Kind of tough to read these, especially "You'll Never Be a Man" and "Black Sails in the Sunset". Such lovely songs.
Three EC songs that I find a little annoying are "The Stamping Ground", "Turning the Town Red" and "Goody Two Shoes".
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- Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:28 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Your LEAST favorite Elvis song and why
- Replies: 83
- Views: 81741
- Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:08 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis Plays Sligo Live Festival, 29 October 2011
- Replies: 65
- Views: 44985
Re: Elvis Plays Sligo Live Festival, 29 October 2011
Wow. That is stunning. His quiet, minimal playing here makes the song so much sadder.And No Coffee Table wrote:Shipbuilding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKIEUbOYvfY
- Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:32 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Promo videos a half-step higher than album cuts?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9819
Re: Promo videos a half-step higher than album cuts?
Great catch. I never noticed that before.
- Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:14 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Cover versions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 24639
Re: Cover versions
Color me intrigued.And No Coffee Table wrote:Nashville singer Kristen Cothron covers "Tart". Sample here:
http://www.amazon.com/Tart/dp/B005V4GFPE/
- Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:55 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis Solo, Wiener Konzerthaus, 31 October 2011
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16453
Re: Elvis Solo, Wiener Konzerthaus, 31 October 2011
Heheh. Wiener.
- Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:37 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: 'The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook', Nov. '11
- Replies: 473
- Views: 386628
Re: 'The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook', Nov.
That's kind of a confusing setlist.
- Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:06 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Brilliant Mistake 2011...brilliant!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7750
Re: Brilliant Mistake 2011...brilliant!
Haha, I love the little theremin flourish Steve throws in when EC calls his name at the end. Steve is the best.
- Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:24 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Track listing for live dvd/cd/lp
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10833
Re: Track listing for live dvd/cd/lp
Amazon has it at $251 and says only 1500 are made. They also note that standard editions of the CD and DVD will be out next year. It looks cool and I'm tempted but it's about $100 more than I would consider paying for this. I'll wait for the standard editions. Gotta be on Blu-ray, right? This is El...
- Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:23 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis/Imposters play Grand Rapids, MI June 27 '11
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13767
Re: Elvis/Imposters play Grand Rapids, MI June 27 '11
That clip made me sad.
- Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:51 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Help me find the really good songs!?? (Top 25 all time?)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10388
Re: Help me find the really good songs!?? (Top 25 all time?
Hey dude. I put together my own little list-- granted, mine wasn't so much a "best of", as it was a "Starter Kit" for several of my friends who were completely unfamiliar with EC's work. It's 22 songs (19 tracks that flow together pretty well, and an additional three tacked-on &q...
- Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:44 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: songs Elvis should retire (if he hasn't already)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 45469
Re: songs Elvis should retire (if he hasn't already)
I actually count four different, recent versions of "Every Day I Write the Book". - The original "rock-lite" arrangement played by The Imposters recently. - The punky version posted by Natasha. - The Sugarcanes arrangement, with the modified chorus. - The solo acoustic version, m...
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:51 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Is it passé to list your real location?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6859
Re: Is it passé to list your real location?
Incidentally, I just hit my iPod's shuffle, and out of the 8000+ songs in it, the first one to come up was EC's "The Town Where Time Stood Still". Is this a sign?
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:48 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Is it passé to list your real location?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6859
Is it passé to list your real location?
Looking at a lot of posters, it seems the majority prefer to add a snappy one-liner, usually from an Elvis Costello song, as their "Location". Am I being gauche by listing my real city and country of residence?
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:09 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Does anyone else think this ?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12017
Re: Does anyone else think this ?
I much prefer the final This Year's Model version to the My Aim is True cut, mostly because the latter suffers from a lack of Attractions
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:59 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: EC should try this release model
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11432
Re: EC should try this release model
I should clarify that, humorous as they are, all of these packages are 100% real and in fact the $10,000 set and one of the $7500 sets have already been sold.
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:32 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: EC should try this release model
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11432
EC should try this release model
For all the recent talk of "Super Mega Deluxe Editions" of varying prices, I think this is actually a pretty good idea... Legendary punk drummer Josh Freese is offering his new EP "My New Friends" in a whopping 11 different formats, ranging in price from 5 to 75000 dollars. $5 - ...
- Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:22 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
- Replies: 81
- Views: 70795
Re: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
Video seems to be back.
- Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:13 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
- Replies: 81
- Views: 70795
Re: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
Sounds like he's being a little over-the-top cartoonish, being a kid's show.
- Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:16 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
- Replies: 81
- Views: 70795
Re: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
Hey, anyone can help with the lyric so that I can sing with my kids? :D Oh, I wanna count to ten now But it's something I can't do 'Cause I don't have all the numbers No, a monster went and ate my red two and when I heard him shout "cowabunga!" that's when I knew that my counting was thro...
- Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:07 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
- Replies: 81
- Views: 70795
- Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:03 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
- Replies: 81
- Views: 70795
Re: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
surely you jest, with your "NOT EVEN CLOSE" account. it is as true to the original as you would expect 35 years later if it is indeed a re-record...which it is not. they did something "new" to the old track. yeah i hear an additional little guitar fill (played by Elmo, naturally...
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:25 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
- Replies: 81
- Views: 70795
Re: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
docinwestchester wrote:That's funny.the_platypus wrote:The Cookie Monster's intervention during the last verse is the closest we've come to a Tom Waits duet in a few decades.
Let's hope it doesn't get any closer than this (....ducks for cover...)
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:12 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
- Replies: 81
- Views: 70795
Re: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
Nope, not even close. The drum sound is completely different (this was obviously recorded digitally on modern gear), there's an additional acoustic guitar track on the left channel and the guitar arpeggios are completely different, as well as a few of the drum fills. It's also at a slightly faster t...
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:45 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
- Replies: 81
- Views: 70795
Re: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
The Cookie Monster's intervention during the last verse is the closest we've come to a Tom Waits duet in a few decades.
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:43 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
- Replies: 81
- Views: 70795
Re: Elvis to guest star on Sesame Street
That is not the original backing track.
But man, that video was all kinds of cute.
But man, that video was all kinds of cute.