Elvis Costello Fan Forum

wehitandrun wrote:Almost Blue is one of the single greatest albums ever released. Period. This bonus disc is great, but will not have the lasting power.

WHAR, how big is your list of single greatest albums ever? I can't keep track.

If it were one of the songs on Painted From Memory, it would have been praised as everybody's favorite because of how catchy it is... I'm right with you on that, and I maintain that any of the PFM songs would fit on many of his earlier albums, albeit with slightly different arrangements. (And this ...

I always thought the matches were falling out of her open pocketbook, giving her away, i.e. proof she'd been unfaithful, probably in a Room With No Number, with her ring on a Different Finger.

I keep hoping that there will be an official sheet music/songbook release of this album. Hell, they did one for Painted From Memory.

I haven't been able to begin trying to figure out how I can get some of the files from this generous gesture. But if I could, hoooo boy...

Disclaimer: these notations could well be different next week. Best Album: Imperial Bedroom Worst Album: Kojak Variety Most Underrated Album: Mighty Like A Rose (Runner Up: The Juliet Letters) Most Overrated Album: Brutal Youth (Runner Up: Spike) Best Song: New Lace Sleeves Worst Song: Sunday's Best...

1. New Lace Sleeves 2. You’ll Never Be A Man 3. Pretty Words 4. Shot With His Own Gun 5. Fish ’N’ Chip Paper 6. White Knuckles 7. From A Whisper To A Scream 8. Luxembourg 9. Clubland 10. Big Sister’s Clothes 11. Strict Time 12. Watch Your Step 13. Different Finger 14. Lovers Walk I agree -- this is ...

I've never minded it, though I appreciated it more once I heard the possibility that it was about Margaret Thatcher.

I will hereby be calling "Alison" "I See You Got A Husband Now" You mean "My Aim Is True", don't you? (wink wink) There's an idea -- someone should compile a list of EC songs whose repeated tag is different than the title. Here's a start: "I'm Not Satisfied" ...

On the new AB reissue, I believe that the parenthetical "Hot Burrito #1" has been dropped entirely, and it is just listed as "I'm Your Toy." In the liner notes, EC makes reference to the fact that they "re-named" the song. I wonder, does one have to get permission to d...

The good news: EC's picture with a dynamic link has been added to the losthighwayrecords.com landing page (two posters to the right of the door).

The bad news: the link goes to the existing official site we've been staring at since North came out.

Baby steps, I tell myself. Any day now.

The original song, as recorded on Gilded Palace Of Sin by the Flying Burrito Brothers, was simply called "Hot Burrito #1". (And the song that comes after it was, and still is, called "Hot Burrito #2". The story I recall is that both were written and recorded pretty fast to meet t...

If the cover is the worst thing about the album, I'll be happy. Actually I think it fits in fine with the rest of the Lost Highway catalog. And as for the purple? Keep in mind that our boy has had a long history of downright garish artwork.

Snarling Pup has the answer I was seeking. Your move.

Oh, and Run Devil Run is one of my favorite McCartney albums.

DrJ wrote:Leave my Kitten Alone?
or maybe The Very Thought Of You

DrJ

Nope -- actually the song I'm thinking Paul recorded after the Beatles, but let's see what else people come up with. (And John sang Kitten.)

I was hoping he'd put it on all the bonus discs for sh-ts and giggles, but I guess he ran out of room on Get Happy. Anyway...

What song has been recorded by both Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello, but not written by either of them?

I can understand your frustration. The local Circuit City didn't have them, so I went next door to Best Buy, which had two of each. I'd like to think that I wasn't the first person to get them from that store that day, but I could be wrong.

For a change, an EC question. This should only be answered from personal knowledge! Which song occurs the most times (counting appearances on both discs 1 and 2) on all the Rhino/Edsel/Demon 2CD EC reissues? My memory banks tell me there are FIVE Stranger In The Houses: MAIT bonus (single) TYM bonu...

wehitandrun wrote:Ew. Deportee is lame! :roll: Deportees Club is much better, and more listenable.

I'm gonna hafta go ahead and disagree with you there on that one. Why? 'Cos I like 'em both. And sometimes I'm not in the mood for a DX7.

Oh, I think they do. I'd rank it pretty high on almost any other album. I can't think of another song I'd rank last on an EC disc that's as good as Beaten..., except maybe whatever will bring up the rear on Imperial Bedroom. Now I've got something to think about. "What's the best 'worst song' ...

Wow. People really don't like Beaten To The Punch, do they?

I offered myself, but he found another bass player.

wehitandrun wrote:I got 2 of them at Newbury Comics for 11.88 each! (my aim is true's rhino reissue was only 9.99)

Sure beats the heck out of FYE, dunnit?

Go here: http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/special/index.htms?ID=costello-ilsogno to hear snippets, read things, marvel at the cover photo, etc. Sounds very pleasant to these ears, but then again I liked Juliet Letters, Painted From Memory and North. Now where the hell's the info for the Imposters a...

Oh boy. Get ready for it. OK then? Here we go... As excited as I was about Brutal Youth when it came out, I was less than impressed afterwards. A few good songs, but boomy production by Mitchell Froom. And I thought "Just About Glad" was a cliche Elvis song, one that someone else would hav...