Elvis Costello Fan Forum

I Need You - The Walker Brothers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQeE58pMNvQ

verbal gymnastics wrote:We're just setting you up to knock you back down again...

I start off nicely with the new members and then just bully and harrass them

...and there's me thinking we were true friends, VG..... I'll just have to cancel the Spinning Songbook box I was planning to get you.

That photograph would make a lovely (back of) album cover, plenty of space for song titles etc..

Here's to a great 2012.
Happy New Year to all EC fans everywhere!

Christmas Time Is Here Again - The Beatles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK7O_afAXf4

New Releases An upcoming ‘Valentine’ release from Sir Paul Paul McCartney’s next studio album is expected to be released on Feb 6th 2012 and will be entitled My Valentine, after the St. Valentine’s Day holiday the following week. Paul spoke with French radio station RTL, and described the new record...

Tom Waits - All This Useless Beauty
Bing Crosby - A Voice In The Dark

Review of The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook in The Sunday Times: How much time do bands spend agonising over set lists? Which of the big hits should they put in early, to get the audience up for it? And which should they save for the end? Never one for industry norms, Elvis Costello ch...

Obituary in The Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... Manus.html

Jardine wrote well, personally, at this point, I don't want to be not seen to not want to not buy it, but then again, that I can't afford it, is not why I don't want to not fail to not buy it either. So, in short, yes, and by that, well, yes and no, of course. This is more complex than some of the ...

Here it is, BA Obituary from The Times, Saturday November 26, 2011: Ross MacManus was best known in recent years for being the musical father who nurtured the talent of Elvis Costello, but he carved out his own place in popular culture by writing and singing The Secret Lemonade Drinker which became ...

From the Times Obituary today:

'MacManus was immensely proud of his son's songwriting success and picked out The Birds Will Still Be Singing as a particular favourite. "I'd like that to be my epitaph" he said.'

Rest in peace, Ross.

Natasha wrote:

And to History History, I LOVE YOU! <3 <3 <3 - Just in case it's true...

Why thank you, Natasha - I love you too - even though you look like Elsie

[quote="docinwestchester" A little verbal gymnastics between the two of them, so to speak, would have been interesting.

A horrible picture image just flashed through my mind

It would be a pleasure BA.

Indoor Games Near Newbury - Sir John Betjeman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENRLOzoBkkU

Once upon a time I never really liked Hand In Hand - a song with a nasty streak running through it.

I too, love Go Away.

I'd like to hear:

Gods Comic - Randy Newman
Alison - Cliff Richard
I Still Have That Other Girl (Guy) - Shirley Bassey
When Did I Stop Dreaming - Kate Bush

....and Elvis dancing with a globe singing You're My World! What a great night!

Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn in IMAX 3D. I was an avid reader of Tintin as a lad and was never happy with the American-accented Tintin of the cartoons at the time when the original was so ultra-European. I hugely enjoyed this, and so did my 11 year old. Rather thrown by a very sniffy Peter Bra...

Could this be EC's inspiration for the spinning songbook show?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHIfjqgZl08&NR=1

verbal gymnastics wrote:

the_platypus wrote:That's kind of a confusing setlist.

And seemingly pointless unless you're buying the DVD and you're one of the spinners.

Do you know which one in particular, VG?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXcFFNx0_g8&feature=fvst

I'm feeling so happy - feel like shouting Yahoooooo!

Got RAH tickets.

I am and I do.

Loved this comment on youtube:

It's good to finally hear the original lyrics to this song, rather than that nonsense about shoes and relationships.