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by yaniv297
Sat May 22, 2010 8:45 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10
Replies: 148
Views: 139779

Re: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10

Dear Elvis I ask myself during the last few days why I took your decision so tough. Yes, I'm one of your fans. Yes I bought some of your CDs and DVDs. Yes, few minutes after knowing about your plans for 30.6.2010 I ordered 2 tickets for my wife and for me… And you made your decision and apologized ...
by yaniv297
Fri May 21, 2010 9:30 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10
Replies: 148
Views: 139779

Re: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10

Actually the conversation was relatively peaceful so far... anyway, as I said I love Elvis and his music very much. which makes the whole thing way more difficult to me :-(. BTW, another response... the bass player for some band called K's Choice (yeah, never heard of them either), wrote this in his...
by yaniv297
Fri May 21, 2010 3:22 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10
Replies: 148
Views: 139779

Re: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10

Only you and Alexv seem to have really spent any time 'reading' his statement and clearly have made a concerted effort to digest his words. Yeah but that's exactly the point, isn't it? We've read the announcement and knows he's not anti-semistic. However, most people didn't. The people I talked wit...
by yaniv297
Thu May 20, 2010 3:09 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10
Replies: 148
Views: 139779

Re: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10

This story is everywhere. Just noticed it online on the front page for my local news rag. So surely, if Elvis wanted to avoid taken a side at the conflict, he failed quite miserably. I hope he at least will release a statement that he's against every use of his name as an anti-Israeli symbol, and t...
by yaniv297
Thu May 20, 2010 12:55 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10
Replies: 148
Views: 139779

Re: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10

ET, on your bush-bashing red state point: you are absolutely right that he played red states and bush-bashed. Why? Because as he says in his post, for him music is not just music, it involves other things, including politics. On American politics he clearly has a stated view: he's made up his mind ...
by yaniv297
Thu May 20, 2010 9:12 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10
Replies: 148
Views: 139779

Re: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10

God Bless you Elvis! You have done a good thing by canceling your concerts in Israel. Just as it was the right thing to boycott South Africa so to is it right to boycott Israel. Israels policies and actions are far worse than those of South Africa under apartheid. [RANT] I thank god for people like...
by yaniv297
Wed May 19, 2010 3:18 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10
Replies: 148
Views: 139779

Re: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10

Yaniv, EC is a political artist. He's no Elton John. Take it from a long-time fan/groupie. On your second point. You miss my point: the reason I think EC is not performing is that he does not want to make a political point, for the reasons I summarized. Unlike Waters EC is not a "criticizer of...
by yaniv297
Wed May 19, 2010 2:16 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10
Replies: 148
Views: 139779

Re: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10

What strikes me about all this is the language EC uses in his withdrawal post. He says: "One lives in hope that music is more than mere noise, filling up idle time, whether intending to elate or lament." Right off the bat, he's saying, look, music should be about more than just the melodi...
by yaniv297
Wed May 19, 2010 8:29 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10
Replies: 148
Views: 139779

Re: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10

It looks like everyone is turning this into a political issue. If I were in EC's shoes, I would have canceled, too, for the mere fact that, well, people simply get on my nerves. I'm not being insensitive to the people of Palestine, I'm just saying that all this build up and pressure to not perform ...
by yaniv297
Tue May 18, 2010 2:12 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10
Replies: 148
Views: 139779

Re: Elvis cancels shows in Israel , June/July '10

As an Israeli and a dissapointed fan myself, I feel like Elvis has just done a terrible mistake... I don't really see what message does he try to give or who is he punishing. Costello isn't punishing Israeli leaders, as they all have enough money to buy front-row tickets to any of his other shows. H...