Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Pump It Up 

Check out the review by the Produce Like a Pro channel. The actual drummer from this song gives a demo!

It was a 'revelation' to this old hippy, at the time...I had thought that good (popular) music had been stomped to death by disco...

Recorded on FOUR tracks at Pathway studios (same studio Dire Straits used to record their demos). The studio is long gone now.

Great song!! But how does he do that with his feet?? My ankles hurt just watching it!

More cowbell!

Some Dad's are awesome like that, just great for you and your family.

That's a great story, thanks for sharing it.

Your dad is my hero. I love that story.

I could not love this more.

Dad of the decade.

Elvis is brilliant and his music will be listened to in a 100 years from now- he's transcendent

It gets the volume knob for sure

Pump it up!

You and me both, brother. The man rocks the sh!t out of whatever he does.

63 and still rockin

47 Yr old funk head and this is also one of my favourite tunes. What a classic

I'm the same

When I first heard this song I thought of INXS...okgo and strokes. All great in the wake of Elvis.

It's spelled "ever".

Yeah man !!

Malcolm vs krelboynes!!!

Agree 100%

8/20/2023 @ @vikinglord7545 On most, if not all songs in which the bassist in Elvis's group in this video that he plays on have cool bass work, though not all as punchy as Pump It Up. Also: Joe Jackson's bassist plays "awesome" punchy bass lines as well.

Yes, first thing I noticed. Costello's band is not a footnote; very underrated in all ways.

Note the massive bandage on the bassist’s hand, he had sustained a severe cut to his hand a few days earlier

I noticed the same thing. Lol

Holy double-jointed ankles, Batman!

I can imagine 😅

I'm 😔😐 slightly pigeon 🐦 toed.. hahahaha!!

I was just about to comment about his funky ankles. I was reminded of how great this song was when it was played in the background of an AFV montage.

The Vox Continental

And woman

You Forgot The CLASH and Sex Pistols!! Speaking of ANGRY YOUNG MEN!! GREAT POINT Harvey!!

Are you the Harvey Smith from Fern Gore?

Well said, well said indeed.

Amen to that !

I wouldn't try it.

Why the hell is he twisting his ankles? Lol

@@BeatlesFan1975 Probably as a tribute to THE Elvis. Of course, the song is about abusing another part of your anatomy.

Yeah he's said that he copied that song and Dylan said he liked it.

Lol...

Yeah but coulda been the frog song by Wings... ...you'd have run through the glass door!

at least it was a good song, no?

Damn! You must have been pumped up about it!

@@gardenlover9663 lol you got a chuckle on that one!

@@randythomastheinsecures5404 Bullshit. It was the time of new wave music.

Costello is my math teacher

Or life isn't that much different through the ages ?? 🙂

@@wendypope37 no but he was ahead of his time pfff

@@rgm2659 Not a real postpunker, but a mix of punk and pub rock melted together. And a genius, of course!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_sUHFRbb9W8.html

I was in my teens

Loved it as a kid of the 1980s. Loved it in the frisbee scene in ‘P.C.U.’ [1993]. A good song belongs to every era.

If I remember right this track didn't chart that well when it was released in the UK. Now it's probably classed as his best single.

​@@michaelchristian5089Veronica is probably the best charting song. Not bad either. But this one is so unique... timeless really... and clever

Club penguin feet?

@@slshusker STOP IT THIS INSTANT🤣

Looked painful in the Pump it up video didn't it?

Well it has been sampled by at least 2 songs since its release Voodoo Child by Rogue Traders Brutal by Olivia Rodrigo

Cannot be disputed 👍

Agree

Ehh…for newer generations that were either born after or didn’t hear this song growing up, Olivia’s song is probably sick, but for people who heard this song all the time, on the radio, on MTV, in bowling alleys, at the mall, wherever, to hear Olivia's version, it’s like…”Uhhh, is Elvis okay with this?”. I don’t quite think Olivia understood just how popular that song used to be. She probably thought it was either not very well known or that it’s been long enough where people have forgotten it and that enough people had never heard it before so it would be okay to copy and no one would be the wiser. That was a mistake. She's just too young to realize that most people on this planet were alive long enough to hear this song. She’s honestly luck af that Elvis Costello was kind enough not to sue the shit outta her, cuz other artists like Katy Perry have been successfully sued for millions for copying only a teeny 7 note section of another song let alone the entire thing. It really is just Elvis’ instrumentals with Olivias voice over it with maybe a few little changes but if we’re gonna be honest here, it’s the same song. Lucky girl.

@@mlscrow4817 You still don't get it do you. Read Costello's fucking answer ! That's how rock 'n roll works ! You don't sue each others ass for taking a broken peace and make it a brand new toy. Olivia's song is expect for that rift a completely other song.

I did not think of this song at all listening to Brutal the many times I listened to it. There are some similar notes, but with the amount of music around, that's inevitable. Also, after reading various articles about her album and sounding similar to other songs, where is the producer on all this-he plays guitar on the album.

@@calvinzhobbes THe other original part was ripped off from Selena Gomez. Get over it!

@Strawberry Orphan Iconic stealing skills.

Bruce bass

😂 ditto my dad

😂😂😂

lol

the answer someone named him elvis

LOL! You just made me spit out my beer while taking a drink.

LOL

Hahahaha 😂🤘

Just read this comment as I spy a vid on the side about Jack Wilshere. Coincidence?

ha! good one!

lol messed up but funny.

Seems like modern artists like it enough to rip it off ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_sUHFRbb9W8.html

Will never age, well not in my lifetime :)

Hello, how are you doing it's nice meeting you here.

Does it for me at 70 😅

if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is stu morris....

This song is about wanking!

I'd say more like 43 years later, now.

It calls a classic record

Can your comment get anymore right?? This song just kicks A$$!!!!

no doubt

Reminds me of OK GO, betting he influenced them a good amount

How far ahead was he?

@@xleastarx No way of knowing, we've not caught up yet

Grant Lewis All the best ARE

Fantastic comment pal. I wish you well.

I lost my dear dad last week age 97, this is putting me in a happy place. Best wishes to you.

nice story marra

Music does that. It takes a shortcut and goes straight for the heart.

Nah man that's David Byrne. Costello is cool though!

Yes, I agree, the coolest need.

@@cophaters2000 agreed!

He was a computer programmer in a previous life.

@@alanstrom2221 Oh Rubbish, he was a computer operator......means he did a bit of imputing. He is a couple of years older than me. Hardly ANYONE was a computer programmer in the 70s. It was an extremely rare job. Back then, computers were huge banks of machines of reel to reel magnetic tape, with the operators basically just standing there and changing the tapes every now and then. I used "computers" back in the 70s........basically you used a terminal input, all hooked up to the central "Computer" in the city somewhere. They were often unreliable.

Holy moly, I have watched this at least 75 times and never noticed that.

Haha yeah I read they were drinking at a bar the night before and got into some mishap and hurt his hand. Used to know the story but have forgotten it over the years.

I noticed that too - crazy.

I never noticed that either. Thanks for noticing. Love the glasses.

Apparently no one here ever saw Freddie Garrity (Freddie and the Dreamers) from about 15 years before. In addition to stealing Elvis's name, Costello flat out stole Garrity's moves.

+SoaringMuse O_o first bass riff I learned when I started 6 years ago... great warm up really... E2 D1 D2 A0 A1 E2 E2 E0 E2 E0 E2 E0

+Matthias Herman How weird; first bass riff I learned, also. Played it about a thousand times. I dream about it sometimes....

Bassist definitely the musician in the band

+blah deBlah Wot about steve nieve

Dean Smith Where did I imply that the bass player wrote the bass riff?

He's actually making fun of people with that attitude. ;-)

Are we supposed to dance with our hands then?

Paul McCartney speaking very highly of him and collaborating with him says it all. I was lucky enough to see him live in the late 70s. Alison is one of the greatest songs ever and I can't think of one from Elvis that I would call second rate.

@@johnvender I didn't appreciate him at the time as a teenager listening to different music but, the guy's brilliant and you can't help but move and sing, haha. One of the legends.

It takes 20-30 years for the cream to rise to the top.

listen to 'brutal' by olivia rodrigo hahahahah

Ok, boomer

Allison 😊

Beyond Belief

Mike Hughes Underrated by whom? All musicians and most people I know love him. His songwriting is incredible and so is his singing.

@@BeatlesCentricUniverse By the public as a whole. C'mon stop being pedantic, I like him so do you, but he never has got the recognition he deserved

@@MJ.71 Yeah, you're probably right. I think a lot of people don't know who he is, or even understand his greatness as a songwriter and singer.

@@BeatlesCentricUniverse Totally Agree. I wonder how many people will come here now it's being used in a tv advert? (UK)..... Hmmmmm

FFS he's not underrated, you people have got to stop calling everyone 'underrated'. Just because your generation don't know him doesn't mean no one else does.

It's actually a biting and ascerbic look at the the excesses of s3x and drugs of the rock and roll era and how he saw some of that continuing even in what was supposed to be a "new wave." He's making fun of all that in a satirical and ironic way. So, it's a little bit more than simple. ;-)

You are wrong. Sorry know better

I'd definitely put it in the top 20. It's hella fun to play.

Certainly more going on than first appears

Legend has it if you're a bass player and you are a good person, when you die, you join this band and play every bass line of Costello & the Attractions work up through at least (and especially) "Get Happy"...for eternity.

I thought she sampled this song! So did 'Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child'

As a great shiney headed black man once said, no doubt about it!

This is the best thumping bass I have heard for a long time.

The bassline is ridiculous and makes it 10x more fun

Agreed.....

Mr Costello, you need to,,, Learn something!! He was a trained Ballet dancer....Twisty Ankles, No problem!!

Looks like Jerry Lewis' moves!.

What about the other band members? They're making the same moves as well. Except for the drummer but he probably snapped it kicking that bass drum.

Those moves are excellent man , surprised don’t see more influence

He's Gumby, dammit!

Pure gold! was listening to this when my friends were doing disco, this saved my life. And I'm from the U.S.

Hello, how are you doing?

@@garryyoung3154 lol I have been better...

@@joanjett8814 Okay so where are you from?

Bruce Thomas bass player! I think he is an overlooked, by many, great player!

So do i its awesome.👍😍😍

Hello, how are you doing?

HAHAHSBSNSNSJSISI it's exactly the same as well-

Yesssss

funny because I didn’t know this until I heard this song at the gym and I was like omg it sounds like brutal !!!

Costello admitted 'sampling' Pump it Up from Dylan's Homesick Subterranean Blues who 'sampled it' from Chuck Berry's Too Much Monkey Business. Music is always being recycled, eh?

Well she did .

Not that complicated riff , what is the fuss about it . Every group copies others , it’s safe and unoriginal to do it . And reflects how bad music is now . No talent

And more recently - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_sUHFRbb9W8.html

This song was a big inspiration for My Sharona.

Wild Wild West, Escape Club

@@anonb4632 even more recently Olivia Rodrigo is being accused of using the riff in this

It also inspired Voodoo Child by Rogue Traders. When the part kicked in at 0:15, it instantly reminded of Voodoo Child because it's so similar.

i see what you did there

Its not even Olivia's fault. She only writes and sings her songs. It's all her producer fault. He should be fired asap 🐩

@les rete invest in hearing aids

@les fede the riff is identical

Thanks Olivia, I knew I got deja vu listening to this song. It’s more of an homage. Olivia is not being a traitor to Mr. Costello.

Me too because two and the half men.

I don't find it that crazy after listening to brutal by Olivia Rodrigo.

rock and roll will never die

if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris

Malcolm el de en medio

I agree...X :)

i knew it was from that show!!!! but which episode?

season 3 episode 2 "emancipation" :)

gangnum style LOL the song is not," From, that show".. you mean it was played in that show..

They wouldn't know 'rock' if one fell on their heads!

But the 60th person could!

Jotagy Kiggy now 283 people couldn't pump it up when they really didn't need it

Thomas Browning 298, what pen1s heads!

That's about the only time I can...