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- Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:53 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers -Kettering, OH, Fraze Pavilion , July 18 2017
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21014
Re: Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers -Kettering, OH, Fraze Pavilion , July 18 2017
Chiming in here to echo IbMePdErRpIoAmL's excellent review posted earlier! This was my 3rd concert on the "Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers Tour, having been to Akron in October and Indianapolis in June. I agree that BY FAR this was the best "sounding" of the three shows, right f...
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 10:25 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis hints at new release: Lupe-O-Tone's vinyl singles
- Replies: 85
- Views: 104902
Re: Elvis hints at new release
The Paul Simon Covers Album is a good guess. He's already recorded "Peace Like A River" and "Congratulations" . . . and that hint with the Statue of Liberty could be a clue for "An American Tune," which EC has performed live before . . .
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 10:07 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers - Indianapolis, IN, Murat Theatre , June 10 2017
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18670
Re: Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers - Indianapolis, IN, Murat Theatre , June 10 2017
Some notes from last night . . . I think when Elvis plays a proper indoor theater (vs. an outdoor "shed"), he's willing to try more ballads and crooning (which I prefer). And with a day off tomorrow and a short 3-hour ride to Chicago ahead, I'm not surprised we got a 2-and-a-half hour show...
- Mon Apr 17, 2017 5:24 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: GOOD FRIDAY
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5994
Re: GOOD FRIDAY
And the bedside crucifixion turns from wood to phosphorescent.
- Little Palaces, 1986
- Little Palaces, 1986
- Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:17 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: GOOD FRIDAY
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5994
GOOD FRIDAY
Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time
'Til he almost began to negotiate
She held his head like a baby and said "It's okay if you cry"
- All This Useless Beauty, 1996
'Til he almost began to negotiate
She held his head like a baby and said "It's okay if you cry"
- All This Useless Beauty, 1996
- Sun Oct 30, 2016 11:43 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & The Imposters play Akron, OH, October 28th 2016
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13571
Re: Elvis & The Imposters play Akron, OH, October 28th 2016
Just to amend the previously posted set-list . . . the song " . . . And In Every Home" was also played in Akron. Cracking good show. Close to 2-and-half-hours. Hit the first note at 8:11pm and hit the last at 10:36pm. Could just be where I was seated (5th row just left of Center), but the ...
- Sat Jul 09, 2016 10:34 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Least favourite lyric
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18164
Re: Least favourite lyric
I've always cringed over "There's already one spaceman in the White House, what do you want another one for?" from Peace In Our Time. The lyric was somehow implying that the current president Ronald Reagan (a Republican) was somehow equivalent to Senator John Glenn of Ohio (a Democrat), wh...
- Wed Jun 29, 2016 8:13 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis's Worst Song And Why
- Replies: 48
- Views: 58449
Re: Elvis's Worst Song And Why
Curious what you guys think if the question were posed this way: If you had approximately 6 minutes of your life that you could never get back, would you rather spend it on "Tokyo Storm Warning" (from Blood & Chocolate) or "Stick Out Your Tongue" (from Wise Up Ghost). For me,...
- Mon Jun 27, 2016 9:10 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis's Worst Song And Why
- Replies: 48
- Views: 58449
Re: Elvis's Worst Song And Why
Admittedly, it's a "cover" song, but the singing on "World Of Broken Hearts" (1982 b-side) is unlistenable . . .
- Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:18 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: EC song of the week
- Replies: 39
- Views: 58076
Re: EC song of the week
I seem to recall EC mentioning that he and Roseanne Cash got to talking about growing up Catholic - because the specific Catholic Church building EC frequented as a child was being torn down at the time. This song is less inscrutable in the context of both of them agreeing that unlike some folks who...
- Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:00 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Steve Nieve with Elvis Costello on Jay Leno, Oct. 28, 2013
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15961
Re: Steve Nieve with Elvis Costello on Jay Leno, Oct. 28, 20
For those who missed Elvis 'n Steve on Jay Leno's Tonight Show Monday night, I think you can fast forward to the performance from this Tonight Show link of Monday's entire episode. Worth a look. EC gets so choked up in the final verse that he flubs a line . . . But it's "real." In fact, at...
- Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:25 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
- Replies: 1087
- Views: 1621984
Re: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
[quote="Poor Deportee"]It's a surprisingly complex lyric...I don't have Jack's gift for lyrical/poetic interepretation, but the pronouns seem decidedly shifty here, in patented Elvis fashion. It seems to me pretty clear that the entire lyric could be spoken by God Himself (the "he&quo...
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 3:24 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
- Replies: 1087
- Views: 1621984
Re: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
And someone mentioned they heard a tinkling piano "quote" from All The Rage on My New HAUNT as well . . .
- Wed Oct 02, 2013 12:33 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
- Replies: 1087
- Views: 1621984
Re: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
Amazon has something called "Wise Up: Thought Rem" scheduled for November 19. (Is that a real title or a peculiar distortion of "Wise Up Ghost Remix"?) http://www.amazon.com/Wise-Up-Thought-Elvis-Costello/dp/B00FI2PJ5G/[/quote] The "Thought" in question must be "Bl...
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 5:00 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
- Replies: 1087
- Views: 1621984
Re: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
I wonder if Wise Up Ghost would seem a little unsatisfactory with an early fade? That line "Yield some sighs up" I found difficult to make out until I just looked it up on the wiki page.[/quote] "Yield some sighs up" is a great line. From the Gospel according to St. Mark (Chapter...
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 3:39 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
- Replies: 1087
- Views: 1621984
Re: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
He did the same thing way back in 1983 if you look at the lyric sheet for the Punch The Clock LP. Certain words were ALL CAPS for some reason . . .Yanyna wrote:Does somebody know why some words in the names of songs are written with capital letters?
- Tue Sep 24, 2013 5:58 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
- Replies: 1087
- Views: 1621984
Re: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
With the ongoing discussion of the religious imagery in mind, I found this traditional Catholic prayer that any Altar Boy EC's age would have known by heart: Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and enkindle in them the Fire of Thy Love. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created...
- Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:35 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
- Replies: 1087
- Views: 1621984
Re: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
With regard to Poor Deportee's observation about the noticeable increase in EC's use of religious (Catholic) imagery, possibly the result Ross passing away, EC was quoted in the Quietus interview recently about Thatcher's dementia: "So, on a human level I'm enough of a good Catholic, residually...
- Fri Jul 05, 2013 5:02 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Imposter's Tweets
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14914
Re: The Imposter's Tweets
Now that we know WHERE his foot is . . . does anyone recognize the BRAND of shoe he is wearing? Can't make out the name on the velcro strap over the laces. Any guesses?
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:26 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis sings with The Chieftains , NY , March 17th 2006
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13782
Re: Elvis sings with The Chieftains , NY , March 17th
Regarding "Gold" over "Orange" on the Long Journey Home, I seem to recall that one of the reasons Elvis could write the lyrics at the kitchen table in 10 minutes was that he nicked a bit from one of the Catholic Hymns he sang as a boy ("O Queen Of The Holy Rosary"). If ...