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- Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:30 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Dreams?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7131
Dreams?
Last night, when I was finally able to go to bed after not sleeping for 37 hours due to a big going-away party and then roaming around airports and standing in queues and taking long flights, I had a dream that EC recorded another morose jazz album like "North", except it contained an upbe...
- Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:57 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: don't bother me
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13734
Re: don't bother me
I reckon if there's a certain tentative feel to this performance it's because it's not his own song, and it was his first ever live performance of it.
- Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:48 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: "Suffering Face"
- Replies: 39
- Views: 40586
Re: "Suffering Face"
Yeah, I thought it was fairly obvious that it was a joke. A pretty sick oneLester Burnham wrote:I wouldn't put too much stock into an interpretation of that caliber by someone whose username is "loltroll"...
- Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:20 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Where's Elvis' book?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5975
Re: Where's Elvis' book?
He's still writing it. Every day.
- Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:17 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: "Suffering Face"
- Replies: 39
- Views: 40586
Re: "Suffering Face"
Hello Costello-friends. I got drunk and wrote a very disjointed post about this gorgeous song on my blog. you can read it here if you're into that sort of thing: http://jorgefarah.com/2011/12/18/bedhead-melodies-2-elvis-costello-suffering-face/ My reply is a bit late but what was true in the old ye...
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:38 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: "Suffering Face"
- Replies: 39
- Views: 40586
Re: "Suffering Face"
I found this... peculiar interpretation on Songmeanings.net. "Clearly this song is about a father who had for some time been carrying on a somewhat (up for debate, you know?) -consensual incestuous relationship with his daughter, whom he is preparing to "give away" to her fiancé on he...
- Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:38 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Cuarteto Granada perform The Juliet Letters
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5717
Re: Cuarteto Granada perform The Juliet Letters
This clip of their performance of "I Almost Had A Weakness", appears to be from the Echegaray show in November. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEd5rp-5QyY The vocalist has chosen to sing only the third and final verse, which is not a bad thing as I prefer the playing on this to the singin...
- Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:51 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: don't bother me
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13734
Re: don't bother me
Yup, it's like he rediscovered fingerpicking and open tunings. That guitar itself also sounds great, very rich sound.
- Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:40 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Spike... The height of Elvis' ?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21858
Re: Spike... The height of Elvis' ?
Platy, I think you're wrong if you think the narrator of 'This Town' is espousing a world view that Elvis thinks is a good thing. The whole song is an attack on shallow people and materialistic, self-serving values - Elvis seems to be observing that kind of culture rather than endorsing it. Oh, tha...
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:53 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Spike... The height of Elvis' ?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21858
Re: Spike... The height of Elvis' ?
I like Spike for its dazzling eclecticism, its rich sounds, cleverly crafted songs and great performances. But, "Baby Plays Around" aside, it feels kind of cold and disconnected; I feel like it lacks a heart, a strong emotional core. It's near the bottom of my list of favorite EC albums. A...
- Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:56 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis at Marion McPartland March 20th ?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 38982
Re: Elvis,Marian McPartland docu., DVD now available
Have been listening to the Piano Jazz cd with the two of them today- you can tell there exists a rapport between the two as the conversations intersperse between the songs- his performances of "Gloomy Sunday" and "The Very Thought of You" are most revealing. Will have to look fo...
- Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:12 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Beyond Belief (Give & Take Remix)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21084
Re: Beyond Belief (Give & Take Remix)
This really is fun to listen to. Could you imagine if this had been the released track? Separately panned out vocal tracks singing different melodies, with only a few overlapping lyrics? It'd be impossible to replicate live but I think it would've been a pretty cool album track. Can this be download...
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:39 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Can you handle it? Crazy club anthem version of 'I Want You'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8806
- Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:42 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: what a relief!!!
- Replies: 55
- Views: 53097
Re: what a relief!!!
oh boy.when i was cruel wrote:Being in the demographic you guys are talking about, we don't have anything against gays. Most kids my age call things Jewish, gay and other terms like that to describe something lame but they aren't really meaning gays or Jews it's kind of a slang.
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:01 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: St Vincent homage to Radio Radio on Conan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6026
Re: St Vincent homage to Radio Radio on Conan
Not a fan?jardine wrote:playing songs, bringing tears to my eyes.
yep!
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:18 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: What live versions of songs do you prefer to the studio ?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 22796
Re: What live versions of songs do you prefer to the studio
While Steve is fantastic on the Hollywood High version of AWH, I disagree about EC's singing; I feel like it really captures a lot of what was annoying about his performances back then. Super-nasal, strained and with a strangled vibrato that can't hold up through the entire song and sometimes lands ...
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:08 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: St Vincent homage to Radio Radio on Conan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6026
Re: St Vincent homage to Radio Radio on Conan
As if I wasn't crushing hard enough on her already.
- Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:14 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: what a relief!!!
- Replies: 55
- Views: 53097
Re: what a relief!!!
YOU CAN READ ME THE RIOT ACT
YOU CAN MAKE ME A MATTER OF FACT OR A VILLAIN IN A MILLION
SLIP OF THE TONGUE IS GONNA KEEP ME CIVILIAN
YOU CAN MAKE ME A MATTER OF FACT OR A VILLAIN IN A MILLION
SLIP OF THE TONGUE IS GONNA KEEP ME CIVILIAN
- Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:26 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: what a relief!!!
- Replies: 55
- Views: 53097
Re: what a relief!!!
What else should I say? Everyone is gay.
- Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:13 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: what a relief!!!
- Replies: 55
- Views: 53097
Re: what a relief!!!
I believe that quote is about freedom of expression, which I am very much in favor of. I will never, however, fundamentally "respect" hating others because of how they were born; though I won't dispute their right to express their beliefs, racists, homophobes and bigots of any kind do not ...
- Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:03 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: what a relief!!!
- Replies: 55
- Views: 53097
Re: what a relief!!!
...when i was cruel wrote:Like if someone is homophobic then good for them.
- Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:01 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis Costello & The Imposters LP coming 1/24?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8960
Re: Elvis Costello & The Imposters LP coming 1/24?
Nevermind that, the iCarly soundtrack is coming out!
- Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:13 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: what a relief!!!
- Replies: 55
- Views: 53097
Re: what a relief!!!
no one should have a problem with anyone we respect, admire or consider a friend and their life choices. Homosexuality is a "life choice"? :wink: Just joshin' ya. I'm involved with education for an LGBT non-profit in Buenos Aires and it's like muscle memory kicking in, anytime someone use...
- Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:16 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: 'The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook', Nov. '11
- Replies: 473
- Views: 393280
Re: 'The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook', Nov.
It's really amazing that even the audio CD hasn't leaked yet.
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:02 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Battered Old Bird
- Replies: 35
- Views: 35807
Re: Battered Old Bird
WHOA-HO HE'S A BATTERED OLD BIRD... ANISALIBINABAPADEPAWHOAOHH