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- Sun Nov 01, 2020 11:38 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1232447
Re: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
A $59.99 "Thank You" to And No Coffee Table . The 30% Off Code you provided worked perfectly today. It's still insane to pay $139.99 (+ taxes) for this, but "I don't want to hear it, 'cause I know what I've done. I know . . . I know . . . I know . . . I KNOW!!!!" : 0 ) Many thanks!
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:12 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1232447
Re: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
I noticed the "AUTUMN!30" 30% Discount Code no longer works. Anybody know of a new 30% Discount Code that DOES work? $140 is better than $200. In fact, at $200 there's no way this EC Lifer can take the plunge.
- Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:34 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1232447
Re: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
Listening to EC’s demo version of “ Green Shirt ,” I have to believe he may have had Paul Simon’s “ Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard ” somewhere in the back of his mind. Listen to: “ Better send a begging letter to the big investigation .” And then listen on Simon’s Demo Version to: “ When the pa...
- Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:06 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New song “Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me’, sept 11, 2020
- Replies: 31
- Views: 35387
Re: New song “Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me’, sept 11, 2020
Sounds like I'm in the minority here. This is my favorite song off the new album (so far). I liked it when EC debuted it on Steve's Facebook Immobile Tour earlier this Summer and really love the arrangement. Now, in full transparency, I also greatly enjoyed Elvis singing "Let's Misbehave" ...
- Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:25 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Blood and Chocolate Survivor - Final Round
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12476
Re: Blood and Chocolate Survivor - Final Round
Now it can be told - I would have been happy for any of these to have been top: Blue Chair Next Time Round Crimes of Paris They are just so incredibly melodic, poppy and joyous, undercut by the dark lyrics. I heart them. The verses pull you in, the choruses are INCREDIBLE and the middle eights are ...
- Sat Sep 05, 2020 12:50 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Do you have a favorite EC concert?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 100451
Re: Do you have a favorite EC concert?
I've been fortunate to have seen EC about 75 times in a 37-year period (1982-2019). A shout-out to HARRY LIME for how similar our EC Paths have run. My first concert was Friday, August 13, 1982 at The Ohio Center, Columbus, Ohio and my second was Sunday, August 15, 1982 Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio (...
- Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:50 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Blood and Chocolate Survivor - Round 4
- Replies: 15
- Views: 24255
Re: Blood and Chocolate Survivor - Round 4
Late chiming in here, but "Next Time 'Round " is actually my favorite song on Blood & Chocolate, and easily in my own personal "EC Top 20." For all of the reasons mentioned . . . and a few more. Namely, I love that young Declan's Catholic upbringing finds its way into the sen...
- Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:36 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New song ‘Hetty O’Hara Confidential’, July 10, 2020
- Replies: 67
- Views: 99513
Re: New song ‘Hetty O’Hara Confidential’, July 10, 2020
Did anyone notice an entry on EC's Facebook page by Nemi Von Fritzenberg? She says Rose Brennan, who sang with Ross MacManus in the Joe Loss orchestra, had a cousin named "Hetty O'Haire." An improbable coincidence?
- Sun Jul 26, 2020 5:25 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis writes about Peter Green RIP
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14224
Re: Elvis writes about Peter Green RIP
It's fair to say you can probably hear the influence that "Oh Well Part 2" must have had on The MacManus Gang EP "A Town Called Big Nothing" from 1987.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRFvsLlC_ZM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRFvsLlC_ZM
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:55 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Trust Survivor - Round 4
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9565
Re: Trust Survivor - Round 4
To all of you who voted out "Pretty Words" . . . you don't know what's what! You don't know what you got!
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Seriously, I love EC's singing on "Pretty Words" . . . one of his best vocal performances on the album. Sorry to see it go so soon!
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Seriously, I love EC's singing on "Pretty Words" . . . one of his best vocal performances on the album. Sorry to see it go so soon!
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:23 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Mystery songs on ASCAP site
- Replies: 86
- Views: 276429
Re: Mystery songs on ASCAP site
I wonder if "Maud" was inspired by Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 1855 Victorian-age poem? In its day, people were shocked by the "morbidity and hysteria" of it. Tennyson's Maud leads the narrator's father into bankruptcy and ultimately suicide. I suppose we'll know . . . if there is a ...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 9:09 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New song ‘Hetty O’Hara Confidential’, July 10, 2020
- Replies: 67
- Views: 99513
Re: New song ‘Hetty O’Hara Confidential’, July 10, 2020
As nearly everyone has noted, a definite WIWC 2002 vibe. In fact, I bet in a live concert setting, EC could seamlessly weave a line or two of "Hetty" into "Episode Of Blonde" without anyone really noticing. "So you jumped back with alarm/Every Elvis has his army/Every rattle...
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 10:49 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: which of these two long players is MORE of a clunker?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 79384
Re: which of these two long players is MORE of a clunker?
Very much enjoying this friendly discussion. Count me in as a fan of MLAR . " Couldn't Call It Unexpected #4 " is one of the best vocals EC has ever done. " All Grown Up " is also fantastic. But then again, I adore NORTH , and just about everything on PFM . In fact, I frequently ...
- Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:45 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New song "No Flag" released June 5, 2020
- Replies: 47
- Views: 67854
Re: New song "No Flag" released June 5, 2020
Indeed. The "Arlo" would also appear to be a nod to Arlo Guthrie, a protest singer in his own right, and son of Woody Guthrie, whom EC has covered in the past: "So Long, It's Been Good To Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust)" at Mill Valley, and "Pretty Boy Floyd" snippets during ...
- Fri Jun 05, 2020 9:15 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New song "No Flag" released June 5, 2020
- Replies: 47
- Views: 67854
Re: New song "No Flag" released June 5, 2020
Can't imagine any other artist dropping "No Flag" and "Hey Clockface" within a couple of months from one another. A raver and a crooner. Crunchy and smooth. There's always an EC to suit every mood! "No Flag" seems like a sequel to "Walk Us Uptown" . . . Will y...
- Thu May 21, 2020 9:45 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Ascension Day
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5439
Happy Ascension Day
Today (Thursday, May 21) is Ascension Day (40 days after Easter) on the Catholic calendar. "40 days passed by . . . but we'll all be together, come Ascension Day." Leave it to former Altar Boy Elvis to dip back into his upbringing to mine it as an allegory for a personalized hymn about pos...
- Tue May 19, 2020 11:21 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Steve Nieve - The Immobile Tour BackStage
- Replies: 212
- Views: 722165
Re: Steve Nieve - The Daily Improvisation
Wondering if the date of the EC appearance with Steve (May 17) had any impact on the song selections. It was May 17, 1986 when EC "married" Cait O'Riordan at St. Stephen's Green. Hearing a Pogues tune and "My Little Blue Window" had me thinking that May 17 from 34-years ago may h...
- Tue May 05, 2020 11:24 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: GET HAPPY!! 4 surviving songs SHOULD BE
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12999
Re: GET HAPPY!! 4 surviving songs SHOULD BE
THE IMPOSTER
MAN CALLED UNCLE
BLACK AND WHITE WORLD
B MOVIE
MAN CALLED UNCLE
BLACK AND WHITE WORLD
B MOVIE
- Sat Apr 11, 2020 10:12 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Imperial Bedroom Survivor (Round 11)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6044
Re: Imperial Bedroom Survivor (Round 11)
Full Disclosure: IbMePdErRoIoAmL is my favorite EC LP of all-time (as noted by the fussy way I typed out the title!). But seriously, I bought it the day it came out on July 2, 1982, (as a 20-year old), and was instantly mesmerized - plus PRINTED LYRICS for the first time ever. It also served then (a...
- Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:19 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: EC to appear on Artists4NHS interview and live performance series, March 27, 2020
- Replies: 23
- Views: 51435
Re: EC to appear on Artists4NHS interview and live performance series, March 27, 2020
Interesting EC talks about Dusty Springfield's version of "Losing You (Just A Memory)" from her "White Heat" LP. It was recorded in 1982, but how about the irony that a 25-year old Davey Faragher played bass on that LP! Talk about life coming full circle. Amazing. Surprised EC di...
- Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:25 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis Costello Warehouse sale
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9283
Re: Elvis Costello Warehouse sale
Any idea what the "Imperial Bedroom Program" is? Does not appear to be related to the "And Other Chambers" tour. Does anyone have this?
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:45 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & The Imposters play Cincinnati, OH, November 19, 2019
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10776
Re: Elvis & The Imposters play Cincinnati, OH, November 19, 2019
I'll be there, front and center.
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 2:31 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street 50th anniversary special
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21162
Re: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street 50th anniversary special
With Tokyo Storm Warning, I always hear "Auntie Grizelda" by The Monkees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJs9Q0bc2C0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJs9Q0bc2C0
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 4:27 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis when you least expect it
- Replies: 747
- Views: 1011746
Re: Elvis when you least expect it
And of course, 1980's High Fidelity begins with . . . "Some things you never get used to" from Diana Ross and the Supremes just 11 years earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBmJayScjew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBmJayScjew
- Mon Jul 29, 2019 4:33 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis when you least expect it
- Replies: 747
- Views: 1011746
Re: Elvis when you least expect it
You just reminded me of a lyric in a Hank Williams song that reminds me of a line in "Crimes of Paris" EC’s “Crimes of Paris” And I find it hard to swallow good advice Like going down three times to only come up twice Come up twice The Hank Williams Song “Long Gone Lonesome Blues” And when...