Elvis Costello Fan Forum

You forgot All This Useless Beauty.

Elvis appears on a new "celebrity playlist," this one from Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson, the stars of "Clerks II." Anderson picks "Tart," explaining: "Because a playlist without Elvis Costello is like a trip to the drive-thru safari without monkeys ripping th...

My all time favorite recorded cover of EC's might just be What Do I Do Now. Mine too... except for the "might" part. 1. What Do I Do Now? 2. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 3. Walking On Thin Ice 4. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding? 5. He'll Have To Go (live from the Pa...

Very interesting. On the other hand, EC mentions only the Little Willie John and Beatles versions of "Leave My Kitten Alone" in the Kojak Variety liner notes. I would think he would also mention a lesser known cover version if that's where he heard it first.

Or you could just get the MP3:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 705C1C40CD

(The visual portion of the video is pretty much worthless anyway, since the camera was so far from the stage.)

The Deliveryman wrote:Did anyone have the foresight to capture the "Cheap Reward" clip that was up on YouTube? Never got a chance to check it out earlier, and now it's gone...

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 223C578FBE

You'll need an application that can play FLV files.

I won't promise this is mistake free because gees, I started losing it towards the end since I was right up next to the stage dancing my ass off. Understood... but I'm guessing they didn't really do "Wonder Woman" as both songs 24 and 29. And isn't "Feels So Good" (song 14) just...

This setlist was submitted to the Elvis Costello Home Page . Can someone who was at the show identify songs 25 and 26? I'm guessing the Professor Longhair medley and "Ascension Day." 01. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding? 02. Monkey To Man 03. On Your Way Down 04. A Cer...

On the recording of the first Beacon show, just before going into "Riverboat," Elvis sings "Then he threw something down into the rushing river and won't ever recover," which is a line from his own "The Name Of This Thing Is Not Love."

Is that what you have in mind?

Did he work "Slow Down" into "Pump It Up" in Dublin, or was that only at later shows?

Elvis never did a song called "Keep It Confidential." My best guess is the song in question is "King of Confidence," the 1985 outtake which appears as a bonus track on the King of America reissues.

Sounds like a garbled reference to Nick Lowe's "Marie Provost," but that was a dachshund, not a poodle.

Given her location (Essex, Maryland), she's most likely referring to the June 15 show at the Wolf Trap.

I want more.

I wish. If I was, I'd be dressed like this That would have been so embarrassing for us both to show up in the same outfit. Here's the setlist: 1. Tears, Tears And More Tears 2. A Certain Girl 3. Clown Strike 4. Broken Promise Land 5. Freedom For The Stallion 6. The River In Reverse 7. Who's Gonna H...

I'll be there. Anyone else going?

From the Los Angeles Times : June 15, 2006 POP MUSIC Powerful forces of nature Elvis Costello pairs up with New Orleans' Allen Toussaint for an album set in motion by Katrina. By Randy Lewis, Times Staff Writer The yin-yang aspects of the new collaboration between Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint,...

Question on an episode of the early '80s game show "Blockbusters":

"What 'C' is singer Elvis or comedian Lou?"

Ok, so the latter is far superior, but it's like he looked back and thought :idea: :idea: :idea: ..."that damn 'Party Party' was a great tune ruined by very very bad lyrics.....now i'll do it damn proper!" And yet the tune is Toussaint's. Notice the writing credit for "International ...

First live performance of "Congratulations"?

Or will EC go with "Peace Like A River," "American Tune," or "Overs," all of which he mentioned in his Vanity Fair list of 500 albums?

This is frustrating. iTunes US has "Where Is The Love," but the only way you can buy it is if you buy the entire album.

I don't think anyone's mentioned that iTunes UK is selling the non-album track "Where Is The Love."

Hopefully by Tuesday iTunes US will be selling it too.

Oddly enough, I think he may have done some research and based that comment on this bit in the "Downbeat" article: Toussaint didn't know much about Costello before they met. "I just knew there was an Elvis Costello," he says. "But I was stationary in New Orleans. New Orleans...

And it's just been announced that the DVD will be out August 22.