Elvis Costello Fan Forum

John - he was going to put it on Blood and Chocolate - just after Uncomplicated!

Anyone having a bet on Portsmouth tomorrow?

Misha - thanks for those.

I am bowing at your feet

TYM- Angry Young Elvis
GH - soulful Elvis
MLAR - beardy Elvis

one minute later...

AF - wordsmith Elvis
IB - wordsmith Elvis
BY - wordsmith Elvis

one more minute later...

...VG gets irritated because his mind keeps changing.

Misha/Bobster - great reports and very enjoyable reading.

Misha - glad you decided to accept the mission

What next then Mish - Jackshit featuring special guest Misha?

Happy Birthday Red Shoes. Apologies if belated.

Hope you have/had a great day!

My copy is on the VHS PAL system. However Let Them All Talk is in really low sound. You have to turn the volume right up to hear the song. If you forget to turn the sound back down after the videos finished then you share the next track with the whole street. Whilst it's no bad thing in my book, it ...

Paul B wrote:I did see the Clash a few times in their prime though - least I've got that to be thankful for! Should count my blessings really...

johnfoyle wrote:I’m happily reading about the Great Pumpkins while heading uptown to see the greatest living argument against heterosexual marriage–specifically, Elvis Costello...

johnfoyle wrote:I think `he` is a `she` , actually .

Misha wrote:I think she needs to get laid.

Hmm...

I seem to find the line "She was sitting pretty on a velvet cushion" from Opportunity comes into my head on occasion.

GH!! is indispensable.

Get Happy!!
Blood & Chocolate
Brutal Youth
When I Was Cruel
Imperial Bedroom.

They would have to be the double CD reissues though (or the Special Tour edition in the case of WIWC).

Poppet - as long as you've learned from it.

Maybe we should start an Elvis confessions thread (although we'll be hard pushed to beat yours Poppet).

Maybe Elvis only knows Beck to playfully tease (as he once did with Sting of course)...

Expect a return to the beard years and a Hurry Down Doomsday type song, to be followed 13 years later with a luvvie celebration of Beck's work.

Blue - how about "I like my women like I like my pancakes; hot, golden and covered in syrup".

If that doesn't get the women drooling...

For the moment Pip I'm gonna have to continue admiring you from afar...

Someone came into work the next morning raving about the Palladium show too! The solo Palladium shows were OK. The highlights were (obviously) the Seven and a half deadly sins (one of them I remember was pomegranate) which was a stuffed heart shaped cushion from which audience members would take ou...

Didn't Elvis and T-Bone Burnett used to sing A Matter of Time in their live set occasionally as the Coward Brothers back in 1984/85?

Or am I imagining things again?

SweetPear - I don't have to live with Elvis and Steve! It was a bit strange to be waiting 40 odd minutes to speak to Elvis and then Mrs VG calling me at the moment I got a chance to chat to him. I don't know what he thought (if anything). Still, I managed to get to talk to him again after I rushed m...

bobster wrote:Of course, if EC decided to go, he could beat us as he's got a limo, etc.

You could always ask him for a ride!

BlueChair wrote:Sunday, as many of you know, is leap year day, February 29th.

I'm trying to figure out what I can do that will make the day interesting...That way it gives you something to look forward to every four years.

You could see whether or not you get proposed to

I always make sure my phone is switch off when I go to concerts. I switch it on straight after the show. I have to say Mrs VG has fantastic timing. The last two times she has phoned me after an Elvis concert I have been chatting to Elvis and the second time I was chatting to Steve. Such is my love f...

Once again LC you're bang on the mark! November 1986's B&C tour (which led to the Confederates shows in January 1987) was his best tour. I can't think of a better one! The Blood & Chocolate tour with the 3 separate shows ("greatest hits"/playing songs from B&C, solo and the mag...

This talk makes me feel old too.

Who else remembers buying the album in 1979 and then unfolding the sleeve? And then trying to carefully put it back together? And wondering if to put the live EP back with the album or to put it with your singles?

They were trying times!

I take it you're not a fan then WHAR?

It's just two versions of the same song.

Some you like, some you don't.

I'm not a big fan of the Brodsky's version.

Another example - Rocking Horse Road. I like both versions.

Each to their own and all that.

Elvis - if you don't fancy the steakhouse dinner for 10 then send it to me care of the board.

I'm here most days except weekends.

I'll also take the jewel encrusted lingerie set as it's Mrs VG's 30th birthday in a few weeks time.

See you in Bournemouth.
Cheers
VG

Elvis is on two UK programmes tonight. On BBC1 there is a Johnny Cash tribute on BBC1 at 11.05pm. It is called Johnny Cash: The Last Great American and features contributions from EC, Sheryl Crow, Merle Haggard and Little Richard amongst others. For those of you with Sky, Sky One is repeating The Si...