Elizabeth Nelson
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
Singer-songwriter for the Paranoid Style, contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, The Ringer, Pitchfork, LGM.
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
There's a good video linked in another post: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbBc... and it reminds me that the Clash covered the song. What that video got across for me that was even during prior dark times music could let people have fun.
Booker T. & The MG's - Time Is Tight (Live, 1970)
YouTube video by 60s70sVintageRock
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
There's a good video linked in another post: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbBc... and it reminds me that the Clash covered the song. What that video got across for me that was even during prior dark times music could let people have fun.
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
Sad news. What a great tone from that guy’s guitar on so many great songs. Was fortunate enough to see him play a couple of times, including on a rollicking 1990 tour when he played with Graham Parker, Dave Edmunds, Kim Wilson and Dion DiMucci.
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Sad news. What a great tone from that guy’s guitar on so many great songs. Was fortunate enough to see him play a couple of times, including on a rollicking 1990 tour when he played with Graham Parker, Dave Edmunds, Kim Wilson and Dion DiMucci.
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
Great song!
Was just listening to this the other day
Was just listening to this the other day
The deepest of melancholy farewells to the legendary Steve Cropper, one of the truly massive planets orbiting my musical solar system. Unbeatable tone. Wrote a song about him and Alex Chilton on the second to last Paranoid Style LP 'For Executive Meeting'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoB...
Steve Cropper Plays Femme Fatale
YouTube video by The Paranoid Style - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Great song!
Was just listening to this the other day
Was just listening to this the other day
The deepest of melancholy farewells to the legendary Steve Cropper, one of the truly massive planets orbiting my musical solar system. Unbeatable tone. Wrote a song about him and Alex Chilton on the second to last Paranoid Style LP 'For Executive Meeting'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoB...
Steve Cropper Plays Femme Fatale
YouTube video by The Paranoid Style - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The deepest of melancholy farewells to the legendary Steve Cropper, one of the truly massive planets orbiting my musical solar system. Unbeatable tone. Wrote a song about him and Alex Chilton on the second to last Paranoid Style LP 'For Executive Meeting'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoB...
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
"In the final estimation, in the final accounting, God have mercy on the man who believes what he's been doubting."
RIP Steve Cropper
youtu.be/AEoBykM8aIc?...
"In the final estimation, in the final accounting, God have mercy on the man who believes what he's been doubting."
RIP Steve Cropper
youtu.be/AEoBykM8aIc?...
Steve Cropper Plays Femme Fatale
YouTube video by The Paranoid Style - Topic
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
"In the final estimation, in the final accounting, God have mercy on the man who believes what he's been doubting."
RIP Steve Cropper
youtu.be/AEoBykM8aIc?...
"In the final estimation, in the final accounting, God have mercy on the man who believes what he's been doubting."
RIP Steve Cropper
youtu.be/AEoBykM8aIc?...
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
There I was, a naive 20-something wrestling with my desire to lick railings. What could it hurt? And then Stuart Murdoch plainly told me. A public service announcement with guitars.
December 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
There I was, a naive 20-something wrestling with my desire to lick railings. What could it hurt? And then Stuart Murdoch plainly told me. A public service announcement with guitars.
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
also an early entry into the now, as far as I know,-lapsed B&S tradition of a female co-lead vocal to Murdoch. yielded some of their best work.
December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
also an early entry into the now, as far as I know,-lapsed B&S tradition of a female co-lead vocal to Murdoch. yielded some of their best work.
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
One of my favorite music writers on one of my all-time favorite songs. Makes me want to ditch work and take the next bus anywhere.
Over at my substack Please Take My Advice, I've rendered this: seven seeking thoughts on the Belle & Sebastian classic "Lazy Line Painter Jane", an all time favorite track of mine and the precise middle point between the Pastels and Booker T and the MGs. theparanoidstyle.substack.com/p/you-work-i...
“You Work in the Village Shop/ Putting the Posters Up”
Seven Small Windows Into Belle and Sebastian’s “Lazy Line Painter Jane”
theparanoidstyle.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
One of my favorite music writers on one of my all-time favorite songs. Makes me want to ditch work and take the next bus anywhere.
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
I love @paranoiacs.bsky.social and I feel elevated reading her writing, especially when she loves something I have loved since the first listen. LLPJ forever
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I love @paranoiacs.bsky.social and I feel elevated reading her writing, especially when she loves something I have loved since the first listen. LLPJ forever
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
I’ve cooled on the feyer side of b&s but that is one of the great 12”ers, a huge robust sound
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I’ve cooled on the feyer side of b&s but that is one of the great 12”ers, a huge robust sound
Over at my substack Please Take My Advice, I've rendered this: seven seeking thoughts on the Belle & Sebastian classic "Lazy Line Painter Jane", an all time favorite track of mine and the precise middle point between the Pastels and Booker T and the MGs. theparanoidstyle.substack.com/p/you-work-i...
“You Work in the Village Shop/ Putting the Posters Up”
Seven Small Windows Into Belle and Sebastian’s “Lazy Line Painter Jane”
theparanoidstyle.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Over at my substack Please Take My Advice, I've rendered this: seven seeking thoughts on the Belle & Sebastian classic "Lazy Line Painter Jane", an all time favorite track of mine and the precise middle point between the Pastels and Booker T and the MGs. theparanoidstyle.substack.com/p/you-work-i...
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
This:
theparanoidstyle.substack.com/p/you-work-i...
from @paranoiacs.bsky.social on 'Belle and Sebastian" is wonderful! Sympathetic, insightful and the writing of a true fan. My current favourite rock writer/critic on one of my favourite bands.
theparanoidstyle.substack.com/p/you-work-i...
from @paranoiacs.bsky.social on 'Belle and Sebastian" is wonderful! Sympathetic, insightful and the writing of a true fan. My current favourite rock writer/critic on one of my favourite bands.
“You Work in the Village Shop/ Putting the Posters Up”
Seven Small Windows Into Belle and Sebastian’s “Lazy Line Painter Jane”
theparanoidstyle.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This:
theparanoidstyle.substack.com/p/you-work-i...
from @paranoiacs.bsky.social on 'Belle and Sebastian" is wonderful! Sympathetic, insightful and the writing of a true fan. My current favourite rock writer/critic on one of my favourite bands.
theparanoidstyle.substack.com/p/you-work-i...
from @paranoiacs.bsky.social on 'Belle and Sebastian" is wonderful! Sympathetic, insightful and the writing of a true fan. My current favourite rock writer/critic on one of my favourite bands.
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
@paranoiacs.bsky.social Enjoyed your latest Please Take My Advice so much that I made a playlist to go with it. open.spotify.com/playlist/3dN...
Deconstructing Jane
open.spotify.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
@paranoiacs.bsky.social Enjoyed your latest Please Take My Advice so much that I made a playlist to go with it. open.spotify.com/playlist/3dN...
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
Of Note 020 went out last night!
Highlighting work from November including:
Grayson Haver Currin
@imleor.bsky.social
Tom Piazza
@nikostratis.com
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
Click through, give 'em a read, support the authors!
Highlighting work from November including:
Grayson Haver Currin
@imleor.bsky.social
Tom Piazza
@nikostratis.com
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
Click through, give 'em a read, support the authors!
Of Note 020: John Darnielle, Hallogallo, and John Prine
Howdy folks! I’ll keep this short this time around since I’m already running behind. From November, I loved a supersized magazine feature (Grayson Haver...
buttondown.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Of Note 020 went out last night!
Highlighting work from November including:
Grayson Haver Currin
@imleor.bsky.social
Tom Piazza
@nikostratis.com
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
Click through, give 'em a read, support the authors!
Highlighting work from November including:
Grayson Haver Currin
@imleor.bsky.social
Tom Piazza
@nikostratis.com
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
Click through, give 'em a read, support the authors!
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
While I still wish it was the same physical format as the previous Mats sets, the new Let It Be reish is awesome — live show is killer, outtakes are neat, @paranoiacs.bsky.social liners are fab.
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
While I still wish it was the same physical format as the previous Mats sets, the new Let It Be reish is awesome — live show is killer, outtakes are neat, @paranoiacs.bsky.social liners are fab.
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
Just because…🎶🎙️🎸🥁🎹🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊
#MorningMusic ☕️
…”I Will Dare” is a tonic, a sheer mood elevator: three minutes and 19 seconds of pharmaceutically pure serotonin injected into the listener’s ear…
Brilliance from Elizabeth Nelson as usual📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ojk...
#MorningMusic ☕️
…”I Will Dare” is a tonic, a sheer mood elevator: three minutes and 19 seconds of pharmaceutically pure serotonin injected into the listener’s ear…
Brilliance from Elizabeth Nelson as usual📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ojk...
I Will Dare (2025 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Replacements - Topic
m.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Just because…🎶🎙️🎸🥁🎹🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊
#MorningMusic ☕️
…”I Will Dare” is a tonic, a sheer mood elevator: three minutes and 19 seconds of pharmaceutically pure serotonin injected into the listener’s ear…
Brilliance from Elizabeth Nelson as usual📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ojk...
#MorningMusic ☕️
…”I Will Dare” is a tonic, a sheer mood elevator: three minutes and 19 seconds of pharmaceutically pure serotonin injected into the listener’s ear…
Brilliance from Elizabeth Nelson as usual📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ojk...
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
we need a venue that publishes ALL liner notes
Thanks so much to GQ for publishing my liner notes for the new Replacements 'Let It Be' boxset, out on Friday. Extra special thanks to Jessica Hopper, Patterson Hood and Brian Paulson for their extraordinary insights. What an absolute joy this project has been to work on. www.gq.com/story/when-t...
When The Replacements' Courage Was at its Peak
On their 1984 album ‘Let It Be,’ the Minneapolis indie-rock wastrels spewed a message of working-class passion and outsider solidarity into the world's answering machine.
www.gq.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
we need a venue that publishes ALL liner notes
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
'I Want You' is perfectly brutal and 'Blue Chair' one of my top 5 Costello songs. Or was it a Napoleon Dynamite song?
November 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
'I Want You' is perfectly brutal and 'Blue Chair' one of my top 5 Costello songs. Or was it a Napoleon Dynamite song?
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
We got to see him play these songs solo, and it was great, but I missed the fierce arrangements. In my top five LPs of 1986.
I Want You
YouTube video by Elvis Costello - Topic
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We got to see him play these songs solo, and it was great, but I missed the fierce arrangements. In my top five LPs of 1986.
Having gone through hell just to get to hell, Elvis Costello’s '86 ‘Blood And Chocolate’ LP is 48-minutes of shrill and thrilling score-settling leveled against past lovers, industry dweebs and primarily himself. A psychic demolition derby. Nowhere is his home. Hope your satisfied what you’ve done.
YouTube
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Having gone through hell just to get to hell, Elvis Costello’s '86 ‘Blood And Chocolate’ LP is 48-minutes of shrill and thrilling score-settling leveled against past lovers, industry dweebs and primarily himself. A psychic demolition derby. Nowhere is his home. Hope your satisfied what you’ve done.
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
Give this a try—I have been able to access it so maybe Nelson created a gift link.
Thanks so much to GQ for publishing my liner notes for the new Replacements 'Let It Be' boxset, out on Friday. Extra special thanks to Jessica Hopper, Patterson Hood and Brian Paulson for their extraordinary insights. What an absolute joy this project has been to work on. www.gq.com/story/when-t...
When The Replacements' Courage Was at its Peak
On their 1984 album ‘Let It Be,’ the Minneapolis indie-rock wastrels spewed a message of working-class passion and outsider solidarity into the world's answering machine.
www.gq.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Give this a try—I have been able to access it so maybe Nelson created a gift link.
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
He connects Charli XCX to Aaron fucking Copland.
Reflecting again on how John Cale’s piano playing on Nick Drake’s “Northern Sky” is one of the single most moving things I’ve ever heard, and also how it's like the thirtieth most historical thing to occur over the course of his career in music. A remarkably passionate oracle. Truly no one like him.
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
He connects Charli XCX to Aaron fucking Copland.
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
'Northern Sky' was my Nick Drake entry point, half a century ago. Dinna know until tonight that the piano (and organ and ... maybe celesta?) is Cale.
Sweet breezes in the top of the tree
Sweet breezes in the top of the tree
Reflecting again on how John Cale’s piano playing on Nick Drake’s “Northern Sky” is one of the single most moving things I’ve ever heard, and also how it's like the thirtieth most historical thing to occur over the course of his career in music. A remarkably passionate oracle. Truly no one like him.
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 AM
'Northern Sky' was my Nick Drake entry point, half a century ago. Dinna know until tonight that the piano (and organ and ... maybe celesta?) is Cale.
Sweet breezes in the top of the tree
Sweet breezes in the top of the tree
Reposted by Elizabeth Nelson
Really well said. I'm still finding out Cale Facts and angles all these decades into being a fan. And as for Northern Sky - what a magnificent song! There's no guarantee it would have been enough of a hit to change things for Drake, but it's still bizarre the label didn't release it as a single.
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Really well said. I'm still finding out Cale Facts and angles all these decades into being a fan. And as for Northern Sky - what a magnificent song! There's no guarantee it would have been enough of a hit to change things for Drake, but it's still bizarre the label didn't release it as a single.