COMPLETED! who thinks EC has performed 1500 different live?

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if at this thread: http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB3 ... =2&t=10091 i have what i have seen LIVE at 673 different (YES, I COUNT SONG FRAGMENTS & MARKEDLY re-arranged takes on songs!) who thinks i can make a list of another 827 that i NEVER did see? I DO or at least i bet it would be real close to that number. i always need a list making hobby when i have no shows on the horizon. what do YOU say? LET US BEGIN...with 1975:

SWEET REVIVAL
BRING IT ON HOME TO ME
ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT
IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY
I LOVE THE LIFE I LIVE (I LIVE THE LIFE I LOVE)
THIRD RATE ROMANCE
GONE DEAD TRAIN
PAY IT BACK
ONE MORE HEARTACHE
ON THE ROAD
FLATFOOT HOTEL
I'M NOT ANGRY
CRAWLING TO THE U.S.A.
SHAKE AND POP
MUSIC FOR MONEY
ENDLESS SLEEP
THE PRICE OF LOVE
SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL
WHOLE WIDE WORLD
ROADETTE SONG
LOVE COMES IN SPURTS
DR. LUTHER'S ASSISTANT
NEAT NEAT NEAT
SUNDAY'S BEST
LIVING IN PARADISE
REALLY MYSTIFIED
NUTTED BY REALITY
I LOVE THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS
LESS THAN ZERO (DALLAS VERSION)
CHEMISTRY CLASS
MOODS FOR MODERNS
HONKY TONK BLUES
HONKY TONKIN'
MUSTANG SALLY
ROUTE 66
GET OFF
I SAW HER STANDING THERE
ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT
REBECCA, REBECCA
BUSY BODIES
DAMAGE
YOU GOTTA LOSE
SHATTERED
WE WISH YOU A HAPPY CHRISTMAS
SENIOR SERVICE
SAD ABOUT GIRLS
IF I COULD PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER (I'D HAVE YOU)
SWITCHBOARD SUSAN
SO YOUNG
5IVE GEARS IN REVERSE
HUMAN TOUCH
LOVE FOR TENDER
GANGSTERS
DANCE TO THE MUSIC
YOU'LL NEVER BE A MAN
THERE AT THE TOP
FISH 'N' CHIP PAPER
PRETTY WORDS
TOO FAR GONE
DIFFERENT FINGER
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
MOVE ON OVER
LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES
WEDNESDAY WEEK
I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU
ONE DAY I'LL FLY AWAY
I DON'T WANT TO BE NICE
I CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE
634-5789 (SOULSVILLE, U.S.A.)
THERE WON'T BE ANYMORE
RIP IT UP
I GOT A WOMAN
I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)
WET DREAM
BRAND NEW HEARTACHE
THE TOWN WHERE TIME STOOD STILL
ONE WAY OUT
WONDERING
IT TAKES TIME
POPCORN
BABY PICTURES
TOMORROW'S (JUST ANOTHER DAY)
THE INVISIBLE MAN
STAND DOWN MARGARET
IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)
THE GREAT UNKNOWN
FRIDAY ON MY MIND
WORKING IN THE COAL MINE
TRUE
I'M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM)
MY EVER CHANGING MOODS
TELL ME RIGHT NOW
THE ELEMENT WITHIN HER
TURNING THE TOWN RED
LIFEBOAT
SHE LOVES THE JERK
KEEP ON PUSHING
JOE PORTERHOUSE
FREE NELSON MANDELA
A SMILING SHORE
I LOVE HER TOO
THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS
CRUEL
YES IT IS
SHE THINKS I STILL CARE
BABY'S IN BLACK
GIRL DON'T COME
TENNESSEE BLUES
I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO (BE SURE TO WEAR FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR)
SOMEBODY'S BACK IN TOWN
STAGE FRIGHT
ROOM WITH NO NUMBER
HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU
WEREWOLVES OF LONDON
SEE SAW
THE LOVE YOU SAVE (MAY BE YOUR OWN)
IMAGE OF ME
GET YOURSELF ANOTHER FOOL
IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
SUFFERING FACE
WITHERED AND DIED
MENTAL REVENGE
BOYS FROM THE COUNTY HELL
MAN BEING DEVOURED BY HIS DESTINY
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET
POINT OF NO RETURN (Goffin/King)
THE PEOPLE'S LIMOUSINE
BETRAYAL
WHY DON'T WE TRY ANYMORE
NO REASON TO QUIT
A DRUNK CAN'T BE A MAN
SHOES WITHOUT HEELS
I GOT LOADED
DON'T GET ABOVE YOUR RAISING
SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR
PEOPLE
FEEL LIKE GOING HOME
MY YOUNGEST SON CAME HOME TODAY
THE MIDNIGHT OIL
SEE ME, FEEL ME
(I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION
THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME
THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE
SHE'S A WOMAN
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
BILLY'S BONES
THE OLD MAIN DRAG
A PAIR OF BROWN EYES
DIRTY OLD TOWN
THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA
THE WILD ROVER
MANY RIVERS TO CROSS
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
I'M A FOOL TO WANT YOU
TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU
WILD THING
IF SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTS
THE LAST TIME YOU WERE LEAVING ME
DREAMTIME
WHAT ABOUT LOVE
WILD MOUNTAIN THYME
PUT YOUR BIG TOE IN THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS
NOBODY KNOWS ME
LET IT BE ME
STAY
HOW DO YOU DO IT?
I LIKE IT
WALK LIKE A MAN
I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
PLEASE STAY
I'M HENRY VIII, I AM
I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING
STEP INSIDE LOVE
VOLARE
HOW JOE SOAP GOT INTO EVERYONE
KNOXVILLE GIRL
LIKE A ROLLING STONE
PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)
TWENTY FLIGHT ROCK
MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT)
ANY KING'S SCHILLING
WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU
YOU'RE NO GOOD
YOU'RE STILL ON MY MIND
THE LAST TOWN I PAINTED
CLOSE UP THE HONKY TONKS
SHAMED INTO LOVE
YOU'RE MY WORLD
SHIP OF FOOLS
IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ROSES
TAXI
THE MESSAGE
NOT FADE AWAY
SHAKE YOUR HIPS
FIRE
LONG DISTANCE LOVE
(YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY!)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MY KIND OF TOWN (CHICAGO IS)
RAWHIDE
DAY TRIPPER
DOWN BY THE RIVER
ONLY THE LONELY
DREAM BABY
BLUE BAYOU
OOBY DOOBY
LEAH
RUNNING SCARED
UPTOWN
IN DREAMS
CRYING
CANDY MAN
GO GO GO (DOWN THE LINE)
MEAN WOMAN BLUES
(ALL I CAN DO IS) DREAM YOU
CLAUDETTE
IT'S OVER
OH, PRETTY WOMAN
BLUE ANGEL
PRETTY FLAMINGO
I'VE BEEN A BAD, BAD BOY
THE LOVERS THAT NEVER WERE
THIS IS HIP
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
I'M GONNA BE A WHEEL SOMEDAY
DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
THE SIAMESE CAT SONG
THERE'S A PLACE
WINDOWS OF THE WORLD
DAYS
IT WON'T BE WRONG
BROKEN HEART
ELVIS IS EVERYWHERE
COAL-TRAIN ROBBERIES
RIOT IN CELL BLOCK #9
TURN ON YOUR LOVELIGHT
THE RUMOR
I THREW AWAY THE ROSE
WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN?
SATELLITE
SHAKE YOURSELF LOOSE
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
HANG ON TO A DREAM
CRYING TIME
MESSED AROUND
O-O-H CHILD
TICKET TO RIDE
PAPERBACK WRITER
SEE NO EVIL
JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES
YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'
SONNY COME HOME
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'
THE WAYS OF LOVE
ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
INVASION HIT PARADE
GEORGIE AND HER RIVAL
SWEET PEAR
A WOMAN LEFT LONELY
THE LETTER HOME (instrumental)
BROKEN
BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I?
IF I RULED THE WORLD
IT'S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE
SCARLET RIBBONS
SON DAVID
THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME
APRIL IN PARIS
WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN
GRANADA
YOU REALLY GOT ME
BASEMENT KISS
DON'T
MISTRESS AND MAID
ONE AFTER 909
I SHALL BE RELEASED
I'VE BEEN WRONG BEFORE
REMOVE THIS DOUBT
WATERLOO SUNSET
GIGI
DEEP DEAD BLUE
FULL FORCE GALE
SKELETON
ST. STEPHEN'S DAY MURDERS
CAN SHE EXCUSE MY WRONGS
GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY
THE THRILL IS GONE
AUTUMN LEAVES
BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
WITHOUT A SONG
MY SHIP
EV'RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE
MY DARK LIFE
BRILLIANT DISGUISE
THE BRIDGE I BURNED
96 TEARS
AT LAST I AM FREE
O MISTRESS MINE
COME AWAY, DEATH
WHEN THAT I WAS AND A LITTLE TINY BOY
FLOW MY TEARS
THE SILENT GROUND
ROCKY ROAD ACROSS A ROCKY GROUND
NOW, O NOW I NEEDS MUST PART
I'M A ONE WOMAN MAN
WHY BABY WHY
WHITE LIGHTNING
THAT'S ALL IT TOOK
HONEY DON'T
JESUS ON THE MAINLINE
BRIGHT BLUE TIMES
MISS MARY
YOU AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE
KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
WALTZING MATILDA
STAND BY ME
WARM AND BEAUTIFUL
LET IT BE
LONESOME TOWN
ALL MY LOVING
LONG JOURNEY HOME
BURNT SUGAR IS SO BITTER
MR. TAMBOURINE MAN
DRUG STORE TRUCK DRIVIN' MAN
PLEASE
TIMELESS MELODY
TO LOSE CONTROL
WHAT LEWIS DID LAST
HENRY LEE
MR. SPACEMAN
HICKORY WIND
I'LL FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER
FLY ME TO THE MOON
GIMME SOME MONEY
APRIL AFTER ALL
BROKEN BICYCLES
JUNK
GREEN SONG
DON'T TALK (PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER)
LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM
TAKE IT WITH ME
DON'T MAKE ME OVER
LEFT ON MAN
O CAROLINE
YOU DON'T MISS YOUR WATER
CHANGED THE LOCKS
BLUE
CHRISTMAS (BABY, PLEASE COME HOME)
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
LOST HIGHWAY
PROMISED LAND
SMILE
THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL
NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN)
THE PARTING GLASS
CROCODILE ROCK
SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD
KITE
LONDON CALLING
"LETTERMAN"
CRAZY
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN SPORT
EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC
MAKIN' WHOOPEE!
SHE'S PULLING OUT THE PIN
IN ANOTHER ROOM
I'LL WATCH OUT FOR YOU
DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS
IMITATION OF A KISS
IN THE NAVY
I DON'T WANT TO BE A SOLDIER
PETER GUNN THEME
BERTHA
GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME
JAILHOUSE TEARS
THE ANGEL OF DEATH
YOU DON'T KNOW MY MIND
I AIN'T LIVING LONG LIKE THIS
AMERICAN HUMBUG
MY JOY THEATRE
ILLUSTRATED LADY
THE MISFIT
HE HAS FORGOTTEN ME COMPLETELY
THE FAMOUS ARTIFICIAL BIRD
THE REAL THING
HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT
A CHANGE IS GONNA COME
FOLSOM PRISON BLUES
I'M A MAN YOU DON'T MEET EVERYDAY
MOLLY MALONE
RAGLAN ROAD
BLUE MINUTE
MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW
ATLANTIC CITY
DON'T YA TELL HENRY
LONG TALL SALLY
SING, SING, SING (LET'S MAKE A BETTER WORLD)
(I DON'T WANT TO) HANG UP MY ROCK AND ROLL SHOES
YOUR LONG JOURNEY
WALKING TO NEW ORLEANS
IKO IKO
AIN'T THAT PECULIAR
BERNADETTE
WHAT DO YOU WANT THE GIRL TO DO?
FORTUNE TELLER
PEACE LIKE A RIVER
BANKROBBER
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
HAMMER OF THE HONKY-TONK GODS
LOSER
SATISFIED MIND
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
BON TEMPS ROULER
BE REAL
FREE BIRD
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?
BIG RIVER
HEY BULLDOG
BACK IN THE U.S.S.R.
ONE'S TOO MANY(AND A HUNDRED AIN'T ENOUGH)
ONE TOO MANY MORNINGS
NEW YORK MINING DISASTER 1941
THREE STEPS DOWN
HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER
44 STORIES
SIX O'CLOCK
NOT A SECOND TIME
SEVEN YEAR ACHE
SEVENTY-SIX TROMBONES
NELLIE THE ELEPHANT
SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD
WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME
HIGH TIMBERLINE
CHELSEA (2007)
ALL I'VE GOT TO DO
AULD LANG SYNE
SO LONG, IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YUH (DUSTY OLD DUST)
FIRST I LOOK AT THE PURSE
(DON'T WORRY) IF THERE'S A HELL BELOW, WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO
HEART
GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME
NINETY-NINE AND A HALF (WON'T DO)
THE GIRL IN THE OTHER ROOM
LONELY BOY BLUE
RIVER
SONG WITH ROSE
PARDON ME MADAM, MY NAME IS EVE
TEARS OF RAGE
I CAN'T TURN IT OFF
I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME
MR. MOON
LOVE IS GONE
JUST LIKE A JUKEBOX
JUMP UP
LOVE HAS NO PRIDE
BORDER SONG
DOWN RIVER
BALLAD OF A WELL-KNOWN GUN
BABY LET'S PLAY HOUSE
IF I FELL
COLD, COLD HEART
DRUM & BONE
NO HIDING PLACE
GO AWAY
MR. FEATHERS
IT'S A NEW ORLEANS THING
NO MORE WAR
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
ALISON (STING version)
WALKING ON THE MOON
SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE
PURPLE HAZE
THE HUNTER GETS CAPTURED BY THE GAME
IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN
WILLIE MOORE
IN THE PINES
SHOW BIZ KIDS
CHANGE IS HARD
PRETTY BIRD
ON UP THE MOUNTAIN
CARPETBAGGERS
STRAIGHT TO HELL
APRIL 5th
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BROKEN MY HEART
SMALL TOWN
ME AND BOBBY MCGEE
BARTENDER'S BLUES
CRYING IN THE RAIN
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS SONG
WILD NIGHT
DESPAIR
SOUL MAN
YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL
COWBOYS
CHANGING PARTNERS
AR HYD Y NOS
P.S. I LOVE YOU
KILLING FLOOR
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
HE NEEDS A KIDNEY
WICKED WINE
I WANT YOU BACK
JE T'AIME...MOI NON PLUS
HARD TO MAKE A STAND
BACK IN THE U.S.A.
ROCK AND ROLL
DIRTY DAY
MYSTERIOUS WAYS
STUCK IN A MOMENT YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF
GET ON YOUR BOOTS
HENRY NEARLY KILLED ME (IT'S A SHAME)
LORETTA
ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY
SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS
HOW I WANTED TO
LOVER DON'T GO
TENNESSEE JED
THE WEIGHT
POINT BLANK
LIKE RAIN
SHE'S THE ONE
BLACK LADDER
BRILLIANT DISGUISE (Springsteen version)
THE RISING
SEEDS
RADIO NOWHERE
ROPE
I THROW MY TOYS AROUND
STATESBORO BLUES
WALK THIS WAY
OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
THE LOSING END (WHEN YOU'RE ON)
HEART OF GOLD
IN THE EVENING BY THE MOONLIGHT
COWGIRL IN THE SAND
CINNAMON GIRL
FUCKIN' UP
BULLETS FOR THE NEW-BORN KING
BIG BOYS CRY
SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR
MEAN MR. MUSTARD
POLYTHENE PAM
SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW
THE END
I TRUST
TENDER MOMENT (KAIROS)
HAPPINESS?
PENNY LANE
I HOPE
WIDE RIVER TO CROSS
SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE
THIS OLD ROAD
THE PILGRIM, CHAPTER 33
CLAP HANDS
IT HAD TO BE YOU
I AM A PILGRIM
IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW
IT'S NOT TOO LATE
HERE COMES THE WEEKEND
WHEN I WRITE THE BOOK
I TRAINED HER TO LOVE ME
I'M A MESS
HARRY HIPPIE
CRUEL TO BE KIND
WHAT'S SHAKIN' ON THE HILL
GONNA LOVE MY BABY
YOU GOT THE LOOK I LIKE
BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY
TELL ME WHY
WORKIN' MAN BLUES
MY LOVELY JEZEBEL
SWEET MAMA HURRY HOME
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM
PURPLE AFTERNOON
MIDDLE CLASS WHITE BOY
YOUR MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
MONSTERS OF THE ID
WASSAIL SONG
I USED TO WORK IN CHICAGO
I WAS A PRIEST IN THE RECTORY
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
WINTER SONG
NATIONAL RANSOM NO. 2 (ipad)
I CRIED FOR YOU
RIPPLE
ATTICS OF MY LIFE
TAKEN FOR A FOOL
PUMP IT UP IN 6/8
BUSTED
THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE
CINCINNATI FATBACK
CRY ONE MORE TIME
LIGHTS OUT
ROXANNE
RUBY, DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
LYDIA THE TATTOOED LADY
QUIET ABOUT IT
SHAKE FOR ME
A MONSTER WENT AND ATE MY RED TWO
DON'T BOTHER ME
IT DON'T BOTHER ME
NATIONAL RANSOM NO. 5
WHO'S THE MEANEST GAL IN TOWN, JOSEPHINE
I TURN AROUND
NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO
BRILLIANT DISGUISE (ROOTS version)
FIRE (ROOTS version)
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
PLEASE PLEASE ME
RAMBLE ON ROSE
TURN! TURN! TURN! (TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON)
THIS WILL BE OUR YEAR
NATIONAL RANSOM NO. 9
ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT)
TEMPTED
COOL FOR CATS
GET READY
TROUBLE
NATIONAL RANSOM NO. 4
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU
I BELIEVE TO MY SOUL
THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
MAN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL
TOMORROW'S BLUES
STICK OUT YOUR CAN
I WONDER
SHE CAUGHT THE TRAIN
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING
COMPARED TO WHAT
MARTHA MY DEAR
CRAWLING BACK
TAKE ME I'M YOURS
ANNA (GO TO HIM)
WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE
RITA MAY
SWEET SOUL MUSIC
RADIO, RADIO (slow version)
CLEAN UP WOMAN
PLEASE MR. KENNEDY
500 MILES
NOT TOO YOUNG TO GET MARRIED
WALLFLOWER
THERE AIN'T NO SWEET MAN THAT'S WORTH THE SALT OF MY TEARS
OH! SWEET NUTHIN'
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW (plaintive version)
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
I CAN'T SAY HER NAME
THE FLIRTING KIND
VICEROY'S ROW
ONE WAY LOVE
THE AULD TRIANGLE
DON'T START ME TALKIN'
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
LOVING HER WAS EASIER (THAN ANYTHING I'LL EVER DO AGAIN)
GOIN' BACK
WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW
LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE
OPHELIA
WHISPERING PINES
YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME
HE'S GIVEN ME THINGS ..............#671

[FAVEHOUR]

I don't think it could be that high! I went through your list the other night and found 78 things I have never seen. Then I can add 121 to your list, that I have seen that weren't on your list, so that puts the total up to what, 794? I don't think you can double that. 1100 maybe?


Dave

[bronxapostle]

cool numbers Dave! thanks for sharing. without even trying REALLY hard, i have a piece of paper with 200 songs on it already. i would STILL bet if i start at the wiki discography from the beginning till now that i CAN get to 1400 easily and 1500 possibly. the only easy way for me to approach that task would be to chronicle, again from the beginning till present day at the wiki, each song he has performed NOT already upon my list. it surely would be the easiest approach for me rather than trying to do it all again inclusive of the songs i have already spent years compiling. let me sleep on it and see what i can do to get this done. i got my own curiosity going now, which always inspires me. HEY grammar folks: is that BRONX BENNY talk in the title of this thread (SANG?) or should it be SUNG??? statistician ba is NO Rhodes scholar! in fact, maybe i will change it to 'performed' as there are a small handful that he does NOT sing upon. as far as my guess, you must remember Dave: Spectacle, singing with The Pogues, Von Otter, Black & White Night, Rosanne "Numbers" show and dozens of other oddball appearances. 1500 looks very likely i am thinking.

[FAVEHOUR]

give it your best shot, ba! Will be interesting to see what you end up with!

Dave

[bronxapostle]

challenge accepted! SEE POST ONE FOR THE LIST! will do this slowly for accuracy sake. it's late, first show listed: 1975 FLIP CITY. g'night.
YOU SEE MY PROBLEM, ONCE I START, CAN'T STOP! okay, so i gave it another ten minutes and added the others i have not seen played through the end of 1977. let's see how far i get tomorrow.
not to make a bunch of additional posts here, i will just edit this one as well as post one! just added songs to end of 1978 shows now.
OKAY COMPLETED TO END OF 1979....here come the 80's!
1980 added; 1981 on the way.
completed 1981.the glorious New Years Eve ALMOST BLUE, ALMOST 82 NYC show! 76 listed above so far.
1982 added, which brings us to the question. if it is just Steve doing the fragment (e.g. A SUMMER PLACE or PINK PANTHER themes), i had never put these into my setlist of songs played. if this is how DANCE TO THE MUSIC or POPCORN were played, please let me know. or let us discuss it here please. yours truly, OCD ba
1983 is done...(YIKES! can anyone loan me a spare pair of eyes?) which i think gets us to 97 more than are on my list. can't trust my eyes counting right now however. when i get to 100, i will label each 100 as such to save me counting dozens of times.
a large bunch added for the year 1984 just now...we are at 128 here!
another big number (23) added for 1985. ya GOTTA be rethinking my 1500 guess now Dave....looking like a LOCK!
1986, my first SIX show year, is now added! i hope i get some BRAVE BROTHERS a month from today in NYC!
just added 1987, the horrible time EC toured SOLO as close as Piscataway, NJ and i never learned about it until the internet boom.
also did the "vacation" year from the stage for E of 1988! only added 3 songs w/ Chrissie Hynde on 2-20-88. almost done with the 80's.
the 1980's are a wrap and listed above. we are at 252 additional performances added to the BAseline.
and 1990 is added & it's WORLD RECORD for LEAST Elvis stage appearances in a year: ONE! Neil Young Bridge School benefit.
1991 only adds NINE & 1992 a VERY quiet year with NONE added. and 1993 adds three more. but, i predict BIG numbers from 1994-2014
wow...kinda surprised 1994 only adds seven. means i need to add over 550 in the ensuing 20 years! let's see....
alright! 1995 adds another dozen. only nineteen more years for me to chronicle.
now added are both 1996 and 1997 which gets us to a total here of 309. lots of work to be done still. have i been at this a week yet?
1998 is up now. AND now while doing 1999, i stumbled across I SHALL BE RELEASED. thank God for the verification check i always make by clicking on the link to each song title to be certain the song hadn't appeared sooner. Lo and Behold ( ) on this one, i had to go back and edit it in after "ONE AFTER 909." i had missed his guest appearance tacked on at the bottom of the wiki page for that first performance date joining Bob which i should have recalled. PLEASE FOLKS, your eyes AND assistance are welcomed always here. current CORRECT total is 314. alrighty...1999 now added: so the decade ends (until further review) with 324 that are NOT on my initial list. stay tuned all.
only added one for the year 2000...U2's PLEASE.
2001 now in the books up above. it added a nice number of 24 to our list.
first year of THE IMPOSTERS (2002) adds six to our list...we are at 355 with a dozen calendar years to go.
2003 gave me a tough time, but it is done. only adds eight bringing us to 363.
2004 archived above now adding eight bringing us to 371 with ten full years to go. and i do indeed mean FULL years. watch the number grow.
at last, 2005 adds NINETEEN bringing us up to 390 more added to the BAseline!
another 2005 edit....had to yank ROUTE 66 as it appears WAY at the top of this list. found that on my own, but please feel free to be a proofreader and help me and the cause any old time. total amended to 389.
and we are back up to 390 as i added "PEOPLE" from 6-20-1985 as per ANCT advisement!
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... -20_Sydney
2006 now archived above adding 34 tracks bringing us up to 424 on this list....eight BIG years to go.
finally typed in here the year 2007 and its thirty five additions, bringing us up to 459. this could get interesting!
39 more for the year 2008 brings us up to 498....SIX more years to be up to date!
OKAY FOLKS...2009 NOW ADDED! leaves us a mere FIVE years to go, if we count 2014 tho' not yet done. we are at a stunning 539!
amended count ending 2009 is now 540! you see, as i got to a 3-9-2010 performance of WATERLOO SUNSET, i click on the song to verify its debut that night. i then see a 6-25-1995 as the first. hence, the new addition. the reason for this error is, as i march through the year chronologically, i simply click "next" on the wiki icon at the top of nightly setlist thread. this 6-25-95 show, does NOT appear in this manner. it is followed by a "pr" next to the date. i wonder what that means. HELP if you read this post ANCT or ANYONE else!!! lol
another edit today, brings us to 541 currently as i had missed EC performing TEARS OF RAGE w/ DYLAN back in 2007 at the bottom of the wiki page here: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... _St._Louis
2010 NOW HERE ADDING 51 SONGS...WE ARE NOW AT 592!!!
just got around to adding the twenty one i never saw performed in 2011: we are now at 613 here at THIS list! 3 years to go!
ooops, missed the 9-26-2011 live debut of QUIET ABOUT IT, now added. we are 614 songs here now.
2012 is 'in the books' with 25 more added. with 2013 and what we have thus far of 2014 to still be added, we have 639 here now!
what's MY number from the ba seen live list...673? how freaky will it be if we land at that EXACT number when done?
2013 now added here and its 24 LIVE debuts, bringing us to 663! will we have TEN to add (so far) in 2014? talk about coincidence!
THERE IT IS!! a wrap now with up to mid-September 2014 added and it's eleven first time performances this year. bringing us to a total here of 674 upon this list...exactly ONE more than i have seen him perform!
bringing the numbers BACK to a dead heat, WORKING COAL MINE 2006 has been removed as already there from back in 1983!
with the additional subtraction of two more repeats spotted by ANCT, the new total here is down to 671. ENJOY!

[bronxapostle]

okay...i will announce when this is updated to the end of each decade with a NEW post here..the 1970's are completely tallied. woo-hooooo. i've only 35 VERY BUSY years to go.

[Azmuda]

This thread has reminded me of this bit from a 1983 interview in Goldmine:

"Oh, now look at this. They've got this wrong. I never played 'Ready Teddy' or 'Rip It Up' And I certainly never played 'Dance To The Music.' And not 'Imagine' either, although I think Steve might've played that. But how in the world do they know that we once recorded 'First I Look At The Purse?' This is too much."

[bronxapostle]

thanks azmuda. funny that you should post this overnight (my time anyway) as i had stopped chronologically last night at THIS show: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... 01_Atlanta
reason being: i was going to contact anct as i always do with my wiki questions/problems.
i can't credit " A SUMMER PLACE" on my list here as i never count those tiny tidbits that Steve throws in. i have seen SUMMER PLACE interspersed WAY MORE times than the wiki credits and if this is how songs like it RIP IT UP or DANCE TO THE MUSIC are counted, i would indeed strike them from my new list here above. i guess i will have to rely on help here from anyone who has recordings of these shows please. and i should indeed have stated this sooner: i always appreciate any assistance here...especially proof readers and i look for your comments/opinions as i march along. this sure looks like a month long process before this one gets done.

[krm]

dance to the music was played as a minimedley with full backing of the Attractions at werchter 1981. That one counts definitely. The segment is 1:20m long before going into King Horse.

[bronxapostle]

thanks krm, much appreciated....i am gonna need co-contributors on this thread and that means EVERYBODY! A++++

[And No Coffee Table]

"Dance To The Music" was also played with Sam Moore and Sting in 2009, long after that interview. (BTW, isn't the opening of the single version of "Blue Chair" pretty much the drum break from "Dance To The Music"?)



Elvis did sing a verse from "Rip It Up" during "Mystery Dance" at 1981-03-22 Leicester. (FLACs available here.)

[tinbrooklyn]

I think EC has performed 1500 songs live, and I know BA will find them. I looked at the set list from the Atlanta show you mentioned, amazing 38 songs.
Good luck BA!

[tinbrooklyn]

Sorry 39 songs

[bronxapostle]

dance to the music was played as a minimedley with full backing of the Attractions at werchter 1981. That one counts definitely. The segment is 1:20m long before going into King Horse.

A+++

"Dance To The Music" was also played with Sam Moore and Sting in 2009, long after that interview. (BTW, isn't the opening of the single version of "Blue Chair" pretty much the drum break from "Dance To The Music"?)



Elvis did sing a verse from "Rip It Up" during "Mystery Dance" at 1981-03-22 Leicester. (FLACs available here.)

he was probably too partied up to remember it...most of us were back that far too!

I think EC has performed 1500 songs live, and I know BA will find them. I looked at the set list from the Atlanta show you mentioned, amazing 38 songs.
Good luck BA!

glad you agree...BRONX and BROOKLYN peacefully co-existing.

srsly, thanks comrades: this is JUST the support i need in this VAST undertaking. also, i guess i must explain my approach and semi-apologize also. i WISH i could have tackled it from the beginning one show/song at a time from the wiki NOT counting my songs seen live as the baseline, but allow me to explain. the simplest. most concise approach i believe was to try to build on the magic number of 673 that i have seen. why you might ask. well, as a lunatic statistician all these 35 years of going to EC shows, re-charting my books and graph papers etc. several times throughout the years, the songs i have seen have kind of become ingrained in my brain. in other words, i do not have to really think when i saw MY LITTLE BLUE WINDOW or LITTLE SISTER for the first or only time...i KNOW it! yet, if i was to try to build this list from the beginning and incorporate the songs i have seen as they appeared chronologically in his repertoire, THEN i would have been in a heap of trouble. confusion WOULD arise. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND. when doing this kind of tedious work; BUSY BODIES becomes BIG BOYS. hence, it was MUCH easier to do the wiki setlists one year at a time and just ignore the ones i have seen as they are already in our BAseline list. if not, my mind would have been swarmed in a convoluted way which SURELY would have had me making already many errors by the time i arrived to the end of 1982! hopefully, i have not YET faltered. believe me, i will err and i BEG your assistance ANYTIME you see me screw up or have an opinion to share. please, CHIME IN! my one astonishing find is just how many setlists from the first 3-5 years are NOT a matter of record. too bad indeed. i bet there were another few songs that would be on this list additionally. okay folks: beautiful day in the neighborhood, off to sun. pool and barbeque....see you later. peace, benny p.s. PRAY FOR ME!

[bronxapostle]

i couldn't resist checking back in once to celebrate # 100 song added, as far back as 1984. we are at 128 with 30 calendar years still to add.

[bronxapostle]

okay the 1980's are now completed & we are at 253 (w/ ROY ORBISON dvd bonus track added!) different performances added to my BAseline. twenty five years to go, STAY TUNED!

[The imposter]

Ba, you do know we're just all waiting for you to produce your list first, before we get to listing your omissions ?

So the criteria is songs played live ? Covers too ? Snippets included or not ?

Remember this old thread ? It may gave you some ideas.

http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB3 ... f=2&t=8130

Most of these have been performed live. Then the majority of the selections on my "Elvis Costello Record Collection" blog too....

A daunting task, as migdd said at the time "You're a brave man ba" but we can help

[bronxapostle]

as you can probably surmise from perusing the list IMP...YES, snippets too. ANY live performance, whether he sings on it or not. WOW, i do remember that CRAZY list i attempted. the difference with this one being i am trying to tackle it chronologically. again, sadly, i must do it as an addendum to what I have seen live, otherwise utter confusion would have ensued. (see further explanation above!) i appreciate all your good vibes sent this way, and assuredly await ANY omissions being brought to my attention. if they have already occurred in the time scheme before 1990, please feel free to say so now. i would gladly rectify immediately in its proper placement time-wise. in fact, i see ANCT added the Roy Orbison Black & White Night songs to the wiki, so as i had forgotten the bonus track, i must add it now as well. thanks friends!

[bronxapostle]

the 1990's are now a done deal on this list and we are at 324 different from "my" seen live list. FIFTEEN YEARS TO GO! starting to think maybe Dave is right (AGAIN!)...but, i'll keep the faith. if this 324 is doubled by the time we get to the end of 2009, i'll say we DO get to 1500.

[bronxapostle]

as 2004 is in the books, let me chime in once here trumpeting that i am down to the (for now) final TEN YEARS countdown to be added. (2005-2014...or what we have it so far!) these will be big years with many adds and though slightly doubtful that my original prediction will be met, i still await the final number excitedly. we are at 371 for now.

[stricttime81]

Don't forget "Spectacle," BA!

[bronxapostle]

oh i sha'n't strict...i'm tackling it chronologically!

[bronxapostle]

pardon me slacking folks...i've finally gotten around to adding 2005! will try to pick up the pace again. best, ba

[bronxapostle]

just checking in one time to say 2009 has now been added here and so we have completed another decade. i remain with 4 years complete and 2/3 thus far of 2014 to compile AND we are at 539 tunes added (that i have NOT seen performed) to MY 'seen live' number...which i currently forget. i do recall needing 827 (so i guess the ba list includes 673) added here to get to 1500, which admittedly seems a long shot now. nonetheless, it will be fun to complete. WHO KNEW THIS WOULD TAKE ME TWO MONTHS TO TALLY? immeasurable thanks to ANCT who always comes through with quick responses to many baffling questions. a great co-conspirator in all things statistically significant. and ALL OTHERS HERE please feel free to chime in whenever YOU see an omission or error. when it is a done deal, i guess we could use someone with a 'program' that would combine the two lists and alphabetize them accordingly. this way we can have a list to retain at the wiki. computer non-savvy ba is not certain, but imagines this is probably something that is easily done via such a computer program, yes? thanks for your input as always and let's see what 2010-2014 adds to this list in the coming days! best, ba

[terryhurley]

good work fella