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by Mr. Misery
Thu Feb 26, 2004 10:59 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis Merch!
Replies: 15
Views: 13525

At the Clearwater show I got the North tee-shirt, Lapinsjolis got the red baby-doll shirt, and Steve Nieve's 'Windows' CD was also for sale.
by Mr. Misery
Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:23 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Birds Birds Birds
Replies: 33
Views: 26192

One more: "The birds in the branches may whistle and croon
but they're singing out of tune"--'Too Blue.'
by Mr. Misery
Fri Feb 20, 2004 4:12 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Clearwater Setlist 2-19-04
Replies: 15
Views: 15271

Clearwater Setlist 2-19-04

1. Accidents Will Happen 2. 45 3. Everyday I Write the Book 4. Rockinghorse Road 5. Shot With His Own Gun 6. This House is Empty Now 7. Someone Took the Words Away 8. Home Truth 9. Toledo 10. Girls Talk 11. Mystery Dance 12. You Turned to Me 13. Fallen 14. God's Comic 15. Man Out of Time 16. Shipbui...
by Mr. Misery
Mon Feb 16, 2004 5:00 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
Replies: 307
Views: 213515

The title suggests the season Fall, a fallen state, falling out of love, falling in love again. The music is pianissimo until the orchestra swells unexpectedly suggesting new hope at the darkest moment, and his voice is rich and autumnal throughout. The lyrics are poetically charged. The leaves like...
by Mr. Misery
Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:21 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
Replies: 307
Views: 213515

"You Want Her Too" is from Macca's 1989 album Flowers in the Dirt . There are three other MacManus/McCartney songs on that record: "My Brave Face" (my favorite of their collaborations), "Don't Be Careless Love," and "That Day is Done," but EC only sings on the...
by Mr. Misery
Fri Feb 13, 2004 2:30 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
Replies: 307
Views: 213515

LJ, you described and summed up 'Expert Rites' perfectly, it is one of my favorite overlooked EC masterpieces. I too love the impassioned operatic singing and the theme you elucidated so well. Paul B, I like a Mose Allison song with the memorable line "Your mind is on vacation but your mouth is...
by Mr. Misery
Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:14 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
Replies: 307
Views: 213515

EC's evaluation did change dramatically over the years. In a very early interview he opined that Springsteen was "always romanticizing the streets" and was a "lousy lyricist." But he was mesmerized by a concert experience, and came to value the music, saying that both were "...
by Mr. Misery
Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:08 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis Costello is scheduled to perform at the Grammy Awards
Replies: 65
Views: 48128

cbartal wrote:I found Yoko to be in typically arrogant form last night. When I heard her refer to Paul, George, and Ringo as "the other three", I wanted to punch her.
You have such good ideas, if only you would follow through on them.
by Mr. Misery
Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:57 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Happy Birthday Selfmademug
Replies: 27
Views: 18870

How can I compete with multi-colored gifs doing the wave, a ladybug parachuting into a birthday cake, and balloons? I tried to copy and paste clip art of a salt shaker on to this post but it won't work! :oops: May you have the happiest of birthdays, Mug!!! :D You're a very special person to me and I...
by Mr. Misery
Sun Feb 08, 2004 12:52 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Thoughts on You Tripped at Every Step
Replies: 5
Views: 8153

This has such a lilting melody and the lyrics chronicle affectionately but unsentimentally a lifelong friendship and the destructive effects of alcohol ("You drank that potion and went out of control"). It made my top 15 list of all time favorite EC songs, and I have only a little to add t...
by Mr. Misery
Sat Feb 07, 2004 5:52 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: EC on Craig Kilborn Friday night , Feb. 6
Replies: 14
Views: 14251

Thanks very much, Martin. I was just about to ask what song he did and how the performance was as I missed it, but now I'm downloading from the link you provided. Ta.
by Mr. Misery
Sat Feb 07, 2004 4:45 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
Replies: 307
Views: 213515

Thank you so much for your support, LJ! 8) A bonus track from the Brutal Youth sessions that operates ironically and by negation: by abandoning words, thoughts, emotions, and beliefs "you will lose the sense and the meaning" of life. The list expands to include abandoning almost everything...
by Mr. Misery
Sat Feb 07, 2004 3:04 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Vodka Collins, Black and Tan, some Long Island Ice Teas...
Replies: 7
Views: 7484

The LessThanZ's Club

"Schnapps chianti porter and ouzo
Pernod vodka sambuca I love you so"
--LessThanZ.
by Mr. Misery
Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:33 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
Replies: 307
Views: 213515

LJ, I knew you loved 'Hidden Charms' as I do, and can easily imagine the appeal for Thurber too, how he must dance! Hope your fever subsides and you are feeling better soon. Paul B, You are very precise about the background to the recording of 'Head to Toe.' The Attractions were treated as hired mus...
by Mr. Misery
Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:09 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
Replies: 307
Views: 213515

I don't know anything about the Springsteen connection, perhaps someone else can supply that information. 'Temptation' is another remarkable song from the brilliant Get Happy!! . He's slowed down the arrangement in recent concerts to bring the lyrics to the fore. It seems to treat the trappings of s...
by Mr. Misery
Sun Feb 01, 2004 1:02 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Clearwater February 19th
Replies: 7
Views: 8129

It is all in the past but the problem had to do with who she would Gopher when the boat would Doc. :wink: "Ah Tattoo, her name means pretty rabbits. Her fantasy probably involves Elvis Costello but we are granting the wish of the gentleman sitting next to her in allowing him to take her to the ...
by Mr. Misery
Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:42 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Clearwater February 19th
Replies: 7
Views: 8129

McCoy! Issac must have set that up. How awkward it will be for her, seeing you and I together.
by Mr. Misery
Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:12 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Clearwater February 19th
Replies: 7
Views: 8129

I don't know what I'll be wearing but I too will be easily recognized, sitting next to the beautiful woman in black. :D
by Mr. Misery
Sat Jan 24, 2004 8:12 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
Replies: 307
Views: 213515

Survival in a relationship and in life is the theme, and the two seem intertwined. The couple experience deception ("She's telling all of those lies she swore she never told before, but I doubt it"), death, ambition, being mysterious to one another, sadness, the wish to return to childhood...
by Mr. Misery
Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:33 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
Replies: 307
Views: 213515

LJ=Lovely. X!! :D :D I so agree 'Baby Plays Around' is a masterpiece, it would be on my top 15 list but I've been procrastinating about compiling it, a daunting task! 'Pads, Paws and Claws' (co-written with Paul McCartney) is a great song too, another of my favorites from Spike . The music is rock m...
by Mr. Misery
Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:42 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
Replies: 307
Views: 213515

Indignant as only a sixteen year old can be. Glad to have you back on the thread LJ, you are worthy and I love you! :D 'Radio Sweetheart' is the first song EC recorded and in a style that defied all the trends of the day, and it's such a strong and lasting composition that it is still featured in hi...
by Mr. Misery
Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:22 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Lydon joins cast of 'I'm a Celebrity`
Replies: 39
Views: 25882

I'm not going to be watching the celebrity show, and I know John Lydon can be insufferable. I wouldn't want him for a neighbor, if I had to have a famous one Ringo would be my choice. But I'm going to go against the grain of the responses to this thread and put in a good word for Mr. Lydon. He has m...
by Mr. Misery
Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:32 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
Replies: 307
Views: 213515

Those back up singers should have been backed off the album. Mr. Misery your lines are always worth quoting you know I love you more than slightly. Very witty line about Painted From Memory ! There seems to be a consensus that those birds should not have been singing. LJ, you know I love you more t...
by Mr. Misery
Fri Jan 23, 2004 1:11 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
Replies: 307
Views: 213515

Thanks Lapins and MrMiz. I have Love Field on a Best Of. It sounds really Great! I guess I never pay attention to the lyrics all the way through. I just kind of get lost in the beautiful atmosphere. LessThanZero, if you get a chance I think you'd also love the version of 'Love Field' on Deep Dead B...
by Mr. Misery
Fri Jan 23, 2004 12:49 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
Replies: 307
Views: 213515

LJ, thank you for thinking my lines on 'Love Field' were worth quoting. Mr. Average's karate picture out menaced yours but he will agree with me that yours with the tigress ears infinitely out cuted his! :D I recall reading an essay claiming that 'Man Out of Time' was EC's masterpiece. It's certainl...