Elvis Costello Fan Forum

I like "Strange," but the rest of the album doesn't do a thing for me.

Man, I love the patented Elvis screech. Every time he does it I try to screech along, but it's physically impossible. Can we come up with a definitive list of songs in which he does it? Off the top of my head, I can think of Eisenhower Blues, Deportee's Club, and there are little ones at the end of ...

1. Mighty Like A Rose
2. When I Was Cruel

1. Get Happy!!
2. Brutal Youth
3. Goodbye Cruel World
4. All This Useless Beauty
5. Painted From Memory
6. When I Was Cruel

1. This Year's Model
2. Imperial Bedroom
3. Almost Blue
4. Get Happy!!
5. Armed Forces
6. My Aim Is True
7. Trust

I get the distinct feeling that some people here don't understand the concept of sarcasm.

wehitandrun wrote:My hostility is in responce to hostility.

You think that saying an album that you like is bad is an act of hostility?

I would have to go with:

1. King of America
2. Trust
3. Imperial Bedroom

Goodbye Cruel World has grown on me recently. I like several of the songs. But compare the album versions to other versions. For example, the live take on Worthless Thing is about 100x better than the cut on the album. I Wanna Be Loved played live, with EC's guitar standing in for the aforementioned...

He did Pills and Soap in Nashville with the Brodskys. Killer.

Almost Blue gets my vote as most underrated, though.

lapinsjolis wrote: tear your wild pill

I'll Wear It Proudly

Out: You'll Never Be A Man
In: My Science Fiction Twin

Big Boys
New Lace Sleeves
Tiny Steps
My Science Fiction Twin
Hoover Factory (alt. version)
Episode of Blonde
Man Out Of Time
Big Tears
I'll Wear It Proudly
Green Shirt

Out: Beyond Belief
In: Pills and Soap

New Lace Sleeves
Tiny Steps
You'll Never Be A Man
Hoover Factory (alt. version)
Episode of Blonde
Pills and Soap
Man Out Of Time
Big Tears
I'll Wear It Proudly
Men Called Uncle

Rhino double CD = "The Very Best of Elvis Costello." I don't consider the resissues to be compilations.

Counting everything I have... 1. King of America 2. This Year's Model 3. Imperial Bedroom 4. Armed Forces 5. Get Happy!! 6. My Aim Is True 7. Blood & Chocolate 8. Trust 9. Brutal Youth 10. Costello & Nieve 11. All This Useless Beauty 12. Painted From Memory 13. El Mocambo 14. Mighty Like A R...

Link "Title Note: (12/2/03) This movie shares its title from the pseudonym of "Napoleon Dynamite" that singer/songwriter Elvis Costello credited himself as for his 1986 album, 'Blood and Chocolate' (narrating the album under the guise of the fictional character). (12/8/03) Executive ...

The soldier asked my name and did I come here very often Well I thought that he was asking me to dance In my holy coat and hat and him in his red bonnet We'd have made a lovely couple but we never had the chance The sky fell over cheap Korean monster movie scenery And spilled into the mezzanine of t...

Click on Music, and then click on Elvis and you can hear a snippet of his song, "Let's Misbehave."

I wonder what wehitandrun thinks.

I can think of a few. Uncomplicated I Hope You're Happy Now Tokyo Storm Warning Indoor Fireworks Little Palaces I'll Wear It Proudly And In Every Home The Loved Ones Human Hands Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Veronica God's Comic Rocking Horse Road Just About Glad All The Rage And, if you could somehow s...

So he bit his tongue
And tried hard to capture his breath
When she said I waited all my life
For just a little death

Alison
Red Shoes
Pay It Back
Blame It On Cain
Detectives, if considered part of the album. If not, Welcome to the Working Week

The Beat
You Belong To Me
Little Triggers
Living In Paradise
Lipstick Vogue

Another from Get Happy:

'Till I step on the brakes to get out of her clutches

They did End of the World and You Belong to Me before Radio Radio. I don't remember hearing any of Honey, Are You?, but I may have just forgotten it. They did play Moods for Moderns briefly after Uncomplicated, but it was just an instrumental outro.