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- Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:46 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Yes, it's early, but NR's greatest song is:
- Replies: 44
- Views: 43862
Yes, it's early, but NR's greatest song is:
All these Strangers
- Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:02 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Judgement
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14201
Re: The Judgement
This is a bit off-topic, but how did EC and Peter Wolf become such good friends? Seems like an odd pairing....
- Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:05 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Magnificent Octopus
- Replies: 42
- Views: 40727
Re: The Magnificent Octopus
I'm sure it'll take me a while to absorb all of the imagery and dense lyricism, but it's something I'm looking forward to when I purchase the CD and the vinyl. As of right now, there isn't a weak song I can hear, and the three obvious standouts are 'Slow Drag With Josephine', 'That's Not The Part Of...
- Sun Oct 10, 2010 2:21 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Judgement
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14201
Re: The Judgement
johnfoyle wrote:From Uncut ( Sept .08)
Solomon Burke comments -
Man, what generous words for EC's talent. Love it. RIP SB
- Fri Oct 08, 2010 9:24 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
It sounds wonderfully Austin Powers-ish to me....
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:09 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
re I Lost You: a jaunty tune, but I prefer the live version(s). EC sounds a tad stilted here, almost like he's reading the lyric from a phone book. Thoughts?
- Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:09 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
Coming Soon: Part Three of “Elvis Costello in conversation with Odile W. Husband” in which they share “Five Small Words” on Leon Russell, Hoagy Carmichael, Tony Millionaire, Harry Lauder and solve the mystery of the “Radio Hat” Weird coincidence...Today I was looking at images of pith helmets on Go...
- Sat Sep 18, 2010 10:57 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Odile W Husband stuff
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16732
Re: Odile W Husband stuff
I've always seen EC's bullshit "modesty" for the sham that it is. He knows he's a badass!
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:01 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
I think the big gap between the US and international release date HAS to have something to do with Elvis wanting this one out on Election Day. Otherwise, why not just put it out in early October everywhere? I thought about that. I suppose it's a possibility. That sort of thing made sense when REM p...
- Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:51 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
I love EC's current look. He's slimmer now, going all TransCanadian Hipster on us with green pants and sprigs of Man Jewelry even. Yes, sprigs of Man Jewelry yet....Poor Deportee wrote:The real question is...where does Elvis get his clothes, and how much does he pay for them?
- Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:53 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
oct 6th, eh? i've never seen so many different release dates in my life -- just put the thing out already for chrissakes!
- Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:11 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
Is it just me, or does it sound a little bit like a Traveling Wilburys track? I half keep expecting Roy or Bob to take the second verse... It does, unfortunately. It also sounds like a bit of a rush job -- "oh shit, my new album's gonna be called "National Ransom", so I'd better get ...
- Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:32 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
Sorry for the multi-posts, but this album is intriguing the hell out me -- if it's not a fully-realised masterpiece, color me crestfallen. A thought om the "late" release date (this thing could've easily been out this summer): NR's a very autumn (i.e., depressing) LP. No summer party recor...
- Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:15 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
"OWH: So, is this a Bluegrass record?
EC: Only in the way that Sly and The Family Stone are a Bluegrass band."
EC: Only in the way that Sly and The Family Stone are a Bluegrass band."
- Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:29 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
Saw this blurb online somewhere:
The album was recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles. It will be in stores on October 1 in Australia, October 25 in Europe and November 2 in North America.
Does that sound accurate? October 1st in Austrailia??
The album was recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles. It will be in stores on October 1 in Australia, October 25 in Europe and November 2 in North America.
Does that sound accurate? October 1st in Austrailia??
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:41 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
Martin has put together a CDR for me of these live versions of songs from 'Ransom 1. Jimmie Standing in the Rain - w/'Canes - Dublin, July 1 '10 2. Stations of the Cross - solo - San Diego, April 11 '10 3. A Slow Drag With Josephine - w/'Canes - Dublin , July 11 '10 4. Five Small Words - w/'Canes -...
- Sun Aug 22, 2010 2:17 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Considering "Trust" Nearing Thirty Years
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14975
Re: Considering "Trust" Nearing Thirty Years
TRUST is definitely EC's "drug" album; but for me it's no party -- what I hear more than anything is a sort of claustrophobic paranoia. I'll take IB's cleansing hangover any day....
- Sat Aug 21, 2010 12:27 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis re-writes about The Beatles, Aug. 10
- Replies: 24
- Views: 20767
Re: Elvis writes,again,about The Beatles, Aug. 10
[quote="Poor Deportee"]EC is right about 'Yes It Is.' A killer song, with subtly unhinged lyrics, that is simultaneusly gentle, and yet explosive in the middle eight. Agreed, but I feel that "This Boy" -- which is the chassis upon which "Yes It Is" is built -- is the gr...
- Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:21 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
Poor Deportee wrote I for one am going to go into the album cold. Me too ! A kindly person from the emerald isle gave me a pre-release version of SP&S and I buried it under a heavy pile of vinyl so I wouldn't be tempted. i admit to owning a few live recordings :roll: :oops: but the studio versi...
- Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:42 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
Well, now he's just spoiling us! All signs point to NR being a major work -- maybe even a "masterpiece" (without a question mark)...! Thanks to Wardo68 for the heads up on the lyrics -- "Station of the Cross" becomes twice as impressive (and about four times as harrowing) when th...
- Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:03 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: A Slow Drag with Josephine = Wow!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6115
Re: A Slow Drag with Josephine = Wow!
"...put away all my codeine".
Is that what he says? I thought it was cocaine! Same difference, I guess....
Is that what he says? I thought it was cocaine! Same difference, I guess....
- Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:42 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: A Slow Drag with Josephine = Wow!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6115
A Slow Drag with Josephine = Wow!
Is anyone else as impressed with "A Slow Drag with Josephine" as I am? Yes, it's a bit of a pastiche (a la "Honey Pie" or "When I'm Sixty-Four"), but it's a bouncy, positively brilliant one -- and the lyric is a baffling wonder: "Gavottes cravats cotillions in slow...
- Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:40 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
Has anyone heard -- or, better yet, does anyone have live versions of -- "All These Strangers", "Church Underground", or the title track? Would love to hear them! thx
- Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:40 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: National Ransom - November 2010
- Replies: 597
- Views: 532066
Re: National Ransom - New Album Due Nov. 2
No "Lucky Dog"? Arrrrgggghhhh...!
- Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:30 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: EC Album Covers: From the Iconic to the Moronic
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3574
EC Album Covers: From the Iconic to the Moronic
Trust – A minimalist classic. EC’s entire personality is somehow contained in that simple shot. Get Happy!! – A brilliant homage to a cooler time. This Year's Model – Punk rock with a sense of humor. This ain’t your dad’s LP…. Almost Blue – Yes, it’s a rip-off of some old jazz LP I can’t recall righ...