Elvis Costello Fan Forum

My Worst List:

Seconds of Pleasure
Drum and Bone
International Echo
Love Went Mad
Suffering Face
The Nameless One
When Did I Stop Dreaming

interesting list. The Beatles' 'Tomorrow Never Knows" from Revolver is a glaring omission. Also, It is hard to ignore some of The Talking Heads' great closing songs (This Must be The Place (Naive Melody), The Overload, Drugs, Road to Nowhere, Cool Water, etc...) As for Elvis, he always has grea...

I heard "The World Of Broken Hearts" the other day. I forgot what a good cover it is. Sonically, it could have fit very nicely on Imperial Bedroom, if Elvis wanted to include covers.

1. The Delivery Man 2. When I Was Cruel 3. North 4. The River In Reverse 5. My Flame Burns Blue 6. Momofuku 7. Piano Jazz 8. Il Sogno 9. Cruel Smile I'm sorry, but with exception of two great songs (Song With Rose and Pardon Me Madam), Momofuku just does not hold up next to his other recent albums, ...

One of my only complaints with the album is the nearly mono sound of some of the tracks. I am all for a "quick and dirty" sound (very rock n' roll), but songs like American Gangster Time are just barely in stereo. The song feels like classic Attractions from This Years Model. But, This Yea...

Some more observations. I'm not too fond of Drum & Bone, but it is a curious mix of "My Mood Swings" and "Monkey to Man", with a little "Dust" thrown in. I am very fond of Flutter & Wow. It sounds to me like Elvis decided to perform a song of his own as if it we...

There is a drum fill about 2 minutes into "Home is Anywhere you Hang Your Head" that is one of the best Ringo imitations ever.

And, the end and fade-out on "13 Steps Lead Down". Great!!!

I agree with wordnat's song-by-song review for the most part. But for me, My Three Sons is quite good, and Drum & Bone is the sure misfire. Also, as much fun as Mr. Feathers is, I do not see it holding up to many listens. I definitely agree about "Song With Rose" - gorgeous and perfect.

Well, I received the LP on Thursday. I stupidly thought that the download mp3's would be available right away (Not until May 1st). But, luckily my old turntable worked for the most part. I recorded it on my Mac and filtered out some of the noise from the old, bad needle I have. Unlike others, I hone...

Thanks johnfoyle, I have all of these tracks myself, except for George Jones' Brown to Blue. I made a version (quickly adding Brown to Blue) with some of the B-sides and out take covers that EC recorded added as well: 1. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)?-Hank Williams 2. Sweet Dreams (Of ...

I definitely have to agree that Elvis is purposely singing Jaddy, Jaddy, etc...

What it is supposed to mean is totally beyond me, though.

North 1. You Left Me In The Dark 2. Someone Took The Words Away 3. When Did I Stop Dreaming 4. You Turned To Me 5. Fallen 6. North 7. When It Sings 8. Still 9. You Don't Know What Love Is (with Marian McPartland) 10.They Didn't Believe Me (with Marian McPartland) 11.Let Me Tell You About Her 12.The ...

The River In Reverse 1. On Your Way Down 2. Nearer to You 3. Tears, Tears and More Tears 4. Six-Fingered Man (with fade-in) 5. Where Is the Love 6. Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further 7. The River In Reverse 8. Yes We Can Can (Allen Toussaint on album, "Our New Orleans") 9. Freedom for th...

How about "Brutal Infancy": 1. 20% Amnesia 2. Poisoned Letter 3. Abandoned Words 4. London's Brilliant 5. Earthbound 6. Fill In The Blanks 7. The Nameless One 8. Puppet Girl 9. We Despise You 10.Basement Kiss 11.Do You Know What I'm Saying 12.I Want To Stand Forever 13.Idiophone 14.A Drunk...

I agree about ATUB. It just missed greatness. I was a little disappointed when ATUB came out, because I loved so many of these songs performed solo/acoustic when Elvis was opening for Bob Dylan that year. Songs like It's Time and Starting to Come seem much better to me performed stripped down like t...

No one seemed very interested in this post the first time. But, here are a few more re-worked Elvis albums anyway: Kojak Variety: 1. Strange 2. Hidden Charms 3. Remove This Doubt 4. I Threw It All Away 5. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away 6. Leave My Kitten Alone 7. Everybody's Crying Mercy 8. I've ...

Elvis Costello Momofuku Track Listing (according to musicdirect.com) 1. No Hiding Place 2. American Gangster Time 3. Turpentine 4. Harry Worth 5. Drum And Bone 6. Flutter And Wow 7. Stella Hurt 8. Mr. Feathers 9. My Three Sons 10. Song With Rose 11. Pardon Me Madam, My Name Is Eve 12. Go Away

Just for fun, I have been making my own, personal, definitive versions of some of Elvis' albums. Don't get me wrong, I love nearly all of Elvis' albums as they were released. But, it is a fun challenge to customize the running order, and add b-sides from the time period, to Elvis' albums. A good exa...

Back in '86, Elvis was planning a gig with Los Lobos, to perform King of America all the way through.

That would have been a dream ticket.

Plus, you could add The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, whom Los Lobos has been known to play with as well.

I never hear much discussion of literary themes in Elvis Costello albums. I don't want to call Elvis' albums "concept albums", but they do have many lyrical themes running throughout them. Some of my suggestions: This Year's Model: treating woman as inanimate objects Armed Forces: "Em...

Spike was the album that got me into Elvis first. I had "rediscovered' the Beatles in the late 80's because their albums, and ex-Beatle solo albums, had finally come out on CD. So, I bought Spike because of Paul McCartney's involvement. I remember being impressed first by Elvis' vocals-then of ...

It was a tough choice for either Tom Waits or Nick Lowe. I love them both so much. I ended up voting for Tom because they haven't performed together since '86-'87, as far as I know. I also want to suggest that a dream ticket might be Elvis and Chrissie Hynde. Luckily I got to see another dream ticke...

I just saw again the Season 6 episode of The West Wing, where Jimmy Smits (as Congressman Matt Santos) sings (badly I might add) parts of Alison, because a reporter named Alison gave him a good review of his debate performance. I wonder how much money Elvis gets for something like this. Elvis used t...

Thanks for posting this link.

What a lovely song!!!

Elvis is so great at finding and singing these lost gems.

Thanks so much.

I was at the Bridgeport concert, and it is great to hear these again.