Re: ELVIS COSTELLO THREAD

donnyII · Post by **donnyII** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:35 am

Hey guys, i looked and searched but found no elvis thread?

Personally, i like him a lot. And his guitars are killer too.

Show some love!!

thevial · Post by **thevial** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:55 pm

when i was a weeeee lad in the 1980s. elvis costello was my favorite musician. i wanted to have poor eyesight when i was older so i could have glasses like him. i'm still rather fond of him and have two or three dvds in my collection. he sure is an odd one, though.

tsalwel · Post by **tsalwel** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:18 pm

allison.....

donnyII · Post by **donnyII** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:10 pm

thevial wrote: when i was a weeeee lad in the 1980s. elvis costello was my favorite musician. i wanted to have poor eyesight when i was older so i could have glasses like him. i'm still rather fond of him and have two or three dvds in my collection. he sure is an odd one, though.

right on!

do you have "the right spectacle"?

flatfiver · Post by **flatfiver** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:08 am

I have poor eyesight but I look like a moron with black plastic frames.

regimentle · Post by **regimentle** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:38 am

When did he stop using Jazzmasters?

donnyII · Post by **donnyII** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:42 am

techically never. he still plays them. But as far as losing it as his trademark, somewhere around 81-82. It was just kind of a defacto thing because it was on the cover of his first real album.

Maggieo · Post by **Maggieo** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:57 am

Elvis was on fire in his Austin City Limits appearance this year- man, he can really play!! And the Impostors kicked major ass behind him.

Add to that that he's one of the greatest songwriters working today and you've got some serious magic happening.

tsalwel · Post by **tsalwel** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:08 am

elvis !!

long ago far away i was at a gig of the attractions +the king

the last song was shipbuilding
(see also robert wyatt )

and at the end the stage lights slowly faded to complete darkness
and the piano idem dito
that was the first time in my life you " could " actualy hear a needle fall nobody breathing

magic

d

donnyII · Post by **donnyII** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:03 pm

yeah dude. elvis is magic like that. when i hung out with him he acted pretty magical too.

flatfiver · Post by **flatfiver** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:47 pm

I thought his playing on The Delivery Man was great. The whole vibe of that record is real cool, there must have only been about 3 mics used total, a lot of room sound. I think everything on it was either Tele or L-5 though.

Allison, Watching the Detectives, and I Want You are some of the greatest songs ever written - no fake!

donnyII · Post by **donnyII** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:50 pm

yeah "i want you" is so genius. "big boys" and "green shirt" too.

FireAarro · Post by **FireAarro** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:08 pm

Just saw him on TV live in Memphis, he used a pawn shop offset with chromey pickups and two rocker switches above the strings. The pickups were microphonic and he sang into them

He also used his uglyburst jazzmaster with elvis costello inlay. Man he was fat.

Post by **daydreamdelay** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:23 pm

my aim is true was one of the first records I put on as a kid.. i still love it

unlike that men at work album

cpeck · Post by **cpeck** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:29 pm

Love him. Way ahead of his time, I think...'No Action' is the current fave in the Peck residence.