Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Oh you yankee sons of bitches.

Mose Allison - Blame It On Cain.

A question : would you be more ready to download illegally if a single CD cost 30GBP ? No, but I'd buy fewer records. That translates to $45AUD. When I first started buying CDs at the age of eight or nine and I had to save up several months pocket money to afford one, they cost about $30AUD. If the...

What about buying a second hand LP? Is that legal? Of course. Presumably, the LP was originally paid for at a record store, with profits going back to the artist and label, then when the owner of the LP grew tired with the album, decided to sell it, which was perfectly within his moral and legal ri...

Terrible, terrible news. God, Ken Russell and Hubert Sumlin in the space of a week.

What about buying a second hand LP? Is that legal? Of course. Presumably, the LP was originally paid for at a record store, with profits going back to the artist and label, then when the owner of the LP grew tired with the album, decided to sell it, which was perfectly within his moral and legal ri...

A interesting round-up of the usual cliches, old and new, about Elvis. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/8933197/Elvis-Costello-a-troubled-troubadour.html#disqus_thread Crimey, that's a bit obnoxious. If you were reading that unawares, you'd think Costello was boycotting the ...

On the bootlegging question, I don't think there's any real moral quandry there - if something isn't available commercially, you're not doing anyone out of their just income by distributing it. However, if someone were to sell a bootleg, I'd look askance on that, as it then becomes someone making a ...

And what if you consider let your reader decide how much they want to pay on your book/music/whatever (Radiohead? Anyone?)? That's a straw man example. By the time Radiohead did that, they had millions of fans who had been buying their records for years and had a loyalty to their brand. They had th...

I will say that, while I don't disagree, I was arguing during the rise of Napster that what the music industry needed to do was lower CD prices or they would lose a generation. There was a sweet spot that was closer to 10 dollars than 20, and they were inching up rather than down. By the time the i...

How many music fans do you know who only have downloaded files? A disturbing number actually. I actually spoke to a music fan not too longer ago, who has aspirations to be a professional musician, who was irritated at being unable to find a copy of a record online illegally. When I suggested that t...

Jim Lauderdale and the Sugarcanes with Buddy Miller (filling Jim's harmony slot) - Blame It On Cain.
Nick Lowe - Shipbuilding.

David Bowie - Beyond Belief.

stricttime81 wrote:Ray Davies - Mr. Feathers.

I always thought that song had a Kinkish vibe to it.

For a really Kinkish vibe...

Ray Davies - Waiting for the End of the World.

I think I'll pick that up. See how it contrasts with the documentary I just finished.

Nick Lowe - That's Not The Part of Him You're Leaving.

Buddy Miller with the McCrary sisters - Five Small Words.

Marty Stuart - Complicated Shadows.

bambooneedle wrote:Go Away is pretty crap too.

Couldn't disagree more. Love that tune. Double Thomas action!

Ymaginatif wrote:

Jeremy Dylan wrote:

Ymaginatif wrote:Costello should eb able to cancel this release.

No.

why not?

He's not releasing the album - the record label is.

Ymaginatif wrote:Costello should eb able to cancel this release.

No.

Prices are set by the record label. Unless the artist makes a particular stipulation about a unit price before licensing the recording to the label to be distributed, they really have no control over the final price. Or sometime about a record being released period - just ask Tim McGraw about his th...

'Sulphur' sounds like a masterpiece once they have finished Sulphur is a masterpiece. The songs I gravitate towards the least probably have much to do with production as song content. I rarely listen to most of Punch the Clock and Goodbye Cruel World, but hearing some of those songs in an acoustic ...

Maybe not on disc but live Radio Sweetheart and God's Comic fill me with dread. Could be the monologues which don't appear to have changed much but I cringe with the lines "if you've ever felt like dressing up in satin and lace ....." Hey! They're two of my favourite live tunes, especiall...

Yanyna wrote:

Plus I don't really like EC's "noisy" songs (eg, National Ransom No. 5).

Is there anybody who likes the "noisy" songs? I LOVE them!

So do I, especially Button My Lip. Great showoff track for the Imposters - all that on one chord!