From the Montreux Jazz Festival sometime in the early 80s, here's a great live clip of Elvis Costello and the guys from Squeeze doing Manfred Mann's Pretty Flamingo.
I've long fantasized that if they'd made a video for the song when it first came out the title object of desire would have been played by Jean Shrimpton. If they were filming it today I might cast -- hmm, not sure. Saffron Burrows, maybe.
Elvis actually sounds like he was genetically bred to sing this, BTW.
Update:Turns out that the otherwise obscure Mark Barkan, who wrote "Pretty Flamingo," was also the co-author of the geatest rock song of all time.
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Yeah, the Shrimp would be perfect. That video was such a treat.
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And on bass, Nick Lowe!
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