Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Oh yeah, Mr. A...you said that so much better than I. And I have to ditto the part about your daughter too. My 13 yr. old daughter and her 13 yr. old cousin and I went jean shopping at the GAP just as the ad campaign launched. It is brilliant. The service at the GAP was great, they tried on a ton of...

bambooneedle wrote:Now the breast bear can sleep between your breasts!

Grrrrrrrreat idea, Bamboo!!


And I'm very grateful to actually be able to carry out that excellent suggestion. I mean...well, because.......um, I still have both cans despite having had the cancer.
It makes perfect sense.

Hey! I won the bear

Going back to the commercial - has anybody actually seen it? Cause I just did for the first time. And umm... it's not that "Alison" is played in the commercial. We just see different people saying "My favourite song is..." and one of them says "My favourite song is 'Alison'...

Great interview, I enjoyed reading it very much. Elvis sounded very happy and just like a regular, normal guy. It was neat. He was asked about a couple of things that have been flying around through several threads on this board...the GAP deal in particular. And about the existence of, well, forums ...

Were the people on the GAP commercial other singer/songwriters? Is it like the Starbucks thing where Elvis picks some of his favorite songs? Cuz I really enjoy that CD. If this is the case, it doesn't seem AS bad as a NIKE or Pepsi commercial or something... Yes, they were. I'm going to say this de...

Verena~ I like the review for what it was. It captured a feeling and a moment (I said a moment ) in time and I thought it was expressed very well. I know you wouldn't know this but I'll just throw it in anyway.....I loved EC then and I still do after all these years. I think he's better than ever. I...

whar wrote: Elvis's "Pump It Up" is in the new The Man preview, which I think is a bigger crime than any commercial.

I saw that too!

That is one of the greatest homages I've ever read to the Man. He definately captured a feeling that I've never been able to put into words.

The Nick Lowe story was pretty cool too.

Otis Westinghouse wrote:Disappointed. Elvis normally takes a moral stance on these things........ and GAP has a very dodgy record in terms of actively exploiting underage third world labour.

Yes! That's why I'm so curious.....what's the deal?

[quote="verena"] Share your views on the quality of EC's selection of songs penned by others. Except that I don't know them all, only have a small handful of cds. But one thing I can tell, his version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is the one I prefer, even to Ninaaah's (Simo...

mood swung wrote:Blue Chair said boobie.

I know.....that was pretty funny.

Okay......everybody together now.........

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear ELVIS,
Happy birthday to you!

Hey, has anyone seen the new GAP commercial......where they're singing EC's "Alison"??
I was soooo surprized! So does E get money for that, like, every time it airs, or do you think he just made a deal w/the GAP and got a big hunk all at once?

Goodness! That is such an awful picture! But I want that bear!

And No Coffee Table wrote:The very end of the song was broadcast live along with the other songs. At the very end of the show, they played the tape of the complete song.

Correct.

Hmmmm, a young hooligan.......

You're funny.

Oh, that's so nice of you. Thank you, Mike.
Oddly enough, I've only been concerned with how much of an idiot I may sound like! (Does that make sense?)
It's like one of these.....

Ah, so I'm not alone here.
I don't know if that's good or bad! I mean, ya know.....the Walton's!
A kid could get teased mercilessly for having watched that show.

Whoa there, Thomasso!! I never said you were an idiot and I don't think your comments are such either. I'm just disagreeing with something you said. I'm sorry if you felt I was diasecting your comment. Like I said in my previous post, I don't begrudge you or anyone else their opinion or their favori...

Yeah, yeah, you're right, VG...I know he still uses the one with the yellow sticker on it and I did see him play it on the Today Show. I was talking about the (it's probably electric) guitar with Elvis Costello written in script down the neck. I was probably too far away to see that detail if he did...

Please let me clarify......I was acknowledging Thomasso's statement about EC's records having a concept or flow and therefore needing to have all the songs~good or not-so-good~to complete a record. I WAS NOT, however, agreeing in any way, shape or form with his statement about his pre-KOA work being...

I apologize Dr. Luther, for saying it would be 3 minutes out of 3 hours and that it's not worth recording....although I'm glad I did. I've never seen the Today Show, so I was really surprised to see EC on for several segments with an interview as well. Very nice. :D Uh, the gray suit is tons better ...

Mama, Mama!! Maryellen called me a piss ant!! What's a piss ant, Mama?

In case you don't recognize that, it was from the tv show the Waltons. Anybody remember that one?
Just a memory from my childhood that made me chuckle.



(I'm alone here, aren't I?)

Storm~
And the strange folk are.........the guy who has the 104 song versions...........or you, for downloading them??
















I'm just kidding you.....