playback?

[Wilthomer66]

YES! I saw this live, Summer 1980, went out to the mall and bought the single a few days later w/ my meagre early teenage budget, haven't seen this in...augh: 29 years!

[mywifehatesme1]

This band shore gots a lotta geetarz!

[BuddyKatt]

let's get retarded; oh, you are

[BuddyKatt]

great video and song, but the track seems to off, voice and video wise

[sossyymk]

Not as great as I remembered it, probably something to do with the overly-loud less-than-essential cheesy guitar riff. Lyrically, though, great, thought-provoking stuff & a great song.

[roadking610]

takes me back ! Joe Jackson, Graham Parker, Elvis Costello rule

[johnnyaught]

nervy, slightly strained, snarly,  and very fresh....sorry I undid your thumbs up accidently...

[onrumjhk]

I think tamori！

[2000planepearpich]

i love both those guys

[gwddd]

So boys and girls, who has the cooler shades- Graham Parker or Ian Hunter? Vote now !

[pinanti]

Every day : stupefaction !

Great song,love it.

[rudedog1960]

My favorite artist for nearly 30 years! Still going strong.

[ragozhin]

i was SO HIGH at the show he opened for cheap trick in 1978- i was ironically amused by this song!

[JohnEpi1973]

That my friend , must have been a Great show .

[ragozhin]

it was all the better because i accidentally set fire to a buddy's jean jacket with a dropped match-

oh the comedy of trying to put the flames out with a pint of vodka! (that did not go so well needless to say)

and his having to explain the new hole in his jacket to his mother!

[JohnEpi1973]

Like Mastercard says on its commercial...

Priceless moments ! lol , cannot even begin to imagine it!

[zulme]

Funny I can't remember what I did today, but I can remember every word of this song!!

[kansast]

@zulme damn straight.

[Rawblah]

@zulme best comment ever! (=

[jaye230]

...Ah, the National Anthem...:)..

[tvoh01]

@jaye230 ah there was mor then one in my op

[FloydFactor]

The man was a God. Lyrically, he was ten miles over the head of his peers. This song sure as hell is as relevant today as it ever was...

[cabronte]

Still is.

[mjraffe]

Couldnt agree more instead of billboards its soaps and reality tv shows.the more things change the more they stay the same as the french say.

[budokaijj]

It's about Friggin' Time. I watched this live when i was a kid back in '80. This is the guy that made me want to rock and i still do.I love GP and the Rumour and always will. My biggest influence. Love, Kenny Thomas And The Southern Baptists

[nothankyoumam]

Best description of a common US lifestyle, and just as relevant now as it was then. Parker is genuis, and the Rumour was a terrific band.

[zola731]

What is "a common US lifestyle"? Pray tell?

[nothankyoumam]

Expressed myself poorly. Meant commonly found lifestyle where everything is so convenient, easy, programed, and spoon-fed that people stop thinking.

[zola731]

All of this easiness and convenience allows us more time to think. Why do think think we all take Zoloft?

[nothankyoumam]

You're right. I hadn't thought about that. Got anymore of them pills?

[Rockunstank]

love this guy.