Elvis Costello Fan Forum

thanks - i'll go for Illinoise then

Im going on a conference next week and want to buy a new cd for the trip with an artist i dont know already

So i was thinking either Sufjan Stevens or Wilco? And whoever i choose - what album - can somebody tell me that?

My case is closed my case is packed

But i really think that brakes/clutches is great!

Watched "Bring it on" last night (could be worse) and the cool brother who listens to Clash had a huge EC Trust-era poster on his wall.

Am I the first one here to have seen King Kong? Whatever, it's great fun. Time will tell whether it'll be considered a classic, it's certainly extremely entertaining. Naomi Watts plays a blinder, Jack Black gives a refreshingly tic free performance. The pacing is just about right, you really dont n...

33 1/3: Born in the USA

"The Beat That My Heart Skipped" - Very French, very hip and very good. Kind of "The Piano Player" meets "Mean Streets"

I just got "The Stanley Kubrick Archives" Certainly not for toilet-reading

BTW I saw that the My Morning Jacket CD is one of the ones Sony put the craptastic so-called anti-piracy software on. The latest is that they are recalling all those CDs and will replace them for free; of course you still have to dig around your computer and uninstall the offending scamware. good t...

Finally some fans of My Morning Jacket. Get the song "Dancefloors" and you will know why

whar wrote:Honestly- I think that if GCW was made by anyone but Elvis- people would love it.

I think that if GCW was made by anyone but EC- people would hate it

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl. What a pleasant surprise. After the dissapointing second album this is a great blues, americana album with a great production (T-bone-burnett helped them) Anyone got it? Also the new "My Morning Jacket" album "Z" (good, but they try to sound to...

I've been feeling the same way, John. Haven't heard it all through yet, but "Red Cotton" and "She handed me a mirror" i've heard a lot.

no. 1 for sure

so lacklustre wrote:Don't have SACD either but have the reissues of Nashville Skyline & Street Legal. These are both new albums to me and of the two I prefer NS.

Nice! - the best possible Dylan pick-up IMO. Congrats

"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" - really fresh and original actioncomedy - /film noir tribute from Shane Black. Could be the most pleasant surprise of 2005

invisible Pole wrote:KH, can you please recount votes for London's Brilliant Parade ?
I can't believe it's only ranked 8.

I ranked it as no. 15. Too "sweet" - IMO it's Brutal Youth's version of the timid "Satellite" on Spike.

Because of the bridge only in 20% Amnesia it ought to rank higher I think. And i still don't get the disliking of "This is Hell"

1. All the rage 2. You tripped at every step 3. Sulky girl 4. This is Hell 5. Rocking Horse Road 6. Just about glad 7. Kinder Murder 8. Still to soon to know 9. Favorite Hour 10. Clown Strike 11. 20% Amnesia 12. 13 steps lead down 13. Pony Street 14. My science fiction twin 15. Londons brilliant par...

Is there anyone from our Danish posters who can translate exactly what is written in the programme bio of 'The Secret Songs' about the upcoming North Sea Jazz release? (And maybe also about the upcoming Il Sogno Tour?) From the "Secret Arias" program: In the beginning of 2006 Deutsche Gra...

Please keep this ranking going for one more week. Im going to Berlin tomorrow and Brutal Youth will be a companion. People sure don't like "This is hell" very much. Strange.

(im listening to "red cotton" from the secret arias over and over

Oasis - tonight!

I know how much everybody loves Oasis around here I might be a different kind of venue than the Opera three weeks ago...

According to the Danish newspaper, Weekendavisen, the HCA commitee paid EC 2,15 mill dkr for the Secret Songs (the whole opera). That's around 300.000 euroes.

They do - a lot It's said that it ain't opera (they all do) but they call the songs fantastic, complicated and wonderful (they all do, at least some of them) Costello's voice was very good, Stille's was amazing and they like the whole idea. It also says that during the rehersals in copenhagen, EC de...

martinfoyle wrote:Last nights show is being torrented here.

Ohh , that makes me happy

Now i've read three reviews where they believe that Gisela Stille sang without a mic. They are wrong - she had a small skin-colored mic attached to her right ear.

The Århus show sounds great, John!