{"id":1681,"date":"2008-09-11T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2008-09-11T14:02:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-09-11T10:02:01","modified_gmt":"2008-09-11T10:02:01","slug":"can-you-dig-it-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/can-you-dig-it-already\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Dig It, Already?!?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7OR25MqPWuc?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nAmong your circle of friends or loved ones, is there a <strong>particular album<\/strong> by an artist they typically like as much as you that they do not like whatsoever?. <\/p>\n<p>For instance, in my <strong>Elvis Costello<\/strong>-loving household, we agree on all the worthwhile Costello albums to be spun, with only two exceptions. The first exception is <em>Punch the Clock<\/em>. My wife bemoans the fact that she can&#8217;t play <em>Punch the Clock<\/em> in my presence (and I&#8217;ve shielded my boys from hearing it to date). However, she is willing to accept that fact that it&#8217;s a &#8220;chick album.&#8221; This kind of statement from my usually wouldn&#8217;t fly with her for good reason, but the last time the topic came up and I said, &#8220;That album should have been released with a <em>Ladies Only<\/em> sticker&#8221; she didn&#8217;t object. I suspect <strong>The Great 48<\/strong> ranks it among Costello&#8217;s best works, but does any other guy play that album if a woman&#8217;s not around? <\/p>\n<p>The other Costello album that we don&#8217;t agree on as a family is <em>Trust<\/em>. Any time I put that album on, whether at home or in the car, my lovely wife says, &#8220;What&#8217;s this?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve been asking me, &#8216;What&#8217;s this?&#8217; for 20 years,&#8221; I&#8217;ll reply. Now, over the last few years, as my boys have begun flexing their rock nerd muscles, they&#8217;ll chime in: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why don&#8217;t you play a good Costello album?&#8221; my oldest son said last week. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What kind of song is this?&#8221; my youngest son tacked on as &#8220;Watch Your Step&#8221; got under way.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s wrong with my family? <em>When are they going to dig this album, already?<\/em> Let me be clear: there are artists and albums we don&#8217;t agree on, and that&#8217;s fine. My wife will forever think The dB&#8217;s sing like pussies, and she&#8217;s welcome to her opinion. She can spot Richard Thompson, even on the Fairport Convention songs he doesn&#8217;t sing lead on, from a mile away. I&#8217;m cool with not spinning that stuff until everyone&#8217;s out of the house. My boys object to some albums my wife and I love, like Crowded House&#8217;s <em>Together Alone<\/em>, and that&#8217;s cool too. We&#8217;re a family. We can work it out. When it comes to <em>Trust<\/em>, however, something&#8217;s out of whack.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever I do try to slip this album under their radar I spare them the two worst songs of Costello&#8217;s great era: &#8220;Luxembourg&#8221; and &#8220;Shot With His Own Gun&#8221;. Isn&#8217;t that big of me? I can see how even diehard Costello fans might find <em>Trust<\/em> a little spotty, especially sandwiched between <em>Get Happy!!<\/em> and <em>Imperial Bedroom<\/em>, but can&#8217;t my wife and kids appreciate the excellent drum and bass sound and arrangements, as I do to get me through the lesser songs (the two outright turds excepted, which I skip at all costs)? Come on, family, <em>Trust<\/em> has as much to offer on long car trips as a lot of other albums we agree on!<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you ever face a similar difficulty in getting your friends or loved ones to accept an album they have no business not liking by an artist they otherwise love?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among your circle of friends or loved ones, is there a particular album by an artist they typically like as much as you that they do not like whatsoever?. For instance, in my Elvis Costello-loving household, we agree on all the worthwhile Costello albums to be spun, with only two exceptions. 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