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by HungupStrungup
Sun Jul 18, 2004 7:44 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: NY Times Article on Elvis
Replies: 14
Views: 15677

And as we all know, Elvis has a fondness for Mr. Bartholomew's "That's How You Got Killed Before."
by HungupStrungup
Sun Jul 18, 2004 12:34 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Lincoln Center~Third Night
Replies: 30
Views: 31352

This mysterious , unidentified bassist has me curious ( as usual!). Maybe he is from the Brooklyn Philharmonic , last nights featured orchestra. Their site - http://www.brooklynphilharmonic.org/info/ORCH_PERS.htm - lists these Double Bass Joseph Bongiorno* Gregg August Judith Sugarman Louis Bruno G...
by HungupStrungup
Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:11 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Lincoln Center~Third Night
Replies: 30
Views: 31352

You did very well, SP. As I remember it, Steve didn't get to play the melodica, not even on "Almost Blue." And there was certainly no theremin! EC didn't give the title of "She's Pulling Out the Pin." He just called it a new song. But I think that phrase was repeated enough in th...
by HungupStrungup
Sun Jul 18, 2004 1:26 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Lincoln Center~Third Night
Replies: 30
Views: 31352

Il Sogno Intermission Still All This Useless Beauty * Almost Blue She's Pulling Out the Pin * You Lie Sweetly Fallen The Birds Will Still Be Singing I Want to Vanish * ---- Dirty Rotten Shame * I Still Have That Other Girl Couldn't Call It Unexpected #4 All with full orchestra, or almost, except * s...
by HungupStrungup
Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:59 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Lincoln Center Second Night
Replies: 40
Views: 40100

I forgot to mention that Elvis did his own introduction at the start. The lights went down, and then you could hear his voice over the PA with the usual stuff about recording devices and flash cameras being prohibited, and he said something like "please turn off the sound on your cell phones an...
by HungupStrungup
Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:59 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Lincoln Center Second Night
Replies: 40
Views: 40100

Hey folks! Two straight nights without "Alison"! Prediction (or maybe silly wish) for Saturday: "I Want You" scored for symphony orchestra. Yes, I granted in a previous post that "Heart Shaped Bruise" was played - I had the wrong name. And Isaac Guzman is right about &q...
by HungupStrungup
Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:54 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Lincoln Center Second Night
Replies: 40
Views: 40100

theremin (ther·e·min)
NOUN: An electronic instrument played by moving the hands near its two antennas, often used for high tremolo effects.
ETYMOLOGY: After Leo Theremin (born 1896), Russian engineer and inventor.
by HungupStrungup
Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:45 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Lincoln Center Second Night
Replies: 40
Views: 40100

I have to guess at some of the new song titles > Invisible (or maybe Invincible, obviously I'm guessing but of one thing I'm certain - this is one fuckin' great song!) this was "Heart Shaped Bruise" yes? >>I think "Heart Shaped Bruise" may be the one I called "There's a Sto...
by HungupStrungup
Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:20 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Lincoln Center Second Night
Replies: 40
Views: 40100

It was a 31-song marathon! I have to guess at some of the new song titles, because I haven't seen a list of what he's recorded for the album, but I think maybe 10 of these are from it. I Hope You're Happy Now Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution) Waiting for the End of the World You Belong...
by HungupStrungup
Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:16 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Lincoln Center, First Night
Replies: 26
Views: 27856

For those who may be wondering about Upon a Veil of Midnight Blue, it was the first EC song. I probably should have used that title instead of I Wonder How She Knows, which is what Charles Brown called it. Elvis' stage patter was charming. In addition to naming the soloists as I said earlier, he als...
by HungupStrungup
Wed Jul 14, 2004 7:55 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis Costello Avery Fisher Hall July 17 Question ??????
Replies: 3
Views: 6890

Saturday night's conductor will be Brad Lubman.
by HungupStrungup
Wed Jul 14, 2004 5:06 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Brodsky Quartet do Il Sogno, London Nov 9 '13
Replies: 26
Views: 29018

The program for the Avery Fisher concerts has a Deutsche Grammophon ad for the Il Sogno CD "to be released in the fall," with details of the 2-disc edition. I think the program says something about this being a simultaneous release with the new EC & the Imposters' album. I'll check tho...
by HungupStrungup
Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:59 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis Costello Avery Fisher Hall July 17 Question ??????
Replies: 3
Views: 6890

The ballet music will be the first "half" of the show, with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and a guest conductor. After intermission, orchestral arrangements of EC songs will be performed, maybe some of those done Tuesday night but probably more that weren't, since he will have had to rehearse ...
by HungupStrungup
Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:54 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: 'I Want You' query
Replies: 9
Views: 11037

I agree it may be a drug or alcohol reference. Long-time junkies craving a fix don't refer to needing to get high - they say they need to get well. Boozehounds sometimes say a similar thing, particularly when hung over, hair of the dog and all that. The song may be saying you've had enough fun, as i...
by HungupStrungup
Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:45 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Lincoln Center, First Night
Replies: 26
Views: 27856

Elvis is truly a New Yorker now. Right before Clubland, he said, "It's good to go traveling, but it's so very good to return home." Just before doing Someone Took the Words Away, he said that he'd had the opportunity to do the North songs but never in their full orchestrations. He seemed t...
by HungupStrungup
Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:13 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Lincoln Center, First Night
Replies: 26
Views: 27856

I Wonder How She Knows Clubland Someone Took the Words Away Still Punishing Kiss Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Put Away Forbidden Playthings Dust My Flame Burns Blue (Mingus tune – didn’t catch name but shorter than what Poppet posted) Intermission Favourite Hour That's How You Got Killed Before When Di...
by HungupStrungup
Mon Apr 26, 2004 10:08 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Diana Krall on Letterman
Replies: 18
Views: 15348

I wonder how long it will take Letterman to mention how nice she smells.

(that is, if she sits down to chat with him - if she just sings, he won't)
by HungupStrungup
Mon Apr 26, 2004 10:00 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis NYC Tix On Sale NOW
Replies: 8
Views: 10825

Damn site! I had great seats for all three in my shopping cart (Row B for Imposters), but the damn site kept timing out on me when I tried to complete the sale.

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by HungupStrungup
Mon Apr 12, 2004 7:14 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: recent DVD purchases
Replies: 307
Views: 179609

I think the PBS version was basically the theatrical film, or possibly a shortened version, with some backstage segments interspersed. The DVD has many more backstage and rehearsal segments, and the concert itself on DVD is full-length, longer than both the theatrical and PBS versions. Can anyone co...
by HungupStrungup
Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:33 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Bob Dylan, La Times April 4 2004
Replies: 3
Views: 5627

Dylan gave an excellent show in DC last Saturday at American University's Bender Arena, the school's basketball facility. I didn't get to see the Friday night club show, nor the Sunday night Warner Theatre concert (at which he did "Blind Willie McTell," "Forever Young" and "...
by HungupStrungup
Sat Apr 03, 2004 8:38 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Recent CD Purchases
Replies: 2208
Views: 1439158

These are brand new purchases and not even liberated from their shrink wrap yet:

Witness, Under a Sun
GP, Your Country
The Undertones, Listening In: Radio Sessions 1978-82
by HungupStrungup
Fri Apr 02, 2004 12:03 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: New Dylan dates announced
Replies: 11
Views: 11318

Next Friday and Saturday, dates in Asheville, NC and Columbia, SC have been added to the itinerary.

And on top of the DC shows this weekend, there'll be an appearance tonight at a venue there called the 9:30 Nightclub.
by HungupStrungup
Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:55 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: What´s the best british record from the 90´s?
Replies: 58
Views: 39141

Teenage Fanclub should be in the running for this. While Bandwagonesque and Grand Prix have been mentioned, I have a particular fondness for Songs from Northern Britain.

No one has mentioned Peter Gabriel in this thread, but I think Us is a 90s masterpiece.
by HungupStrungup
Fri Apr 02, 2004 10:59 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Country singer Carlene Carter jailed
Replies: 4
Views: 7560

Yes, it's truly sad. She's had a very rough year, losing her boyfriend (or ex-, I'm not sure which), another ex-, mom and stepdad Johnny too. Getting busted and sued didn't help any. I met Carlene once, during the Nick days, probably between Musical Shapes and Blue Nun . She was not only talented an...
by HungupStrungup
Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:14 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: "They are the Most Crooked, Lying Bunch..."
Replies: 68
Views: 48791

and your point is what? I've got one too: parody n 1: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way [syn: lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade] 2: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: mockery , takeoff] v 1: make a spoof of; make fun of [...