Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Anyone interested on having these songs???

I just can´t believe it!

I´d sell my soul to the devil for having every original song from Kojak´s Variety!!!

BlueChair wrote:You're forgetting Mighty Like A Rose, which contains "So Like Candy" and "Playboy To A Man"

Yes, you are right !!!!

(How could I...?)

So my list would go like this... Single: Back on my feet Flowers in the dirt: My brave face That day is done Don´t be careless love Spike: This town (Paul playing bass) Veronica Pad, paws and claws Off the ground: Mistress and maid The lovers that never were All this useless beauty: Shallow grave Ta...

Is it that hard to discern loops from actual songs? Doesn't it sound kind of weird when a song suddenly skips back? The flow gets interrupted. These loops are. They are so damn well built that you end up thinking this is a real song: anyway, it seemed a little weird to me this new Elvis´style, repe...

Jackson Doofster wrote:Great song, but it belonged on B&C and not KOA IMHO.

Sorry, Jackson, but Suit of Lights DEFINITELY did belong to KOA.

In fact, it´s the only song performed altogether with The Attractions in this record (maybe this is why it´s the best in the album).

PS What is IHMO, by the way?

ReadyToHearTheWorst wrote:check out the following for info:
http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/bootlegs/mmc.html

Thank you very much indeed.

Now you can be ready to hear the best.

Yeah, Otis, that´s my intention (about going to Granada to see Elvis by the end of October) and of course you all have to stand a full account of that concert! You´re right when you talk about the comparison between the suit of lights of the matador and the one of the crooner. I have never thought a...

Could anybody give me a complete chronological list of the songs in which Costello and Macca worked together?

I´m preparing a private CD with the whole of them, but I´m not sure if my list is complete (it goes from Back on my feet to Shallow grave).

Thank you everybody.

OK, I have to apologize... Now it´s sure: I have checked the lyrics of the album ( http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/north/north.htm )and THESE ARE NOT THE SONGS I DOWNLOADED. They are just loops: I have been cheated. I´ll buy the record. I promise to be good in the future and not to try t...

And I thought I heard the working man´s blues...

Oh, I love this song!

33 and a third.
Just like old George when he released that record.

I´ve got some private collection with all the original Country classics Elvis Costello covered in his superb album Almost blue. If you are interested on having them (for free, obvoiusly) just send me in a private message your Streamload address ( www2.streamload.com ) and I will send them to you as ...

Without any kind of doubt, my favourite song from the KOA original album is that one called Suit of lights. Here in Spain, a Suit of lights is, literally, the strange dress bullfighters use, but since this song is a clear tribute to EC´s father, the great Ross MacManus (mainly great because of being...

OK, OK... I mean: my question was if you see some SadoMaso connotation, if the song refers to the point of view of him/her or whoever, if it´s some desperate song about sex-not-love after EC´s breaking up with Cait, etc etc etc (or if it is referred to Siouxsee and her whole bunch of Banshees) Thank...

My favourite song from When I was cruel is, no doubt, Spooky Girlfriend (it´s quite a difficult choice, within this superb album).

This is only to ask you all your personal interpretation about the lyrics of the song.

What do you think about it?

King, it's entirely possible that you downloaded "loops". Very few of the songs on North are 6 minutes long--in fact, I can only think of one. And, I downloaded a few tracks, and they all repeat one line or one or two measures, for 4-6 minutes. Do yourself a favor and buy the CD. You will...

The matter is not giving it to EC, but giving it to the companies (they don´t really deserve much, in my opinion: they charge us as much as the can for the DVDs, because they know we cannot bootleg this material, instead of selling it cheaper).

sulkygirl wrote: "Is She Really Going Out w/ Him?"
--Joe Jackson

Do you think that cover would be really necessary?

I think it would be like of the members of The proclaimers trying to look like the other one (given that they are twins).

ABBA: ONE OF US !!!

I have voted IB just ´cause everybody underestimates this album, considering something like a vain attempt to become the new Paul McCartney (if not directly The Beatles), or something so. I miss some strength (his famous roar) on the way EC sings in this album, but the melodies are simply delicious....

Gracias, bambooneedle.

Aunque sigo sin pillarle la gracia a North (quizá con un poquito de tiempo y de paciencia...)

PD Siento que mi inglés no sea mejor.

This is a tough one....I'll go for MLAR just because I love Invasion HIt Parade and hate American without Tears. I have never heard about a better way to introduce yourself to an English girl -I mean, if you want to be funny and have a flirt with her- than "I´m the Sheriff of Nottingham and th...

I think KOA is Costello´s Top. I can´t number the times I have listened to this great album. Mighty like a rose is also great, but some songs are a bit weak ("Georgie", for example, or "Invasion Hit Parade", or "Hurry down Domsday"), and that thing they also say about a...

Probably.

But you know: this is something I just can´t help.

(or Could it simply be that North is a weak album?)

This is just what I have always understood: "This love of mine is like a stepping stone". It´s much better than the other option. But -I don´t know why- the official EC page and any other page about EC lyrics quotes it as "packed", which in fact doesn´t make much sense. (Anyway I...