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by taramasalata
Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:34 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis & Steve, Lucerne (Switzerland), October 3, 2023
Replies: 11
Views: 21883

Re: Elvis & Steve, Lucerne (Switzerland), October 3, 2023

Setlist: 1. When I was cruel No.2 2. Shot with his own gun 3. Country darkness 4. Licorice on your tongue 5. Harpies Bizarre 6. Unwanted number 7. The other end of the telescope 8. Trick out the truth 9. Red shoes 10. The Comedians 11. I do (Zula's song) 12. Watching the detectives 13. Flutter and ...
by taramasalata
Sat Sep 30, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis & Steve, Lucerne (Switzerland), October 3, 2023
Replies: 11
Views: 21883

Re: Elvis & Steve, Lucerne (Switzerland), October 3, 2023

Who's going?

Me and my best friend of teenage years, the two unlucky ones of the Granada "rain" 4 weeks ago.
Together with an another friend of teenage years from Southwest Germany.

At least in Lucerne the venue has a roof.
by taramasalata
Thu Sep 07, 2023 3:44 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis & Steve, Granada ( Spain), September 2, 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 33524

Re: Elvis & Steve, Granada ( Spain), September 2, 2023

Actually I would have liked to post right away, after last Saturday night's sudden end of the only 37 minutes-show. But besides being in a state of confusion and somehow shock (while most of the crowd seemed to just slowly walk away and apparently surrender to that bit of a drizzle that they called ...
by taramasalata
Fri Aug 25, 2023 3:57 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis & Steve, Granada ( Spain), September 2, 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 33524

Re: Elvis & Steve, Granada ( Spain), September 2, 2023

Looking forward to this show. 😎 Me too, Returning Jackson Monk! I will attend the show together with an old friend of mine, actually him being responsible for my near lifelong EC-addiction. Inflamed by PTC in '83, our Elvis-fever increased even more in the months to follow with discovering his (the...
by taramasalata
Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:04 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis & The Imposters, Hammersmith Apollo, London, June 23, 2022
Replies: 23
Views: 15253

Re: Elvis & The Imposters, Hammersmith Apollo, London, June 23, 2022

[/quote] Plenty of fans like us will exit the theater after an EC show saying, "Holy shit--he played Suit of Lights/New Lace Sleeves/Poor Napoleon/Night Rally/King Horse!!! (just a few examples). NOBODY exits the theater gushing, "Holy shit--he played "Mr. and Mrs. Hush"! Sure, b...
by taramasalata
Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:52 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

sweetest punch wrote:EC’s track is now available: https://www.stereogum.com/2191211/for-t ... music/amp/
What a brillant cover version!!!

Like with everything he does adding this exceptional personal E.C.thing to it.
With all his musicality, dedication and love.

Fantastic.
by taramasalata
Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:36 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 616831

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

NZZ (Zurich, CH), 19.01.2022 http://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/elvis-costello-the-boy-named-if-g-ld.1665230 Elvis Costello rockt wieder: Um frisch zu bleiben, geht der Sänger vorwärts und zurück Mit Punk hat Elvis Costello begonnen. Seither lässt er sich einerseits auf neue musikalische Abenteuer ein. An...
by taramasalata
Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:24 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 616831

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

Favourable 7.5 review from Pitchfork: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/elvis-costello-the-imposters-the-boy-named-if/ Well-written, but man, lines like this drive me crazy: "Costello’s monstrous appetite for genre has occasionally led him to believe he has mastered every genre." Fully...
by taramasalata
Tue Jan 18, 2022 5:37 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 616831

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

I think The Difference will also slip nicely into Clubland. Yes, it's a great track and the listener gets even more rewarded by afterwards having "Clubland", "Watching the detectives" and even echoes of "Sulky Girl" (the bridge that segues into the refrain) stuck in th...
by taramasalata
Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:53 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis interview with Rolling Stone Deutschland, January 12, 2022
Replies: 1
Views: 1699

Re: Elvis interview with Rolling Stone Deutschland, January 12, 2022

Elvis gave an interview with Markus Brandstetter of Rolling Stone Germany, which was posted on YouTube on January 12th. The subject, is The Boy Named If, but also "How To Play The Guitar And Y". You can watch it here: oW91_pghKWs This may be of general interest, as the interview is in Eng...
by taramasalata
Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:16 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 616831

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

https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/elviscostello-theboynamedif-album-musik-100.html one more radio feature on the new record, one more full of praise, "hemmungslos" meaning "without restraints" ... that seems to be the common label of the German music journalists, regarding the...
by taramasalata
Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:26 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 616831

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

With the last sounds of the final "Mr. Crescent" ringing out, I'm left completely amazed...Jesus Christ, what a terrific, what a brillant record! And that's just a few hours' sleep away from my Spotify listening session at midnight, when after returning from an evening out in a bar drinkin...
by taramasalata
Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:36 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 616831

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

Interview with Rolling Stone Deutschland: https://youtu.be/oW91_pghKWs While still being unusually reluctant to fall in love with the 3 songs that have already been released (and I really would wish to! "OK Farewell" being a perfectly appropriate kick in the arse of 2020-song when being r...
by taramasalata
Fri Nov 26, 2021 7:47 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Fito Páez - "El amor después del amor" possible EC vocal(s)
Replies: 9
Views: 12632

Re: Fito Páez - "Los años salvajes" features EC vocal(s)

Hawksmoor wrote:Boy, this is good. This is really good. :D
A truely excellent collaboration and song, they harmonize perfectly each other.
by taramasalata
Fri Sep 10, 2021 3:23 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Spanish Model, Sept 10, 2021 - New release based on one of Elvis Costello and the Attractions most celebrated albums!!
Replies: 265
Views: 387089

Re: Spanish Model, Sept 10, 2021 - New release based on one of Elvis Costello and the Attractions most celebrated albums

It's completely brilliant and stunning:
the song itself, Yatra's singing and the beautiful video.
the whole thing turning everything into a wonderful, playful, clever yet joyful transformation into the now present and still echoing and reverberating the classic original.
by taramasalata
Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:05 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Farewell, OK 2020: new song!
Replies: 35
Views: 37666

Re: Farewell, OK 2020: new song!

Though I think that this farewell song is rather a good joke than actually a good song, at least I get the opportunity to make that judgement by being able listening to it.. :wink: I don't know if that link to Radio SRF3 is availiable from outside Switzerland, but I least I try to post the link: ht...
by taramasalata
Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:06 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Farewell, OK 2020: new song!
Replies: 35
Views: 37666

Re: Farewell, OK 2020: new song!

Though I think that this farewell song is rather a good joke than actually a good song, at least I get the opportunity to make that judgement by being able listening to it.. :wink: I don't know if that link to Radio SRF3 is availiable from outside Switzerland, but I least I try to post the link: htt...
by taramasalata
Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:58 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Hey Clockface released October 30, 2020
Replies: 331
Views: 993768

Re: New album Hey Clockface released October 30, 2020

sweetest punch wrote:https://www.zeit.de/2020/49/elvis-coste ... .google.be

Anyone with a subscription?
you can test the digital version for free... for 4 weeks... should be enough time to read it... and improving your German :wink: :D
by taramasalata
Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:56 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Hey Clockface released October 30, 2020
Replies: 331
Views: 993768

Re: New album Hey Clockface will be released October 30, 2020

I love it. I was expecting it to be kind of a hot mess COVID album-- and undoubtedly it is a different LP than we might've gotten if the pandemic hadn't happened and EC had gone into Abbey Road with The Imposters as planned-- but it holds together nicely. It is adventurous and experimental but the ...
by taramasalata
Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:34 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Pump 'Em Up! Elvis Costello's Favourite Music
Replies: 5
Views: 7863

Re: Pump 'Em Up! Elvis Costello's Favourite Music

Ah, so great to read about E.C. being a fan of other people's work, as avid as we are on his work, as avid as he was in his childhood days, eagerly listening through his daddy's weekly stack of new discs, his "playlist" in these ancient times. And most I got excited about his choice No.10,...
by taramasalata
Fri Sep 25, 2020 5:30 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: "Shut Him Down" - single by Michael Leonhart Orchestra, Elvis Costello & JSWISS
Replies: 35
Views: 36522

Re: "Shut Him Down" - single by Michael Leonhart Orchestra, Elvis Costello & JSWISS

Also was very pleasantly surprised this morning when I heard the usual Friday's "Release Radar" on Spotify... with that - more and more baritone but yet familiar - voice meandering through a wonderful funky guitar-horns arrangement, like a lost "Wise up ghost"-track, a true gem! ...
by taramasalata
Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:03 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: which of these two long players is MORE of a clunker?
Replies: 40
Views: 74613

Re: which of these two long players is MORE of a clunker?

bronxapostle wrote:
And thank you trmsltaaaaaa....we have had a long history TEN YEARS I WOULD BET, of usually agreeing with each other.
that sounds like you are having a brilliant memory, I bet you must be right!
bronxapostle wrote: NOW WILL YOU CAST YOUR VOTE IN THE POLL? :lol: :lol:
:shock: :D
by taramasalata
Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:07 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: which of these two long players is MORE of a clunker?
Replies: 40
Views: 74613

Re: which of these two long players is MORE of a clunker?

Appreciate your opinion...and i don't usually partake in EC negativity AT ALL! I think this just arose because i was hellbent on defending CRUEL.... moreso than bashing RIVER!!! but, its created and what the heck, I'll let people state their vote if they'd like. Or not. Best, ba Appreciate your res...
by taramasalata
Tue Jun 09, 2020 11:51 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: which of these two long players is MORE of a clunker?
Replies: 40
Views: 74613

Re: which of these two long players is MORE of a clunker?

Sorry guys, I find your poll to be the biggest CLUNKER of them all... what a waste in time... investing in negativity...when it's just some music, our hero felt joy in making and releasing it. Don't get me wrong, I really do enjoy the critical approach we hold dear on this board, especially when it ...
by taramasalata
Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:50 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Look Now , October 2018
Replies: 482
Views: 4974778

Re: Look Now , October 2018

Yes, wonderful songs, and wonderful words by Elvis! It seems somehow ironically fitting, that this romantic, "old-fashioned" in its best meaning, idea of creating this work of (cover) art got this sloppy, careless, loveless, production (mis-) treatment ... these kind of things seem not to ...