

Am again listening to Elvis Costello’s, “Get Happy!!”, (1980). Tonight I listened to the 20 track, “non-bonus” disc. Choice that jumped out was “Secondary Modern”. I tried to get information on the song and learned that, per wiki, that, “A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland from 1944 until the 1970s and were designed for the majority of pupils between 11 and 15.”
This must be the place
Second place in the human race
Down in the basement
Now I know what he meant
Secondary modern
But there won’t be a problem till the girls go home
Second place in the human race
Down in the basement
Now I know what he meant
Secondary modern
But there won’t be a problem till the girls go home
This is the hand that you never shook
You never gave me the chance that I took
Secondary modern
But there won’t be a problem till the girls go home
You never gave me the chance that I took
Secondary modern
But there won’t be a problem till the girls go home
Is it out of the question
Between you and me
Is it pleasure or business
Or a packet of three?
Between you and me
Is it pleasure or business
Or a packet of three?
Nobody makes me sad like you
Now my whole world goes from blue to blue
Secondary modern
But there won’t be a problem till the girls go home
Now my whole world goes from blue to blue
Secondary modern
But there won’t be a problem till the girls go home
Songwriters: Elvis Costello

Lol! Poor peacock feeling out of place.
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This coloring book has a lot of neat drawings in it.
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It has. The funny pictures must be mood elevating.
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Now that you mention it, I do smile while coloring these funny pictures :)
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😃
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back in the day- i had a Get Happy! button. I loved wearing that- somewhere along i either lost it or someone 5 finger discounted it… a good song to go along with your coloring would have been Leonard Cohen’s Bird On A Wire!!
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You know you just gave me a good idea. I will look at some of these very creative drawings and choose a fitting song. Can’t wait to see what the next song will be :) EC is starting to grow on me.
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Glad you are liking it! It was a departure from the first three albums- all great I love the punchy short songs on Get Happy! As soon as I saw those birds that is what I thought- a great coloring job too-
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Soon I’ll have all of his CDs listened to, courtesy library. Thanks Hans.
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Your welcome. Libraries are a great thing!!
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I’m headed out to GR and maybe not be back until tomorrow, but I see you have posted about Uncle Neil’s best songs. Can’t wait to read it <3
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Enjoy your trip! Hope you aren’t getting the wind there that we are here.
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It’s 55-65mph right now and wind warning til midnight. keeping my fingers crossed no trees in the roads… c u later
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