Elvis Costello Fan Forum

I am a big Meters fan too. I always check the Funky Meters when they visit Baltimore. Would be something to see AN and GP with the original lineup (ZM and LN) although BS and RB jr (great drummer) are pretty damn are hard to beat. Art's health has really dropped off because of a nerve disease (MS?) ...

I am not sure about the 1960s. IMHO EC arrived on the scene at just the right time (late 1970s when Disco and Stadium Rock ruled and prior to MTV de-evolution) to make his statement.

What is funny is that when I go to EC concerts now I see many people that would have never been into him back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I am not sure how EC would fit into the MTV pop World of today but I having a feeling he came just at the right time (prior to MTV) where a indi label like...

>>Will it be the same as the 'exclusive' iTunes tracks that were put up last week? (On iTunes in the US only) Essentially live TDM tracks... >> It is going to be the other songs that were recorded at Jimbo Mathus's studio in Clarksdale, MISS. MTM was cut there. http://jamesmathus.com/pages/elvis.htm...

>>Will it be the same as the 'exclusive' iTunes tracks that were put up last week? (On iTunes in the US only) Essentially live TDM tracks... >> It is going to be the other songs that were recorded at Jimbo Mathus's studio in Clarksdale, MISS. MTM was cut there. http://jamesmathus.com/pages/elvis.htm...

I agree. With all the great albums EC has put out over the years and zip nominations. Now they are just throwing him bones.

Dr S.,

Thanks!

The AF and Get Happy!! clips are great. Love for Tender is one of the best promos ever made IMHO and it probably cost < $1,000.00. LOL!

I saw it at movie theater last week. Pump It Up fills the whole last part of the preview. Looks like EC will be heading to the bank again. LOL!

>>But Bond drinks vodka martinis. Shaken, not stirred, and not gin.

That bastard! LOL!

These are damn good! She is a hell of a piano player!

>>I guess gin isn't really linked with any particular country, is it?
England -> Tanqueray. Bombay, .... -> James Bond LOL!

I would like to see the Great Nick Lowe.

>>GCW has, by far, EC's best album cover.

MW aka SN = Fencer LOL!

-Sabreman

BY is REALLY GREAT and I missed it the first time around -> what a STUPID mistake. I dropped off the EC map after Spike but started coming back around ATUB but didn't give BY a good listening to until a couple years ago. BY is now my favorite EC album. LOL!

>> If you want to rest on a beach, meet gorgeous Polish girls, and at night ‘do’ some clubbing, you should go there [and let’s be honest, Polish girls are without a doubt the prettiest girls in the world >> IP, This is way off topic but I am also a fencer (sabreman also SN is a fencer on GBCW cover ...

I seem to remember reading that EC and his son went on a trip to Russia around the time of Live Aid. There might be some archived article that mentions it. I actually found the archived Musician magazine article that mentions it: "The morning after we met in London, history-buff Elvis/Declan an...

One of EC's most restrained vocals (can actually hear him breathing through his nose) is on Watch Your Step which also happens to be one of my all time favorites. I remember he did a great version of it on the Tomorrow Show or Letterman Show (in black and white). Does anyone have that? Would love to...

Also some great lead bass work from BT.

I remember getting this album weeks before it was released in the States. A great record shop in Rockville, MD named 'Yesterday and Today Records' had weekly shipments from England of the latest releases. I remember listening to Get Happy!! and being totally blown away. It was so different then anyt...

This is a tough one because I love every song on the album. Get Happy!!Get Tempted!! Get Possessed!! ....

1. Possession
2. Opportunity
3. Temptation

4. New Amsterdam
5. Men Called Uncle

I like Pay It Back too. Still there something I love about Sneaky Feelings. To me it is a clever simple song that makes me chuckle everytime I hear it.

I am a big fan of Sneaky Feelings. Looks like most have it at the lower end but I think it is under rated.

ChokingOnMyPrideandPity those are some great ones. The World and His Wife and Sulky Girl openings are especially brilliant! LOL!

This reminds me of EC's Tonight Show visit at that same time. Joan Rivers (a big Reagan supporter) was the host and EC played a crazed version of PIOT. You could tell she wasn't to happy with EC. I had a tape of this but it is long lost. By the way I am VERY a-political so never been a fan of this s...