Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Next time ´round is my favourite: simple but TERRIFIC!

Congratulations, Blue.

Not everybody has had a major crush with a playmate.
Welcome to the CLub!

Obsessive chorus... as it should.

The other side of summer.

We all would like to imagine the real EC takes part sometimes at this forum under an alias, expressing his points of view, trying to defend himself (or more likely criticising himself as severely as the most ruthless critic)... that he reads what we say about him and is a part of this forum, somehow...

1) When "guiris" (this is the way we call nerd tourists with sandals and socks here in Spain) think Spain is only sun, "fiesta", bullfighting and paella (the real paella has nothing to do, in fact, with what they eat at spanish restaurants). But I have no intention to spare a sin...

It hasn´t much to do with EC (hasn´t?), but I specially dig the interpretation Jake Riviera used to do on Lennon´s "Strawberry Fields": "...Living is easy with NICE CLOTHES..." That´s a big damn truth, Jake, my friend.... You improved Lennon´s original one. Hi, Al. Welcome. GUess...

There´s a Spanish saying: "You won´t go to bed tonight without knowing something new".

Thanx, Danny. I didn´t know that.

Another song children love: "Zombi", from The Cranberries (if you are not the father, try not to think about the clear advantadges of vasectomy when they scream, quite dramatically, eyes shut and fists hold tight, "in your heeeeeeeeeeeeead, in your heeeeeeeeeead...")

The good part of it is that we don´t really miss Buce when EC doesn´t play with the Attractions because Marc Ribot (or even Macca playing in This town) is also great, but...

Another Bruce´s great work: Big sister´s clothes! (this is from Trust, of course...)

Yeah you're right...a bloke with a tatoo of a man is always a bit...well, it'd put the ladies off (if the face didnt first). I might get the dotted cut-here lines done across my throat instead. One friend of mine has a Bob Marley Tatoo and the problem it´s that the artist wasn´t good enough drawing...

I´ve just listened to Beaten to the punch, and I have to say the way Bruce Thomas plays bass on that song is just fantastic: it´s the real basis of the whole song (and the only instrument you can hear during the most part of it). That´s all. I wouldn´t say anything about how ugly or handsome he is. ...

This is great! You can´t make any joke or say he´s not precisely Eric Clapton or even Chris Spedding, otherwise you´ll be fired from the REAL FANS club... And of course you cannot even think he´s not a Queen of the Beauty! I so, you will be considered to deserve the maximum punishment! Oh my! I thou...

You are 'Whoring Lawyer' aren't you KoS ? No, I´m not. I said IT WAS MY OPINION. I think the album is overarranged, it sounds to me very much like Elvis trying to be poppy, Elvis trying to make Abbey Road again (and I love Beatles, by the way). But it´s just an personal opinion. I prefer a more nat...

OK, sorry. I didn´t know this Forum (being Elvis´) was so politically correct... And anyway I didn´t mean to insult anyone or to offend anyone, at any time. ELVIS COSTELLO IS BEAUTIFUL AS A SPRING MORNING . And I think it´s clear I deeply admire him (not only "allegedly"). This is to say i...

No, in my opinion.

I think it´s more an interesting experiment.

I miss Elvis roaring a little bit throughout the album (specially when he sings Human Hands).

Hey, man, I was only joking!

Calm down, boy... maybe I´d have another pill for ya!

(And by the way "subjective" means precisely that: It was MY opinion).

Elvis, Monks... and Rowe?

How is his version of All You Need Is Love? Is it awesome? I think it´s nothing special, a bonfire-camp version, except for the fact that he plays an electric -and not acoustic- guitar. It´s quite disappointing they only gave him five minutes to perform something at Live Aid, being KOA so recent. A...

Elvis when you least expect it... Watching telly: a) You are watching E.T. (the movie) and the stupid brat in that stupid movie about an aphasic and big-headed rubber freak sings a line from Accidents will happen. b) You are watching Melrose place (yeah, I used to, I have to confess!), so MTV-ish, a...

Stop calling everybody ugly, King of Spain... jeez. It´s not my fault if they are. I mean, they are not precisely Elle and Naomi, aren´t they? Aesthetic disertation: I think two of the beatles had very interesting faces: George hadn´t, though a lot of girls say he was actually the most handsome one...

Two of the ugliest guys I have ever seen put together in a photograph...!!!!!!

Aaaach... Where is my pill...?

I wrote:3. This town (Spike version, with Paul playing bass)

And I should have written:
"With Paul playing the WONDERFUL bass".

I think it´s too much saying "that is the best of the song"... but it almost is.

Oh, by the way...

I am deeply interested on knowing -if someone has any information- how the relationship between them both -Macca and MacManus- goes RIGHT NOW... (for if I´ll have to prepare a third CD someday).

Thanx.

The way I have finally recorded my cd (for if someone wants to copy my idea): DISC ONE 1. Back on my feet 2. This town (demo) 3. This town (Spike version, with Paul playing bass) 4. My brave face (demo) 5. My brave face (Flowers version) 6. You want her too (demo) 7. You want her too (Flowers versio...

Newbie would never do that.