Some of you may have seen me flitting around, and I thought perhaps I ought to introduce myself). I'm 18 (does that make me the baby of the forum.......?) and I'm attempting to study History at Birmingham University.
I've been brainwashed by Elvis, basically. Blue Chair was on the radio when my mum was pregnant. I watched the video "Elvis Costello: The Man" before I went to bed EVERY DAY between the ages of about 1.5 and 4 (drove my grandma nuts), and then went off him for a while. THen about a year ago, stuck on my dad's EC CD's again.
WOW! The lyrics! I appreciated them more when I was 16 going on 17 then when I was 14, and last listened to him. I guess I could understand what he was saying then...
Then the 2 disc reissues were on sale at musiczone for £6.97 (about $5 maybe...?) There were only the early ones (up to B&C) and my dad had most of them. Except Goodbye Cruel World. Which means that the first Elvis CD I bought with my own money was Goodbye Cruel World!
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But I liked it! And have since then bought from shops or online all his officially released stuff except Il Sogno. I have very few of his live stuff, but that will come...
My favourite album of his is Get Happy!! It's astonishing. Closely followed by King of America, which means a lot to me. It was the first present my Dad bought my Mum. Other favourites include Spike, Armed Forces, Trust, I could list them all, dammit! Except maybe WIWC and GCW (I'm off it now).
So why is Elvis a bugger? Well, all the money I've spent on him! Not just the hundreds of pounds I've spent on his back catalogue, but the avenues he leads me down. I'm listening to Brinsley Schwarz, who I ordered form amazon cos Graham Thompson said Elvis was a huge fan of theirs. And I love it, so will have to buy more. The swine's even got me into country music! And I'm OBSESSED by him, but what can you do?
Thanks for reading all this,
Cory