Elvis when you least expect it
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Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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Elvis would appear to be in the U.K. , going by this tweet this afternoon, so he may have been at the U2 show. (edit - he was, as earlier posts I missed now tell me)
https://twitter.com/ElvisCostello/statu ... 8064614400
https://twitter.com/ElvisCostello/statu ... 8064614400
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That looks like Bob Geldof behind them .
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That is quite cool!
I was at the MetLife show last month and it was wonderful. Tremendous experience, both musically and visually.
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I was at MetLife also. Great show, exceeded my expectations.docinwestchester wrote:That is quite cool!
I was at the MetLife show last month and it was wonderful. Tremendous experience, both musically and visually.
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Picture sent to me by a friend at last night's friendly between Tranmere Rovers v Liverpool. Was supposed to have been going myself, but something came up, devastated.
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Yesterday afternoon they played Pump It Up as the backing music to a TV highlights montage of some of the action from the first round at The Open Golf Championship !
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Pump It Up used on tv in the intro build up to the final night of the World Athletics Championship!
On the back of the same track being used during the golf in July, maybe, just maybe, people are finally beginning to realise how good EC's music is ! ! !
On the back of the same track being used during the golf in July, maybe, just maybe, people are finally beginning to realise how good EC's music is ! ! !
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And used for a review of the final night on Breakfast this morningGoon Squad wrote:Pump It Up used on tv in the intro build up to the final night of the World Athletics Championship!
On the back of the same track being used during the golf in July, maybe, just maybe, people are finally beginning to realise how good EC's music is ! ! !
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Listening to Radio 5 Live's coverage of the closing minutes of the Premier League's transfer window (7 minutes to go as I type this) Phil McNulty, BBC's Chief Sports Writer announces that Ross Barkley has backed out of a move to Stanford Bridge (despite having agreed a fee and personal terms) with these words : "clearly his view is (I don't want to go to) Chelsea - as Elvis Costello once sang".
Apologies to anyone who thinks this should be on the 'relatively insignificant' thread instead
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Apologies to anyone who thinks this should be on the 'relatively insignificant' thread instead
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Colin Top balcony wrote
I'd agree if only Elvis had written (I 'm Not Going To Go To ) City as regards SanchezApologies to anyone who thinks this should be on the 'relatively insignificant' thread instead
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Seems 'Chelsea' was being used a bit yesterday. On talksport Bob Mills said it should be called national Elvis Costello day as it seems everyone is saying I don't want to go to Chelsea.
On a different note i caught a cab this morning to the station and I cant stand up for falling down was on the radio. This cabbie normally has radio 4 on. I heard the shipping forecast for the first time in years on Wednesday
On a different note i caught a cab this morning to the station and I cant stand up for falling down was on the radio. This cabbie normally has radio 4 on. I heard the shipping forecast for the first time in years on Wednesday
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Really useful for the London area At least they didn't play Houston Storm Warning ( sorry !)I heard the shipping forecast for the first time in years on Wednesday
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Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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My Facebook friends will already know this but, Mrs Sheep and I were out celebrating our silver wedding anniversary last Wednesday at a restaurant in Valldemossa Majorca. They played 'You hung the moon'. Not a fitting song lyrically but the tune fitted the mood of the place.
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On TV in the UK, BBC Four gave another airing this evening of a compilation of clips show called "Classic Quartets at the BBC".
The penultimate quartet performance was EC and the Brodsky Quartet performing "Pills and Soap" originally broadcast in July 1996 on "Later With Jools Holland" and subsequently released on "Live- A Case For Song".
If you're in the UK you can watch the most recent broadcast on the BBC I-player here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b ... at-the-bbc
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The penultimate quartet performance was EC and the Brodsky Quartet performing "Pills and Soap" originally broadcast in July 1996 on "Later With Jools Holland" and subsequently released on "Live- A Case For Song".
If you're in the UK you can watch the most recent broadcast on the BBC I-player here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b ... at-the-bbc
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Watching the premier of this new Amazon series last evening https://youtu.be/j3WEKki6znk and what comes over the closing credits-Girls Talk, the Dave Edmonds version----- it truly capped a stellar premier
"....there's a merry song that starts in 'I' and ends in 'You', as many famous pop songs do....'
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yesterday whilst getting over a severe case of man-flu I switched the TV on and BBC1's Homes under the Hammer was playing Opportunity. A bit of the vocal and then an extended instrumental section. Also I saw the Christmas jumper ad with Pump it up was on when i switched to Vintage TV
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I dreamed a new Elvis song last night. If I'd woken up, I would've transcribed it, as we're always gagging for new Elvis material.
But alas, all I remember was that it was a sarcastic mid-tempo rocker that sounded like it came off My Aim Is True.
But alas, all I remember was that it was a sarcastic mid-tempo rocker that sounded like it came off My Aim Is True.
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I’ve twice dreamt that I was playing bass in The Attractions, once at a garden party in aid of a church and I’ve been so desperate not to make s mistake. I’ve akso dreamt I was playing bass for LED Zeppelin , a band I could never get into on Plymouth Hoe and Robert Plant moaning at me because I didn’t know any of their songs ! I had a pair of very tight leather trousers on in my dream - if any of you know me , you are probably feeling a little nauseous at that image
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Whilst this is now turning into a thread on dreams. I had a dream the next fan forum meet up was in a pub that didn't exist and we ended up in a tv show where people were all out to get us.
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Opportunity is one of my son’s favourite tracks though I had tried to indoctrinate him with MLAR which came out when he was about two
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PLU played on Radio2 this morning at 8.50ish!
Not sure why..........but who cares !
Not sure why..........but who cares !
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Mrs. Getgood and I were playing Battleships on a quiz machine in the boozer the other night when the following multiple choice question popped up:
WHICH MUSICIAN WROTE THE MUSICAL SCORE IL SOGNO?
A - ELVIS COSTELLO
B - PAUL McCARTNEY
C - ELVIS PRESLEY
We went on to win a quid as well!
WHICH MUSICIAN WROTE THE MUSICAL SCORE IL SOGNO?
A - ELVIS COSTELLO
B - PAUL McCARTNEY
C - ELVIS PRESLEY
We went on to win a quid as well!
I love you just as much as I hate your guts.