Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Goody2Shoes,
Thank you so much.
Up to this point Chemistry Class ended up last seven times, and I alraedy started thinking there was something wrong with me liking it quite a lot.

1. Accidents Will Happen
2. Oliver's Army
3. What's So Funny
4. Two Little Hitlers
5. Chemistry Class
6. Green Shirt
7. Busy Bodies
8. Sunday's Best
9. Big Boys
10. Party Girl
11. Senior Service
12. Moods For Moderns
13. Goon Squad

Surfing the net I have just found a downloadable live performance of The Band's "Stage Fright" sung by no other than our Elvis.
Any idea where and when he performed the song ?

Jesus, I don't know what to think about it. I haven't heard anything from the April Oxford/Memphis shows but references to southern blues, "gospell-rooted grooves" and country music at the same time are making me a bit reserved. My point is, and I am probably offending some people on this ...

I think Evan has his ups and downs but occasionally is a very good songwriter indeed.
I am not completely familiar with his whole catalogue, but It's A Shame About Ray and Come On Feel The Lemonheads are both excellent records.
Are his recent solo outings any good ?

I can't believe it !
Blood And Chocolate is essential Elvis listening.
So is King Of America.
And All This Useless Beauty only for completists ?!

Tossers !!

Congratulations, taz !! The little man's really sweet. Try the following : Aztec Camera - "Dreamland" David Sylvian - "Secrets Of The Beehive" Everything But The Girl - "Idlewild" Echo & The Bunnymen - "What Are You Going To Do With Your Life" Tom McRae - ...

1. Lipstick Vogue
2. The Beat
3. This Year’s Girl
4. No Action
5. Chelsea
6. Pump It Up
7. Radio Radio
8. Night Rally
9. Hand In Hand
10. Lip Service
11. Little Triggers
12. You Belong To Me
13. Living In Paradise

Who ? Elvis ?

So the English title is : "Elvis - The Fencing Master" ?

I definitely have to see it .....

I'd say Elvis' "Man Out Of Time" has got one of the best intros ever.

How about Kevin Spacey and Gary Oldman ?
Spacey was brilliant in "American Beauty" and almost every other movie I saw him in.
Gary Oldman might have lost the plot a bit recently but in 80's and early 90's he was top class.

Sorry, I just did the "quote" thing the other way round.

verbal gymnastics wrote : [/quote]Did you ever hear the God's Comic version when Elvis used to do songs that Elvis Presley would sing if he were alive today? They would include (among others) Rio by Duran Duran and Heart of Glass by Blondie. EC would then sing a snippet from the song in his Elvis P...

CopFan, there are at least 4-5 places which are a ‘must’. It really depends on what you are looking for. Otis mentioned Gdansk and he’s absolutely right. It’s a beautiful city with great architecture (especially the Old Town), nice atmosphere and good restaurants. Next to Gdansk you can find Sopot, ...

Well done, Otis. I'm impressed.

Over to johnfoyle.

You're right, Otis.
This Is The Sea wasn't recorded in Ireland, but as this is my first question on Music Trivia I thought I could forgive John this "minor" mistake.

Yep, he played snare drums on "Old England", a song from The Waterboys' "This Is The Sea" album.
Your turn, John.

The Waterboys and The Attractions.
Any connection ?
(though there may be a few, please try and guess the one that's on my mind)

Brian Eno ?

1989 was the solo performance at the Royal Albert Hall, supported by Nick Lowe. He played the venue three days in a row so the following day I went there before the show and had a picture taken with him !!! In 1994 I went to London with my wife and this time Elvis played with the Attractions at the ...

Good to be on the board, Otis. My town is in central Poland, ca. 250km west of Warsaw. To say that Elvis is not a household name in Poland would be a huge understatement. I would say that probably 99% of people would not have the slightest idea of who he is or name at least one song of his. (though ...

Yes, Checkpoint Charlie was the crossing point between West and East Berlin. Strangely enough I always thought that the "murder mile" Elvis sings about was the strip of no man's land between the two parts of the city where the communist regime used to shoot people trying to escape to West ...

Sorry for being a bit self-centred here, but coming from an ex-Soviet bloc country (thank God for 'ex' ), I was just wondering whether there are any references in Elvis' lyrics to Eastern Europe or if he had any close encounters with this part of the world. Lyricwise, one thing that comes to my mind...

Definitely The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows".