Elvis Costello

[from: sophia]

I thought he would have a thread but I did a search and it did not show up.

So I just love his music I think that he is a brilliant lyricist I have just been listening to him non stop this week.

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[softgrey]

seriously..no elvis thread?!?...
shocking...!!!>>>!!!>>>!!!...


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PUMP IT UP!!!......

 

[from: sophia]

Armed Forces is possibly my favorite album of the 1970s (and that is saying something). I love his newer music as well he has not gone down hill like a lot of artists that have been around for over 30 years.

 

[in the miso soup]

ELVIS COSTELLO!!! one of the greatest musicians of all time. i hold "alison" very dear to my heart--my uncle used to sing it to me all the time (actually, he still does). but there are so many other great songs . . . blame it on cain, watching the detectives, accidents will happen. great thread.

 

[saucer-like]

I honestly believed that there was already a thread here! It was on my tfs to-do list to finally search for it just the other day, but it slipped my mind.

I've always wanted to collect all of the re-issued albums from Rhino Records, but I only ever got My Aim Is True.

As much as I love his original material (too many favourite songs to list), for some reason I think his interpretations of other artists' songs are some of his best stuff. He is perhaps one of the few musicians that consistently makes a cover song his own.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBh9IgMz5U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEZrBw6mcSM

 

[berkeleygrrrl]

just to add my to sophia for adding this overdue thread, i'll be sure to post something more, er, interesting, soon.

well, ok, here's this, my favorite album by him is trust.

"oh i know they got their problems, i wish i was one of them"

 

[berkeleygrrrl]

do you like the collaboration with burt bacharach? why (or why not)?

i don't hear all the songs but i like the long division, the sweetest punch and god give me strength—a lot.

 

[from: sophia]

I like the burt bacharach collabs because they are more loungey. Has anyone seen his tv show is it any good?

 

[berkeleygrrrl]

is it only seen in the uk?

i think he wd make a good host b/c he not only knows everything about music, all kinds, but he's an all-around polymath, he even kind of poked fun at himself for being a know-it-all in "my science-fiction twin" on brutal youth...