when i was cruel no 2

• cok sevgili elvis costello'nun when i was cruel albumunun bir nevi isim parcasi. elvis amcam, biraz dancing queen almis, biraz, meshur italyanlardan mina'nin "un bacio e troppo poco" sarkisini almis, sample'lamis, corbaya katmis. butun sarki boyunca (az degil, 7 dakika) mina'nin, sarkisinin ilk hecesi olan "un"u soyledigini duyuyoruz, hickirir gibi. bir yerden sonra sinirler geriliyor, ama bozuntuya vermiyoruz tabii.
  
  sarkinin derdi de su: elvis amca bir dugun resepsiyonunda sarki soylemektedir. damadin dorduncu evliligidir, mustakbel karisiyla bir fuarda, hanim kiz surat motoru standinda calisirken tanismistir. demek ki adam zengindir, kadin ise sarki boyunca mutemadiyen esnemektedir. (bu arada iki numarali es ortada yoktur ama adamin birinci ve ucuncu karisi da dugunde hazir bulunmaktadir.) iki gazeteci bir kosede konusmaktadir, bir tanesi elvis amcama seslenip, "zamaninda sen meshur ve dagitmis bir sarkiciyken, senin yuzunden bu dovmeyi yaptirmistim, serserinin tekiydim. bak, pek bir sey degismemis, hala ikimizden biri hak ettiginden cok daha fazla para kazaniyor," gibi seyler demistir. neyse, elvis amca da, "her sey ne kadar kolaydi, ben kalpsizken," der kendi kendine ve bize.
• elvis costello'nun "yeni bir i want you yapabilecek misin" diye soranlara cevabi olsa gerek bu sarki. o zalimken daha kolaydi tabii ki.
• i exit through the spotlight glare
  i stepped out into thin air
  into a perfume so rarefied
  "here comes the bride"
  
  not quite aside, they snide, "she's number four"
  "there's number three just by the door"
  those in the know, don't even flatter her,
  they go one better
  "she was selling speedboats in a tradeshow in atlanta"
  
  look at her now
  she's starting to yawn
  she looks like she was born to it
  but it was so much easier
  when i was cruel
  
  she reaches out her arms to me
  imploring: "another melody?"
  so she can dance her husband out on the floor
  the captains of industry just lie there where they fall
  
  in eau-de-nil and pale carnation creation
  a satin sash and velvet elevation
  she straightens the tipsy head-dress of her spouse
  while hers recalls a honey house
  
  there'll be no sorrows left to drown
  early in the morning in 'ur evening gown
  but it was so much easier when i was cruel
  
  the entrance hall was arranged with hostesses and ushers
  who turned out to be the younger wives nursing schoolgirl crushes
  parting the waves of those few feint friends
  fingers once offered are now too heavy to extend
  
  the ghostly first wife glides up on stage whispering to raucous talkers
  spilling family secrets out to flunkeys and castrato walkers
  see that girl,
  watch that scene
  digging the "dancing queen"
  
  two newspaper editors like playground sneaks
  running a book on which of them is going to last the week
  one of them calls to me
  and he says, "i know u"
  "u gave me this tattoo back in '82"
  "u were a spoilt child then with a record to plug"
  "and i was a shaven headed seaside thug"
  "things haven't really changed that much"
  "one of us is still getting paid too much"
  
  there are some things i can't report
  the memory of his last retort
  but it was so much easier
  when i was cruel
  
  look at me now
  she's starting to yawn
  she looks like she was born to it
  ah, but it was so much easier when i was cruel
  
  elvis costello
• elvis costello'nun canımıza okuyan o en bildik huyunu konuşturduğu şarkısı.
  halıdan tavana doğru uçuran bir etkisi vardır.
• cok melodik ancak fazla uzamis hissi yaratan bir costello sarkisi.yine de costello'ya saygida kusur etmeden dinlemek gerekir.
• özellikle hatun kişinin şarkıya -bir enstrümanmışçasına- katmış olduğu "un" kısmıyla akıllarda yer etmiş leziz parça.
• piyanonun erik satie'nin no.1 gnossienne'ini andirir bicimde tingirdadigi sarki, albumun birkac sarkisinda daha boyle miril mirildamis zaten.
  (bkz: muzikal benzerlikler)