Elvis Costello Fan Forum

I thought *I* was the Invisible Man. But I suppose we didn't see each other before. Anyway, the album is growing. It doesn't exactly work like a McCartney album, which is relatively simpler(*) and straightforward. Now many of the melodies are stuck in my head. (*) although you can find articulated ...

First impression: I feel he finally picked up where he left off with 'All This Useless Beauty' in 1996 ...

Might i ask here ARE THERE 2 DIFFERENT VINYL VERSIONS? I happily have a $19.19 one scheduled to arrive the 17th. But, i now see one for $23 at amazon which alleges the four bonus cuts. AM I AWAITING THE STANDARD 12 TRACK VERSION AND MUST NOW PURCHASE AGAIN FOR THE BONUS SONGS??? thanks, ba there is...

Neil. wrote:"Unfortunate family cirumstances" might just mean "essential stuff that was unfortunately timed on the same day as the Barnes and Noble thing." Hope it's not serious.

I don't think it can - unless somehow has phrased this very unfortunately

verbal gymnastics wrote:http://looknow.elviscostello.com/

That one's for the American market ...

Import duties are going to make these way too expensive for me

In my (indirect) experience of cancer, words like "defeated by a single surgery", and "recommend[ed] three weeks to four weeks recovery", certainly need to by qualified by a certain passage of time before they can be deemed as facts ... :( But like others have said, I'm not a doc...

This sounds bad ... real bad ...

sheeptotheslaughter wrote:Number 37 in the vinyl single charts in the UK this week. First time Elvis has been in the top 40 for a while.

'vinyl single chart'??

I'm surprised there are actually 37 vinyl singles currently in the running!!

Still haven't had a chance to hear this one ... let alone buy a copy ...

Looks like it's a photo of a photo

Mr. Getgood wrote:

Neil. wrote:Erm...

https://youtu.be/4nHEexBRGIQ

Painful...

there's a surprisingly good voice hiding underneath all that ... rubbish!

By the way, I'm not him

nord wrote:L1009932-2.jpg

You badly need one more!

Wow, the combination of reluctance, incompetence and sarcasm in their statements is quite off-putting

Ymaginatif wrote:Available to the UK??

$75.00 shipping costs?!!!!

Available to the UK??

Fishfinger king wrote:My copy arrived today!
They do exist in the UK - mine number 588.
Sounds extremely good - no surface noise at all. Even The Long Division sounds good!

No. 592 has arrived here

I ordered my copy in the UK from Scott Nangle - bigger outlets don't seem to have it. Emailed them yesterday to check availabilty and they had 50 copies in stock but had already sold 47 - 48 now with my order! Act fast all! Looking forward to hearing it+++++ Well Scott, send them out! (I'm one of t...

Not so easy to disentangle these voices!

McCartney low in verse and high in middle bits; EC high in verse and low in middle bits I think.
Twenty-Five fingers' chorus is more tahn just two. In fact, I think they doubletracked both their vocals here and there?

#9 Dream - Lennon

Well, I like these recent albums, but I found his lyrics on Secret, Profane and Sugarcane left me cold. They scan badly (but don't all Costello lyrics do, and that's normally why I love them :) ), sound pompous, don't hang together, and with their ultra-american frame of reference have no relevance ...

Just thought of another one:

the final seconds of "The Days Take Care Of Everything " ...

(if not all of the song)

The Stamping Ground. It's just...dull, tuneless and lacking in interest of any kind. Which is something an Elvis Costello song should never be. Yes, that's one I agree with. I forgot to mention 'She'. That's a lovely song with huge potential. But Elvis' version is dreadful. And still it was such a ...

'Sunday's Best' and 'Playboy Into A Man' were two major reasons why I started listening (and loving) Elvis Costello back in 1992! :D Anyway - worst song you ask? 'The Stamping Ground', I'd say. I usually prefer to skip this one. But all in all, EC is one of those artists with surprisingly few 'worst...

And plays beautifully too!
I haven't tried Side D though

Album also benefits from being detached from the disastrous Il Sogno!

My copy arrived today, and it's a beautiful, lush edition - in a rich gatefold. The cover artwork is very effective on 12".
So... well worth checking this one out!