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by jardine
Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:03 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Songs of Bacharach & Costello: collection based on Painted From Memory, March 3, 2023
Replies: 200
Views: 890074

Re: The Songs of Bacharach & Costello: collection based on Painted From Memory, March 3, 2023

docinwestchester wrote:
sweetest punch wrote:Seems like Sessions at West 54th is available for viewing on the PBS- site: https://www.pbs.org/show/elvis-costello ... west-54th/
(But not available in Europe…??)
That link isn't working for me in U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBtaZU3 ... voOliveira
by jardine
Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:24 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: EC and T Bone Burnett "writing new songs for a Coward Brothers project"
Replies: 6
Views: 3555

Re: EC and T Bone Burnett "writing new songs for a Coward Brothers project"

lovely! hopefully it will be made public on a format that i can play.

too soon?
by jardine
Sat Jun 25, 2022 6:31 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: For The Birds: The Birdsong Project includes new EC track
Replies: 13
Views: 8027

Re: For The Birds: The Birdsong Project includes new EC track

okay, so, two revolver covers in short order...hmm. really like this bit of 60s miasma and the way 'still be singing' pierces it...
by jardine
Thu Apr 14, 2022 7:23 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 616484

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

must say i've had a couple of things that were similar in shape and feel over the past few years...but i guess we're into a topic for another thread. in those two cases, it became one of those "buy everything they have done"...one person stretching back to 1990, the other [my wallet was re...
by jardine
Wed Apr 13, 2022 7:48 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 616484

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

nearly agree. loved listening to it, once again amazed by himself, but don't find it is sticking much, despite my admiration at a distance. I can't really tell if that is becasue i was 27/8 when mait and tym came out and am now over 70 and simply can't/don't/won't listen the same way. I recall dylan...
by jardine
Tue Apr 12, 2022 7:18 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 616484

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

yep. this is why 'how often i listen to a, b or c" isn't a good measure of how much i cherish certain music.
by jardine
Tue Apr 12, 2022 1:31 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Uncut - Elvis Costello Deluxe Ultimate Music Guide
Replies: 2
Views: 4192

Re: Uncut - Elvis Costello Deluxe Ultimate Music Guide

Huh. does not ship to Canada...? i get the mag. subscriptions....ah well.
by jardine
Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:16 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 616484

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

This always puts me in mine of an old habit I had going back to 1965 [me 14 going on 15] of putting Beatle songs on a list with a top ten typed with the red-ink ribbon [i still have a couple in a box somewhere!]. And now, what am i to do with North? The White Album? Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest? and...
by jardine
Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:16 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 616484

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

This always puts me in mine of an old habit I had going back to 1965 [me 14 going on 15] of putting Beatle songs on a list with a top ten typed with the red-ink ribbon [i still have a couple in a box somewhere!]. And now, what am i to do with North? The White Album? Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest? and...
by jardine
Fri Mar 25, 2022 3:58 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Liz Terrell covers Almost Blue
Replies: 5
Views: 4736

Re: Liz Terrell covers Almost Blue

"let the song do the work." perfectly put.
by jardine
Thu Mar 24, 2022 4:56 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Liz Terrell covers Almost Blue
Replies: 5
Views: 4736

Re: Liz Terrell covers Almost Blue

also seems the review has never met a [often mixed] metaphor they don't like...

“gems wrapped in a bow”
“the brink of a boiling point”

And my very favorite:
“a slow stroll down an azure avenue”

all things consider, i guess standard-esque ain't that bad
by jardine
Wed Mar 23, 2022 3:54 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Liz Terrell covers Almost Blue
Replies: 5
Views: 4736

Re: Liz Terrell covers Almost Blue

"standard-esque" I can't for the life of me decide what i think of this term...almost cool...almost
by jardine
Sat Feb 05, 2022 8:55 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Female Narrator
Replies: 10
Views: 15499

Re: Female Narrator

that [what? early 70s?] thing about "i don't know about anyone but myself and my own experience" so my songs are about me and it is me talking...there was an old story about lennon and mccartney re: eleanor rigby, lennon protesting, basically, who are these people, you just made this up......
by jardine
Wed Feb 02, 2022 8:55 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Every record ranked…
Replies: 16
Views: 8938

Re: Every record ranked…

Back in the middle ages, I kept a list of my favourite Beatles songs. the oldest one i've still got is me adding in Revolver songs. I'd type it out, top ten in red ink, then circle songs and move them around and re-type the list. Never really showed anyone, but I'd fold it up and carry it with me. I...
by jardine
Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:37 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Female Narrator
Replies: 10
Views: 15499

Re: Female Narrator

Even though this revives an embarassing misunderstanding of mine, as a writer, I'm still finding the original topic really interesting to think about. In the sort of work I do, i very often cite others and feel like i'm sort-of orchestrating multiple voices. I am struck by one other sentence from th...
by jardine
Fri Jan 14, 2022 11:51 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 616484

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

Okay, well, not often that first listen makes me think it might be the best. The inventiveness is crackling, the playing is crackling, melodies, words, variety, consistency...yow!
by jardine
Thu Jan 13, 2022 11:16 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Oliver's Army in the news
Replies: 12
Views: 7838

Re: Oliver's Army in the news

I do know of a lot of research done on the algorithmic nature of such topics rising up. It happened recently to Bob Dylan when the latest bootleg series was released. Automated search of artists, politicians, etc., to see if something buried or forgotten might be tittilating enough to bring up. It a...
by jardine
Thu Jan 13, 2022 11:09 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Oliver's Army in the news
Replies: 12
Views: 7838

Re: Oliver's Army in the news

And, of course, none of this is especially e.c.'s job. He has to survive out at that front edge of the glare of things and do what is needed in that light -- no pun intended...well, maybe a little bit 8) .
by jardine
Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:54 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Oliver's Army in the news
Replies: 12
Views: 7838

Re: Oliver's Army in the news

Wonder if terms like "commentariat" will be next? What I mean to say is that such stuff is unnecessary. Inflamatory and not especially enlightening at all when it is just tossed off like that. Many of the other things you said were informative and helpful, but I get to those sarcastic turn...
by jardine
Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:47 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 616484

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

just got the shipping notice, #1153

didn't someone say that 1500 gets a #1, or something like that...?
by jardine
Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:43 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Oliver's Army in the news
Replies: 12
Views: 7838

Re: Oliver's Army in the news

I'm also wondering what, in fact, triggered this, right now, after so many years?