Elvis Costello Fan Forum

The London government's response to the current situation :
"Tears, Tears and more Tears"

Tears, tears and more tears
I got the blues and I got them bad

"I never thought for a moment, that human life could be so cheap"

Trump the dirt down....

"The twist in the script of the insult
Scrawled on the back of your hand "

'Tripwire'

sulky lad wrote:

verbal gymnastics wrote:Hi Doc, Thanks.Just a couple of questions:
1. How much did the hard drive cost?2. How do we donate?

Likewise!

And me

Nellie the Elephant - he's said he sung this regularly to his newborn twins and the "My Darling Clementine Songbook".

DeathWearsABigHat wrote:They're playing a gig at Thornton Hough on the Wirral on 30th October.Anyone else from here going to that?

I would in normal times.....

sweetest punch wrote:The Colour Vinyl Boxset will sell out quickly: only 175 left at this moment: https://store.udiscovermusic.com/*/*/Ar ... Q8C0000000

Perhaps, but if they only pressed 176.....

sulky lad wrote: our beloved leader

"... I'm just the oily slick ..." : Alexander Boris de Pfeffel to a tee

Oh, so....during a pandemic with near-record unemployment levels and people struggling to pay their bills, SN has decided to start charging people for the full experience. Got it. " near-record unemployment levels and people struggling to pay their bills..." - yep indeed he's a profession...

This is a great song, I've always admired these lines :

So they flew the Super-Constellation all the way from Rimini
And feasted them on fish and chips from a newspaper facsimile

6 discs disc 4: live disc 5: live probably concerts we have floating around already so disc 6 might be new? I am aware that i get suckered in by the prospect of 'new stuff' to re-buy the 'old stuff' continually, nevertheless I feel a moral imperative to purchase the official versions of things ' I ...

Bleasdale visibly present Sir Alan Bleasedale was leaning on his walking stick having a quiet smoke outside the Philharmonic Hall before 10th June 2013's Spinning Songbook show. Sulky and I interrupted his tranquillity and I said " are you going to get a spin?" his reply : "f**k that...

cwr wrote:I was at the first concert where he performed "Far From The Prize"

Were you standing next to me at the incomparable Royal Court on 20th July 1996 http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... _The_Prize
then ?

Interesting to contrast the vocal delivery on this with Hey Clockface....

spotify. NO! i know i'm old. " I admit to technophobic tendancies, but If you can join and post on this Board you're deffo not too old for this caper. Should be able to sign in via a PC, don't need another device. The reward for pushing through this particular pain barrier is 50 hand picked nu...

Neil. wrote:I now LOVE this song!!

Yeah me too - how quickly works the magic of Elvis!

A launch event is planned for October 30th at Thornton Hough, on the Wirral. Details at https://mydarlingclementinemusic.co.uk/ . Whether that event will go ahead, of course, given the current restrictions is anyone's guess. Difficult times to be a performing and recording artist. In 'normal times'...

verbal gymnastics wrote:....I’m also glad I want you didn’t win.

So...." I hope you're happy now"

Funny how that 'scat' intro offsides me too. The vocal delivery, to these cloth ears at least, is most deliberately mannered to resemble a Jimmy-Standing-in-the-Rain era crooner. He definitely means it. I hope this one grows on me, all the other new songs (and story ) were instant hits!

Harry Worth wrote:... overall, I think the Royal Court gig just before Christmas 1982 –- is my winner.

Wow - I'd forgotten about this one, that was indeed a wonderful night with The Imperial Horns. Goes to show how lucky we've been to experience these epics.

I thought this was great, EC in good form and we learn the truth about Arlo McFurlough!

"Confederate money Stashed in plinths in various toppled statues" Unless he is Notradamus, this feels extremely contemporary. I wonder what was the timescale of writing and recording? ( Colson's statue was tipped into Bristol Harbour on 7th June 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b...

Hi Elvis, thanks very much for this 'reverse birthday present' to us!!! Loving the short story at the heart of this track. Clockface is shaping up to be an eclectic ( son of Spike ! ) release. A welcome antidote for some of us to Look Now. This is a brave release which I hope achieves some commercia...

I've raved about my favourite gig so many times (http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Concert_2007-07-05_Liverpool) but I'll never forget the sheer excitement of The New Picket in Liverpool's elite luxury housing development! That was the best (btw that area is now very trendy a vibrant 'in...

. What's the status of the 7" No Flag/I Wish It Would Rain (if indeed that is the mystery B-side)? You get it as part of one of the various bundles on the website? or buy the single separately You my have better eyesight that me Favehour, but I couldn't see a 'buy the single separately' option...