Elvis Costello Fan Forum

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Musician,_October_1983 Musician, October 1983 From Table of Contents: Elvis Costello arrived on the British scene six years and nine albums ago with a blast of bitterness and brute honesty that made him the first new wave superstar. As his prolific intell...

Here is the CREEM Close-Up. http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Creem_Close-Up,_July_1983 Growing Up Angry: Elvis Costello By Iman Lababedi "I'd like to be a funeral director..." -Elvis Costello, 1980 The memory is a funny thing; it plays tricks on us. We clothe it in make believe...

Best Record I've Made Until The Next Record I Am Absolutely Not Making Because There's Really Nothing In It For Me At This Point

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Practice the acronym now, kiddies.

Well, I wish Elvis the best, but there's not much difference between recurring greatest hits tours and a standing gig in Vegas. The line between artist and mere performer is a thin one, but staking claim on one side of it is a surefire way to disinterest many. Perhaps I'm naive, but I can't help but...

I already hate it. :lol: Seriously, if true (which I really, really, really, really, really doubt) it would just come off as bizarre and opportunistic based on the popularity of the HBO series. I just can't imagine Elvis putting together a record centered around sword fights and dragons, unless he g...

If 'jump the shark' means the moment where he reached his high point and the line on the graph wouldn't quite hit that peak or match that ascension, I could see an argument for IB. That first stretch of albums in that short of time at that level of quality is nuts, and it perhaps has spoiled many as...

I was there, don't have the setlist, but the finale was This Wheel is on Fire/River in Reverse/I'll Take Care of You/This Wheel is on Fire. It's annoying being a hardcore fan and when someone is given a choice of anything on the wheel to hear 'Alison' as the crowd chant when we could hear Hoover Fac...

This will be my first time seeing Elvis since the River in Reverse tour. Wouldn't make the long drive to the Gorge/pay the price for the Police tour and was on vacation when he swang by with the Canes. I will be sure to relay my thoughts in some sort of rudimentary review bordering on the lines of &...

Do you think Elvis just sets his expectations too high? While he is certainly an icon, is he aiming to reach the heights of past successes in a way that isn't realistic in today's music industry + and as he continues to fade out of public attention even further. Or is he simply burned by how the rec...

I am!

I need to make better friends!

Got my tickets for the Seattle show! Finally that old bastard comes here again. I had to miss the SP&S show and refused to pay the price to see him play a short gig opening for the Police, so I haven't seen our boy since the River & Reverse tour with Allen Toussaint (whose limousine almost r...

I feel like "No Reply" would be a natural fit for Elvis and the Imposters.

Very late to this party, but I quite like the track. It'll never make my top 40 EC tunes, but a nice change of pace from recent output. In fact, I like all of EC's film tracks to varying degrees: My Mood Swings God Give Me Strength You Stole My Bell She I'm sure there are others too. Party Party. :...

I heard "So we went escaping underneath locked doors" for that bit, Mr. Foyle. The song isn't far from what I expected. Definitely appeals to the crowd who buy into "She" and PFM more than anything else. The melody isn't particularly catchy and the song is a bit of a throwaway to...

This bootleg is amazing! Thanks so much.

There's something about the EC w/Rude 5 playing his old stuff that just makes me think it'd be what a bar's house band who normally plays Thin Lizzy covers having an Elvis Costello night would sound like.

I panicked and thought this was referring to Washington state in the US, where I reside. I looked up "Fremantle, WA" and couldn't quite figure out where it was. I felt pretty dumb as I continuously zoomed out only to reveal Australia.

If I "won" a copy of the Blame it on Cain MP3 from the Artists Den without any terms provided on sharing it, would it be wrong to give it away to the fine posters here?

Finally figured out that BitComet and Dime do not work together. Switched to Vuze and got the download, thanks guys!

I haven't heard any tapes, but Ayako on the listserv said the YouTube video was "exactly the one I heard in Seoul on Sunday and also in Tokyo today." cool...so, when you hear the one from friday, i guess you'd agree: NR No. 3 a/k/a the Attractions version! Is Bruce back? No, he was too bu...

I Hope You're Happy Nowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz-rx5O7YGs
Here's where us unfortunate Seattle-area fans just hit refresh on youtube for a little while.

Whoops! Thanks. I assumed you were referring to something on the page. Hopefully we get most of it, or they put out anything they don't air online.

Hey guys, looks like that NYPL concert is airing this week. From the shows facebook: Today kicks off ELVIS COSTELLO WEEK at the Artists Den! Every day this week we’ll be sharing goodies from Elvis’s episode of “Live from the Artists Den” – premiering on public television this Friday! Be sure to che...

Not sold on all of the George Jones covers on this record.