Elvis Costello Fan Forum

sweetest punch wrote:Tommy's Coming Home is now registered at ASCAP.
This problably means that this song will appear on the upcoming Flowers In The Dirt Archive Collection.

A tremendous song.

Am I mistaken, or is that Costello/Nieve "I Want You" a rarity, at the very least? This song was played by Elvis and Steve many times on the 1999 " Lonely World Tour " and again on their 2003 European Tour. A full list of performances of this song is here: Performances of I Want...

Am I mistaken, or is that Costello/Nieve "I Want You" a rarity, at the very least?

johnfoyle wrote:Or is it on TV ?

It was.
Costello & The Imposters, straight out of the gate on the broadcast.

PLU
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
Bedlam


I think that's it.
(I haven't actually watched it yet.)

I've always viewed "Georgie and Her Rival" as Costello's take on Prince's "I Could Never Take the Place Of Your Man".

I'm probably entirely mistaken.
Nonetheless -- both are tremendous, under-rated pop songs.

A ballad treatment.
It was lovely.

Interacted with him, briefly, in the lobby at the Santa Rosa show.

A Grand Man.

The hat is now one of the props.
It hangs on the chair until the sit-down segment, and then is donned.

The sound guy is fine. It was the venue. And even then, it didn't really get compromised until the three of them where onstage. That's really when it went downhill. Trying to mix mandolin, guitar, slide, Elvis screaming, and 3-part harmonies in that barn is probably impossible. The night before soun...

MOJO wrote:...but sound dude was a total loser. The show could have been much better with a real sound guy...

I think you missed my point.

The sound problem was inherent to the venue.

The place is cavernous -- high overhead.
The house equipment seems to be an attempt to compensate.
(Heavy-handed.)
It wasn't all that bad -- but, yeah, it had its problems.

Santa Rosa sounded really good.

Right. Thank you.
I was feeling really old for a bit there.

Complicated Shadows Watch Your Step Accidents Will Happen Ascension Day Church Underground 45 Either Side of the Same Town Matter of Time (piano) Shipbuilding (piano) Every Day I Write the Book The Comedians Walking My Baby Back Home (sit down) Ghost Train (sit down) Beyond Belief (sit down) Watchi...

Great pop song -- composition and performance.
Shoulda been a hit...

Me and the Mrs.

I agree with Sulky.
That list is a dig.

I like the melody.
A lot.

I adore this recording, warts and all. It's okay to complain about Elvis' voice, but for me it only adds to the sincerity of the recording. These are not easy songs to sing. Try it yourself, and see if you can even keep your breath. No person with a "beautiful" voice could do any better, ...

It's some kind of a set-up.

I was thinking the same thing, John. (Regarding alternate tracks, not necessarily alternate takes.) I figured that I had been listening to too much live stuff, and that my aural memory of certain studio tracks was degraded -- but that's not like me, generally. I have a pathological auditory recall, ...

A very pleasant evening.


3-song set at the end:

Every Day I Write the Book
I Hear a Melody
Radio Sweetheart/Jackie Wilson Says

sulky lad wrote:Are all those bound volumes of ECIS I see on your bookshelf, John ?

I spy the Costello/Nieve box.

I'll be at this -- with my wife and mother, theoretically.

I will be attending.