Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Hey Cope, were you saying you thought Berkeley was without the Imposters? They're playing.

"Winterlude, winterlude, oh darlin'.." What a voice!

What a debasing thread...

Rope, what have you been editing out? Must've been gross.

New EC album, "NORTH" - due Sept 23, on Deutsche Grammophon. - Written at the piano by Costello between Autumn 2002 and New Year's Day 2003. - Recorded at Avatar Studios and Nola. Recording in NYC between April and May 03. - Produced by Elvis Costello and Kevin Killen, who engineered and m...

CPunk, in Barfly, I like the way he spits out, "You symbolize everything that disgusts me!!"

I think there's beauty in Dylan's voice in how he seems fearlessly indifferent about judging its 'quality'. He just sings and however it comes out is however it comes out -- pure and extremely expressive. He accepts any and all possible uglyness so fully that in the honesty of that he manages to mak...

The Unforgetable Fire and All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2. If the latter had been put out by an unknown band, everyone might be far more amazed. New York.. New York... so poignant.

yes... if it's your truth first and foremost, not what you may have just borrowed from someone else.

How anyone can describe someone else as more imaginative, I don't know. Imaginative in different ways, sure, but not more. Aw come on Otis, I stated it as an opinion not a fact. Ok, I appreciate how Dylan expresses his imagination, more. It captures mine most, out of the three. BC, I'll look out fo...

I think Dylan is by far the most imaginative.
Springsteen second, and I don't know a lot of Bowie. Just been listening to Diamond Dogs and Pin Ups though. Can't get his Here Comes The Night and Growing Up (bonus Bruce track on Pin Ups) out of my head.

His work also means a lot to me.

Some backlash from the ignorant* is understandable, but in the end it's irrelevant.

* I'm not saying this is you Rope, I suspect you said "the Rising sucks" in jest after the grammys, and haven't even heard the album...

Only a bit at a time, I suppose.

All I know is that what is unknown is vast even if a lot of it is knowable (true), and I try to be pragmatic.

...and that The Rising doesn't suck.

He's no match for Chuck Norris in the idiot stakes... or Chris Isaak for that matter. One true thing: I could learn a foreign language between EC reissues. Yes, the truth may change, but the truth is always the truth. Something that was true might not now be true, but what is true is still the truth...

Diana Krall is also doing her recording in San Francisco, according to this story:
http://nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/3052302.html

And it was her dad's fault that news of their engagement got leaked:
http://nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/3051101.html

EC: "Got any other background colours?"

Studio assistant: "No, only monkey-shit brown."

EC: "Ok, that'll just have to do".

It pays to wait a bit, I've found. But yea sometimes you WANT.. IT.. NOW.

Boy With A Problem wrote: Barfly

Barfly was cool. It's about Bukowski if you weren't aware of it, costellopunk.

I, also, liked Some Kind Of Wonderful.

One that comes to mind is Soldier. Very good character role by Kurt Russell, having to supress a lot.

The truth remains constant. It may change, but it's always the truth. Don't know about that Rope. What was true 5 minutes ago may no longer be true; it evolves, like memory. The laws of physics might not change, but human perceptions do. And you might have just imagined you saw some UFOs, projectin...

('Cept for those of you in the southern hemi, of course-- to you, happy Winter Solstice!) 8) Thanks Mug. I can't wait till the days get longer and longer. The sun goes down at around 5 here now and it's soooo chilly for Sydney. At least the sun beams into my place at an angle in the afternoon (if I...

It was a pressure and a plividge noise. Gilli, I've got a US LP of TYM and it has a different shot. He's sort of crouched behind the camera, holding it, with his mouth just behind it. Do you have that one? Was that the standard US issue, anybody know? It's in mint condition, though I wouldn't sell i...

Pump It Up is a great pop song that could be taken for granted here just because it hasn't aged as well as Watching The Detectives. I prefer it as an EC pop moment but, on an overall basis, I prefer WTD. It's close.

I found all these songs somewhat annoying to begin with until I grew to like them. Which do you like best, and which do you like least?

Who cares about this stupid book!?

Ralph Waldo Emerson or Frank Lloyd Wright might figure.

The problem with this question is 'we'. It's far easier if you ask me whether I think killing a dude is worth doing, and if I know their mind. It's all so ridiculously hypothetical though. I wouldn't have a clue unless I'm in a situation.

I hate the 'we' mentality. No vote from me.