Elvis Costello, Radio Radio (1979).

Elvis Costello, Radio Radio (1979).

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Music

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• Elvis
• Costello
• Radio
• 1979

[jjpeterson1]

Most people are so dumbed down they dont even know what this song is about nowadays.

[dawnrun911]

@jjpeterson1 Yes.. That is how I see it. Many people listen to the song as just another song but never listen to the message within the song.

[eklektro68]

"And Radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools trying to anaesthetize the way that you feel!"

Still rings true in many quarters.

[jacobthelioneater]

@jjpeterson1 But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference

And the promise of an early bed

You either shut up or get cut up, they don't wanna hear about it

[adamryan2]

Elvis Costello was a pioneer of punk thought. Age him 33 years, and he is not preaching this.

[charlbc]

Wait, Wait, Stop, Stop

Radio, Radio

1, 2

Sneaky

Nonsense

Lovers

[JaneSmithCEO]

@Scrimjer- if BBC is gov't control, we need help! What, then is Fox? Lessee--control by Satan? Either way, great song and timelier than ever.

[Scrimjer]

BBC is govenment control radio

[MaddenManification]

I saw them do this song in 1979..slam the radio station promoting the concert...and then march off the stage. "Radio, is in the hand of such a lot of fools, trying to anesthetize the way that you feel."

Radio Radio....the music business has changed. Maybe Elvis was the beginning of that change.

[andrewbyrdful]

On one episode of the third season of SNL, Costello and his band were supposed to play another song. However, he chose to play this one instead, getting him banned from SNL for 5 years.