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- Sat Jan 15, 2022 9:58 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis Costello presents "Pirate Radio" from Defend Vinyl, January 15, 2022
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12344
Re: Elvis Costello presents "Pirate Radio" from Defend Vinyl, January 15, 2022
This was great! Do we think there is any chance of an archived version of this showing up at some point? Or will it be a "you had to be there" kind of stream?
- Sat Jan 15, 2022 6:15 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: How Many Songs Has EC Written?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18735
Re: How Many Songs Has EC Written?
I probably should just request an account for the wiki, but in any case it looks like it's time for a Boy Named If update, which should bring the total up to 630. (And that's not counting any songs I might be forgetting since Hey Clockface). EC just gave an interview to People magazine where he casu...
- Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:11 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
- Replies: 495
- Views: 1373824
Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Listening to the album on Spotify in NYC right now...
UPDATE: WOW!!!!
UPDATE: WOW!!!!
- Tue Nov 02, 2021 10:51 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Songs of Bacharach & Costello: collection based on Painted From Memory, March 3, 2023
- Replies: 201
- Views: 1636151
Re: New compilation / package, based on Painted From Memory, 2022
PFM is the oldest EC album to not yet have a deluxe reissue, since the Rhino editions only went up to ATUB. I really hope we will get a chance to hear some demos, to get a glimpse of these songs in their earliest stages of development as EC & Burt were writing them and before they were fully fil...
- Wed Oct 13, 2021 9:59 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Interview + new single on WEVL FM in Memphis, October 12, 2021
- Replies: 25
- Views: 17947
Re: Interview + new single on WEVL FM in Memphis, October 12, 2021
Capitol Records logo on that 45!
Did EC sign with a new label? He is listed as appearing courtesy of EMI in the liner notes for Spanish Model, which I believe would put him back under the UMG umbrella, yes?
Did EC sign with a new label? He is listed as appearing courtesy of EMI in the liner notes for Spanish Model, which I believe would put him back under the UMG umbrella, yes?
- Tue Sep 14, 2021 11:57 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: A girl named Wendy
- Replies: 26
- Views: 31222
Re: A girl named Wendy
I still can't believe that there has never been a proper release of all of EC's Wendy James demos. I thought for sure we would get them during the Rhino campaign but now I wonder if we ever will. I've always thought it would make a perfect limited edition vinyl release-- it's too obscure and raw to ...
- Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:10 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Spanish Model, Sept 10, 2021 - New release based on one of Elvis Costello and the Attractions most celebrated albums!!
- Replies: 265
- Views: 417831
Re: Spanish Model, Sept 10, 2021 - New release based on one of Elvis Costello and the Attractions most celebrated albums
I really find it disturbing to hear the music I have known for so long being treated this way. Not "good" disturbing. watched 45 seconds of big tears. yuck. again, i so wish i could 'go' with this, but, well, nope. when i put it up against clockface and the ridiculous armed forces comics,...
- Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:42 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Spanish Model, Sept 10, 2021 - New release based on one of Elvis Costello and the Attractions most celebrated albums!!
- Replies: 265
- Views: 417831
Re: Spanish Model, Sept 10, 2021 - New release based on one of Elvis Costello and the Attractions most celebrated albums
I really find it disturbing to hear the music I have known for so long being treated this way. Not "good" disturbing. watched 45 seconds of big tears. yuck. again, i so wish i could 'go' with this, but, well, nope. when i put it up against clockface and the ridiculous armed forces comics,...
- Sun Jun 13, 2021 7:28 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: "La Face de Pendule à Coucou" EP (French versions of Hey Clockface songs)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 42803
Re: "La Face de Pendule à Coucou" EP (French versions of Hey Clockface songs)
How many people got one of these yesterday? I ordered a copy from Rough Trade but then a friend in the UK picked one up for me, so I may end up with a 2nd copy (that another friend already asked for, should that happen). I wonder why this was made a UK-only release. Was that strategic? Or practical?...
- Tue May 11, 2021 11:35 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & Sebastian Krys in conversation at the Latin Alternative Music Conference, May 6, 2021
- Replies: 17
- Views: 18438
Re: Elvis & Sebastian Krys in conversation at the Latin Alternative Music Conference, May 6, 2021
I think This Year's Model is a strong enough album to survive alternative interpretations by other performers.
- Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:52 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: "La Face de Pendule à Coucou" EP (French versions of Hey Clockface songs)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 42803
Re: "La Face de Pendule à Coucou" EP (French versions of Hey Clockface songs)
I will chime in to say that I return to the Purse EP fairly often and like its 4 tracks as much as anything on Look Now or Hey Clockface. I think the new EP is a fun curio but agree it will probably wind up in the same column as Wise Up Thought or The Sweetest Punch. I will buy the physical release ...
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:50 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: "La Face de Pendule à Coucou" EP (French versions of Hey Clockface songs)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 42803
Re: "La Face de Pendule à Coucou" EP (French versions of Hey Clockface songs)
A vinyl release out this summer from Concord Records!
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:35 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Farewell, OK 2020: new song!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 39002
Re: Farewell, OK 2020: new song!
It's not unlike the days when one might hear a song pop up on the radio before an album is released-- you might catch all of it or some of it, you might even be quick enough to hit record, but if not, you gotta wait till the record is released! (This was my pre-release experience of Brutal Youth in ...
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 5:46 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1232477
Re: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
Just confirming that my 7" has Busy Bodies (alternate version) in its proper place!
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:08 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Almost Blue
- Replies: 24
- Views: 28316
Re: Almost Blue
AND in addition to the song reference, "The Other Side Of Summer" has the lyric at the end about "the mightiest rose."
EC avoided having overt title tracks until ATUB and then he got on a kick of having them more often than not! PFM, FTS, TDM, TRIR, NR, WUG, HC
EC avoided having overt title tracks until ATUB and then he got on a kick of having them more often than not! PFM, FTS, TDM, TRIR, NR, WUG, HC
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:08 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1232477
Re: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
The box is gorgeous. The expanded liner notes are great. It feels like they are in dialogue with both his previous liner notes and Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, which he references a few times within. It feels like a real celebration of the record. I hope there is enough demand for a Get ...
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 1:31 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1232477
Re: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
Mine still says the post office has printed the label but is waiting for the package... I wonder whether my Armed Forces set will get here before or after my Hey Clockface vinyl...
- Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:59 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: What Next For Elvis after A Face In The Crowd ?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 66343
Re: What Next For Elvis after A Face In The Crowd ?
Is my wishful thinking getting out of hand, or has EC dropped several hints that he and the Imposters have been recording remotely? From Variety : "Although he skipped over recording with his band the Imposters on 'Hey Clockface,' he emphasizes his love for that unit as 'a functioning group in...
- Fri Nov 06, 2020 12:41 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: 50 Songs For 50 Days - Elvis Costello's October Surprise
- Replies: 176
- Views: 224601
Re: 50 Songs For 50 Days - Elvis Costello's October Surprise
Too much time on my hands? I put all those lyrics together into one continuous supersong. It's kind of a fun listen: DktG60AH3IY This is a fun listen. Its rhythm sort of takes me back to when there were TV commercials for music compilations on TV and you would hear small snippets as the titles scro...
- Thu Nov 05, 2020 1:48 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: What Next For Elvis after A Face In The Crowd ?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 66343
Re: What Next For Elvis after A Face In The Crowd ?
Oooh... I would be very excited to hear what EC & The Imposters would come up with in the current unusual circumstances. I was thinking we would have to wait until they could get back into a room together but the idea that 2021 could bring us a new Imposters LP makes me hopeful!
- Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:37 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Hey Clockface released October 30, 2020
- Replies: 331
- Views: 2108002
Re: New album Hey Clockface will be released October 30, 2020
I love it. I was expecting it to be kind of a hot mess COVID album-- and undoubtedly it is a different LP than we might've gotten if the pandemic hadn't happened and EC had gone into Abbey Road with The Imposters as planned-- but it holds together nicely. It is adventurous and experimental but the a...
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:34 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1232477
Re: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
For me, it may be that 'the times' make it hard for me to take any more "aggressive provocation." And, I think, those comics are not aggressively provocative. They are very limp and make the aggressive provocations of Armed Forces seem, well, limper. I dare say that I wish he or his desig...
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 8:30 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1232477
Re: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
Again, I get not liking them but I also find Armed Forces to be the one point in EC's discography where he is pushing at the ugliness of culture and history in ways that are aggressively provocative. Songs like "Chemistry Class" are making sex jokes mere seconds before referencing Hitler's...
- Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:33 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1232477
Re: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
First it is e.c. driving them over a cliff. And so, sexist parodies, parodies of masculinities,..ha ha, i get it. Armed! Forced!!! Trying!!! Hard!!!! Big Boys!!!!!! Breasts!!!!! Weapons!!!!! Cooooool. Insert Puke Emojii here. I perhaps-wrongly thought that armed forces was a parody, a punch AGAINST...
- Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:28 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Complete Armed Forces (Super Deluxe Edition)
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1232477
Re: Armed Forces Redux - 6 record set
There are tours I'd rather see releases from first, like some 1986 shows, but I'd love to get a Rude 5 live release. I kind of doubt it will happen, though, unless they start releasing a TON of stuff from the vaults. I love their MTV Unplugged set and any of the clips from 1991 I've seen on YouTube ...