Elvis Costello Fan Forum

MOJO wrote:Yeah, I would be happy if I spent $250 on tickets but not $750! WTF

That's just crazy. I hope Elvis serves you dinner and plays 5 of your requests for that price.

Sorry for your experiences--but thank you for the alert, because I didn't realize there was a pre-sale today. Managed to get 2 seats in Row S on the aisle in Asbury Park, which I'm happy with. $100 tickets plus service fees = $241 total.

Hoping to enjoy some new songs!

I don't mind the requests, but sometimes the timing is awful, like the Two Little Hitlers moment. Here's a truly lovely moment, when So Like Candy was requested at Carnegie Hall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD9pjDqaquk#t=5s Lisa's face lit up just now when I played this, with goose bumps ensuin...

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I listen to this one a lot, and all the new Imposters activity has me excited for a new record. It's been too long!

Eugene wrote:As predicted, 15/24 seats of the front row for March 9th on Stubhub, including one "seller" that has 8/16 center ORCH.

Grrrrrrrrrrrr

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Kimmel mentioned that Elvis was going to sing Alison and will post it on YouTube at some point. Nothing as of yet.

Just Elvis (no guitar) and piano for the main song. Sounded good in this stripped down arrangement.

Are you fitting in [?], or are you teasing? Should a glance from you just see through me? Time, among all of your enemies Makes the sky [ ] gravity "Are you fitting in [?], or are you teasing?" - I think it's Are you pitying, are you teasing? "Should a glance from you just see throug...

Boy, I would enjoy listening to a Delivery Man style album with Elvis and Ry Cooder.

Fishfinger king wrote:For goodness sake Elvis just get in the studio with The Imposters and Nick Lowe and bash out a new album.
You know it's time.

I second the notion. All in favor say "Aye!"

Elvis' Twitter account has been regularly posting lyric snippets from Imperial Bedroom along with some of the artwork from the recent shows. I wonder if he's not finished with this project yet?

https://twitter.com/ElvisCostello

http://shepherdexpress.com/article-30070-elvis-costello-took-a-return-trip-through-%25E2%2580%2598imperial-bedroom%25E2%2580%2599-at-the-riverside.html At nearly two-and-a-half hours long, the show was almost too generous, and some of Imperial Bedroom’s lesser numbers began to bleed together (there...

Wow, I am getting old. 40 years ago, yikes!!! MAIT still retains a freshness and energy to it after all these years. Now how about a new album El? It really is amazing how fresh this album still sounds. Really, all the Nick Lowe-produced albums have a timelessness to them that keeps them relevant t...

Meanwhile, across the river in New Jersey, I got a chance to see Nick Lowe perform the very same evening. A wonderful, intimate show, with great acoustics. At one point someone shouted out something about Elvis Costello and Nick responded, in mock horror: "Oh, that loser! Why would anyone want ...

I'm digging the long interviews Elvis is giving in advance of these shows. There's a new story or a new angle in each one.

This is actually my second Elvis cancellation, because I drove to Penn State in ’81 and you were caught in that snowstorm. Oh my goodness, that one! We started out with the best of intentions. Oh my goodness, I remember that distinctly. They said, “You might not make it.” We were like “Nahhh…” We w...

Where are our setlist-loving journalists? One of them should have been keeping a record for posterity!

Well that's a fine little song there. And I have to say I've never really looked at those lyrics, so some of my mis-hearing has been corrected (Like: why does everybody have to be so heavy hearted...)

Thanks for sharing!

I was listening to the SiriusXM station First Wave this weekend and heard a promo for an upcoming show that was going to be some sort of party on the radio. The soundtrack to the promo? Party Party, of course!

Got a chance to see Squeeze last week in Newark. Fantastic show. The new album is pretty great too. The (English) Beat opened up for them. I was having serious flashbacks to 1982.

Bring on Imperial Bedroom!

finally got 2 seats in row Q. Certainly better than the Upper Balcony. I kept hitting "try again" and finally got the Orchestra seats.

Just showing tickets in the Upper Balcony for the Imposters show. Grumble...

Top 3 of the night: Alibi, Stations of the Cross, Good Year for the Roses. Stations of the Cross is such a great song--I'm glad to see it making an appearance again. It was a highlight from the Spinning Songbook show I saw in NYC. This one? RLp_Sk1Lj-c I forgot about the pre-Wise Up Ghost "Wak...

Harry Worth wrote:
Top 3 of the night: Alibi, Stations of the Cross, Good Year for the Roses.

Stations of the Cross is such a great song--I'm glad to see it making an appearance again. It was a highlight from the Spinning Songbook show I saw in NYC.

"Tokyo Storm Warning" is a favorite of mine, from a top 5 Elvis album. I really like the monotony of the groove and many of the turns of phrase in the lyrics: "Japanese God-Jesus robots, telling teenage fortunes" etc. Blood and Chocolate is an album of never-skips for me.