EC solo tours 2014 tally: LAST YEAR OF HIS YOUTH

[bronxapostle]

i think we'll do a composite tally for entire year of solo shows this time around currently consisting of 15 North American June dates, 5 U.K. etc. shows in July and 23 more in Europe September/October! does anyone else have a feeling that this "LAST YEAR OF MY YOUTH" tagline is solely for the NYC Carnegie shows as i have seen it NOWHERE else labelled this way? which leads me to wondering (and somewhat hoping) about a possible ELVIS COSTELLO LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL release with this great LYOMY title! anyway on to my usual spiel for these tally threads: pick the number of songs you imagine will be performed solo at these 43 concerts. as a reminder, 200 were played at nineteen dates this past November. so, i do NOT feel particularly daring to call out a VERY DARING number for this # of shows. ba says 377!!!

and so it begins: with the SAME song that began the stellar NOVEMBER 2013 solo tour...


JACK OF ALL PARADES
KING HORSE
EITHER SIDE OF THE SAME TOWN
VERONICA
LAST BOAT LEAVING
POISON MOON
I CRIED FOR YOU
NEW AMSTERDAM
YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY
ASCENSION DAY
COME THE MEAN TIMES
WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME
GHOST TRAIN
BEYOND BELIEF
WATCHING THE DETECTIVES
CHURCH UNDERGROUND
EVERYDAY I WRITE THE BOOK
ALMOST BLUE
FOR MORE TEARS
RADIO SOUL
CARAVAN
ALISON
A SLOW DRAG WITH JOSEPHINE
JIMMIE STANDING IN THE RAIN
BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
THE LAST YEAR OF MY YOUTH
I WANT YOU
SHIPBUILDING
PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING
I'M IN THE MOOD AGAIN
FOR THE STARS
RED SHOES
CLUBLAND
DEPORTEE
BRILLIANT MISTAKE
QUIET ABOUT IT
PAYDAY
MYSTERY DANCE
KID ABOUT IT
MOTEL MATCHES
SUIT OF LIGHTS
GREEN SHIRT
CINCO MINUTOS CON VOS
THE PUPPET HAS CUT HIS STRINGS
SNEAKY FEELINGS
WATCH YOUR STEP
END OF THE RAINBOW
45
THE LAST YEAR OF MY YOUTH (acoustic)
MAN OUT OF TIME
RADIO RADIO
EARTHBOUND
STRANGER IN THE HOUSE
LESS THAN ZERO
COULDN'T CALL IT UNEXPECTED No. 4
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN
RADIO SWEETHEART
WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK
MIRACLE MAN
NO DANCING
MY THREE SONS
PARTY GIRL
LIPSTICK VOGUE
TOLEDO
LITTLE TRIGGERS
POOR NAPOLEON
THERE'S A STORY IN YOUR VOICE
JUST ABOUT GLAD
AMERICAN WITHOUT TEARS
WAITING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
GLORIA
FEMME FATALE
BRING IT ON HOME TO ME
YOU AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE
HOOVER FACTORY
PADS. PAWS AND CLAWS
LOVE FIELD
MY LITTLE BLUE WINDOW
WITHERED AND DIED
BLAME IT ON CAIN
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW
I'LL WEAR IT PROUDLY
GOIN' BACK
WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW
LONG DISTANCE LOVE
CHEAP REWARD
OUR LITTLE ANGEL
SHABBY DOLL
HERE I AM (COME AND TAKE ME)
YOU TURNED TO ME
LOVE IN MIND
TOWN CRYER
I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
BLUE CHAIR
TOMMY'S COMING HOME
THE COMEDIANS
WAVE A WHITE FLAG
SO LIKE CANDY
AFTER THE FALL
RIOT ACT
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
A VOICE IN THE DARK
SENIOR SERVICE
BIG BOYS
DEEP DARK TRUTHFUL MIRROR
HE'S GIVEN ME THINGS
CONDEMNED MAN
COMPLICATED SHADOWS
HAND IN HAND
NEW LACE SLEEVES
GIRL'S TALK
COUNTRY DARKNESS
POINT OF NO RETURN
SLEEP OF THE JUST
LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE
OLIVER'S ARMY
NO ACTION
GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES
YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME
SHE
MOUTH ALMIGHTY
OPPORTUNITY
B MOVIE
DR. LUTHER'S ASSISTANT
MY BRAVE FACE
JUMP UP
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
VICEROY'S ROW
POISONED ROSE
THIS YEAR'S GIRL
INDOOR FIREWORKS
MY ALL TIME DOLL
MY NEW HAUNT
SULFUR TO SUGARCANE
DISTORTED ANGEL
I DREAMED OF MY OLD LOVER
HARRY WORTH
STILL TOO SOON TO KNOW
SONG WITH ROSE
CRY, CRY, CRY
TRIPWIRE
PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING (trippy version) i am surmising
WHEN IT SINGS
HIGH FIDELITY
ANNA (GO TO HIM)
STARTING TO COME TO ME
FLUTTER & WOW
EVERYBODY'S CRYING MERCY
THAT'S NOT THE PART OF HIM YOU'RE LEAVING
LOST ON THE RIVER #12
I'M NOT ANGRY
MY DARK LIFE
APRIL 5TH
I FELT THE CHILL BEFORE THE WINTER CAME
TELL ME RIGHT NOW
THE BEAT
SIX MONTHS IN KANSAS CITY (LIBERTY STREET)
HUMAN HANDS
MR. FEATHERS
TURPENTINE
MARRIED TO MY HACK
TONIGHT, THE BOTTLE LET ME DOWN
GOLDEN TOM - SILVER JUDAS
THE SCARLET TIDE
SANTA CRUZ
THE DELIVERY MAN
SHOT WITH HIS OWN GUN
MATTHEW MET MARY
WHEN I WAS CRUEL NO. 2
KINDER MURDER
PUMP IT UP
BIG BOYS CRY
LONELY BLUE BOY
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
IF I COULD BELIEVE
PSYCHO
TENDER MOMENT (KAIROS)
CHELSEA
THE BIRDS WILL STILL BE SINGING
THE LOVED ONES
NIGHT RALLY
YOU LIE SWEETLY
GLOOMY SUNDAY
GOD'S COMIC
JUST ANOTHER MYSTERY
ALL THIS USELESS BEAUTY
CRIMES OF PARIS
TART
EVERYDAY I WRITE THE BOOK (Merseybeat Version) as per EC at his site
I SURRENDER DEAR
IMAGINATION IS A POWERFUL DECEIVER
13 STEPS LEAD DOWN
I WANT TO VANISH
PAY IT BACK
TWENTY FOUR HOURS FROM TULSA

[sulky lad]

I think you're being a bit optimistic here, BA, I'd be happy if we get more than 250 so I'll settle on 271 . How lucky we are to follow seine who could possibly fulfil our dreams of such a huge numbers of songs . There's no- one on the world currently able to have alive repertoire of this size

[bronxapostle]

I think you're being a bit optimistic here, BA, I'd be happy if we get more than 250 so I'll settle on 271 . How lucky we are to follow seine who could possibly fulfil our dreams of such a huge numbers of songs . There's no- one on the world currently able to have alive repertoire of this size

listen...you doubted me last time and ate your hat after 8 shows in, no??? no less than 325...WATCH! see below:


Re: ELVIS NOVEMBER 2013 SOLO TOUR TALLY
Postby sulky lad » Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:23 am

I think you're over -optimistic BA, same set list every night ( I doubt very much) but I'm going for 89 !!!
Hope I'm wildly wrong ! How many shows are you and Mr. Sony doing ?
sulky lad

[sulky lad]

I think that post was secretly edited by the FBI (Frigging Benny Interference) squad just to make you look good,BA

[bronxapostle]

heck no...go view the original thread to see for yourself. though i do LOVE the name of the agency you have bestowed on me sulky. enjoy your shows...how many do you have lined up thus far?

[bronxapostle]

wooo-hooooooooo. ONE WEEK TO GO! come on friends, TAKE A GUESS!!

[verbal gymnastics]

As this is the last year of his youth, I think he'll go out with a bang - 333. I think we're going to hear some real lost treasures.

Sulky - I'd have to say that Bruce Springsteen is on a par with a repertoire the size of Elvis's. Elvis is more accessible though

[bronxapostle]

yes VG....only BRUCE and ELVIS are in this realm of performers. virtually ANY song that they have written or recorded AND a good tens of thousands of songs that they have heard and liked in their lives may be played on any given night. funny how they have been my two favorite live performers for 35-40 years now. AND how i actually got to meet BRUCE on the VERY FIRST NIGHT i did go to see ELVIS!! maybe in the first year of their old age, they will finally throw a band together!

[bronxapostle]

three days to go!!!!!

[stricttime81]

Once again, I will be abstaining from reading set lists until AFTER I attend the Carnegie Hall shows!

I like to be surprised!!

[verbal gymnastics]

I'm not sure if anybody's posted this but Larkin Poe are supporting Elvis on the 19th to 21st June. No doubt Elvis and Larkin Poe will play some songs together (you lucky people) so will these count as separate songs?

[bronxapostle]

I'm not sure if anybody's posted this but Larkin Poe are supporting Elvis on the 19th to 21st June. No doubt Elvis and Larkin Poe will play some songs together (you lucky people) so will these count as separate songs?

hope it remains with NO opening act in NYC! not that i am anti Larkin Poe. some other time, i'd like to see them play together. but, as far as your question VG, i guess the equitable thing would be: if he plays in THEIR set, a "NO" yet if they play with him during his: a "YES!"

[FAVEHOUR]

I hope they play "I Turn Around" together like they did in 2011!

[bronxapostle]

first show gives us 31 songs (you all know ba counts fragments ) and we owe thanks to The Gentleman for his excellent live setlist tweeting. we ALL hope you are going to another show tomorrow or the next or even more.

[verbal gymnastics]

first show gives us 31 songs (you all know ba counts fragments )

From the June 9 thread

In Elvis land, Costello reigns as King

Article by: JON BREAM , Star Tribune
Updated: June 9, 2014 - 11:57 PM

However, “Radio Radio” had new resonance when the singer explained that it was about the radio in his heart (with a little Van Morrison thrown in)

Does this refer to a fragment of Van Morrison being thrown in? At first I thought Radio Sweetheart/Jackie Wilson Said but it was the wrong song.

[The Gentleman]

first show gives us 31 songs (you all know ba counts fragments )

From the June 9 thread

In Elvis land, Costello reigns as King

Article by: JON BREAM , Star Tribune
Updated: June 9, 2014 - 11:57 PM

However, “Radio Radio” had new resonance when the singer explained that it was about the radio in his heart (with a little Van Morrison thrown in)

Does this refer to a fragment of Van Morrison being thrown in? At first I thought Radio Sweetheart/Jackie Wilson Said but it was the wrong song.

Probably. I don't really know VM's music like I should, but there was a somewhat brief fragment thrown into "Radio Soul" that I recall as repeating the line "Turn it up" --which a Google search tells me is from the song "Caravan."

[bronxapostle]

at the show i saw where he included "CARAVAN"...it was more the integral chorus "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA" section. maybe if there is an audio or video of this song from last night we will be able to add it accordingly! thanks. b

if not familiar with the song, here's a FANTASTIC version from TLW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJXVD-nSSKE

[The Gentleman]

at the show i saw where he included "CARAVAN"...it was more the integral chorus "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA" section. maybe if there is an audio or video of this song from last night we will be able to add it accordingly! thanks. b

if not familiar with the song, here's a FANTASTIC version from TLW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJXVD-nSSKE

Oh yeah, Iike so many times, a VM song I don't think I know from it's title is instantly familiar when I hear it played!

I can't swear to it, but I think the fragment that was inserted was the part of the song that goes:

"Turn it up, turn it up, little bit higher, radio
Turn it up, that's enough, so you know it's got soul
Radio, radio turn it up, hum
La, la, la, la..."

[bronxapostle]

okay...i'll add it to the tally. thanks TJ!

[And No Coffee Table]

For fans of setlist matrices:

2014 Solo Tour

[bronxapostle]

For fans of setlist matrices:

2014 North American Solo Tour

they're cool. but, NOTHING like a good old-fashioned "tour tally!"
Old Milwaukee adds twelve. how fast we get to 44 songs with this guy upon the stage!

[bronxapostle]

Chi-town show adds ten...at 54 already. enjoy a night off EC!!

[bronxapostle]

i have added two from the abbreviated Ann Arbor show last night as well as inserting RADIO RADIO into it's chronological slot from Chicago. it is listed at the wiki page for this show, i guess as a prelude. we are at 57 songs by ba count. what a gent, to do 12 songs and invite people back for another show. some singers could learn loads from this guy. but, we knew that.

[bronxapostle]

For fans of setlist matrices:

2014 North American Solo Tour

as these are SENSATIONAL ANCT, do you think you could add a link for "tour matrices" in that LEFT column at the wiki please? i can't seem to locate them easily. and it would be great if someone with a lot of time on their hands could add all the early ones from the "GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS" book too! (and everything since... ) WOW: an undertaking even beyond my scope.

[bronxapostle]

Toronto Maple Leaf show adds four FIRST TIMERS for this tour...3 from MAIT + THREE SONS = 61 so far for this tour!