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by Hawksmoor
Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:27 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: No Guardian review of 'Boy Named If'?
Replies: 7
Views: 4610

Re: No Guardian review of 'Boy Named If'?

Neil. wrote:Isn't it odd that the Guardian hasn't reviewed 'The Boy Named If'?!
Although if the Graudian had reviewed it, it would probably have been 'The Noy Bamed Fi'? :D
by Hawksmoor
Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:57 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: How Many Songs Has EC Written?
Replies: 14
Views: 18510

Re: How Many Songs Has EC Written?

I probably should just request an account for the wiki, but in any case it looks like it's time for a Boy Named If update, which should bring the total up to 630. (And that's not counting any songs I might be forgetting since Hey Clockface). EC just gave an interview to People magazine where he cas...
by Hawksmoor
Sat Jan 15, 2022 4:00 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on Graham Norton Show, January 14, 2022
Replies: 26
Views: 22817

Re: Elvis on Graham Norton Show, January 14, 2022

sweetest punch wrote:Graham Norton show: https://youtu.be/MuLPqaKtKPw
The Elvis part starts at 36:30, but they put other music on the singing part?!?
What the hell is going on there? They overdubbed the whole performance with some schmaltzy instrumental?!
by Hawksmoor
Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:49 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 698274

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

Playing it over and over, it is just a great, great record. I'm sure as time goes by and we start to delve into the lyrics and the instrumentation we can all find echoes of Trust, Blood and Chocolate, TYM, MLAR, whatever you fancy. But for me, right now, it's just that moment right at the end, when ...
by Hawksmoor
Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:32 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 698274

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

FIRST LISTEN - this is FANTASTIC!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D Fifth listen: this is jaw-droppingly good. The Elvis Costello LP we've been waiting for, for 40 years? It's going to take weeks to explore all the hooks and the lyrics. As a fan of any artist, you prepare yourself for regular disappointment as...
by Hawksmoor
Fri Jan 14, 2022 6:36 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 698274

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

With the last sounds of the final "Mr. Crescent" ringing out, I'm left completely amazed...Jesus Christ, what a terrific, what a brillant record! And that's just a few hours' sleep away from my Spotify listening session at midnight, when after returning from an evening out in a bar drinki...
by Hawksmoor
Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:02 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 698274

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

That's fine, but a bit harsh on Hey Clockface, which I think is an astonishingly good LP. I might be in a minority there, but I really do.
by Hawksmoor
Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:17 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 698274

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

And No Coffee Table wrote:"Unboxing" video of the Japanese CD:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDIr2fjuCgI
So the once-rumoured 'CD of remixes' was just a rumour, and the only bonus is 'Truth Drug'?
by Hawksmoor
Thu Jan 13, 2022 6:45 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 698274

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

Neil. wrote:There's a video waiting of the title track, released tomorrow:

https://youtu.be/9Tjuygr65SU
'Premiers in 14 hours'. C'mon, Elvis, are you taking the piss or what? As far as I'm concerned it's Friday in 15 minutes.

You just can't get the staff...
by Hawksmoor
Thu Jan 13, 2022 6:35 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on Graham Norton Show, January 14, 2022
Replies: 26
Views: 22817

Re: Elvis on Graham Norton Show, January 14, 2022

Neil. wrote:Well, hope it went well for him - it will have been recorded by now!

Will be watching tomorrow eve, of course!
Word on the street is that the performance of PTRRB is Elvis+Steve only, so that would be worth trying to capture as a nice alternative version.
by Hawksmoor
Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:43 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 698274

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

Haven't translated yet so have no clue what it means, but I have to say that 'Der Punkpop - Elvis kann’s noch!' is not just the greatest title I have seen for an Elvis Costello review, it's probably the greatest title I have seen for any LP review, ever.
by Hawksmoor
Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:28 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: "The Normyn Suites" - Michael Leonhart - release date March 25, 2022
Replies: 19
Views: 12825

Re: "The Normyn Suites" - Michael Leonhart - release date March 25, 2022

http://home.nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/2022/01/1201.html (…) In addition to the two suites, the album features three songs co-written with Elvis Costello during the quarantine. There are two versions of "Shut Him Down" bookending the suites — one with Joshua Redman, playing his late father...
by Hawksmoor
Thu Jan 13, 2022 2:59 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Oliver's Army in the news
Replies: 12
Views: 7969

Re: Oliver's Army in the news

Must say that I'm disappointed in the current need for a ban, as if that will help anything. Let's just not say it. Let's pretend it never happened. Let's let those who knee-jerk misunderstand what is being said and how it is being said rule the day. And, yes, it is a bloody awful phrase, it was bl...
by Hawksmoor
Thu Jan 13, 2022 2:46 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on Saturday Kitchen 15th January 2022
Replies: 18
Views: 7842

Re: Elvis on Saturday Kitchen 15th January 2022

Put an egg on Nigella's double buttered toast and that would be my 'Food Hell'. I dont eat eggs nor butter. :D A woman in a chippie told me you should salt your fish and chips first, then put vinegar on, then salt them again. Sadly she didnt look anything like the lovely Nigella In terms of dairy p...
by Hawksmoor
Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:53 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on Craig Charles' Show, BBC Radio 6Music, January 14, 2022
Replies: 4
Views: 2573

Re: Elvis on Craig Charles' Show, BBC Radio 6Music, January 14, 2022

Craig Charles used to do a weekly Funk themed show on 6Music but he's now taken over the regular daily afternoon show from Chris Moyles, so I guess the playlist is a bit more varied.. Cool. I didn't know that. Makes me want to listen out for Elvis, bus also makes to want me listen to Craig Charles'...
by Hawksmoor
Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:24 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on Saturday Kitchen 15th January 2022
Replies: 18
Views: 7842

Re: Elvis on Saturday Kitchen 15th January 2022

Well...to be fair, it's more of an 'idea' than a 'recipe'. Lol...I agree Nigella Lawson got a bit of a kicking a while back for posting a 'recipe' which basically said: butter your toast twice. The first time to let the butter soak into the hot toast, the second time to 'dot' it with blobs of butte...
by Hawksmoor
Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:03 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on Craig Charles' Show, BBC Radio 6Music, January 14, 2022
Replies: 4
Views: 2573

Re: Elvis on Craig Charles' Show, BBC Radio 6Music, January 14, 2022

Feels a slightly odd choice - haven't listened to Craig Charles' show in a long time, but I believe it's R+B/funk themed? Although maybe Craig and Elvis have previous history as friends? All the evidence so far would suggest that our man is in in the UK for a week or so, and trying to cram in as man...
by Hawksmoor
Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:53 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Oliver's Army in the news
Replies: 12
Views: 7969

Re: Oliver's Army in the news

Won't do any harm. Any publicity is good publicity (with the exception of having been proved in a court of law to be a predatory paedophile, obviously). Elvis' explanation is perfectly reasonable and sensible, and if this story is doing the rounds, the number of people who previously had no interest...
by Hawksmoor
Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:25 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 698274

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

sweetest punch wrote:Interview on Noise11.com:
https://youtu.be/3-yKS5_kswA
Another corker of an interview. The stuff about Pete 'keeping his hand in' by playing along to records all day in his basement is just beautiful.
by Hawksmoor
Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:38 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 698274

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2 played Paint The Red Rose Blue this morning. It has been significantly shortened for the radio. The following chunk was omitted:- The words that came to him Both the lies and the threats They arrived all too easily But they ran up some debts From the thunder of a pulpit To ...
by Hawksmoor
Mon Jan 10, 2022 11:53 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on Saturday Kitchen 15th January 2022
Replies: 18
Views: 7842

Re: Elvis on Saturday Kitchen 15th January 2022

Well...to be fair, it's more of an 'idea' than a 'recipe'.
by Hawksmoor
Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:22 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on Graham Norton Show, January 14, 2022
Replies: 26
Views: 22817

Re: Elvis on Graham Norton Show, January 14, 2022

My point was more that have more opportunities arisen since he was awarded his OBE which has put him further into the public eye and on the radar for TV shows etc? Yeah, it's possible that the OBE thing has put him more on the radar. Although (and I'm not in any way 'in the know') my hunch is that ...
by Hawksmoor
Sun Jan 09, 2022 6:31 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 698274

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

The official site lists the CD/Book set as being "Sold Out." You sure? I can still get an option to pre-order it for £43:99? It’s sold out in the American store ( https://shop.elviscostello.com/products/elvis-costello-the-imposters-the-boy-named-if-hardback-book-cd ), still available in U...
by Hawksmoor
Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:10 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on Graham Norton Show, January 14, 2022
Replies: 26
Views: 22817

Re: Elvis on Graham Norton Show, January 14, 2022

I was wondering if the OBE has helped open doors for him. TBH I wouldn't have thought so. Suspect that, in terms of getting on shows like this to plug your record, what opens the doors is (a) £££, and (b) who on your team knows who on their team, and can make the right phone-call. Neither Ricky Ger...
by Hawksmoor
Sun Jan 09, 2022 3:51 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 698274

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

migdd wrote:The official site lists the CD/Book set as being "Sold Out."
You sure? I can still get an option to pre-order it for £43:99?