Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Two new love poems different and yet of a piece, entwined with themes of the temporal and the eternal running through each. The first deals with the transcendent and inexpressibly beautiful aspects of love--beyond breath, emotion, the will, language, the body, chance, memory and time: A wordless sol...

An Inferno with a lost soul and a Paradise of physical love expressed with intimations of immortality. I like the way you have presented these poems back to back and in counterpoint, despair and delight. My favorite couplet from each: Fading in a shadowed existence alone Nothing to cling to, nowhere...

"You're a big boy now with a face to stop clocks"--'Turning the Town Red.'

Theodora and Lady Eowyn are pretty Dutch girls, Chesterton is so cute, and you are an angel.

In the first review the writer complains about "limpid crooning." Limpid means clear and simple in style. I wasn't sure why clarity and simplicity were pejoratives for the author until I read the rest of his convoluted critique. The second review seems to be of his marriage rather than the...

lapinsjolis wrote:Mr. Misery-You 'rock' in any language. I, sadly, only in in French maybe I should move. . .

I phrased my sentence incorrectly ; obviously I don't rock in English!

You don't need to move, I will move.

Misha, basically I said she rocks in French.

Comme une mariée rougissant.

Merci! Vous êtes la femme la plus belle dans le monde.

lapinsjolis wrote: A Rope Leash-I could truly scare you and post a picture of myself in my pj's but I'm kind.

That wasn't directed at me but LJ, may I have the picture of you in your pj's?

My true love and I were listening to 'Imperial Bedroom' while driving and suddenly noticed that we were on Imperial Highway. Kismet!

I have been kissed proper by a pretty one!

What a handsome bunny! That has to be the best looking Thurber ever.

Thank you for your kind words, LJ, and I echo your sentiments about valuing everyone's contribution. That's a wonderful wish list, I hope I would not be considered greedy for privately adding one more thing to it.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

The 'Tell me a story' thread in review: Lipstick kept it brief, she thought it absurd To utilize more than five or six words. Poppet sat next to a boy who had his own conversation And caused her to rethink public transportation. Dr. J. didn't find it exciting or stellar To catch a glimpse of Sir Pau...

What a proud Peacock.

LJ, I loved your story! She smiles sweetly when she wants to slap him. But happily romance wins out in the end. Mug, pepper? What about salt? :wink: A Rope Leash, I liked the sheep's "plaintiff bleat." Miguel would obviously be the defendant. Here's my story, it's sad but true. My represen...

I believe the reason EC didn't rework GCW was because it would have bankrupted him. That's exactly right. He was under contract to deliver the album by a certain date, had already started a solo tour, and was undergoing a costly divorce so there was no time to go back and rerecord Goodbye Cruel Wor...

This has a distinct Bacharach arrangement and sound with his famous flugelhorns, too much so perhaps because I didn't care for it initially and had to learn to love it. The song itself is laden with regret and guilt, the betrayal seems even worse to the narrator than being betrayed might have been. ...

A Rope Leash and Diana Crow

Miss Buenos Aires and Bambooneedle

Pip_52 and El Vez (as close as I could get to her request & remain within the rules)

Mug and Otis

LJ and MM

John Foyle and Sweet Pear

LJ, I love the live version of 'Chemistry Class' too--"You're brilliant!" shouts an audience member. I remember buying Brutal Youth , listening to the opening of this song as I left the record store, and knowing I was going to love the album. There is tremendous energy in the band's perfor...

When the album was released this used to be my favorite track, but why play favorites when the entire record is so superb. Some of the lines are artfully enigmatic but the theme seems to be the precarious place of the young, smart, and sensitive in a callous world. The singer is protective, an ally ...

The Attractions sound so great, with Pete and Bruce punching back and forth and Steve's keyboard sounding yelps of pain. EC's voice is full of tension as he narrates the story of a young guy who laughed at the old for their conventions but then became old himself and worried about being supplanted b...

Lapins Can I help scoop out your pumpkins? :wink: Sorry....that was very CopFanish (no offence CopFan) Jackson Doofster, I don't blame you for being enamoured of Lapinsjolis, and she was very gracious in her response, but that is no way to address a lady. A Rope Leash, if you wish to call attention...

LJ, wonderful picture of Elvis in black. I look just like him by the way. Have a happy Halloween!