B~day Wishes

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Post by SweetPear »

Okay......everybody together now.........

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear ELVIS,
Happy birthday to you!
I'm not angry anymore....
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Post by Miss Macbeth »

Happy Birthday EC. The Big 51... but he can still tour like a 21 year old.
Here's to many many more.
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I'm a 10 years and 5 days behind you, Elvis!

And I hope your throat is feeling better than mine does today. :?
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Spooky, I hope you feel better! I got this bugger of a summer cold over ten days ago and it's still got me...

Oh, and happy birthday to Elvis!
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Post by Who Shot Sam? »

Happy 6th birthday to "45" - or something like that.
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Post by mood swung »

happy birthday, elvis.
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Post by bambooneedle »

Yearly webcast EC birthday gigs should be in order. All covers or something.

Happy 51st, EC.
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Post by migdd »

Happy Birthday to you, EC!!
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Post by invisible Pole »

Isn't he only 27 or 28 ? :wink: :D

Happy Birthday, Elvis !!
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Happy Birthday Mr. Costello!
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Post by Gillibeanz »

Happy birthday to the only Elvis that matters! Hope its a good one for him....PARTY PARTY PARTY!! :D
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:)
Happy Birthday to Elvis ! Today, I got the Juliet Letters in his honour...
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Post by Otis Westinghouse »

I went out for a swanky dinner in his honour. Well, actually it was my wife's 40th, but he did get a mention at one point. 51 and still going very strong. Long may it last. 'My best days may be behind me, but I wouldn't want them back, not with the fire in me now.' or something like that. (Beckett, Krapp's Last Tape)
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Happy Belated birthday! Tonight I'll have a gin and tonic in his honor. :D
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invisible Pole wrote:Isn't he only 27 or 28 ? :wink: :D
No - that'd be This Year's Model and My Aim Is True.

Happy Birthday for yesterday EC. Please send me a slice of cake and I will thank you next time I see you.
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Post by johnfoyle »

http://www.robotjohnny.com/2005/08/25/a ... -birthday/

Robot Johnny blogs -

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

And a bicycle on the boy’s birthday…

Today, Declan McManus, the original Napoleon Dynamite, God’s Comic, Howard Coward, the Imposter, the Little Hands of Concrete himself, Elvis Costello turns 52. Happy birthday! No other performer has tackled punk rock, new wave, country, blues, pop, soul, folk, jazz, and even classical music, and done it as deftly and with such wit. By far, he is my favourite songwriter, as anyone who has been forced an Elvis mix CD upon them knows. So today, I’ll be a fanboy.

My first memory of Elvis Costello was seeing the video for “Radio, Radio” which remains one of my favourite songs. I was just a kid surfing channels, and I came upon this music video. MuchMusic, the Canadian MTV, was not allowed in our household, because my father believed rock music was only about sex and violence (ironic that I ended up working here, I suppose). But there was something about this video that I couldn’t turn away from, and knowing that it was forbidden, only made it more alluring. What if my father walked in on me? But I couldn’t turn away…

Here was this skinny, nerdy punk. He wore glasses, seemed angry at his radio for some reason, and he had a strange way of standing and moving about, with his feet pointed towards each other, pigeon-toed. Who was this guy? And where were the half-naked women I was supposed to not be looking at?

The image of this anti-rockstar stayed with me, and it wasn’t until highschool that I finally sought him out. I took out “Trust” and “Live from the El Mocambo” from the local library. One album was an angry live punk show, and the other was this upbeat, new-wave pop music (with a picture of an old-timey big band on the back). The complete contradiction in style and attitude was enough to keep me hooked, and before long I made sure to own his entire contradictory discography (which was a lot, considering he’s so prolific, I had about 20 or so albums to catch up on at the time).

I finally got to meet the man briefly after a concert a few summers ago, and although I look like a complete tool in this picture, it’s only because I think I was legitimately starstuck at the realization that this weird, intriguing, and frenetic musician I saw on TV when I was 10 years old, was now standing beside me.

Happy birthday, Elvis!

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Post by Otis Westinghouse »

Yes, the Otis correcting him on the blog about 51 not 52 is me!
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http://diaryofamusicwhore.blogspot.com/ ... tello.html



101 Things To Do With Elvis Costello
Thursday, August 25, 2005

1. Count all of his hats.

..........and loads more funny ones , including -

36. Find out if "rubber ducky" is the one
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52. Ask him if you can join him on the couch.
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73. Check and make sure he's washed his hands after using the bathroom.
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Post by Otis Westinghouse »

I remember the music whore and her Moody Blues obsession! I think she may have popped up here once upon a time. (And sent me the song North via email.) That's some CD trading list! I recall her quoting an astonishing number of bootlegs in total. And all that Duran Duran. Complete fruitcake!
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Post by shabbydoll »

I'd like to send a belated birthday greeting to a most talented man, and wish him many more happy days.
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Post by spooky girlfriend »

Shabbs,

Nice to see you back. :)
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spooky girlfriend wrote:Shabbs,

Nice to see you back. :)
ditto.

Still in Wales?
signed with love and vicious kisses
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Yes, still here and loving it, but still finding it hard to make a living. :cry:
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Post by Otis Westinghouse »

Hi Shabby. We missed you. Rumour has it the new Super Furries LP is seriously good!
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Post by verena »

Sounds hot, by the way you put it !

Btw, I'd like to know what an "LP" is. Anyone care to tell me ?
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