Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Here's Winter Song - http://youtu.be/wYAOKFVx1gA?hd=1 . Thanks again for this - what a treat. Can anyone fill in the blanks for me? At the start he's chatting to the crowd and it appears to go "...t-shirt...my family's from the north west of England.." Any ideas what this is comment is ab...

Big thanks for these goodies and the ones still in Santa's sack... Must have been wonderful to be part of the congregation . Speaking of which the fantastic Alabama 3 started life as " The First Presleyterian Church of Elvis the Divine (UK) ". I'd previously believed that this was referren...

That was fun - thanks for the link.

Interestingly he repeats the prospect that NR may be his final LP.

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What a delight it is to have Rachel "I'm not a bigot etc etc Sulky has put across my views rather more eloquently than I am able to - this must be telepathy. Rachel - think you've missed the title of the Board, let me help you - it is "Elvis Costello Fan Forum". Since you're obviousl...

Thought this was very entertaining. I'd previously found Richard Bacon high on my Irritation Scale, but he is obviously a fan and wasn't simply going through the interviewing motions. Live performances all good, Indoor was fantastic.

The kidney song (about minute 57) was fun too.

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Thanks John, I had assumed that he is the Alan B listed on NR amongst the Council of Wise Men and Women, this article seems to confirm that guess. He is a regular attender at EC's Liverpool shows, and I saw him cadge a ride on the tour bus when, for some unfathomable reason in 2003, EC played Manche...

Think the clue is in the words "professional musician". Nevertheless with Elvis's record of charitable donations and general good works over many years he should be fully entitled to chase the filthy lucre with a clear conscience on 16th December. Revenues for NR won't exactly be overwhelm...

8am yesterday , wafting out from the tannoy of the Golden Square Shopping Centre, Warrington, were the strains of "Alison" , crooned by our hero.

Highlight of my day.

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Available via Youtube. :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mPJjB-3Y1w

Here's crossed fingers...

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when i was cruel wrote:I pick All This Useless Beauty, .

With a name like that I would have thought you'd have picked "When I was Cruel"?

Best Wishes

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This is a toughie, I've really enjoyed this thread. A real close call between my two favourites.I'll give my choices in context; Best ever - King of America ; the audio equivalent of Everton winning the Prem. Perfect from start to finish.Fantasticly sympathetic playing by the ensembles and the songs...

Jesus Christ I love this venue. Yes it's a great hall with wonderful acoustics. Apart from the EC shows my favourite memory here is when a then up-and-coming musician with the working name "Elton John" played piano and sang for an encore a la "Couldn't call it Unexpected" ie wit...

Is there any possiblity that Beyond Belief could be "Flaced"? I'll do it tonight. Stay tuned. My tuned will stay... Which reminds me of one of my top 5 EC songs : Wonderful radio Marvelous radio Wonderful radio Radio, radio... ( repeat) Big thanks Colin Top Balcony

This is a joy, thanks a bunch for this link.

He's on top form and Zoe makes a surprisingly empathetic interviewer.

Is there any possiblity that Beyond Belief could be "Flaced"?

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Yes please, I love this song.

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SP I Lost You: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhO_mwuV-tA Sulphur To Sugarcane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcI0Ek2z7aM&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL SP thanks a bunch for these - the first one should have a reverse dedication to Mr Jeremy Dylan, without whose note this link would never ha...

Elvis LIKES it when his records do well. When he's pissed off about his records not doing well, he tends to not want to make more of them. As a professional musician with a (completely justified) bordering-on-arrogant sense of his own abilities as as songwriter, he is bound to be hacked off that on...

the vinyl will now be dec. 17 Strange, my CD arrived yesterday, as a sucker I'm considering ordering the LP as a Christmas present from my family. The Costello team advise me that an order placed today - 17th November - should arrive on 17th December, clearly this will be a lucky day. Colin Top Bal...

Given that it's Merseyside, Elvis will probably deliver them personally.In a certain light the deliveryman looks like Elvis... Kayak arrived today - greeted with parcel by daughter and a "Dad is this what all the fuss has been about" look - it felt like Christmas. ("Sometimes you con...

bambooneedle wrote:Ahh who gives a...

conduct unbecoming - even Howard Webb would give this a yellow card

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Great interview.

The dedication actually reads " To Adam / may know, your CDs are kayaking / Elvis Costello"

Colin TB ( yes still waiting in case you're curious)

I ordered the £200 package, apparently all sent, still waiting. My biggest worry is I won a set of the 78's and they still haven't arrived, 4 weeks later. The straw to cling to is that we all appear to be in the same boat (or should that be ship?) with the CDS. Certainly us three Merseyside despair...

John wrote: my CD has still not arrived!

Any sign of yours Top Balcony?

sadly not a sausage . must be a bloody slow ship

Is the joke on us?

Is the cover really a depiction of EC running off with our dosh?

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John wrote: Elvis' accent doesn't half shift around. He sounds very English here, American on the US shows and scouse in Liverpool.

John, I agree, obviously the English and American ones are false...

[ btw two points badly lost on Saturday]

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