Elvis Costello Fan Forum

With the first 4 words, does any other OLD guy or girl like me, think of ITS A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY??? Hi BA Sorry, this very 64 old certainly doesn't hear "TIPPERARY" in that intro!!!! Best wishes Colin :D you will now!!! :lol: :lol: https://youtu.be/XVM-tFAdADg I bet this is Elvis' fav...

With the first 4 words, does any other OLD guy or girl like me, think of ITS A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY???

Unluckily I'm not liking the album at all, except for Under Lime, Unwanted Number, Suspect My Tears and not much else. Lots of boring piano ballads that feel like whining, pale, uninspired leftovers from Painted From Memory (which I liked). Im thinking you will feel different after a few more liste...

Very much agree about this bit cwr.... and it's harder and harder to even find a dividing line between what counts as a "normal" Costello album and an experimental one. I think this is the crux of all things important to he and us both. Surely we and he can all write a thesis juxtaposing t...

Very enjoyable...listened three times completely, flipping the vinyl 5 times. Just like the way i like best. Side one is preferred for now...that might change. Songs reminded me of everything from Little Triggers to PFM to throwaway bsides to MLAR and NORTH too. NICE TO BEHOLD LOOK NOW AT LAST. A+++

You know, Steve had made a very one off Knitting Factory NYC appearance, THE ORIGINAL space, about 1998 or so. OF COURSE I CAN FIND THE EXACT DATE. :P it was an avant trio thingie, quite cool. I remember only bringing one 90 minute cassette, not imagining he would play longer...HE DID! anyway, i rec...

I think i burned it to cd from the vinyl when i had the appropriate machinery

Do we know of which greatest hit, getting a radical rework, Jools advert is speaking? Also, were these new promo U.K. things done this week that he is back London way or were they previously prepared? Thanks, ba

That's a classic funny one VG. When did he say it? I love insulting Stink myself, BUT I WOULDN'T DO A TOUR WITH HIM!! nah, it's funny...the love-hate relationship they seem to have.

Otis Westinghouse wrote:And Human Touch is pretty heartfelt homage to the genre...

Maybe his disdain for the genre is why he NEVER plays this song!!!

True sulky. We were stunned when we lost our Mom at 56 back in 1980. Then, quite more horribly, my Irish twin sister Ida, born eleven months after me, at a very tender 38 years!!! And with a 4 and 6 year old left without her. Yet, it brought an even greater appreciation of all those who suffer loses...

Thanks guys....is it me or is it quite rare to have two different vinyl releases???? And, that is coming from ME...one of the few that NEVER STOPPED COLLECTING LPs.

Might i ask here

ARE THERE 2 DIFFERENT VINYL VERSIONS? I happily have a $19.19 one scheduled to arrive the 17th. But, i now see one for $23 at amazon which alleges the four bonus cuts. AM I AWAITING THE STANDARD 12 TRACK VERSION AND MUST NOW PURCHASE AGAIN FOR THE BONUS SONGS??? thanks, ba

Always hard as one's parents age and decline, thinking of Lilian and Elvis and prayers offered up for her return to good health. True...yet, sadder still the ones who lost parents when in their teens and younger or most horribly at childbirth!! We must be made to appreciate the frailty and the flee...

Fun laughing about it with you Neil. Inversely, i saw SUSPECT a couple times that way in 1999. But, throughout the years, i wanna estimate i have seen at least FIFTY songs IF NOT MORE, for my first hearing, LIVE AND NEW in concert. I then adapt to the way they turn out in the studio pretty well, i g...

Crikey! First listen, 'Burnt Sugar' is a far cry from the haunting, tormented torch ballad feel of the live recording I know. Oh well, will give it some more listens! Sounds like we have flipped sentiments now on this track Neil. :lol: :lol: This one i do like quite a bit upon first listen. Oddly, ...

Wonder if this will be cancelled also? Regards to the family, best of everything.

Guys, I think you're going to have to prepare yourself for a non-rocker - most of the reviews seem to imply it's the love child of Imperial Bedroom and Painted from Memory. I love the arrangement for 'Suspect My Tears' - it's definitely not a schmaltzy song if you listen to the lyrics. It's all abo...

Me too rope. Unimpressed with the schmaltz of SUSPECT though i love the tune for 18/19 years now. UNWANTED a bit more pleasing to me as it is like it was all those years ago. YET, i remain quite unfazed by LIME after 3 hearings. THOUGH I DO ALWAYS SAY THOSE ARE THE GREAT ALBUMS...THE ONES THAT NEED ...

This show seens to be upping their musical contect. My friends, the great band RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE were featured yesterday. Two songs and a five minute interview with Sam and Charlie was a nice surprise. I saw BETTER THAN EZRA film an appearance nearly 20 years ago. However, now they no longer h...

Just ordered mine...$19.19 LP with free shipping on a friend's Amazon Prime.

What i do vg????

Postcards??? Oh well, i will not be there. Going to see my beloved POCO that night. Enjoy....

Here's a ba tidbit probably never divulged at fan forum before. For 3 or 4 years, I WAS AN ARMENIAN DANCER!! yes, the only non Armenian, 100% Italian in the Antranig AGBU NY NJ dance ensemble. First show ever for me at Carnegie Hall NYC. Then Toronto, Philly, Montreal, Ft. Lauderdale, Boston, Chicag...

Oh...when i quickly glanced this yesterday, i guess the squareness of it had me think it a 45 picture sleeve. Well, i can hope so still, right?