{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"125 :: Velvet Gloves and Country Clubs :: A Slow Drag with "Stella Hurt"","description":"Today\u2019s slow drag is with \u201cStella Hurt,\u201d from \u201cMomofuku,\u201d released in 2008. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA\/MFA Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/slow_drag_remedy\/ Bluesky Social: https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com   \u201cElvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts\u201d https:\/\/www.elviscostello.info\/wiki\/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https:\/\/slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https:\/\/www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https:\/\/ratethispodcast.com\/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046\/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation   References:   Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, \u201cStella Hurt\u201d https:\/\/www.elviscostello.info\/wiki\/index.php?title=Stella_Hurt   \u201cStella Hurt\u201d https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W93e5f6py9U   \u201cChekhov\u2019s Gun\u201d https:\/\/screencraft.org\/blog\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-chekhovs-gun\/   \u201cArcadia\u201d https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/arcadia#:~:text=Now%20English%20speakers%20often%20use,%2C%20simple%2C%20or%20untroubled.%22   Blue Birds Songs: https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Eastern_Bluebird\/sounds#   \u201cThe Other End of the Telescope\u201d https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=grIxnYllZxk   Purchase \u201cThe Most Terrible Time in My Life\u2026Ends Thursday\u201d   Listen to the audiobook of \u201cThe Most Terrible Time in My Life\u2026Ends Thursday\u201d for free at: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y   "Stella Hurt" Lyrics You should wear your red galoshes Walking o'er the city pride Streets are paved with heaven's pennies Gutters full of suicides   Teddy steadily fell from grace Somewhere near Arcadia Once she overheard a voice she didn't hear on the radio   Velvet gloves and country clubs Were never going to hold her Ringing the necks of silly Southern belles Who wanted to scold her   Don't bring me down I'm trouble bound Blue song Red Alert Who made Stella Hurt?   Teddy soon dropped out of sight Turned up in another town Changed her name for the spotlight Singing like a blue bird in a sequin gown   She finally fell and married well But I knew it wouldn't last Reversing back into the limelight No one ever saw her even half-plastered   Don't bring me down I'm trouble bound Blue song Red Alert Who made Stella Hurt?   Then she saw those soldier boys Throw their bonnets in the air Self-made men would pledge their fortunes And dream of her And dream of her...   Generals in the commissary opened up a case of wine Checked the perfume of the cork Said "Made in 1929"...   They used her up, to raise morale for money And Old Glory Her voice was shot beyond repair  But this is not the last act of this story   The night is black as cracked shellac Abandoned in an attic Stella is silent as the grave Until the needle drags her through the static   Don't bring me down I'm trouble bound Blue song Red Alert Who made Stella Hurt? ","author_name":"Slow Drag with Remedy","author_url":"http:\/\/slowdragwithremedy.libsyn.com\/website","html":"