Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Thanks for your feedback on Godfather II Miss.B.A. You are so correct on the one flaw of The Godfather I and II. The absense of humor. Has there been a mobster film since that hasn't played on the absurdity of the gamgster life for comic effect. (Okay probably quite a few, but you get my point.) I s...

Thanks for your thoughts MissBA. Your take on Michael is interesting. He has become the decorated war hero. Vito himself seems to enjoy the legitimacy that Michael has forged for himself. I have always wondered though did Michael take this route to distance himself from the family? He was most likel...

True, Otis, I still see the Godfather well regarded in published lists. I guess I was reacting more to my own anecdotal evidence. In conversations about movies it seems to fare less well than Scarface or Sopranos etc. Seeing American Gangster recently it is hard to not feel it works best when it tri...

Miss BA, If you have the inclination I would love you to elaborate on your comment about The Godfather. It has been one of my favorites for many years. I like Godfather II even more. I have always enjoyed it for what I thought were the skills of Coppolla's craft. Much of the storytelling has become ...

Mike, Have you heard the remastered reiisues Unknown Pleasures and Closer? I would love to know if they were worth me reinvesting. http://www.soundopinions.com/shownotes/2007/110207/shownotes.html Music Radio like it used to be. Here are two music writers talking intelligently (for the most part) ab...

Are you staying downtown, John? If you have time for sightseeing you have to visit Chess Records at 2120 S.Michigan Avenue. Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson, Chuck Berry etc all recorded there. Outside of New York, Chicago has one of the best skylines you will see in the US. Take the...

Did make it to this concert last night. We had tickets prior to the Macomb concert being announced. If it had been in the other order I would have skipped the Dylan night. I was anticipating a real anti-climax after the full solo Costello. That would have been a mistake though, because it was a grea...

Just walked in so this is my best chance for recollection. I apologize for any errors or omissions. Or anything out of sequence. I hope geoffcowgill can correct any mistakes. Close to two hour set. Great show! (The Angels Want To Wear My) Red Shoes Either Side Of the Same Town Veronica River In Reve...

As long as his shoes match I can do that, otherwise more than one thing is more than I am able usually able to reacall!

I will do my best. Usually too involved to write at the gig, so will have to trust my failing memory.

I'll be there.

Great to read your personal response to the movie, Otis.

I totally concur with your closing line - "They're still my favourite band of all time by many miles and nothing could ever come close."

I am very much anticipating the movie. I don't know if I am going to get a theater release locally, may have to take a drive to Chicago. If not it will be waiting for the DVD release. The reviews seem to be extremely positive. I am pleased how much the ones I am reading have an awareness of Joy Divi...

Review from The Independent

http://arts.independent.co.uk/film/revi ... 027695.ece

Nice review of Control from Salon.com. It was screened at the Toronoto Film Festival with a new Joy Division documentary. I can't wait to see both!

http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/ ... /toronto4/

'LCD Soundsystem are from the UK, not the US as the website indicates.' WSS - LCD Soundsystem are out of New York City. Both their albums are great. Primarily the work of James Murphy the founder of DFA Records. DFA was originally Death From Above Records. Since 9/11 only the diminutive has been use...

Loved the research you did on this. The answers.com result is fascinating!

Thanks

I am one of the culprits who post to every Top 10 list that appears. Mike's Top 10 about to 10s rang some bells for me, but I still don't know why I love to post to them. I am not sure if it makes me a member of a 'brigade' or not, I always thought that Brigade Rosse t-shirt that Joe Strummer wore l...

This Flight Tonight
Carey
All I Want
Help Me
Big Yellow Taxi
Don’t Interrupt The Sorrow
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
California
Coyote
The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines

The song I had always called Cries And Whispers and loved is/was, Below the surface this day I need it light Inside dimension lies another sacrifice Once out of reach, we never speak, we never compromise As they turned to gold the edges froze and seemed to turn to ice All flight departures assembled...

For many New Order exist in a context that make Joy Division a footnote in their history. For me it is the opposite. New Order worked hard to escape the shadow of Ian Curtis. And as those first few releases came out they fell short in my estimation unless they were mimicking those few Joy Division r...

I was in New York City a few weeks ago and seeing CBGBs gone was kind of odd. Was a museum piece for sure, but deserved to be after launching the careers of Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Ramones etc Uh Oh Love Came To Town Pulled Up The Girls Want To Be With The Girls The Good Thing Drugs Life During ...

Otis, You certainly did select some greats from side one of Moondance. It would be hard to argue that Into The Mystic is not one of the all-time greats. Same as Listen To The Lion off St Dominic's Preview. Still I stand by These Dreams Of You. I certainly wasn't trying to be willfully obscure, but p...

The very first concert I ever saw. Thanks to a very indulgent older sister who let me tag along as a 14 year old in 1981. I still remember how the four band members walked out to the sound desk single file before the concert. All wearing the long raincoats that were compulsory in those post-Joy Divi...

The quality of mid to late period Jam is beyond dispute. The great standard set there shouldn't deter anybody from cherry picking the early Style Council days for some real gems. A lot easier now without the smoke-screen of poor fasion choices, videos and pretentious sleeve-notes to chase you away. ...