Hey Clockface released October 30, 2020

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yes Top, an unwrap/unbox video would have been a nice treat. WITH voiceover, of course. LOL i'll tune up all the flashlight and telescopic power in house for it's alleged Tuesday arrival via Amazon. and I guess this is the first(?) ever Lillian tribute. sweet touch in these days for certain. :)
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https://www.brooklynvegan.com/uncuts-to ... s-of-2020/

UNCUT'S TOP 75 ALBUMS OF 2020

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61. Elvis Costello - Hey Clockface
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Pop d'autore. Elvis Costello: «Do parola e musica alle molte facce del nostro tempo»

Il cantautore britannico parla del nuovo disco “Hey Clockface”, dell’arte di «osare con la musica» e poi denuncia le violenze di un mondo composto di codardi

«Non prendete il mio disco troppo sul serio. Anche se, certo, quando canto di certe cose lo so che fanno rumore: e il mio non è solo un esercizio calligrafico, ci sono significati forti che intendo provare a rilanciare a chi ascolta». Sorridente e tranquillo, dalla sua casa in Canada, Elvis Costello sintetizza così i due volti del suo magnifico album Hey Clockface, registrato prima del lockdown tra Helsinki e Parigi e poi in “clausura” da remoto fra lo stesso Canada (dov’era lui) e New York (dove agivano i suoi collaboratori, fra i quali il grande chitarrista jazz Bill Frisell).

Hey Clockface è un susseguirsi di stimoli e idee, un caleidoscopio di stili e mood emotivi, un saper spaziare con gusto e classe da brani urticanti e attuali come No flag a maiuscole canzoni d’amore quali Byline, da finti divertissement di denuncia tipo Hetty O’Hara confidential a complessità feroci d’autore come We are all cowards now. Per cantare l’ansia del tempo che scorre, melanconie e valori dell’amare, poesie e bilanci, la diffusa mancanza di pietas e un mondo dominato da «braccia vuote e pornografia della violenza / …siamo tutti codardi, in questi giorni».

Come sta vivendo questo periodo di pandemia?

«A volte con rabbia, anche se so quanto sia poco ragionevole. Però bisognerebbe tentare di più, di capire chi crede che piuttosto che aggiungere restrizioni occorrerebbe inventarsi nuovi modi per riunirsi. Certo questo periodo ti fa apprezzare la natura fugace d’ogni istante e quanto contino cose che dai per scontate, comprese certe libertà. A viverla correttamente, questa situazione dovrebbe farci riconoscere il senso vero del vivere».

E invece lei canta di una società di codardi: è l’America? È il mondo?

«Siamo tutti. Non volevo descrivere una precisa situazione, ma provocare su alcuni temi universali. Per esempio, questo dilagare delle armi e della violenza: ma il coraggio di cui tanto si parla rimane, senza armi? We are all cowards now però parla anche delle troppe vittime invisibili del mondo, quelle che non possiamo nominare perché vengono uccise a nostro nome lontano da dove noi viviamo, perché alcuni si assicurino potere, controllo, una giustizia finta. Non è una canzone politica, comunque, beninteso: è una riflessione sul fatto che non possiamo tenere i piedi in due scarpe, condannare l’omicidio e insieme giustificare certa violenza. Oggi in troppi si rannicchiano dietro un partito o un’ideologia, ed è da codardi. È desolante, che si sia arrivati a una pornografia d’esibizione spavalda della violenza».

Pare desolante anche lo scollamento fra la vita che ci promettono e quella che troppi vivono, come lei canta in Newspaper pane…

«Che è proprio collegata al brano di cui le parlavo prima, un’altra provocazione colma di dolore. Priva però del fotografare una malvagità dilagante verso il prossimo, lì lo sguardo è più intimista. C’è una donna che legge il foglio di giornale che ha incollato alla finestra per proteggersi dal freddo, e si ritrova di fronte una serie di pubblicità per una vita che però lei, e tanti altri, non saranno mai in grado di permettersi. Pure lì parlo dell’oppressione che il mondo d’oggi esercita sulla gente comune».

Mentre They’re not laughing at me now pare sottolineare anche la mancanza di misericordia, di questo mondo: è una lettura corretta del brano?

«Sì, si parte dalla vanità di un personaggio arrogante e si arriva anche a parlare di mancanza di pietà, d’indifferenza dilagante. Pensi che quel brano nacque dieci anni fa, però avevo quasi paura di inciderlo perché non volevo che qualcuno pensasse fosse autobiografico… Io non sono sempre protagonista di ciò che canto, anzi; e mi piacciono i personaggi che fanno risaltare l’ambiguità della vita, dove non è tutto bianco o nero. L’ometto di quel brano, come la donna di The last confession of Vivian Whip, che però si risolve nella tenerezza e non nel male, sono esempi di come spesso l’uomo sia in bilico: potrebbe amare, ma nasconde in sé anche angoli oscuri».

Qual è il senso del suo scrivere? C’è per lei un ruolo dell’artista, magari con una responsabilità aumentata dal fatto che causa Covid la gente che l’ascolterà è più fragile, impaurita, sperduta?

«Il ruolo mio è solo scrivere, proporre un punto di vista; non sta a me dare troppa importanza a ciò che faccio. In generale, per lo più parlo usando la voce di un personaggio e attraverso di lui cerco conferma della mia esperienza di vita, dei miei pensieri. A volte invece, come in No flag, parlo del mondo in senso più ampio: e allora è normale che dica cose più forti. Ma sono sempre prospettive possibili che propongo, non riferimenti etici che cerco d’imporre».

La comunicazione di oggi le permette di far arrivare correttamente quanto scrive? In Radio is everything pare che lei la critichi molto…

«L’idea che voglio sottolineare lì me la porto dentro da quando ero giovanissimo ed è semplice: noi per primi siamo dei media. C’è qualcosa dentro ognuno di noi che si può emanare agli altri, ed è quello il fulcro del comunicare onestamente. Il mezzo migliore per farlo dunque resta la radio: la Tv può essere anche divertente ma vende prodotti, mentre Internet, risorsa potenzialmente meravigliosa, ha tanti lati insidiosi. E risale a questa idea anche il modo con cui ho inciso questo album: lavorando in maniera spontanea, a volte scegliendo all’istante le parole che meglio si adattavano a certe musiche. Credo che far musica significhi essere aperti il più possibile, andare oltre gli stereotipi: nel mio caso della rockband o del cantautore chitarra al collo. Se osi, la musica ti conduce da una stanza a un’altra e ti apre porte decisive cui non avresti mai pensato».

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Pop art. Elvis Costello: "I give word and music to the many faces of our time"

The British singer-songwriter talks about the new album "Hey Clockface", about the art of "daring with music" and then denounces the violence of a world made up of cowards

“Don't take my record too seriously. Although, of course, when I sing about certain things I know they make noise: and mine is not just a calligraphic exercise, there are strong meanings that I intend to try to relaunch to the listener ». Smiling and calm, from his home in Canada, Elvis Costello summarizes the two faces of his magnificent album Hey Clockface, recorded before the lockdown between Helsinki and Paris and then remotely in "seclusion" between Canada itself (where he was) and New York (where his collaborators acted, including the great jazz guitarist Bill Frisell).

Hey Clockface is a succession of stimuli and ideas, a kaleidoscope of emotional styles and moods, a knowing how to range with taste and class from stinging and current songs like No flag to capital love songs such as Byline, from fake divertissement of denunciation like Hetty O 'Hara confidential with ferocious author's complexities like We are all cowards now. To sing the anxiety of the passing of time, melancholy and values ​​of love, poems and balances, the widespread lack of pietas and a world dominated by "empty arms and the pornography of violence / ... we are all cowards these days".

How are you experiencing this pandemic period?

“Sometimes with anger, even though I know how unreasonable it is. But we should try harder, to understand who believes that rather than adding restrictions it would be necessary to invent new ways to get together. Of course, this period makes you appreciate the fleeting nature of every moment and how important things you take for granted, including certain freedoms. To live it correctly, this situation should make us recognize the true meaning of living ».

And instead you sing about a society of cowards: is it America? Is it the world?

"We are all. I didn't want to describe a specific situation, but to provoke on some universal themes. For example, this spread of weapons and violence: but the courage that is so much talked about remains, without weapons? We are all cowards now, however, also speaks of too many invisible victims in the world, those we cannot name because they are killed in our name far from where we live, for some to ensure power, control, a fake justice. It is not a political song, however, of course: it is a reflection on the fact that we cannot keep our feet in two shoes, condemn murder and at the same time justify certain violence. Today too many are huddling behind a party or an ideology, and that's cowardly. It is distressing that we have arrived at a pornography of swashbuckling violence ".

The disconnect between the life they promise us and the one too many live, as she sings in Newspaper pane, also seems bleak ...

"Which is connected to the song I was talking about earlier, another provocation full of pain. However, without photographing a rampant evil towards others, there the gaze is more intimate. There is a woman who reads the newspaper sheet she has glued to the window to protect herself from the cold, and she finds herself in front of a series of advertisements for a life that she, and many others, will never be able to afford. Even there I speak of the oppression that today's world exerts on ordinary people ".

While They’re not laughing at me now also seems to underline the lack of mercy of this world: is it a correct reading of the passage?

"Yes, it starts with the vanity of an arrogant character and also comes to speak of lack of mercy, rampant indifference. Do you think that song was born ten years ago, but I was almost afraid to record it because I did not want anyone to think it was autobiographical ... I am not always the protagonist of what I sing, on the contrary; and I like the characters that bring out the ambiguity of life, where it's not all black or white. The little man in that song, like the woman in The last confession of Vivian Whip, which however resolves itself in tenderness and not in evil, are examples of how often the man is in the balance: he could love, but he also hides corners within himself obscure ".

What is the meaning of your writing? Is there a role for you as an artist, perhaps with a greater responsibility due to the fact that because of Covid the people who will listen to you are more fragile, afraid, lost?

«My role is only to write, to propose a point of view; it's not up to me to give too much importance to what I do. In general, I mostly speak using the voice of a character and through him I seek confirmation of my life experience, my thoughts. Sometimes, however, as in No flag, I speak of the world in a broader sense: and then it is normal for me to say stronger things. But they are always possible perspectives that I propose, not ethical references that I try to impose "

Does today's communication allow you to get what you write correctly? In Radio is everything it seems that you criticize her a lot ...

"The idea that I want to emphasize there I have carried it into me since I was very young and it is simple: we are the first of the media. There is something inside each of us that can be emanated to others, and that is the core of communicating honestly. The best way to do this therefore remains radio: TV can also be fun but sells products, while the Internet, a potentially wonderful resource, has many insidious sides. The way in which I recorded this album also goes back to this idea: working spontaneously, sometimes instantly choosing the words that best suited certain music. I believe that making music means being open as much as possible, going beyond stereotypes: in my case of the rock band or the singer-songwriter guitar around the neck. If you dare, the music takes you from one room to another and opens decisive doors that you would never have thought of ".
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A new mail from Second City:

Apologies for another delay email but unfortunately we are still awaiting a few of the Hey Clockface color variants to arrive from the vinyl plant.
The new expected ship date for these orders is November 27.
In the meantime we hope you’ve been enjoying your album download which can be found in your order confirmation email.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you again for your patience.

-Team Second City/Concord Records
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The vinyl from the Costello-shop is delayed for another 2 weeks.

"The new expected ship date for these orders is November 27", says the email I've just received.

They heartily recommend listening to the download ...
It seems they consider vinyl, as a medium for music, obsolete ... :?
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sweetest punch wrote:A new mail from Second City:

Apologies for another delay email but unfortunately we are still awaiting a few of the Hey Clockface color variants to arrive from the vinyl plant.
The new expected ship date for these orders is November 27.
In the meantime we hope you’ve been enjoying your album download which can be found in your order confirmation email.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you again for your patience.

-Team Second City/Concord Records
ah, there we are. Both waiting ...

Do you feel as inconvencienced and impatient as me? :D
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I received my vinyl over the weekend. Really digging all of the ballads, not so much the other tracks. Byline and Whirlwind are amazing.
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Arnie wrote:I received my vinyl over the weekend. Really digging all of the ballads, not so much the other tracks. Byline and Whirlwind are amazing.
I agree Arnie, I think he left the best till last.
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Does this apply to all the Hey Clockface doodads, like the signed cd or the clocks or T-shirts? I pre-ordered this in August. It wasn't like they didn't have enough time. Again, first world problems with everything that's going on.
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as imagined....my HEY CLOCKFACE arrived here yesterday, BEFORE official merch seller NO FLAG 7". kinda sad actually.

BUT..on a happy note. i shared this story yesterday already at fbook!

i have been buying my usual vinyl the last 5/8 pandemic months. PAUL WELLER, MT. JOY, PRINCE, BRUCE, NEIL YOUNG etc. despite the fact that my stereo receiver/amplifier has been misbehaving: darkened and NON WORKING at all since about April. wouldn't you know... when CLOCKFACE landed, lo and behold i see the time display flashing incorrectly 1:15 or so at 6 p.m. YUP, GOD returned me my capability to listen to records. :D :D without a repair man needed. :lol:
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bronxapostle wrote:... YUP, GOD returned me my capability to listen to records. :D :D without a repair man needed. :lol:
....that's a Miracle, Man :lol:
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Top balcony wrote:
bronxapostle wrote:... YUP, GOD returned me my capability to listen to records. :D :D without a repair man needed. :lol:
....that's a Miracle, Man :lol:

Excellent Top!! :lol: :lol:
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Just in time to put the stylus in The Style Council, BA!!
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I didn't spring for that triple SC new greatest hits Sulky. Way too pricey for nothing really previously unavailable. And they are releasing an ON SUNSET remixes 12" top of December. That one is ordered already. :D :D
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bronxapostle wrote:I didn't spring for that triple SC new greatest hits Sulky. Way too pricey for nothing really previously unavailable.
Two tracks, as far as I can make out. A mildly interesting demo of 'My Ever Changing Moods' with some added strings - sounds like they are real strings as opposed to Mick doing some 'string effect' on a synthesiser. I'd be suspicious except that Bobby Valentino was at the sessions to play some violin on a couple of tracks, so...maybe. And an extended version of 'Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse' which is...what it is. A jazzy instrumental, for which you can now enjoy an extra two minutes. Makes you wonder why he didn't just include that version on the LP in the first place back in 1984 - Side 1 was hardly pushing the envelope at 21 minutes.

Neither are what you'd call 'essential', unless you're a TSC completist, but then, by the time we're having this kind of conversation, I guess we're TSC completists. Thankfully both are available via a range of internet sources, and you can make the moral choice of whether you want to pay 99p each or not.
bronxapostle wrote:And they are releasing an ON SUNSET remixes 12" top of December. That one is ordered already.
Download for me, I suspect - iTunes already have it up for pre-order.
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Hawksmoor wrote:
bronxapostle wrote:I didn't spring for that triple SC new greatest hits Sulky. Way too pricey for nothing really previously unavailable.
Two tracks, as far as I can make out. A mildly interesting demo of 'My Ever Changing Moods' with some added strings - sounds like they are real strings as opposed to Mick doing some 'string effect' on a synthesiser. I'd be suspicious except that Bobby Valentino was at the sessions to play some violin on a couple of tracks, so...maybe. And an extended version of 'Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse' which is...what it is. A jazzy instrumental, for which you can now enjoy an extra two minutes. Makes you wonder why he didn't just include that version on the LP in the first place back in 1984 - Side 1 was hardly pushing the envelope at 21 minutes.

Neither are what you'd call 'essential', unless you're a TSC completist, but then, by the time we're having this kind of conversation, I guess we're TSC completists. Thankfully both are available via a range of internet sources, and you can make the moral choice of whether you want to pay 99p each or not.
bronxapostle wrote:And they are releasing an ON SUNSET remixes 12" top of December. That one is ordered already.
Download for me, I suspect - iTunes already have it up for pre-order.

as a JAM, SC, WELLER vinyl loon for 43 years now...i gotta relent on most things, OF COURSE! Lord knows i was a devout UK 45 vinyl collector, pretty much from the day of release. That was back in the beautiful days of an import single costing me only $3 here in New York. Oddly, i always waited for the U.S. lps however, including the Council ones. Even fell away from being devout with their million 45 releases. :lol: Thankfully, most were easily acquired at bargain prices down the road when I returned to the fold heavily in 1992.
I guess I owe a little ba tale here. As most here know, I can be a WEIRD ONE! as I missed their first tour or 2 here, probably for being too young to enter the clubs still...I STUPIDLY didn't rush to amend that when they came after the 3rd, 4th or 5th albums. Then, poof: THEY WERE GONE!! Style Council played NYC exactly once in about 1984. So, when working at my pals video store in late 1991, and college radio supreme WNYU were giving away a pair for THE PAUL WELLER MOVEMENT that night, I won. So, Don and I made our way down to the New Ritz (the old Studio 54) and were simply blown away by his new, oddly 1960's rock feel approach and incorporating a few Jam and SC rarities. When he threw in a tidbit of HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE NOW to end THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT...as a stab at Morrissey recording and playing it live the same year, i was ALL IN! My first time seeing a 14 year hero was top shelf.
I think we still had to wait another few months for the release of the first album and i think I just settled for the cd version initially. But, by the time I was hooked deeper with Wild Wood, i then began the vinyl collection. MAN, I SHOULD SURELY do a WELLER bronxapostle collection YouTube thingie as a good time for many. However, I do have a few empty slots to fill. Maybe one day soon....hope I didn't bore the others here, UNINTERESTED in the second best British songwriter since 1977!!
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Never boring, Benny,always truly interesting.
I loved the Jam, never really got Style Council (too set in the mould of all those 80s "pretty boys" bands) and have never really investigated the solo material other than the obvious ones. I think I saw him live in 1984 in Cornwall but doesn't seem to be impressed into my memory - old age and all that !
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sulky lad wrote:Never boring, Benny,always truly interesting.
I loved the Jam, never really got Style Council (too set in the mould of all those 80s "pretty boys" bands) and have never really investigated the solo material other than the obvious ones. I think I saw him live in 1984 in Cornwall but doesn't seem to be impressed into my memory - old age and all that !

thanks! the vast solo collection is too much to explore in a nutshell. other than the obvious go to ones: WW and the UK chart topping Stanley Road...which are both GREAT! but, my faves are the oddball ones: HEAVY SOUL (perhaps my single fave!) WAKE UP THE NATION, 22 DREAMS and the treasure trove BBC. check out a little of some of these at the least sulky pal. best always, ba
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Thanks BA, making a new Christmas present list with this advice ! :D :wink:
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Not really one for coloured vinyl or pencil cases or a Spanish TYM or all-singing AF reissues but hoping that the cash will find its way to those in the industry who are suffering. But HC is great stuff.
A few thoughts on the songs.
1. Refreshing and a nice change from a normal style opener.
2. Great but to me could do with full bass and drums.
3. A great solid song.
4. Ditto. But is he trying to perfect the past with the AF re-issue? Confusing.
5. Beautiful and sad in all ways.
6. As 3 and 4.
7.Enjoyable but not as good as “A Voice in the dark” for that style.
8. Unbelievable. In a good way.
9. Interesting words but music could get irritating.
10. Not my favourite. Juliet Letters melody confusing.
11. As 3/4/6.
12. Refreshing but word puns brought out so starkly could become irritating.
13. Great song but intonation a bit too far from free and easy. Presumably setting the ear for...
14. Unbelievable. In a good way.
So almost perfect in its imperfect way as Look Now was imperfect in its near perfection - if I’m making sense.
I dabble feebly at making music and writing songs and I’m not sure how he does it and I’m sincerely grateful. Normally I’d play it to death like I have all of them since MAIT but maybe I’ll keep this as a little treat and play it now and then til death, now the clock’s ticking.
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bronxapostle wrote:as a JAM, SC, WELLER vinyl loon for 43 years now...I guess I owe a little ba tale here. As most here know, I can be a WEIRD ONE! as I missed their first tour or 2 here, probably for being too young to enter the clubs still...I STUPIDLY didn't rush to amend that when they came after the 3rd, 4th or 5th albums. Then, poof: THEY WERE GONE!! Style Council played NYC exactly once in about 1984. So, when working at my pals video store in late 1991, and college radio supreme WNYU were giving away a pair for THE PAUL WELLER MOVEMENT that night, I won. So, Don and I made our way down to the New Ritz (the old Studio 54) and were simply blown away by his new, oddly 1960's rock feel approach and incorporating a few Jam and SC rarities. When he threw in a tidbit of HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE NOW to end THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT...as a stab at Morrissey recording and playing it live the same year, i was ALL IN! My first time seeing a 14 year hero was top shelf....hope I didn't bore the others here, UNINTERESTED in the second best British songwriter since 1977!!
No boredom here. Jam fan (as in fanatic) from age 14 to...whatever age I was in 1982. Big TSC fan although I confess my only real wobble with Mr W was around 1988-1989: TSC going in a direction I couldn't really get a handle on, and hey, I was getting married, starting work and buying a house. Pop music does a weird twist on you at that point in your life, I think.

Thankfully it was a temporary blip, and a healthy dose of Spike soon had me back to normal. Next thing, Weller has a solo single out, and...it's surprisingly good. So I trot off to the Apollo in Manchester in...I guess late 90 or early 91, just to see if one of my childhood idols really has made a comeback, and...he has. I don't think he'd played a Jam song in nearly a decade at that point, and naturally this gig was all about promoting the new Paul Weller LP, so - fine.

And then - in my memory it was towards the end of the main set, but memory cheats and it could have been an encore, I guess. Anyway, the opening riff of 'Man in the Corner Shop' rings out. The place erupts and I confess I burst into tears. Embarrassing for the people around me, but in retrospect I'm OK with that. And the rest is history...standing in HMV listening to 'Sunflower' and thinking 'OK - still got it then'. Never looked back.
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Sooo agree.. .MAN IN THE CORNER SHOP from my much beloved second best LP of 1980...brought me the big joy too; alongside RIVERBANK, CARNATION, ENTERTAINMENT and the 3 or 4 SC songs performed PLUS the amazing NEW material too. My first of sixteen shows and i am beyond sad that TRUE MEANINGS live never made it to CARNEGIE HALL as i thought would work so nicely. I await number 17 with typical 2020 melancholy.
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sweetest punch wrote:UNCUT'S TOP 75 ALBUMS OF 2020
61. Elvis Costello - Hey Clockface
Blimey, Uncut. There were 60 LPs released in 2020 that are better than Hey Clockface? I Don't. Think. So. :D
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Re: New album Hey Clockface released October 30, 2020

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Having lived with Hey Clockface for a couple of weeks now it truly is a great record.

To add my 2 penneth worth into the Style Council debate, I will buy the new collection on Vinyl only because i Dont have any of their records in that format. I was lucky enough to buy the box set that came out years back that had everything on it including Modernism the long lost house album for £10 in the HMV sale many moons ago.
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