London's Brilliant Parade

Normally I talk about indy music groups on this blog, but tonight i want to share an Elvis Costello song that I have always like. London's Brillint Parade was from his Brutal Youth Album from around 1994,it was an album where he got back together with The Attractions and Nick Lowe to produce an album that shelves the sweeping ambition that marred other albums like Spike and Mighty Like The Rose, and lets his songs breathe in minimal, cleverly detailed musical settings of real genius.

Please watch the live perfroamce below, but pay attention to the lyrics, they are clever, and really quite striking in their simplistic realism.