Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Can we put the coat down to an error of judgement?

There was an instrumental during that snooker montage that has been driving me mad. Was it a Clash b side???

Great to meet up with Sulky and Sulky jr. How that young man resisted the Elvis tea towel is beyond me. Great show and the backing singers were thrilling. Funnily enough, She was a highlight for me along with Clubland and Tears.

Maybe Nick Lowe will sing Surrender to the Algorithm.

The recent death of Bruce Forsyth, the UK beloved entertainer, reminded me that when I went to the book launch of EC's autobiography at the Royal Court theatre in Liverpool, board member Top Balcony asked a question about EC's many appearances at that theatre and if he had any special memories. Elvi...

I that VB? My old pen pal?

I went to see Al Stewart last night with Tim Renwick on guitar. Tim is connected tenuously to the EC story having been in Quiver with Bruce, in Steve Nieve & the Playboys (the house band on the Jonathan Ross chat show) and he played on the Attractions album Mad About the Wrong Boy. Bruce also pl...

There is a link between Bruce's earlier books and Manchester United. I seem to remember that Cantona did a good Bruce Lee impression

I bet Sulky is just setting off now

I think he said something similar in Riot Act !!

We may now get the 1966 Italian Eurovision song!

I agree Sulky....but are you going anyway? Just hope he drops Side by Side!

Such a shame they didn't show the whole programme. It was a brave and potentially career destroying decision by Elvis but a great album. I would have liked to know what the Attractions' reaction was when he told them. Though they seemed to be enjoying the adventure.

Bizarrely, they were playing Mose Allison's Everybody's Crying Mercy in the Broadway shopping centre, Bradford at 8.30 this morning

Some thoughts on the Liverpool show - great to see some of the forum members, some I have met before and some new - thanks to Sulky for my brown envelope packed with goodies and Top Balcony for a potted history of the area! When TB said he was "off for a Jimmy", the look of bemusement of E...

The night after Liverpool Elvis has a day off, and Lucinda Williams is playing in Pocklington , near York. A good opportunity for a surprise encore appearance, perhaps?

I love all the songs that have been listed so far, but that is the great thing about Elvis, and about music in general, I suppose. Two songs I hate on an album I love, are The Big Light and Glitter Gulch, from KOA.

Bearing in mind the numerous family stories emerging from the Detour shows, its surprising that Any King's Shilling hasn't had an airing, And unrelated to this, how about a criminally overlooked song Fish N Chip paper?? According to the EC Wiki there were FIVE known performances in 1980...and that's...

I am in Row H. Its a sign of age when the booking fee is more than the ticket price of the first concert I went to.
See you all there!

The Attractions make an appearance on this new box set due for release at the end of April. Another Splash Of Colour - New Psychedelia in Britain 1980-1985 SLOW PATIENCE - THE ATTRACTIONS Its on Amazon, a 3 cd set at £20 The track was the last track on side one of the album Mad About the Wrong Boy, ...

I loved that show. One I remember had Pete Townshend and Nick Lowe as guests and they reviewed Dear Miss Lonely Hearts by Phil Lynott.

Clive Gregson is playing in Bradford the night before, and a converted wool mill where I once worked in the summer hols

http://blackdykemillsheritagevenue.org/whatson.html

Thanks to Top Balcony, I have recently been listening to the Picket show. What a wonderful night it must have been and what a great and influential musician we have lost. I will play something sweet, something mellow.....

I am now listening to the recording of the Harrogate show from 31 years ago today. Can I send a big thank you to everyone who has ever recorded an EC show. It is a magical experience to relive a gig I was at so long ago.
I know Cocktail Murderess was there!!

Looking through my ticket collection, I notice that tomorrow is the 31st anniversary of my first Elvis concert (9/11/84 Harrogate), and 42 years ago last night, my brother went to see Manfred Mann's Earthband supported by Brinsley Schwartz (7/11/73). EC regularly seeing the Brinsley's about the same...