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- Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:47 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: "Stripping Paper"- an archeology of Eros
- Replies: 19
- Views: 44811
Re: "Stripping Paper"- an archeology of Eros
Nice deconstruction here. Elvis has been saying that maybe he wasn't the best original choice for singer of the band. But, when it comes to Elvis, I've never heard a cover sound better than his original. He's trained his voice well over the years, and he's become very adept. I don't know what kind o...
- Sun Nov 25, 2018 11:53 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Hey you out there...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14038
Hey you out there...
...sorry about the separate thread. I didn't want this rambling mess to disjoint someone else's. "Young poets imitate. Mature poets steal." - T. S. Eliot I got the rent caught up and made the car payment. Stupid cellphones... So we got a little food, and saved some gas money, and I said wh...
- Sun Oct 14, 2018 1:39 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Look Now , October 2018
- Replies: 482
- Views: 5475376
Re: Look Now: new album announced!
I woke this morning with under lime under lime under lime and here it is near noon and still under lime under lime under lime repeating repeating repeat repeating. Most of the tracks are on YouTube now. I haven't heard any of it on the radio. It isn't Momofuku . But, I didn't hear that on the radio,...
- Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:48 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Look Now , October 2018
- Replies: 482
- Views: 5475376
Re: Look Now: new album announced!
I'm jazzed about the release next week, and pleased because the new part-time job I got is working out, so it looks like I might be able to indulge my fandom. All the released songs I've listened to over the phone-youtube-bluetooth-speaker bar connection are irritating me tremendously. Am I hearing ...
- Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:23 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Suspect My Tears Music Video
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6324
Re: Suspect My Tears Music Video
I'm curious as to how much input Elvis had on this video.
Seems a bit farmed.
Seems a bit farmed.
- Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:20 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis's funniest line or song
- Replies: 19
- Views: 23630
Re: Elvis's funniest line or song
Elvis lyrics running through my mind since this thread began... Two Little Hitlers seems to fit the category. It's a masterpiece of clever grins. Why are we racing to be so old? I'm up late pacing the floor I won't be told You have your reservations I'm bought and sold I'll face the music I'll face ...
- Thu Sep 27, 2018 6:59 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis's funniest line or song
- Replies: 19
- Views: 23630
Re: Elvis's funniest line or song
From Daddy can I Turn This? Is anybody acting your age? You got a girl you keep in a cage You give her presents after a while A birthday cake containing a file From Monkey to Man Every time man struggles and fails He makes up some kind of fairy tales After all of the misery that he has caused He den...
- Sat Jul 23, 2016 12:03 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Amy Winehouse
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8332
Re: Amy Winehouse
I can't listen it's too sad.
- Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:20 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis's Worst Song And Why
- Replies: 48
- Views: 58444
Re: Elvis's Worst Song And Why
Big Nothing
Don't ask why...it's self explanatory.
Don't ask why...it's self explanatory.
- Tue May 31, 2016 2:11 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis (solo) plays Rome , May 29 2016
- Replies: 29
- Views: 31810
Re: Elvis (solo) plays Rome , May 29 2016
The grand finale with fans who besiege the stage, just under his feet, and with I Want You so painful and intense, whispered a bit 'into the microphone a little' off, slicing his heart in slow motion, with a knife thin.
Holy moly!
Holy moly!
- Fri May 20, 2016 10:17 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: UNFAITHFUL MUSIC & DISAPPEARING INK - Oct. 2015
- Replies: 528
- Views: 644947
- Thu May 19, 2016 1:09 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: UNFAITHFUL MUSIC & DISAPPEARING INK - Oct. 2015
- Replies: 528
- Views: 644947
Re: UNFAITHFUL MUSIC & DISAPPEARING INK - Oct. 2015
It almost seems like he had to create some hollow adversity in his life so he could overcome it. He could have dished more and poked up the fire. He doesn't care enough to be angry anymore, and I guess it's a good thing. It's a good slice of the history of the last days of the "record industry&...
- Tue May 17, 2016 11:32 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: UNFAITHFUL MUSIC & DISAPPEARING INK - Oct. 2015
- Replies: 528
- Views: 644947
Re: UNFAITHFUL MUSIC & DISAPPEARING INK - Oct. 2015
The book suffers from the same circumstance I spoke of in another thread. He is pushed to do so much, and he does get it done but he depends too much on his science fiction twin to get it done one time. So the product isn't quite as great as it could be, but an under-worked and wandering literary pi...
- Mon May 16, 2016 12:46 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: UNFAITHFUL MUSIC & DISAPPEARING INK - Oct. 2015
- Replies: 528
- Views: 644947
Re: UNFAITHFUL MUSIC & DISAPPEARING INK - Oct. 2015
I was surprised at how much of his childhood he recalls. I kind of liked the family history, as it makes it easier to see how someone becomes a professional musician. It helps if you are born to it. I wish he had dished more on Diana, and I didn't see a thing about Bruce's novel. He's very wise to s...
- Mon May 16, 2016 12:39 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: "I might do something expectedly..."
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20069
Re: "I might do something expectedly..."
I might disagree some. Part of me would like to see Elvis slow down and take it easy. He works very hard. He could relax for a while and work on something spectacular. A song-a-day sounds like some kind of sound factory, where you're docked for bathroom breaks. Yes, it could be profitable, but what ...
- Sat May 14, 2016 4:48 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: UNFAITHFUL MUSIC & DISAPPEARING INK - Oct. 2015
- Replies: 528
- Views: 644947
Re: UNFAITHFUL MUSIC & DISAPPEARING INK - Oct. 2015
I finished the book about ten minutes ago. I took the opportunity to buy it and read it on the occasion of a minor but painful surgery. It hurts to laugh. Elvis moonwalks through his life with the elegance of dust revealed by an afternoon sun ray through dirty green glass panes set in grey wood with...
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 7:03 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: 10 year anniversary of "Painted From Memory"
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33570
Re: 10 year anniversary of "Painted From Memory"
I adore this recording, warts and all. It's okay to complain about Elvis' voice, but for me it only adds to the sincerity of the recording. These are not easy songs to sing. Try it yourself, and see if you can even keep your breath. No person with a "beautiful" voice could do any better, i...
- Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:29 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: David Bowie RIP (January 8, 1947 - January 10, 2016)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 36994
Re: David Bowie RIP (January 8, 1947 - January 10, 2016)
A class act all the way and the sorrow is unanimous.
I saw him in Oakland on the Let's Dance tour. Stevie Ray Vaughn played in the band.
A rare one, and under appreciated if you ask me.
I saw him in Oakland on the Let's Dance tour. Stevie Ray Vaughn played in the band.
A rare one, and under appreciated if you ask me.
- Sun Oct 18, 2015 9:16 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis on CBS News Sunday Morning, Oct. 18 2015
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15513
Re: Elvis on CBS News Sunday Morning, Oct. 18 2015
This was the most exciting thing I've seen on television in a long time. I got chills and it made me cry.
It is a little cool this morning, and I have a toothache, but...
I can't wait for the movie.
It is a little cool this morning, and I have a toothache, but...
I can't wait for the movie.
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:46 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & The Imposters play Sioux City, IA, July 24 '15
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14320
Re: Elvis & The Imposters play Sioux City, IA, July 24 '15
Telling the cops to stand down or else.
That's my boy.
That's my boy.
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 7:02 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Thoughts of Detour
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9490
Re: Thoughts of Detour
I did not get to see this show at all, even though it passed fairly close to me. I have enjoyed visiting this site daily for all the updates and reviews. The reviews have been almost universally glowing, both here in the states and across the pond. I do hope this show will be presented in some sort ...
- Tue May 12, 2015 6:54 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Covers of Elvis songs
- Replies: 64
- Views: 75235
Re: Covers of Elvis songs
Thanks, I needed that...
- Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:28 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Relatively Insignificant EC Stuff. . .
- Replies: 1637
- Views: 2696335
Re: Relatively Insignificant EC Stuff. . .
I find it interesting...forgive me if I am mistaken, but you are in England, correct? I think Every Day I Write the Book is the only Elvis song I have ever heard in an elevator or retail store here in the USA, and I have probably heard it about ten times. It must be a conspiracy. Didn't Elvis say re...
- Thu Apr 23, 2015 7:46 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Relatively Insignificant EC Stuff. . .
- Replies: 1637
- Views: 2696335
Re: Relatively Insignificant EC Stuff. . .
I use my forum moniker for not only this forum, but also for other forums. I also use it for some junk email. I have often spelled it out for people and they have said it aloud..."a rope leash"...but no one has ever said "O hey like from that song!" I know it's pretty obscure but...
- Tue Apr 14, 2015 2:43 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: EC to appear on the Late Show With David Letterman one last time, April 23, 2015
- Replies: 56
- Views: 56238
Re: EC to appear on the Late Show With David Letterman one last time
Bandleader for late night variety shows is for second-tier artists. For an icon like Elvis to take the job the role would have to expand. All the band does is carry people on and off stage and entertain the audience during breaks. The television audience doesn't even get to hear the whole performanc...