Elvis Costello Fan Forum

This morning on the national news... new names for 'rock werchter' (one of the biggest festivals in Europe) Kraftwerk, Jamie Cullum and ... Elvis and the Imposters. Other bands: REM, Faithless, Keane.

Date: 30th june - 3rd july.

More info:
http://www.rockwerchter.be/RW2005/site.htm

Frank.

What strikes me, when I reed the English reviews, is that they seem to talk more about the person 'Costello' than about his music. They want to classify Costello but they can't; the English press really seems to have a problem with that. Do they still bother to listen to his music? I wonder. A big d...

Sorry for being so late with my review, but I had a real busy week. By now, I’ve seen Elvis at least 12/13 times, and this show certainly was one of his bests. Despite a virus (and some problems with his voice) he looked very much in shape and was very energetic. To Cope: it must have been someone e...

Hello,

I was there. Don't have the time now to give you a full report. It's was a great show, but Elvis struggled with a virus, so his voice sometimes let him down.

It's incredible that he did almost 30 songs with a painfull troath. Admirable. Full report later.

Waarom eens niet in het nederlands? Ik vond het Metropole Orkest niet zo fantastisch. (althans op TV) Tijdens de uitvoering van 'Almost Ideal Eyes' (ook uitvoerig te zien tijdens de repetities) hadden ze duidelijk last met het brugje. Ook tijdens de uitvoering was dit volgens mij alles behalve vlekk...

Today - 17/12 - is exactly 27 year's (!!!!) ago that Elvis made his famous SNL appearance. Paul Inglis writes about this: It was a performance so controversial and inflammatory that he was subsequently banned from appearing on Saturday Night Live again until 1989. Even the circumstances leading to E...

1. Either side of the same town 2. Country darkness 3. There's a story in your voice 4. Bedlam 5. Monkey to man 6. The delivery man 7. Heart shaped bruise 8. The scarlet tide 9. Needle time 10. The name of this thing is not love 11. The judgement 12. Nothing clings like ivy 13. Button my lip ... and...

I'm listening to it at this very moment. Great stuff in true BBC tradition. The show will be on air every day this week. When you have real player installed, you can listen to it via the web. Every true fan should.
Thanks for the tip.

There were a few (very possitive) reviews in the national press. This is the review from 'De Morgen', monday 2004/07/12. Met Elvis Costello haalde Cactus een van de grootste songwriters van deze tijd onder zeil: het hedendaagse equivalent van een Cole Porter, zeg maar. Het zal dan ook niet verbazen ...

Great show; Elvis is great shape. The song before 'God's Comic' was 'Nothing clings like Evy'.

Frank.

I saw a great coverage of the show on the TV (ned. 3) last night. We saw Elvis perform 3 songs live (almost ideal eyes, speak darkly my angel - unknown to me- and episode of blonde), we saw him during a rehearsal with the metropole orchestra (almost ideal eyes) an there was also an interview. Tonigh...

If you are seeking a destination for your holidays this summer, why not try the beautiful city of Brugge. There's a very nice festival, located in a park, not far from the city center. The first names are:....

http://www.cactusmusic.be/concerts/cact ... rlopig.htm


Worth a visit, he.

'Look at the man that you call uncle'

Just got the real set-list: (My poor memory and too much wine are responsable for the differrences) Accidents Will Happen 45 Rocking Horse Road Brilliant Mistake The Long Honeymoon - only with piano Shot With His Own Gun - only with piano This House Is Empty Now - only with piano You Left Me In The ...

Hello all, Just got back from the Brussels concert. Incredible evening. Costello was in great shape, the theatre was sold out, all of them real Costello fans. The crowd received the North songs very well and Costello told us ‘how much this means to him’. He performed the whole North album (in 4 part...

In the interviews Elvis is giving, he talks about an English expression 'I'm going south' wich means something like 'not doing so well'. In that sense, 'North' has a positive conotation.

Or has it something to do with CanaKrall... ?

This chart shows the best selling albums for one week in the two main record shops of Amsterdam: Concerto and Get Records. North is also doing quite well in Belgium, as mentioned. You can give it a vote at http://www.humo.be (go to 'Rock etc' - then to 'humo top 20'). You'll see a list of albums and...

I do my best. I'm at work at the moment, so I don't have much time. Hope my boss doens't read this. Here it goes: Costello at his best as a ‘voice-acrobat’ By Louis Du Moulin. Before the gig in ‘Ter Doelen’, Costello put his hands in concrete to have his own little piece in ‘The Walk of Fame’ Rotter...

If it’s all right for you all, I occasionally will bring some ‘Elvis-news’ from our little country, Belgium. Humo, one of the most important magazines, gave ‘North’ the following review. I post it because it is one of the best I’ve read till now. The journalist obviously took the trouble to listen ...

Interesting review: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/classicpop/reviews/elviscostello_north.shtml Ballads feature throughout Elvis Costello's output, from 1977's "Alison" and the lacrymose "Almost Blue", to his recent collaboration with Burt Bacharach. His latest project is a suite of ...

There's a pic at http://www.elviscostello.info. I'm the one extremely left (green shirt - next to the mike and Steve). My wife is sitting next to me. By the way, I took some photo's. I will mail them asap. Elvis announced a new 'masterplan': an new album with The Brodsky Quartet (he will also appear...

North is released in Europe today, with 'impatience' on track 12, the dvd and the code to download North. On the last page of the booklet are the words 'For the lass of R.H.' - does someone know what this means ?

Hello, I’m back home, not yet recovered from what I just witnessed. I can’t impossibly explain the emotions I felt, while I was listening to Elvis and Steve; there was only one meter in between us. I actually could hear Elvis breathe while he was singing !!! He was very kind, laughed to us all and t...

Can I ask for a cover ? I always liked his version of 'Psycho' (I have the live recordings at the Palomini Club - Hollywood) - could have been his lyricks: Can mary fry some fish, mama I'm as hungry as can be Oh lord, how i wish, mama You could stop the baby cryin' 'cause my head is killing me I saw...

Well miss BA,

I was planning to take my wife with me. But if you make the trip from New Jersey to Brussels, this is an offer I can't refuse.

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