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Originally Posted by Joey Michaels
Aloha!
I write a silly personal music blog. My conceit is that I've been trying to write about every song in my iTunes library. For slightly over a year now, I've been writing about Costello and I just finished today. Really, the entries aren't frequently much deeper than a Chris Farley-esque "you know that song? That was awesome."
I wanted to thank you, Bulldog, for this wonderful resource. I've referred to it and linked it and quoted you (always giving credit and linking back to here) innumerable times. I've occasionally agreed with you whole heartedly and disagreed with you vehemently, but your attention to detail and (frankly) scholarship has been an inspiration during the whole process.
Anyhow, as I said, just wanted to drop a note to thank you, so thank you!
Joey Michaels
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(I can't post links, since I'm a new user, but you can find the index of all of the Elvis Costello entries by clicking on the 'Master Index' tab and then on 'Elvis Costello.' He's the only artist I've written about thus far with enough entries to justify his own index.)
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Thanks for the kind words good sir, and it's great to know this thread's been a good use to you - I've put a lot of time and effort into this thread over the years, and it's reading comments like this that make me realise it wasn't all a waste of time.
Nice blog as well by the way, and not half a bad idea now that I think about it. Dunno how you find the time to work on such a project, but the best of luck to you as it keeps going anyhow
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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
One reason I first looked at this thread is that up until around 2 months ago, I thought Elvis Costello was some crooner from the 40s who had died decades ago.  |
...is a mistake I've made with just about every new artist I get into
I actually thought something similar when I first heard him on My Aim Is True as well. It's a very archaic-sounding record that one - like a bundle of tuneage from one of those obscure corners of 50s rockabilly you can only really find by accident!
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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
So far I don't care much for his songs that I've heard, although he has a nice crooner voice...maybe *too* pretty, warbly, and old-fashioned sounding for my tastes. Still, I've been listening to his newest album, National Ransom, to try to decide what I think. I don't like any song on it--too folksy, not rough enough, and lacking punch--except for one that appeals to me a bit because of the playful, light, bouncy melody:
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I haven't really listened to National Ransom so much, as I haven't really had the time to devote to really getting inside the record if you know what I mean (basically, I've only listened to it end-to-end twice
). Not that I think it's a bad album (although I don't like it as much as Secret, Profane and Sugarcane), but just that reviewing it hasn't really been very high on my list of priorities since it came out. Definitely one of the most interesting releases of the year at least though.
Good choice flagging up Slow Drag With Josephine there - it's one of my favourites off the album too, along with Church Underground, Dr Watson I Presume and Stations Of the Cross.