Elvis Costello Fan Forum

I requested "Our Little Angel"

Happy Birthday !

I'm always good for a round or two.

Paul was one of my big heroes growing up as well - and I'm from the States (go team). He lost me sometime after the "Absolute Beginners" single. How long ago was that - and the thing is, I keep trying to like the post Jam stuff, I even bought the last one - "Illumination" and to ...

One of my favorites - I have a bad habit of saying - "and it's persuasive" , whenever anyone says "money talks" - and I never credit EC and usually the person nods in agreement - I think I read somewhere that Elvis felt he went a little too far with "you lack lust, you're so...

I don't know if any of the Boston folks remember the Turbines, but I just converted their two albums to cd and have been playing them non-stop in my truck for the last couple of weeks. A great guitar band in the vein of the Blasters - great lyrics revolving around driving and getting messed up - Gon...

Nick is great. I wouldn't worry too much about Nick's career arc, I don't think he needs to do anything other than what he wants. I understand he made a fortune when Curtis Stigers covered "Peace, Love & Understanding" for the "My Bodyguard" movie and the subsequent soundtrac...

I send mine to Spooky Girlfriend.

Checking out Pollstar and I see that Lucinda WIlliams is playing at Lupo's in Providence on the 10th of October, I pump my fist in the air and I'm ready to click into ticketmaster when I realize I'm out of town that day. :cry: We'll be in Las Vegas for the big 4-0 b-day weekend and the best we can c...

I'd be hard pressed to pick between "Muswell Hillbillies", "Something Else", "Arthur" and "Village Green Preservation Society" - Anybody catch Ray on his "20th Century Man" tour a few years back? He read from "X-Ray", told amazing stories a...

Happy Birthday Spooky !

Have a drink for me.

I've got about 45 days left of 39.

Hungup - I agree with you. Especially as the Nazi imagery relates to "Night Rally" - the line - "... to get you singing in the showers" - notice the s at the end of shower. And yes, dig a little deeper and Elvis is really saying something -Wasn't "Emotional Facism" a wo...

Noise - How do you feel about the Nazi imagery in some of EC's songs ("Armed Forces" era in particular). I've always really liked the line in "Chemistry Class" - "Are You Ready For The Final Solution?" Double meaning - one of which definitely refers to the Holocaust. Is...

Two little Hitlers will fight it out until One little Hitler does the other one's will hmmm - sounds like our man isn't adverse to using a little Nazi symbolism as an art statement. And Gilli - weren't you the one on the old Tower of Song thread to equate what the list had become (shortly after I no...

I thought Selfmademug kind of knew Narbawlz - but I think she was running up against some dead ends as well. And we haven't heard froom her in a week or two (vacation I hope). Like some of you, I was corresponding with him right before he vanished - it certainly is frightening.

I saw Lucinda Williams twice on the "Car Wheels" tour. The first time was at the Somerville Theatre - a sit down show, with Jim Lauderdale opening. A nice show, but our seats were towards the back of the balcony and they don't serve beer there. We watched about 3/4 of Lucinda's set and we ...

Bobster - The place is called A Taste Of India (not a very original name) - and I had to look in the yellow pages for the address - it's actually in Venice (but right near the Holiday Inn Express, which is in Marina Del Rey) at 2805 Abbot Kinney Blvd - which is right off Washington. This is more tak...

The Yak was part of the "special". Anthony Bourdain in "Kithchen Confidential" advises against ordering anything that is offered in the "special". Specials are often comprised of meats and fishes that have been sitting around for a while and need to be disposed of quick...

Goody - A huge group of us went to Buckhorn - great atmosphere. I'm told it's the oldest restaraunt in Denver - Colorado Liquor License # 1. !! It really was a fun time - and I even sat at the table nearest the Jerry Mathers celebrity photo. ( I have a "Leave It To Beaver fixation - we named ou...

I was in Denver this week and I ate 4 things for the first time - 1. Rocky Mountain Oysters - aka bull testicles - fried. Not much taste and very chewy - would not eat again. 2. Rattlesanke - They put it in a dip and served with tortilla chips. The dip was too similar to an artichoke dip - and while...

Breakfast - Mississippi John Hurt - Coffee Blues Sir Douglas Quintet - Bacon Fat George Jones - Grits Ain't Groceries Dexter Gordon - Scrapple In The Apple Snack - The Fall - Curious Oranj Lunch - The Marathons - Peanut Butter King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew Snack - The Undertones - Mars Bars (edit ...

Spooky G - Just reading about the accident this morning - thank god everyone is ok. These things are scary. My grandfather was a really poor driver when he reached 80 - my parents had a hell of a time persuading the DMV to take his license away. A few months after it was taken away, his ex-wife (in ...

Otis and Noise (and anyone else who wants to jump in) - What are your thoughts on Reeves Gabrels? Is he still touring with Bowie? The one and only time I saw Bowie was on the "Earthling" mini-tour and I thought that while Reeves is obviously a tremendous player, he was just a little too ov...

Since this thread was resurrected - I have to throw in Los Lobos - they have never ceased to make me leave a show shaking my head and saying, "those guys can play!"

"Clap For The Wolfman" is my favorite Guess Who song.

75 - 80 miles an hour - she said, "slow slow slow"
I said, "baby I can stop right on a dime"

Doofster - yes - "Hand In Hand" is a classic - and talk about an intro - backwards tracking sounding all russian. All of the songs on TYM have great, great opening lines - "I Don't Want To Kiss You - I Don't Want To Tocuh" "No Don't Ask Me To Apologize - I Won't Ask You To F...