Elvis Costello Fan Forum

jmm wrote:Possession, licorice and comedians were highlights for me

Vocal challenges apparent to my ears on a few (e.g. Toledo, high fidelity)

I mistakenly posted comments in the wrong show thread, but I concur that The Comedians was fantastic. He nailed the Orbison vibe.

Ha, just realized I posted this in the wrong thread!

Detectives new arrangement is fabulous. It’s like Double Indemnity coming to life. I think I saw Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck on stage.

Edit: Comedians might have been the absolute highlight though.

rockcat wrote:As usual, tickets went onsale and I was never sent a presale passcode. If you have one please share.

ECHOLIDAY23!

Fishfinger king wrote:Sleep Of The Just - surely the best last track?
Next Time Round is fantastic.
I also rather like Go Away.

Nailed it. “Go Away” is very underrated.

Amazing setlist, but did they forget about "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" and "Couldn't Call It Unexpected"? ("A Face in the Crowd" also appears to be the residency's first non-"PL&U" repeat.) Elvis did say they were going to “break their own rule” when he p...

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Good spotting!

It looks like the cover art itself says "The Boy Named If And Other Children's Tales" rendered in EC's inimitable style.

One good spotting deserves another! In my excitement, I didn’t even notice “And Other Children’s Tales”.

sweetest punch wrote:https://presave.umusic.com/elvis-costel ... YGU-4hl7ik

Following that link leads one to see the forthcoming album is titled “The Boy Named If”.

The untitled song was “The Death Of Magic Thinking”; basically “Chelsea” segued into it with no break, chopping off the last (repeated) verse.

there is a YouTube video out there with Sandra dancing up on stage while Elvis plays during his Spinning Wheel concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZc9IT7h-3U Cheers ice nine I was at that show. Matthew Weiner, the creator of Mad Men, was also one of the Spinning Wheel contestants that night. W...

Just as the new songs that have trickled out have failed to light a fire for my enthusiasm for the album...I watch that Party Girl clip, and all is right again. Can we get a whole concert of just EC and Batiste?? Magnificent.

DON'T KNOW, WASN'T THERE. any lyric or other clue for us? If he said that, probably true. I HOPE SO. thanks Mea culpa, I misunderstood what he said until I just watched the video I took. It was NOT new, it was “This Is A Test”, which I haven’t heard since the Wendy James demos were first circulated...

And I must be totally out of the loop, was that truly a new song (which EC said he just wrote) played before “PL&U”? DON'T KNOW, WASN'T THERE. any lyric or other clue for us? If he said that, probably true. I HOPE SO. thanks Mea culpa, I misunderstood what he said until I just watched the video...

Well, maybe it was just me, but the sound tonight was awful. Went with a couple of EC neophytes, and the mix was muddy, vocals were indistinguishable unless you were aware of the lyrics. Crowd was enthused, but they barely wanted to sing along with “Less Than Zero”. Geez, I remember in ‘94 when EC &...

The quote comes from “Memo From Turner”, attributed to The Rolling Stones, but actually Mick Jagger, Ry Cooder and friends. From the Performance film soundtrack.

Snow looks problematic for tomorrow. i wonder if venue and the band has alternate date free on the 10th or 12th. actually am not attending myself this night. but, i am worried about potential disappointment for friends and strangers alike that might not find it so easy to get there. good luck to al...

I'll be there tonight as well. I'm sure EC will be quite emotional. Mr. Toussaint was a true gentleman, in every sense of the word. God bless.

I suppose it's logical enough. The last Rhino reissue was in , I think , 2005. I daresay the various single disc/double disc reissues ever since on Hip O etc. are from those early 2000s mixes. The technology used in that process has been developed quite a bit in the ten years since so I imagine tha...