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Artsist: Elvis Costello

11 by endofanera_Archive
Seaside Lounge wrote:I'm really blown away by Imperial Bedroom lately. Nobody's mentioned that album. I think it's my new favorite all around.

I have never stopped being blown away by Imperial Bedroom, ever since I first heard it so many, many years ago. It may be my favorite record.

May be.

Salut!
"You get a kink in your neck looking up at people or down at people. But when you look straight across, there's no kinks."
--Mike Watt

Artsist: Elvis Costello

15 by Mark Lansing_Archive
Costello's early albums turned me into a geeky New Wave kid back in the day, which eventually led me into digging into all sorts of great music I never would have explored otherwise, so I have a real soft spot for the guy and his music. And while it's true his recent work has been pretty uneven, he can still write a great song when the muse is with him, and the last time I saw him live, the man was BLAZING -- lots of fast tempos and loud guitar. I'm seeing him again in a few weeks and really looking forward to it.

If all he ever did was make either Get Happy!! or King Of America, he'd deserve a solid NOT CRAP, and he's done a lot more cool stuff than that.

Artsist: Elvis Costello

16 by placeholder_Archive
Mark Lansing wrote:And while it's true his recent work has been pretty uneven, he can still write a great song when the muse is with him, and the last time I saw him live, the man was BLAZING -- lots of fast tempos and loud guitar. I'm seeing him again in a few weeks and really looking forward to it.


I've seen him four times since February 2004; once with Steve Nieve and the Brodsky Quartet, and three times with the Imposters. The setlists for the Imposters shows were nearly identical, unfortunately, but he still puts on a great show. I saw him twice at the Hi-Tone, a small rock club here in Memphis. One of the shows I saw was filmed for this DVD. One song from this DVD was included on this ridiculous reissue of The Delivery Man, and there are a few shots where Costello is in the right-hand side of the frame, and the left side of the frame is mostly taken up by my giant fat head nodding up and down. That's pretty embarrassing...
matthew wrote:His Life and his Death gives us LIFE.......supernatural life- which is His own life because he is God and Man. This is all straight Catholicism....no nuttiness or mystical crap here.

Artsist: Elvis Costello

20 by Chapter Two_Archive
Elvis Costello wrote:Why can't a man stand alone?
Must he be burdened by all that he's taught to consider his own?
His skin and his station, his kin and his crown, his flag and his nation
They just weigh him down
You know pride is a sin that we tend to forgive
But it gets hard to live
When you don't have the love in your heart to begin with
Why can't a man stand alone?

Why can't a woman be just what she seems?
Must she be tarnished by men who can only be men in their dreams?
When beauty meets ignorance they shout in the street
Repeating their offer to each girl they meet
The respect that she needs, it isn't a gift
But it gets hard to lift yourself up
When you don't have the strength to begin with
Why can't a woman stand alone?

Why can't a baby sleep at night and dream of the time to come
And never fear the world outside the touch of someone very near
Why can't a man stand up?
Why can't a man stand up?
Why can't a man stand alone?


Not crap.
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