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- Mon Jul 29, 2019 11:37 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis when you least expect it
- Replies: 747
- Views: 954397
Re: Elvis when you least expect it
Ha! Yes, that would explain it! Listening to that song for 40 years, and had no idea the opening line was lifted from a 1963 Cliff Richard song (and movie). Still learning those British references after all this time. Still have no idea who "Betty Felon" is for example. https://www.youtube...
- Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:31 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis when you least expect it
- Replies: 747
- Views: 954397
Re: Elvis when you least expect it
Opening line from "The Beat" ("We're all going on a Summer holiday") leads off this newspaper article about the importance of taking vacation time off!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/comm ... a-holiday/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/comm ... a-holiday/
- Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:04 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Relatively Insignificant EC Stuff. . .
- Replies: 1637
- Views: 2595301
Re: Relatively Insignificant EC Stuff. . .
Today (July 24) is the Feast of St. Declan of Ardmore (an Irish Saint from the 5th Century). A blessed St. Declan's Day to all!
- Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:47 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis Costello’s 1977 US Launch: The Inside Story
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10094
Re: Elvis Costello’s 1977 US Launch: The Inside Story
". . . and it's really just a silly fragment of paper."
1977: "Putting His Fate In Your Hands"
1993: "Taking My Life In Your Hands" appears on The Juliet Letters
1977: "Putting His Fate In Your Hands"
1993: "Taking My Life In Your Hands" appears on The Juliet Letters
- Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:25 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Just for the fun of it
- Replies: 34
- Views: 35061
Re: Just for the fun of it
Boy With A Different Finger
King Dangle
Remove This Shirt
Punishing Mouth
The Long Savage
Distorted Tart
Shabby Petals
Sleep Of The Imposter
Charm Palaces
Lipstick In The Dark
Human Worth
You Hung The Optimist
King Dangle
Remove This Shirt
Punishing Mouth
The Long Savage
Distorted Tart
Shabby Petals
Sleep Of The Imposter
Charm Palaces
Lipstick In The Dark
Human Worth
You Hung The Optimist
- Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:02 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Favourite lyrical alliteration (formerly assonance!)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21768
Re: Favourite lyrical alliteration (formerly assonance!)
THE GREAT UNKNOWN from 1984's offers up this lovely line:
"Footprints set in sentimental cement"
the print/ment rhyme is the crowning touch!
"Footprints set in sentimental cement"
the print/ment rhyme is the crowning touch!
- Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:47 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: 5 Favorite Elvis Albums
- Replies: 31
- Views: 63896
Re: 5 Favorite Elvis Albums
I like the way " A Rope Leash " described the list as albums that mean the most . . . as a fan from the beginning, it's interesting to look back at what meant so much as a High-School teen-ager, vs. a young man, vs. a "middle-aged" man (assuming I live to be 100). As of today, th...
- Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:28 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Favourite lyrical alliteration (formerly assonance!)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21768
Re: Favourite lyrical alliteration (formerly assonance!)
I always liked the vocal delivery on this line from "Starting To Come To Me" . . . In private she's seductive, but in public, she`s prim, porcelain and nervous.
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:27 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & The Imposters, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Queen Elizabeth Theatre , Dec. 4th 2018
- Replies: 21
- Views: 29289
Re: Elvis & The Imposters, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Queen Elizabeth Theatre , Dec. 4th 2018
Lovely. Thanks so much for posting. One of my favorite songs from LOOK NOW, and as presented here, the piano tune/melody would have fit beautifully with the second-half of NORTH.
- Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:19 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Look Now , October 2018
- Replies: 482
- Views: 5249230
Re: Look Now: new album announced!
Speaking of throwing ashtrays . . . I'm reminded of "And it`s all here and now, she hit him with that paper-weight Eiffel Tower." from Crimes of Paris.
- Fri Sep 28, 2018 3:01 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Painted From Memory on vinyl , June 2017, Mobile Fidelity's hybrid SACD , Oct. '17
- Replies: 117
- Views: 191077
Re: Painted From Memory on vinyl , June 2017, Mobile Fidelity's hybrid SACD , Oct. '17
"one-offs like 1993’s The Juliet Letters (a collaboration with the Kronos Quartet)"
Ugh.
Fact check?
Ugh.
Fact check?
- Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:42 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & Attractions, Hope and Anchor 1980
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16643
Re: Elvis & Attractions, Hope and Anchor 1980
Assuming this is the May 14, 1980 show with Martin Belmont on guitar sitting in for Steve Nieve. They made a hash of the original running order of the setlist, but man are these songs played FAST. Not to open an old can of worms, but Bruce Thomas was absolutely brilliant on every song. I especially ...
- Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:03 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis's funniest line or song
- Replies: 19
- Views: 23459
Re: Elvis's funniest line or song
Speaking of funny put downs:
"She said that she was working for the ABC News, it was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use."
Extra fun for the way EC pronounces Alphabet as "AlphRabet."
"She said that she was working for the ABC News, it was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use."
Extra fun for the way EC pronounces Alphabet as "AlphRabet."
- Mon Sep 24, 2018 3:43 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis's funniest line or song
- Replies: 19
- Views: 23459
Re: Elvis's funniest line or song
It's hard to beat:
I said "I'm so happy, I could die." She said, "Drop dead!" then left with another guy.
Ouch.
But FUNNY!
I said "I'm so happy, I could die." She said, "Drop dead!" then left with another guy.
Ouch.
But FUNNY!
- Sun Sep 09, 2018 6:56 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: My culture fix: Elvis Costello , The Times, Sept 8 2018
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7460
Re: My culture fix: Elvis Costello , The Times, Sept 8 2018
Perhaps inspired a lyric for the song EPISODE OF BLONDE:
So an artist drags a toothbrush across the first thing that he sees
And names the painting "Christ's Last Exit into Purgatory"
So an artist drags a toothbrush across the first thing that he sees
And names the painting "Christ's Last Exit into Purgatory"
- Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:32 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Look Now , October 2018
- Replies: 482
- Views: 5249230
Re: Look Now: new album announced!
Wonderful analysis! As for Violet/Violent, on the "Lyric Video" that EC created (as " Eamon Singer ," of course!), at the 1:54 mark, the word "VIOLENT" appears on screen, so the mystery is solved! Gotta love the word-play on that line as well "In the violent strip ...
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 3:37 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Buy Elvis' bed,,Nov. 2006
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15837
Re: Buy Elvis' bed,,Nov. 2006
I hate this bloody big bed of mine . . . when you're not here!
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- Mon Apr 09, 2018 3:37 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Banal fanboy list no 475: Elvis songs that sound a bit like other Elvis songs
- Replies: 22
- Views: 26643
Re: Banal fanboy list no 475: Elvis songs that sound a bit like other Elvis songs
"Secondary Modern" and "Watch Your Step" are nearly identical chord-for-chord.
I always thought "Harry Worth" from Momofuku sounded a lot like "The Long Honeymoon."
I always thought "Harry Worth" from Momofuku sounded a lot like "The Long Honeymoon."
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 5:15 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: It's official..."brilliant new album", incl. new interview , April 2018
- Replies: 58
- Views: 68737
- Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:12 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Random Roles , Dec. 2017 - in depth, lengthy interview about Elvis's film acting career
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10862
Re: Random Roles , Dec. 2017 - in depth, lengthy interview about Elvis's film acting career
Surprised they forgot to mention Elvis doing 2 episodes of David Simon's TREME (in 2010) on HBO (the 3-season series about a post-Katrina New Orleans). He got quite a lot of screen time . . .
- Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:52 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday Elvis
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8031
Re: Happy Birthday Elvis
Don't curse the arithmetic, Elvis!
We bless the day that you came to us.
Cheers, then . . .
We bless the day that you came to us.
Cheers, then . . .
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 4:56 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Relatively Insignificant EC Stuff. . .
- Replies: 1637
- Views: 2595301
Re: Relatively Insignificant EC Stuff. . .
I've been reminded that today (July 24) is The Feast of St. Declan . . . a 5th Century Catholic Saint from whom EC got his name (or at least the family Priest who had the name). Devotion to St. Declan is still quite popular in Waterford. The path walked by St. Declan from Ardmore to Cashel, County T...
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:18 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Go Tell (Your Quiet Sister)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12387
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:15 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers -Kettering, OH, Fraze Pavilion , July 18 2017
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20852
Re: Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers -Kettering, OH, Fraze Pavilion , July 18 2017
No worries.
But that's the problem with setlist.fm
"All this, but no surprises!"
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Cheers!
But that's the problem with setlist.fm
"All this, but no surprises!"
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Cheers!
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 3:59 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers -Kettering, OH, Fraze Pavilion , July 18 2017
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20852
Re: Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers -Kettering, OH, Fraze Pavilion , July 18 2017
LOL . . .Slander and Calumny, indeed. My apologies, Dave! I'm blaming my mistake on "those daily tranquilizers." I didn't realize you were the source of the info, in which case, "there'd be no doubt." For some reason I thought the initial report about THIS YEAR'S GIRL being perfo...