Elvis Costello Fan Forum

from the very first song THUNDERCRACK grooving all the way through the entire show until the end of BORN TO RUN! i was getting nervous that it wasn't going to happen. until BRUCE & E STREET began (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER as the LAST encore and Bruce said the magic word...&q...

i saw another report that E opened the show with THREE songs...

did he sing??? sure hope he shows with E STREET at MSG this weekend!

great recap Ken...glad you were there. sounds like a good FREE EC night. nothing better!

Because of a whole series of afternoon crappiness I only just saw the e-mail. I'm probably too late, but I've sent the e-mail. Pray for me!!!!! DEAR GOD!!! please, have bluechair invited soon, as he IS mr.costello fan number one torontonian....he does deserve the invite indeed. thanks and love, ba

aw shucks....i was hoping this thread was about EC showing with BRUCE tomorrow night MSG!!! thanks 1iota!!!

computer blew up this week...sorry! will continue NEXT year 24 years down the road....ba

F$%&!!!!! LOOKS LIKE THE COMPUTER VIRUS I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR TWO WEEKS MAY HAVE FINALLY GOTTEN MY PC! TYPING THIS FROM WORK....HOPE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TONIGHT!!!

will just keep writing about the week in first post! please chime in with your memories.

a tuesday! my 18th EC show; first COSTELLO SINGS AGAIN. the intro of "BIG NOTHING" started the night. i had like twelfth row center (thanks to Harriet at Ron Delsener) with a pal...Eugene! cool to see so many new songs (HONEY ARE YOU?, JACK OF ALL PARADES, UNCOMPLICATED, I WANT YOU, HOME I...

E should do a GO-BETWEENS song or four!!!

The second season of "Spectacle" will start on December 9 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, and it'll run for seven episodes. But this is kind of really bad news...at least for anyone who assumed, as I did, that the 2nd season would be a full 13 episodes, like the first. So far there's been 5 episodes ta...

sulky lad wrote:Ghost train, I mean GHOST TRAIN ???!!!!
There had just better be a recording of this appearing soon or I'll be over to Oz to re-institutionalise a few convict descendants

i've got it from the APOLLO! must get around to transferring it today!!!

GREAT NEWS!

sulky lad wrote:Now there would be a bootleg worth having !!

RIGHT!!! I WANT IT!!!

1. JENNY LEWIS - 2008 - Carpetbaggers 2. LUCINDA WILLIAMS - 2003 - Wild Horses / 2004 - There's A Story In Your Voice / 2008 - Jailhouse Tears 3. FALL OUT BOY - 2008 - What A Catch, Donnie 4. CHARLIE HADEN - 2008 - You Win Again 5. LOU REED - 1996 - Set The Twilight Reeling 6. THE POLICE - 2008 - Wa...

EC and RA could do the WHOLE ROCK&ROLL lp and i'd be happy...

i want RYAN ADAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then, PAUL WELLER and NICK CAVE! Yeah! I'll second the wish for a Ryan Adams Spectacle! Wouldn't you love to hear EC sing 'Oh My Sweet Carolina'? (and BA, are you up to your eyeballs in a pink vinyl nightmare?? ha, I'm 'littlesavage' on RAA...) i'm trying...

i'm thinking....NEW SONGS!!!!

i want RYAN ADAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then, PAUL WELLER and NICK CAVE!

I suspect they'd sooner air a 90-minute episode than split it into two airings. They also might be filming extra-long episodes on purpose for the purposes of online only content or DVD extras. good thinking BC! FUCK...they may as well go for TWO hours! excuse my language, i'm rarely this moved to s...

WTF????? i've GOTTA hear it!!!!!!!!!!

Setlist: Point Blank (Costello & The Imposters) Like Rain (Lofgren & The Imposters) She's the One (Costello & The Imposters) Wild Billy's Circus Story (Springsteen, Lofgren, Bittan) American Skin (41 Shots) (Springsteen) Galveston Bay (Springsteen, Bittan) Pretty Woman [Aborted] (Springs...

Ypsilanti wrote:I wonder if they might turn the Bruce episode into a 2-parter. Seems like it would be impossible to cut it down to 1 hour.

GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE!!! i arrived at that yesterday as well. NO WAY can they do it in one hour and who better than BRUCE to do the first double???

okay, spectacle sept 09 wraps with just adding two more...RICHARD & ROY, Right???? 1. JENNY LEWIS - 2008 - Carpetbaggers 2. LUCINDA WILLIAMS - 2003 - Wild Horses / 2004 - There's A Story In Your Voice / 2008 - Jailhouse Tears 3. FALL OUT BOY - 2008 - What A Catch, Donnie 4. CHARLIE HADEN - 2008 ...