Elvis Costello Fan Forum

hatman wrote:Yes this is a winner!

Hatman - you penned this on 5th April ie some weeks before EC's final pick emerged, are you Elvis in disguise or if you're Nostradamus can I have the lottery numbers please?

Really nice choice for #1.

Colin Top Balcony

On the day the UK government introduced the benefits cap, I can't stop the

"they're moving problem families from the south up to the north"

line from Little Palaces from running round my head.

She lives on...

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And a related point - I trust that we can rely on Colin Top Balcony or someone to take a good quality stopwatch to the Philharmonic Hall show in June, because I will want to know exactly how long it takes from Elvis walking on stage until an audience member bellows "Tramp The Dirt Down". ...

When he sang it in Liverpool last year he said something like " I never expected to have to sing this again..." which tends to bear out what UB says about his relationship with the song since he wrote it originaly. He's always said it's his call on the setlist not the audience's - spinning...

Certainly got a rousing reception in Liverpool, and quite right too.

Suggest that the axe being aimed at the welfare budget was the reason for it's re-appearance.

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what a fantastic way to start my day...

KRM thanks so much for re-posting the link

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But then Elvis told Sulky, John and myself in 2006 that he would only play Dublin when hell froze over... crikey climate change is taking a bigger grip than I thought I predict the Who Cares set, substituting Substitute for Happy to finish As John would say - anyone going? Colin Top Balcony

Think if JC had actually recorded "Complicated Shadows" this song would have inspired a huge following among country musicians, if not the music buying public. "April 5th" hasn't really even made it into the shadow, never mind rising out from it, pity, it's a lovely song, every w...

johnfoyle wrote:
http://www.tiswasonline.com/musicians.php

this placard - courtesy of John earlier in the thread - caught my eye, Worth repetition in view of recent events in the Vatican City,

Tiswas - those were the days...

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The Scarlet Tide

InvisibleMan wrote:from the guardian article: "It is narrated by Costello, McCartney's friend, who has been a vegetarian since the early 1980s."

is is true?

by all accounts yes

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CK The whole thing has really been beyond belief. :D :D :D Whilst you may have picked his "best" song I'm not sure it would be the one I would pick for my Desert Island Discs, but since I'm never going to be asked... Gratified to see Radio Radio so high, full on, fantastic. As to omissions...

Aggers chose Oliver's Army on Desert Island Discs at the weekend. That won't mean a lot to non-cricket fans!! the lovely Mrs Top Balcony listened to the show and told me OA had been played, unfortunately she couldn't properly remember the story behind the choice, can you recall Mr King? Colin Top B...

sulky lad wrote: Where's Rachel...when you need her ??

Sulky Lad - to quote Sulky Girl : "...another planet."

probably Zog

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This is a completely brilliant achievement of what is essentially an impossible task.

For me this'll be a gift that keeps on giving - thank you so much

Colin Top Balcony

"watching the detectives" booming out in Asda, Sefton Park this morning approx 10.55am

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EXCELLENT story...thanks Colin!!! did you record BOTH nights and make artwork too? No I didn't record either night - but someone has! I do have recordings of both evenings, pretty miraculous given that this was the era of supersized reel to reel tape recorders. Younger readers can follow this link ...

Well I certainly saw Pete and co at Mountford Hall, Liverpool University in May and October 1971, my guess is that EC was also in the audience both times, so I'm claiming to have seen them both twice on the same night

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Soooo jealous

Never mind the monkey...

looking at the humans left and right it's certainly "Two Little Hitlers"

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"Elvis and The Roots"

Lester Burnham wrote:Whoa. This will be effing epic.

my sentiments entirely

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"you believed me?"

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Shipbuilding

is featured on this fantastic recording of the 2011 Irish Seas Sessions show at the Liverpool Phil. Featured vocalist Jennifer John: http://www.liverpoolphil.com/10188/the- ... -2011.html

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John wrote:Everyday I Write The Book in Ikea, Warrington last weekend.

John is this fact or fiction?

Janet Top Balcony was in Ikea, Warrington last Sunday morning and had nothing to report...

Colin Top Balcony

[ PS sure you'll agree we were robbed in the derby]