Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Went to the Oakland show and it was fantastic. So much fun. Give Elvis a little credit for knowing how to pace a show. He does spin the wheel himself, does play multi-song sets between spins, and also instructs some spinners to do double spins, then plays both songs. As for Pump It Up, in 6/8 time i...

tv -- here it is
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12000451

A long (11 dense pages!) article available on line to subscribers and in print this week. I can't figure out how to post it here but maybe someone else can? http://www.newyorker.com/ Also has a stream to the entirety of the new album, which will be available -- to anyone -- for a week http://www.new...

Looks like he had better bring his boots http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11579988 John Wilson on Front Row today mentioned Thatcher's in hospital and asked him if he still stands by Tramp The Dirt Down and he replied "I don’t think the things that were loosed during her regime are forgiv...

interview on radio 4 NOW!

Elvis spoke at length and lovingly about Nick and the Costello Sings Lowe/Nick Sings Elvis show, and performed I'm A Mess as his "cover of a great British-penned hit as part of the Great British Songbook Library" on Simon Mayo 27 Oct: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vgb1n (I know there ...

interview on Radio 4 coming up at 19:15 GMT today!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vhgcz


see him perform Jimmie Standing in the Rain in the studio:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00bv8b1

Elvis playing Nick Lowe's I'm a Mess

http://www.elviscostello.com/#/news/elvis-costello-and-imposters-play-reno/41 Elvis Costello and Imposters play Reno, close with "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Trust" by Roger McGuinn. Really? Now that I look at the lyrics to "I Trust" (a song I don't know), yes, he did ...

Overall, an excellent rockin’ concert of classics that was in high gear from the get-go. A tacky venue full of drunk adults, old time gamblers and the curious. All in all, an adult mood for partying and enjoying the Elvis portfolio of super songs. Dancing in the aisles and singing along with intermi...

so like elvis

here's what he played that night in 1978; wonder which of these he'll play this time:

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... Washington

I hope somebody figures this one out! I got nowhere on google. It is definitely a war song. The dog is by the soldier's side on the battlefield. In San Luis Obispo Elvis said it came from the songwriter's experience in Southeast Asia. It didn't seem like he was telling a story and it was really he w...

I think this is right: Blue Chair Brilliant Mistake Down Among the Wines and Spirits Veronica Nothing Clings Like Ivy New Amsterdam/You've Got to Hide Your Love Away Every Day I Write The Book Bedlam Jimmy Standing in the Rain Slow Drag with Josephine (sat on edge of stage; included whistle solo) Wa...

Here's how I remember it, though one song on the list -- The Spell That You Cast -- I don't remember if he sang it or not. He did sing a number of new songs, just not sure if one of them is The Spell That You Cast. The director of the place introduced him and announced it would be 90 minutes, no int...

Listening to the recording (besides wishing I was there!) it's interesting to hear how meticulous it is. They really concentrated on a exact recreation , right down to ( as I speculated last week) Pete's uncharacteristically plain drum playing. Occasionally Elvis seems to start getting fancy with h...

He wasn't talking about the credit card company; rather the type of visa the members of Clover were travelling under. They could not legally work without a work permit, which their visas (I'm guessing tourist visas?) didn't allow, so they couldn't play gigs or be credited on the album. If the govern...

Imperial Bedroom
Armed Forces
Juliet Letters

Obviously.

A bit of fun here.

Pick your oddest pairing of Elvis songs. Order matters, of course. Imagine you are sitting in your comfy chair and a chimp was your DJ.

YIKES! Those songs are an odd combo!

Here's mine:
Toledo
Man out of time

--- gives me the shivers.
Points taken off for using Il Sogno.