Elvis Costello Fan Forum

All these Strangers

This is a bit off-topic, but how did EC and Peter Wolf become such good friends? Seems like an odd pairing....

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...

johnfoyle wrote:From Uncut ( Sept .08)

Solomon Burke comments -

Man, what generous words for EC's talent. Love it. RIP SB

It sounds wonderfully Austin Powers-ish to me....

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?

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...

I've always seen EC's bullshit "modesty" for the sham that it is. He knows he's a badass!

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...

Poor Deportee wrote:The real question is...where does Elvis get his clothes, and how much does he pay for them?

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....

oct 6th, eh? i've never seen so many different release dates in my life -- just put the thing out already for chrissakes!

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 ...

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...

"OWH: So, is this a Bluegrass record?

EC: Only in the way that Sly and The Family Stone are a Bluegrass band."

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??

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 -...

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....

[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...

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...

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...

"...put away all my codeine".

Is that what he says? I thought it was cocaine! Same difference, I guess....

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...

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

No "Lucky Dog"? Arrrrgggghhhh...!

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...