Elvis Times Three!
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Elvis Times Three!
One of my greatest pleasures in life is playing Elvis Costello records for people who have never heard him, or much of him. Back in the days of vinyl we would just set the needle down and let it play. So here, for this lets say that your CD player programmer is broken and you have a chance to play three consecutive Elvis songs from any album. (best of's don't count). For instance....accidents will happen, senior service, olivers army from Armed Forces, or boy with a problem, pidgin english, you little fool from IB.....you get the idea. Three in a row you would want someone to hear or just your favourite 3.
This is mine.
King Horse, Possession, Men Called Uncle from Get Happy!!
Kind of silly I know....I'm not much of a thread starter, but I'm bored!
This is mine.
King Horse, Possession, Men Called Uncle from Get Happy!!
Kind of silly I know....I'm not much of a thread starter, but I'm bored!
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No fair, Poppet. You always spaz out on these lists. Now pull yourself together and come up with three songs!
I'm going for three songs that I would play for someone to get them familiar with EC. Here's mine in no particular order. Sorry for those of you who haven't heard the new songs, but I just love them all and had to include one on my list. Can't wait for the album this fall!
Brilliant Mistake
Delivery Man
Taking My Life in Your Hands
I'm going for three songs that I would play for someone to get them familiar with EC. Here's mine in no particular order. Sorry for those of you who haven't heard the new songs, but I just love them all and had to include one on my list. Can't wait for the album this fall!
Brilliant Mistake
Delivery Man
Taking My Life in Your Hands
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I like your Get Happy three in a row, Uncomplicated. I would move your needle on one on Imperial Bedroom and go for Pidgen English, You Little Fool and Town Cryer. The first 3 from Spike sound pretty good (This Town, Let Him Dangle and DDTM) but I think my favourite would be the last three from King Of America (Jack Of All Parades, Suit Of Lights and Sleep Of The Just).
It was as much of the alphabet as I knew how to use.
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When I was writing down my possible 3's I came up with several mentioned here. Oily's 3 from ATUB, and John's 3 from IB 'cause of the inclusion of You Little Fool one of my all time favs...also Goody's for You'll Never Be A Man also in my EC top 5. WHAR's First three from MLAR is awesome as well. I always thought that was a very Rockin' start to an album.
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Quite remarkable . I had an idea for exactly the same thread the other day...AND.......I had in mind those three great Get Happy!! tunes you selected......VERY SPOOKY - r u a mind reader????
Love all the selections here, but WHAR and Muggsy are the two choices I like the best. 1986....a great elvis year
Quite remarkable . I had an idea for exactly the same thread the other day...AND.......I had in mind those three great Get Happy!! tunes you selected......VERY SPOOKY - r u a mind reader????
Love all the selections here, but WHAR and Muggsy are the two choices I like the best. 1986....a great elvis year
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I can think of a few.
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I Hope You're Happy Now
Tokyo Storm Warning
Indoor Fireworks
Little Palaces
I'll Wear It Proudly
And In Every Home
The Loved Ones
Human Hands
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
Veronica
God's Comic
Rocking Horse Road
Just About Glad
All The Rage
And, if you could somehow suck the 80s sound out of GCW, Worthless Thing, Love Field and I Wanna Be Loved would be great.
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I Hope You're Happy Now
Tokyo Storm Warning
Indoor Fireworks
Little Palaces
I'll Wear It Proudly
And In Every Home
The Loved Ones
Human Hands
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
Veronica
God's Comic
Rocking Horse Road
Just About Glad
All The Rage
And, if you could somehow suck the 80s sound out of GCW, Worthless Thing, Love Field and I Wanna Be Loved would be great.
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ok..see if i get it right.....
rocking horse road-just about glad-all the rage
i want you-honey are you straight...-blue chair
new amsterdam-high fidelity-i can´t stand upfor falling down
cheers!
rocking horse road-just about glad-all the rage
i want you-honey are you straight...-blue chair
new amsterdam-high fidelity-i can´t stand upfor falling down
cheers!
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Jackson and SL. I'ts very cool that we think alike. Isn't Get Happy so wonderful? And those three songs are so darn good! Especially "Possession" and "Men Called Uncle"....which I thought was titled "MAN Called Uncle" for about 25 years because of the misprint on the original album (a thread topic in it's self). Those two songs I've always kind of condidered one song...the way they run together.....and on almost any Elvis mix tape that I have ever made, those two songs appear back to back. They give me chills.....as do many of EC's songs. but I often start here when trying to "turn on" someone to Elvis.
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okay, spooky g brow-beat me into it. yay peer pressure!
from the second cd of Punch The Clock:
The World and His Wife
Shatterproof
Heathen Town
gotta say, i MUCH prefer this version TWaHW. and i LOVE shatterproof.
i just played it to make sure it works for me. it does. i like the contrast of stripped down acoustic/tinkly classicalesque/stripped down acoustic again.
from the second cd of Punch The Clock:
The World and His Wife
Shatterproof
Heathen Town
gotta say, i MUCH prefer this version TWaHW. and i LOVE shatterproof.
i just played it to make sure it works for me. it does. i like the contrast of stripped down acoustic/tinkly classicalesque/stripped down acoustic again.
... name the stars and constellations,
count the cars and watch the seasons....
count the cars and watch the seasons....
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Yeah, Poppet. Except I was too damn stupid to realize that I broke the rules. I picked three songs from different albums.
Let me try again:
from KOA:
Brilliant Mistake
I'll Wear It Proudly
Suit of Lights
from TJL:
Taking My Life in Your Hands
Jacksons Monk and Rowe
The Birds Will Still be Singing
from PFM:
I Still Have That Other Girl
This House Is Empty Now
God Give Me Strength
Let me try again:
from KOA:
Brilliant Mistake
I'll Wear It Proudly
Suit of Lights
from TJL:
Taking My Life in Your Hands
Jacksons Monk and Rowe
The Birds Will Still be Singing
from PFM:
I Still Have That Other Girl
This House Is Empty Now
God Give Me Strength
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