The Costello Show Live Project

[Dr. Luther]

what will the two unidentified sings turn into: HIGH FIDELITY (slow); IDLE HANDS; B MOVIE (fast)?????

Too early for those.

Busy Bodies, maybe.
And Stranger in the House, perhaps.

I don't think "Stranger in The House" is the second unidentified song, as it appears elsewhere in the show as song #12!

Oops.

[snapyou]

I saw that Instant Karma - it was just a wall of white noise as far as I remember, with the whole band in darkness and Cait smoking a fag which glowed in the dark!

Exactly ! Saw him do this at the first of two nights @ The Edinburgh Playhouse then ,I think,the following night,was The Spinning Songbook.
It was Poor Napoleon mixed with Instant Karma

There's a great bootleg of a London Beeb show recording, " This Is Tomorrow" from that tour with Poor Napoleon/Karma.
Probably my fav EC boot ,i had the two cd set but can't find it anywhere just now,will have to see where it's gone to.
Here's a link to info on the boot:
http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/bootlegs/tit.html

Anyone knows where i can download it ?

[terryhurley]

Oh the Royalty Theatre, 23 Nov 86. Quite possibly the best live show I have ever seen. Elv was on top form. Instant Karma/Poor Napoleon was incredible. So friggin' loud & in pitch darkness.

I saw that Instant Karma - it was just a wall of white noise as far as I remember, with the whole band in darkness and Cait smoking a fag which glowed in the dark!

Exactly ! Saw him do this at the first of two nights @ The Edinburgh Playhouse then ,I think,the following night,was The Spinning Songbook.
It was Poor Napoleon mixed with Instant Karma

There's a great bootleg of a London Beeb show recording, " This Is Tomorrow" from that tour with Poor Napoleon/Karma.
Probably my fav EC boot ,i had the two cd set but can't find it anywhere just now,will have to see where it's gone to.
Here's a link to info on the boot:
http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/bootlegs/tit.html

Anyone knows where i can download it ?

[wardo68]

That was how he ended the last show in Philadelphia on that tour, the last American appearance of the Attractions for eight years. It was deafening. It was wonderful.

[Ulster Boy]

I was at that Royalty show, too. My memory is that Instant Karma/Poor Napoleon was played in darkness with occasional strobe lighting - very disconcerting (and probably illegal now due to photo sensitive epilepsy).