Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Does anyone else consider this one of the most absolutely gorgeous songs EC has ever written? There's nothing more for me to fully agree to your appraisal, the_platypus, it's such a perfect song, that puts it among some of his best ever. In its simplicity it's actually a bit uncommon for an EC song...

But I love Science Fiction Twin. That is one of those EC songs where the lines just seem to inject themselves right into my brain, to create sing-along Elvis. There’s a lot of EC in this song: the part about filling up his purse dictating verse I think is a direct reference to his having gone to It...

I'll just pipe in here to say that nobody should ever apologlize for offering opinions, even strong opinions. I do tire of the whole idea that we are supposed to preface all our remarks with some self-effacing redundancy, like 'this is only my opinion...' blah blah blah. Anyone who feels personally...

"Song with Rose" stuns me every time I hear it.... I' m glad I'm not the only one who is thrilled by the beauty of this ever-evolving nearly never-ending melody! It is consistently funny how posters take a comment obviously given as only a personal opinion and then personalize it as if th...

Great work you did, alexv, thanks a lot, in my mind it made me sing through every song you listed of GH and I would even add Secondary Modern and Clowntime is over to the classic's list. Still, personally I do relate more to MLAR, easy understandable for my emotions linked to it while hearing it in ...

There are no country songs in this album. I guess you're referring to "Song With Rose" and "Pardon Me Madam..." which I find really beautiful and not more or less derivative than anything else in the record. Couldn't agree more! I really wonder how one can dismiss these songs wi...

It’s an unpleasant experience being confronted with other’s dismissal of personal treasures, like for instance RECORDS, all the more when the artist, THE MAN HIMSELF, is the one with the harshest verdict on his own works. And with Elvis and me, this happened even twice, first with the most brutal of...

Talking about Taramasalata , it’s time to indulge a bit in PTC and the falling in love with Elvis’ music to which it led to. Being 16 years old then, I remember being first bewildered, than stunned and finally fascinated by that then completely-new-to-my ears rush of niagara falls-like syllables, ut...

Great to open this thread by you, Christopher, in honor and praise of TJL, a record that, in my own EC canon, ranks among his best and moreover, as you pointed out so precisely, is one more proof of his complete dedication to music, with a nearly self-offensive tendency to take no prisoners and just...

One Bell Ringing to me is once more one of these Elvis songs that relly make the difference, that lend this awesome NR- collection of marvellous tunes that FINAL gemstone that makes the treasure so much more valuable. This hushed quiet greatness in which he is delivering the words, with that brass a...

Sorry for me being a bit late with my concert review, summer is just too wonderful right now to spend too much time on the computer... It seems that I have been the only one of our board to show up at that Diana/Elvis-family package, with what the couple seem to enjoy their European summer of 2010. ...

I will be there too, with a bit mixed expectations for fearing a too tight concert schedule in Montreux to really get going, although I am more optimistic now since I saw that Elvis is following his wife and not the other way round as I had expected. I've got a ticket in the standing section, so we ...

I'm with you 3, the_playtypus, bronxapostle and pophead2k I'm happy with nearly everything EC has done and I'd be happy with another SP&S as well (I'm surprised that even EC fans don't seem to be able to JUST LISTEN to the songs of that record without fuzzing around of that "concept album&q...

Congratulations cwr and all of you who have responded to the praise of this most wonderful song in the all wonderful record BY ! A song can't be more perfect in melody, sound and words, the Beatles would have envied him for this one. The more delighted I am by your words because this song (and the w...

I can see from reading this board that my opinions about EC's music vary pretty sharply from the norm. ... I can't really explain why I've drawn such different conclusions. There's nothing with your choices and opinions, Ypsilanti , I agree with your wondering about the newly found praise for ATUB ...

alexv, man you really seem to take it personally, with the distinct lives of our hero, which is absolutely the right attitude , taking it personally is the most important when it comes to music, it's about our love for it and its counterpart, being disappointed if the love doesn't stand every test.....

Hi cwr I can see the parallel you draw between "Still too soon to know" and "My three sons" (though I find the latter one very enjoyable for its simplicity and honesty), but I can't place "45" in the same line, for it is way too playful and associative with its playing ...

Hi faithfull sorry to disappoint you about Marianne, though I don't mind her, it's just not that I find her musically interesting...but I'm glad to read about any single EC fan more in Switzerland on this forum, so welcome! I also saw him in Zurich on his great WIWC tour in 2002, a gig that was most...

Hi cwr I enjoyed reading your praise of BY and I totally agree! It's a marvellous record, with a range as wide as our man can do it, and still all very heartfelt and coherent as an album. And I totally agree with you rolling your eyes at those never ending reactionary ones never ceasing in hailing t...

Hi Neil and Chickendinna of course I know what you are writing about, I've recorded quite a few of "Learning Elvis in 90 minutes"-tapes and CDs over the years to a bunch of people and....well did convince some of them, so what's it's all about? it's about music and it does affect some peop...

Sorry Neil but I don't get how someone can be that much into Elvis and still thinks, that after more than 30 years in mere dedication of pursuing his own aim and nothing but his aim, one would have to worry about him being the next Sting...come on, are you serious? In hope that he keeps on being as ...

"Song for Rose" is such a wonderful song, with a melody floating easily like a sailboat in the quiet waters of a calm sea, I only wished this song would go on forever... and words full of poetry. Am I wrong or is this about the years of suspended longing and loving with Cait? Having in min...

Hi there the German "Rolling Stone Magazin" (which sucks a lot less compared to the "original") gives it a 4.5 stars (out of 5) in its june 08 issue I will post a translation any day soon whenever I find some time to do so... http://rollingstone.de/content/tontraeg ... monats.htm...

Hi there the German "Rolling Stone Magazin" (which sucks a lot less compared to the "original") gives it a 4.5 stars (out of 5) in its june 08 issue I will post a translation any day soon whenever I find some time to do so... http://rollingstone.de/content/tontraeger/platte_des_m...

Great to read something other than the usual canon praising the first 3 or 4 records as all time best, though undoubtedly they really were something unique. But for myself being one who got into Elvis with PTC and still thinking that "Everyday I write the book" ist one of the most well-cra...