Number 11 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Just saw Elvis last night in Irvine Ca. Barkley Theater only 720 seats.Just Elvis. If you get a chance to seem him solo do it!Opened with "Angels want to wear my red shoes" I'm dog tired but it was so worth it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Saw him (solo) open of for Dylan for a couple of shows in 2007 - not a particularly huge fan of Costello - but on those two nights he out performed Dylan. One of the shows was the last one of the tour and Elvis (with Amos Lee, the other opener) performed with Dylan and his band on I Shall be Released - great version. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 One of the shows was the last one of the tour and Elvis (with Amos Lee, the other opener) performed with Dylan and his band on I Shall be Released - great version.This has nothing to do with Costello, but clearly "I shall be released" is the great closer/singalong that "This Land is Your Land" was for an earlier generation. I watched Wilco do this with the Fleet Foxes at some show on YouTube last night. Great song. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 This has nothing to do with Costello, but clearly "I shall be released" is the great closer/singalong that "This Land is Your Land" was for an earlier generation. I watched Wilco do this with the Fleet Foxes at some show on YouTube last night. Great song. LouieBOr maybe "Baby Blue".... re: Elvis Costello: he has funny glasses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Or maybe "Baby Blue".... You mean "It's all over now Baby Blue"? Not much of a singalong. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I think Lammy is referring to Baby Blue as a closer, more so than a singalong, though I probably "sang" along with Blue, too. I suppose the Weight needs to join "I shall be Released" and "This Land is Your Land", too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 For any Elvis fans still here on VC, last week the podcast Rockin' the Suburbs did a full week on Elvis. The first four albums were each covered on Mon-Thurs, and then Friday was a wrap-up and discussion of the rest of his career and ongoing Imperial Bedroom tour. I lived through each of those first 4 albums in real time, so this series was really nice for me and got me listening to some Elvis again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Elvis Costello reveals cancer diagnosis as he cancels tour dates: https://www.elviscostello.com/#!/news/297540 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 I saw a tweet about canceling shows due to health concerns. Did not see that it was cancer. It sounds like it's very treatable. I certainly hope so! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boss_Tweedy Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Very bummed to learn the news about Elvis' fight with cancer. I still haven't seen him live, but it's definitely a bucket list item for me. Hope he'll be on the mend and touring again soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Just picked up tix for Elvis and the imposters at Fillmore in Denver. Never thought I would get the chance to see him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dagwave Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Atlantic City in 2 weeks. Love the new record. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shug Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 We are going to catch this tour, too. Its been years since I've seen Elvis live and I want to hear him at least one last time. One of my most impactful concert moments of all time was on the Painted From Memory tour (the album with Burt Bacharach) in Santa Rosa, CA in the late 90s. For the last song of the last encore (he usually does more than one encore and each one often has 3 or 4 songs) he sang one of my favorite songs that I never thought I'd hear, Couldn't Call It Unexpected, and he did it not only acapella but also with no amplification. Elvis has a fantastic voice for stuff like that and there is something really pure and powerful to hear a performer that talented with no electronics between their mouth and the audience's ears. What a great great moment that was for me. The only other time I got to have that kind of experience was at an industry/promo show by Richard Thompson in 1994 when he did a short set with no amp or microphone at the record warehouse I was working at. That one slayed me too. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/elvis-costello-and-steve-nieve/1999/luther-burbank-center-for-the-arts-santa-rosa-ca-4bf1ab42.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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