No Action - Elvis Costello

[thegunclub123]

Yo Richard Belzer, cool it.

[bettyfelon1]

Where's Bruce?

[thebrooklynculprit]

Everytime I read asinine comments on Youtube I just wanna put you down.

[TheBearcat222]

This sounds like SHIt

[AshMonday]

Three people should not have taken action.

[IGotARight]

this RULES! thank you!!!

[HitoshiK9]

Elvis is rockin' the Carol Brady hairdo.

Just kiddin'. Love ya, Elvis!!!

[comingupryan]

EVERY TIME I PHONE YOU I JUST WANNA PUT YOU DOWN

[MrHano2013]

This takes me back into the good ol' times.

I have always loved this tune .. Still do. No shit.

Greetings from Belgium.

[GreenBaldrick]

More Elvis,less The Attractions,please!

[ponyshowharmonica]

This years talentless fucks don't even come close. Blondie and Elvis were the best (some of the best) of the 80's. Please wake up America and stop being irresponsible losers.

[NBM3]

Symbiotic rhythm sections are a thing of true and lasting beauty !

[suburbanindie]

I think this performance has been enhanced by some nose um... candy.

[superlou1s]

Elvis Costello- The only man in the world that can pull off an unkempt, british mullet.

Brilliant live set

[dcarr84]

I cant stand up for falling down

[varsityredheads]

Filmed by the drummer's girlfriend.

[PackwoodParish]

the attractions could play but they sure can't sing

[Matshoppahulle]

Think of sying that to a girl you want to break up with:

"I don´t wan´t to kiss you I don´t wan´t to touch.

I don´t wan´t to see you but I don´t miss you that much"

Bloody brilliant.

[frogpower1234]

Elvis costello is the best!

[sinewavefunction]

he wears glasses with no actual glass in 'em

[kkamins]

he's got glass in them ... and they are damn near coke bottles.  note the lights reflecting off of the lenses.

[sinewavefunction]

That's just an old quote from a radio interview with Steve Jones and Paul Cook.

[xaxamayaiuffa]

nice

[muddy2]

This is proof that you can't ask for a better band than The Attractions!

[awsomefullerestest]

sooo true

[looseparts]

Ok... Here's a big opportunity to the person who filmed this... If you're watching, perhaps you'd like a chance to explain your retched technique just once before we hunt you down and tie you to a chair in film school for a week and then send you back in time to try it again. Maybe you had a great reason to focus on Pete's face (he plays drums - very, very well - with his hands and feet. Not his face. Oh. btw, it's Elvis' song. One chance. Explain yourself.

[ibanez065]

He did get a nice shot at that microphone at the end!..

[vhsorbeta35]

At least we got it here, you douche bag.

[jmm1000]

This is REALLY well shot!!

[282828m]

love this one sooo much ^^

[elliottchrist]

I love seeing them rip the shit up. Between this, "Welcome to the Working Week," and "Accidents Will Happen," Elvis really knows how to start an album.

[DeeDonner]

1978 in Detroit? Where??? Royal Oak Theatre?

Bookies?State? Masonic Temple?

[alminmusic]

Superb! Rockin live version, hair and all & I love you! Taken back. Thank you! Cheers! I need the whole gig!!!! NOW :)

[KCVROCKS2008]

elvis has a lot more hair here! rockin tune isn't it?

[mikewattdisciple]

I give your weak troll attempt a D-.

[tipsband004]

whaaat?! Are you kidding

[javernot]

I saw Elvis ic. 1978 at Berkeley Community Theater. He only played about 20 minutes, and left the audience in an appropriately pissed off mood, a group of angry young men and women.

[xarlyvicious]

where is this song in the emule or other site please??

[TenneyMead]

saw Elvis about 15 times; great songwriter but in terms of live performance, he punched out at 90 minutes and was always on time. Got the feeling that he hated the whole experience and it was just a job, like say, bricklaying.

[herwitz]

That was only true in the very earliest part of his career. I saw him in NYC every year, often several times a year, from 1978 all the way through the end of the 90's, never missing a tour, and his performanecs were always extraordinarily passionate, the shows epic and feature-lenghth, and extremely satisfying. Only Springsteen could touch him as a live performer

[surfwaxafghani]

then why did you see him 15 times?

[HappyMOGS]

One of the best rock songs ever written. Period. :)

[xanjohn]

EC and the Attractions in 1978 = ROCK AND ROLL AS GOOD AS IT GETS.

[BobDoisneau]

Crazy... I was at this show.

[surfwaxafghani]

wow you're old

[ExodusPessoa]

Come on be nice surfwaxafghani

[scatback3]

check out the drummer - doing rolls on the ride ... impressive. I've alwayse loved EC but the ATTRACTIONS are the best...

km

[ClueSign]

Pete Thomas is the SHIT

[freako77]

So True

[rbrc59]

Great stuff. As ever, the mighty Pete Thomas is mouthing the lyric. The world's greatest drummer backing the world's greatest songwriter.

[bexappeal]

i get a kick out of Pete Thomas mouthing the lyrics - he does it all the time! :)

[4eyes1vision]

Great to see such an early version of EC. thanks for posting