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Thanks, John. The "Man Out of Time" mystery continues, though. The different lyrics are on the second verse, though, not the last. My bad. These are the lyrics I could make out. Maybe one of you Costello connoiseurs will recognize them? There's a tupenny happeny millionaire Looking for a f...

Lets be honest. The album has about 3-4 good songs, 2 mediocre, and the rest should go on Goodbye Cruel World or some lesser b-sides release or not released at all. Turpentine and Stella Hurts? Lack of melody and no groove or hook. American Gangster Time is plain awful. Bright spots are No Hiding P...

Alright, so I finally got around to buying this. I have a hard time finding EC DVDs anywhere in Buenos Aires (and Momofuku is STILL nowhere to be found) so when I saw this sitting in the DVD stack at a local indie store, I knew I had to buy it, morbidly overpriced as it may have been. Overall I gott...

I don't think anyone expected Momofuku to go platinum. It was rush-released, no single, no music video, no promos, nothing. It's all been internet talk, and even that has been scarce. Several of my friends who are HUGE EC fans but don't hang out at message boards nearly as much as I do didn't even k...

My honest opinion RIGHT NOW, and I realize this will change when the Momofuku buzz wears off a little, 1. Momofuku 2. My Flame Burns Blue 3. North 4. The Delivery Man 5. When I Was Cruel 6. River in Reverse I like "For the Stars" just fine, but I wouldn't really rank it as an EC album. And...

Wow, okay. I guess I'm the only one absolutely head over heels in love with "Song With Rose"?

Since I haven't been able to find this CD in Buenos Aires, I am basing my opinion on the stream off LostHighway which has been the soundtrack to my last few days at work. It's brilliant. I find it ten times better than The Delivery Man. Less contrived, more urgent. A great set of awesome songs. I ho...

Guys, I'm having a terrible time trying to find the Momofuku CD in Buenos aires, Arg...

Which is odd because I was able to get The River in Reverse like, the very day it came out

Alibi was performed live with Steve Nieve for at least a year before it appeared on WIWC - I recorded it off a Radio 2 concert and it was much more exciting and spontaneous than the eventual recorded version, which was definitely overthought and overlong. Oh man. Do you have an mp3 copy of that? I'...

Hello everybody I have a special request for you. I hope this is appropriate for the board. If not, mods, feel free to delete it. Could anyone kindly direct me to an mp3 copy of the "My Flame Burns Blue" version of "Episode of Blonde"? Though I do have the record, I do not curren...

The whole feature is pure revisionism. It all smacks of a very calculating attempt to re-position Elvis in the U.K. market. The abiding element is one of minimal details and simplicity. No Il Sogno, no Columbus incident, no ballet scores , no Diana Krall ( a very curious omission ) and so on. If it...

johnfoyle wrote: End of the World, Radio Radio, Country Darkness, Less than Zero, Chelsea, Detectives and Monkey you the Man.

This made me smile.


Monkey, you the man.

Make that a grand piano, sir.

I actually like both "North" and "When I Was Cruel" much better than "My Aim is True". I've fallen head-over-heels in love with "My Flame Burns Blue", however. I love everything about it-- the setlist, the arrangements, Elvis' voice in it. It's a stunning reco...

Maybe they left 'cause of everybody's inability to stay on topic



... I kid, I kid.

Hey all. New to the boards, relatively new EC fan as well (purchased When I Was Cruel 2 years ago and have been hooked since) I thought I'd use my first post to point your attention towards a rather hysterical debate over at youtube on an Elvis TOTP performance of Watching the Detectives... http://y...