Elvis Costello Fan Forum

the consensus is basically start early and work your way through. ithink that will give the best idea of his music. skipping 'g'bye cruel world' would not hurt. it's an acquired taste. you get that and 'for the stars' when you just gotta have more. don't listen to the others, i actually like punch t...

thanks.
yeah, i remember that.
also, wasn't there a deborah harry project to be called 'idiophone'?

does anybody know if elvis will spend the last part of this tour coming back to the states again, particularly the southeast?

if cait found out in any way shape or form from anybody/thing other than elvis that is wrong. it takes balls to admit it outright than to let it be found out. that is just my opinion on this matter in general. it would not matter if the 'cheater' was famous or not. it has to do with respect. marriag...

i've been bearded (beard /goatee) more than half my life.
had a moustache since the ninth grade (okok. i thought of it is a 'moustache' back then). cannot go without the moustache.

the facial hair stays.
the hair on top has been middle of the back to now, shaven.
lot of the 'now' was not on purpose

my two cents....
it (almost) goes without saying that you would hafta be quite the fan of gay sex to come to the conclusion the reviewer did

i am appreciative for the time and depth of ec liner notes.
a paragraph from him on a website don't float my boat.

to me, it's like a gift.
he does it cause he wants to, irregardless of the 'motive'
and you accept it graciously. you don't demand a gift

a little help.
i have no computer
and the link to the street team (?) is blocked at the public library
what is a street team?
what is the significance?

yeah.
that's where i got it.
i use that 'nom de plume' when i write my comic books. it just seemed a natural. it struck me that we ytend to poison the things we touch. it's like being the anti-creator.

i read it.
for all the hype aforehand i was a little disappointed.
thomas should stick to music. i found some parts entertaining and most of it poorly written

i checked out the address snarling pup posted.
the site says these are bootlegs.
can these actually be gotten or what?
i have yet to see any of these titles for sale as i browse the internet.
are they even worth getting? i thought bootlegs were recorded from live concerts illegally.

for me, i like my aim is true some of it for nostalgia , and then i love checkerboard design. aim was my first exposure to elvis(the real elvis). i geuss it was 1979 and my soon-to-be girlfriend had a cassette tape of it. some thing just grabbed me and then went i went off to college, picked up get ...

I've always liked The Deportees Club , and I also like Deportee , the slower, calmer version. I think Elvis said somewhere that he thought Deportee is the way the song SHOULD have been on GCW... Are you the Juggernaught Poisoner? no. actually i have no idea what the juggernaught poisoner is or means

has 'cheap reward' come up yet? that song always sneaks up on me when i hear it. always the unexpected surprise and 'deportee', the variant version of 'deprte's club' last weekend i finally got the extended rykodisc edition of the 'gcw' and it was worth it just for that version of 'deportee' very fe...

does anybody know about these?
i have heard of these from an old friend who just visited
says they are imports of 'live' performances of costello concerts from ,i geuss, europe

any help?

Gillibeanz wrote:SHE!! It makes my skin crawl!!!

'she' was my brother's song at his wedding.
my kids could not believe that any elvis song was picked

this might be a little late but...
hand in hand and let them all talk are two of the best to get stuck in your head.

Boy w/ prob, good catch. elvis is the master of the opening line

don't say a word
don't say anything
don't say a word
i'm not even listening...

that's a great deal ,poppet. i got mine about 6 months ago on half.com for 100 even and it was worth every penny. what i enjoy most is the interaction with the audience. and his rip on that music mag, i think on the chicago disc. steve nieve is well under-rated. i was able to see the imposters with ...

true. any elvis is better than most of the clap out there.
i listen, at home, to ec 90% of the time and then i have just a handful of other cds i mix in.
but i always go for some elvis cd first

thanks. i was not really concerned about any specific lyrics, just wanted some insight

maybe the lyrics and music are not polished, probably why it was never really released. but i can see the words spitting from his mouth and the rending of flesh as he tears into this person.
i also get the idea he is exacting some specific vengeance

does anyone know of any book/website that analyzes (properly) the lyrics of elvis' songs?
i have heard of the gouldstone book but also hear they are rather lame

it has to be 'poisoned letter' offa one of the brutal youth re-issue(?).
i've yet to hear any other song sung with such vitriol
also, it is part of the evolution of a song and just trying to see how it becomes 'finished' is interesting

and the live version of uncomplicated on cruel smile

whenever i mention elvis to anyone at work they go' oh yeah. not the only flame and everday i write the book'
two of his weakest songs that i cannot bring myself to listen to