Elvis Costello Fan Forum

I don't like Frank Sinatra and I love this album. I also prefer Painted From Memory over this album a hell of a lot more. And I also dislike Phil Collins, so you might want to hold that when you edit the post.

In fact, if it wasn't for the least popular tracks in IB I probably wouldn't listen to the album. Night Time, Town Cryer, Pidgin English and Little Savage add to the mystique this album offers. The best thing about IB is how good it is and how little it is known.

That's some useful info, thx everybody. But there's still a lot more unknown with him. And VG, does he even have children I can criticize?

For those of you who know...some quick questions on the man behind the attractions: 1) Is he well known in the world of keyboardists? 2) Did he ever have a band besides Elvis? 3) Does he have family in UK or America? 4) And any other info you may have about him. He's such a secretive fellow I've nev...

This album is like wine, it gets better with age. After a few years of listening to theis album, I became more and more attached to the songs to the point where emotional event are tied to the songs themselves. Like "Fallen", everybody can put their story in that cake.

I think everyone with a decent position in hollywood is an idiot. That includes Mel Gibson, jewish editors and christian editors. The way they have manipulated the masses is sick and wrong.

As usual, if i could have voted, i would have voted for ATUB. I know there are a lot of people in this board who choose earlier albums because they grew up with them and there's nothing you can do to change that. I personally think that if you take the albums for what they are, later albums are bett...

here's one that might have slipped away: Two newspaper editors like playground sneaks Running a book on which of them is going to last the week One of them calls to me And he says, "I know you" "You gave me this tattoo back in '82" "You were a spoilt child then with a record...

I dunno about that for the ages thing, but I'd rather listen to When I Was Cruel than This Years Model, the River in Reverse band sure beats the one on My Aim Is True, and there are plenty more duff tracks on Armed Forces than on All This Useless Beauty. Brutal Youth gets my blood pumping more than...

aww poor elvis, I guess he is getting kinda round
But there's plenty of overweight guys with beautiful girls.

so lacklustre wrote:

I do like the cover though.

I expect Bob is pleased that you approve.

He sure is. He sure is...

Yeh true. Syd Barrett was a hero. There's been stuff of legend ciruclating for years...even though he was out of the public eye after he quit pink floyd, now that's a true star! RIP Syd.

I was referring it to Elton John actually so in it's own way it was well thought, because I has to have done some research. I don't see how it's offensive, but if it's offensive to you man, well...whatever

Does anybody know if Elvis is going to tour internationally after he's done with Canada/States?

That's odd, the cab looks like it's from the 50's. I do like the cover though.

According to Billboard, TRIR is #160 on the Top 200 this week and #3 on the Jazz Charts. Last week it was also in the top 20 for Internet albums (whatever that means exactly). I thought it might crack the Top 50 for a week at least, but it doesn't look like it. Maybe some Grammy noms will push a fe...

An aggressive little bastard lol, that just about sums up EC in 1 line.

That's anotha queer friend for our hero

lol you're right VG...

Anyways if anybody has a picture of Diana's big belly please post!

QUESTION: WILL HE/SHE'S HAIR BE BLOND OR BLACK?

There`s always so much drama...

Any decent Elvis Costello fan read at least one book...and any decent book should explain the story. Read thy books and then you will understand. I guessed about the son part. Its a 50/50.

Apparently not. Honey, Grant Lee Phillips is hardly a part of any sort of scene. You really need to start being more open-minded when it comes to younger artists - there are some really good ones out there who are struggling to get their music heard while your Coldplays and Arctic Monkeys are makin...

Maybe this time he'll take care of his son instead of taking all those amphetamines....(of course then we would never have those great early 80's albums).

I hate modern bands that sound like a fusion between Coldplay and Arctic Monkeys. You'd think that after 50 years of mass music things would be different, but albums made 40 years ago are miles ahead of the crap today. What does Coldplay and Arctic Monkeys have to do with this thread? Well you know...

So it's agreed, we'll all get together in a north-east city (such as New York) and drink Freca Smirnoff. Last one drunk pays the bills!