Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Pop music has always been about sexuality in one form or another. Hell, rock and roll originated as a slang term for making love. What bothers me more about modern pop music is the fact that it seems, more and more, to be essentially prepackaged songwriting: two cups of sex, a sprinkling of 'baby, b...

I think they're both brilliant in very different ways, but I had to go with Dylan (though I feel vaguely guilty about it), because I believe that if there were no Bob Dylan records, there would be no Elvis Costello. If there were no Joni Mitchell records, there would be no Elvis Costello. It's a sim...

Diana Krall is an intelligent, ambitious, good-looking woman, but her music? Couldn't care less about it. At first I thought it was because it was a little too safe for me, too content to stick to mellow and non-threatening, but I like other artists who also couldn't be said to break any new boundar...

I love homemade hot chocolate but those little cocoa blobs in the cup really get on my nerves. This was a godsend (and the spices don't hurt, either). 1 cup milk 2 Tb. good quality unsweetened cocoa powder 2 Tb. granulated sugar 1 cinnamon stick 2 cloves 1/16 cup water (just a splash) Mix water, coc...

"The white has an Uncomplicated undertone, reminiscent of Chewing Gum, but a lilting hint of Pills and Soap help to Pump It Up and keep it from being So Like Candy. The red, with the notes of Sweet Pear and Poisoned Rose that have become All the Rage this season, is better suited for an afterno...

To everyone who believed I was funny: Shucks, 'tweren't nothin'.

Verbal, I'd like to see the concept album this relationship inspires ten years down the line. I can see the hit single: the haunting ballad No, Goddamnit, You Take Out the Trash.

Hot, spicy food might help to open your sinuses up, and something with ginger might help if your stomach starts acting ornery.

Well, that might turn out kinda badly. "Doo dee doo...Think I'll check this out. Declan, honey, look at this! Someone posted a picture of us at the Ivy! Aww, that's so...Wow. My butt looks kinda big there. Honey, does my butt look big in this picture?" "Um. No." "What was th...

Best: Costello at the Orpheum in Boston, October 2002. Worst: Jesus Lizard at Lollapalooza, circa 1995. The singer occasionally paused the band's shitty faux-heavy music to insult the crowd. Boooring. Guided By Voices once played a gig at my college where the lead singer, who, after drinking himself...

Funny BlueChair should start this thread, as I'm currently making a chicken casserole with: 1 7 lb (3 kg) chicken, cut in pieces 1 bay leaf 1/4 cup melted butter 1/4 cup flour 1 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper 1 clove crushed garlic 2 cups chicken stock 8 oz egg noodles, cooked and drained 1 cup b...

I own almost every record Everything But the Girl put out. I used to have a Poison CD before I lost it somewhere. I also have a Savage Garden CD, and some Depeche Mode, as well as some TLC, Simply Red, Bush, Matchbox 20 and Duncan Sheik.

I feel exposed and frightened.

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My thought was always that the specific story in the song, getting away from the autobiographical implications, was that the first verse showed a young man in hot pursuit of a largely indifferent woman, with an implied (and unsatisfying?) seduction in the chorus. Accidents will happen/We only hit an...

Considering that one of the things I admire most about the man is his stubborn refusal to stick to one genre, he could record an album called Elvis Costello Recites Rod McKuen Poems Over the Natural Sounds of the Rainforest For You! and I'd buy it. I'm sad that way. Although I still cling to my idea...

Meow. *blinks*

1) She is a provocative and - dare I say it- thought-provoking artist in her own right. 2) She and Lennon had an unconventional but genuinely loving relationship. 3) She is a smart, savvy businesswoman. 4) L7 used a sample of hers in their song "Wargasm." 5) She gets under people's skin, a...

The board needs an Apu.

Dammit. Poor guy.

Dammit.

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Variety.com requires a subscription, so I'm posting it here. BY TODD MCCARTHY What did the 24 individuals who have the word "producer" attached to their names on "I Love Your Work" actually do? Did the consulting producers consult with the other producers or only with one another...

A little harsh, maybe. But threatening never to play the UK again, nitpicking about praise received, the oft-repeated "I'm gonna retire..." Jeezum Crow. It's empty words after a while.

Then I'll listen to something or see something on TV and I will love him again.

He needs a good slap to the head.

Crap! At least you got a few days of drugs, though.

Wishing health to cyborg-mug.

It'd be nice if they have babies. Another little Elvis or a little Elvisina who can actually play the piano.

Ooh!

I want Lennon too. Maybe he could just have coffee or sommat.
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