Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Mega dittos Noise! Rush is just proving that if you spew enough bullshit, sooner or later you'll step in it.

I saw REM live last week (with Sparklehorse) and they were absolutely outstanding. Michael Stipe was very chatty and engaging and they just seemed like they were having a lot of fun. By the way, REM only filled 2/3 of the venue last week, and Radiohead filled it to the brim last night (another good ...

Yep, got the 'backward' one myself.

Because Elvis is going to be spending time in Canada, we can only fervently pray for a Loverboy collaboration, as well as Elvis' attempt at producing long lost Canadian wonders Chilliwack.

Thanks everyone! A lot of you pointed out stuff I had lined up but I also was reminded of some that I had forgotten and some I was unaware of. I'll keep you posted on how this goes. I'm also writing a proposal for a music appreciation type class to offer as an elective for next year, so I may be bac...

Hey everyone- I teach an Advanced Placement Civics course for 12th grade girls and I've decided to do a unit on popular music and politics- everything from answering the questions about which comes first, the music or the movement, to addressing how rock and roll has been co-opted by politicians and...

I like Simon and Garfunkel. I think their stuff was the epitome of that sensitive-nerdy-guy-in-a-black-turtleneck-who-didn't-understand-why-the-jocks-got-the-girls kind of guy. Plus Paul Simon has managed to show a vivid self-deprecating sort of wit, especially on SNL. Besides, whether anyone thinks...

Actually Rope, I agree with you- I was just trying to have a little fun at Noise's expense and to tie in my favorite board topic: Britney.

The churchy organ in Clowntime No. 2 really makes it for me. A song that is already vaguely ominous becomes more so when slowed down. I don't really have a great interpretation for this song, but it seems to be about the ending of innocence. From what I've seen, most people kinda like this version b...

I agree with Noise, let's keep it above the waist. Anyone seen the new cover of Rolling Stone?

You Tripped at Every Step has been requested.

Wait....what did I miss? Is Elvis going to appear on the A & E program "Live by Request"? Sorry if I've lost the plot......

Since there seems to be some interest, I'll post the track listing for the Kinks tribute CD. It was released on Ryko last year. Fountains of Wayne: Better Things Steve Forbert: Starstruck Jonathan Richman: Stop Your Sobbing Bebel Gilberto: No Return Josh Rouse: A Well Respected Man Cracker: Victoria...

I definitely stand corrected- for some reason I thought MH was from 68. Regardless, its great, and rather than go to Haggard and the Louvins for inspiration, Ray seems to have pulled it out of himself; i.e. put an English spin on being a hillbilly. Cause I'm a Muswell Hillbilly boy I wish I was in W...

Blue Chair- Muswell Hillbillies is an essential Kinks release. The Kinks predated just about every trend that would eventually come down the pike, and Muswell Hillbillies is their excellent stab at country music (before the Byrds and Stones really went there). For the later stuff, I truly feel that ...

Hey GOOT- I love Set Me Free as well (in fact, my band covers it). Sadly, no one does Set Me Free on this album. I don't have the CD in front of me, but when I get home, I'll PM you with the track listing.

Just picked up This is Where I Belong: The Songs of Ray Davies and the Kinks. It's probably the best tribute album I've heard. Standouts are Ron Sexsmith's This is Where I Belong , Steve Forbert's Starstruck , Fountains of Wayne's Better Days and Ray and Damon Albarn doing a live version of Waterloo...

This might be impossible, but just in case: Back on the Mighty Like a Rose tour my friend Robin and I drove from Spokane, WA to Berkeley to see EC and the Rude 5 at the Greek. We were some of the first people in line and met several other fans whom we ended up sitting with. We met a couple named Kev...

The death of my friend last spring and the subsequent death of one of my students (in a one car auto accident the day before school started) have given me a couple of intense perspective/reality checks this year. I have thought a lot about this and I want to ask the forum the following questions: * ...

In response to Noise and Blue Chair, I think you do have to live through a few certain situations to appreciate it. I wish I didn't appreciate as much as I do. And I hope you guys never do. Cheers!

dave

Where can I get a copy of that?

Lyle Lovett gets my write in vote too. He has also championed the songs of many Texas writers on his excellent double CD Step Into This House.

Shuggie Otis Collection
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - Live album
Down By Law on DVD (Tom Waits and John Lurie star and do the music)

My girlfriend just got back from Ireland, so I wanted to make her a CD of Irish and Irish-friendly artists. I got out Bespoke songs and put Christy Moore's 'Deportee' and Ronnie Drew's 'Dirty Rotten Shame'- two brilliant songs off this great compilation.

Y'all are dull and predictable for once....not something I usually associate with this crowd:

J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.)
Thurston Moore and Lee Renaldo (Sonic Youth)
Paul Westerberg
Jamie Nebel (The Makers)
Willie Nelson

So There.