Elvis Costello Fan Forum

What a tremendous professional debut.

Couldn't Call it Unexpected #4 When MLAR was released, my brother was coming to the end of a long, losing struggle with cancer. The song hit me, hard, immediately. I know that many people aren't particularly enamored with the studio take of this song, but I will always consider it one of the high p...

The 2-disc release (as shown by Amazon, anyway) has a slightly different track list than the individual releases.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006IS ... 00_details

cwr wrote:...and is more fun than listening to "Land Of Give And Take" on its own...

Many things are.

Can't we all just get along?

On Amazon U.S., the 2-disc listing is attributed to a different label than the two single-disc releases.

The plot thickens...

Oh and I am kind of confused, was this 'This Is Tomorrow' supposed to be some sort of live DVD or record that was part of the Hollywood High collection bit ? This is Tomorrow was a very nicely done 2-CD bootleg. It was sourced from the transcription discs that where used as a BBC radio broadcast. h...

johnfoyle wrote:And now for something completely different......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 4WNiFgYko8

When that I was & a little tiny boy-John Harle & Costello

Always liked that one.

Seriously.
It reminds me of Noel Redding whining about Hendrix.

Yeah -- the George Jones demos are very interesting, in that it's really the only instance (to any great degree) that Costello has sung songs in another's "voice".
I love that stuff. Particularly Brilliant Disguise.

Otis Westinghouse wrote:There's a flatness to the thing as a whole.

Yeah. I can see that.
It certainly isn't what it could have been.

Kevin Davis wrote:...though I think the Dylan cover is rotten...

Love it.
Particularly the keyboards.

Kevin Davis wrote:...Still, if it had never come out in the first place, how could it have ever been reissued with that great bonus disc?...

Can't argue with that.

Yeah. Exactly.

I was going to include a caveat (along those lines) to my post, but I'm not feeling particularly articulate this day.

That's a pretty tough one to pull off live, I'd say.

bronxapostle wrote:...if Nick Cave writes murderous songs, is he a murderer???

Right.
Like Nick Cave isn't a murderer.

Shit.

Thank you for the remarkable effort.
I had hoped that it would be an ongoing resource.

Shit.

docinwestchester wrote:In the interview he did for Live From The Artists Den (Nov 2, 2010) he said "I have as much in common with a welder as I do a writer".
I call bullshit, Elvis.

I don't know.
Have you ever witnessed the fruits of his welding acumen?

It's really something to behold.

I'll Be Back is an amazing piece of songwriting.
Particularly in the context of the time period.

The Gentleman wrote:

bil1cat wrote:I was hoping at some point in the Revolver tour he would just do the whole Revolver album as a lark.

Pete would have gone to town on "Tomorrow Never Knows."

No kidding.

I got into a squabble on a political message board with a very conservative fellow (and very pro- Israel ) around the time of the Tel Aviv cancellation. The path of the discourse eventually went throught Columbus (by the other fellow's hand, of course) -- I suspect after some internet-based research...

sulky lad wrote: Just a little point though - Bruce was allegedly there in the "fracas " that resulted but has never made any mention of any of the incident.

That's a good point.
Bruce hasn't exactly been known for diligent discretion -- in matters regarding his former employer, anyway.

The arrangement of Arms Race is kick-ass.
Particularly the bass line.

By no means a benchmark composition -- and it certainly felt like a throwaway upon release -- but, nonetheless, it was the first undertaking with horns on it (I believe, offhand), so it had its charming novelty at the time.
And -- it's got a bit of a groove to it.

Well, the point is: Elvis Costellow is one full-time hypocrite or some kind of twisted political dilettante. In fact, he should have written "How to be Dumb," for himself. Maybe he did what with all his claims to prescience? Ha! Bruce? Is that you? ( Loved your work with The Attractions ....

Having not actually attended that night in Columbus (I had another engagement), I've never really been inclined to draw any conclusions regarding the significance or inherent psychology of the "event". I'm actually, to be honest, hesitant to accept unequivicably that it even happened as &q...