Elvis Costello Fan Forum

verbal gymnastics wrote:There are some members here with multiple copies. Some can’t remember what they’ve ordered.

Count me in for that. Think I have ordered CD+Book as my standard pre-order and at least one (maybe two) CD-only in order to access tickets for the Look-Hear-Listen-Now events.

Psc wrote:Wow is EC finally becoming a celebrity?! Thank god Strictly isn’t on at the moment...!

You wouldn't put it past him, would you?

'Matt Tebbutt and chefs Freddy Bird and Anna Jones are joined by special guest Elvis Costello. There are great moments from the BBC food archive, including clips from Rick Stein, Keith Floyd, Nigella Lawson and Mary Berry, and drinks expert Helen McGinn joins via video link to pick the wines to go w...

Well, I won't be applying for a ticket, but I will be watching. I have no idea whether I like Graham Norton personally or not, as all I ever see is a TV persona, of course. But his show is the top ticket for promoting your product in the UK. Kudos for Elvis' team in getting him on the show.

Love the switching of 'prey' and 'pray' on the lyric video. That's my Elvis. Mainstream promotion for this LP is bloody good, isn't it? When was the last time we saw a campaign as well-orchestrated as this? WIWC? And - I know I'm a sucker for an audacious half-rhyme - but rhyming 'into infinity' wit...

"Tune in to watch a special interview with Elvis Costello before the premiere of the official lyric video for “Farewell, OK”." https://elvis-costello.lnk.to/SpecialInterviewEvent Farewell, OK is available in a few hours: https://youtu.be/eGcbRIX0Fjw Both (on YouTube) are saying 2pm tomorr...

sweetest punch wrote:Great interview: https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/featur ... m=facebook

Superb interview. His love of music and his fascination with telling stories really shine through.

Sounds like I need to give it another spin! Thanks for the thoughts, peeps. As I have said on another topic this album has got to be the best promoted EC record in many a year in the UK. Two prime time TV performances at the very least. Norton is a coup. It might even chart I'm not sure 'charts' me...

Only just got around to reading this in full. I think it's lovely - an object lesson in how to write a obituary for someone you didn't know that well, and didn't meet all that often, but still manages to be kind, thoughtful, and hits the nail in terms of his appreciation of her love for music. It's ...

I too am really looking forward to this - but I have to confess I'm surprised at the fact that 'Paint the Red Rose Blue' has been released as a lead track for radio play. We all know Elvis is a fantastic writer of sad songs, but I don't think this one scales his usual heights. That's not to say it'...

It's OK. It's another EC-related track to add to the collection. But it's not all that, is it?

Blimey, they're really going for this one, aren't they? Can't wait.

I wonder what percentage Elvis would get. Elvis owns his back catalogue, so it means he gets most of that money. Bear in mind that $143,100 is only from one streaming service, Spotify - there are other streaming services, and other sources of income for Elvis. How professional musicians make money ...

The interviewer is...an interviewer. Clearly knows nothing about Elvis, or about music generally. Whereas Elvis knows everything about music, and talks about it passionately!

I hope it doesn’t say his aim is still true :roll: It doesn't! It's Tom Doyle, a (very) longstanding Mojo staff writer and a known fan of Elvis. He compares it to TYM and Brutal Youth, but in a knowledgeable way, not a lazy comparison way. And he talks about several tracks (particularly the lyrics)...

The new Mojo has a review of "The Boy Named If". Four stars (out of a possible five). They compare it favourably to "Brutal Youth". And ends with ''Powerful, provocative and utter proof that Costello's creative fire is still raging, against all reasonable odds'. Think I'm lookin...

Loving it already. Everything about this new LP is making me very happy.

Yes the tickets were expensive but the way I look at it, one day it won't be possible to go and see EC anymore and I'll still be wishing I'd seen him more times. Exactly the way I look at it. When the end comes (as it will for all of us, ultimately) will we want to look back and say 'wasn't it grea...

In the interview Elvis announces a newly recorded EP, problably from the Memphis Magnetic Recording Session ( http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11868&p=7750653 ) Another bit of news is that he recorded "And Your Bird Can Sing/Birds Will Be Singing" for a ...

It is a great, great single. Obviously he always closes the live set with a combination of PIU, PLU and so on. But, to my mind, there's a bunch of rockers that, had they been recorded/released in 1978, would now be the encores that would raise a cheer (Story in Your Voice, Episode of Blonde, Under L...

Via the presale I have two tickets for Liverpool (Row K :(), two tickets for Manchester (Row B :)), two tickets for Birmingham (Row A :) :)) and one ticket for Newcastle (Row F). Might have another try on Friday and see if I can up the tickets to two for Newcastle. Still waiting for the bank to ring...

Out of curiosity, do we know how long ago this was that they got to know each backstage at the Radio City Music Hall? If it was relatively recent, is it possible Nicole will even record a version of the song? If it was ages ago, it's probably just a bit of a giggle/a funny story between the two of t...

Boy, this is good. This is really good.

The bonus tracks are Truth Drug and one other. https://www.universal-music.co.jp/elvis-costello/news/2021-11-10/?fbclid=IwAR1Mmg427MtmthxyUMMeImQS3s0FLuiQvPJJrwHHP_0tLRRa_3YcPoMCmaM Or possibly not one other? Google Translate informs me that 日本盤ボーナス・トラック just means 'Japan Edition Bonus Track' so th...

I can't see him doing anything too controversial. Equally I'm not sure this is really available to him as a worthwhile avenue to plug the new LP. 99% of the audience will have very little clue who Elvis Costello even is, beyond 'didn't he have a hit in the 1908s with a country-and-western song?' Thi...