Elvis added to Prince tribute show, NY March 7th '13

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just took a look and it appears there are way less than one hundred seats left in the house...in case you were on the fence about this one. act soon.
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who saw PRINCE tear it UP on Fallon last night with his stellar four piece band? he and 3 chickadees who KNOW how to play!! VERY punk rock/glam rock. Stones rock/Who rock! hope the girls make it to Carnegie Hall and he plays a couple just like this for doc and i. :wink: :wink:
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see FALLON appearance here before NBC pulls them! http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/03/w ... on-fallon/
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According to Twitter, there's a rehearsal show going on now at City Winery, and Elvis played "Moonbeam Levels" with Wendy Melvoin and the Roots.

http://instagram.com/p/WiAc3vByTf/
http://instagram.com/p/WigQP6w09H/

"Moonbeam Levels" seems like a really weird choice, since it is an unreleased song.
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really ANCT...didn't we KNOW he would do something like this? you knew he was not gonna do one of the ones he had done already. and an unreleased gem is right up his alley. God knows there must be about 500 unreleased songs by Prince. i think i have this one somewhere in the house. gotta dig it out and give it a listen before tomorrow. thanks to you and twitter universe. 8) 8)
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all these too folks from twitter:

Carmelita Group ‏@CarmelitaGroup
RT @J_912 Soooooo Maya Rudolph is singing on stage w/ Elvis Costello and The Roots are backing them #princetribute

PopGoMomma ‏@PopGoMomma
Head exploding! RT @zaheerali: Elvis Costello (!) + Princess + The Roots + Wendy = Moonbeam Levels (!!!!!) #PrinceTribute

Zaheer Ali ‏@zaheerali
Elvis Costello (!) + Princess + The Roots + Wendy = Moonbeam Levels (!!!!!) #PrinceTribute
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Steven Mandel 'Producer/Engineer for @Questlove @TheRoots @ElvisCostello and @LateNightJimmy' has this photo on his Twitter page.
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Thanks to John H for spotting this -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlH1WJOkWDE

Moonbeam Levels - Elvis Costello
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It seems like EC always wears sunglasses when playing with The Roots. Never the Buddy Holly black frames.

What will he be sporting tonight?
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Review of the rehearsal show last night at City Winery:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... k-20130307

(lots of spoilers for those who care)

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bronxapostle wrote:how about THIS doc for back to back Thursdays: ELVIS performing "MY GENERATION" with THE WHO and "LITTLE RED CORVETTE" with PRINCE??? :wink: :lol:
Bebe, You're much too fast!
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Steven Mandel posted this picture: http://instagram.com/p/WkKzTLCvmv/

Does this mean Prince will be there?
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Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
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And No Coffee Table wrote:Steven Mandel posted this picture: http://instagram.com/p/WkKzTLCvmv/

Does this mean Prince will be there?
At this event, the honored guest performs at the end of the show, I believe.

Springsteen in 2007:
http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates/2007/0 ... ie_ha.html

He performed solo acoustic versions of "The Promised Land" and "Rosalita," interrupting the latter with a long, funny meditation about the many ways he and the world have changed since the early '70s, when he wrote the song. Then he closed the show with another "Rosalita"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtjPO47XIbs
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Lotsa photos etc. from City Winery

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2 ... aye_3.html

including

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setlist:

MOONBEAM LEVELS: with red guitar that i do not believe he strummed the entire song as he was busy holding the mic.

1999: handclaps, NO VOX! encore with ALL and i do mean EVERYONE who performed.

blue hat, green socks!

NO PRINCE....diva!! :twisted:
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Moonbeam Levels (gets better at 0:42)

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Ta for the 2 Moonbeam EC performance-links.
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Elvis can not only sing a rainbow, he can wear one too.
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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... e-20130308

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Elvis Costello performs with Maya Rudolph of Princess during the rehearsals for 'The Music of Prince' tribute concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
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Michaelangelo Matos

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In many cases the performers took chances on well-known songs. Or not-so-well-known, as was the case with Costello, who near the end sang an unreleased Prince song called "Moonbeam Levels" (known to many bootleg collectors as "A Better Place to Die"). Which of these two ultra-music-geeks onstage decided on that one – Costello, the man who once wrote a listener's guide to a 24-hour cycle, or Questlove, with his complete collection of Soul Train episodes? Either way, the song scored big, as did much of the night.


http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/ ... llo-bettye

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Jem Aswad

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And noted crate-digger Elvis Costello performed the most obscure song of the night (probably the result of a deep-cut geekout with Questlove), the unreleased mid-'80s song "Moonbeam Levels," which is usually called "A Better Place 2 Die" on bootlegs.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/201 ... php?page=2

Dan Rys


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Elvis Costello emerged wearing a bold blue suit and a cherry red Jaguar guitar (which he didn't touch once) to sing the unreleased "Moonbeam Levels" and send everybody scrambling to find who his tailor was.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/arts/ ... -hall.html


JON PARELES

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At a tribute show, song assignments are nearly as important as the performances themselves, and “Music of Prince” was full of smart choices. Mr. Costello, ever the collector, delivered a Prince song that has only appeared as a bootleg: “Moonbeam Levels,” a yearning, Beatles-tinged rocker. “The Cross,” a song about despair and salvation, was stoked with flamboyant devotion by the Blind Boys of Alabama, a venerable gospel quartet.
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http://rodneywelch.blogspot.ie/2013/03/ ... ition.html

Saturday, March 09, 2013
How times change, Elvis Costello edition

Rodney Welch blogs -

Last night, Elvis Costello took part in a tribute to Prince,
marking a clear change of opinion from, oh, nearly 30 years ago, when he appeared on The Tonight Show, when Joan Rivers was guest-hosting.

( at 6.21 of this clip)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dJH5IqU ... r_embedded
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I don't know if "imposter" is really an insult when it comes from a guy who had recently put out two singles under the name The Imposter and would later call his band The Imposters.
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I was wondering if Elvis' obscure choice of track was really the choice of a dedicated fan plundering his huge bootleg collections of Prince or really a back handed compliment relating to Elvis' obvious sadness and disappointment that Prince refused to allow a sample of his lyrics to be used on one of "The Bridge I Burned" mixes.

Choosing a song an artist hasn't even released at a tribute concert plus giving it a title different to the known bootleg, to me appears a little bizarre and also controversial.

It was certainly the most unexpected thing I can remember from him since his Live Aid appearance in 85.

Then again he has been playing a medley featuring "Purple Rain" regularly fairly recently, so maybe it's nothing. Anybody else surprised by that song choice ?
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