Elvis Costello Fan Forum

The 'new' songs Elvis has been performing the last few shows have actually been knocking around for a while as part of a 'song cycle' called The Delivery Man . He and Steve did some of them first back in late 1999. But the songs played recently were not among those played in 1999. I don't think it'...

Hat me, dude.

For some reason Goodbye Cruel World has replaced King of America in the next batch, so it will be Almost Blue , Goodbye Cruel World , and Kojak Variety . The last announced release date was April, but that's beginning to look overly optimistic. Here's my latest plug for the "Elvis Costello on R...

No, it is not correct.

There is no reason that using a Mac should prevent you from watching the webcast.

Does anyone have the slightest idea what song the second Elvis impersonator was trying to do? (He said it was from King of America, but I sure didn't recognize it.)

It occurs to me that Bruce Thomas has actually worked with Pete Townshend before, as part of Paul McCartney's "Rockestra" project in 1979.

Since it was previously reported that The Who was using Greg Lake on bass, I'm guessing they're not limiting themselves to a single bass player on the new album.

Sad to say, I failed to get tickets to the House of Blues show (that'll teach me to borrow the credit card number without also getting the security code). I'm hoping to find someone with extras, although with the concert so soon in the future, I'm afraid the odds aren't good.

If EC is currently recording in L.A., what's his excuse for not playing with Pete & Davey at the Randy Newman tribute?

Aside from "Shamed into Love," there's a second Costello/Blades composition on the album called "The Miranda Syndrome."

I like them both.

I'd like to believe that the February release date is accurate. But in light of the fact that they've previously been announced as coming in April, I think it's far more likely that John's information is outdated than that they've been moved up two months.

I'd love to be wrong.

I run that site. Thanks for posting the link, although I recommend entering from the main page:

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The "Singles" box sets were scheduled for release in the UK yesterday. Has anyone seen them? I'm still waiting for Amazon UK to ship my order.

What about his brother Henry?

laughingcrow wrote:Is the rest of this interview around? Was there a fabled second half?

Not on CD, but you can read it here:

http://elviscostello.info/articles/r/re ... 51001a.txt

Not counting the more trivial edits and mix variations, these are the new-to-CD tracks: VOLUME 1: Blame It On Cain (live) Mystery Dance (live) Miracle Man (live) VOLUME 2: Cry Cry Cry Wondering Blues Keep Calling Honky Tonk Girl Pills And Soap (extended version) VOLUME 3: Everyday I Write The Book (...

If by "hoax" you mean set up in advance, maybe. Although Elvis seemed genuinely surprised. It was Bacharach though. He has a very distinctive voice and a distinctive way of laughing, and at the end it was clearly him. No, I meant that it wasn't really Burt. But with everyone else convince...

Am I the only one who thinks the "Burt" call was a hoax?

Frankly, I expected to see people speculating about it already.

Misha...

Were all of the songs you tried to request (aside from "High Fidelity") actually played?

I'd be curious to know if they told people songs were "taken" when they really just weren't on a list of approved songs.

Elvis seemed to settle the matter of whether he eats fish when he revealed on A&E Live By Request that his favorite pizza is anchovy and avocado.

I don't consider fish-eaters to be vegetarians, but I realize some do...

I think he's going to do a full scale US tour... It's just that he's doing other places first.

Indeed, it turns out there are two versions of the song. The official release says "I may be your man," while the advance release (the one I have, anyway) says, "you may be my man."

Strange!

For some reason I've got a hunch "Elements" is the title of the bonus DVD.

The word "elements," by the way, appears in the first line of North's opening track.

The absolute best of the best are Get Happy!!, Imperial Bedroom, Punch the Clock, and All This Useless Beauty.