Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Affordable! Looking forward to purchasing this.

scamp wrote: Voice in the Dark (give Josephine a rest)

I suspect "Voice" is too tricky to play-- I've yet to hear a single live version that doesn't come with a fumble or two, either lyric or chords.

Just off the top of my head... Alison Watching The Detectives Pump It Up (I Don't want To Go To) Chelsea The Beat Every Day I Write The Book American Gangster Time National Ransom The Delivery Man Sulphur To Sugarcane The Long Honeymoon Alibi I only support "The Delivery Man" because the ...

Listening on sennheiser hd598 audiophile headphones, version 2 is a lot clearer, but there's a certain hissy charm about version 1...

A tracklist has been revealed: Disc: 1 1. I Hope You're Happy Now 2. Heart Of The City 3. Mystery Dance 4. Radio Radio 5. Everyday I Write The Book 6. God Give Me Strength 7. Watching The Detectives 8. Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution)featuring Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles 9. Out Of Ti...

I can't afford this, but so what? I'll just add it to the list of things I can't afford, which currently stretches from here to Jupiter. Thankfully, I'm not a completist, so I won't wake up drenched in sweat and weeping over the fact that I don't own another version of songs I already have. This is...

Friends, it's time I clue you in. I... am Elvis Costello.

MOJO wrote:It's a super ultra mega release, sign me up for that hunk of loot. I'm buying 20 copies... Yay, Elvis rules! He will be missed at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass this year.

I can't tell shtick from reality anymore. Is this what they call "internet fatigue"?

The two songs released so far are really top-notch. Color me psyched.

Spun "Up" and "Murmur" back to back last night. Strange that it's even the same band.

It's a real loss, but I'm glad I got to see them on their last tour. It was a good show.

No derision intended; English is not my first language and I'm sometimes awkward in my wording. What I meant to say was that the reasons you list in your post seem to all be rooted in a personal kinship ("I love him and want better for him") rather than anything practical. Taking this rele...

So, a bunch of reasons based almost entirely on some misplaced sense of personal kinship? The man is a musician. He is entitled to put a product out in the market and price it however he chooses. To "expect better of him" because he "could be happier" if he did things your way is...

with the guaranteed increase in the value of the National Ransack (Ransom ?) 78 rpms, (and don't get me started about who on earth is going to deliberately go out and buy a turntable just to play these antiquated discs f or a couple of times before hiding them away to maintain their value) That wou...

Jardine, I totally agree with you. It's completely ridiculously overpriced. What pisses me off is that for $349 all you get is ONE cd, ONE dvd and ONE 10 inch. Even with the book, poster, autograph and spinning wheel, it still doesn't seem like it's worth that much. The indignation comes from the f...

Or maybe i should just wait and steal it all on line!!! There you go. Let's all do just that. This package is an extravagance. It's not just a live CD/DVD. It has a book, pictures, an autograph, what have you-- a bunch of unnecessary garbage. Surely we all understand this is a diehard collector's e...

This is disgusting. Exclusive performances on each 10" e.p., eh? Nice way to rub it in, that you're now an exclusive club. Are you still mad that national ransom didn't sell and trying out "revenge" again? I didn't like the smell of this revolver thing from the beginning and found it...

I really love the jam at the end of "13 Steps Lead Down".

Make sure you include Pearl Jam's work with Jack Irons in your mix. "In My Tree" in particular. It'll surprise you.

docinwestchester wrote:Little Palaces with Dónal Lunny 1996

This is absolutely lovely. I love this more relaxed delivery on this song.

and again, i feel the same sort of deep entanglement in many of NR songs. Also back to songs like "New Lace Sleeves" for some reason, a similar tense restraint, and the weirdness of hands that have never seen working blisters, and e.c.s narrator wishing to be one of them... A small thing,...

"Stations" is terrific. One of my favorite NR songs.

History History wrote:I've always thought I Throw My Toys Around would sound great on Brutal Youth (given the album cover).

I've had this exact thought

I listened to this album for the first time in a while this morning. I enjoyed it a lot more than I remembered.

I've never heard "Oh Well".

I find them incredibly annoying and their post-2000 rock songs are the very definition of middle-of-the-road, but man, can they write a good ballad.

when i was cruel wrote: And as we know NR was recorded like in a session or two inbetween SP&S.

Huh?