Elvis Costello Fan Forum

This popped up in my feed this morning. Interview is a decade old:

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/ho ... to-chelsea

The always-entertaining Live from Daryl's House has returned with Glen Tilbrook as his first guest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSDzvblUH2M

Had the decidedly mediocre Schwarzenegger Netflix series "FUBAR" on in the background tonight and was ignoring much of it until I suddenly heard the first bars of "Peace, Love and Understanding." They played it over a montage of seemingly unrelated content. Not the best use of th...

Attended the Summerfest show as well as the Hammond show the night before. Hammond was very good, Summerfest was excellent. I read some posts here about Elvis being off his game and this show would suggest otherwise. Not as long a set as some past tours but pretty tight musically and Elvis' voice wa...

verbal gymnastics wrote:To add to it, my friend bought an official photo from the website of the whole group and they cropped Elvis and Steve out of it!

To be fair, that was a third-party link for ordering and a function of the print format selected (relative to the format of the photo).

Raised numbers is a good thing. EC is in demand. Dang. Plus, more folks to mix and mingle with… always a good time there. Or not. Not a "good thing" when we were led to believe it would be more intimate. The issue was more of what was promised vs. delivered for the somewhat hefty price. T...

Nick cancelled his Chicago shows over the weekend (it figures, I had front row seats ) . Hope it's because he's saving his voice for Reykjavik.

Also a great support band on that night, Rank & File from Texas: whatever happened to them? They never caught on with the original sound (I bought Sundown when it came out and listened to it a lot, but lost interest in the follow-up). One of the Kinman brothers died not that long ago. Alejandro...

Never read that much into aside from the cinematography references. It's a long shot on that sign, a close-up of the "We Never Close" sign and the dragging the lake lyric always gave me the impression of a "No Jumping/Diving" sign at the water's edge or on a bridge.

A little pissed off. I woke up in the wee hours for presale (I'm in Chicago) and the best I could do was front row balcony. Went back a few days later and they had plenty of main floor for sale so I got second row. Now I've got two more than I need (and they seem to be selling slowly).

Not sure if it was just me but the presale was only showing seating on the sides and in the back sections. I'll give it another shot tomorrow or just go with the scalper's premium.

Coincidentally I had a dream about this last night. Everything went wrong, Steve and Nick couldn't get to Iceland in time and Elvis ended up performing with a Van Halen cover band on a stage that looked like a snow globe. As dreams go, it was entertaining.

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verbal gymnastics wrote:I wonder if the 2 x CD will include the essay.

I can see the essay getting bootleged!

You mean like all the re-release liner notes on the Wiki?

EC's made a habit of getting me to repeatedly re-purchase the same stuff over the years, seduced by the extra tracks, liner notes etc. However I've been priced out of this luxury market for a while now. His recorded catalog's traded hands numerous times and each purchaser (Ryko, Rhino, WB, etc) wan...

So the only way to get the four cd set is to buy the super deluxe edition? No good for a poor pensioner like me, who ditched vinyl years ago! You can ditch CDs as well because it's also available on streaming services. Apple Music already has several tracks available. It depends of if the whole set...

Mikeh wrote:So the only way to get the four cd set is to buy the super deluxe edition? No good for a poor pensioner like me, who ditched vinyl years ago!

You can ditch CDs as well because it's also available on streaming services. Apple Music already has several tracks available.

My sister posted this song on Instagram to a video of her daughter making a house with Legos. I had never heard this Elvis song before. How did I miss it? Need to watch more TV I suppose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5pGik67CDc They had different artists record the song for each episode startin...

They had a multi-camera setup at a couple of the recent California shows. Not sure what that will lead to.

Oddly enough my work calendar made NY impossible. The wife and I were already thinking of an Iceland trip and the dates work well for my schedule.

Just registered. Keeping my fingers crossed that this isn't "Fyre Festival 2023."

New (interesting premise, disappointing execution) TV series "Night Sky" with Sissy Spacek and JK Simmons. Parallel story lines in rural Illinois and rural Argentina. In one of the Argentina scenes, a mother is driving her daughter to school as "Chica de Hoy" is playing on the ra...

Much like "45" marked that milestone in his life this song marked his transition to 60. The new album is on a somewhat different theme.

Excited about this one. I didn't even purchase "Hey Clockface" to be honest. Weird is cool but without melody it's just weird. "No Flag" is the only song I dug. After being an avid fan of nearly everything from "Aim" thru "Painted" I found myself underwhelmed...

Great clip. Would have liked to see what the songs could have been absent the Clanger treatment. Listening to Spanish Model underscores the timelessness of the production on those tracks. The tracks on Punch the Clock scream '80's.