Elvis Costello Fan Forum

martinfoyle wrote:I listened to this album recently for the first time in a while and it holds up very ...

Taz,
FYI I got a whole heap of scary messages when I posted this.

I listened to this album recently for the first time in a while and it holds up very well. Indeed, because of all the Bachrach bits, its one of EC's more timeless records. Since he learnt how to read music, EC's sense of melody has been seriously challenged. Bacharach appears to have gotten him to b...

"Elvis Costello and Tom Waits are among the guests on Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks' new album 'Beatin' The Heat'. Hicks formed The Charlatans, the original '60s psychedelia band of that name. Out on July 14, it's his first new album since 1976 and also stars Bette Midler and Brian Setzer"...

Harson Flenco posted this review on the ec listserv -I recently had the opportunity to listen to "North," and here are a couple of my first impressions. If "Almost Blue" is your your favorite Elvis song, you're going to love this album. It's a moody collection of piano ballads wi...

[quote="Otis Westinghouse"]I reckon you're getting the same 'message failed ... Debug...' I've had! It's appearing as normal though![/]

You're right, Otis, apologies to all for this happening. Is this board going to bits already?

Martin: I'm impressed by your Japanese translation skills. have you learned to read it purely so you can keep up with Costello news from Japan? Sorry to say my Japanese is no-existant. This piece about North was posted by Ayako Sasamoto on the EC listserv. I did the old copy and paste thing with it...

Martin: I'm impressed by your Japanese translation skills. have you learned to read it purely so you can keep up with Costello news from Japan? Sorry to say my Japanese is non-existant. This piece about North was posted by Ayako Sasamoto on the EC listserv. I did the old copy and paste thing with it.

Martin: I'm impressed by your Japanese translation skills. have you learned to read it purely so you can keep up with Costello news from Japan? Sorry to say my Japanese is non-existant. This piece about North was posted by Ayako Sasamoto on the EC listserv. I did the old copy and paste thing with i...

Martin: I'm impressed by your Japanese translation skills. have you learned to read it purely so you can keep up with Costello news from Japan? Sorry to say my Japanese is non-existant. This piece about North was posted by Ayako Sasamoto on the EC listserv. I did the old copy and paste thing with i...

Martin: I'm impressed by your Japanese translation skills. have you learned to read it purely so you can keep up with Costello news from Japan? Sorry to say my Japanese is non-existant. This piece about North was posted by Ayako Sasamoto on the EC listserv. I did the old copy and paste thing with i...

This was just posted on the EC listeserv -The website of HMV Japan now has some information about EC's new album, which is titled 'North'. The page has titles of all songs in the album, but unfortunately they are all written in the Japanese letters. I'm translating the information into English here,...

I wonder if the UK reissues are really coming out in July? In America, RHINO has pushed them back to September. I would like to think that RHINO has better business sense than to lose sales to imports two months early. As avid as EC collectors are, we will not wait. I'll be importing them ASAP to h...

Elvis has been writing again, according to this http://www.musictap.net/Archives/Posts/Posts03/ArchivalPosts2003Jun1521.html#061603 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009WVOP/qid=1055892000/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-1087209-0548719?v=glance&s=music June 16, 2003 We've mentioned this on...

Trust in its original configuration is EC most complete musical statment. 3 years of non stop work had him and the lads amazingly tight and cohesive. They intuitively played off each other. Having heard some of the warm up versions, they kept at it until they got it right. A brilliant album, all tru...

Okay, hope this doesn't sound incredibly stupid (that would be a switch)...but are CD's bought from the UK able to be played on US stereo's? I know VHS and DVD's have a different "region" and I can't buy the West Wing DVD's cuz of it... Cd's are not regionalised, i.e. UK ones can be playe...

The Steely Dan album has the timeless classic sound of their previous albums, albeit with a digital sheen. Great to see brilliant musicians like Bill Charlap checking their egos at the door and being part of the band. This album will still be delivering in 20 years and more, when Radiohead will be l...

Here's the latest from http://www.musictap.net/index.html -We have some news for you. The bad part is bumps. The Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots DVD-Audio is being moved to August 12 while the Fleetwood Mac and Elvis Costello remasters are delayed until September 9. The Fleetwood Mac i...

Here`s an article about the exhibit http://www.clevescene.com/issues/2003-06-04/nd3.html/1/index.html From clevescene.com Originally published by Cleveland Scene Jun 04, 2003 ©2003 New Times, Inc. All rights reserved. Full Mental Jackets The Rock Hall gets nostalgic with imaginary album covers. BY M...

Moz has returned to his oral roots, except that he didn't live there when young . The Mozter actually is in Dublin as we speak, either doing demos or recording his new album. He's here quite a lot, I nearly collided with him last summer going into the Irish Film Centre. That photographer in the doc...

Jackson Doofster wrote:I seem to recall that two of them were 'Hope you're Happy' and 'Uncomplicated' - what was the other ?

Leave My Kitten Alone, which he also did a few days previously in Dublin at Self Aid.

Pablo Honey was ok. I still love The Bends. I kinda still enjoy parts of Ok Computer, but do feel I've outgrown it now (always preferred The Bends anyway). The Bends is there most complete and best album so far. A fluke, apparently, since its a mix of demos and 'proper' studio versions. All their a...

Top Ten Best Things About Canada 1. Molson 2. I can find it on a map! 3. Canadian bacon 4. Did I mention Molson? 5. No passport required. 6. I think they drive on the right side of the road. 7. Moosehead. 8. Not much chance of an invasion from the North. 9. Didn't John Candy come from Canada? 10. B...

The sublime performance of Shipbuilding by EC at Steve Nieve's Paris show in December 2001 is also worthy of serious consideration.

He was definitely on in 1986, when EC&As played 2 or 3 songs from B&C. EC placed the KoA crown on Andy Kershaw's head as he introduced them![/quote]

The audio of these performances can be found on the Four Eyes One Vision boot cdr.

Yes, Otis, its a remake. The original was not a hit in the US, so it carrys no baggage for the colonists. Here in the UK and Ireland its a zeitgeist film, sort of our Its A Wonderful Life. That said this version is getting some good reviews, Ed Norton really hams it up as a bad guy, apparently. Does...