Elvis Costello Fan Forum

sabreman wrote:Watch Your Step is GREAT. I am not sure if there is another one in that vocal style.

I would say Secondary Modern is the blueprint for Watch Your Step. Love the way he sings 'blue to blue' - from croon to falsetto. Evidence (like Dylan singing Moonshiner) that he is a great, great singer.

johnfoyle wrote:"It is the first time that I have played in a two-guitar line-up since 1980"

Looks like the Confederates and Rude 5 have become the victims of a Stalin-esque historical purge.....

johnfoyle wrote:it's possible to believe he thinks like a rock critic.

Ooooh, Elvis will LOVE that!

Are there any other James Kelman fans among us? He's a genius. I love his short stories too - Not Not While The Giro and The Burn in particular - and A Disaffection is probably his most accessible work for those starting out. Mesmerising grasp of the interior life. I met him a few years back at a l...

EC's great-grandfather was born in Northern Ireland - any claims to him being 'Irish' are ridiculous.

His voice, which was a somewhat tentative instrument even when he was a young man, has taken on a surprising strength.

'Tentative' is not a word I would ever apply to EC's voice!

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i've just read (in a day!) the new elvis biography, Complicated Shadows (a friend of mine works at a london based magazine and blagged me a finished copy). it is really great - it looks beautiful, really well written with great pictures and loads of info that i, at least, didn't know, especially abo...

i've just joined and i love this board. However, I can't seem to reply to any threads, just keeps coming up invalid_session. So maybe starting a new thread will work... Just looked at the 'new elvis bio' thread. Awwww, it's a great photo. I always like Elv with his lip curled! Kind of complements th...