ELVIS CUP RD 1 - Live at The El Mocambo v For The Stars

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:21 pm

I am one of those rare souls...a FTS fan!

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 3:20 pm

Early Costello live always beats an opera singer singing pop songs.

HungupStrungup · Post by **HungupStrungup** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 3:23 pm

Anne Sofie has even less chance than Bill Frisell of making it to the next round.

LessThanZero · Post by **LessThanZero** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 5:38 pm

I like that one about the bicycle...

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 5:44 pm

"Broken Bicycles" is a great song, but the Tom Waits original from 1982 is 10000x better than von Otter's reading.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 1:33 am

Like Jackson D., I too love FTS (though I care not for the Frisell stuff).

The El Mocambo set, for whatever reason, never did that much for me.

lipstickvogue · Post by **lipstickvogue** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 1:39 am

I can't vote here - or show my face again

as I've not heard El Mocambo...yet.

I can say that FTS was the first experience that I had with an EC disc that really just didn't do anything for me. And, I do like opera - she's just a bit shrill or something.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 8:03 am

This isn't even a contest. The El Macambo set is blistering energy. It's a force to be reckoned with. For the Stars is, at best, an interesting experiment that doesn't always work well, and at worst, a terrible distraction in an otherwise stellar career.

El Macambo.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 8:08 am

El M. I keep trying to watch the elvis/anne sofie thing on trio, but it's just toooooo excruciating.