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- Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:04 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Battered Old Bird
- Replies: 35
- Views: 35706
Re: Battered Old Bird
Back to Battered Old Bird...Ypsilanti, I don't really understand what you were saying about "the bottle of sweet sherry that everything redeems" - surely all it means is that once he's drunk, everything feels okay, he feels redeemed from all his sins. I do understand the idea Elvis puttin...
- Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:59 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Battered Old Bird
- Replies: 35
- Views: 35706
Re: Battered Old Bird
Back to Battered Old Bird...Ypsilanti, I don't really understand what you were saying about "the bottle of sweet sherry that everything redeems" - surely all it means is that once he's drunk, everything feels okay, he feels redeemed from all his sins. I do understand the idea Elvis puttin...
- Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:32 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Battered Old Bird
- Replies: 35
- Views: 35706
Re: Battered Old Bird
Battered Old Bird...one of my favorites. Gives me chills. Love the way the intensity keeps building... My favorite thing is a little detail in the lyrics... 'Til he chopped off the head of a visitor's child He danced upon the bonfire Swallowed sleeping pills like dreams With a bottle of sweet sherry...
- Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:26 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: 'Sparkling Day' by Elvis
- Replies: 182
- Views: 157936
Re: 'Sparkling Day' by Elvis on soundtrack for 'One Day' Aug
Sparkling Day: Finally listened to it. Upon first listen...not loving, really. For me, it seems like the vocal and the melody are at odds with each other. Perhaps the lyric is too wordy for the music to support the vocal properly. But I will give it another try... Power belting: Love it most of the ...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:14 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: "Suffering Face"
- Replies: 39
- Views: 40504
Re: "Suffering Face"
Does anyone else consider this one of the most absolutely gorgeous songs EC has ever written? I'm floored every time. While I like "Suffering Face" very much (gorgeous vocal), I am always bothered by... You don't need the same old rivet gun You need a brand new wrench ...which has got to ...
- Sun Nov 27, 2011 6:26 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: songs Elvis should retire (if he hasn't already)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 45923
Re: songs Elvis should retire (if he hasn't already)
I actually count four different, recent versions of "Every Day I Write the Book". - The original "rock-lite" arrangement played by The Imposters recently. - The punky version posted by Natasha. - The Sugarcanes arrangement, with the modified chorus. - The solo acoustic version, ...
- Sat Nov 26, 2011 8:38 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Ross passes....R.I.P. Mr. MacManus
- Replies: 41
- Views: 40729
Re: Ross passes....R.I.P. Mr. MacManus
Very sad, indeed. Wonderful, though, that he lived to such a ripe age and Elvis got to enjoy the blessing of having a father, well into his own maturity...
- Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:12 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
- Replies: 83
- Views: 82726
Re: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
anybody else mention Sunday's Best? Sunday's Best? :shock: :shock: I'll mention that it's one of my very most beloved EC songs. C'mon...how can anyone dislike this one? It's funny, charming...one of EC's great, unusual "ice rink"-sounding songs--like nothing else I know of in the world of...
- Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:58 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Cover Versions Of Elvis Songs You'd Like To Hear
- Replies: 33
- Views: 32051
Re: Cover Versions Of Elvis Songs You'd Like To Hear
Absolutely!!!Neil. wrote:Motel Matches should be a standard ballad - everyone should be covering it.
Also...Tom Waits should cover Man Called Uncle
- Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:52 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Couldn't Call it Unexpected 4 / Rainbow Connection
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6379
Re: Couldn't Call it Unexpected 4 / Rainbow Connection
Hahahaha! That's Awesome! I can totally picture Elvis singing it, too...maybe a bit added into CCIU4, as he does with Alison/Suspicious Minds...
- Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:58 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
- Replies: 83
- Views: 82726
Re: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
Also very good at the gym...Yanyna wrote:songs like Go Away, Tokyo Storm Warning, etc. are perfect for my morning's travelling by metro...
- Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:54 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
- Replies: 83
- Views: 82726
Re: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
... The imagery swirls with playful fun. Love the rhyme 'thrillin' with 'villain'. The vibe is very Sixties nightclub, girls with straight hair, straight fringe, dancing like Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction or The Frug in Sweet Charity. Awesome, Neil!!! References to movies/film/cinema appear quite fre...
- Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:44 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
- Replies: 83
- Views: 82726
Re: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
Jeez, BA...Coal Train Robberies is probably one of my top 5 favorites of all...but only the Rhino bonus version...it's a totally different song. Actually listening to that disk right now. Have to say the Rhino bonus disks for both Spike and GCW are among my favorites and most often played. Once all...
- Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:33 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
- Replies: 83
- Views: 82726
Re: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
I love Go Away because it's Watching The Detectives, revisited, 30 years later... If Detectives is about the delicious experience of watching some sleazy, pulpy Film Noir movie, Go away is about watching a much fancier European detective movie--a movie, that while full of all the right details, is h...
- Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:03 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
- Replies: 83
- Views: 82726
Re: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
Jeez, BA...Coal Train Robberies is probably one of my top 5 favorites of all...but only the Rhino bonus version...it's a totally different song. Actually listening to that disk right now. Have to say the Rhino bonus disks for both Spike and GCW are among my favorites and most often played. Once all ...
- Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:08 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
- Replies: 83
- Views: 82726
Re: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
Yps, I love You'll Never Be A Man. I always take it to be a character accusing him, Elvis, of not being man enough. I love the way he sees manhood as an exam you need to sit: "I don't wanna be first, I just want to pass." The melody, underpinned by Steve's amazing piano flourishes, is won...
- Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:17 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
- Replies: 83
- Views: 82726
Re: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
I have no problem with Eisenhower Blues, especially since it's a cover...I assume it came out of the recording session with Ray Brown...some obscure old song they were all drunkenly chatting about in the studio and the next thing you know, it's on the record. Probably a nice memory for Elvis which h...
- Mon Nov 14, 2011 1:25 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis plays Prague, Nov. 4, 2011
- Replies: 73
- Views: 81195
Re: Elvis plays Prague, Nov. 4, 2011
I’m so happy you like my thoughts about the show! Now, after two days I have strange tiny details stuck in my head...how he walked in...cold blue lights...the dramatic pause in Stations of the Cross...the relaxed bossa-nova beat of All or Nothing at All...the moment when I saw return of young Elvis...
- Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:54 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis and the Imposters, Indianapolis, IN, Sep. 26, 2011
- Replies: 17
- Views: 17109
Re: Elvis and the Imposters, Indianapolis, IN, Sep. 26, 2011
Hi Redsfan!
What a lovely first post! Glad to have you on board!
Look forward to more of your ramblings.
Ypsi
What a lovely first post! Glad to have you on board!
Look forward to more of your ramblings.
Ypsi
- Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:49 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: If you were EC would you look at this site?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 25420
Re: If you were EC would you look at this site?
The have been so many coincidences--I'm sure he is aware of the content of this site from time to time, but I'm also sure he never looks at himself. I imagine there is some poor unpaid intern at his management company who combs the internet for Elvis info and maybe Elvis eventually looks at a summer...
- Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:11 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Plans for 2012 and some bad news . . .
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29667
Re: Plans for 2012 and some bad news . . .
Always got the impression Elvis & Ross have the kind of great Father/Son relationship many of us wish we could have. Must be an especially hard time for him because of this. So sad.
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:23 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: look for video and photos from Red Bank
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5592
Re: look for video and photos from Red Bank
Welcome, Jayne!
- Sun Oct 02, 2011 11:36 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis/Imposters, New York, Oct. 1 '11
- Replies: 105
- Views: 77699
Re: Elvis/Imposters, New York, Oct. 1 '11
Some points off for the staff of the The United Palace, who SUCKED-- useless ushers Wow, those guys were clueless! They had no idea what they were doing. I was directing people to their seats after the ushers brought them to the wrong place. We were initially seated in the wrong seats and then had ...
- Sun Oct 02, 2011 7:17 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis/Imposters, New York, Oct. 1 '11
- Replies: 105
- Views: 77699
Re: Elvis/Imposters, New York, Oct. 1 '11
My Hub just pointed out the wheel was pre-set to Alison before the show started... That really was genius...almost no one shouted out requests throughout the entire show. Very polite & enthusiastic crowd. Maybe EC defused that tendency by getting the "hits" out of the way first. Or may...
- Sun Oct 02, 2011 12:56 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis/Imposters, New York, Oct. 1 '11
- Replies: 105
- Views: 77699
Re: Elvis/Imposters, New York, Oct. 1 '11
So great!!! I'm in the Mood Again? Suit of Lights? Stella Hurt? Stations of the Cross? So fucking fabulous!!!! Some points off for the staff of the The United Palace, who SUCKED--all kinds of imaginary problems with our tickets, useless ushers, overflowing toilets, etc Also, how creepy was that firs...