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"The Other Side of Summer" is a single from Elvis Costello's 1991 album ''Mighty Like A Rose'', written by Costello. The song was co-produced by Costello, Mitchell Froom and Kevin Killen. A Beach Boys pastiche, the song featured a Wall of Sound production. The single reached number 43 in the UK Singles Chart and charted in Canada and Australia. It also reached number 1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 40 on the Album Rock Tracks chart. ==Details== Recorded at Ocean Way studios, the song was intended as a Beach Boys pastiche, in a similar vein to The Beatles' Back in the USSR, though the vocal deliveries were more similar to 70s Beach Boys album tracks like "Funky Pretty" and "The Trader". In attempt to get a Wall of Sound style of production, the recording featured two basses, two guitars and many keyboard tacks. The rhythm track was double tracked before further percussion was added.〔Costello, Elvis. ''Mighty Like A Rose.'' Rhino Records R2 78189, 2002, liner notes.〕 Costello said, "There are 14 keyboards on 'The Other Side of Summer,' all playing the same thing, but nobody's going to sit and count them." Musicians who perform on the track include Larry Knechtel, Jerry Scheff, James Burton, Benmont Tench, T-Bone Wolk and Mitchell Froom. The opening lines of the 3rd verse (Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions"? / A poor little schoolboy who said "we don't need no lessons"?) refer to John Lennon and Pink Floyd respectively. Costello said, ""The Other Side of Summer" is not a slap at John Lennon. John Lennon wrote some wonderful songs, but "Imagine", which has been so sanctified, was one of his worst. He didn't think it all the way through." Interviewed in Q, Costello said the song was, "obviously designed to be as much like a Californian summer record as possible, but you listen to what's going on in the song and it's contradictory of that. It's like playing and writing what people do sometimes rather crudely with samplers." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Other Side of Summer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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