Elvis Costello Fan Forum

If you go for a wide choice you just get the lowest common denominator. Like what you like and don't worry what other people think.
(But missing out Pet Sounds is akin to genocide. )

Oh yes you bloody well can.

The Wonderful World of Wreckless Eric.

Just loaded most of my EC tracks onto my iPod and went for a walk this afternoon. Great selection as it turned out; Beyond Belief, New Lace Sleeves, 5 gears in reverse, My mood swings (Brodsky version) and Brilliant mistake. Then Theo Walcott's song!!! :D And he didn't want to go to Tottenham either...

1 45 2 Tear off your own head 3 WIWC2 4 Episode of blonde 5 My little blue window 6 Daddy can i turn this? 7 ...dust 8 Dust2 9 Spooky girlfriend 10 Alibi (what a waste.....such a great live song as Alibi factory - overthought and overdone) 11 Dissolve 12 Radio silence 13 Oh well 14 Tart 15 Soul for ...

UK: All shook up Elvis P US: Teddy Bear Elvis P Share birthday with Neil Tennant. (Cooler than John Motson or Virginia Wade who were the only ones I knew before). I feel so old looking at all your answers. The only original number one on my birthday from the last ten years that I could sing is Beyon...

Undoubtedly it rocks.
I always liked the puns - they always seemed tongue in cheek and I'm rather sad he doesn't do them anymore.
"More like a hand job than a hand jive" anyone?

1 This house is empty now 2 The sweetest punch 3 God give me grace 4 In the darkest place 5 Toledo 6 I still have that other girl (The top 6 are top quality EC - a much underrated album - 7, 8 & 9 all still v. good) 7 Painted from memory 8 What's her name today? 9 Tears at the birthday party 10 ...

Arrival - Abba

Sporting Moment of the Year Man Utd's moral victory over Arsenal in the FA Cup For those of you across the pond who don't know their Association Football, by "moral victory" Otis means "defeat". And Michael Brown is a midfielder in Tottenham's reserves.....even as a Gooner he's ...

1 You bowed down
2 Starting to come to me
3 Little atoms
4 All this useless beauty
5 Distorted angel
6 Shallow grave
7 It's time
8 I want to vanish
9 The other end of the telescope
10 Complicated shadows
11 Why can't a man stand alone? (Extreme honey: you missed this)
12 Poor fractured atlas

Sulky girl was the first single.

60- that's OK.
Good enough but not too obsessional.

Even though I sometimes go a (comparatively) long time without listening to any of his records, I always consider EC my favorite, and have since basically the first time I heard him. And there's no other musician whose message board I would even really be tempted to frequent (or semi-frequent, as t...

Bollocks indeed Mr Westinghouse.
By the way, didn't the script suggest that this was the time that all those Tottenham fans out there should start gloating......?

1 Favourite hour 2 You tripped at every step 3 Kinder murder 4 Still too soon to know 5 13 steps lead down 6 Pony St 7 Sulky girl 8 Rocking horse road 9 All the rage 10 Just about glad 11 My science fiction twin 12 London's brilliant parade 13 This is hell 14 Clown strike 15 20% amnesia Ever since I...

41% Yankee - but barely.
I don't think it's designed for UK use - 'Aunt' rhymes with 'aren't' and none of those suggested. Car-boot sale wasn't a choice. And it's sparkling water.....

Yes a great week for me after a very dodgy one.
I'm well pleased to be so close to the top having missed out on the first week's points!

How can Monster be in there when everyone labelled it poop from the day it was released?
I quite like it actually......

[quote="Jackson Monk"]It's nice to know that Arsenal fans have started measuring their success against middle of the road Spurs....they've finally realised that you're now only the third best side in the league and can't compete with Chelsea. (/quote] I never seem to get this quote bit rig...

Gooners unite!
We're ahead of them on goal difference and they are out of that v important competition.
Giddy heights indeed!

Richard Thompson was pleased with his new career as a ventriloquist, but couldn't quite get his hand up the right hole in his Michael Jackson dummy.

William Bloke - Billy Bragg

I don't agree and would suport verena's views more. I've just read it on holiday (reading being a novelty at other times of the year). The only things really new to me were the pre-1977 details - so interesting first 100 pages or so, well researched. After that it fell into the usual run of "th...

And if Warne had taken that simple catch, got Pieterson out early and Australia had won, you'd be talking differently. For once the English team showed the sheer guts the Aussies have shown for ages.....the Aussie team even seems to respect our lot and admit they were outplayed. Let's hope they can ...