Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Elvis Costello - Blood And Chocolate Possibly the most easily spotted Radiohead influence, Elvis’s angriest album nods many parallels in Thom’s more bilious lyrics. Thom finally met Elvis Costello two years ago when Costello approached him at a festival. It tums out that Elvis had heard Thom on the ...

It’s post #1341 on the link Sweetest Punch put up

From a post on the Steve Hoffmann forum:

Yep. What I’ve heard of it sounds great too (ssh). The band is also nearly finished with a new album, but the virus will have slowed things down on that end.

Just an update, I made a mistake in the original,post, it was indeed Lip Service that was listed as recorded in Beyond Belief, not Lipstick Vogue.

Yes, the Wiki was updated this morning by someone after I posted this on a Facebook page also. The Wiki also details different dates and producers for each of the sessions so it does seem there were two separate sessions. I still find it odd that EC (and Jake) would redo songs from a month previous....

Hi, a question for the experts! I’m passing the time sorting out my various collections into playlists for my own amusement. There’s a reference in the Wiki to a Kid Jenson session recorded for the BBC in April 1978. The Beyond Belief fanzine reported that the tracks recorded were Lipstick Vogue, Yo...

Something along the lines of The times are changing And peace on earth has come to pass Although the war is raging They say each war will be the last Said the boys back at Enniskellen There's a road block army does all the killing And the BBC will beg forgiveness... Then I can't get the last line a...

Any transcription of the new words in Oliver’s Army, intrigued by the reference to Enniskillen?

Woodson-Oxford on University Challenge just there, failed to identify EC as the singer of Pump it up from a short clip. They answered Tom Petty...

I think that clip was shown on the BBC at the time. I’ve never seen a complete set list for that concert.

Chicago show from same tour
http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=4473

Erey, there’s a bit more to the Honours system. Out going Prime Ministers can directly nominate candidates, a convention not always observed but one that has led to accusations of cronyism - if you google Lavender List, Cash for Honours you’ll see what I mean. Mrs May may be preparing hers as I writ...

Roundhouse, April 1978. There’s a photo on the wiki
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... hil_Lynott

One thing I think we can rule out is this guy - a man called John Pope born in Prince William county...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Po ... politician)

Very eloquent debate. Just a small point Hawksmoor on your comment on the “Prince William” line from Little Palaces, I always took that as a reference to William Prince of Orange. The lyric goes on to reference the Pope, and E.C. would be well aware that different sides of the religious divide in Li...

From the Barrowlands Glasgow show 2004, about 7 tracks broadcast. Available on the relevant BBC iplayer.

I wonder if he put his own name forward or, if not, who did. You don’t simply receive a nomination. Your name is put forward and then considered. I can understand the hypocritical arguments. I just hope Elvis is not wheeled out to sing Oliver’s Army in the same way as Macca always is to do Hey Jude...

The Beatles eps had similar covers - white band at top with name of song(s) and the word mono, in lower case, top right