EC on VH1 Classic "Decades Rock Live" May 19, 2006
Is VH1 Classic a separate channel? I turned on VH1 and there was some lame program about rock stars and the top 40 hot wives. It seems the program was targeting adolescent boys/wanna be rockstar types. There were lots of still shots of women with big boobs - and that was just the first 10 minutes. Not my kind of entertainment! Maybe I'll catch this program sometime, somewhere...
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Finally caught this last night and enjoyed it very much. The stuff with Fiona was the best. The pairing with Billie Joe felt a little forced and awkward and EC clearly didn't know that set of Green Day songs nearly as well as he clearly rehearsed the Fiona song he sang. Still, a fun show with a decent interview interspersed throughout.
Loadsa extracts here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDieK3Bs ... cov%2Ehtml
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http://youtube.com/results?search=decad ... rch=Search
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDieK3Bs ... cov%2Ehtml
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http://youtube.com/results?search=decad ... rch=Search
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Fiona Apple's version of I Want You is now for sale on iTunes:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 3&s=143441
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 3&s=143441
Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
A DVD of this finally reached me (thanks Herb!) the other day and I've just sat through it. The most interesting parts were Elvis' performances of the other artist’s songs, especially Death Cabs' I Will Follow You Into The Dark, Elvis feeling the need to preface it with a apology to ' Sister Mary Cecelia ' for the Catholic reference in it. Elvis and The Impostors take on Fiona Apple's Tymps was interesting in that Steve'n Pete seemed to have really worked out a intricate arrangement for it. I don't know the original so can't say if it improves on it or merely replicates it. Billy Joe seemed a little distant, not surprising since , in one of the interspersed 'group discussion' segments (disjointed, heavily edited, mind bendingly lightweight in content), he mentions having been up 'til 2 the previous night trying to figure out Elvis' lyrics. The Alison performance is atrocious. Elvis grins inanely throughout it giving away, perhaps, his misgiving at the fact that the song just is not suited to a duet presentation.
Seeing the I Want You performance on a proper tv screen ( as opposed to wobbly computer versions from Youtube) reveals some previously missed aspects . Elvis' n The Imps studiously blank faced reaction to her emotive delivery could be put down to concentration on instrument playing. Maybe they thought it would allow the audience focus on Ms Apple. A simple lighting decision to dim all except a spot on her would have been just as effective but would, I suppose, have been out of step with the garish presentation. Similarly it could be that they were focusing on not cracking up. At the end you can see Elvis, Steve 'n Pete all looking at Fiona, wondering if she'll go the whole hog and give the song's refrain yet another go. She doesn't and they finish, blank faces even blanker.
The excessive use of back-projected images and the sweeping camera angles are, I suppose, standard features of this kind of show but were tiring and reminded me why I don't watch much music on tv. No Action is particularly blighted by it.
All in all, an interesting presentation but, format-wise , just not my cup of tea.
Seeing the I Want You performance on a proper tv screen ( as opposed to wobbly computer versions from Youtube) reveals some previously missed aspects . Elvis' n The Imps studiously blank faced reaction to her emotive delivery could be put down to concentration on instrument playing. Maybe they thought it would allow the audience focus on Ms Apple. A simple lighting decision to dim all except a spot on her would have been just as effective but would, I suppose, have been out of step with the garish presentation. Similarly it could be that they were focusing on not cracking up. At the end you can see Elvis, Steve 'n Pete all looking at Fiona, wondering if she'll go the whole hog and give the song's refrain yet another go. She doesn't and they finish, blank faces even blanker.
The excessive use of back-projected images and the sweeping camera angles are, I suppose, standard features of this kind of show but were tiring and reminded me why I don't watch much music on tv. No Action is particularly blighted by it.
All in all, an interesting presentation but, format-wise , just not my cup of tea.
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Elvis sings fiona apple's I KNOW
Does anyone know where I can find an mp3 of Elvis performing Fiona Apple's I Know on the Decades of Rock Live. It was amazing! I find it on youtube and I've been watching it over and over, but I'd really love to have an mp3. It's pretty much my favorite song and Elvis made me love it more.
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This blog -
http://blog.listencarefully.co.uk/?p=1294
includes the photo, new to me , that was used in the poster for this -
http://blog.listencarefully.co.uk/?p=1294
includes the photo, new to me , that was used in the poster for this -
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Re: EC on VH1 Classic "Decades Rock Live" May 19, 2006
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Produced by Barry Summers, the critically acclaimed Decades Rock Live Concert Series featuring Elvis Costello with special guests Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Fiona Apple and Death Cab For Cutie in this Rockin Live Performance of Billie Joe and Elvis performing Green Day's "Basketcase" from the upcoming "Best Of Decades Rock Live" DVD coming Winter 2010 !
Produced by Barry Summers, the critically acclaimed Decades Rock Live Concert Series featuring Elvis Costello with special guests Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Fiona Apple and Death Cab For Cutie in this Rockin Live Performance of Billie Joe and Elvis performing Green Day's "Basketcase" from the upcoming "Best Of Decades Rock Live" DVD coming Winter 2010 !
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Re: EC on VH1 Classic "Decades Rock Live" May 19, 2006
hey DOC!!!!!!!! you never arrived at putting the NON AIRED songs to any decent sounding status???
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Re: EC on VH1 Classic "Decades Rock Live" May 19, 2006
I put this on Dime 2 months ago. 147 snatches. I did not include the non-EC outtakes:bronxapostle wrote:hey DOC!!!!!!!! you never arrived at putting the NON AIRED songs to any decent sounding status???
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... &id=334448
Elvis Costello And The Imposters With Friends
Decades Rock Live - The Outtakes
Recorded May 19, 2006
Trump Taj Mahal
Atlantic City, NJ
Originally broadcast on VH1 Classic on July 21, 2006
Elvis Costello - guitars, vocals
The Imposters:
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Pete Thomas - drums
Davey Faragher - bass, backing vocals
Friends:
Fiona Apple - vocals
Death Cab For Cutie:
Ben Gibbard - guitars, vocals
Chris Walla - guitars, keyboards
Nicholas Harmer - bass
Jason McGerr - drums
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This is a companion to http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=322398
which is the VH1 broadcast audio.
None of the tracks in this torrent were included in the VH1 broadcast.
These tracks were obtained from an audience source.
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Source: master audience recording
Taper: bronxapostle
Equipment: Sony cassette recorder
Sound: fair(mp3 samples attached in the comments)
Lineage: CDR > EAC > WAV > TLH > FLAC 6 (align SB) > foobar2000 (flac tags)
01 (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes - EC and BG
02 When I Was Cruel No. 2 - EC and Death Cab For Cutie
03 Uncomplicated - EC and The Imposters
04 Man Out Of Time - EC and The Imposters
05 Red Red Red - EC and The Imposters with FA
06 The River In Reverse - EC and The Imposters
07 Clubland - EC and The Imposters
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Re: EC on VH1 Classic "Decades Rock Live" May 19, 2006
sorry Doc!!! maybe, just maybe, if i learned how to torrent, i would have know this. not my best recording in THE WORST EVER sounding hall i EVER saw EC if not ANY act!!! does it make a valid companion piece for what was not broadcast????