Elvis Costello Fan Forum

"so you overdose on aftershave and try to slash your wrists". Not quite as good as "I wish you luck with a capitol F" but I like the line anyway.

FYI...that picture above (from today's Washington Post) is not a picture taken at the Strathmore show. EC was wearing a black tux at Strathmore.

Could someone please post the set list from the July 31st Wolf Trap Show?

IB is at the top of my list for several reasons. I was about 19 when it came out and in my second year of college (and I was absorbing all kinds of new music back then). It helped to have fallen in love (she's now my wife of 18 years) and we both listened to that record over and over and over again....

I've known an number of people in my age group (I'm 43) who say EC jumped the shark after Armed Forces (and that they only listen to the first 3 albums). In his defense, I explain EC's diversity from Soul to Country to Classical to whatever. But I also say that he's still a rock & roller beyond ...

Shabby Doll......NO WAIT.....God's Comic.....NO WAIT......Waiting for the End of The World....NO WAIT.......my brain hurts.....................

She wears a wedding ring her sister lent To throw them off the scent Just let them guess, it's what they expect Who in the world has bitten her neck? She's discovered wearing last night's dress The carnal and cunning, she couldn't express Who do you think she's trying to impress? I'd wish you'd know...

Goodbye Cruel World is mediocre record compared to EC's other work. But in the whole scheme of things GCW is much better then a solo album by a member of Kiss or maybe an attempted comeback album by Rick Springfield or Leif Garrett.

Here's mine...

1.............................. Imperial Bedroom

2-thru-whatever..........Everything Else

Dead Last...................Goodbye Cruel World

I've been on tenterhooks, ending in dirty looks, listening to the muzak, thinking bout this n that. We're all going on a summer holiday Vigilante's coming out to follow me. Heard somebody say they're out to collar me. Anybody wanna swallow me? All the bedroom lights go out As the neighborhood gets q...

Has any of you heard the bootleg version of King Horse ( EC and the Attractions are live in Austin)? It starts with Backstabbers and goes into King Horse. It was the Punch The Clock Tour w/ lots of brass. Unbelievably eggzellent!

"between tenderness and brute force"

I've always wondered why he put the line, "Nick Lowe not responsible for this one" next to Big Sister's Clothes. Does anybody know? My first assumption was Nick didn't like the song and didn't want it on the album. Maybe he liked "Big Sister" better and wanted THAT on the album. ...

Your body speaks so much louder than your voice - you let it do the talking so I don't have any choice.

and

And the future looked as bright and as clear as
the black tarmacadam.
(Is this line from Tramp The Dirt Down considered wordplay or a pun or neither)?

I wish you luck with a capital "F".

She was sitting pretty on a velvet cushion But her bedroom eyes were like a button she was pushing She said, "When they get to Dover they'll be be taking over" I said I'd come to her defense and then she pulled me over -Opportunity from Get Happy - (Those lines make me envision a very secu...

Uh Oh...WeHitandRun broke the rules again.....

So here's my answer....uh....

LIV TYLER!

Real answer...listen to How To Be Dumb for an hour.

I'm Not Angry or Mouth Almighty

It's tough to choose probably the most common phrase in my life (dealing w/ my wife and kids ususally) is.....

"Say you wouldn't Kid About It"

If memory serves.... When EC and the Attractions were on The Tonight Show w/ Guest Host Joan Rivers, I believe they did an early version of I Hope You're Happy Now. The one on Blood and Chocolate is much more up-tempo. Great Line from that song..."With his eyes upon the secret places he'd like ...

My List: Imperial Bedroom (Why doesn't he come home, why does her friend's phone keep on ringing.....Maybe she should just pretend) Get Happy (The chairman of the bordom is a compliment collector, I'd like to be his funeral director) This Year's Model (She's been a bad girl; She's like a chemical......

I've seen EC at least 15 times since 1977 at the Warner Theater in DC. I've never, ever heard him play You Little Fool live. And I'd love to sometime in the future. I've heard him play Shot With His Own Gun once (solo w/ T-Bone Burnett in 1984) and it was great. I'd love to hear that one again. Name...