Elvis Costello Fan Forum

sulky lad wrote:Pretty sure he did that segue during the SSS shows in Liverpool in 9th December 1986 according to the wiki . I think there’s probably a YouTube clip of it !!

Here:

https://youtu.be/31lk8ncwJV4?t=100

Well, everything's been taken down now - from YouTube, from the official EC page, everything. I hope colleagues managed to grab the alternative/spoken word version of 'Farewell OK' while it was (briefly) available. Based on nothing more than a hunch, I'm guessing that the full-band version will eve...

It's that time of year when you look back at what's been occurring and look forward to things shiny and bright. 2020 has been pretty s**t on lots of levels. However, a constant source of joy I have found over the past 12 months has been the virtual friendship emanating from this Board. There have b...

Imagine what party we in the audience will have!! The sooner the better.

Wow! Amazing. The girls stole his solo as well! I want more!!!!!

well researched!

Dont forget that we already have a great german version since a few years back : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liC9-0CZQO0
not with EC and A but it is still a great version.

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/elvis-costello-previews-spanish-language-this-years-model-with-an-election-timed-crawling-to-the-usa-1234821102/?fbclid=IwAR1deGL2pxLXu2sR4xJYNYiAKl1uiVJqDpR9oSpbRIiSlOVepq2ayG92iIs The espanol “Crawling to the USA” is sung by Gian Marco, one of the top names in ...

who has done the spanish lyrics? EC himself?

sweetest punch wrote:It’s available in Belgium!
It’s fun!

Available in Sweden too - and fun here too!

fred darden wrote:Unless Elvis is singing in Spanish, I'm not interested. Otherwise just covers.

not really, it´s EC&A with guest vocalists. But I get your point.

I'm just popping in to take a victory lap for figuring out a couple of years ago that the Tucson cab driver story actually recounted the origins of "Busy Bodies", not "Accidents Will Happen". :D Receipts here: http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10747...

Interesting. But why was he not telling the truth about the Mexico story? I don't get that. I love 'Accidents' - it's got to be a top-tenner, I think. I quote the article: "The song wasn’t inspired by a romantic encounter with a female cab driver in Tucson, Ariz., as I wrote in my 2015 memoir....

docinwestchester wrote:Thanks for posting that WSJ article. Really interesting.

indeed!

....and I am getting a bit upset that this is sold as a 9 LP collection.
When did they start calling 7" singles LP??

I found my old homeburned CD with these song introductions from WIWC recently. Does anyone here have a clue of the origin?

Mail was sent out early September!

Back to topic: I just listened to the three tracks that are available on spotify, and ...wow! We get tracks by EC and the Attractions wherer they are on fire. This is exactly why I got stuck with EC in the first place. That moment I heard El Mocambo the first time and I was stuck for real. What we a...

My big problem now is...I just changed my car. When I asked 'does this one have a CD player?' the mid-twenties sales person looked at me slightly aghast and said (words to the effect of) 'I'm sorry sir...a 'C-what' player? Do you not possess a mobile phone?' So now I can't even play CDs in the car....

FAVEHOUR wrote:What a disappointment

Well said!

This looks very very promising.

sweetest punch wrote:


The New York sessions were produced by composer, arranger and trumpet player, Michael Leonhart in collaboration with guitarists, Bill Frisell and Nels Cline and completed, lyrically and vocally by Costello, “via Electrical Wire.”



"Electrical wire", is that the same as telefax?

This is a good one!

sulky lad wrote:

krm wrote:I want some Rude 5 gigs! Both the 1989 and the 1991 versions would be nice.

No no no never the 1991 lineup- leaden, plodding and unsubtle- possibly the worst show I ever saw was in 1991 !!

in a way, your comments makes it even more interesting