Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Well, I could write a long review of the record but I'll keep it short and sweet. I'm not over keen on 'My Lovely Jezebel' and 'The Spell that you Cast' but it's a fucking great record. I haven't enjoyed an EC CD this much in years. What's not to like? My top 5 are all fantastic: Bullets for the New...

The last time I saw Squeeze was when Chris Holland was on keyboards and I thought he was simply playing to formula. Definitely a weak link after the years of Jools and Paul Carrack. Steve should add another dimension.

Great stuff. Otis and I are going to the Cambridge gig in December.

cwr wrote:Listening to the song again, it IS striking that Steve Nieve is essentially playing "You Belong To Me" all the way through it.

And I'm tremendously pleased to hear Costello self-harmonizing with himself again...

Can you self-harmonise with anyone else?

"The Huston Kid" is a solid, sound record. A favorite of mine. Some very intelligent, and I think honest, writing on that record. I'll give it a go then! 8) Let us know what you think. Obviously, I rate it extremely highly, but people I've gifted copies to have generally responded very fa...

I'll never understand the antipathy levelled towards North. It's such a moving and emotional record. If you've ever had your heart broken or have fallen in love when you shouldn't have, this record should be so easy to relate to. Easily his best record of the noughties for me.

I'm definitely with you cwr.

(If I could make one wish about his future recordings, it would be this: PFM through SP&SC are notable for how little he employs "self-harmonies" on record. Part of this is because he has Davey or Jim Lauderdale to harmonize with him now, so he can do more "live in the studio&quo...

"Greatness" is a difficult word to quantify. I love/admire/cherish many parts of virtually every Elvis record, but when I think of his truly GREAT albums, I don't think he's had one since King of America. In my mind, that was the last time he put out a truly indispensable, balls-to-the-wa...

wordnat wrote:WWIC, despite some wonderful songs, already sounds somewhat dated due to its harsh, "trendy" production. Whenever EC goes the "flavor of the month" route (PTC, GCW, SPIKE), he fails....

I really agree with this...although I still quite like PTC.

Very interesting and not long-winded at all PD.

Agree with you on a lot of this, especially with regard to WIWC. It is on of the few EC records I rarely play, with the exception of 2 tracks - Episode of Blonde and My Little Blue Window. I too failed to see the point of Dust 2

Ok, so the man has recorded some great songs in the past few years, but what was his last truly great album?

I loved North and I can appreciate TDM, bu his last brilliant record for me was Painted From Memory.

Views welcomed.

Ok - will do. Have just ordered from Amazon along with Crowded House's new record.

Christopher Sjoholm wrote:"The Huston Kid" is a solid, sound record. A favorite of mine. Some very intelligent, and I think honest, writing on that record.

I'll give it a go then!

It's just a hunch, but I'm guessing you're a Rodney Crowell fan?

The good news is that Robin Van Rapist looks sharp enough to put 2-3 past Citeh for us.

Now that is what I would call irony...Arse helping us into the Champs League.

...and that was the most fantastic game I've seen for a while...

so lacklustre wrote:The pompey game was one of the most fantastic I have watched for a while.

Given your comedic outclassed performance in Barcelona, this is hardly a surprise mate

Well, we should have beaten Pompey who defended resolutely and broke excellently. That is not Arsenal's style , so it will be a different game. However, the confidence has been well and truly battered in the past 2 weeks. Maybe Arse, Chelsk and Man U are exactly what we do need. No expectations etc....

so lacklustre wrote:If you can't be confident about beating a sadly depleted Portsmouth, who I hear are fielding three 9 year olds, then you have no hope.

Come on, this is Spurs we're talking about!

I can confirm that I have indeed been in contact with Mr Westinghouse and that he is alive and well...though licking his wounds somewhat... :wink: I have a suspicion that we Spurs fans maybe doing the same on Monday. Man City and Liverpool with very winnable games and I have a little hunch that we m...

Does anyone know what happened to Otis. I sent him a text recently and got no reply. His last post here was on 21/12/09. Strange for someone who played here so frequently.

Shall I wear a buttonhole to jog your memory So you'll recall the promise That I swore you made to me when we were younger? You look sorry for yourself, but what about? I've some idea you're not without a doubt So you can put away that tongue I don't know who I'm trying to kid I'll find another name...

Just came on the ipod and took me by surprise. A great B side and I had forgotten how much I liked it.